Sunday, July 31, 2022

Riverdale Season 6 Finale Recap: A Doomsday Disaster, a Marriage Proposal… and a New Beginning?

A whole lot went down in Riverdale‘s season finale as a deadly comet approached… and life for Archie and company will never be the same. To catch you up: A comet sent by Percival is headed straight for Riverdale, and he also added a force field that prevents anyone from leaving town. (“I’m so happy […]

William Shatner, George Takei Pay Tribute to Star Trek's Nichelle Nichols

Nichelle Nichols‘ Star Trek costars are honoring their crewmate after the actress, who played Uhura on the original Trek series, passed away Sunday at the age of 89. William Shatner, who played Captain Kirk alongside Nichols on Star Trek, tweeted: “I am so sorry to hear about the passing of Nichelle. She was a beautiful […]

Evil Just Added Another Horrifying Baby to Its Demon Nursery — Read Recap

There are a bunch of Very Plot-Significant developments that take place in this week’s Evil. And we’ll get to them in a moment. But man, I cannot stop thinking about the baby demon that Kristen nurses during a nightmare sequence halfway through the hour. It is a thing of horrifying beauty! The cornfield baby in Season […]

Pat Carroll Dead at 95: Emmy Winner Voiced Ursula in The Little Mermaid

Actress and Emmy winner Pat Carroll, the voice of The Little Mermaid‘s Ursula, has died, our sister site Deadline reports. She was 95. Carroll, who was also a Grammy winner, died at her home in Cape Cod, Mass. Saturday while recovering from pneumonia. Best known by modern audiences for voicing the popular Disney villain, Carroll was […]

Industry Creators Tease a 'Delusional' Harper, Eric's Existential Crisis and the 'Hope of Connection' in Season 2

If you watched Season 1 of HBO’s Industry and found it “cold” or “alienating,” creators Mickey Down and Konrad Kay don’t disagree. But that’s also partly what made the series so damn compelling. “People said it was hard to empathize with the characters and that is very true,” Kay tells TVLine. “In Season 2, we […]

Nichelle Nichols, Who Played Uhura on Star Trek, Dead at 89

Nichelle Nichols, who originated the role of Uhura on the original Star Trek series, has died, our sister site Variety has confirmed with Nichols’ manager and business partner Gilbert Bell. She was 89. Nichols joined William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy in the main cast of Star Trek when it debuted on NBC in 1966. Nichols […]

NBA Great Bill Russell Dead at 88

Bill Russell, one of the NBA’s all-time greatest players and a 11-time champion with the Boston Celtics, has died at the age of 88, his family announced on Sunday. “It is with a very heavy heart we would like to pass along to all of Bill’s friend, fans, & followers: Bill Russell, the most prolific […]

Saturday, July 30, 2022

Grey's Anatomy Vet Cheers 'Classic Cast' Plus the Flurry of 'Exciting and Gorgeous' Additions for Season 19

Grey’s Anatomy‘s influx of five (count ’em, five) cast additions for Season 19 are “exciting” as well as “gorgeous,” says series vet Caterina Scorsone. As announced in recent weeks, a quintet of first-year surgical residents are about to roam the halls of Grey Sloan Memorial this fall. You have Adelaide Kane (Reign) as Jules Millin, […]

Flowers in the Attic: The Origin's Hannah Dodd Talks Full-Circle Ending, Whether a Follow-Up Series Is Possible

That’s a wrap on Flowers in the Attic: The Origin. Saturday’s packed finale came full circle when Olivia and Corrine locked the latter’s four children in the attic with the promise that it would be just for one night. (In Flowers in the Attic, they spend years sequestered away.) In the episode’s final seconds, the […]

Who's the Father of Imogen's Baby on Pretty Little Liars? Bailee Madison Tackles Original Sin's Paternity Mystery

For Bailee Madison, playing pregnant teen Imogen Adams on Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin has been a real pain in the back. “I wore the fake stomach for nine months, so basically full term, and it affected everything I physically did on set,” Madison tells TVLine. “I ended up getting actual back pain, which I […]

Friday, July 29, 2022

Gordita Chronicles Cancelled After Just One Season at HBO Max

We won’t be getting another chapter in HBO Max’s Gordita Chronicles: The streamer has cancelled the family comedy after just one season, our sister site Deadline reports. Executive-produced by Eva Longoria and Zoe Saldana, Gordita Chronicles followed a family of Dominican immigrants who move to Miami in 1985, focusing on 12-year-old daughter Cucu “Gordita” Castelli […]

Uncoupled's Tuc Watkins Knows You Probably Dislike Colin After Episode 1, But 'There's a Reason' For What He Did

If you’ve seen the first episode of Netflix’s Uncoupled, you probably have a lot of feelings about Colin. (And if you haven’t seen the premiere, go stream it now before you get spoiled!) Played by Tuc Watkins, Colin is presented to viewers as a necessary evil. He’s the seemingly heartless monster who dumps Michael (Neil […]

In the Dark Creator Teases a 'Pretty Perfect' Series Finale, Despite Last-Minute Cancellation — Get a First Look

The CW’s In the Dark — despite learning that Season 4 would be its farewell run just weeks ahead of the premiere — will give loyal fans a “satisfying” send-off, says series creator Corinne Kingsbury. Over the drama series’ first three seasons, Murphy Mason (played by Perry Mattfeld) went from lazy receptionist to drunken vigilante […]

Partner Track Trailer: Teen Wolf Alum Arden Cho Lawyers Up in Netflix Series — Plus, Find Out When It Will Premiere

There’s a glass ceiling in need of shattering on Netflix’s Partner Track, and Arden Cho is adding a few cracks. The Teen Wolf vet leads the upcoming series adaptation — based on Helen Wan’s 2013 novel of the same name — for which the streamer unveiled a new trailer on Friday. Partner Track stars Cho as […]

TVLine Items: Max Headroom Reboot, CODA Star's Disney+ Series and More

Max Headroom is plotting its return to TV: A reboot of the satirical science fiction series, which ran on ABC for two seasons from 1987-88, is in development at AMC Networks, our sister site Deadline reports. Original series star Matt Frewer is attached to reprise his role as the world’s first artificial intelligence TV personality. […]

Can Jay See Ghosts Now? Watch First Season 2 Footage and Speculate!

Sam and Jay are getting ready for the arrival of their (second) first B&B guests in the first footage from Season 2 of the CBS hitcom Ghosts. But how exactly is Jay doing after taking a plunge through the front hall’s dilapidated floor in the Season 1 finale? The video above swiftly recaps Season 1 […]

Thursday, July 28, 2022

The Resort Premiere Recap: 2 Missing Teens and a Mutilated Corpse at Center of Peacock Mystery — Grade It!

In Peacock’s The Resort, a cold case gives a disenchanted couple reason to hang on a while longer. Cristin Milioti and William Jackson Harper star as Emma and Noah Reid, whose 10-year matrimony is in desperate need of a tuneup by the time their shuttle drops them off at Bahia del Paraiso. On their first […]

Neil Patrick Harris Shares One Major Perk About Playing His First Gay TV Character in Netflix's Uncoupled

Netflix’s Uncoupled finds Neil Patrick Harris back in New York City and looking for love. But if you’re expecting to see him playing another ladies’ man like Barney Stinson, you’ve come to the wrong show. A good show, but the wrong show. Premiering this Friday, the eight-episode comedy from Darren Star and Jeffrey Richman stars […]

Reboot Lands Fall Release Date at Hulu — Plus, Get a First Look at Sitcom Satire

Reboot, Hulu’s forthcoming comedy from Modern Family’s Steve Levitan, officially has a premiere date. Mark your calendars: The first two episodes arrive Tuesday, Sept. 20 with new episodes streaming weekly after that. The streamer also released first-look photos from the series, which you can check out below. Steeped in the irony of the television industry’s […]

Orphan Black Offshoot Echoes Casts Krysten Ritter in Lead Role

Clone Club has an exciting new member: Krysten Ritter (Marvel’s Jessica Jones) will star in Orphan Black: Echoes, an offshoot set in the world of the original BBC America cult fave, TVLine has learned. Premiering in 2023 on streamer AMC+ and AMC Networks’ linear channels, the 10-episode first season is set in the near future […]

Stranger Things Reclaims No. 1 on Nielsen Streaming Top 10 — The Bear, Terminal List Make Chart Debuts

Stranger Things‘ “demotion” to No. 2 on Nielsen’s U.S. ranking of streaming originals did not last long at all, as the release of Season 4’s final two episodes (totalling nearly four hours in running time!) propelled the Netflix hit back to the top spot. With all 34 produced episodes now eligible, Stranger Things amassed 5.9 […]

Los Espookys (Finally) Gets Season 2 Premiere Date — Watch Teaser

More than three years after being renewed, HBO’s bilingual comedy Los Espookys has a premiere date and a teaser trailer. Created by Fred Armisen, Ana Fabrega and Julio Torres, the series’ six-episode sophomore run will kick off on Friday, Sept. 16 at 11/10c, the cabler at long last announced. Los Espookys follows a group of […]

American Idol: Katy Perry, Luke Bryan and Lionel Richie Returning as Judges, Along With Host Ryan Seacrest

American Idol is handing another golden ticket to its judging panel: Katy Perry, Luke Bryan and Lionel Richie will all return as judges for the upcoming season on ABC, TVLine has learned. Host Ryan Seacrest will also return for his 21st (!) season as emcee. Season 21 of the veteran singing competition — its sixth […]

TVLine Items: Locke & Key Trailer, Phylicia Rashad to Good Fight and More

Locke & Key is opening up the door to its third and final season in a newly released trailer. The show’s swan song finds the Locke family uncovering “more magic within Keyhouse, while a new threat — the most dangerous one yet — looms in Matheson with plans of his own for the keys,” per […]

Wednesday, July 27, 2022

R.I.P., Million Dollar Island; NBC's Answer to Survivor Cancelled Before Cameras Roll on Season 1

NBC has deserted Million Dollar Island. A network spokesperson confirms to TVLine that it has scrapped the “high-stakes” competition series before cameras even began rolling on its inaugural season. No reason was given for Island‘s demise, although Deadline speculates that the series’ budget was to blame. Co-producer Studio Lambert is said to be shopping the […]

High School Musical EP on 'Crazy Meta' Season 3, Camp Romances and Nini's New Path — Grade the Premiere!

