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 […]
Tuesday, July 5, 2022
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 […]
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