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Sian Barbara Allen, a Golden Globe-nominated TV actress who appeared in such hits as The Waltons and L.A. Law, died today at the age of 78 in Chapel Hill, N.C. The cause of death was Alzheimer’s Disease.

A prolific television performer of the ’70s and ’80s, Allen was born on July 12, 1946 in Reading, Penn. Raised by her mother and grandmother, upon graduating high school, she received a scholarship to the Pasadena Playhouse, which sparked her career. She studied with the highly regarded acting teacher Peggy Feury as part of the Journeyman program at the storied Mark Taper Forum.

Afterward, she was soon hired as one of the last contract players at Universal Studios, eventually booking roles on such series like Gunsmoke, Cagney & Lacey, The Incredible Hulk, Hawaii Five-0, Columbo, The Rockford Files and others. She was also the first woman to pen a script for an episode of Baretta,...

Sian Barbara Allen, a onetime Universal contract player who appeared in the films You’ll Like My Mother and Billy Two Hats and played a love interest of Richard Thomas’ John-Boy on The Waltons, died Monday. She was 78.

Allen died in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, after a battle with Alzheimer’s, her family announced. She often played characters with “great vulnerability and uncommon empathy,” they noted.

In telefilms, Allen starred with Bette Davis and Ted Bessell as the title character, a housekeeper in a mansion, in 1973’s Scream, Pretty Peggy at ABC; with Claude Akins, John Savage and Patricia Neal in the 1975 tearjerker Eric at NBC; and with Anthony Hopkins and Cliff DeYoung in 1976’s The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case, also at NBC (she played the wife of the famed aviator).

Born on July 12, 1946, in Reading, Pennsylvania, Allen was raised by her mother, Ruth, and her grandmother, Etta.

After she graduated from Reading Senior High School,...

Sian Barbara Allen, the actor known for numerous television roles and her lead role in “Scream, Pretty Peggy” alongside Bette Davis, died Monday in Chapel Hill, N.C.

Allen’s death was confirmed to Variety with the cause of death being Alzheimer’s disease.

In the ’70s and ’80s, Allen had numerous roles in popular TV shows, including “The Waltons,” “Columbo,” “The Rockford Files,” “Hawaii Five-0,” “Gunsmoke,” “Marcus Welby, M.D.” and “The Incredible Hulk.” Allen also wrote the “Just for Laughs” episode of “Baretta” in Season 4.

In her film work, she starred alongside numerous stars, including Patty Duke, Rosemary Murphy and Richard Thomas in “You’ll Like My Mother” (1972), Bette Davis in “Scream Pretty Peggy” (1973) and Gregory Peck and Jack Warden in the Western “Billy Two Hats” (1974). She also played Anne Morrow alongside Anthony Hopkins in “The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case” (1976). Allen earned a Golden Globe nomination for Most Promising New Actress...

This article contains a brief mention of suicide.

The Twilight Zone and Star Trek: The Original Series both arrived at roughly the same era in time, when television was booming and actors in the medium often punched a clock. Journeyman performers would land one-shot roles on all manner of series, sometimes giving strong performances before moving on to the next one. The hope was to land a regular role on a hit series. If not, many actors simply took the next job.

This practice resulted in some significant crossover for the two series, both of which went on to become evergreens and are still watched and enjoyed by audiences today. Actors who appeared on The Twilight Zone later went on to The Original Series, which at the time was just one more show among many on their resume. New incarnations of both series have repeated the treat, with the 1980s...

Get the latest scoop on everything you need to know about today’s Jeopardy! episode airing on Monday, 23 December 2024 including the Final Jeopardy, contestants and today’s winner!

Today’s Final Jeopardy 12/23/2024 (Movies & The Law) – Monday, 23 December 2024

In 2009 this leader gave Barack Obama the book “Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent”

Today’s Final Jeopardy Answer – Monday, 23 December 2024

The Final Jeopardy Answer is: Hugo Chavez

Today’s Results & Who Won Jeopardy! Tonight – Monday, 23 December 2024

The results of today’s game will be updated when it airs – warning: spoilers below!

Returning ChampionContestantContestant Laura Faddah

Memphis, Tennessee

Manager

2 Day Winnings of $17,200

Winning Score: $13,200

Round 2 Score: $15,600

Round 1 Score: $6,200Sean Maguire

New York, New York

Commercial Real Estate Manager

Final Score: $4,187

Round 2 Score: $4,200

Round 1 Score: $3,400Jenifer Miller

Ann Arbor, Michigan

Freelance Web Developer

Final Score: -$2,000

Round 2 Score: -$2,000

Round 1 Score: $2,000 Final Jeopardy Video & Today’s Highlights Jeopardy!

Get the latest scoop on everything you need to know about today’s Jeopardy! episode airing on Friday, 20 December 2024 including the Final Jeopardy, contestants and today’s winner!