The Wildcats may be spending their summer at Camp Shallow Lake, but they quickly find themselves deep in drama. Because what else is knew. Now streaming on Disney+, the third season premiere of High School Musical: The Musical: The Series sends a handful of East High’s finest — including new couple E.J. and Gina, plus […]

Tony Dow Dead at 77, Following Premature Death Announcement

Actor Tony Dow, best known for his role as Wally Cleaver on the classic sitcom Leave It to Beaver, died on Wednesday at the age of 77. Dow was still in hospice care Tuesday when his death was prematurely announced. “Tony’s wife Lauren, who was very distraught, had notified us that Tony had passed and […]

Jeopardy! EP on How Ken Jennings and Mayim Bialik Hosting Arrangement Will Work: 'We Will Not Flip Flop Constantly'

With Mayim Bialik and Ken Jennings officially set as hosts for Jeopardy!‘s upcoming 39th season, EP Michael Davies is revealing new details about how the split schedule will work. Read highlights of Davies’ message to fans below: “I write today with the exciting news that we have closed and signed deals with Mayim Bialik and […]

TVLine Items: Kung Fu Adds CW Vets, Norman Lear Birthday Special and More

Kung Fu has recruited a pair of familiar CW faces: Kim Rhodes (Supernatural) and Ben Levin (Legacies) will recur during the show’s third season, our sister site Deadline reports. Rhodes — who portrayed Sheriff Jody Mills on Supernatural — will play Carrie, the representative of a restaurant investment group that takes an interest in Harmony […]

The Santa Clause: David Krumholtz to Reprise Bernard in Sequel Series

David Krumholtz is here to sleigh. The actor, who played fan-favorite Bernard in the first two Santa Clause movies, is set to reprise his role in Disney+’s forthcoming sequel series, now titled The Santa Clauses (plural). He joins fellow vets Tim Allen and Elizabeth Mitchell, who are returning as Scott and Carol Calvin, and franchise newcomer […]

iCarly Revival Renewed for Season 3 Following That 'Creddie' Cliffhanger

Paramount+ is letting iCarly live more life and breathe more air — the revival has been renewed for a third season, set to premiere in 2023, TVLine has learned. The show’s 10-episode second season wrapped on June 3 with a somewhat unexpected Carly/Freddie cliffhanger. After overhearing Freddie saying that Pearl will never know him as […]

Tuesday, July 26, 2022

Virgin River Season 5: Greek Creator Patrick Sean Smith Named New Showrunner — Here's His First Tease

The citizens of Virgin River are about to get a taste of Greek life. Patrick Sean Smith, creator of Greek and executive producer of Chasing Life, is joining Virgin River as its new showrunner for Season 5, taking the reins from previous showrunner Sue Tenney. “Sue had moved on to other projects, and I’d worked […]

Chicago P.D.: Benjamin Levy Aguilar Promoted to Series Regular as Torres

Chicago P.D.‘s Intelligence squad is adding a new full-time recruit next season. Benjamin Levy Aguilar, who played patrol officer Dante Torres in the April 13 episode “New Guard,” has been promoted to series regular for Season 10, our sister Deadline reports. As you’ll recall, Halstead (played by Jesse Lee Soffer) took the rookie officer under […]

TVLine Items: Raising Kanan Trailer, Kate Winslet's Palace Series and More

Starz is turning the page on the Power Book III: Raising Kanan saga with a newly released trailer for Season 2, premiering Sunday, Aug. 14 at 9/8c. In the new episodes, “Raquel ‘Raq’ Thomas has gained control over the city’s drug trade, but her son is slipping away,” per the official synopsis. “Kanan Stark returns […]

SVU Adds Days of Our Lives Alum Molly Burnett Ahead of Season 24

Make room in the bullpen: There’s a new Law & Order: SVU detective on the case. Molly Burnett (Days of Our Lives, Queen of the South) has been cast as Det. Grace Muncy ahead of the NBC procedural’s upcoming Season 24, TVLine has learned. Details about the recurring role are scarce, but we hear that Muncy has […]

David Harbour and Pedro Pascal to Lead HBO's True-Crime Limited Series My Dentist's Murder Trial

Jim Hopper and the Mandalorian are teaming up to tell a true-crime story with bite. David Harbour (Stranger Things) and Pedro Pascal (The Mandalorian) have been tapped to executive-produce and star in the HBO limited series My Dentist’s Murder Trial, our sister publication Variety reports. The series is based on James Lasdun’s 2017 New Yorker […]

Evil: Watch the Extremely NSFW Alt-Ending to 'Demon of Sex' Episode That Show Bosses Regret Cutting

Warning: The video above contains adult content and is NSFW. Proceed accordingly. It’s a good thing Sister Andrea didn’t barge in on this. Evil‘s David and the demonic version of his co-worker Kristen get down and diabolically dirty in a deleted scene from this season’s Episode 3, and we’ve got an exclusive peek at the alternate […]

The View Eyeing Former Trump Staffer Alyssa Farah Griffin to Fill Conservative Co-Host Slot [Report]

A former member of president Donald Trump’s White House staff is close to nabbing a seat at The View‘s table, per our sister site Variety. Alyssa Farah Griffin, Trump’s former communications director, reportedly is nearing a deal that will make her a permanent co-host on ABC’s daytime talk show when Season 26 gets going in […]

Monday, July 25, 2022

TVLine Items: Disney+'s Eragon Series, Triple H's New WWE Role and More

The classic young adult novel Eragon might be coming to Disney+: The streamer is in the early stages of developing a TV series based on the Inheritance Cycle books by Christopher Paolini, our sister Variety reports. Eragon is the first installment in the four-part novel series, which tells the story of a farm boy named […]

Jeopardy!: Ken Jennings, Mayim Bialik to Share Hosting Duties in Season 39

The two-year Jeopardy! hosting saga has reached its conclusion: Ken Jennings and Mayim Bialik will both continue to serve as co-hosts of the iconic game show, TVLine has confirmed. When TVLine readers were asked to choose their ideal hosting situation for Jeopardy!‘s upcoming 39th season, only 18 percent voted for Jennings and Bialik to continue […]

All Rise's Ruthie Ann Miles Previews Sherri and Sara's Alternate Reality Duet — Watch Musical Sneak Peek

It’s an All Rise like you’ve never seen — or heard! — before. In this Tuesday’s episode (OWN, 8/7c), Judge Lola Carmichael dreams of a world where she made different choices, leading her BFF Mark to end up on the bench instead of her. But that’s only one of the big changes in the alternate […]

Paul Sorvino, of Law & Order and Goodfellas, Dead at 83

Paul Sorvino, whose TV credits included Law & Order, The Oldest Rookie and, most recently, Godfather of Harlem, died on Monday of natural causes. He was 83. “Our hearts are broken, there will never be another Paul Sorvino,” his wife of seven years, Dee Dee Sorvino, said in a statement to the AP. “[H]e was […]

Quantum Leap Shakeup: Blindspot EP Takes Over as Showrunner on Reboot

NBC’s Quantum Leap reboot is undergoing a behind-the-scenes shakeup, with Blindspot creator Martin Gero — who had been serving in an EP capacity on the series — taking over as showrunner, TVLine has confirmed. He replaces co-showrunners Steven Lilien and Bryan Wynbrandt, both of whom will remain with the series as exec producers. Meanwhile, Dean Georgaris (Bluff […]

Percy Jackson Disney+ Series Might Not Arrive Until 2024, Rick Riordan Warns

Percy Jackson and the Olympians might not strike Disney+ until 2024, author and executive producer Rick Riordan has informed fans. Based on Riordan’s best-selling book series, Disney+’s Percy Jackson and the Olympians promises to tell the fantastical story of Percy Jackson (played by The Adam Project‘s Walker Scobell), a 12-year-old modern demigod who’s just coming to […]

Sunday, July 24, 2022

Animal Kingdom Recap: The Noose Tightens Around Pope's Neck

OK, so things looked bad for Animal Kingdom’s Pope in Sunday’s episode. Like, real bad. First, the telltale cereal box combined with security footage tipped him off to the fact that someone had been in the house. Then, after being punched a coupla times, Taylor folded like a house of cards and admitted that his […]

Westworld Recap: Yep, Christina Is Almost Certainly [Spoiler]!

