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Dan Ziskie passed away at the age of 80, according to his family, Ziskie died on July 21 in New York from arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease. The family shared a heartfelt tribute, saying, “Dan was a man of remarkable talent and a keen observer of life. He was as vibrant and multifaceted as the characters he portrayed on stage and screen.”

Ziskie had a career that spanned over four decades, appearing in a wide variety of television series. He was best known for his roles in Netflix’s House of Cards and HBO’s Treme. Fans also saw him in the Spectrum miniseries The Bite in 2021. He made countless guest appearances on shows like American Playhouse, Remington Steele, Newhart, St. Elsewhere, ER, Sex and the City, The West Wing, Law & Order: Svu, NCIS, and The Blacklist, showcasing his versatility as a character actor.

Among his more prominent roles, Ziskie starred in a three-season,...

It’s been confirmed that actor Dan Ziskie recently passed away at the age of 80. According to his family, Ziskie died on July 21 in New York from arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease. The family shared a heartfelt tribute, saying, “Dan was a man of remarkable talent and a keen observer of life. He was as vibrant and multifaceted as the characters he portrayed on stage and screen.”

Ziskie had a career that spanned over four decades, appearing in a wide variety of television series. He was best known for his roles in Netflix’s House of Cards and HBO’s Treme. Fans also saw him in the Spectrum miniseries The Bite in 2021.

He made countless guest appearances on shows like American Playhouse, Remington Steele, Newhart, St. Elsewhere, ER, Sex and the City, The West Wing, Law & Order: Svu, NCIS, and The Blacklist, showcasing his versatility as a character actor.

Among his more prominent roles,...

The entertainment world is mourning the loss of Dan Ziskie, a prolific character who has died at the age of 80. Ziskie was best known for prominent roles in Netflix's House of Cards and HBO's Treme, and most recently appeared in the Spectrum miniseries The Bite in 2021. His family announced today that he passed away back on July 21 in New York of arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease. In his obituary, they wrote of the star, "Dan was a man of remarkable talent and a keen observer of life. He was as vibrant and multifaceted as the characters he portrayed on stage and screen.”

A Detroit native born August 13, 1944, Ziskie was initially steered toward athletics, becoming a track and field and football star in high school and lettering in relays at the University of Michigan. It was in college, however, that he began pursuing the arts in addition to earning his Bachelor's degree in English.

On Friday nights, IndieWire After Dark honors fringe cinema in the streaming age with midnight movies from any moment in film history.

First, the Bait: a weird genre pick and why we’re exploring its specific niche right now. Then, the Bite: a spoiler-filled answer to the all-important question, “Is this old cult film actually worth recommending now?”

The Bait: Even Canadians Were Kids Once

We’re in the muggy middle of summer, but After Dark is coming at you from the Great White North. I’ve been in Montreal since Tuesday, and while my reporting on international affairs is generally pretty limited, I’m happy to confirm things truly are better in Canada. Getting off the airplane and stepping onto the tarmac, my restored human rights hit like a G-force, and after an excellent breakfast this morning, I’m confident New York would lose to Quebec...

Robert and Michelle King have been great partners with CBS and CBS Studios for years. The couple has worked together on numerous projects throughout the years, with Elsbeth being their latest one airing on the network. CBS is looking to extend this relationship for the foreseeable future. The network has opened up a writers' room for The Kings' new drama series, Cupertino. The network has ordered scripts for twelve episodes, and if everything works out well, Cupertino will be on the network's schedule in the 2026-2027 TV season. Much about the show is unknown, but it is described as "a David vs. Goliath legal show set in Silicon Valley." The Kings will executive produce alongside Liz Glotzer.

The Kings' relationship with CBS started with the drama series The Good Wife, which aired from 2009 to 2016. The legal drama starred Juliana Margulies, Matt Czury, and Josh Charles, among others. The couple returned...

On Friday nights, IndieWire After Dark takes a feature-length beat to honor fringe cinema in the streaming age.

First, read the Bait: a weird and wonderful pick from any time in film. Then, try the Bite: a breakdown of the movie’s ending, impact, and any other spoilers you’d want.

The Bait: A Lynchian Language Barrier and a Break from Sadness

To steal from a popular meme this week, January has been the longest year of the month.

With Los Angeles still burning in the background, David Lynch died a few weeks ago — from complications of emphysema at 78 — and Hollywood went into sudden and deep mourning. Even against a steady stream of more bad news, tributes to the late filmmaker are still going strong.