Today’s Final Jeopardy 12/20/2024 (Movies & The Law) – Friday, 20 December 2024

“Drafters… have to have a little fun sometimes,” said the author of this law when asked if he was inspired by 1931’s “Little Caesar”

Today’s Final Jeopardy Answer – Friday, 20 December 2024

The Final Jeopardy Answer is: Rico Act

Today’s Results & Who Won Jeopardy! Tonight – Friday, 20 December 2024

The results of today’s game will be updated when it airs – warning: spoilers below!

Returning ChampionContestantContestant Laura Faddah

Memphis, Tennessee

Manager

1 Day Winnings of $11,200

Winning Score: $5,800

Round 2 Score: $10,400

Round 1 Score: $4,800Joe Asaminew

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

ER Physician

Final Score: $5,000

Round 2 Score: $9,000

Round 1 Score: $3,800Maria Lauro

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Contract Specialist

Final Score: $799

Round 2 Score: $10,800

Round 1 Score: $5,200 Final Jeopardy Video & Today’s Highlights Jeopardy! Recaps

Final Jeopardy...

Get the latest scoop on everything you need to know about today’s Jeopardy! episode airing on Thursday, 19 December 2024 including the Final Jeopardy, contestants and today’s winner!

Today’s Final Jeopardy 12/19/2024 (Super Bowl History) – Thursday, 19 December 2024

It’s the only team to play in the Super Bowl before Neil Armstrong’s moonwalk that has not been back to the big game since

Today’s Final Jeopardy Answer – Thursday, 19 December 2024

The Final Jeopardy Answer is: New York Jets

Today’s Results & Who Won Jeopardy! Tonight – Thursday, 19 December 2024

The results of today’s game will be updated when it airs – warning: spoilers below!

Returning ChampionContestantContestant Eric Weldon-Schilling

Houston, Texas

Bar Manager & Sommelier

1 Day Winnings of $21,000

Final Score: $0

Round 2 Score: $10,000

Round 1 Score: $3,400Neal Bowling

Mackinaw, Illinois

Journeyman Lineman

Final Score: $2,800

Round 2 Score: $9,800

Round 1 Score: $400Laura Faddah

Memphis, Tennessee

Manager

Winning Score: $11,200

Round 2 Score: $13,600

Round 1 Score: $6,400 Final Jeopardy Video & Today’s Highlights Jeopardy!

Dev Patel has found his next project, and it will be a story full of corruption, twists and violence. According to Deadline, the acclaimed actor has joined the cast of The Journeyman. The movie directed by Tarsem Singh will tell the story of a professional tennis player running low on cash. The protagonist of this story will, unfortunately, have plenty of bills to pay. The only way out of his situation would be entering a match-fixing ring, but the journey into the corrupt and dangerous side of the sport might be too much for the player to handle.

Germany’s newest scripted confab, Seriesly Berlin, takes place later this month and the schedule is coming together.

Four-part Prime Video series German Cocaine Cowboy from Beetz Brothers Film Production will be teased, while the streamer’s Country Director for Germany, Christoph Schneider, will appear in a fireside chat that I’ll be moderating to offer insights into content strategy. German Cocaine Cowboy tells the story of a German who became involved in the Cali Cartel in the 1990s.

Also scheduled to appear at Seriesly is Mel Eslyn, the President of Duplass Brothers Productions, which is known for Netflix’s Wild Wild Country and HBO’s Somebody Somewhere. She’ll discuss indie filmmaking in the context of serial production, and will present the European premiere of Penelope, the indie young adult series that premiered at Sundance. Netflix later snagged U.S. rights to the show, which Eslyn co-created with Mark Duplass,...

Even in this age of instant YouTube gratification, movie trailers are a big deal. They get us hyped for an upcoming project by making promises that the eventual film will (hopefully) pay off. The best sizzle reels are even able to do this by giving a taste of things to come without ruining any surprises or plot twists. Think about the teaser for Alien with its cracking egg and unnerving siren sound, or the deft use of a choral version of Radiohead’s “Creep” in the classic promo for The Social Network. Both of those examples speak to the haunting nature of their movies while allowing space for the film to stand on its own down the road.

But some trailers do their job too well. Some trailers outdo the movies they advertise, sometimes because the film has a concept too shallow to sustain more than three minutes, and sometimes...

Sci-fi shows often build passionate fanbases but are frequently canceled too soon, despite their potential to create expansive worlds and storylines. Space: Above and Beyond, Firefly, Sense8, Terra Nova, Dollhouse, Dirk Gently, Almost Human, Caprica, Journeyman, and The 4400 are all examples of sci-fi shows that were canceled before they could fully explore their narratives and resolve their storylines. These canceled shows had intriguing concepts, talented casts, and loyal fans, but ultimately succumbed to the high production costs and low viewing figures that often plague sci-fi television.

Sci-fi TV shows often build incredibly dedicated fanbases, but seem to frequently get canceled too soon. It makes sense considering sci-fi is frequently a genre that inherently costs more to make. Often depicting elaborate future worlds and technologies, sci-fi shows have higher demands than a standard drama or sitcom.

On the other hand, as shows that go all in on the escapism form...

DraftKings is officially entering the free, ad-supported TV (Fast) game with the launch of the DraftKings Network on Samsung TV Plus. Samsung’s platform will be the first to feature the new sports and gambling channel, which will air 24/7 content featuring DraftKings’ army of emerging personalities.

