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I have very sad news to report tonight. It has been announced that Tony Todd has died at the age of 69. The legendary actor is best known for his roles in Candyman, Final Destination, Platoon, The Crow, Night of the Living Dead, and his many appearances in the Star Trek franchise. He was a massively talented actor whose incredible baritone voice made every project so much better. This is a huge blow.

Todd’s wife, Fatima, told THR that he died on Wednesday at his home in Marina del Rey after a long illness. New Line Cinema, the studio which produces the Final Destination franchise, wrote on Instagram: “The industry has lost a legend. We have lost a cherished friend. Rest in peace, Tony, -Your Final Destination Family.“

After studying theater at the Eugene O’Neill National Actors Theatre Institute, Todd made the leap to the silver screen, making...

Tony Todd, an American actor known for leading the “Candyman” horror franchise as its eponymous hook-wielding ghost, died Wednesday at his home in Marina Del Rey, Calif. He was 69.

Todd’s death was confirmed by a representative for the actor. A cause of death was not disclosed.

A reliable presence in genre fare across four decades, Todd’s series of credits include iconic titles such as Alex Proyas’ comic book adaptation “The Crow,” Michael Bay’s Alcatraz actioner “The Rock” and the elaborate killing-set-piece series “Final Destination.” One of his earliest film performances came in his early thirties in Oliver Stone’s Oscar-winning war epic “Platoon.” On “Star Trek: The Next Generation,” Todd donned alien make-up to play Kurn, a Commander in the Klingon Defense Force and the brother of Worf (played by series regular Michael Dorn).

But Todd secured his name in the genre pantheon with his performance in Bernard Rose’s “Candyman,...

English Teacher is a comedy-drama series created by Brian Jordan Alvarez. The FX series follows the story of Evan Marquez, a gay high school teacher as he finds himself dealing with apathetic students while struggling with the personal, professional, and political aspects of working at a high school. English Teacher stars Brian Jordan Alvarez in the lead role with Stephanie Koenig, Enrico Colantoni, and Sean Patton starring in supporting roles. So, if you loved the hilarious comedy, compelling characters, and interesting storylines set in a school here are some similar shows you should check out next.

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Mr. Iglesias is a comedy series created by Kevin Hench. The Netflix series follows the story of Gabe Iglesias, a passionate and hilarious history teacher at the Woodrow Wilson High School where he tries to educate a group of misfit students with the help of his equally misfits colleagues.

David E. Kelley, the acclaimed writer and producer behind such hits as “The Practice,” “Big Little Lies” and “Ally McBeal,” will be awarded the 2024 International Emmy Founders Award. The black tie gala will take place on Nov. 25 in New York City.

Kelly’s first major hit happened in 1986 when he served as a writer on “L.A. Law.” Since then he’s created beloved series such as “Picket Fences,” “Chicago Hope,” “Ally McBeal,” “The Practice,” “Boston Public,” “Boston Legal,” “Big Little Lies,” “The Undoing,” “Nine Perfect Strangers,” “Big Sky,” “The Lincoln Lawyer” and “Doogie Howser, M.D.”

“Every generation has a favorite David E. Kelley show and that’s because David Kelley has been turning out television hits since ‘L.A. Law’ 40 years ago. He crafts memorable television for viewers across the globe,” International Academy President and CEO Bruce L. Paisner said in a statement. “We look forward to recognizing his tremendous talent with the Founders Award.

David E. Kelley, writer-producer behind iconic shows such as Ally McBeal, L.A. Law and Big Little Lies, will receive the 2024 International Emmy Founders Award at the awards gala in November.

Kelley is the creator of the Emmy, Peabody, and Golden Globe Award-winning shows Boston Legal, The Practice, and Ally McBeal, and the critically acclaimed dramatic series Big Little Lies, Boston Public, Chicago Hope, and Picket Fences.

To date, Kelley is the only Producer to ever win the Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy and Outstanding Drama, Ally McBeal and The Practice, respectively, in the same year (1999). This year, Kelley produced Presumed Innocent, which held the top spot on AppleTV , and Netflix’s A Man in Full, which reached #1 among the streamer’s Top 10 most-watched shows in the U.S. Kelley also created Nine Perfect Strangers, The Undoing and Love & Death. His first documentary project, Hope in the Water, featuring Martha Stewart and Shailene Woodley,...

Erich Anderson, the familiar character actor who made his film debut in Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter, played Keri Russell’s father on Felicity and recurred on shows from Steven Bochco, has died. He was 67.

Anderson died Saturday after a “brutal struggle with cancer,” his wife of 21 years, actress Saxon Trainor, and her brother-in-law, Michael O’Malley, announced in an Instagram post.

In Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984), Anderson portrayed Rob Dier, who while attempting to avenge his sister’s death meets his brutal end at the hands of Jason in a basement.

