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Exclusive: Prime Video will play Good Cop/Bad Cop. The Amazon streamer has taken the comedic crime procedural for the U.S. where it is already available on The CW broadcast network and Roku. All eight episodes from Season 1 launch on Prime Video on July 11.

Amid talk of a sophomore run, the team behind the show hopes the additional exposure will put wind in its sails for a second season order.

Luke Cook and Leighton Meester star in Good Cop/Bad Cop, which was created by John Quaintance and is produced by former NBCU exec Jeff Wachtel’s Future Shack. Cook, Quaintance and Wachtel were on hand recently at the Monte-Carlo TV Festival to talk about the series, which, outside the U.S., is for Australian streamer Stan.

Deadline asked the team whether there is a second season coming and Quaintance, producer of shows including Will & Grace, said. “We’re still trying to make that happen.

Swedish drama Vanguard and German TV movie On A Day In September landed multiple accolades at the Monte-Carlo TV Festival’s Golden Nymph Awards, while the cast of Good Cop/Bad Cop was given the Special Jury Prize.

Vanguard won Best Series. It follows Jan Stenbeck after the Swedish media mogul’s transformative years in 1970s New York. Jakob Oftebro won Best Actor for his portrayal of the Stenbeck in the series.

German drama On A Day In September won Best Film. It revolves around a 1958 meeting of two charismatic leaders: French Prime Minister Charles de Gaulle and German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer. Hélène Alexandridis won Best Actress for her portrayal of Yvonne de Gaulle, wife of Charles, in the TV movie.

Good Cop/Bad Cop star Luke Cook, series creator John Quaintance, and Jeff Wachtel, whose Future Shack produces the show were at the Monte-Carlo TV Festival this week. The cast of...

Good Cop/Bad Cop Season 1 is coming to an end tonight!

The one-hour procedural dramedy centers around Lou (Leighton Meester) and Henry (Luke Cook), an odd couple sister and brother detective team in a small Pacific Northwest police force. They must contend with colorful residents, a serious lack of resources, and their very complicated dynamic with each other and with their police chief, Big Hank (Clancy Brown) — who happens to be their father.

In the Season 1 finale, airing at 9 p.m. Et on The CW, shocking revelations threaten to tear Eden Vale apart as the killer from a decades-old murder is revealed.

Naturally, viewers are curious to know whether the show will continue on for a second season.

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As of right now, Good Cop/Bad Cop has not yet been renewed for Season 2.

There are no indications from The CW just yet about whether the show...

It’s only been a few days since Taylor Tomlinson ended her run as the only woman in late-night TV to host her own show solo. And it wasn’t because After Midnight, the show she had hosted on CBS, wasn’t successful: It had just been renewed for a third season earlier this month. But Tomlinson had been open all along about needing to be convinced to do the show, which she recently said would never be her “thing thing.” So when she decided she didn’t want to go to an office three days a week anymore — and CBS, presumably, didn’t throw enough money at her to make that more appealing than doing stand-up on the road — Tomlinson quit After Midnight, and CBS announced that it wouldn’t replace her. Instead, it would end After Midnight and stop trying to program the 12:30 a.m. time slot entirely.

The stars are enjoying a fun night out at a beauty event in Hollywood!

Justin Long and wife Kate Bosworth posed for photos as they arrived at the 2025 Clarins Icons Event on Friday night (March 21) held at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles.

Other stars in attendance included Alessandra Ambrosio, Lukas Gage, Stassi Schroeder and husband Beau Clark, Maude Apatow, Jodie Turner-Smith, and Dylan Efron.

Keep reading to find out more…During the Gwen Stefani took to the stage for a performance while wearing a plaid outfit and fishnet tights.

Following the event, we compiled photos of the stars in attendance so that you can see what they wore!

Keep scrolling to see the stars in attendance…

Jesse Metcalfe & girlfriend Helene Immel

Maude Apatow

Amber Stevens West

Elsa Hosk

Gwen Stefani

Dania Ramirez

Fyi: Dania is wearing a Jovana Louis dress.

Jodie Turner-Smith

Fyi: Jodie is wearing a Zuhair Murad dress.

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Family Law is a Canadian legal drama series created by Susin Nielsen. The Global series follows Abigail Bianchi, a talented lawyer struggling with alcoholism who begins working for her estranged father and two half-siblings in family law. She soon finds herself overwhelmed with the pressures of family law and the dysfunction of her own family. Family Law stars Jewel Staite, Zach Smadu, Genelle Williams, Lauren Holly, and Victor Garber. So, if you loved the familial bonds, legal drama, and compelling characters in Family Law, here are some similar shows you should check out next.

