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Every episode of “Women Wearing Shoulder Pads” averages out to around 11 minutes, but the show packs a lot in with what little time it has. In its first two episodes, which premiered August 17, the Adult Swim series includes murder plots; steamy lesbian sex scenes; a little girl riding around the streets of Quito, Ecuador on a giant guinea pig; and some of the soapiest melodrama seen on American TV since the heights of “Melrose Place.” With such creativity on display, the stop-motion series’ status as the channel’s first Spanish-language series is only half of what makes it distinctive.

Set in a fantasy version of ’80s Ecuador, the series tells a complex tale of romantic love and corporate intrigue via the medium of stop-motion, focusing on the women surrounding Marioneta Negocios (Pepa Pallarés), a businesswoman attempting to promote cuys as pets rather than food, a campaign that puts her in...

Kristin Davis is sharing a fond memory of a date she went on with another iconic 90s actor.

The 60-year-old actress revealed on the Monday (August 18) episode of her Are You a Charlotte? podcast that she once got set up to go on a date with late Friends actor Matthew Perry.

During the podcast episode, Kristin shared the details of her date and revealed what she thought of Matthew.

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Kristin said that sometime between her roles on Melrose Place and Sex and the City, an attorney friend set her up on a date with Matthew.

“It was a dinner party. It was so low-key,” Kristin said of the date, which she said happened sometime between 1997 and 1999.

“It’s a bunch of Hollywood people. I don’t even know who was there other than this lawyer and Matthew. Matthew’s lovely. He sits next to me.

Netflix is rebooting a 43-year-old cop show that is considered to be one of William Shatner’s best non-Star Trekshows. Following news of the revival movie, the legendary actor is revealing his thoughts on the matter.

On Aug. 6, Netflix announced, via Deadline, that it has gained the rights for a new action-comedy movie based on the 1980s police procedural T.J. Hooker, which starred Shatner as well as Heather Locklear. Entertainment Weekly reached out to Shatner regarding his thoughts on the reboot, and a representative for the actor shared his answer via e-mail.

“I know nothing. It would be a lovely idea to resurrect the legendary character, but I have no idea what’s going on,” Shatner said in his response.

The original T.J. Hooker premiered on ABC in 1982 and ran for a total of five seasons and 90 episodes. Shatner, who is best known for playing James. T. Kirk, in the Star Trek franchise,...

In a case of art imitating life, Lois Cerullo is temporarily putting Port Charles in her rearview mirror — because her portrayer is saying goodbye to Hollywood.

Longtime General Hospital star Rena Sofer announced on social media this week that she and husband Sanford Bookstaver are leaving Los Angeles, where the ABC soap is filmed, after almost 35 years, to relocate to New York.

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Netflix has announced its next project, and it’s a take on a 1980s TV series that starred none other than William Shatner. While he may be most well-known for playing Captain James T. Kirk in Star Trekfrom 1966 to 1969 and in its subsequent feature films, it’s his cop show that’s being rebooted on the streamer.

According to Deadline, Netflix has gained the rights for a new action comedy movie based on the 1980s police procedural T.J. Hooker, which starred Shatner and Heather Locklear. T.J. Hooker ran from 1982 to 1986 and is regarded as one of Shatner’s greatest shows, aside from Star Trek, of course.

News of the new T.J. Hooker movie comes on the heels of the success of the recently-rebooted The Naked Gun franchise, which, as of Aug. 6, has earned more than $30 million worldwide, per Box Office Mojo.

Jarrad Paul and Andy Mogel are on board to write the T.

It's often said that comedy equals tragedy plus time. When it comes to developing new versions of long-since-canceled television series, however, it's just as often true that comedy equals drama plus time, and a recently announced revival of an '80s cop series is just the latest proof.

T.J. Hooker, the William Shatner-led police drama that ran from 1982 to 1986 and gave its lead actor something to do between Star Treksequels, has caught the eye of execs at Netflix, where plans are afoot to leverage the show's basic concept into a new action comedy film. Although the original series took itself fairly seriously, it isn't hard to understand why Netflix sees the potential for laughs — not least because the premise, which revolved around the grumpy, by-the-books Hooker frequently clashing with less old-fashioned co-workers, has been used so many times that it was almost past the point of parody by the time T.

Loni Anderson died on August 3, a few days before her 80th birthday on August 5.

Anderson’s longtime publicist, Cheryl J. Kagan, said that Anderson had been battling a “prolonged” illness and died at a Los Angeles hospital. Anderson’s family also released a statement, “We are heartbroken to announce the passing of our dear wife, mother and grandmother.”