From “Eraserhead” to “Inland Empire,” the beloved director was a quintessential and divisive voice of midnight movie culture, one whose surreal embrace of...

On Friday nights, IndieWire After Dark takes a feature-length beat to honor fringe cinema in the streaming age.

In October 2024, we’re doing the Midnight Movie Monster Mash with films that challenge our understanding of evil characters and creatures just in time for Halloween.

First, read the spoiler-free Bait: a weird and wonderful pick from any time in film. Then, come back for the Bite: a breakdown of all the spoiler-y bits you’d want to unpack when exiting a theater.

The Bait: A Genre Cannibal Comedy Worth Preserving — Maggots and All

Measured against classics like “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” and contemporary farmhouse fare like “Pearl,” “Motel Hell” is no blue ribbon winner. Still, this outrageously funky genre blend — a pitch-black horror comedy about screwy siblings turning motorists and motel guests into scrumptious jerky — deserves its a special spot in the greater midnight movie pantry.

From swingers seeking bestiality to an inexplicable hypnosis sequence,...

This article contains spoilers for Five Nights at Freddy's and Willy's WonderlandWhat initially started as an indie-horror game, Five Nights at Freddy's has since become a cultural phenomenon, and one of the most successful and beloved video games of all time. Since its 2014 debut, the franchise has amassed a total of 12 sequels, with the latest, Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2, set to release sometime in December of this year. With the franchise's large fan base, fans have been clamoring for a live-action movie or TV show set in the Five Nights at Freddy's universe for just shy of a decade. It wasn't until this year, however, that fans eventually got their wish in the form of the Blumhouse Five Nights at Freddy's movie. A PG-13 horror that gained a mass following from fans, despite its negative reviews from critics. Currently, the video game movie has grossed a whopping $215 million on a $20 million budget.

Eli Roth’s contributions to discovery+ and Travel Channel’s 2022 Ghostober programming lineup include Urban Legends and Eli Roth Presents: My Possessed Pet. Roth’s also teaming up with Zak Bagans on the horror film anthology The Haunted Museum: 3 Ring Inferno, a two-hour special premiering on Halloween at 9pm Et/Pt.

“I’m absolutely thrilled to grow my incredible collaboration with Travel Channel, discovery+ and Zak Bagans,” stated Eli Roth. “They’ve given me the freedom to explore new creative avenues for scary stories and to bring fresh new directorial voices to the screen. I set out to help make this Ghostober the scariest year ever. You have been warned.”

My Possessed Pet will be unleashed on viewers on September 30th at 10pm Et/Pt, and Urban Legends debuts on Friday, October 28th at 9pm Et/Pt.

“Working with Eli and his team has been a dream, although in light of the content,...

Charter Communications is shutting down Spectrum Originals, the home of shows such as L.A.’s Finest and Joe Pickett, as the media company moves away from its original programming plans. As first reported by Deadline, the decision to shut down the premium cable channel comes as Charter’s former Head of Original Content, Katherine Pope, is leaving to become President of Sony Pictures Television Studios. A Spectrum representative told Deadline that it will be a gradual process as the company explores options for its various series in the coming weeks and months. Spectrum Originals launched in 2019 with the Bad Boys spinoff L.A.’s Finest starring Jessica Alba and Gabrielle Union, which NBC had passed on. Since then, the network has picked up shows such as the Mad About You revival, Paradise Lost, The Bite, and the neo-Western Joe Pickett, which has become Spectrum’s top-rated series and was recently renewed for a second season.

The TV landscape is losing another source of original content: Spectrum Originals, which produced series like L.A.’s Finest and the Mad About You revival for Spectrum cable subscribers, is shutting down, according to our sister site Deadline, with parent company Charter Communications scrapping all of its original programming plans.

The move leaves several current Spectrum series in limbo, including neo-Western Joe Pickett, which is billed as Spectrum’s top-rated series ever and was renewed for Season 2 in February, and sci-fi thriller Beacon 23, starring Game of Thrones alum Lena Headey, which has already been renewed ahead of its series premiere.

Charter is phasing out Spectrum Originals as the cable provider moves out of the original scripted series space, Variety has confirmed.

The move comes after it was reported that Spectrum Originals head Katherine Pope would be leaving the company to take over Sony Pictures Television from Jeff Frost. Pope is due to begin her new role in the coming weeks, at which time Charter will begin to phase out the Originals division.