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The Good Fight is a legal political drama series created by Robert King, Michelle King, and Phil Alden Robinson. The CBS series is a standalone sequel series to the popular CBS series The Good Wife, and it follows Diane Lockhart,...

Wednesday nights are usually packed with comedy, drama, and much more. Wednesday, March 19 is going to look a little different to normal, and here’s what we have to look forward to across the broadcast networks.

The One Chicago franchise is still taking a break, and this week, there’s the bad news of no reruns, either. ABC is also looking slightly different, but at least we still get the start with a comedy block.

Abbott Elementary, Good Cop/Bad Cop, and more

ABC still has its night of comedy to kick things off. After a new episode of Shifting Gears, we’ll then get a new episode of Abbott Elementary. The teachers will all try to keep the contraband from the golf course hidden, but we all know how well that works out in a comedy series.

After that, there are two reruns of Celebrity Jeopardy!. The fun with this...

Luke Cook and his wife Kara are expanding their family!

The 38-year-old actor is currently starring as Det. Henry Hickman on the new The CW series Good Cop/Bad Cop.

Luke and Kara revealed the news on Instagram by sharing their gender reveal video, which showed that they are expecting their third son.

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“Third time is a charm. This is what the saying is referring to right? Right? Blessed and excited to raise another beautiful baby with my soulmate and partner in this life @thelukecook and thanks to our beautiful friends @lifewithdads for the surprise!!” Kara captioned the post.

Luke and Kara are parents to four-year-old son Chaplin and two-year-old son Ozzie. Congratulations to the happy family on the exciting news!

A couple years ago, Luke went viral on social media after revealing the shockingly low amount of money he was earning as an actor.

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Good Cop/Bad Cop is a police procedural comedy-drama series created by John Quaintance. The CW series is set in a small town, and it follows the brother-sister duo of detectives, Lou and Henry Hickman, as they work together under their Big Hank Hickman to solve various crimes. Good Cop/Bad Cop stars Leighton Meester, Luke Cook, Clancy Brown, Devon Terrell, Scott Lee, William McKenna, Shamita Siva, Blazey Best, Grace Chow, and Philippa Northeast. So, if you loved the interesting mysteries, entertaining interpersonal relationships, and compelling characters in Good Cop/Bad Cop, here are some similar shows you should check out next.

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The Good Cop is a police procedural comedy-drama series created by Andy Breckman. Based on the Israeli TV show of the same name by Erez Aviram, Tomer Aviram, and Yuval Semo, the Netflix...

Gossip Girl icon Leighton Meester has taken on comedy once more in the one-hour CW series Good Cop/Bad Cop, which premiered on Wednesday, February 19. Although the show is more of a police drama, viewers are sure to get some laughs out of it. Meester portrays Louise “Lou” Hickman, a small-town detective in the Pacific Northwest who works for her father, police chief Big Hank (Dexter: New Blood’s Clancy Brown). She is also forced to partner up with her socially challenged brother, Henry (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina’s Luke Cook), who has newly returned home from seven years in the Seattle P.D. and is promoted to detective by their dad.

Alongside Ed Westwick's Chuck, Leighton Meester's Blair was the ultimate fan-favorite character in Gossip Girl. Now, Meester is bringing the "Queen B" energy to a different hit show.

Although Meester has just reunited with The CW for a brand-new show, Good Cop/ Bad Cop, where she co-stars with Luke Cook and Clancy Brown, the actress has secured yet a brand-new role. This will include a switchover to Netflix, as Meester has officially joined the streaming service's hit rom-com series Nobody Wants This in a guest role, Variety reports. It also comes with a sweet twist.

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Joining Nobody Wants This will be a huge delight for Meester's fans, as she is set to reunite on-screen with her real-life husband,...

Leighton Meester is reacting to her husband Adam Brody‘s new nickname.

The 38-year-old Gossip Girl actress addressed her husband of 10 years rising in popularity again due to his role as rabbi Noah Roklov in the hit Netflix rom-com series Nobody Wants This.

“I’m just so so proud of him and think he deserves everything,” she said to E! News, adding: “I think the world of him.”

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“It’s so wonderful,” she continued, referring to his Best Actor win at the 2025 Critics Choice Awards. “It was a wonderful moment.”

The two share daughter Arlo, 9, and a 4-year-old son, whose name has never been shared.

As for his “hot rabbi” nickname and character, she said: “I think everyone’s on board because it’s him. He is able to embody that because he’s hot, Ok? I said it. And also because he’s...

The CW, Roku, and Australia's Stan network have partnered to finance the Good Cop/Bad Cop series. The CW's ratings likely aren't the determining factor of whether the show will be cancelled or renewed. Still, they will likely determine whether the American network wants to air future episodes. Will this show make it to season two? Stay tuned.