Anderson was born to environmental chemist Klaydon Anderson and model Maxine Hazel in 1954. Starting her four-decade musical theater career at the age of 10, Anderson’s first Hollywood role saw her in the 1966 western, Nevada Smith. The movie did not succeed in attracting her attention as an actress, and her career struggled in the following years. In a 2007 interview, Anderson told Ability magazine, “Look up the definition of rejection in the dictionary… get really comfortable with it, and then maybe you can go into acting.”

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The beloved TV icon passed away just days shy of her 80th birthday. We look back at her career, her ties to Disney, and what made her one of the most memorable stars of the 1980s.

Here’s the Tl;Dr… Loni Anderson passed away on August 3, 2025, just days before her 80th birthday, following a prolonged illness. She was best known for her role as Jennifer Marlowe on Wkrp in Cincinnati, a performance that earned her multiple Emmy and Golden Globe nominations. Despite admiring Disney and pursuing roles, Anderson never officially worked on a Disney project, though she voiced Flo in All Dogs Go to Heaven and sought family-friendly roles in the ‘90s. Her marriage to Burt Reynolds was both high-profile and turbulent, later detailed in her 1995 memoir My Life in High Heels. Anderson was a Copd awareness advocate and is remembered as a glamorous, gracious figure who broke stereotypes...

Loni Anderson has sadly passed away.

The actress, best known for her role as Jennifer Marlowe on Wkrp in Cincinnati, died on Sunday (August 3) in Los Angeles, THR reports.

Loni‘s publicist Cheryl J Kagan announced the actress’ passing after “an acute prolonged illness,” just two days before her birthday.

The late actress was a two-time Emmy and three-time Golden Globe nominee for her role on Wkrp in Cincinnati.

Loni has also had notable roles in shows such as The Love Boat, Partners In Crime, Easy Street, Nurses and Melrose Place, as well as for portraying Jayne Mansfield in 1980 TV movie The Jayne Mansfield Story.

She also had a highly publicized marriage with Burt Reynolds from 1988 to 1994.

Loni Anderson is survived by daughter Deidra and son Quinton, as well as her fourth husband Bob Flick, grandchildren Megan and McKenzie, stepson Adam, and step-grandchildren Felix and Maximilian.

There will be a...

Pen Pals Off-Broadway has revealed new additions to the rotating cast: Sharna Burgess and Paige Davis Catherine Curtin and Marcia Cross, and Emily Skinner and Donna Lynne Champlin. Following its acclaimed Off-Broadway premiere, producer Lisa Dozier Shacket proudly announces the return of Pen Pals this summer at the DR2 Theatre for a strictly limited engagement. Written by Michael Griffo and directed by Suzanne Barabas, Pen Pals features a dazzling rotating cast and celebrates the enduring power of friendship through handwritten letters exchanged over...

There are many, many ways that pop-culture fans have discovered shapeshifting rocker/actor Michael Des Barres over the decades. Some may know him from his big-screen debut at age 17 in the 1967 Sidney Poitier film To Sir, With Love; or as the frontman of the Deep Purple- and Led Zeppelin-associated bands Silverhead and Detective; or as the cowriter of Animotion’s 1983 hit “Obsession”; or as the longtime host of the Little Steven’s Underground Garage morning show on SiriusXM; or as iconic MacGyver villain Murdoc; or for his many other television appearances on shows like Roseanne, Seinfeld, Melrose Place, Northern Exposure, Frasier, and Nip/Tuck.

But if you’re one of the Gen X kids among the estimated 1.9 billion people (nearly 40 percent of the world population at the time) who watched the global Live Aid concert broadcast 40 years ago, on July 13, 1985, then you might best know Des Barres as the...

Rick Hurst, the classic television actor best known for his role as Deputy Cletus Hogg in the hit series The Dukes of Hazzard, has passed away. Hurst's death was announced by Dukes of Hazzard co-star Ben Jones in a post shared on Facebook by the Cooter's Place museum. He was 79 years old, per CNN.

"It doesn't seem right that Rick Hurst passed away this afternoon," Jones' statement, posted on the evening of June 26, reads. "When something so unexpected happens, it is 'harder to process,' as the current expression goes. I have known Rick for over 45 years and there wasn't a minute of that time that he didn't leave me smiling or laughing. Sure he was a professional comedian, but mostly he just had a heart as big as Texas. He was a fine actor, a splendid comic, and a wonderfully supportive colleague."

Jones continued, "I had seen him in...

Actor Richard Hurst passed at the age of 79 on June 26, Thursday, in Los Angeles. He was famous for his role as Deputy Cletus Hogg in the classic TV series, The Dukes of Hazzard. It was reported that the death was unexpected, and the cause of death has yet to be determined. He has also appeared in various other films and TV shows, including M*A*S*H and The Bob Newhart Show.

Fans are also familiar with the works of his son, Ryan Hurst, who appeared as Opie Winston in Sons of Anarchy and Gerry Bertier in Remember the Titans. His other son, Collin Hurst, has also acted in films. His wife, Candace Kaniecki, confirmed the news of his death to TMZ.