Spectrum Originals first launched in 2018 with the acquisition of the “Bad Boys” spinoff “LA’s Finest” starring Jessica Alba and Gabrielle Union after the show was not picked up to series at NBC. Since then, Spectrum Originals has aired shows like the revival of “Mad About You,” “Joe Pickett,” “The Bite,” and “Paradise Lost.”

The shutdown will be a gradual process, sources say, as there are still several shows in the pipeline at the platform. Those include the Lena...

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Paramount+ will continue to be Evil.

The Paramount Global-backed streamer has handed out a speedy season four renewal for Robert and Michelle King’s former CBS drama Evil. The news arrives mere weeks after season three of the series starring Katja Herbers and Mike Colter launched its third season on the platform.

“Evil continues to expand its fanbase of both critics and viewers alike; season three currently has a 100 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes and it is a consistent top five most-watched original series and acquisition driver for the service,” said Nicole Clemens, president, Paramount+ original scripted series. “We couldn’t be more excited to be terrified by what Robert and Michelle create for season four with our outstanding cast bringing it to life.”

Originally developed for CBS, Evil aired its first season on the broadcast network before moving to the streamer for its sophomore debut.

“Evil” is so much more than its one-word title suggests, but it almost defies description. It’s a creepy-as-hell, addictive blend of supernatural horror, character study, outrageous humor and subversive satire, with some raunchiness and profanity thrown in, presented with the trademark acerbic wit that we’ve come to expect from top-of-their-game hubby and wife creators Robert King and Michelle King.

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The genre-bending drama is led by Katja Herbers as the skeptical Dr. Kristen Bouchard, Mike Colter as priest-in-training David Acosta and Aasif Mandvi as sardonic every-man Ben Shakir, who examine the origins of evil along the dividing line between science and religion. The dysfunctional trio investigate the Catholic Church’s backlog of unexplained mysteries, including supposed miracles, demonic possessions and hauntings. Their job is to assess if there is a logical explanation or if something truly supernatural is at work, often coming up against the devious Dr.

Exclusive: Steven Pasquale (American Crime Story: The People v Oj Simpson), Stephanie Szostak (A Million Little Things) and Tony Curran (Your Honor) are set for key recurring roles in David E. Kelley’s The Missing, Peacock’s eight-episode series based on Israeli crime writer Dror A. Mishani’s international bestselling novel The Missing File. Details of their characters are being kept under wraps.

Written by Kelley, who also serves as showrunner and executive producer, and directed by Barry Levinson, The Missing tells the story of Detective Avraham (Jeff Wilbusch), whose belief in mankind is his superpower when it comes to uncovering the truth. Guided by a deep sense of spirituality and religious principles, Avraham is left to question his own humanity when a seemingly routine investigation turns upside down.

In addition to Wilbusch, they join previously announced series regulars Juliana Canfield, Karen Robinson and Michael Mosley.

Executive producing alongside Kelley are Levinson,...

When Audra McDonald was nine, she was offered to play “the little Black servant girl” in a production of William Gibson’s “The Miracle Worker.”

McDonald desperately wanted the part, but her parents stepped in and refused.

“They said no, it’s a demeaning role, you don’t have to do that, there are other roles you can do. You may not be happy with this now, but one day you’ll understand that you don’t have to perpetuate that stereotype. I was furious at the time, but boy do I understand it now,” McDonald said.

The legendary Broadway actor recounted the anecdote (one she’s previously shared) and revealed how her parents’ decision has “played into a lot of my role choices” during a wide-ranging keynote conversation at Series Mania.

Having accepted the festival’s first ever Etoile Award, which honors an international star in the TV industry,...

The festival will showcase 60 drama series while some 2,000 professionals have signed up for industry events.

French TV festival and industry event Series Mania opens today, Thursday August 26, with UK crime thriller Vigil, the latest series from the producers of Line Of Duty and The Bodyguard which starts airing on BBC One this weekend.

Running August 26 to September 2 in the northern French city of Lille, it marks Series Mania’s first physical edition in two-and-a-half years after its 2020 edition, scheduled for March of that year, was forced online by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Co-founder and general director Laurence Herszberg and her selection...

Exclusive: Emmy nominee Phillipa Soo has joined the cast of the AppleTV+ series Shining Girls, based on the 2013 best-selling novel by Lauren Beukes, in a series regular role. Soo will portray the intelligent and sure-footed Jin-Sook who works in the research department at the Adler planetarium.