Westworld this week, with the fifth episode of Season 4, spent a great deal of time with Christina and the truth behind her reality. “Zhuangzi” opens with William dining with a wealthy couple. The mood is light, the conversation business-focused but relaxed. The cordiality vanishes as William leans in and tells them he can do […]

Blood & Treasure Recap: Simon Says....

Blood & Treasure‘s Danny and Lexi racked up lots more frequent flier miles this week, as the hunt for the Soul of Genghis Khan took them from Vietnam to Russia — with a stop to see an old “friend” in Ireland along the way. Season 2’s third episode opened with Danny, Lexi and a very […]

Chucky Season 2 Trailer: Glen/Glenda Return, as Nica Seeks Revenge — Watch

Not even the Holy are safe from Chucky‘s blade. In the newly released trailer for Season 2 (which returns to Syfy Wednesday, Oct. 5 at 9/8c), the psychotic doll’s reign of terror is far from over. “After his diabolical plan to invade America’s children’s hospitals was foiled in Season 1, Chucky now seeks revenge on […]

Agatha-Centric WandaVision Spinoff Gets New Title, Far-Off Release Date

Not exactly striking while the cauldron is hot, Disney+’s Agatha Harkness series might not premiere until a full three years after WandaVision made its January 2021 debut. Ordered to series in November 2021 and previously known as Agatha: House of Harkness, the newly rechristened Agatha: Coven of Chaos was revealed at San Diego Comic-Con on […]

TVLine Items: Orville Treks to Disney+, Lower Decks Does DS9 and More

All three seasons of The Orville will be available on Disney+, starting Wednesday, Aug. 10 — six days after the Season 3 finale premieres on Hulu. Series creator/captain Seth MacFarlane made the announcement as part of the series’ San Diego Comic-Con panel; watch the video above. The series follows the adventures of a mid-level exploratory […]

Mayans MC Renewed for Season 5 at FX

The ride isn’t over just yet for EZ Reyes and his Santo Padre brothers: Mayans MC has been renewed for a fifth season at FX, TVLine has learned. The news was revealed during the show’s panel at San Diego Comic-Con Sunday. “The Mayans have battled for respect, territory and power through four intense seasons that […]

Saturday, July 23, 2022

Mythic Quest Season 3 Teaser Explores the New World Order, Redefines 'NFT,' Reveals Superfan Joe Manganiello

We may not have a premiere date for Mythic Quest Season 3 — simply, “this fall” — but San Diego Comic-Con on Saturday at least gave fans a teaser to chew on. Created by Rob McElhenney (who also stars as Ian), Charlie Day and Megan Ganz, the Apple TV+ comedy follows a group of video […]

The Sandman's Nightmares Run Amok in Netflix's Dreamy Neil Gaiman Adaptation — Watch Full Trailer

Hey now, hey now, don’t dream it’s over — in fact, as a new trailer illustrates, The Sandman is just getting started. In conjunction with its San Diego Comic-Con panel Saturday, Netflix released a two-minute look at its upcoming series adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s popular comic books. “Your waking world is shaped by dreams,” Morpheus (played […]

AMC's Interview With the Vampire Series Gets October Premiere Date — Watch First Full-Length Trailer

Three iconic bloodsuckers are born anew in the just-released trailer for AMC’s adaptation of Interview With the Vampire. Revealed Friday during the series’ panel at San Diego Comic-Con, the trailer offers fans their first taste of Lestat, Louis, Claudia and more of Anne Rice’s beloved characters in action. We also learned that the series will […]

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: Crossover Episode With Lower Decks Slated for Season 2

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds will make contact with the Star Trek: Lower Decks crew next season. As revealed during the show’s panel at San Diego Comic-Con on Saturday, Season 2 of the Paramount+ series will include a crossover episode featuring both live-action and animation, as Lower Decks‘ Ensign Beckett Mariner (voiced by Tawny Newsome) […]

Star Trek: Picard Season 3 Teaser Reveals an Older and Wiser Worf, Geordi and Dr. Crusher — Watch

The gang’s all here… and looking more distinguished than ever, we have to say. Jean-Luc Picard’s old Enterprise crew is reuniting in full in the upcoming third (and final) season of Star Trek: Picard, as we can see in a new teaser released during the Paramount+ show’s San Diego Comic-Con panel on Saturday. In the […]

Ratings: SmackDown Eyes 5-Week High — Plus, Blood & Treasure's CBS Encore

In the latest TV show ratings, Fox’s Friday Night SmackDown — in the wake of embattled boss man Vince McMahon’s retirement — this week drew 2.2 million total viewers (its largest audience in a month) and its first 0.6 demo rating since June 17 (when McMahon himself paid a visit). Facing near-zero competition, SmackDown thus […]

Friday, July 22, 2022

Dr. Oz's Politicized Lost Meme Draws Ire of Series Co-Creator Damon Lindelof: 'If You Actually Watched...'

When it comes to weaponizing Lost to attack his political rivals, Dr. Mehmet Oz has to go back to the drawing board — at least, that’s the opinion of the late ABC series’ co-creator Damon Lindelof. On Thursday, Oz — the GOP nominee for Pennsylvania’s open Senate seat — shared on his Twitter feed a meme that […]

WWE's Vince McMahon Announces Retirement — Read His Statement

Vince McMahon is stepping away from the WWE for good. On Friday, the Chairman and CEO announced that he is retiring from the company. “As I approach 77 years old, I feel it’s time for me to retire as Chairman and CEO of WWE,” he said in a statement. “Throughout the years, it’s been a […]

Walking Dead Sets Premiere Date for Last Episodes — Plus, Season 11C Trailer Teases a Whole New Breed of Walkers

Get ready to say goodbye to all of your Walking Dead favorites. Well, except for Norman Reedus, Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Lauren Cohan, who are set to star, respectively, in an as-yet-unnamed Daryl-centric spinoff and an offshoot that follows frenemies Negan and Maggie to Manhattan (Isle of the Dead). The long-running AMC drama dropped at […]

Charlie Cox to Voice Daredevil in Disney+'s Spider-Man: Freshman Year, Already Renewed for Season 2

Disney+’s upcoming Spider-Man: Freshman Year animated series will feature at least one familiar voice from the MCU. At Marvel Studios’ Friday-afternoon San Diego Comic-Con panel for its animated fare, it was announced that Charlie Cox will voice Matt Murdock aka Daredevil in the new series, effectively reprising his role from both his Netflix series and […]

What If...? Gets 2023 Release for Season 2, Early Season 3 Renewal

The bad news: Disney+’s What If…? won’t release Season 2 until early 2023. The good news? The Emmy-nominated animated series has already been renewed for Season 3, it was announced on Friday at at San Diego Comic-Con. Season 1 of the animated series (which streamed Aug. 11 through Oct. 6 of last year) wound up netting […]

TVLine Items: Atlanta Final Season Date, Adam Pally's New Gig and More

FX has set a date for its return to Atlanta: Donald Glover’s Emmy-winning comedy will debut its fourth and final season in September, a new teaser reveals. (That’s a quick turnaround: Season 3 just wrapped up in May.) The teaser — which you can watch above — also includes a number of sly nods to […]

Disney+ Star Wars Series The Acolyte: Amandla Stenberg Officially Set to Star

It’s a done deal: Amandla Stenberg is headed to a galaxy far, far away. The Hate U Give actress has closed a deal to headline The Acolyte, an upcoming Disney+ series set in the Star Wars universe. The news — which was first leaked last December — was made official on Friday via the Star Wars twitter account. The […]

Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power: Sauron Arrives in Full Trailer — Watch

Sauron has arrived in the full trailer for The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, which dropped on Friday during the show’s panel at San Diego Comic-Con. In the above sneak peek, Middle-earth’s inhabitants — from dwarves to elves to Harfoot and men — are all confronted with the terrifying reality that a […]

Thursday, July 21, 2022

Vampire Academy Teaser Trailer Offers First Look at Peacock Series Adaptation

Who’s thirsty? The first teaser trailer for Peacock’s Vampire Academy adaptation was unveiled Thursday during the show’s San Diego Comic-Con panel, giving fans a first look at Lissa, Rose and more characters in action. Based on Richelle Mead’s book series of the same name, Vampire Academy tells a “story of friendship, romance and danger. In […]

Second National Treasure Movie Vet Returning for Disney+ Series — Teaser

Another familiar face is returning to the National Treasure franchise. Disney+ on Thursday announced that Harvey Keitel, who appeared in 2004’s National Treasure and 2007’s National Treasure: Book of Secrets, will reprise his role as FBI agent Peter Sadusky in the forthcoming sequel series National Treasure: Edge of History (release date TBA). He joins fellow guest star […]

The Orville Recap: Did the Moclans Finally Go Too Far? — Plus: Hello, Dolly!