The Dukes of Hazzard star Richard Hurst passes away: What other roles do we know him from? Richard Hurst as Deputy Cletus Hogg in The Dukes of Hazzard...

Rick Hurst, the actor known for playing Deputy Cletus Hogg on The Dukes of Hazzard, has died. He was 79.

According to the actor’s wife Candace Kaniecki, he died unexpectedly on Thursday in Los Angeles, TMZ reported. His cause of death was not immediately disclosed.

Hurst’s co-star Ben Jones, who played Cooter Davenport on the 1979-’85 CBS sitcom, announced his death on Facebook after Hurst was scheduled to appear at Cooter’s Place in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee next month.

“It doesn’t seem right that Rick Hurst passed away this afternoon. When something so unexpected happens, it is ‘harder to process,’ as the current expression goes,” he said in a statement. “I have known Rick for over 45 years and there wasn’t a minute of that time that he didn’t leave me smiling or laughing. Sure he was a professional comedian, but mostly he just had a heart as big as Texas.

Rick Hurst, best known for playing Deputy Cletus Hogg on CBS’ The Dukes of Hazzard, died on Thursday. He was 79.

Hurst’s death was announced on Facebook by Ben Jones, who played Dukes of Hazzard mechanic Cooter Davenport and now owns the Cooter’s Place Museum at Pigeon Forge in Sevierville, Tenn.

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“I have known Rick for over 45 years and there wasn’t a minute of that time that he...

Jennie Garth is hoping to inspire other women with the release of her new book, I Choose Me, described as “part inspirational memoir, part motivational advice.” As reported by People, the Beverly Hills, 90210 alum’s book is slated for release on April 14, 2026, via Park Row Books, alongside an audiobook narrated by Garth herself. “Inspired by her thought-provoking podcast of the same name – Jennie brings her signature mix of warmth, honesty and humor to this deeply personal book about self-discovery and reclaiming your power,” reads the official synopsis. It continues, “Through fame, heartbreak, motherhood and personal reinvention, Jennie discovered the transformative power of putting herself first. By learning to prioritize her own needs and desires, she found the strength to thrive — and to uplift others.” Garth rose to fame playing Kelly Taylor on the popular Fox teen drama Beverly Hills, 90210, a role she reprised for three episodes of the hit spinoff series Melrose Place.

Melrose Place icon Courtney Thorne-Smith filed for divorce from her husband of 18 years, Roger Fishman. On June 17, the ‘90s soap opera star reportedly filed documents without an attorney, per court records obtained by TMZ. Thorne-Smith listed “irreconcilable differences” as the reason for the divorce when filing at the Los Angeles Superior Court. Additionally, Thorne-Smith, 57, filed for joint custody of her and Fishman’s son Jacob, 17. She also asked that the court terminate the possibility of spousal support for herself and Fishman. On Dec. 31, 2007, the actress and Fishman said “I do”; Thorne-Smith listed their time of separation as September 2021. ‘Melrose Place,’ Courtney Thorne-Smith, Andrew Shue, 1992-1999. The talent behind Alison Parker was previously married to Andrew Conrad from 2000 to 2001, according to TMZ. They do not share any children. Before that, she dated her Melrose Place castmate, Andrew Shue, who played her onscreen love interest Billy Campbell. Melrose Place aired for seven...

Melrose Place star Courtney Thorne-Smith has filed for divorce.

The 57-year-old actress was married to Roger Fishman for 18 years before she filed for divorce on Tuesday (June 17). According to People, the filing cited “irreconcilable differences” as the reason for the divorce.

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Courtney and Roger were married on New Year’s Day in 2007 and share one child together. According to the court filing, Courtney also filed for joint custody of the 17-year-old son the couple shares. She also requested no spousal support for either herself or her ex husband and listed that they had been separated since 2021.

Prior to her marriage to Roger, Courtney was married to Andrew Conrad from 2000 through 2001 and previously dated her Melrose Place co-star Andrew Shue.

If you missed it, there are currently plans for a possible Melrose Place reboot.

Hallmark Channel When Calls The Heart spoilers and updates reveal Hope Valley residents are in for some troubling times ahead.

Jack Wagner is revealing some information about a catastrophic event that will affect every character in Season 13 of the Hallmark Channel series, which is set to start production soon.

A Life Changing Event-Perhaps A Forest Fire?

“An event is on the horizon that will change lives for everyone, echoing recent occurrences in L.A.,” Wagner, who portrays Bill Avery, shares with TV Insider.

“This will serve as the disaster and challenge we encounter this year as a community in Hope Valley, and it unfolds quite rapidly. It seems we haven’t faced a situation like this in some time, where the whole community is at risk”.