Slowly but surely, DraftKings has amassed some reputable sports personalities to supplement its daily fantasy sports and sportsbooks. Among the familiar faces you’ll see populate the DraftKings Network include those in the “Dan LeBatard Show with Stugotz” universe, Mike Golic Sr. and Jr., Jared Carrabis, Ross Tucker, and more.

“In bringing together some of the most authentic sports and entertainment voices under one umbrella, DraftKings Network is the destination for ‘In on the Action’ sports fans and content they love,” DraftKings VP Stacie McCollum said. “We look forward to reaching fans with our deep roster of independent, credible, and relatable voices that resonate...

It has all the makings of a new and disturbing trend in television — companies taking fully produced, unaired series and moving them off their books — but insiders are hesitant to say whether cancellations like what we saw today at Showtime, as well as what has happened at Warner Bros. Discovery, AMC, Starz, Netflix and Peacock over the last few months, is becoming the new normal.

Consider it more of a one-time “right-sizing,” they say.

“I don’t think those companies are going to want to make a practice of this on an ongoing basis,” a partner at a talent agency tells Deadline. “They’ve done it and they weren’t burned to the ground by the town, but the reaction was really, really strong. So barring any further kind of financial apocalypse or whatever, I think they’re going to want to reassure people this is a one-of-a-kind thing is...

He’s a bit of a legend in the UK, not as well known in the US, and now he’s starring in Game of Thrones prequel House of the Dragon. But who is Paddy Considine? Well, he’s a British actor and director who grew up in Burton-on-Trent in Staffordshire (that’s in the West Midlands for our American friends – you’re welcome!). He’s won two BAFTA awards both as director for his short film Dog Altogether and for his feature debut Tyrannosaur which starred Olivia Colman and Peter Mullan and was one of the first movies to really introduce Colman as a heavy weight actress. In House of the Dragon Considine plays Viserys I Targaryen, the well-meaning but ineffectual leader of the Targaryen dynasty, and King of the Seven Kingdoms. Loving his performance and want to see more? Here are his best roles.

A Room for Romeo Brass...

Charles Officer’s flashy feature reflects on violence handed down the generations but has too much faith in fatigued beats from the gangster-film locker

Canadian-Jamaican director Charles Officer’s second feature looks flashy, sounds cool and – Ghost Dog-style – likes to fling out shurikens of eastern philosophy every which way. But this tale of freelance underworld fixer Akilla Brown, played with careworn wisdom by Saul Williams, doesn’t live up to its sharp tailoring and has too much faith in fatigued beats from the gangster-film locker.

Journeyman Akilla is about to retire from the illegal cannabis-distribution business in Toronto, rendered redundant by legalisation. But he finds himself on the end of a double-barrel shotgun when a depot belonging to “the Greek”, his boss, is raided by rival hoodlums. Thanks to his sang-froid, the heist runs off the rails, and Akilla steps in to stop his crew from torturing young soldier Sheppard (Thamela Mpumlwana) who,...

Many have ascended the Seven Kingdoms’ Iron Throne, the most prized seat of George R.R. Martin’s blockbuster A Song of Ice and Fire saga. But it is a station built on daggers, and few have lasted long; as the events of HBO’s Game of Thrones detailed.

The difference for Paddy Considine’s King Viserys is that the expiry date is built right in. He ascends the throne in the first episode of the prequel series House of the Dragon, which starts on HBO Sunday night. But given that the events of the show take place 200 years before those of Thrones, and that Thrones kicks off with Viserys’s Targaryen dynasty in shreds, we’re aware from the outset that things are likely to go horribly wrong.

Still, Game of Thrones assured us early on that nothing lasts forever, and yet it managed eight seasons of intrigue and dragons.

The action series “The Ledger” starring Xolo Maridueña has been set up at HBO Max for development, Variety has learned exclusively.

The half-hour series was first reported as being shopped to networks and streamers back in October. It follows the trials and travels of Gabriel (Maridueña), a young man who sets out into the world to right the wrongs of the deadly man who trained him. Using only the ledger kept by his predecessor, Gabriel travels from town-to-town, an avenging angel, fixing shattered lives.

Juan Carlos Coto is attached to write and executive produce the series. Maridueña executive produces along with Will Packer of Will Packer Media and Brandon Guzmán of Valor Entertainment Group. Alvie Hurtado and Peggy Cheng of Will Packer Media are overseeing the project for the company.

Maridueña is best known for starring in the Emmy-nominated Netflix series “Cobra Kai,” the continuation of the original “Karate Kid” film franchise.

Exclusive: Paddy Considine has inked with ICM Partners for representation. The actor recently wrapped HBO’s long-anticipated Game of Thrones prequel House of the Dragon, playing the lead role of King Viserys Targaryen.