A procedural dramedy series, the Good Cop/Bad Cop TV show stars Leighton Meester, Luke Cook, and Clancy Brown, with Devon Terrell, Grace Chow, Blazey Best, Philippa Northeast, William McKenna, Shamita Siva, and Scott Lee. As the story begins, Big Hank (Brown), the police chief of the Pacific Northwest community of Eden Vale, is the father to two very different adult children. When a pharmacy robbery in the town turns into a murder investigation, he coaxes his estranged son, Henry (Cook), home...

Warning: The following contains spoilers for Good Cop/Bad Cop’s series premiere.

Former Gossip Girl star Leighton Meester has spent several years now making viewers laugh in TV sitcoms such as the beloved ABC comedy Single Parents, Hulu’s How I Met Your Father and Fox’s far too short-lived Making History. So at first glance, a one-hour series titled Good Cop/Bad Cop might seem like a departure for the actress.

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You have seen countless buddy-cop comedies, but now it’s time for a sibling-cop comedy. And so arrives The CW’s “Good Cop/Bad Cop.”

In this series, Leighton Meester and Luke Cook star as siblings working at a police station that just so happens to be run by their father, played by Clancy Brown. Apparently, law enforcement is the family business.

Here is everything you need to know about the new series and, more importantly, when you’ll be able to watch new episodes.

What is the release date?

“Good Cop/Bad Cop” premieres on Wednesday, Feb. 19 at 9 p.m. Et.

Is it streaming?

If you want to catch episodes live, you will have to rely on cable, over on The CW. But, each episode will be available to watch on the CW website the following day.

When do new episodes come out?

There will be eight episodes in total for the series,...

When first confronted with the notion of “Good Cop/Bad Cop,” my screen-addled brain sputtered to a halt. Surely, this couldn’t be a real television series. It checks out that a show with a forward-slash in the title is available to stream internationally on something called Stan., an Australian streaming service — which, yes, includes the period as part of its name — but it’s also been picked up in America on The CW? Are you sure? Did you check the one true source for release confirmations — the Metacritic TV premiere calendar? Isn’t it more likely the police procedural about a brother/sister detective duo working for their dad/chief in a small Washington town was actually an old “30 Rock” joke — something that’s only stolen my attention today because Tina Fey’s prescient sitcom once again aligned with current events and took over social media?

But no. While...

Early in The CW’s Good Cop/Bad Cop, police chief Hank Hickman (Clancy Brown) and his daughter, detective Lou (Leighton Meester), have a disagreement about what the department’s top priority ought to be. She, reasonably, believes it should be protecting the community by investigating crimes. Hank, however, has other ideas.

“The country is falling apart. People need a place where they feel safe,” he says. To him, what matters is that they’re able to make the community think they’re secure: “Belief is the most important thing we can give them.” And while Lou is correct in every practical real-world sense, it’s Hank who has his own series exactly right.

The country does seem like it’s falling apart. We do need a place to feel safe. And a thoroughly charming procedural on The CW might be as good a way as any to indulge in that fantasy — even if it is,...

Leighton Meester, whose varied projects have included the iconic teen drama Gossip Girl and the sweet sitcom Single Parents, is now happily promoting her new cop clan dramedy Good Cop/Bad Cop, premiering on The CW on February 19 at 9/8c). Meester plays skilled veteran Det. Louise “Lou” Hickman, who works for her father, small town police chief Big Hank, along with her polar opposite brother Henry, newly returned home from seven years in the Seattle P.D. and promoted to detective by their dad. TV Insider talked to the actress a short time before she and her husband Adam Brody lost their home in the disastrous Pacific Palisades fire. So you have not one, but two new roles in the near future, the other being joining the second season of the Apple TV+ Gilded Age costume drama, The Buccaneers, about wealthy young American women ...

Leighton Meester and Luke Cook play sibling detectives solving crimes - and annoying each other along the way.

Murder mystery comedies? Yeah, that’s my kind of show. If you’re like me and can’t get enough of whodunits with a side of laughs, you probably already know I’ve rounded up some of the best in the genre - check out the article here. Now, The CW is jumping into the mix with “Good Cop/Bad Cop,” a fresh take on the crime procedural with a comedic sibling twist. The show follows Lou (Leighton Meester) and Henry (Luke Cook), two detectives in a small Pacific Northwest town, trying to crack cases while dealing with quirky locals, a tight budget, and their tough-as-nails father/boss, played by Clancy Brown. It’s got small-town crime, family drama, and plenty of humor - all the necessary ingredients for a fun, fast-paced mystery series.