She will star opposite Elisabeth Moss, who portrays a Chicago reporter who survived a brutal assault only to find her reality shifting as she hunts down her attacker. The star-studded cast also includes Wagner Moura (Narcos) as Dan, a veteran journalist breaking the widening story of a copycat attack. Jamie Bell also stars as Harper, a mysterious loner with a surprising connection to Kirby.

The series hails from MRC Television. In addition to starring, Moss executive produces through Love & Squalor Pictures, alongside Lindsey McManus. Leonardo DiCaprio serves as executive producer through Appian Way alongside Jennifer Davisson. Author Lauren Beukes and Alan Page Arriaga...

BBC Studios Showcase Remains Virtual

The BBC Studios Showcase will take place online for a second time in 2022 amid continued uncertainty over international travel during the pandemic. The event takes place February 28-March 2 and will spotlight shows including Frozen Planet II and Blue Lights, the comedy-drama from The Salisbury Poisonings creators and writers Adam Patterson and Declan Lawn. BBC Studios said this year’s virtual Showcase was the best attended in history, with more than 1,400 buyers taking part. BBC Studios’ president of global distribution Paul Dempsey said: “Their terrific response to our virtual Showcase earlier this year, coupled with continued uncertainty around international travel means that we will once again bring our content to customers digitally next February. Of course, there’s nothing like meeting face to face and we are very much looking forward to the time when we can get together again.”

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“Evil” is here to stay. Accompanying the announcement Thursday that Robert and Michelle King have extended their five-year overall producing deal with CBS Studios for their King Size Productions, the company has renewed “Evil” for a third season at Paramount Plus.

In May, ViacomCBS announced that the second season of “Evil” would move from CBS to Paramount Plus, which ViacomCBS relaunched in March (it was previously CBS All Access). The show revolves around the investigations into demonic activities (or are they?) by Catholic Church assessor David (Mike Colter), forensic psychologist Kristen (Katja Herbers) and tech-guy skeptic Ben (Aasif Mandvi) — and the evildoing of their gleefully nasty foe, Leland Townsend (Michael Emerson).

With the first three episodes of “Evil’s” second season available to stream, “This season is already one of the service’s top acquisition drivers, with viewership growing week over week compared to the first season,” stated a CBS Studios press release.

The Good Fight and Evil creators Robert and Michelle King are staying at their longtime studio home, CBS Studios. But this was not a straight-forward overall deal renewal. The big new five-year pact, said to be in the high eight figures with a potential to cross the nine-figure mark in success, came after months of negotiations.

It was touch and go for awhile with multiple suitors pursuing the prolific duo, including Universal Television, I hear. In the end, CBS Studios stepped up to keep two of their top creators in the fold, extending their tenure to 17 years.

Under the new agreement, CBS Studios will continue to have exclusive rights to produce content created by the Kings through their King Size Productions banner across all platforms. Liz Glotzer remains president of King Size Productions.

The Kings have successfully juggled multiple series for most of their 12 years to date at CBS Studios.

Series Mania has announced its line-up ahead of the television festival taking place in Lille, France, on August 26-September 2.

World Productions’ BBC series Vigil will get its international premiere at the gathering. Starring Suranne Jones and Rose Leslie, it tells the fictional story of how the disappearance of a Scottish fishing trawler and a death on-board a Trident nuclear submarine create conflict between the police, the Royal Navy, and intelligence services.

Series in the international competition include Kamikaze, HBO Max’s first Danish original, and Anna, a Sky Studios original in which a 13-year-old girl contends with a viral contagion that kills off all adults in Sicily. Hagai Levi, co-creator of Golden Globe-winning The Affair, chairs the international jury.

Series Mania will host guests of honor including Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan, Dexter showrunner Clyde Philipps, and The Good Fight actress Audra McDonald. Other premieres include Season 5 of Netflix’s Money Heist.

TV academy voters are faced with a daunting task when they fill out their 2021 Emmy Awards nominations ballot in that they have to consider 133 shows for Best Drama Series. On the bright side, the amount of entrants is down by 66 from last year, and members no longer have to winnow their choices down to just 10 favorites. As with the last several years, they are being told to “Vote for as many achievements in this category that you have seen and feel are worthy of a nomination.”

Last year’s champ, “Succession,” will not return to defend its title, as no new episodes of the HBO series have aired since its second season finale in October 2019. Of its seven rivals last year, four — “Better Call Saul,” “Killing Eve,” “Ozark,” and “Stranger Things” — also did not return in time to meet the eligibility window of June 1, 2020 to May 31, 2021. The remaining three — “The Crown,...

The effects of the Covid-19 pandemic have been felt far and wide, with the latest being on the nominations-round ballots for the 73rd annual Primetime Emmy Awards.