Wagner continues, “but that appears to be the narrative we are set to explore and the challenge we will confront this year.” It certainly...

A post made by the “Days of our Lives” social media team on Monday seemingly gave fans of the daytime drama series the wrong idea when the show’s Instagram page shared a behind the scenes video of actor Patrick Muldoon (“Melrose Place”) wandering around the show’s studio, having played Austin Reed on the soap opera from 1992-1995, and again from 2011-2012.

“Listen, I just got off the 101 South in Burbank … Oh, my God. I’m in Salem. It feels good to be back,” Muldoon says in the video, where he can be seen opening a door leading out of Studio 4, one of two studios used by the soap opera at The Burbank Studios in Burbank, CA.

The caption for the post read, “Who is that wandering around Salem…and why?!”

Unfortunately, according to Soap Opera Digest, Muldoon has not, in fact, returned to the show as a...

With production for Season 13 of When Calls the Heart underway, Jack Wagner, who plays Bill Avery, admits he never expected the series to last this long when he first signed on over a decade ago. “No one does,” he notes. “But it also isn’t shocking when we get picked up every year. The ratings kept growing. When Calls the Heart is rated next to Sunday Night Football, so it just speaks to family-friendly television. It’s been just such a blessing.” Wagner, a longtime Hallmark mainstay with a wealth of experience playing love stories, from his soap days as Nick Marone on The Bold and the Beautiful and Frisco Jones on General Hospital to his primetime role as on Melrose Place as Peter Burns, appreciates that Bill is now exploring that emotional territory on camera as well. “They brought [Little House on the Prairie alum] Melissa Gilbert on the...

The Bold and the Beautiful spoilers reveal some explosive moments during the week of June 16-20. The CBS soap can be a revolving door at times, where characters come and go, only to return again! Who’s entering storylines and who’s leaving over the next five days? Check it, below.

Welcome Back, Jack!

The Bold and the Beautiful spoilers for the week of June 16-20 suggest that Jack will finally be back … Jack Wagner that is!

The actor will reprise his Nick Marone character on the Monday, June 16 episode, and from the sounds of it, fans should brace themselves for a reunion between him and Brook Logan (Katherine Kelly Lang).

Wagner played Marone on the soap from 2003-2012 and also returned for a brief stint in 2022 for B&b’s 35 anniversary episode.

Wagner is a busy bee, not only appearing on B&b, but is currently on hiatus from the popular Hallmark Channel series,...

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From Real Housewives … to past Olympians… to a couple of Survivors… to Taylor Swift’s potential future mother-in-law, Peacock has announced the cast for The Traitors Season 4.

The popular competition takes a number of famous contestants, places them under the control of host Alan Cumming in a Scotland castle and involves them in the ultimate murder-mystery game.

The stars are split groups, traitors and faithfuls, as the faithfuls must determine who the traitors are and banish them from the game in order to win a grand cash prize of $250,000.

(Peacock)

As previously teased by her athletic sons, Donna Kelce really will be part of the Season 4 cast. It’s amazing where a connection to Taylor Swift can get you, huh?

The Emmy-winning program won’t return until 2026, but, along with Kelce, here’s a look at who will be battling for the big money when it does come back with new episodes…...

After helping launch the show as co-head writer and one of eight executive producers, Daytime Emmy Award winner Robert Guza Jr. has exited “Beyond the Gates,” Soap Opera Network has learned.

Robert Guza Jr.

ABC

While representatives for the daytime drama series did not respond to a request for comment at press time, it’s understood that Guza chose to leave after fulfilling the terms of his contract.

Renewed for a second season earlier this month, CBS inadvertently revealed in a press release that veteran writer Tracey Thomson had joined the show as an executive producer, replacing Guza.

It’s unknown at this time whether Thomson will also serve as the show’s new co-head writer, working alongside creator and head writer Michele Val Jean in crafting the show’s long-term story, though it is likely considering her extensive writing career in daytime that also includes writing episodes of “General Hospital...

Lisa Rinna left The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills and rebranded herself as a fashion darling. The Days of Our Lives alum also has her own podcast. Now, she’s opening up about life on the Bravo series, and it wasn’t cheap.

Going Back To Her Soap Roots

Rinna appeared on the Still the Place podcast alongside her former Melrose Place co-stars Courtney Thorne-Smith, Daphne Zuniga, and Laura Leighton. The soap alums talked about their time on the juicy primetime soap. Rinna also got candid about her time on Rhobh. She admitted that starring on the reality show came with a hefty price tag.

Production doesn’t pay for the lavish parties and trips that the cast goes on every season. The cast members have to pay for everything, including their makeup and hair. “You said that each cast member has to pay for her own parties?” Thorne-Smith asked.