How does Leighton Meester feel about her return to The CW? (Photo Credit – Instagram)

Despite doing a number of different roles in her career, Leighton Meester is most known for her work on Gossip Girl. For the unversed, she played Blair Waldorf in the iconic show which became a pop culture sensation. The CW series ran from 2007 to 2012 and she was one of the main characters on it alongside Blake Lively, Chase Crawford, Ed Westwick, and Penn Badgley.

More than a decade after the hit show, Leighton is returning to the network for her upcoming drama comedy series Good Cop, Bad Cop where she will be playing Lou Hickman who teams up with her brother to become a team of detectives. Here’s what the actress said about returning to the channel.

Leighton Meester Reacts To The CW Return Decade After Hit Series Gossip Girl

In a newly shared video...

Leighton Meester is back at The CW, but not as Blair Waldorf, the Gossip Girl character viewers knew her for. She plays Lou, a detective in a small town's police force whose job is made harder by various shortcomings in the force and the people in her life. In Good Cop/Bad Cop, Meester is joined by Luke Cook (Chilling Adventure of Sabrina) and Clancy Brown (Dexter: New Blood), who play her brother Henry and father Big Hank, respectively. It's a family affair where Henry and Lou work together under their father, the police chief. The series, whose official description you can read below, premieres on February 18 on The CW. The network released a trailer for the show that previews Lou's constant battles with ineptness in the police force while working with her no-nonsense brother.

The trailer for Good Cop/Bad Cop previews Leighton Meester's return to The CW in a police show that features a cameo from Adam Brody. Meester is well-known for her fan-favorite role as Blair Waldorf on Gossip Girl, one of the CW's cornerstone series. The actor is returning to the network with Good Cop/Bad Cop, which follows a sibling detective duo in a small Pacific Northwest police force who work under the police chief who is also their father. The procedural is written and executive produced by John Quaintance.

The trailer for Good Cop/Bad Cop has been released ahead of the show's debut on The CW Wednesday, February 19 at 9 Pm Et. The series, which will also be available on the Roku streaming service, draws a lot from the core family dynamic. That includes Lou (Meester) who is frustrated at having to work with her brash younger brother Henry (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina...

Spotted: Leighton Meester back on the network that made her a household name in TVLine’s exclusive trailer for the new CW procedural dramedy Good Cop/Bad Cop (premiering Wednesday, Feb. 19 at 9/8c).

The former Gossip Girl star headlines the show as Lou, a beleaguered detective who is forced to partner up on the job with her socially-challenged sibling Henry (played by Chilling Adventures of Sabrina‘s Luke Cook). As “an odd couple sister and brother detective team in a small Pacific Northwest police force,” the duo “must contend with colorful residents, a serious lack of resources, and their very complicated...

The CW today announced its 2025 midseason premiere dates, which include new and returning scripted and unscripted series.

Season 7 of the hit series All American, starring Michael Evans Behling, Greta Onieogou, and Bre-z, kicks off with a special sneak peek on Wednesday, January 29 (8:00-9:00 p.m. Et/Pt) before premiering in its regular timeslot on Monday, February 3 (8:00-9:00 p.m. Et/Pt). Last season, All American was the most-watched CW series across all platforms.

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The breakout procedural Wild Cards—The CW’s #1 new scripted series of 2024—starring Vanessa Morgan and Giacomo Gianniotti returns for a second season on Wednesday, February 5 (8:00-9:00 p.m. Et/Pt) with Max and Ellis tackling new cases while exploring the complexities of their partnership and connection.

The new comedic drama series Good Cop/Bad Cop premieres Wednesday, February 19 (9:00-10:00 p.m. Et/Pt). Leighton Meester and Luke Cook...

The CW has announced its midseason premiere dates for new and returning scripted and unscripted series.

We’ll see a special sneak peek of All American Season 7, starring Michael Evans Behling, Greta Onieogou and Bre-z, on Wednesday, Jan. 29 at 8 pm, before the hit series moves to its regular 8 pm timeslot on Monday, Feb. 3.

According to the official logline: “Season 7 is taking it back to where it all began: Beverly Hills High and South Crenshaw High. It’s the same heart, same NFL dream, same crosstown rivalry, same messy hormones, ushered in by a new generation of LA teens, a new Beverly Coach and our Og vortex fam, who are surprised to find they’re supposed to be the responsible adults now.”

Wild Cards, starring Vanessa Morgan and Giacomo Gianniotti, returns for a second season on Wednesday, Feb. 5 at 8 pm.

The new comedic drama series Good Cop/Bad Cop premieres Wednesday, Feb.

“All American” will return to the CW for its seventh season on Jan. 29.

That night marks the season’s first “sneak peek” before the Season 7 premiere episode airs again on Monday, Feb. 3, which will remain the show’s timeslot for the rest of the season. The news was announced as part of the CW’s midseason schedule announcement for 2025, in which “All American” is one of the main relics of the CW’s pre-Nexstar programming slate.