This week on The Orville, the Moclans threatened to walk out on their deal with the Union, while a very special guest star showed up to offer (musical) advice. Topa (played by TVLine Performer of the Week honorable mention Imani Pullum) was again front and center in Season 3’s eighth episode, first as she innocently […]

The Umbrella Academy Tops Nielsen Streaming Top 10 Chart, Ending Stranger Things' 4-Week Run at No. 1

The Umbrella Academy has rained on Stranger Things‘ parade, ending its fellow Netflix series run as No. 1 on Nielsen’s U.S. ranking of streaming originals. For the week of June 20, The Umbrella Academy amassed 2.45 billion minutes viewed across 30 total episodes, with the release of its third season. Stranger Things in turn slipped […]

Sarah Michelle Gellar Joins Teen Wolf Offshoot Wolf Pack on Paramount+

Teen Wolf meets Buffy the Vampire Slayer? Sign us up! Sarah Michelle Gellar will star in and executive-produce the upcoming Paramount+ series Wolf Pack, an offshoot of the Teen Wolf franchise, our sister site Deadline reports. The announcement was confirmed Thursday during Teen Wolf: The Movie‘s panel at San Diego Comic-Con. Based on Edo Van […]

TVLine Items: The Rookie Promotion, Kennedy Center Honorees and More

The Rookie’s rookie is getting a promotion: Tru Valentino, who joined the ABC drama last season as Officer Aaron Thorsen, has been upped to series regular for Season 5, our sister site Deadline reports. Valentino recurred in 11 episodes last season as the newest police officer at the station. The Rookie returns Sunday, Sept. 25 […]

Wednesday, July 20, 2022

Found Drama, Starring Shameless Vet Shanola Hampton, Picked Up at NBC

Three familiar faces are headed to NBC during the 2022-23 broadcast season. The network has handed a series order to mission persons drama Found, starring Shanola Hampton (Shameless), Mark-Paul Gosselaar (Saved by the Bell) and Brett Dalton (Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.). Found, which hails from Nkechi Okoro Carroll (All American) and Berlanti Productions, is based […]

New Amsterdam: Freema Agyeman Not Returning for Fifth and Final Season

Max Goodwin isn’t going to like this news one bit: New Amsterdam star Freema Agyeman, who has played Dr. Helen Sharpe since the show’s debut, will not return for the NBC medical drama’s fifth and final season, TVLine has exclusively learned. A source close to the show tells us that it was Agyeman’s decision to […]

Rebecca Balding Dead at 66; TV Roles Included Soap and OG Charmed

Actress Rebecca Balding, whose TV credits included stints on the classic ’70s sitcom Soap and the original iteration of Charmed, died July 18 following a battle with ovarian cancer, Deadline reports. She was 66. On Soap, Balding recurred as Carol David, an attorney and the mother of Jodie’s (Billy Crystal) child. And on Charmed, she played Phoebe’s […]

TVLine Items: Ryan Reynolds' Soccer Club Trailer, Mike First Look and More

Ryan Reynolds is channeling his inner Ted Lasso in a trailer for the FX docuseries Welcome to Wrexham, in which Reynolds and Rob McElhenney (It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia) navigate running the third oldest professional football club in the world. The duo purchased the 5th tier Red Dragons in 2020 “in the hopes of turning […]

Virgin River Season 4 Premiere: Alexandra Breckenridge Breaks Down Jack's First Encounter With [Spoiler]

It’s the moment Virgin River fans never thought they’d get to see — and the moment Jack never wanted to see. Now streaming on Netflix, the drama’s 12-episode fourth season kicks off with Jack strolling alongside a very pregnant Mel, casually exchanging baby name ideas, including Catherine, Indiana and Jack Jr. Then she goes and […]

Abbott Elementary Season 2 Elevates William Stanford Davis to Regular

The halls of Abbott Elementary are about to get much cleaner: William Stanford Davis, who plays school janitor Mr. Johnson, has been promoted to series regular for Season 2, TVLine has learned. Davis recurred in all 12 episodes of the ABC comedy’s Emmy Award-nominated freshman season, often stealing scenes with Mr. Johnson’s hilariously eccentric commentary. […]

House of the Dragon Trailer: House Targaryen Teeters on the Brink in New Peek at Game of Thrones Prequel

Way before Game of Thrones‘ Jamie Lannister shoved Bran outta that tower, the Targaryens were having inappropriate relationships with their family members and ruling over the realm (not necessarily in that order). And a new trailer from Thrones‘ prequel spinoff House of the Dragon is giving us an extended look at what Westeros looked like when the silver-haired […]

Beauty and the Beast: H.E.R. to Star as Belle in ABC's Live-Action Production

Grammy-winning singer H.E.R. ought to start practicing her dreamy, far-off look: She’s been tapped to play Belle in ABC’s upcoming live-action take on Beauty and the Beast, TVLine has learned. Airing Thursday, Dec. 15, ABC’s Beauty and the Beast production will interweave live-action musical performances with scenes from the animated film, as the network previously did […]

They/Them Trailer: Kevin Bacon and Carrie Preston Run a Killer Conversion Camp in Blumhouse Slasher Flick

“THEY FEAR THEM” in the new trailer for They/Them, a Peacock original from prolific horror flick producers Blumhouse, premiering Friday, August 5. Written/directed by John Logan (Skyfall) and produced by Jason Blum (Get Out) and Michael Aguilar (Penny Dreadful), the streaming movie stars Kevin Bacon as Owen Whistler, the director of an LGBTQIA+ conversion camp. […]

Bridgerton Season 3 Scoop: Fresh Details on Penelope and Colin's Love Story — Plus, Who's Joining the Cast?

We have a new missive from Lady Whistledown, Bridgerton fans, and it’s full of juicy information. Production on Season 3 of the Netflix hit is officially underway, the streamer announced on Wednesday, and along with it comes a synopsis for the new season that sheds fresh light on what’s next for Penelope and Colin after […]

Tuesday, July 19, 2022

Grey's Anatomy Adds Alexis Floyd as New Series Regular in Season 19

Inventing Anna‘s Alexis Floyd is staying in the Shondaland fold, segueing to Grey’s Anatomy as a new series regular. Per Deadline, the actress is joining the ABC drama’s upcoming 19th season as Simone Griffin, a new first-year surgical resident who is high-achieving, funny and whip smart. Simone grew up in Seattle but never wanted to work at […]

Could Blood & Treasure Dig Up Season 3 Renewal? With Matt Barr on Another Show? 'Never Say Never,' Says EP

Now that Blood & Treasure Season 2 is finally seeing the light of day, streaming new episodes every Sunday on Paramount+, fans are wondering how vested — if at all — they should be in sharing even more adventures with Danny and Lexi. “At Blood & Treasure, we have a kind of ‘never say never’ […]

Law & Order: OC Killing: Police Release More Details, Including Victim's Name

The Law & Order: Organized Crime crew member killed during a location shoot Tuesday wasa Queens resident named Johnny Pizarro, the New York Times reports. Pizarro, a 31-year-old parking enforcement worker with the show, was killed while sitting in a car in the Greenpoint section of Brooklyn around 5:15 am on Tuesday, July 19. According […]

Big Brother's First Season 24 Eviction Has Been Moved Again, to Sunday

Big Brother fans will have to now wait three whole extra days to find out which Season 24 Houseguest is first to get the heave-ho. As previously announced, CBS News coverage of the House select committee’s public hearings on Jan. 6 will air this Thursday at 8/7c, during the regular time period for Big Brother‘s […]

TVLine Items: Breeders Renewed, Lightyear on Disney+ and More

FX is growing its Breeders brood, renewing the modern-parenting comedy for Season 4, it was announced on Tuesday. The series, starring Martin Freeman and Daisy Haggard, finished airing its third season this week. “Breeders has given us the special opportunity to watch the ‘Worsley’ family grow with each season and FX is thrilled to order […]

Monday, July 18, 2022

New Powerpuff Girls Reboot in the Works, From Original Creator — Where Do Things Stand With CW's Powerpuff?

The Powerpuff Girls are making yet another comeback. Warner Bros. Discovery announced Monday that the beloved Cartoon Network superheroes will return in a new reboot — this one from original series creator Craig McCracken. As part of a new deal with Hanna-Barbera Studios, McCracken is also developing a preschool-aged reboot of Foster’s Home for Imaginary […]

Sunday Ratings: Riverdale Audience Rises, Big Brother Leads Night

In the latest TV show ratings, the antepenultimate episode of The CW’s Riverdale on Sunday night drew 280,000 total viewers — its second-largest audience of 2022 — while posting its third straight 0.1 demo rating. CBS’ Big Brother (3.3 mil/0.6) dipped juuuuust a smidgen week-to-week, but still easily led Sunday in the demo, while a […]

RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag Race Returns to VH1 for Totally Revamped Second Season — Watch Trailer

RuPaul’s Secret Celebrity Drag Race is getting a makeover. Following a two-year absence, the Drag Race offshoot returns to VH1 on Friday, Aug. 12 (8/7c) to beat more famous mugs — but it’s not quite the competition you remember. As you’ll see in the trailer above, the nine celebrity contestants will now perform in front […]

Who'd Make Your TV All-Star Team? Build a Roster of the Best TV Doctors, Supes, Feds and Other Character Types

As Major League Baseball gets set to host its annual All-Star Game, TVLine asks: Which all-time great TV characters would fill out the roster for your own “all-star team” of doctors, cops, superheroes, funny folk and dramatic heavy hitters? The 92nd MLB All-Star Game will be held this Tuesday, July 19 at Dodger Stadium, pitting […]

Sunday, July 17, 2022

Animal Kingdom Recap: 'Nicked' — Plus, Thompson Closes In on Pope

Never mind that just last week Animal Kingdom’s Craig and Deran were beating the stuffing out of one another. When little Nick was kidnapped by Renn’s drug-dealing competition in Sunday’s especially tense episode, the baby’s daddy ran to his kid brother as fast as he used to race toward a line of coke. Deran not […]

Westworld Recap: Did Dolores-Hale Just Get Her New World Order?