Considine’s early big-screen work includes Michael Winterbottom’s 24 Hour Party People and Jim Sheridan’s In America. He went on to star in Pawel Pawlikowski’s My Summer of Love and Last Resort, Paul Greengrass’ The Bourne Ultimatum, Edgar Wright’s movies Hot Fuzz and The World’s End, Richard Ayoade’s movies The Double and Submarine, and Ron Howard’s Cinderella Man among others. He also teamed as a co-writer and star in Shane Meadows’ Dead Man’s Shoes.

His work in TV includes his role as Father John Hughes in Peaky Blinders, Informer as well as playing Claude Bolton in HBO’s series The Outsider based on the Stephen King novel.

Considine’s feature directorial debut,...

Code Black‘s new cast member Moon Bloodgood must have made a good impression: She’s already been promoted to series-regular status for the upcoming Season 3, TVLine has learned exclusively.

Bloodgood signed on to join the CBS medical drama back in June in the recurring role of tough-as-nails L.A. paramedic Rox Valenzuela, who’ll be saving lives alongside ride-along partner Dr. Willis, played by Rob Lowe. (Lowe’s character shifts his focus to field medicine in Season 3, either by ambulance or helicopter.) Now Rox will be a full-fledged member of the cast, starting with Season 3’s fourth episode.

This...

In a first for a woman, Jodie Whittaker has been set to take over the lead in BBC One and BBC America’s Doctor Who. Whittaker becomes the 13th Time Lord in the sci-fi series, stepping into the Tardis to replace the exiting Peter Capaldi.

The actress has most recently been seen in ITV’s Broadchurch, whose creator Chris Chibnall is taking over Doctor Who showrunning duties from Steven Moffat.

Meet the Thirteenth Doctor #DoctorWho #Doctor13 pic.twitter.com/wycdcneZ7o

— BBC One (@BBCOne) July 16, 2017

Capaldi announced his departure in January and recently wrapped his last regular-season run as the traveling Doctor. Up next is a Christmas Special which will also feature David Bradley as the First Doctor, as well as a farewell appearance at Comic-Con this month. Whittaker is also expected to turn up for that Hall H panel which will include Moffat and others.

Along with the newly-named Time Lord,...

Upcoming slate includes new films from Steve McQueen, Mike Leigh, Lenny Abrahamson and Ben Wheatley.

Film4 boss Daniel Battsek last night confirmed that the division has secured a £25m budget for 2017/18 for the second year in a row.

The funding boost once again gives the broadcaster a significantly increased war chest on the £15m it was previously allocated and the £10-13m of BBC Films.

The division’s funding was increased to the record £25m in 2016 under the stewardship of former director David Kosse.

Speaking at the company’s annual pre-Cannes bash, Battsek, who took over from Kosse last July, praised outgoing Channel4 boss David Abraham for his commitment to Film4 and lamented the departure of Film4 head of creative Rose Garnett who is departing to lead BBC Films.

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Film4 has backed four of the five UK features heading to Cannes. Three play in Official Selection: Yorgos Lanthimos’s The Killing Of A Sacred Deer and Lynne...

Changing the fate of others can sometimes prove to be a disastrous decision. Haven Season 5 Volume 1 will arrive on Blu-ray and DVD in September. Also: a gallery of images from Terrordactyl and release details for Redeemer from one of the directors from The ABCs of Death, Ernesto Diaz Espinoza.

Haven Season 5: Press Release: "The Troubles are returning to Haven like never before in Haven: Season Five, Volume One, arriving on extras-loaded Blu-ray and DVD on September 8 from Entertainment One.

Based on the novella "The Colorado Kid" from Stephen King, the hit Syfy series follows former FBI agent Audrey Parker (Emily Rose), who became a cop in the small town of Haven, Maine, and quickly found herself involved in the return of "the Troubles," a series of supernatural afflictions that have plagued the seaside village for generations. Partnered with local residents Nathan Wuornos (Lucas Bryant) and Duke Crocker (Eric Balfour...

Journeyman

Showcase Inventory

Created by Kevin Falls

Produced by Left Coast Productions, 20th Century Fox Television

Aired on NBC for 1 season (13 episodes) from September 24, 2007 – December 19, 2007

Cast

Kevin McKidd as Dan Vasser

Gretchen Egolf as Katie Vasser

Moon Bloodgood as Olivia Beale

Reed Diamond as Jack Vasser

Brian Howe as Hugh Skillen

Charles Henry Wyson as Zack Vasser

Show Premise

Dan Vasser is your average every day newspaper reporter living in San Francisco with a wife and child, both of whom he loves and works hard for. One day Dan finds himself randomly transported through time with no idea of when he is, why he was sent back in time, or what he’s supposed to do. Dan quickly begins to realize that he’s been brought back on a mission to track a person’s life and help them in some way. In time, Dan discovers he has been given...

Scream Factory has added another Blu-ray release to their Summer of Fear Part 2: a double feature of the 1990 Italian horror films Metamorphosis and Beyond Darkness. Details on the season two world premiere of From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series, as well as the release details for James Cullen Bressack's Pernicious, are also included in our latest round-up.

Metamorphosis / Beyond Darkness Blu-ray: Scream Factory has slated their Metamorphosis / Beyond Darkness double feature Blu-ray for a late August release.