The other scripted premieres in the network’s midseason lineup are “Good Cop/Bad Cop,” a new dramedy led by Leighton Meester, Clancy Brown and Luke Cook premiering on Feb. 19; and “Wild Cards,” which returns for its second season on Feb. 5.

Beyond that, the slate is dominated by unscripted programming. “Police 24/7” and “Crime Nation” return on Jan. 23, while magic-themed series “Penn & Teller: Fool Us” and “Masters of Illustion” are set for the next day.

“All American” is leading the charge when it comes to The CW’s midseason premieres this winter. The football drama will be joined by new series such as “Good Cop/Bad Cop” and returning staples like “Penn & Teller: Fool Us.”

Additionally, this winter will see the premiere of the NASCAR Xfinity Series on its new network home. The 2025 season will begin on the legendary Daytona International Speedway Feb. 15. All 33 races will air live on The CW during the 2025 season.

The CW’s winter season will begin in earnest on Jan. 23, which will see the returns of the crime-focused reality series “Police 24/7” as well as Season 2 of “Crime Nation.” After that Thursday, The CW will celebrate magic, debuting Season 11 of “Penn & Teller: Fool Us” and Season 11 of “Masters of Illusion” on Jan. 24.

On the scripted side of things, Season 7 of “All American” will return with a special sneak peek on Jan.

The CW is the fifth and final broadcast network (following NBC, Fox, ABC and CBS) to unveil its midseason game plan, and it features a January return date for All American (which only finaled in mid-July).

The netlet’s midseason slate also includes a Season 2 premiere for Wild Cards and the debut of Good Cop/Bad Cop, in which Leighton Meester (Gossip Girl) and Luke Cook (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina) play sibling detectives who don’t always see eye-to-eye as they work together to solve crimes; Clancy Brown (of all good things) plays the pair’s pop.

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Leighton Meester is making a return to TV in a new cop show from The CW, Roku, and Stan (an Australian streaming service)! Here’s what else to know about Good Cop/Bad Cop!

The CW has been in flux in the last few years thanks to some big behind-the-scenes changeovers from Nexster and the cancellation of scores of fun shows. The network is now into acquiring productions from Canada and other nations to boost themselves.

Such a series is Good Cop/Bad Cop. The plot focuses on Lou and Henry, a brother and sister pair of cops with a quirky relationship. They serve on the same police force in a Pacific Northwest town under the tough, demanding police chief, who happens to be their father.

Playing Lou is Leighton Meester, best known for her role as Blair Waldorf on The CW hit Gossip Girl. Henry is played by Luke Cook,...

A slew of Australians will feature as series regulars in Queensland-filmed Stan Original 'Good Cop/Bad Cop', with Devon Terrell, Grace Chow, Blazey Best, Philippa Northeast, William McKenna, Shamita Siva, and Scott Lee joining Leighton Meester, Luke Cook, and Clancy Brown in the cast.

The post Devon Terrell, Philippa Northeast, William McKenna added to the cast of ‘Good Cop/Bad Cop’ appeared first on If Magazine.

Exclusive: More cast has been set for Good Cop/Bad Cop, the one-hour procedural dramedy starring Leighton Meester, Clancy Brown and Luke Cook.

Devon Terrell, Grace Chow, Blazey Best, Philippa Northeast, William McKenna, Shamita Siva and Scott Lee have all joined the series, which is for The CW and The Roku Channel in the U.S. and Stan in Australia.

They will join Meester and Cook, who play an odd couple brother and sister detective team Lou and Henry in a small Pacific Northwest police force who work under police chief Big Hank (Brown), who happens to be their father.

Terrell will play charming but nerdy Detective Shane Carson, Best will be Big Hank’s somewhat cryptic Russian girlfriend Nadia, Lee plays the loveable and long-tenured Officer Joe Bradley, McKenna is nervous wreck new boy Officer Sam Szczepkowski, Siva has been cast as fearless and overly devoted Officer Sarika Ray, Chow...

Former NBCU exec Frances Manfredi, who most recently was president of content acquisition and strategy at Peacock, has joined indie TV studio Future Shack Entertainment as partner and head of distribution and content strategy. The hire was announced Monday by Future Shack Ent. founders Jeff Wachtel, Sam Michaels and Yusik Choi.

Manfredi has already been working with Future Shack, helping secure distribution for the shingle’s shows “Murder in a Small Town” to Fox and “Good Cop/Bad Cop” at The CW, Roku and Australian outlet Stan.