He appeared as Dr. Edward Porter, father of Russell’s Felicity Porter, in the 1998 pilot for Felicity, then returned for eight more episodes of the WB network show during its four-season run through 2002.

For Bochco, Anderson played pitcher Bobby Stang on NBC’s Bay City Blues in 1983-84 and drug dealer Don Kirkendall on ABC’s...

Erich Anderson, who was sometimes also credited as E. Erich Anderson, racked up over 100 credits during a screen acting career that stretched from 1983 into the 2020s, but he may be best known for playing the role of Rob in the 1984 slasher classic Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter. A character out for revenge, Rob looked like he had a shot at being able to take down hockey-masked killer Jason Voorhees for good… but when Rob finally caught up with Jason, things did not go well for him at all. Among Friday the 13th fans, Rob has become a favorite due to the fact that he seems so cool and capable at first, but then whiffs his shot at vengeance in a major way. Sadly, the actor who brought Rob to the screen is no longer with us. Erich Anderson’s wife Saxon Trainor has confirmed through social media that he...

This article contains casting spoilers for all eight episodes of Fallout.

The Fallout gaming franchise presents a big storytelling universe to play in. And that’s exactly what drew showrunners Geneva Robertson-Dworet and Graham Wagner to the Prime Video TV adaptation in the first place.

“It’s more creatively interesting to be able to build our own story in the world that they’ve carved out for us,” Wagner told Den of Geek. “That’s historically been the trajectory of Fallout. It’s traded hands many times, with different creative teams taking it over. It’s kept it fresh, kept it relevant. We chose to just vainly look at this as our Fallout.”

Of course, a big storytelling universe also requires a big cast to fill it up. Prime Video’s Fallout isn’t wanting for compelling lead characters thanks to Lucy MacLean (Ella Purnell), Maximus (Aaron Moten), and The Ghoul...

Perhaps you've had this experience:

You hear about an interesting movie or show, or you remember an old favorite, and you reason that since it's a well-known title, it's several years old, and you subscribe to several streaming services, you should be able to watch it for free somewhere.

Then you conduct the research that's necessary to find anything in the vast streaming landscape, and you realize that you're gonna have to shell out to rent or buy this thing.

Or worse, that film or series simply is not available. Anywhere.

If you're lucky, you can go on Amazon and have the DVD delivered in a couple of days, but you haven't seen your DVD player since Obama was in office, and you need something to watch now.

From comedy classics like Cocoon to Oscar winners like Il Postino to beloved children's movies like The Brave Little Toaster to action...

Eddie Driscoll, the veteran character actor who appeared on shows including Sex and the City, Boston Public, Entourage, Mad Men, The Last Ship and This Is Us, has died. He was 60.

Driscoll died Dec. 15 in Los Angeles from a saddle pulmonary embolism after months of fighting stomach cancer, actor Jimmy Palumbo announced.

Driscoll had a recurring role as East Coast leader Randall Croft in 2016 on the TNT sci-fi series The Last Ship, and he portrayed the loan shark Angelo “Gyp” DeCarlo in a West Coast touring company of Jersey Boys.

Driscoll also showed up on episodes of Days of Our Lives, Tracey Takes On …, The King of Queens, Cold Case, 24, Heroes, CSI: Miami and CSI: NY, 24, Medium, Heroes and Desperate Housewives and in films including Lansky (1999), Boat Trip (2002), Pavement (2002), Cellular (2004) and Blast (2004).

Born in New York on Sept. 26, 1963, Edward Driscoll graduated from Lenape Valley Regional High School in Stanhope,...

Officially, Prime Video’s spy drama Mr. and Mrs. Smith is based on the 2005 film of the same name. Unofficially, however, its origins are a bit murkier. Though this 2024 streaming iteration of Mr. and Mrs. Smith starring Donald Glover and Maya Erskine shares its basic premise with the previous Brad Pitt and Angelina-starring version (a married couple who also happen to be spies), the series diverges from it in some major ways as well.

In an interview with The Today Show, Glover (who also co-created the 2024 series) even admitted to not having seen the 2005 Doug Liman-directed film when he decided to embark upon the project. Co-creator Francesca Sloane wrote in an open letter to fans that “No one would need a show that retold the same blockbuster movie. But what we set out to do was to make something wholly original.”

This latest Mr. and Mrs. Smith seemingly exists...

1998’s Halloweentown is one of the most beloved Halloween and Disney Channel movies, and is a gift that keeps on giving as new generations discover the film that is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year.

Starring Kimberly J. Brown, Joey Zimmerman, Judith Hoag and Debbie Reynolds, the film directed by Duwayne Dunham followed Marnie, who on her 13th birthday discovers she’s a witch and is transported to Halloweentown, a magical place that is facing an evil curse. The film spawned three sequels: Halloweentown II: Kalabar’s Revenge in 2001, Halloweentown High in 2004 and Return to Halloweentown in 2006.