Action, intrigue and sneaky time jumps abound in Westworld‘s “Generation Loss,” an episode mostly concerned with Caleb and his importance to Dolores-Hale. We do get more Christina (and Teddy!) this week, but most of the plot propulsion happens through Maeve, Caleb, Bernard…. Basically every major character except Christina. When we left them last week, Caleb […]

Evil Recap: The Algorithm Method

The scariest part of this week’s Evil isn’t the wannabe possessed girl chewing glass. Or the seriously messed-up mom traumatizing her kids in exchange for online likes. It’s actually the relatability of how quickly, easily and all-encompassingly Ben, David and Kristen get sucked into a Tiktok-like app they’ve downloaded for a case. I feel seen… […]

Blood & Treasure Season 2 Premiere Recap: The Khan Is On — Grade It!

Nearly three years after its freshman finale on CBS, Blood & Treasure resumed globe-trotting this Sunday with the first two episodes of Season 2, now exclusively on Paramount+. Are you along for the ride? EPISODE 1 | For the characters, it has been four months since the events of the Season 1 finale, in which […]

Saturday, July 16, 2022

Flowers in the Attic: The Origin Recap: [Spoiler] Suffers a Sublimely Dramatic Death That Belongs in the Louvre

Saturday’s installment of Flowers in the Attic: The Origin contains many twists, screaming fits and a dramatic death scene that is pure art. Let’s start with Olivia’s bargain with Alicia, which is really just a trial run for what she does to her grandchildren years later. Alicia — who is carrying Malcolm’s child — agrees to be […]

Legends of Tomorrow: Astra and Zari Teach Behrad to 'Do the (Psycho) Robot' in Deleted Final-Season Scene

Behrad posing as his psychopathic “robo-clone” required a bit of rehearsal, as revealed in this deleted scene from DC’s Legends of Tomorrow‘s seventh and final season. In the clip above — from Season 7’s 11th episode, “Rage Against the Machines” — Behrad (played by Shayan Sobhian) is getting ready to impersonate his robot clone and […]

Friday, July 15, 2022

Close Enough Cancelled at HBO Max

Close Enough is closing up shop: HBO Max has cancelled the animated comedy after a three-season run, our sister site Deadline reports. Created by Regular Show‘s JG Quintel, Close Enough centered on Josh and Emily, a married couple with a young daughter who share a cramped L.A. apartment with their divorced best friends Alex and […]

La Brea Adds Wrecked's Jonno Roberts to Play Brainy Scientist in Season 2

We just got a new clue about the mystery that is Season 2 of La Brea: Jonno Roberts (Wrecked) is joining the cast of the NBC drama in a major recurring role, according to our sister site Deadline. Roberts will play James Mallet, “a brilliant scientist and businessman who just might be trying to save […]

Gentleman Jack Creator: 'Options Are Being Explored' for Potential Season 3, Following Cancellation at HBO

Anne and Ann’s love story might not be over just yet. Despite Gentleman Jack‘s cancellation earlier this month, series creator Sally Wainwright is offering hope to devastated fans of the lesbian period drama, which was a co-production between HBO and the BBC before the former decided to pull out. In an interview with RadioTimes.com, Wainwright […]

TVLine Items: Loki Season 2 Casting, Rosie Perez Joins Your Honor and More

Loki‘s multiverse is getting a new addition: Rafael Casal (Blindspotting) has joined the cast of Disney+’s Marvel series for its upcoming second season, our sister site Deadline reports. No official word yet on who Casal will be playing, but unconfirmed rumors are swirling online that he could be playing demonic villain Zaniac. Loki, starring Tom […]

Days of Our Lives: Beyond Salem Ends Season 2 With a Chilling Cliffhanger — Is [Spoiler] Really Back for Good?

Don’t call it a comeback. Or do. At this point, it’s still a bit of a mystery. We’re talking, of course, about the final scene of Friday’s conclusion to Days of Our Lives: Beyond Salem Season 2. Despite failing to kill Hope — for a second time, anyway — Megan Hathaway was successful in collecting […]

The Handmaid's Tale Season 5 Adds New Amsterdam's Genevieve Angelson as [Spoiler]'s Superfan

There’s a new teal tyrant in town. Genevieve Angelson (New Amsterdam) has been cast in The Handmaid’s Tale‘s upcoming Season 5, TVLine has confirmed. The actress announced her involvement in the Hulu series Thursday. “Blessed be the project reveal,” Angelson tweeted alongside a photo of her wearing the bluish-green hue that commanders’ wives wear on the […]

Thursday, July 14, 2022

Chris Meloni's Naked Peloton Ad Celebrates Law & Order Star's, Um, Unique Way of Working Out — Watch

What hath that Men’s Health cover wrought?  Law & Order: Organized Crime star Chris Meloni, who previously has espoused his enthusiasm for working out in the buff, now is doing so in an advertisement for Peloton‘s exercise app. “Apparently, some people think the way I work out is strange,” Meloni says at the top of the […]

Beavis and Butt-Head Revival Gets August Premiere Date — Watch Trailer

If Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe whetted your appetite for new episodes of the classic ’90s cartoon, you’re in luck: Paramount+ on Thursday announced that a new season of Beavis and Butt-Head will begin streaming Thursday, Aug. 4. Series creator Mike Judge will continue to voice both of the titular slackers, who are “back […]

The Patient Trailer: Steve Carell Is a Therapist in Danger in Hulu's Thriller

Steve Carell is used to dealing with difficult personalities on TV — but his new role on Hulu’s The Patient is on a whole other level. In a new trailer for the psychological thriller, which you can watch above, the former Office star plays Alan Strauss, a therapist who helps his patients deal with their […]

DWTS Adds Alfonso Ribeiro to Co-Host With Tyra Banks in Move to Disney+

Tyra Banks is coming back to the Dancing With the Stars ballroom… and she’ll have some company. Alfonso Ribeiro is joining as a co-host alongside Banks as the long-running celebrity dance competition moves from ABC to Disney+ this fall, TVLine has learned. Banks returns for her third season as host and executive producer, and the […]

Wednesday, July 13, 2022

The Challenge: USA Recap: There's Something About Tiffany

Unless your name is Ashley “Millionaire” Mitchell, “polid–king” will only get you so far in The Challenge. On Wednesday’s episode, Tiffany learned that the hard way when a flirtmance with Cinco rubbed the rest of the cast the wrong way, ultimately painting a huge target on her back. But when we last left T.J. and […]

South Park Expands ManBearPig's Backstory, Kills Off [Spoiler] in Streaming Wars Part 2 — Grade It!

The town of South Park is on the brink of collapse in the show’s latest Paramount+ special, and only one man is Karen enough to save it. South Park: The Streaming Wars Part 2 finds the head of the Marsh household taking a long, hard look at what he’s become. And we’re not just referring […]

Resident Evil Boss Addresses Supernatural Comparisons, Teases Show's Connection to the Video Games

Anyone who’s ever watched Supernatural knows that Sam and Dean Winchester’s unbreakable bond was the heart of that series. The brothers didn’t always get along, but they still fought tooth and nail for each other, regardless of the consequences. Netflix’s Resident Evil series, arriving this Thursday, also grounds itself in a complicated sibling dynamic with Jade […]

Sex Education: [Spoiler] Also Out Ahead of Major Season 4 Reset

Moordale students are dropping like flies ahead of Sex Education Season 4 — and we now have a better understanding why. Tanya Reynolds, who has played fan-favorite Lily since Season 1, is not returning to the Netflix dramedy. The news comes one week after fellow cast member (and Reynolds’ on-screen love interest) Patricia Allison — […]

Criminal Minds Revival Snags 10-Episode Series Order at Paramount+

The long and twisting saga involving Paramount+’s Criminal Minds has arrived at a happy ending. TVLine has learned exclusively that the streamer has placed a 10-episode series order for a continuation of the long-running CBS procedural. On Tuesday, series vet Joe Mantegna teased the series’ return on social media, posting a photo of himself inside a soundstage […]

Jeff Goldblum Replaces Hugh Grant as Zeus in Netflix's Greek Mythology Riff

Jeff Goldblum will play the almighty Zeus in Netflix’s KAOS, now that scheduling issues have forced Hugh Grant (The Undoing) to part ways with the darkly comedic and contemporary reimagining of Greek mythology from The End of The F***ing World‘s Charlie Covell. Our sister site Deadline first reported on the recasting. “Nothing is sacred in […]