From Scream Factory: "Our "Summer of Fear Part 2" lineup continues to roll out with more retro Italian-made horror films both coming to blu-ray for the first time! 1990’s "mad science" film Metamorphosis will be doubled-billed with the 1990 haunted house-themed Beyond Darkness (and from the Director of Troll 2!) for a planned late August release. Pre-order links will go up next month."

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From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series: The sophomore...

Falling Skies star Moon Bloodgood (pictured above) is to make her European convention debut next month, meeting fans and signing autographs at McM London Comic Con, the UK’s biggest modern pop culture event.

Moon Bloodgood plays Anne Glass in post-apocalyptic sci-fi show Falling Skies, which returns for a fifth and final season later this year. Executive produced by Steven Spielberg, Falling Skies charts the human resistance’s struggle for survival in the chaotic aftermath of an alien attack that has left most of America in ruins. Serving in the 2nd Mass as their main combat doctor, Moon’s character Anne runs the medical unit together with Lourdes. She is also the mother of resistance leader Tom Mason’s Espheni-human hybrid daughter Lexi and acts as a maternal figure for his sons Hal, Ben and Matt.

Moon Bloodgood is also well known for fighting for another resistance group, taking on...

Even more television is heading down to Austin, Texas, this summer for the fourth annual Atx Festival on June 4-7.

Panels for NBC’s “Hannibal” with creator Bryan Fuller and Fox’s “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” with creator Dan Goor and cast members have been added to the festival, along with a “cancelled too soon” panel for Amy Sherman Palladino’s former ABC Family series “Bunheads.”

USA Network’s upcoming drama “Complications” will kick off the fest with an opening-night premiere, featuring creator and exec producer Matt Nix and the series’ cast members.

Atx will also feature the season-five premiere screening of USA Networks’ “Suits,” a 25-year anniversary screening of Marta Kauffman’s HBO series “Dream On” and a “Dawson’s Creek” pilot script reading, presented by creator Kevin Williamson and surprise guests.

Also Thursday, Atx’s co-exec directors and founders Caitlin McFarland and Emily Gipson announced James L. Brooks as the recipient...

If we can't get Tom Cruise to star in a TV show, this could be the next best thing. Fox is developing a small-screen update of Minority Report, the 2002 movie from Steven Spielberg that starred Cruise as a future cop who - with the help of soothsayers, or Precogs - prevented murders before they were committed. The new project, from Max Borenstein and the Emmy-winning writer and producer Kevin Falls (Journeyman, The West Wing), is a sequel that is set 10 years later. "The film is our first chapter and constant inspiration," Borenstein tells People. "But where its focus is the politics of pre-crime,...

If we can't get Tom Cruise to star in a TV show, this could be the next best thing. Fox is developing a small-screen update of Minority Report, the 2002 movie from Steven Spielberg that starred Cruise as a future cop who - with the help of soothsayers, or Precogs - prevented murders before they were committed. The new project, from Max Borenstein and the Emmy-winning writer and producer Kevin Falls (Journeyman, The West Wing), is a sequel that is set 10 years later. "The film is our first chapter and constant inspiration," Borenstein tells People. "But where its focus is the politics of pre-crime,...

Next year's Atx Television Festival will feature two high-profile reunions: The cast of the Gilmore Girls and the Dawson’s Creek writers' room. Gilmore Girls creator Amy Sherman Palladino and stars Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel will be on hand for a panel honoring the 15th anniversary of the show’s debut. "So, after years of peace and quiet, these lunatics have chosen to get the chattiest chicks in the world back under one roof? Really? Okay. You asked for it," Palladino said in a statement. "Gilmore was the highlight of my ridiculous life. I can't wait to sit with...

Like the rest of the planet, I'm completely smitten with HBO's Game of Thrones. Over the course of the first three seasons, the show has broken every conventional rule about what a TV show can do, and has grown in popularity every year. While we're only half way through the seven seasons that showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss are aiming for, if they keep the quality at the current level, Game of Thrones will go down as one of the best shows of all time. I know it's rising up my list of favorite TV shows and it shows no signs of slowing down, especially after watching the first three episodes of season four. With some big events happening last Sunday night, I recently landed an exclusive interview with Game of Thrones director Alex Graves. Not only did he direct last week's episode, The Lion and the Rose, which included the "Purple Wedding,...

A live-action adaptation of Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Avon Oeming's comic book series "Powers" is on the way as an hour-long PlayStation original drama series. The Wall Street Journal broke the news, reporting that Sony Pictures Television is developing the property. "Powers," written by Bendis and drawn by Oeming, follows two detectives, Christian Walker and Deena Pilgrim, as they investigate superhero-related homicides. The series launched in 2004 through Image Comics and is now published by Marvel's Icon imprint. A television version of "Powers" was in the works some years back with "Journeyman" creator Kevin Falls drafting a never-released pilot that starred Lucy Punch and Jason Patric as Detectives Pilgrim and Walker.