Exclusive: Lisa Rinna has optioned Jane L. Rosen’s novel, A Shoe Story, for development through her company Mrs. Productions Inc. This is Rinna’s first foray into scripted development, and first book option under her shingle.

Released in June 2022, the novel follows Esme Nash, a young woman who has one month and a closetful of shoes to discover the future she thought she’d lost. After giving up her dreams to care for her father after a tragic accident, Esme, seven years later, is offered a dog-sitting job in Greenwich Village by a mysterious stranger, giving her access to all of her long-buried hopes and dreams — as well as to an epic collection of designer shoes. Esme jumps at a second chance to step into the future she’s sure was meant to be hers. As she retraces her steps, one pair of borrowed shoes at a time, making...

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Enthusiasts of Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David's hit sitcom "Seinfeld" would be able to tell you that the title character (Seinfeld) had many, many girlfriends over the course of the show's 180 episodes. Indeed, Jerry usually only dated his partners for plot purposes, allowing them to stick around for a single episode. The following week, Jerry would be dating someone new. A metric on the show's DVDs pointed out that Jerry dated a grand total of 72 women over the course of the series' nine years. That means he dated each woman for an average of 45-and-a-half days. Only five of the 72 women dated Jerry for more than one episode.

It's easy to see why Jerry never dated anyone for an extended period. Jerry and the other three leads of "Seinfeld" were meant to be shallow, petty, childish, and awful. They were neurotic and self-serving characters,...

Jack Wagner joined General Hospital as Frisco Jones. When he left, he thought his soap opera past was behind him. He had no interest in joining Melrose Place. At first, he nearly skipped the audition.

Soap Opera Strike

Wagner reflected on his acting career during his interview on the Still The Place podcast. He spoke to hosts Courtney Thorne-Smith, Daphne Zuniga, and Laura Leighton about his audition for Melrose Place. Wagner almost didn’t star on the sexy primetime drama. He didn’t want to do another soap like Gh.

It wasn’t the genre that he was against. Wagner feared that he would get typecast. When his agent suggested the role as Dr. Peter Burns, he tossed the thought aside. Wagner was asked to audition for the show. His initial reaction was, “No chance. I’m not doing it. It feels like a soap.”

Then, there was one thing that changed his mind.

It’s been three decades since Melrose Place debuted on Fox — and Mondays haven’t mellowed one bit. They’re still a bitch.

Since last July — though not always on Mondays — Melrose Place stars Courtney Thorne-Smith, Daphne Zuniga and Laura Leighton have been reuniting weekly for their iHeartRadio podcast, Still the Place. Each episode takes a nostalgic stroll down 4616 Melrose memory lane, as the trio revisits and recaps their old episodes.

“It was pre-cell phone, it was pre-streaming, it was appointment television. It’s when you got together to watch a television show with your friends so you could remember watching a show where you were in your life and who you were with,” Leighton says. “And that’s a unique thing we don’t get any more with television.”

Their journeys often include candid conversations with former castmates, including Thomas Calabro, Andrew Shue, Grant Show, Vanessa Estelle Williams, Doug Savant,...

The original Melrose Place debuted to 16 million viewers and became a primetime-soap favorite with its outlandish plot twists. The Fox series’s 2009 CW revival, however, scored just 2.3 million viewers with its premiere and eventually dropped to 860k viewers. Sunday (April 13) marks the 15th anniversary of the newer Melrose Place’s first season finale and series finale, not that many viewers will even remember. So what went wrong? Let’s take a look at why the second generation of this TV soap failed to make a splash. The series had too few originals. For starters, precious few people who hung around the original Melrose Place apartment complex returned for the revival. Melrose Place creator Darren Star did not participate in the update, leaving screenwriters Todd Slavkin and Darren Swimmer as showrunners. ...

Jack Wagner and Josie Bissett in The Wedding March [Image Hallmark on YouTube]

In a recent podcast, Melrose Place co-stars Jack Wagner and Josie Bissett opened up, saying they want to work on another Hallmark movie together.

Moreover, Wagner shared that he is “in negotiations” with Hallmark, hoping to do a seventh Wedding March movie. Meanwhile, the last one in the series, Sealed With a Kiss: Wedding March 6, premiered around four years ago.

Photo: Jack Wagner Credit: Copyright 2017 Crown Media United States LLC/Photographer: David Dolsen

What is it about these movies that makes the co-stars want to make another together? Meanwhile, they probably aren’t alone, as Andrew Walker, Tyler Hynes, Cindy Busby and Peter Benson also starred.

Jack Wagner & Josie Bissett want to do another Wedding March movie together Jack Wagner and Josie Bissett [Image Hallmark Channel on YouTube]

While the sixth movie in the Wedding March series was billed as the “final installment,...

Jack Wagner says that starring in soap operas is no easy feat.