TVLine Items: 'Han Solo' Joins Marvel Series, Lower Decks' Return and More

Alden Ehrenreich is joining the ever-growing Star Wars/Marvel club. Best known for filling the title role in Solo: A Star Wars Story, Ehrenreich is set to play a key character in Disney+’s upcoming Marvel series Ironheart, our sister site Deadline reports. Ironheart stars Dominique Thorne as Riri Williams, a character who will be introduced in […]

Tuesday, July 12, 2022

What We Do in the Shadows Premiere Recap: Three Vamps and a Baby

The What We Do in the Shadows vampires reunited in Tuesday’s Season 4 premiere — and there’s even a new addition to the family. We pick up a year later, and the vamps’ Staten Island home is a wreck, with lights flickering and branches growing wildly inside. Laszlo is there watching HGTV marathons — and […]

Better Call Saul's Tony Dalton Takes Us Inside Lalo's Big Showdown With Gus

Warning: This post contains spoilers from Monday’s Better Call Saul. The end of Better Call Saul is fast approaching… and the end is already here for one of its major characters. Lalo Salamanca, the terrifying cartel gangster played by Tony Dalton, hatched a clever plan in Monday’s midseason premiere, using Jimmy and Kim as a […]

Ratings: ABC's Claim to Fame Opens Low, Even as Bachelorette Dominates

In the latest TV show ratings, ABC’s The Bachelorette kicked off Season 19 with 2.7 million total viewers and a 0.6 rating, down from both its October (3 mil/0.8) and June 2021 (3.8 mil/1.0) openers but still easily leading Monday in the demo. (Read our recap.) Leading out of The Bachelorette, the secret celebrity kinfolk […]

Squid Game Makes Emmys History as First Foreign Language Series to Vie for Best Drama, Racks Up 14 Total Nods

Among the superlatives to come out of Tuesday morning’s Emmy Award nominations, Netflix’s Squid Game is the first foreign language series to make the short list for Outstanding Drama. In that highly competitive category, the recently renewed survival thriller will compete against Better Call Saul (the first half of its final season), Euphoria, Ozark, Severance, […]

Emmys: Yellowstone and 1883 Spinoff Nearly Snubbed by Nominations

There won’t be a whole lotta celebrating in the bunkhouse tonight. Yellowstone on Tuesday was completely shut out when the 74th Primetime Emmy Awards nominees were announced. Prequel 1883 received three nods but none in major categories. (Two were for Outstanding Cinematography for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie, and one was for Outstanding […]

It’s a Blessing This Is Us’ Rebecca Didn’t Live to Witness This Morning’s Emmy Nominations

There’s no lemon so sour that you can’t make something resembling lemonade. But there are grapes so sour that I can’t let another moment go by without raging against the Emmys machine in the name of Pearson lovers everywhere. The ONLY nomination This Is Us grabbed at Tuesday’s announcement (full list here) was in the […]

Monday, July 11, 2022

Better Call Saul Recap: Who Didn't Survive the Midseason Premiere?

The tension isn’t letting up anytime soon as Better Call Saul returns for its final six episodes — and the body count won’t stop climbing, either. After a cryptic opening that features a shoe washing up on a beach with footprints leading to Howard’s car parked in the sand, Monday’s premiere picks up right where we […]

Days of Our Lives: Beyond Salem Explains Why Hope Has Been M.I.A., Brings Back [Spoiler] After 3 Decades

Now streaming on Peacock, the first episode of Beyond Salem‘s second season wastes no time reuniting Days of Our Lives fans with one of the soap’s most-missed characters — though not everyone is thrilled to see her. The week-long event begins with Ciara and Ben arriving in Montreal, where they’re greeted by none other than […]

Loot Renewed for Season 2

Molly Novak will have a lot more time to spend her Loot: Apple TV+ has renewed the Maya Rudolph-led workplace comedy for a second season, TVLine has learned. Rudolph stars as Molly, a recently divorced mega-billionaire who finds new purpose when she buddies up with the people who work at a charity foundation run in […]

Real Housewives' Jen Shah Pleads Guilty to Fraud, Faces Prison Sentence

The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City star Jen Shah pleaded guilty to federal fraud charges Monday and now faces the possibility of more than a decade in prison, our sister site Variety reports. Shah and her assistant, Stuart Smith, were charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with telemarketing and conspiracy to […]

Thor 4: Emmy-Winning TV Favorite Joins the MCU in Mid-Credits Scene

The following contains a major mid-credits casting spoiler from Thor: Love and Thunder, now in theaters. Thor: Love and Thunder may have failed Kat Dennings’ post-WandaVision Darcy Lewis, but the first of two end credits scenes offered quite a thrill for fans of TV’s most acclaimed current comedy. And it certainly gave new context to […]

Sunday, July 10, 2022

Westworld Recap: Dine and Dash — Plus, What Is Delos Up to Now??

This week on HBO’s Westworld, a familiar face finally resurfaced, while things turned deadly at the new theme park. The episode “Annees Folles” finally checks back in with Bernard, who has been “asleep” for seven years. Last time we saw him, he was slumped forward on a bed collecting dust while the world went to […]

Animal Kingdom Recap: 'Flush' Life

In Sunday’s Animal Kingdom, everything that could go wrong with the Codys’ jewel theft seemed to — but only to me. Smurf’s boys appeared to think that the heist was a rousing success. To be fair, the guys did make off with apparently all but one of Eddie’s sky-high-priced baubles — the one that Brock gave […]

Riverdale Recap: Bring Out Your Dead

Well, a lot of our favorite Riverdale characters are dead when this week’s episode opens… but luckily, people don’t stay dead in Riverdale for long. We pick up with Cheryl mourning at the grave of Nana Rose, who was struck down by Percival’s plague that also took the lives of first-born kids Archie, Jughead, Toni, […]

The Boys' Laz Alonso on Finally Getting MM's Backstory, His Rift With Butcher and Hilarious 'Herogasm' Outtakes

Prior to its premiere, The Boys‘ third season was hyped up for the arrival of Soldier Boy, but in many ways, it was actually the season of MM. As the voice of reason amongst the ragtag group of anti-supes, Laz Alonso’s character shined in scenes both dramatic (his explanation of his OCD) and comedic (his […]

Evil Bosses Take Us Inside Episode 5's Cheeky Nod to Ted Lasso

Is Evil‘s Sheryl about to tape a “Believe” sign over her office door? Anything is possible in the warped world of Paramount+’s supernatural drama, which in Sunday’s episode invoked one of Ted Lasso‘s signature bits and  — lovingly! — twisted it into something demonic. A quick recap: As the demonic cryptocurrency Makob rose in value, Sheryl […]

Blood & Treasure Bosses Warn That Season 2's 'Outlandish' Plot, Written Back in 2019, Will Seem 'Prophetic'

When Blood & Treasure finally returns with its second season (exclusively on Paramount+), some elements of the series will be familiar in a fun way (Danny and Lexi are still trotting the globe!), while others will be familiar in an eerie way. Because just as Blood & Treasure‘s freshman run was kicking off on CBS […]

Saturday, July 9, 2022

Flowers in the Attic: The Origin Recap: Malcolm Foxworth Is a Menace — Grade the Limited Series' Premiere

If a man is handsome, rich and charming, he’s probably trash. That’s certainly the case in Lifetime’s Flowers in the Attic: The Origin, which explores Olivia Winfield’s twisted backstory and the complex reasons that led her to lock her grandchildren in an attic. A prequel to 2014’s Flowers in the Attic and its sequel, Petals […]

Friday Ratings: Dynasty Hits a 13-Episode High, SmackDown Dips

In the latest TV show ratings, The CW’s Dynasty this Friday drew 290,000 total viewers — its best audience of 2022, and the third-largest of what shall be its final season — while also ticking up in the demo to post its first 0.1 rating (!) since March 19. The quiet evening’s only other fresh […]

99¢ Paramount+, Starz and Showtime Among Prime Day Streaming Deals

If you’ve been waiting for the right time to get caught up on the devilishly good Evil, which to date has scared up some 30 episodes, Prime Day could be the day for you. Though the annual, two-day bargain-hunting event for Amazon Prime members doesn’t officially arrive until this Tuesday, July 12, many deals are […]

Will Walker Prequel's 1800s Wardrobe Be Made CW-Sexy? 'I'm Definitely in a 20-Pound Dress and a Corset, So...'