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You’ve got to love a show that gets stronger over time… or at least gets higher ratings, and since that’s exactly the case with Syfy‘s Haven, fans can relax for quite a while. The network has ordered 26 new episodes, and they will air as a split fifth season. 13 will air in the fall, and the remaining 13 will air sometime in 2015.

According to the announcement, it isn’t just ratings that are high on the network’s radar. Up on the social media chatter front, the show is clearly proving itself as one with loyal, and vocal, fans, and the network is paying attention to that.

Photo by: Michael Tompkins/Syfy

It may well be a show that draws the occasional eye roll from critics (because… come on, some of those troubles are goofy), and it may even be working its way toward...

Haven fans no longer need to worry about the show’s fate. Not only has it been renewed for a fifth season, but Syfy doubled the usual episode order and greenlit 26 episodes:

“Syfy has greenlit 26 new episodes of its hit series Haven, which posted growth in both Adults 18-34 and Adults 18-49 last year. The first 13 episodes of Season 5 are set to premiere this fall with the remaining 13 episodes scheduled to air in 2015.

Tallying its best season ever in social mentions and Twitter activity, Haven’s recently wrapped fourth season was up 11% among Adults 18-34 (314,000) and up 3% year-to-year among Adults 18-49 (926,000). Overall, Haven averaged 1.1 million Adults 25-54 and 2.3 million viewers per week and ranked second in Adults 18-49 and Adults 25-54 among original cable series in its Friday 10Pm Et/Pt time slot. (All data Live +7).

Series stars Emily Rose, Lucas Bryant and Eric Balfour will reprise their roles of Audrey Parker,...

Wow, dreams really Can come true! Not only has Syfy renewed our beloved Haven for another season, but it has put in a double order – yes, Twenty-six episodes of Haven coming our way! Am I concerned that this is supposed to be a “congratu-dolences” because it might be a final two seasons? Of course I am. Do I think that’s what it is? No I Do Not. Will I let any such concerns dampen my celebrations? No Way.

Syfy Doubles Up On Fan-favorite Series Haven Ordering 26 New Episodes First 13 Episodes To Premiere This Fall

New York – January 28, 2014 – Syfy has greenlit 26 new episodes of its hit series Haven, which posted growth in both Adults 18-34 and Adults 18-49 last year. The first 13 episodes of Season 5 are set to premiere this fall with the remaining 13 episodes scheduled to air in 2015.

Tallying its best season ever in social mentions and Twitter activity,...

You didn’t really think we’d seen the last of Colin Ferguson on Haven, did you? The mysterious William returns tonight, so maybe we’ll start getting some answers about those nasty bad men from inside the barn and that handprint that keeps showing up.

TV Spot: Haven – Episode 409

Clip: Haven – Episode 409 Sneak Peek

And they aren’t the only visitors to Haven. Remember when the also-myterious “Darkside Seekers” took over the Haven Twitter account before the season began? We’re finally going to be seeing them onscreen in two weeks, on the 22nd.

Danny Masterson Guest Stars On Syfy’S Haven

New York – November 7, 2013 – Danny Masterson (Men at Work, That ‘70s Show) and Kris Lemche (Joan of Arcadia, Ghost Whisperer) join the cast of Syfy’s popular series Haven as guest stars in the episode airing Friday, November 22 at 10Pm (Et/Pt).

In the cross-over episode, titled “A Shot in the Dark,...

Haven Season 4 is coming to wrap itself around us in all its creepy mysterious gorgeous Nova Scotia-posing-as-New England goodness, and I am So Ready. They’ve even made it easy to remember the premiere date: Friday the 13th of next month.

I’m thrilled that Colin Ferguson (Eureka) is joining as a recurring guest star, and now we have news of two others. I hope they all fare better than last year’s recurring guest star. You know, the psychologist? Yowie.

With so many shows, new characters can be disruptive, but the casting in this series has always been impeccable, and seamless with the writing and the collective excellence of the show. And no matter how hard they try, and sometimes they do try, guest stars seem to never be able to permanently break up my favorite love/buddy triangle of Audrey, Nathan, and Duke.

But wait til you see who Christian Camargo (Dexter) plays…...

Excellent, some Haven news! Production has begun for Season 4 of this absolutely terrific show, up in gorgeous Halifax. Everyone I’ve talked with who’s involved in the show’s production talks about the big part the location plays in the series, and I agree. We also have news that the star of another Syfy show that featured an “interesting” town will be joining the Haven community:

Yes Colin Ferguson, Eureka‘s Sheriff Jack Carter, will be showing up in our favorite creepy town. Here are the details, along with a head’s up about where we’ll be when the show returns:

Syfy’S Hit Series Haven Begins Production On Season 4 In Halifax, Nova Scotia Eureka’S Colin Ferguson Joins Cast

New York– May 8, 2013 – Startling new mysteries and secrets are in the works as Syfy’s hit series Haven goes into production today, May 8, on an all-new 13 episode Season 4 in Halifax,...

Press Release: Startling new mysteries and secrets are in the works as Syfy’s hit series Haven goes into production today, May 8, on an all-new 13 episode Season 4 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

When Haven premieres this October, Colin Ferguson (Eureka) returns to Syfy playing William, a handsome mysterious stranger, whose secret agenda leads him to Audrey (Emily Rose).