The 65-year-old actor, who has famously had roles in General Hospital, The Bold and the Beautiful, and Melrose Place, opened up about what he’s learned about the challenges of starring in soap operas since the 1980s.

“I gotta tell you honestly, people that are from A-list films have no idea what it’s like to have 60 pages of dialogue on one day of a soap opera and work 14 hours and get it all right. Soap opera actors really have an edge. They work their a– off,” he told Us Weekly.

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Jack also elaborated on what makes performing in soap operas different than working on other type of projects in film and television.

“You’re trying to give the best performance you can, but you’ve got 60 pages that day. Whereas if...

Is Los Angeles ready for more of Nick Marone? We’ll find out when Jack Wagner returns to The Bold and the Beautiful on Friday, June 13, TVLine has confirmed.

Nick’s touchdown in the City of Angels comes at a particularly emotional time for Brooke (Katherine Kelly Lang), as she faces the very real possibility that her relationship with Ridge (Thorsten Kaye) is over.

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The 12th season finale of Hallmark Channel‘s “When Calls the Heart” on Sunday, March 23 has emerged to become the most-watched program on entertainment cable year to date among Households, Adults 18+ and Total Viewers, according to recently released Nielsen Live+3 ratings data.

The episode was the most-watched program on the same night it aired in each of the key categories and was the most watched program overall for the week of March 17-23, 2025 among Households and Women 18+ helping elevate the network to rank first over that weekend among Total Day Women 18+, excluding news and sports programming.

For the season, the period drama reached 6.1 million Total Unduplicated Viewers throughout its 12-episode run.

“At Hallmark Channel, we’re proud of the longstanding fandom and excitement surrounding Hope Valley. ‘When Calls the Heart’ delivers the charm, warmth, and community of Hallmark’s signature storytelling, and we’re pleased that the series continues to...

Hallmark Channel When Calls The Heart spoilers reveal Jack Wagner, who plays Bill Avery recently reminisced about his days on the ABC soap General Hospital. He says to this day that Gh fans still call him “Frisco”!

Wagner’s Big Break Was As Andrew “Frisco” Jones

He reflected on the role that launched his career, which he took on in the 1980s, saying, “That was my big break. The fan base from that soap opera is still present.” Even after all these years, Jack Wagner finds it hard to shake off the character that made him famous.

He notes that the audience’s enthusiasm for his current series, When Calls the Heart, mirrors the fervor he experienced during his time on the soap opera that kickstarted his journey.

“It does remind me a bit of General Hospital in the ’80s,” he shared during his recent appearance on the Melrose Place podcast,...

As the show closed out its 12th season on Sunday night, Hallmark Channel announced that it has renewed “When Calls the Heart” for a record 13th season.

“Hearties are far more than a fan-base — they are a connected community, as loyal and supportive as the characters of Hope Valley,” said Samantha Dipippo, Senior Vice President, Programming, Hallmark Media, Hallmark Channel’s parent company, in a statement. “It is an honor to tell stories of hope, resilience, humor and romance that continue to resonate with millions of viewers for twelve seasons and beyond.”

Season 13 is set to premiere in 2026 on Hallmark Channel and will be available to stream the next day on Hallmark+, the streaming home for all past and future episodes of the series.

Based on the novel of the same name by Janette Oke, the series stars Erin Krakow (“Santa Tell Me”), Pascale Hutton (“Fourth Down and Love”), Jack Wagner,...

Veteran soap actor Mark Dobies, who played Dr. Noah Chase on Guiding Light and Daniel Colson on One Life to Live, has died. He was 65. According to a local New Jersey obituary, Dobies passed away on Tuesday, March 11. A cause of death has not been revealed at this time. “Mark’s warmth, generosity, and adventurous spirit will be deeply missed by all who knew and loved him,” his obit reads. “His legacy lives on in the lives he touched and the love he gave so freely. May he fly high like his Birds off to heaven.” Born on April 3, 1959, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Dobies played football in college before embarking on a career in acting, landing his first on-screen role in the drama series Fame L.A. in 1997. From there, he appeared in episodes of Just Shoot Me, Home Improvement, Melrose Place, Nash Bridges, and Everybody Loves Raymond. His first major role...

Mark Dobies, an actor best known for his portrayal as Dr. Noah Chase on “Guiding Light” and District Attorney Daniel Colson on “One Life to Live,” has died. He was just 65 years old.

Born Mark Steven Dobies on April 3, 1959, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the late actor passed away on Tuesday, March 11 in Dunellan, New Jersey, although no official cause of death was announced.

An obituary posted on the Apyre National Cremation Services website notes Dobies was a “loving father, accomplished athlete, and talented actor.”