Halloweentown, written by Paul Bernbaum, Jon Cooksey and Ali Marie Matheson, holds a score of 83 percent on Rotten Tomatoes. You can currently watch Halloweentown on Prime Video or on Disney . The franchise is also airing as part of Freeform’s “31 Nights of Halloween.”

In celebration of the film’s 25th anniversary, take a look...

In the fourth episode of The Masked Singer Season 10, four masked contestants returned to the stage Wednesday for a special 2000s-themed evening. Panelist Ken Jeong traded his bomber jacket for Grey’s Anatomy scrubs and Jenny McCarthy donned an early-aughts Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake-inspired Canadian tuxedo.

After a final smackdown between contestants S’More and Pickle to Fall Out Boy’s “Sugar, We’re Goin Down,” it was revealed that Pickle was none other than comedian, actor and podcaster Michael Rapaport. After the reveal, host Nick Cannon said it...

Zachery Ty Bryan is making headlines for all the wrong reasons. Police arrested the former Home Improvement actor in Eugene, Ore. on Friday, July 28, following an altercation with an unnamed woman, according to a report from Entertainment Weekly.

The one-time sitcom star, 41, reportedly assaulted a woman, whose name was not released. When police arrived at the residence, Bryan was no longer there. He was later tracked down and booked on charges of felony assault.

The incident comes nearly three years after Bryan’s arrest in October 2020, also following a domestic violence incident. In that case, he was accused of assaulting his 27-year-old girlfriend, Johnnie Faye Cartwright, and taking her phone away when she attempted to call 911. He was booked on a felony charge of strangulation and misdemeanor charges of assault in the fourth degree and interfering with making a report, Us Weekly reported at the time.

Cartwright and Bryan are still a couple,...

Hello and welcome to the Scene 2 Seen podcast, I am your host Valerie Complex. Today’s guest is Harry Shum Jr. and we’re going to go through the highlights of his acting resume beginning with his first gig in 2003 on an episode of Boston Public.

I remember seeing him in Glee, but that heartthrob moment toward the end of Crazy Rich Asians gave me pause. I thought, “Man! He’s so much better for Astrid than her ex-husband!” It was a small cameo role but it made an impression on the audience, and helped to grow anticipation for the sequel. Cra was a massive hit and features a historic all-Asian cast, and was nominated for a slew of awards including at Critics Choice and the SAG Awards.

Shum was in the Netflix film Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon II – The Green Destiny, the sequel to the Academy Award-winning martial arts film set 20 years later.

Hey, Jimmy Kimmel Live fans. We are back on here to tell you that ABC does indeed have a brand new episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live all lined up and ready to go for you tonight, February 14, 2023, and we've got a brief preview of it. In tonight's new episode, you guys are going to see an actor, sports analyst and a musician show up to the set. The first description for tonight's new February 14, 2023 edition reveals that 45 year old American actor Milo Ventimiglia is going to show up to talk with Jimmy tonight. Milo has acted in productions like: NBC' This Is Us TV show, Second Act, Creed II movie, Gotham TV show, Grown Ups 2 movie, Heroes TV show, Rocky Balboa movie, Gilmore Girls TV show, NBC's Law & Order: Special Victims Unit TV show, Boston Public TV show, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation TV show, Saved By The Bell: The New Class...

Exclusive: 20th Television has extended its overall deal with Liz Heldens, co-developer and executive producer of the studio’s new crime drama Will Trent, starring Ramon Rodriguez, which premieres on ABC tonight. Under the new pact, Heldens will create, develop, write and produce new series for all platforms.

Heldens started her career at 20th TV — then co-run by Disney General Entertainment Chairman Dana Walden — creating her first pilot, 2000 Fox drama Damaged Goods, and working on series Boston Public, North Shore and Pepper Dennis. Heldens returned to the studio in 2016 and has been under an overall deal there ever since.

She recently developed and is executive producing and showrunning with Dan Thomsen Will Trent, based on the book series by Karin Slaughter. Previously, she was an executive producer on 20th TV’s award-winning limited series The Dropout for Hulu, the creator, executive producer and showrunner on two 20th TV series for Fox,...

We learned back in August that Neve Campbell was set to lead the cast of ABC’s “Avalon,” a new mystery-drama series from David E. Kelley. The project was given a series order by ABC, but Variety reports the surprising news that “Avalon” is no longer moving forward.

Variety reports, “According to an individual with knowledge of the situation, ABC opted not to move forward with the series order for “Avalon” after screening the pilot. A E Studios is said to still be bullish about the project and are weighing options on how to proceed.”

Based on Michael Connelly’s short story, “Avalon” is from A E Studios and 20th Television. Demetrius Grosse, Alexa Mansour, Steven Pasquale, and Roslyn Ruff were also starring.

Deadline had detailed, “Avalon, which received a straight-to-series order from ABC, takes place in the city of Avalon on Catalina Island, where L.A. Sheriff’s Department Detective...