“Good Cop/Bad Cop” set to premiere in 2025, is a comedy crime procedural starring Leighton Meester, Clancy Brown and Luke Cook. The show, by writer John Quaintance, is a co-production from Future Shack and Jungle Entertainment. “Murder in a Small Town,” starring Rossif Sutherland and Kristin Kreuk, will air Tuesdays at 9 p.m. this fall on Fox.

“It’s a pleasure and a privilege to...

[Warning: The below contains Major spoilers for Hacks Season 3, Episode 6, “Par for the Course.”] Hacks welcomed a handful of glitzy guest stars in its latest Season 3 episode, “Par for the Course” as Deborah (Jean Smart) and Ava (Hannah Einbinder) attended the American Television Affiliates Golf Tournament as their campaign for late night continues. Hoping to schmooze the affiliates who could help her land the gig, Deborah is particularly taken with Bob Lipka (Tony Goldwyn), the CEO of the conglomerate that owns the network Deborah’s show would be on. Turning her attention mostly to him, she dumbs down her golf game to let him win and does all she can to sway things her way, but when she learns that Jack Danby (Luke Cook) is poised to take the late night host gig, she drops the facade and lets Bob get a taste of her real golf game. “She gets very thorny and kicks my ass on the golf course,...

The CW Network today announced it will launch its seven-night 2024-25 primetime schedule in the Fall of 2024 with an array of new and returning original scripted series, family-friendly game shows, fan-favorite unscripted series, and the continued expansion of CW Sports with the network debuts of WWE Nxt, Pac-12 college football, and the NASCAR Xfinity Series.

“The Fall 2024 season is another leap forward in the bold transformation of The CW Network, as we continue building a media brand with broadcast at its core,” said Brad Schwartz, President of Entertainment at The CW Network.

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Schwartz continued: “The CW is currently enjoying three consecutive quarters of growth, and we are looking forward to a fall schedule that is stronger than ever, starting with a brand-new game night featuring Trivial Pursuit and Scrabble—two games families have enjoyed for decades and hosted by fan-favorites LeVar Burton and Raven-Symoné.

“We have new seasons...

Sports icons Sue Bird and Megan Rapinoe are getting in the game as TV producers.

Bird and Rapinoe’s production banner, A Touch More, has teamed up with independent TV studio Future Shack Entertainment to develop “Cleat Cute,” the bestselling novel from author Meryl Wilsner.

“Cleat Cute” is a contemporary queer romance that follows a young soccer player as she juggles being the new rookie, her goals of making the national team, and a budding romance with her team captain.

“Sports is a universal language and breeding ground for world class storytelling,” said Future Shack CEO Jeff Wachtel in a statement. “As women’s sports captivate audiences around the globe, we’re proud to partner with two of the most iconic athletes of our time, Megan Rapinoe and Sue Bird, to bring Meryl Wilsner’s delightful world to life in a bold, sexy and fun ensemble show.”

Bird, Rapinoe and...

“Salem’s Lot” Will Skip Theaters to Stream Exclusively

The long-in-development film adaptation of Stephen King’s “Salem’s Lot” is being made, after all, but will no longer premiere in theaters, opting for a Max-exclusive streaming premiere this year with an official date to be announced later.

Originally intended for a September 2022 theatrical release, New Line Cinema pushed the film to 2023 citing the Covid-19 pandemic shutdown for delays before removing it from its release calendar entirely. King’s 1975 novel was first adapted for the screen with CBS’s 1979 miniseries starring David Soul.

“Salem’s Lot” is written and directed by Gary Dauberman (“Annabelle”). The new version will see Ben Mears (Lewis Pullman) return to his childhood home of Jerusalem’s Lot looking to come up with an idea for a new novel but discovers his hometown’s residents are becoming vampires.

The ensemble also features Alfre Woodard, Makenzie Leigh, Bill Camp, Spencer Treat Clark,...

Good Cop/Bad Cop is headed to The CW. In partnership with Roku Originals and Stan in Australia, the network has ordered the new police comedy-drama for release in 2025. Filming is set to begin later this spring.

Starring Leighton Meester (How I Met Your Father), Luke Cook (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina), and Clancy Brown (Billions), the series follows the police force of a small town in the Pacific Northwest where a brother and sister detective team have to deal with taking orders from their father, who is the chief of police.

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Leighton Meester, known for her role in Gossip Girl, will star in the new CW show Good Cop/Bad Cop. Good Cop/Bad Cop will focus on siblings Lou and Henry forming an odd detective duo in a small police force. After Gossip Girl, Meester had a lowkey career but is making a return to television with her role in Good Cop/Bad Cop.