During his school days, Dobies earned a football scholarship to attend Delaware Valley University (then Delaware Valley College), where he and his teammates won the school its first Middle Atlantic Conference football championship in 1980. He went on to receive a Bachelor of Science from the school, and later a Master of Science from Easter College, with certifications in weight management and as a senior population specialist.

Throughout his life,...

Daytime soap veteran Mark Dobies, who had extensive runs on Guiding Light and One Life to Live, has died at the age of 65. Dobies passed away on Mar. 11 in New Jersey, according to a local obituary; no cause of death has been released.

Dobies played football in college before turning to acting, joining the cast of CBS’ Guiding Light in 2000 as Noah Chase, a doctor who became a love interest for Kim Zimmer’s Reva Shayne. After a year and a half on Guiding Light, he joined the cast of ABC’s One Life to Live in 2003, playing district attorney Daniel Colson,...

When "Star Trek: The Next Generation" first began in 1987, LeVar Burton was probably the biggest star in the cast. He had already been nominated for three Emmys, once in 1977 for playing Kunta Kinte in the celebrated miniseries "Roots," and two more in 1985 and 1986 for hosting the beloved book-based kid program "Reading Rainbow." The latter show would end up netting him 12 Emmy wins between 1990 and 2007, and cement his reputation as one of his generation's preeminent TV celebrities. The fact that he would be selected to play chief engineer Geordi La Forge on "Star Trek" only more deeply entrenched Burton in the public's awareness. 

Geordi La Forge was, more than anything, a nerd. He was deeply interested in machines and engines, and Burton was given the lion's share of NextGen's nonsensical polysyllabic technobabble. He was also notoriously undersexed. Geordi was equipped with a visor that tapped directly into his brain, feeding him...

You might know him best for his 10-year portrayal as Aquaman, Protector of the Deep. Future moviegoers might remember him more as Lobo, The Ultimate Bastich. Whether Jason Momoa is a member of The Justice League or an intergalactic bounty hunter, the Hawaii-based actor had very different breaks on the small screen. Rather than cementing himself in the superhero world, Momoa first found himself in the soap opera scene. When the longstanding NBC series Baywatch was renamed Baywatch: Hawaii in its last two seasons, the then 19-year-old actor made his small-screen debut as one of the mainstay lifeguards.

But as interesting as that beach drama could be (after 10 years on television), what’s more eye-opening is that Momoa tried for that same type of slow-burning and scintillating soap opera once more after Baywatch: Hawaii was canceled in 2001. But this time, he found himself on Fox. Just two months after he...

General Hospital (Gh) spoilers reveal that daytime vet Rena Sofer has been heating it up on the front burner as Lois Cerullo, keeper of secrets. She is a PC gem, but Lois is sitting on an explosive secret that has the potential to blow up her life.

Luckily, in real life the Emmy Award winner is experiencing much smoother sailing in her personal life. Which leads us to her talk about retirement—say it isn’t so! Let’s delve deeper into what this could mean for Gh fans.

Is Rena Sofer Retiring From Gh?

Rena has said the “R” word, but apparently she is considering a semiretirement. She returned to General Hospital as Lois Cerullo in 2023 after a 25-year absence. Before this she portrayed Quinn Forrester on CBS’s The Bold and the Beautiful.

Rena talked to Woman’s World about her relationship with husband Sanford Bookstaver, who she divorced...

Denise Richards and Tori Spelling recently took a nostalgic trip back to the ’90s, reminiscing about an unexpected love triangle they once found themselves in.

The two longtime friends shared laughs and old memories on the latest episode of Denise’s Bravo reality show, Denise Richards & Her Wild Things, which aired on March 4 on Bravo.

Competing for Patrick Muldoon

Over lunch, the actresses revisited the time they both vied for the attention of Melrose Place star Patrick Muldoon early in their careers.

As Denise playfully admitted, “I used to be so jealous of you because I was on and off with Pat. He said he was dating you and could not see me, and I was very jealous.”

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum, now 54, reflected on her long history with Patrick, with whom she starred in Starship Troopers. “I’ve known Patrick Muldoon since I was 19 years old,...

Before securing the role of Data on "Star Trek: The Next Generation," actor Brent Spiner was perhaps most widely recognized for his recurring role as Bob Wheeler on the sitcom "Night Court." He also had one-shot appearances on various other hit TV shows like "Tales from the Darkside," "The Paper Chase," and "Ryan's Hope." He also had a bit part in the excellent cult musical "Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains" and was one of the background students in "Grease 2." Spiner had been acting in Broadway productions throughout the 1970s.

Data was a boon to his career, making him a household name, and giving him a role that he would continue to revisit for decades. Spiner has always felt ambivalent about Data, however, loving the fame, but resenting how he had been typecast. He has since referred to Data as a double-edged sword. That said, his post-"Star Trek...