Family, friends, and fans of the incomparable Leslie Jordan are still reeling after his untimely passing yesterday at the age of 67, but the body of work Jordan leaves behind is filled with nothing but a delightful array of joy and talent. Leslie Jordan was a multi-hyphenate performer, with the gay icon enjoying countless roles as a character actor, vocalist, writer, and personality across a multitude of genres. Based on the memorial posts made by those who worked with him and knew him best, the assumption that Leslie Jordan was just as kind and friendly off-screen as he appeared to be has been confirmed, with countless celebrities acknowledging that no one else could do it quite like Leslie Jordan.

As a character actor, Jordan spent a lot of his career playing side characters and guest roles, which is no shade to his talents or abilities. Leslie Jordan was the kind of...

Emmy-winning actor and comedian Leslie Jordan has died at the age of 67.

TMZ has reported that “Jordan was driving in Hollywood Monday morning when it’s suspected he suffered some sort of medical emergency and crashed his BMW into the side of a building.”

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He won an Emmy in 2006 for Best Guest Comedy Actor playing Beverly Leslie in “Will & Grace.” The beloved star also received two Gold Derby Awards for the same role in both 2006 and 2010. Other notable roles included Earl “Brother Boy” Ingram in “Sordid Lives” (2000) for which he won Best Actor at the New York Independent Film & Video Festival, Bernard Ferrion in “Boston Legal” (2005), Mr. Blackly in “The Help” (2011), Reginald Lord Devine in “The United States vs. Billie Holiday” (2021) and various characters in the “American Horror Story” anthology series. He guest starred in many TV shows throughout the years including “Murphy Brown,...

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Leslie Jordan, the goofy comic actor perhaps best known for his Emmy-winning turn as Beverley Leslie, the cynical foil to Megan Mullally’s Karen Walker, on Will & Grace, has died. He was 67.

Jordan was at the wheel of a BMW when he crashed into the side of a building at Cahuenga Boulevard and Romaine Street in Hollywood on Monday morning. He was declared dead at the scene and could have suffered a medical emergency beforehand.

Jordan recurs as Phil, the gay baker at the café owned by Mayim Bialik’s character, on the Fox sitcom Call Me Kat, which returned for its third season last month. He appeared in all five of the new season’s episodes so far.

His other recent work includes turns on FX’s American Horror Story — playing different characters over three seasons — and the 2018-19 Fox sitcom The Cool Kids.

Leslie Jordan, the actor who rose to fame on Will & Grace as the caustic frenemy of Megan Mullally’s Karen Walker, died in a single-car crash in Hollywood today. He was 67.

According to the LAPD, a driver, likely suffering a medical emergency, drove a car into a wall at the intersection of Cahuenga Boulevard and Romaine Street around 9:45 a.m. today. The Los Angeles Times has confirmed the driver’s identy as Jordan.

In addition to Will & Grace, Jordan appeared on TV in American Horror Story, Hearts Afire, Murphy Brown, Ugly Betty, and Boston Public. Film credits include The Help and Ski Patrol. He appeared onstage in the comedy Sordid Lives and reprised the role of “Brother Boy” in the 2000 film adaptation.

Jordan also appeared as himself in his own popular Instagram posts.

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We’ve learned the terribly sad news today that actor and comedian Leslie Jordan has passed away at the age of 67 after a tragic car accident in Hollywood on Monday morning.

TMZ reports, “Law enforcement sources tell TMZ Jordan was driving in Hollywood Monday morning when it’s suspected he suffered some sort of medical emergency and crashed his BMW into the side of a building.”

Leslie Jordan won a Primetime Emmy for his guest performance in “Will & Grace” back in 2006, and he’s known to horror fans for various roles including frequent appearances in Ryan Murphy’s “American Horror Story.” Jordan played Quentin Fleming in “Coven,” Ashley Gilbert & Cricket Marlowe in “Roanoke,” and later the character Courtney in “AHS: 1984.”

You may also remember Leslie Jordan from his role in Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday back in 1993, playing a diner employee by the name of Shelby.

Leslie Jordan, an Emmy-winning actor, writer and singer best known for his roles in “Will & Grace,” “American Horror Story” and “Hearts Afire,” has died. He was 67.

Jordan was driving in Hollywood Monday morning and crashed into the side of a building at Cahuenga Blvd. and Romaine St. It was suspected he suffered some sort of medical emergency.

Jordan was a veteran actor whose credits also included “The Help,” “The Cool Kids” and “Call Me Kat,” which is currently airing its third season on Fox. In 2006, he won the Emmy Award for guest actor in a comedy series for his work on “Will & Grace,” on which he played Karen’s sexually ambiguous, socialite frenemy Beverly Leslie.

He appeared on television shows including “Ally McBeal,” “Ugly Betty,” “Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman,” “Hidden Palms,” “Star Trek: Voyager,” “Caroline in the City,” “Pee-Wee’s Playhouse,” “Reba,” “Boston Public,” “Nash Bridges” and “Boston Legal,...