Former Gossip Girl star Leighton Meester is set to star in the new CW show Good Cop/Bad Cop. The popular 2007 teen drama introduced the story of wealthy socialite teens of Manhattan, including Meester's Blair Waldorf. The original Gossip Girl cast also included Chace Crawford, Penn Badgley, Taylor Momsen, and Ed Westwick. The CW show ran for six seasons before ending in 2012, which was followed by a Gossip Girl reboot in 2021.

According to TVLine, Meester will star in a new procedural dramedy titled Good Cop/Bad Cop.

Exclusive: Australian streamer Stan has today unveiled a 25-strong slate, adding scripted titles from Matchbox Pictures and the producers behind Colin From Accounts, acquisitions from the UK and U.S. and a new version of Drag Race to its ranks.

Content from the likes of All3Media, AMC, Banijay, the BBC, Fremantle, ITV, Lionsgate, Universal Internatational Studios, Paramount, Sony and Warner Bros Discovery is on the slate, which was showcased at the iconic Sydney Opera House as Stan’s latest salvo in Australia’s competitive streaming market.

Among the key scripted originals is Critical Incident, a psychological crime thriller from Matchbox, the Australian production subsidiary of Universal Studio Group-owned Universal International Studios. Written by Sarah Bassiuoni (The Secrets She Keeps), it recently completed production in Western Sydney, with major production investment from Screen Australia.

The six-part show depicts life in the Western suburbs of Sydney and delves into the complex...

Spotted: A former Gossip Girl returning to The CW.

Leighton Meester will star in Good Cop/Bad Cop, a procedural dramedy co-production between The CW, The Roku Channel and Australia’s Stan.

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Created by John Quaintance (Reboot, Will & Grace), the eight-episode series centers around Lou (Meester) and Henry (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina’s Luke Cook), “an odd couple...

Exclusive: The CW, Roku and Australia’s Stan are working up Good Cop/Bad Cop, a comedic crime procedural with Jeff Wachtel’s Future Shack Entertainment and Jungle Entertainment.

Good Cop/Bad Cop stars Gossip Girls alumna Leighton Meester in her return to the CW, Clancy Brown (Dexter: New Blood) and Australian actor Luke Cook (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina). The series comes from writer John Quaintance (Will & Grace) and marks the latest international co-production for Stan, The CW and Roku, all of which have identified the model as core to their strategies.

Cook and Meester play a brother-sister detective team in a small Pacific Northwest police force who must contend with colourful residents, a serious lack of resources, their very complicated dynamic with each other and their police chief, Big Hank (Clancy Brown), who happens to be their father.

Production on the original series begins soon in Queensland, Australia, with Jungle Entertainment...

Jane Lynch is set to return as the narrator for Season 2 of the dark comedy podcast “The Bystanders,” TheWrap can reveal exclusively. This new installment will be available exclusively on Apple Podcasts beginning June 22.

“We are excited to bring a new story to ‘The Bystanders’ series and work with the talented Jane

Lynch again and such an outstanding voice cast,” writer and executive producer Heather Morris (“Glee”) said. “The team has come up with an amazing and funny story that was brought to life with this stellar cast and musical score from Tory Cummins that creates one of the best audio, immersive experiences in audio storytelling.”

TheWrap also has the first audio clip for this upcoming second season, which can be viewed above.

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Quiver Distribution's newest horror flick Follow Her is now in limited theaters and can be found on VOD outlets. The movie follows a livestreamer who thinks she's found the answer to her financial troubles when a screenwriter presents her with a lucrative offer, but there's a bigger price to pay than what she initially realizes. You can get a glimpse into this story by watching the official trailer below.

Follow Her is directed by Sylvia Caminer, a two-time Emmy Award winner. Luke Geissbuhler shot the movie. It is produced by Caminer, Michael Indjeian, and Sibyl Santiago. John Gallagher co-executive produced. It is written by Dani Barker (The Unprofessionals) who stars in the movie alongside Luke Cook (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina), Mark Moses (Mad Men), and Eliana Jones (Night Hunter).

The official synopsis for the movie is as follows:

Jess (Dani Barker) has finally found her hook: secretly filming creepy...

With the rise in popularity of social media content videos on platforms like TikTok, Instagram, and OnlyFans, the dangers of privacy intrusion, for both the content creators and those that appear in the content, has skyrocketed over the last few years. Video content that has only lasted a few seconds or minutes, has upended people's lives, and in extreme cases, has resulted in things like job losses and death threats.

Sylvia Caminer (An Affair of the Heart) shines a spotlight on these dangerous themes in her new movie Follow Her, which is written by Dani Barker, who also plays the lead role of Jess. Aside from Barker, the film stars Luke Cook (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina), Eliana Jones (Hemlock Grove), Mark Moses (Platoon), and Cristala Carter (Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin).

The movie has won 20 awards throughout the film festival circuit, including Best Horror Film at the MidWest WeirdFest, Best...