When one thinks of a CW series, bulky, constructed frontier dresses and dingy, scratchy-looking shirts don’t ever come to mind. The upcoming Walker prequel, though, will aim to make 1800s fashion as fetch as it can. Set in the late 1800s and filmed in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Walker Independence follows Abby Walker (played by […]

Friday, July 8, 2022

The Boys EP on [Spoiler]'s Tragic Fate — and Why It's Not the End for Them

Warning: The following contains major spoilers for The Boys Season 3 finale. Proceed at your own risk! The truth cost one character their life during The Boys‘ Season 3 finale. (But at least [spoiler] got a happy ending?) After being confronted by Homelander, Black Noir admitted that he had known that Soldier Boy was Homelander’s […]

FBI: Missy Peregrym Announces Delayed Season 5 Return

FBI star Missy Peregrym — who gave birth to her second child last month — will be back at work on the CBS procedural this fall, albeit a few weeks late. The actress revealed on Instagram Friday that her current maternity leave will continue until September, at which point she will resume playing Special Agent […]

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Honors Iconic Designing Women Moment in First Non-Musical Lip Sync Battle

Proving that Dynasty isn’t the only beloved piece of ’80s pop culture worth preserving, RuPaul paid homage to another classic TV series in Friday’s episode of Drag Race All Stars, which ended with the show’s most unexpected lip sync battle yet. As is tradition, the episode concluded with the week’s top two queens — in […]

WWE CEO Vince McMahon Reportedly Agreed to Pay $12 Million to Cover Up Sexual Misconduct and Infidelity

WWE CEO and Chairman Vince McMahon reportedly agreed to pay more than $12 million to four women over the last 16 years to cover up allegations of infidelity and sexual misconduct, according to both documents obtained by the Wall Street Journal and accounts by people familiar with the arrangements. McMahon reportedly paid $7.5 million in […]

New Game of Thrones Book Is Moving 'Further and Further Away' From TV Series, Says George R.R. Martin

Like Arbor Red to a thirsty mouth, Game of Thrones author George R.R. Martin is offering solace to fans of the A Song of Ice and Fire novels who weren’t happy with the events of Game of Thrones‘ final season. “I have been at work in my winter garden,” Martin wrote Friday in a blog post […]

The Boys Ends Season 3 With Twists Aplenty — Plus: Grade the Finale

After waiting nearly 18 months for The Boys Season 3 to premiere, it’s already time to part ways with Homelander, Butcher & Co. — and bid a permanent goodbye to two characters! Friday’s eventful and action-packed hour brought us, among other things, a highly anticipated showdown with Soldier Boy, a tragic loss that even brought […]

Thursday, July 7, 2022

Gentleman Jack Cancelled After 2 Seasons — Read HBO's Statement

Anne and Ann’s love story won’t be continuing at HBO. The network has axed period drama Gentleman Jack after two seasons, our sister site Deadline reports. “HBO will not be moving forward with a third season of Gentleman Jack,” the network said in a statement. “When we began this journey more than five years ago, […]

The Boys Rises on Nielsen Streaming Chart, Ms. Marvel Debuts at No. 10

Stranger Things once again dominated Nielsen’s U.S. streaming ranking (for the week of June 6), while The Boys soared two spots with the release of Season 3’s fourth episode. Netflix’s Stranger Things — which previously shattered records with 7.2 billion minutes viewed — this week racked up another 4.2 billion minutes viewed across 32 total […]

Sistas Recap: Fatima's Plan to #FreeZac Hits a Major Roadblock

At this point, it’ll take a miracle to keep Sistas‘ Zac from serving a lengthy prison sentence. Well, a miracle or a lazy plot twist — we’ll settle for either! Not only did Wednesday’s episode reveal that Zac was put back on probation for failing to pay child support, but he’s looking at a minimum […]

Daredevil's Charlie Cox and Vincent D'Onofrio to Both Appear in Hawkeye Spinoff Echo (Report)

Daredevil and Kingpin seem poised for a rematch, on Disney+’s upcoming  spinoff of Hawkeye. Our sister site THR reports that both Charlie Cox and Vincent D’Onofrio will have roles in Disney+’s Echo, which was ordered back in November and stars Hawkeye‘s Alaqua Cox as the titular Maya Lopez. Cox played New York legal eagle Matt […]

Emotional Josh Duhamel Pays Tribute to Las Vegas Co-Star James Caan: 'One of the Kindest, Coolest People'

Josh Duhamel took to social media on Thursday to share an emotional remembrance of his former Las Vegas co-star James Caan, who died Wednesday at the age of 82. In an Instagram story, Duhamel — fighting back tears — shared, “I just want to take a minute to remember Jimmy Caan: one of the kindest, coolest, funniest people […]

TVLine Items: Megan Boone to Accused, Bridgerton Spinoff Casting and More

The Blacklist vet Megan Boone is returning to TV in an episode of Fox’s upcoming anthology series Accused, our sister site Deadline reports. Based on the BAFTA-winning British show, the drama opens in a courtroom with a defendant being accused of a crime, then backtracks to reveal how these people got caught up in the […]

Wednesday, July 6, 2022

TVLine Items: Stranger Things Stage Play, Reservation Dogs Trailer and More

Stranger Things are going to be happening at the theater: Under their newly announced production company, Upside Down Pictures, the Duffer Brothers are developing a stage play set within the world and mythology of the hit Netflix series. The project will be produced by Sonia Friedman, Stephen Daldry (The Crown, Billy Elliot, The Reader) and […]

Better Call Saul Recasts Key Role Ahead of Final Episodes, New Teaser Reveals

We’ll see more of Cinnabon manager Gene in Better Call Saul‘s final episodes… but his main antagonist will look a little different. The role of Jeff, the overeager cab driver who recognized Gene in a Season 5 flash-forward, has been recast, TVLine has confirmed, with a new actor taking over for Don Harvey. The new […]

Evil Scares Up Early Season 4 Renewal

There will be plenty more Evil to see and hear beyond Season 3. Paramount+ on Wednesday renewed Robert and Michelle King’s supernatural thriller for a fourth season. The early pickup arrives as the series approaches the halfway point of its current 10-episode third season (new episodes drop Sundays). In a statement, Nicole Clemens, president of Paramount+ […]

grown-ish Season 5 Trailer Introduces Junior's New Crew, Scars Zoey For Life

This is not a happy hump day for Zoey Johnson. Freeform on Wednesday released the trailer for grown-ish‘s upcoming fifth season, which welcomes Junior (black-ish‘s Marcus Scribner) to Cal U as a full-time student — and a full-time problem for Zoey. Let’s just cut right to it: The trailer’s 40-second mark finds Zoey walking in […]

Historic Law & Order Three-Show Crossover Event Eyed for Fall Launch

The Law & Order universe has staged its fair share of crossovers, but it’s never dun-dun this before. A crossover involving all three of NBC’s Law & Order series — that’s the revived mothership, Law & Order: SVU and Law & Order: Organized Crime — is being eyed to launch the trio’s respective new seasons on Thursday, […]

Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin Trailer Launches 'A' New Mystery on HBO Max

HBO Max on Wednesday welcomed eager (and cautiously optimistic) fans to Millwood, Pa. with the first official trailer for Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin. A new story set in the Pretty Little Liars universe, Original Sin picks up 20 years after “a series tragic series of events almost ripped the blue-collar town of Millwood apart.” […]

Stranger Things Co-Creator Responds to Millie Bobby Brown's Call for More Deaths: 'This Is Hawkins, Not Westeros'

One of Stranger Things‘ creators has responded to leading lady Millie Bobby Brown’s semi-serious suggestion that the Netflix series make like Game of Thrones and kill off a slew of major characters. In a Q&A with The Wrap (at the 2:15 mark in the video below), Brown and co-star Noah Schnapp pondered the idea of […]

Tuesday, July 5, 2022

Night Sky Cancelled at Prime Video

It’s one and done for Night Sky. Prime Video has cancelled the sci-fi series starring Academy Award winners Sissy Spacek and J.K. Simmons after a single season, our sister site Deadline reports. “Spanning space and time,” Night Sky followed Irene and Franklin York, “a couple who, years ago, discovered a chamber buried in their backyard which […]

Your Honor to End With Season 2 on Showtime, Bryan Cranston Says

Your Honor won’t be bending the rule of law much longer. In a new interview, series star Bryan Cranston says Season 2 of the Showtime legal drama will be its last. “I am [currently] preparing for the second and last season of Your Honor, which is a limited series that I did for Showtime,” Cranston […]

TVLine Items: grown-ish Promotion, Issa Rae's Rap Sh!t Trailer and More

Luca’s little sister just got some big news: Daniella Perkins, who recurred in grown-ish‘s fourth season as Kiela, will be a series regular when the Freeform comedy returns for its revamped Season 5, our sister site Deadline reports. We’ll also be meeting six new recurring characters, including Tara Raani as sophomore Zara, an overachieving Muslim […]

Beauty and the Beast Set as ABC's Next Live Musical Event, Will Air in December

With The Little Mermaid Live!‘s Flounder puppet still swimming around in our nightmares, ABC is looking ahead to its next live TV adaptation of a beloved Disney property. (Hint: It’s the one with the dancing forks.) Hamish Hamilton will direct a live-action/animation hybrid production of Beauty and the Beast, TVLine has confirmed. Jon M. Chu, […]

The CW Sets Fall Premiere Dates, Plus a Late-Summer Return for Stargirl

The CW is the fifth and final broadcast network (following Fox, ABC, CBS and NBC) to unveil its fall schedule, setting premiere dates for more than a dozen new, new-ish and returning series. DC’s Stargirl is first out of the gate with a late-August return, followed by the network’s typical October rollout of series including its top-rated […]