The total number of submissions are down significantly across most categories. The drama series race sees 133 contenders, while the comedy series race sees 68 titles on the ballot and the limited series/anthology category has 37 programs on the ballot. Last year, drama series came in at a whopping 197, while comedy had a strong showing at 111 and limited series came in at 41. A category where submissions are up for the first time in a long time is TV movie, which sees 41 nominees this year (compared to last year’s 28).

Interestingly, Spectrum Originals “The Bite,” from creators and showrunners Robert and Michelle King, ended up submitting in the drama series category, despite originally being developed as a limited series. The Kings did recently tell Variety that...

First they conquered Broadway, now they’re trying to take over television too. Several of the stars of the Tony-winning musical “Hamilton” currently spend their days moonlighting on your TV screens as aeronauts from the country of Texas in fantasy shows on HBO and former girl group members in new comedies on Peacock. This means that, with the filmed version of “Hamilton” is also eligible for this year’s Emmys, many of the musical’s stars now have multiple opportunities to earn recognition.

However, we’re not concerned with whether or not they will be nominated for “Hamilton” right now. Rather, we want to know which of these talented actors and actresses could earn bids for their other work. So we’ve taken a look at all of the odds and ranked the “Hamilton” stars from those most likely to receive an Emmy nomination to least likely, based on their new TV roles.

“This is the most difficult show we have ever undertaken, because the goal was to keep people safe,” declares Michelle King about the (literally) jaw-dropping new six-part limited series she co-created with her husband and collaborator Robert King. “The Bite” was conjured up by the Emmy-winning duo as a way to get actors and TV crews back to work safely and innovatively, during a time when most of the TV industry was still shut down because of the ongoing covid-19 pandemic. Watch our exclusive video interview with the duo above.

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The Kings’ ambitious new satirical drama focuses on two neighbors juggling everyday life, careers, relationships and possibly the end of the world when a deadly new virus starts turning unsuspecting New Yorkers into zombies. The series stars six-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald (Dr. Rachel Boutella), Emmy nominee Taylor Schilling (Lily...

Spoiler Alert: Do not read if you have not yet watched “The Bite,” available now on Spectrum on Demand platforms.

Five years ago, Michelle and Robert King created and executive produced a political satire entitled “BrainDead,” in which extraterrestrial insects began to crawl inside the ears of government officials and begin to take control of their words and actions. Since then, the prolific television scribes watched as science became politicized, especially amid the Covid-19 pandemic, and despite already having two ongoing drama series (“Evil” and “The Good Fight” for Paramount Plus) to run, they were inspired to step back into the world of satire with “The Bite.”

Written, produced and set during the pandemic, “The Bite” is centered on New York neighbors Rachel (Audra McDonald) and Lily (Taylor Schilling) who end up tasked with saving the world when a zombie virus emerges. That’s right, zombies. In addition to a global pandemic.

If this were 12 months ago, Spectrum’s The Bite — a new zombie comedy from the creators of The Good Fight — would have felt like a small triumph of ingenuity.

Starting in April 2020, quarantine productions began lurching onto our screens, well-intentioned in their desire to provide crews with gainful employment, but rarely finding constructive creative workarounds for the Covid constraints. These were artistic ventures featuring actors interacting through Zoom and Skype screens, occasionally enlivened by actual in-person scenes shared by real-life spouses.

By late summer, many productions had resumed, though the resulting shows bore some visual reminders — ...

If this were 12 months ago, Spectrum’s The Bite — a new zombie comedy from the creators of The Good Fight — would have felt like a small triumph of ingenuity.

Starting in April 2020, quarantine productions began lurching onto our screens, well-intentioned in their desire to provide crews with gainful employment, but rarely finding constructive creative workarounds for the Covid constraints. These were artistic ventures featuring actors interacting through Zoom and Skype screens, occasionally enlivened by actual in-person scenes shared by real-life spouses.

By late summer, many productions had resumed, though the resulting shows bore some visual reminders — ...

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With nearly 500 scripted shows now airing across broadcast, cable and streaming, it’s easy to forget that a favorite comedy is returning, or that the new “prestige drama” you anticipated is about to debut. So consider this our reminder to set your DVR, order a Season Pass, pop a fresh Memorex into the Vcr… however it is you roll.

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Evil ended its first season finale with a beelzebub-ian bang: Kristen Bouchard, the forensic psychologist/religious skeptic played by Katja Herbers, was burned by a crucifix in her hand — a sure sign of demonic possession. (Go here to refresh yourself about what else happened in the ep.)