Follow Her is a psychosexual thriller in the vein of Brian De Palma, or like Paul Verhoeven on Instagram. It's an erotic but disturbing thriller, and it's coming to select theaters and through video on demand on June 2, 2023. Dani Barker writes and stars alongside Luke Cook (The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina) and Mark Moses. You can check out the official synopsis and an exclusive clip below:

Jess (Dani Barker) has finally found her hook: secretly filming creepy interactions she encounters via online job listings, and using the kinks of others to fuel her streaming success. For her next episode, she’s been hired by Tom (Luke Cook) to write the ending of a screenplay in a remote, lavish cabin. Once there, the alluring self-proclaimed screenwriter hands her a script in which the two of them are the main characters. This client isn’t what he seems, and even though the money’s great.

There’s nothing like having somebody shove a foot in your mouth for a sensual scene on the first day of filming a sexually charged thriller. Follow along, because Follow Her has fascinating behind-the-scenes fodder.

“The first day we [co-star/writer Dani Barker] came on to set, we had to shoot the sexual scene first,” admitted Luke Cook, who plays Tom in the film, an attractive and mysterious man who hires financially strapped livestreamer Jess (Barker) to help him finish writing a screenplay. “Dani puts her foot in my mouth, and we — Dani and I — had just met in real life, so that was incredibly intense for me. For some reason, and I'm not a prude, I was like, ‘I'm not ready for this. I don't want to do this now. I want to get to know Dani a little bit, and maybe we can ease into that later.’”

No coffee and chat here,...

With Memorial Day behind us, summer is on its way, and this summer is going to be absolutely loaded with new horror movies. We’re calling it the Summer of Screams for a reason!

But first, this week is all about Stephen King and Subspecies…

Here’s all the new horror releasing May 30 – June 4, 2023!

For daily reminders about new horror releases, be sure to follow @HorrorCalendar.

From Bayview Entertainment, this week’s new releases kick off with Addison Heath and Jasmine Jakupi’sMy Cherry Pie, an indie slasher that’s now available on VOD outlets.

The film is said to be a “gory slice of retro horror.”

In My Cherry Pie, “On the run, three criminals find themselves holed up at a notorious old hospital that happens to be the hunting ground of a masked killer.”

Glenn Maynard, Trudi Ranik, and Sotiris Tzelios star.

After a successful festival run, Sylvia Caminer...

Screen Rant is thrilled to present an exclusive new clip from the upcoming thriller Follow Her. The movie centers around Jess, who builds a following through secretly filming clients from online job listings, but things go wrong after she's hired to finish a screenplay at a remote cabin. Follow Her was written by lead actress Dani Barker, who stars alongside The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina's Luke Cook, Alaska Daily's Mark Moses, and Northern Rescue's Eliana Jones.

Follow Her begins with Jess Peters discovering her ability to attract viewers through secretly filming the encounters she has during freelance jobs. However, when screenwriter Tom hires her to help write the ending of his script, things quickly go awry. Tom presents Jess with a script in which the two of them are the main characters, and things turn dire as the fate of Jess both on the page and in real life hangs in the balance.

Would it be wrong to suggest that live streamers are starting to overtake traditional media? They've been the subject of brand deals, boxing matches, guest appearances, and even outside their penetration into other forms of media, their devoted audiences can't seem to get enough of these internet personalities. In fact, some would argue that the kind of parasocial relationships formed as a result of this intense attachment may even be inherently harmful. But, an upcoming psycho-sexual thriller from Quiver will focus on the opposite end of how live-streaming impacts others and how the pursuit of views may ultimately lead to one's demise.

Follow Her is one of multiple tense films focusing on internet personalities, but whereas others see them entering haunted houses or taking on dangerously stupid challenges, this tense thriller will do something particularly unique. Tackling the topic of ethics in live-streaming, a live streamer working under false pretenses...

"You think the world is all about *your* content." Quiver has revealed the official trailer for indie horror thriller called Follow Her, yet another social media cautionary tale. This premiered at the Fantasporto and Fantaspoa Film Festivals last year, playing a few others in the US last fall. After a succesful fest run it's set to release for viewing this June including on VOD right away. "Follow Her is a psycho-sexual thriller that questions the ethical boundaries of social media." An aspiring actress responds to a mysterious classified ad and finds herself trapped in her new boss's twisted revenge fantasy. Starring Dani Barker as Jess Peters, Luke Cook, Eliana Jones, Mark Moses, Cristala Carter, and Brian Vincent. The horror site Bloody Disgusting ran a great review, saying: "The fact that Follow Her succeeds at being fun, meta, and thought-provoking, while also being a low budget, female-led project, makes this an exceptional movie.