The Orville: Seth MacFarlane on Abortion Episode's 'Insane' Timing, 'Revisionist' Takes on Show's Tone

The Orville‘s own Penny Johnson Jerald did tell TVLine that most every episode of Season 3 would give people something to talk about. And sure enough, in recent weeks alone the space adventure series has addressed the issues of suicide, abortion, and gender reassignment. In fact, the June 23 episode’s exploration of abortion — including […]

Stranger Things' Jamie Campbell Bower Reveals Why 'To Pee or Not to Pee' Was a 'Very Complicated' Issue for Vecna

By now, we all know, don’t we, that Stranger Things’ Henry Creel had a beyond hard time of it, what with being so very different that he was remanded to Dr. Brenner’s care and branded “One.” But what we could only guess at — until this very moment — was how tricky a proposition playing […]

Monday, July 4, 2022

One of Stranger Things 4's Sweetest Moments Wasn't Scripted, Say Writers

The following contains a spoiler or three from the season finale of Stranger Things 4. One of Stranger Things 4‘s most tender season-finale moments (amid so much mayhem!) was ad-libbed by the actors involved. Not long into the XXL season finale aka “The Piggyback,” Joyce and Hopper (played by Winona Ryder and David Harbour) are […]

Stranger Things: Duffer Brothers Confirm [Spoiler] Is Dead

The following story contains spoilers about Stranger Things‘ final two Season 4 episodes — proceed at your own peril.  Stranger Things creators Matt and Ross Duffer are issuing a death certificate for one of Season 4’s ambiguously deceased characters. In an interview with Josh Horowitz, the Duffer Brothers confirmed that Matthew Modine’s super-villain Martin Brenner […]

A Capitol Fourth Livestream: Watch PBS' 4th of July Celebration

It wouldn’t be Independence Day without A Capitol Fourth. PBS’ annual salute to America — which you can stream above — will return to a live format in 2022, with its traditional concert on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol. The 90-minute broadcast begins at 8/7c. Country music star and four-time Grammy nominee Mickey Guyton […]

Kelsey Grammer Offers Frasier Revival Update — But Maybe Minus Niles?

Nearly a year-and-a-half after confirming that a Frasier revival is in the works at Paramount+, Kelsey Grammer has shared an update on the timetable for its premiere. During a Monday appearance on CBS’ The Talk, Grammer was asked where things stand with actually shooting the Frasier revival, and the five-time Emmy winner said, “There have […]

Challenge: USA Host T.J. Lavin Talks CBS' Reality Battle, How Some Players 'Bit Off More Than They Could Chew'

As host T.J. Lavin tells it, The Challenge is a reality TV juggernaut like no other. When it came time for former castmates of Survivor, Big Brother, The Amazing Race and Love Island to step into the Arena, some of them just weren’t ready for the madness to come. “[Some players] had a little grit […]

Sunday, July 3, 2022

Westworld Recap: Coming Attractions — What Did William Unveil?

With its second episode of Season 4, HBO’s Westworld advanced its labyrinthine plot with more Man in Black savagery, Maeve and Caleb banter and angry androids than even Anthony Hopkins could handle. The episode “Well Enough Alone” kicks off with William/the Man in Black attacking Clementine in her home. He shoots her and demands she […]

Animal Kingdom Recap: What's in a Name? — Plus, [Spoiler] Returns

Bless his sick and twisted heart, Animal Kingdom’s Pope doesn’t have a prayer of making it to the series’ finale unscathed. Or even just not further scathed. In Sunday’s episode, which featured Baz calling Andrew Pope for the first time after the 1992 rectory robbery that left him feeling more sinful than usual, the present-day […]

The Chi Recap: Hands Off

In this week’s The Chi, we see Emmett do two things we’ve previously never witnessed him doing: parent all three of his children at once, and swear off all forms of sex. Is it terrible to say that we don’t have much faith in him on either front? Elsewhere, Douda and Quentin have a plan to […]

Yellowstone's Kelly Reilly Takes Aim at the Character Beth May Hate as Much as Jamie: 'She's Going to Destroy Her'

Yellowstone’s Beth Dutton is not someone whose s—t list you want to be on, much less top — a fact that Summer Higgins learned the hard way after she slept with the human tornado’s daddy in Season 4. So as Season 5 rolls around, the activist might feel like she’s safer behind bars than anywhere […]

Evil Recap: Hell on Wheels

David, Kristen and Ben hit the road — and the diocese hopes Sister Andrea will do the same — in this week’s Evil. First up: The wife of a trucker who thinks he’s possessed after driving an allegedly haunted highway enlists the assessors’ services, which of course requires our Holy Trinity to drive the road in […]

Stranger Things Finale: Which Emotional Moment Most Wrecked You?

Warning: The following contains spoilers for the Season 4 finale of Stranger Things. If you’ve yet to finish Episode 9, not reading any further would be a bitchin’ idea. Every season. Every damn season, Stranger Things reduces us to rubble at least a couple of times. And as Season 4 careened toward its eye-popping ending, […]

The Boys Boss Talks Black Noir's Animated Backstory: The Idea That 'He's Like Snow White Made Me Laugh'

Warning: The following contains spoilers for The Boys Season 3, Episode 7. Proceed at your own risk! Never has a tragic backstory looked so cute! Still on the run from Soldier Boy’s wrath, Black Noir took refuge inside an abandoned Buster Beaver’s pizza restaurant during this week’s The Boys. As the supe laid out various bowls […]

Saturday, July 2, 2022

Kristian Alfonso Hits Back at Critics Ahead of Days of Our Lives Return: 'I Didn't Say I'm Never, Ever Coming Back'

When Kristian Alfonso tendered her resignation from Days of Our Lives in 2020 after 37 years, the actress seemed rather emphatic about it being a permanent departure. Cut to July 2022, Alfonso is set to reprise her role of Hope Williams Brady opposite former leading man Peter Reckell in the second installment of Days offshoot Beyond […]

Ms. Marvel: Farhan Akthar and Aramis Knight Discuss That Red Dagger Twist

Warning: The following contains spoilers from this Wednesday’s episode of Ms. Marvel. Proceed accordingly. Farhan Akthar didn’t hesitate to join Ms. Marvel when the opportunity came knocking. The famed Bollywood actor and director appeared in Wednesday’s episode as Waleed, the Red Dagger leader who helps Kamala have a better understanding of where her powers come […]

How Exactly The Flash's Series Finale Was Changed to Be a Season Finale

At the time The Flash was renewed for a ninth season, showrunner Eric Wallace had already penned what he assumed was going to be a series finale. So, before the finale actually began filming, what all wound up being changed? Wallace confirmed the season-ending change-up in a finale post mortem with TVLine, echoing that which […]

Friday, July 1, 2022

Ms. Marvel Director Says Tackling the Partition in Episode 4 'Was a Great Responsibility on My Shoulders'

Warning: The following contains spoilers from this week’s Ms. Marvel. Proceed accordingly. In the final moments of Wednesday’s Ms. Marvel, Kamala is accidentally transported back in time to 1947, where she witnesses firsthand the traumatic event she’d only heard about in stories up until then: the Partition of India, in which the British-ruled country was split […]

Time Traveler's Wife Cancelled at HBO

Henry and Clare’s love story has come to a premature end: HBO has cancelled The Time Traveler’s Wife after just one season, TVLine has confirmed. The series, based Audrey Niffenegger’s novel of the same name, was adapted for television by Steven Moffat (Doctor Who), with David Nutter (Game of Thrones) directing all six episodes in […]

The Flash's Candice Patton Clears Up 'Confusion' About 4-Week Absence

Candice Patton has shed light on the reason for her absence from four consecutive episodes of The Flash‘s recently wrapped Season 8 — all in the wake of showrunner Eric Wallace being asked by TVLine and other outlets about Iris’ untimely vanishing act. On-screen, Season 8’s 14th episode (of 20) ended with Iris, who since […]

Resident Alien Season 2, Part 2 Trailer Brings More Murder, Mayhem and Man-Eating Alien Babies — Get Return Date

Syfy’s Resident Alien has officially set its summertime return: Season 2 will resume with Part 2 Wednesday, August 10 at 10/9c, the cabler announced Friday. In addition to its return date, the network also dropped a brand new trailer for the season’s remaining eight episodes (watch the new clip above). The second half of Season […]

Stranger Things 4 Shatters Nielsen Streaming Top 10 Chart Record, While Obi-Wan Kenobi Debuts at No. 3

Vecna has spoken. Netflix’s Stranger Things — which ahead of Season 4, Volume 1’s release made its first-ever appearance on Nielsen’s U.S. ranking of streaming originals, as people played catch-up — dominated the Nielsen Top 10 chart for the weeks of May 23 and May 30, after the first new episodes finally saw the light […]

Animal Kingdom Preview: Pope Makes J's Dangerous Liaisons a Family Affair

Animal Kingdom’s J should know better. The surest way to clue in Uncle Pope to the fact that something is going on is to lie that nothing is. Yet that’s exactly what the youngest of the Codys does in the above sneak peek, an exclusive preview of Sunday’s episode of the TNT drama (9/8c). Needless […]