In its second season, ABC’s “Abbott Elementary” isn’t just the best sitcom on network television, which is now a bit like calling something the tastiest pasta in a hardware store; it’s rapidly growing into perhaps the finest comedy on the small screen, period. That’s no small boast for a show that fairly came out of nowhere when it launched last December to universally stellar reviews and decent but hardly overwhelming audience interest. That changed as word-of-mouth started to spread.

By the time the Quinta Brunson-created urban school comedy finished up its initial run of 13 episodes in April, it was no longer a secret that this freshman was already starting to look like a valedictorian. Six Gold Derby Awards nominations followed, as did four Television Critics Association Awards triumphs (more than any other program) and a nom for the prestigious Humanitas Prize – no small feat for...

David E. Kelley urged his fellow showrunners and TV writers to be mindful of the privilege they have in the platform that television provides to reach millions of viewers as he accepted the 2022 Creative Conscience Award Thursday night at Variety’s Showrunners Dinner presented by A E Studios.

The kudo was presented to Kelley for his decades-long career of socially conscious work, which includes such series as “The Practice,” “Boston Public,” “Boston Legal,” “Ally McBeal,” “Doogie Howser, M.D.,” “Big Little Lies,” “Nine Perfect Strangers” and “Big Sky,” among others.

“If our work matters, even a little, then that’s something,” Kelley said.

Kelley spoke from the heart to a packed room of showrunners, including top Emmy nominees and producers featured in Variety’s 2022 Producers Impact Report, at the dinner, held at Sunset Tower Hotel in West Hollywood. Attendees included “Abbott Elementary” creator and star Quinta Brunson; Liz Meriwether of “The Dropout...

David E. Kelley has heard it for most of his career — that he has a knack for writing compelling female leads. Case in point: “Ally McBeal,” written at a time when there weren’t many strong leading women on television.

“I usually duck for cover,” Kelley says about the mention of this part of his TV legacy. “More times than not I feign ignorance and just go, ‘Look, I just try to write characters as interestingly, and with as much dimension as possible.’ I’ve not ever felt that I’ve got an inside track on female characters or the feminine mystique in any way. I just try to write characters. I’m always a bit confused [when people say], ‘you write your females just as strong as the men.’ And I’m like, why wouldn’t I?”

Kelley is modest when asked about the impact of his work on both television and the greater society.

Settle into your binge-watching comfy clothes and fire up some popcorn, a new Netflix thriller series has arrived. Starring Michelle Monaghan as a pair of twins who have traded identities since childhood, “Echoes” builds a propulsive, twisty mystery.

It’s also got a cast full of recognizable faces alongside new discoveries — and with an overlapping triple-timeline narrative about two twins constantly pretending to be each other, you might need help keeping track of the characters too.

For a complete (and spoiler-free) guide to the cast and characters in Netflix’s “Echoes,” read on.

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Michelle Monaghan pulls double duty in “Echoes” as twins Gina and Leni, who have swapped lives and identities (frequently) since childhood. However, when one of them goes missing, both lives quickly begin to unravel as long-hidden secrets and their tangled web of deception threatens to come to the surface. If...

What’s next for Neve Campbell? She won’t be back for next year’s Scream 6 but Deadline reports this afternoon that Campbell has been set to lead the cast of David E. Kelly‘s “Avalon.”

David E. Kelly is the powerhouse creator of shows including “Chicago Hope,” “The Practice,” “Ally McBeal,” “Boston Public,” “Mr. Mercedes,” “Big Little Lies,” and “Big Sky.”

Based on Michael Connelly’s short story, “Avalon” comes from A E Studios and 20th Television, and it will air on ABC with Neve Campbell in the leading role.

Deadline details, “Avalon, which received a straight-to-series order from ABC, takes place in the city of Avalon on Catalina Island, where L.A. Sheriff’s Department Detective Nicole “Nic” Searcy (Campbell) heads up a small office. Catalina has a local population that serves more than 1 million tourists a year, and each day when the ferries arrive, hundreds of potential new stories enter the island.

“David Makes Man” is a drama television series that takes an intriguing look into race, brotherhood, and identity issues. This coming-of-age drama first appeared on screens on August 14, 2019, on the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN). The storyline is about David, a teenage prodigy whose life revolves around two different worlds.

South Florida is the setting for this lyrical story created by Tarell Alvin McCraney (co-writer of “Moonlight”). The executive producers of the Peabody Award-winning show include Oprah Winfrey, Mike Kelley, Michael B. Jordan, Dee Harris-Lawrence (showrunner), and Melissa Loy. Warner Bros. produced it.

This television series got a warm reception from viewers for season 1, with an average rating of 4.1 out of 5 on Rotten Tomatoes. It’s currently in the second season comprising 10 episodes that premiered June 22, 2021, and ended August 24, 2021.