When we talk about the most prolific television creators and writers, the same names often come up: Ryan Murphy, Shonda Rhimes, Dick Wolf, Taylor Sheridan, and more of the most popular and profitable names of the moment. But there's someone who's often left out of those conversations despite being responsible for some of the biggest, most beloved shows in pop culture history. Of course, that someone is none other than primetime soap and rom-com mastermind Darren Star!

Not only did Star help reinvent and popularize teen dramas on the small screen with the '90s phenomenon Beverly Hills, 90210, but he has continuously centered women in their own stories about their lives, careers, and sexuality — important stories that have remained vital parts of our own lives. It's no wonder that Star's works have a way of having a having a resurgence years later, a la Younger, or immediately striking a chord...

Cynthia Nixon revealed to “Sex and the City” co-star Kristin Davis on Monday that when she joined the HBO comedy as Miranda, she thought another famous “Kristin” had been cast as Charlotte: “I didn’t know who you were,” she said.

The other Kristin in question? British actress and recently a Best Actress Oscar nominee for “The English Patient,” Kristin Scott Thomas.

Nixon, who played Miranda on the hit HBO series, stopped by Davis’ “Are You a Charlotte?” podcast on Monday and talked about the funny case of mistaken identity as well as their experience on the initial episodes working together.

“Sarah [Jessica Parker] and I knew each other quite well. We’d worked together a bunch of times, and we were always auditioning for the same parts and stuff when we were kids,” Nixon said. “And Kim [Cattrall], I knew a little bit, I’d seen her in a few things.”

“I...

Exclusive: Emily In Paris creator Darren Star and New Amsterdam creator David Schulner have teamed for Uncorked, a half-hour, single-camera dramedy that has landed at Netflix with a script-to-series commitment, sources tell Deadline.

Details of the premise are being kept under wraps, but I hear the series is set in Napa Valley and, like many of Star’s series, has a female lead.

Star and Schulner are co-writing and executive producing Uncorked through Universal Television, part of Universal Studio Group, where Star has an overall and Schulner a first-look deal.

The duo recently pitched the show, which had five buyers pursuing it in a competitive situation, I hear. Uncorked ultimately landed at Netflix, home of Star’s rom-com hit Emily In Paris, with a significant script-to-series commitment.

Reps for Netflix and Universal TV declined comment.

This is one of two projects Star took out in January under the multi-year overall...

The guilty pleasure television industry continues to be fed by the always reliable Darren Star! The mastermind behind hits like Beverly Hills, 90210 and its spinoff Melrose Place, Sex and the City, Younger, and the Netflix original series Emily in Paris has an exciting new show developing that was just set up at Peacock. As a bonus, there's a book coming out, too!

On Feb. 19, Deadline revealed that Peacock has snatched a script-to-series commitment for Climbing in Heels, the first new show under Star's new overall deal at Universal Television. Universal snapped up the rights to the debut novel by Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas last year, with Star attached, even though the book still hasn't even been published. The novel hits shelves on April 29.

Here's a taste of the book's synopsis via Macmillian Publishers:

"Beanie, Mercedes & Ella — a girl from the deep valley, an English rose-with-thorns and a Kentucky blueblood — each denying...

Darren Star is on board to adapt Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas’ Climbing in Heels novel as a drama series for Peacock.

Star and Goldsmith-Thomas, a producing partner to Jennifer Lopez and president of Lopez’s Nuyorican Productions, will co-write and executive produce the series as part of an overall deal with Universal Television.

St. Martin’s Press will publish the Climbing in Heels novel on April 29, 2025, and Darren Star Productions and Egtv Productions will produce the TV drama.

Veteran TV creator Star has hit credits that include Sex and the City, Emily in Paris, Beverly Hills, 90210, Younger and Melrose Place. His overall deal with Universal Television has Star developing and producing new series exclusively for the studio via his banner, Darren Star Productions.

The Climbing in Heels novel will be published on April 29, 2025 by St. Martin’s Press, and the TV drama will be produced by Darren Star Productions and Egtv Productions.

“I...

Peacock has won the rights to develop Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas’ upcoming novel “Climbing in Heels” into a TV series, Variety has learned.

Peacock has given the drama project a script-to-series commitment. It was first reported in December that Universal TV was taking the show to market, with Goldsmith-Thomas and Darren Star set to serve as co-writers and executive producers.

“I am thrilled that ‘Climbing In Heels’ was taken off the table so quickly by Peacock,” Goldsmith-Thomas said. “It is the perfect home for Darren and I to bring these fabulously complicated and colorful characters to life”

The official description of the show states that it is “a fictional tale following the rise of five ambitious secretaries navigating the glitzy world of 1980s Hollywood while offering a glimpse into the boys-will-be-boys club and the women who wanted a seat at a table where they were expected to serve.”

The novel will publish...