Season 4 of Haven picks up six months after the devastating events of the Season 3 cliffhanger in which the town was pummeled by a violent meteor storm. Audrey and Duke (Eric Balfour) vanished into thin air leaving an injured Nathan (Lucas Bryant) marooned in Haven.

During its third season, Haven averaged 2.3 million total viewers, 1.1 million Adults 25-54 and 901,000 Adults 18-49. It was the #1 cable drama during its Friday night at 10 Pm timeslot (based on Live + 7 data) in Adults 18-49, Adults 25-54 and total viewers.

Ferguson recently starred as the lovable Sherriff Jack Carter on...

Haven airs on Syfy in the Us and Showcase in Canada.

The supernatural drama series Haven has been renewed for a 13-episode fourth season to air in 2013, Showcase has announced.

Haven, is loosely based on the novella The Colorado Kid by Stephen King. The show is set in the titular seaside town which is supposed to be on the coast of Maine, although the series is filmed in Nova Scotia, Canada. Despite its picture postcard appearance, Haven has a turbulent history as a result of the so-called ‘troubles’ that afflict the local residents.

Front and center in events in Haven is Audrey Parker (Emily Rose). In the series premiere Parker comes to the town as an FBI agent. However, after befriending local cop Nathan Wournos (Lucas Bryant) and the roguish Duke Crocker (Eric Balfour) she joins the Haven Pd and investigates the town’s many secrets. Some of these have...

For fellow fans of the SyFy original Series Haven (based on ‘The Colorado Kid’ by Stephen King) good news has arisen today. Syfy has officially announced that the series has been renewed for a fourth season consisting of 13 episodes. This has been one of those shows that took some time to find it’s footing, but has really become something truly unique. If you haven’t checked out this series I’d recommend doing so. Hit the jump for the full press release.

Here is the press release announcing the renewal thanks to tvbythenumbers

Syfy Renews Hit Series Haven For Fourth Season With 13 New Episodes

Series Is The #1 Cable Program Among Adults 18-49 And Adults 25-54, Fridays At 10Pm

New York – November 9, 2012 – Syfy’s hit series Haven, the #1 cable program among Adults 18-49 and Adults 25-54 in its Friday 10-11Pm (Et/Pt) time period (based on Live +7 data), will...

Hopefully all fans of our beloved Haven know that Emily Rose (“Audrey Parker”) is the voice of Elena Fischer in the Uncharted video game series. This season, she gets to play with two of her Uncharted voice co-stars in three upcoming Haven episodes, including tonight’s.

TV Spot: Haven – Magic Hour

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Claudia Black And Nolan North (Uncharted Video Game Series) Will Join Former Co-star Emily Rose On Syfy’S Hit Series Haven Reunion To Air November 2, November 9 And December 6

New York – November 2, 2012 – Claudia Black (Stargate:SG1, Farscape) and Nolan North (Pretty Little Liars, Young Justice), stars of the critically-acclaimed Uncharted video game franchise, join fellow Uncharted co-star Emily Rose as guest stars on Syfy’s popular series Haven.

In Haven’s two part episode “Magic Hour,” airing Friday, November 2, and Friday, November 9 at 10Pm (Et/Pt), Black plays the role of Moira, a...

Those of us who know and love the very excellent Haven know that the town is a wee bit creepy. Previously it’s been the townspeople who have been slightly (or more than slightly) scary, but tonight we learn that even the buildings can have issues – or at least one special building can. In fact, the building used for the location shoot has a history of its own.

Featurette: Haven – Haunted House is Haunted

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It wasn’t an incident-free shoot, by the way. In a recent interview, Eric Balfour told us that at one point “the ground underneath that house literally sucked my leg out from underneath me, threw me on the ground and then took out Emily with it.” Emily Rose agreed, and said that “we were really happy to get out of that house. It was creepy.” How cool is that?...

Another win for the defense! TNT has ordered a third season of Franklin & Bash, the legal dramedy from the Emmy-winning Kevin Falls (Journeyman) that stars Gosselaar and Breckin Meyer as man-child defense lawyers. The series returned for its second year this summer with guest stars like Seth Green, Eric Mabius and Cybill Shepherd and included flashbacks like how Peter Franklin (Gossellar) and Jared Bash (Meyer) first met. Fans also got to meet Peter’s mom, played by Jane Seymour. The season ended Aug. 14.

Meanwhile, Gosselaar is set to guest star with Frankie Muniz in the season 2 premiere of ABC’s...

This new season of Haven is absolutely terrific; familiar yet fresh, just the way we like our favorite shows. We would absolutely hang out with – heck, we would date, if we were available and they were willing – any of the main characters of this show. Charming, intelligent, witty, perceptive, loyal, supportive, and each one of them an absolute biscuit. Yes, even the Teagues. There is just something about this town…

And tonight we meet two more residents: psychiatrist Dr. Claire Callahan (Bree Williamson), and Jordan McKee (Kate Kelton) whom you’ve seen on the #EscapeToHaven videos. We have a screen shot of Dr. Callahan with Nathan and one of Jordan with Dwight, along with the press release and a clip from tonight’s new episode:

Bree Williamson (Gossip Girl) And Kate Kelton (Harold And Kumar) Join Cast Of Syfy’S Drama Series Haven Friday, September 28 At 10Pm

New York – September 25, 2012 – Bree Williamson (Gossip Girl,...