This quintessential guide covers the show’s synopsis, season two cast, whether season three will come out, what happened in season two,...

Exclusive: Patrick John Flueger is set to return to the world of The 4400 as he takes on a guest star role on The CW’s revival of the sci-fi series.

Based on the original TV series created by Scott Peters and Renee Echevarria, 4400 hails from Riverdale co-executive producer Ariana Jackson, who wrote the pilot; Sunil Nayar; and Anna Fricke and Laura Terry of Pursued By a Bear.

In 4400, over the last century at least 4,400 people who were overlooked, undervalued, or otherwise marginalized vanished without a trace off the face of the planet. Last night, inexplicably, they were all returned in an instant to Detroit having not aged a day and with no memory of what happened to them. As the government races to understand the phenomenon, analyze the potential threat and contain the story, Jharrel (Joseph David-Jones), an empathetic social worker, and Keisha (Ireon Roach), a hardened community corrections officer,...

Exclusive: Industry veteran Peter Johnson has joined Skydance as a television executive reporting to Skydance Television President Bill Bost.

Johnson previously did a two-year stint as President of Television Development at MRC. Before that, Johnson served as EVP scripted at Legendary TV for four years. There, he oversaw such series as Colony for USA, Love for Netflix, Lost in Space for Netflix and Looming Tower for Hulu. Prior to that he spent nine years at McG’s Wonderland Sound & Vision, serving as President of Television & Digital Media and Executive Producer of content, shepherding such shows as Supernatural, Nikita, Chuck, Human Target and The Oc.

Johnson began his career at Fox Broadcasting where he started in research before switching to development and rising to SVP of Drama Development for the network, developing such series as House, 24, Prison Break, Boston Public and Ally McBeal.

Skydance’s current TV series include Grace and Frankie at Netflix,...

Rashida Jones and David Oyelowo have joined the cast of Apple TV ’s upcoming adaptation of “Wool,” a world-building drama series based on Hugh Howey’s trilogy of dystopian novels, the streaming service said Wednesday.

Per Apple, “Wool” is set in a ruined and toxic future where a community exists in a giant silo underground, hundreds of stories deep. There, men and women live in a society full of regulations they believe are meant to protect them.

Jones and Oyelowo will play a married couple on the series, with the “#blackAF” star set as Allison, “Holston’s wife who works at It,” and the “Selma” star in the role of Holston, “the Silo’s sheriff.”

They join Rebecca Ferguson, who stars as Juliette, “an independent and hardworking engineer,” and Tim Robbins who will play Bernard, “the head of It for the Silo.”

Graham Yost, who is also currently writing for...

Exclusive: Chi McBride has signed with Verve. The accomplished actor, who recently wrapped a seven-season run as Lou Grover on CBS’ Hawaii Five-0, was recently tapped to star opposite Pete Holmes in the as-yet untitled Tom Smallwood comedy pilot, also for CBS.

In addition to being a series regular on Hawaii Five-0 for its final six seasons after joining in Season 4 as recurring, McBride has written a number of episodes of the series, along with several pilots, and he is currently developing an original idea for television.

A prolific actor in both television and film, McBride also was a series regular on David E. Kelley’s Boston Public (Fox) and ABC’s Pushing Daisies. Feature credits include Gone in 60 Seconds, I, Robot, opposite Will Smith, and The Terminal. In addition to his live-action work, McBride is the voice of Marvel Universe’s Nick Fury in Ultimate Spider-Man, Hulk and the Agents Of S.

Jessalyn Gilsig has a long and colorful resume playing characters we often love to hate.

On Disney 's Big Shot, Gilsig is an assistant coach at an all-girls school named Holly. Holly is warm and genuine, with a respectable and healthy understanding of work/life balance.

Put simply, there isn't a single thing about Holly that is anything but lovely, and Gilsig plays her beautifully.

Big shot centers on Coach Marvyn Korn, played by John Stamos, a former college coach out of prospects who takes what he thinks is a professional tumble down to coaching high-school basketball.

Landing the role of Holly brought Gilsig together again with producer David E. Kelly, with whom she worked on the acclaimed series Boston Public, and director Bill D'Elia, with whom she's worked several times over the years.

Her role initially skewed younger, but when the story went in a different direction, she got...

Hawaii Five-0 vet Chi McBride is headed back to the Eye network, with a role opposite Pete Holmes in an untitled CBS comedy pilot, our sister site Deadline reports.

In the project, based on professional bowler Tom Smallwood’s life, a seemingly ordinary man named Tom (Holmes) decides to provide for his family by following his dream of becoming a professional bowler after being laid off from the Gm factory’s assembly line. McBride will play Archie, the proud owner of a bowling alley and Tom’s mentor/longstanding father figure.

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Chi McBride has joined the untitled CBS multi-cam comedy pilot based on the life of pro bowler Tom Smallwood, Variety has learned.