And while we don’t yet know what that development will mean for Kristen when the drama returns to CBS for Season 2, on Tuesday the show’s creators/executive producers let TVLine in on some of the devilish delights afoot in the forthcoming season premiere.

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Exclusive: Orange Is the New Black alumna Taylor Schilling has been tapped for a series regular role opposite Lily James, Sebastian Stan and Seth Rogen in Pam & Tommy, Hulu’s limited series based on the true story behind the release of the first ever viral video — the sex tape of Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee. Nick Offerman also stars.

Spenser Granese and Mozhan Marnò are set to recur in the series written by Robert Siegel and Dv DeVincentis and produced by Annapurna, which stars James and Stan as the celebrity couple.

Rogan plays Rand, the man who stole the tape; Offerman plays porn impresario Uncle Miltie, who helped him distribute it.

Schilling, a fractional series regular, will play Erica, Rand’s wife — at least on paper. Erica is a porn star on her own terms, with emotional and intellectual intelligence that Rand cannot quite fathom. Although she’s moved on long ago,...

Great news for fans of CBS’ short-lived BrainDead: Robert and Michelle King are bringing similar sci-fi absurdity to The Bite, their satirical Covid drama premiering Friday, May 21 on Spectrum.

Like many series have in the past year, The Bite centers on the Covid-19 pandemic — but this is a fictional strain of the virus that seems to turn infected people into something very zombie-like. (“Zombies are fictional,” Steven Pasquale’s CDC doc says in the trailer below, but we’re not sure how else he’d explain the virus’ thrashing, purple-faced victims.)

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In today’s TV news roundup, coronavirus drama “The Second Wave” adds Phillipa Soo, Will Swenson and Leslie Uggams to its cast, and “Adventure Time: Distant Lands” unveiled the first four minutes of its upcoming special “Obsidian.”

Casting

CBS Studios and Spectrum Original’s coronavirus drama “The Second Wave” announced new casting updates with Will Swenson as a series regular and Phillipa Soo and Leslie Uggams as recurring guest stars. Swenson, best known for his work in musical theatre productions such as “Les Miserables” and “Hair,” will portray Brian Ritter, a thrill-seeking top photojournalist who is not looking forward to the upcoming citywide lockdown. Soo, known for playing the role of Eliza Schuyler Hamilton in the critically-acclaimed “Hamilton,” will portray Cyndi Estereo, a White House liaison to the CDC who will stop at nothing to conceal the truth. Tony Award-winning actor and singer Uggams, best known for her portrayal of...

Robert and Michelle King’s upcoming Coronavirus drama series for Spectrum Originals is getting its second wave of casting.

Broadway stars Will Swenson, Phillipa Soo and Leslie Uggams have joined The Second Wave, which stars The Good Fight’s Audra McDonald, Orange Is the New Black’s Taylor Schilling and The Comey Rule’s Steven Pasquale.

Swenson, who has starred in Priscilla: Queen of the Desert and Hair as well as Netflix’s The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, joins as a series regular, while Soo, best known for starring in Hamilton, and Uggams, who starred in Hallelujah, Baby! and is best known for her role in Roots, join as recurring guest stars.

Swenson and Uggams have both worked with The Kings before on The Good Wife.

Spectrum gave the six-episode pandemic drama a straight-to-series order, as revealed by Deadline last month, and it is co-produced by Spectrum Originals and CBS Studios,...

Spectrum Originals is adding a new drama to its slate.

Charter Communications’ Ott service has picked up Australian drama “Eden,” with the aim of debuting the eight-episode series on Spectrum on Demand in 2021.

“Eden” hails a from “Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries” creators Fiona Eagger and Deb Cox, as well as “Skins” co-creator Bryan Elsley and Vanessa Gazy. It follows the disappearance of a girl in Byron Bay, an Australian town that seems to be a paradise. Each episode is told from a different character’s perspective, and the mystery unfolds through multiple lenses as the secrets that bind this supposed nirvana are exposed.

The cast of “Eden” includes Sophie Wilde (“Bird”), Samuel Johnson Oam (“The Secret Life of Us”), Bebe Bettencourt (“The Dry”), Christopher James Baker, Cody Fern (“American Crime Story: The Assassination of Gianni Versace”), Keiynan Lonsdale (“The Flash”), Claude Jabbour (“Stateless”) and Cassandra Sorrell (“Plastic”).

“Eden” is a...