Some of the best news coming out of Syfy lately is the fact that Haven is returning for its third season on September 21, less than a month away. There is an atmosphere on the show, set in a small seaside town in Maine (no surprise, as it’s based on a novella by Stephen King), that combines with the exceptional cast chemistry and fantastically twisty plots to make it easily my favorite show on Syfy. You could say it has – sorry – an Edge.

Because it does. WWE superstar Edge (Adam Copeland) joined the show for a few guest appearances last season as Dwight, a “cleaner” of the aftermath of Troubled incidents, and now we hear from Syfy that he’ll be back for Season 3. It would be easy to suspect that this is stunt casting, but honestly, he’s a natural. The show has consistently excellent writing, but the actors still need to bring it,...

With Pixar’s Brave opening this weekend, Disney recently held a press junket in Scotland where I got to interview some of the cast and filmmakers. The film centers on Princess Merida (voiced by Kelly Macdonald), a young girl who accidentally sets loose an evil curse when she wishes for the freedom to escape her restrictive life. But the big news about Brave is that it’s Pixar’s first film with a female protagonist and their first fairy tale. I would imagine it won’t be their last. Brave also features the voices of Emma Thompson, Billy Connolly, Kevin McKidd, Craig Ferguson, Robbie Coltrane, and Julie Walters. For more on Brave, here’s all our previous coverage and four clips. During my interview with Kevin McKidd we talked about how the film changed over the long development process,what surprised him about the recording process, his reaction to the finished film,...

Earlier this month we told you about the only-in-Haven-type “cleaner” cast for Haven‘s upcoming Season 3. Now comes word of two more newbies moving in on our favorite town, along with more inside information about what we can be looking for when the series returns in September:

Official Press Release:

Dorian Missick (Southland, The Cape) And Kate Kelton (Harold And Kumar, American Psycho 2) Join Third Season Of Syfy’S Popular Series Haven Season 3 Of Haven Premieres Friday, September 21

New York – May 18, 2012 – Dorian Missick (Southland, The Cape) and Kate Kelton (Harold and Kumar, American Psycho 2) will join the cast of Syfy’s popular series Haven in recurring roles when the show returns for its third season beginning Friday, September 21 at 10Pm (Et/Pt).

Kelton portrays the spirited and fierce “Jordan McKee.” She’s a waitress at “The Gun & Rose Diner,” and also an influential member of a...

Exclusive: Franklin & Bash co-creator Kevin Falls has closed a two-year overall deal with Sony Pictures TV, where he has been based for the past four years. Under the deal, he will continue as executive producer/co-showrunner on Sony TV’s TNT series alongside co-creator Bill Chais. The light legal drama starring Mark-Paul Gosselaar and Breckin Meyer returns for its second season June 5. Falls also serves as executive producer/showrunner on Sony TV’s upcoming CBS legal drama Made In Jersey, which launches this fall. Wme-repped Falls previously worked as a writer-producer on Aaron Sorkin’s The West Wing and Sports Night, sharing in three best drama series Emmys for The West Wing. He also created the NBC series Journeyman starring Kevin McKidd.

Twitter was aflutter with good luck wishes between actors and writers yesterday as the cast of the excellent, exquisite Syfy series Haven starts shooting Season 3 today in Halifax, Nova Scotia. And about darn time, we say; they left us with one heck of a cliffhanger. In case you don’t remember, here’s a pic of the cast from last year’s Season 2 opener, followed by Syfy‘s recent press release about the start of production, and where we were left back in September:

More Secrets Are About To Surface As Syfy’S Hit Series ‘Haven’ Goes Into Production On Its Third Season Beginning April 18 In Halifax, Nova Scotia

New York – April 3, 2012 – Get ready to journey back to the small town where everyone has a secret when the Syfy hit series Haven goes into production on 13 new episodes of season three beginning April 18 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

During its second season,...

We’ve had a number of readers asking us about the status of Haven Season 3. Syfy officially renewed Haven for a 13-episode third season last October and we now have word that production begins later this month:

More Secrets Are About To Surface As Showcase’S Hit Series Haven Goes Into Production On Its Third Season Beginning April 18 In Halifax, Nova Scotia

New York, NY/Toronto, On/Los Angeles, CA – April 3, 2012 – Get ready to journey back to the small town where everyone has a secret when the Showcase hit series Haven goes into production on 13 new episodes of season three beginning April 18 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Season three of Haven picks up immediately following the events of the gripping season two finale where Nathan (Lucas Bryant) was warned against pursuing a romantic relationship with Audrey (Emily Rose); Duke (Eric Balfour) learned his family legacy was to kill Haven citizens with troubles; Audrey went missing,...