In the series, after being laid off from the assembly line at the Gm factory, seemingly ordinary man Tom (Pete Holmes) makes the extraordinary decision to provide for his family by following his dream of becoming a professional bowler.

McBride will star as Archie. The proud owner of the bowling alley Archie’s Lanes: Home of the Curly Fry, Archie is both Tom’s mentor and longstanding father-figure. His direct and unequivocal look on life urges Tom to pursue his dream.

McBride previously starred in the CBS reboot of “Hawaii Five-0” in the role of Lou Grover. He is also known for his roles in shows like “Pushing Daisies” and “Boston Public,” as well as films like “Waiting,” “Gone in 60 Seconds,” and “I, Robot.”

He is repped...

Jamie Foxx, Marsai Martin and Steve Harvey were among the repeat winners honored during Wednesday’s virtual NAACP Image Awards ceremony, continuing their run of Image award wins.

Martin won the outstanding performance by a youth award for the third year in a row for “Black-ish.” This is the fourth time the 16-year-old star has been honored in this category (she also won in 2017), and her sixth nomination.

In 2020, Martin won a total of four Image awards, including the supporting actress in a comedy series prize for “Black-ish” and the supporting actress and breakthrough performance in a motion picture prizes for “Little.”

Foxx picked up his sixth NAACP Image award for his voiceover performance in “Soul.” Last year, the Oscar-winner picked up the supporting actor Image award for his performance in “Just Mercy,” which also won the outstanding motion picture prize and best actor (Michael B. Jordan). Foxx’s first...

Exclusive: Sharon Leal has inked with Buchwald.

Leal is most notably recognized for her role as Michelle Morris in Paramount/Dreamworks’ Oscar-winning movie Dreamgirls opposite Beyoncé, Jennifer Hudson and Jamie Foxx.

She also starred in the Tyler Perry Why Did I Get Married films for Lionsgate as well as Screen Gems’ This Christmas opposite Idris Elba and Loretta Devine.

On the television side, Leal has starred in several hit series Supergirl, Legacy and Boston Public. Other TV series credits include Instinct, The Good Doctor, Grimm, Hellcats and Private Practice.

The Tucson, Az native was previously with Paradigm.

Four acclaimed film production designers will reveal details behind their projects when they join Gold Derby’s special “Meet the Btl Experts” Q&a event with key 2021 guild and Oscar contenders this month. Each person will participate in two video discussions to be published on Monday, January 25, at 5:00 p.m. Pt; 8:00 p.m. Et. We’ll have a one-on-one with our senior editor Joyce Eng and a group chat with Joyce and all of them together.

RSVP today to this specific event by clicking here to book your reservation. Or click here to RSVP for our entire ongoing panel series. We’ll send you a reminder a few minutes before the start of the show.

This “Meet the Btl Experts” panel welcomes the following 2021 guild and Oscar contenders:

“Mank” (Netflix): Jan Pascale

Pascale was an Oscar nominee for “Good Night, and Good Luck” and an Emmy winner for “Boston Public.

Rashida Jones shines in “On the Rocks.” In this A24/Apple TV release, she plays Laura, a woman who suspects her husband (Marlon Wayans) might be having an affair. She enlists the help of her father (Bill Murray) to get to the bottom of things. She’s an awards contender for this role, but it’s surprising she hasn’t been acknowledged more for her acting by awards groups since that’s what she’s best known for. She has actually been recognized more often for her work behind the camera.

She was part of the cast of the David E. Kelley series “Boston Public,” which earned her an NAACP Image Award nomination in 2002. She joined the Emmy-winning “The Office” in 2006, playing Karen, and shared in our Gold Derby Award for Best Comedy Ensemble in 2007.

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Amazon has given out a series order to Jason Katims’ adaptation of the Israeli series “On the Spectrum.”

The untitled series is described as a comedic drama about three 20-something roommates on the autism spectrum, striving for the same things that we all desire: To get a job, keep a job, make friends, fall in love, and navigate a world that eludes them. Rick Glassman, Sue Ann Pien, and Albert Rutecki, who each identify as living on the autism spectrum, Sosie Bacon, Chris Pang, and Joe Mantegna star in the series.

“Having a 23-year-old son on the spectrum, it is deeply personal for me to get to tell this unique story of what it’s like to come of age as someone with autism,” said Katims. “I’m grateful to Jen Salke, Vernon Sanders and the entire Amazon team, along with my friends at Universal Television, who share my passion for this project,...

MacGyver is getting a surprise family visit: Jeri Ryan (Star Trek: Voyager) has joined the CBS drama in a season-long arc as the titular character’s aunt, TVInsider.com reports.

Ryan’s Gwendolyn Hayes is the sister of MacGyver’s beloved mother. She is also “an ex-dxs agent who was presumed dead,” executive producer Peter Lenkov tells the site. “Mac never knew she existed, but Gwen was always keeping track of her nephew’s life in the shadows. She is now the presumed head of Codex, the organization that the Phoenix has been hunting this season.”

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ABC has given its first series order for the 2020-2021 season to a drama from David E. Kelley.

Titled “The Big Sky,” the series is described as a procedural thriller about private detective Cassie Dewell, who partners with ex-cop Jenny Hoyt on a search for two sisters who have been kidnapped by a truck driver on a remote highway in Montana. But when they discover that these are not the only girls who have disappeared in the area, they must race against the clock to stop the killer before another woman is taken.

Kelley will serve as writer and executive producer on the series, with Ross Fineman and C.J. Box also executive producing. The show will be produced by A E Studios and 20th Century Fox Television.

Although Kelley cut his teeth on broadcast television — having created critically-acclaimed shows like “The Practice,” “Chicago Hope,” “Ally McBeal,” and “Boston Public” — he...

Exclusive: Jessalyn Gilsig (Vikings) has been cast as a female lead opposite John Stamos in Big Shot, Disney upcoming original series written and executive produced by David E. Kelley and Dean Lorey and produced by ABC Studios, part of Disney Television Studios.

The 10-episode series follows a temperamental college basketball coach (Stamos) who gets fired from his job and must take a teaching and coaching job at an elite all-girls private high school.

Gilsig will play Holly, the school’s good-humored and down-to-earth assistant basketball coach. She replaces Shiri Appleby, who had been tapped for the part in October.

The role of Holly was originally conceived and cast younger but I hear the character has since evolved to be more of a contemporary to Stamos’ Marvin — and potential love interest for him down the road — leading to the recasting.

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Stephen King’s latest book The Institute just hit shelves yesterday, but Hollywood didn’t waste anytime getting the series prepared for an adaptation. Television mastermind David E. Kelly, responsible for creating shows like The Practice, Boston Public and Big Little Lies, will be teaming up with Lost series director Jack Bender to turn The Institute into […]

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Thomas Schlamme has been elected for a second term as the Directors Guild of America president. This will mark his second, two-year term, which is typically the extent of a DGA presidency.

On Saturday, during the guild’s convention at DGA headquarters in Los Angeles, Schlamme was selected by acclamation of 155 delegates, representing more than 18,000 members.

“It is my honor to once again accept the position of President of the Directors Guild of America,” Schlamme said in a statement. “It’s a privilege I don’t take lightly. We’re in a time of immense change, and the next few years will be critical for the DGA and for our industry. I am focused and ready to lead us through our next negotiations, and to ensure that the creative and economic rights of directors and their teams are protected for years to come. And I am fortunate that serving alongside me is a dedicated,...

Veteran TV director Thomas Schlamme has been re-elected president of the Directors Guild of America for a two-year term.

Schlamme was selected by the acclamation of 155 delegates at the DGA’s convention on Saturday at DGA headquarters in Los Angeles. DGA presidents typically serve for two two-year terms, as did Schlamme’s predecessor Paris Barclay. The DGA represents more than 18,000 members.

“It is my honor to once again accept the position of President of the Directors Guild of America,” said Schlamme. “It’s a privilege I don’t take lightly. We’re in a time of immense change, and the next few years will be critical for the DGA and for our industry. I am focused and ready to lead us through our next negotiations, and to ensure that the creative and economic rights of directors and their teams are protected for years to come. And I am fortunate that...

To the surprise of no one, rave reviews keep pouring in for birthday girl Meryl Streep (she turns 70 years old today) as bereaved mother Mary Louise in Season 2 of “Big Little Lies.” That begs the question: Will Streep become yet another performer to win an Emmy for appearing in a show written and produced by David E. Kelley? To date this TV veteran has helped a whopping 33 actors take home Emmy Awards, including Nicole Kidman, Laura Dern and Alexander Skarsgard for the first season of HBO’s popular program. Click through our photo gallery above to see which stars have Kelley to thank for their Emmys.

See‘Big Little Lies’ reactions for ‘Tell-Tale Hearts’: Do you agree that it’s the ‘best episode of the whole series’?

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Exclusive: Peter Johnson will be departing Mrc where he served as President of Television development for the past two years. He is leaving to pursue other opportunities, including producing.

Johnson’s exit follows a string of TV executive hires at Mrc over the past couple of months, led by Ucp’s Elise Henderson joining as President of Television, overseeing Mrc’s slate of development, current programming as well as joint venture and production partnerships. Since her appointment in April, Henderson has built up her team by bringing in several people, most notably Mary-Claire Manley who joined as a VP from Ucp.

Mrc’s TV series roster includes Ozark on Netflix and the upcoming The Great for Hulu, written by Tony McNamara and starring Elle Fanning and Nicholas Hoult, and The Outsider for HBO, starring Ben Mendelsohn, with Jason Bateman directing and executive producing.

Veteran TV producer and development executive Johnson...