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Note: The following story contains spoilers from “What We Do in the Shadows” Season 6, Episode 9.

From its first season, “What We Do in the Shadows” has been a show unafraid to cheekily drop big names, especially if the actors in question have a vampire on their IMDb page. And in its final season, the FX comedy embraced its chaotic, star-studded side once more.

“Come Out and Play” once again finds the Staten Island crew among the many, many, many throngs of vampires that inhabit New York, from the Meatpacking hotties to the aspiring artist vampires who have to hold down day jobs as baristas. But there’s one especially tall, pale and questioning vamp that may have caught viewers’ eyes. Here’s your guide to the “True Blood” star who’s casually in this latest season.

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Netflix and author Harlan Coben are going back into business.

The streamer has greenlit a limited series based on Coben’s novel I Will Find You. The drama is the latest product of an overall deal Netflix signed with the best-selling author back in 2018 and will be the first U.S.-based series based on one of Coben’s books. Robert Hull (God Friended Me, Quantum Leap) is co-creating the series with Coben and will serve as showrunner.

Harlan’s gripping stories are beloved around the world and have consistently captivated fans with their trademark twists and turns, dramatic cliffhangers, and compelling mysteries,” Peter Friedlander, Netflix’s vp scripted series for the U.S. and Canada, said in a statement. “There is no one like Harlan and his first U.S. scripted series with Netflix will be no exception. We know he and Robby will deliver the same thrilling experience...

Another Harlan Coben thriller is coming to Netflix.

The streamer has given a series order to “I Will Find You,” the first U.S. scripted series under Coben’s creative partnership with Netflix. The eight-episode limited series will be adapted from the author’s 2023 novel by showrunner Robert Hull.

“I Will Find You” follows an innocent father serving a life sentence for the murder of his own son. When he receives evidence that his son my still be alive, he is determined to break out of prison to discover the truth.

Coben will executive produce “I Will Find You” via his Final Twist Productions banner, alongside showrunner Hull, Bryan Wynbrandt (“Quantum Leap”), Steven Lilien (“Quantum Leap”) and John Weber. Coben and Hull serve as co-creators of the series adaptation.

“I Will Find You” is the latest series from Coben under his Netflix deal. His 2014 thriller “Missing You” is getting the series treatment on Jan.

In the world of television, the best shows don’t just entertain — they spark conversations and push boundaries. It’s not a new thing.

Classics like All in the Family, Maude, and The Mary Tyler Moore Show paved the way by daring to address social issues head-on, tackling topics like sexism, race, and class with unflinching honesty.

Long before today’s open discussions on race, mental health, and LGBTQ+ issues, these series, and others that followed, quietly laid the groundwork for progressive storytelling.

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Shows like these shattered stereotypes, broke taboos, and brought real-world issues into America’s living rooms, igniting conversations that continue to shape TV today.

Here’s a look at the trailblazing shows that, in their own way, were ahead of their time.

These shows tackled themes and topics that mainstream TV had long avoided, proving that television could be both thought-provoking and entertaining.

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The remake of a classic '80s legal show that managed to earn a 100% Rotten Tomatoes score is now a streaming hit, seemingly earning its spot via Prime Video. Over the last few years, there have been a handful of remakes of classic TV shows reimagined for a more modern audience. This includes NBC's now-cancelled Quantum Leap, a remake of the 1989 series, and a trilogy of shows made by Peter M. Lenkov, those being remakes of Hawaii Five-0, MacGyver, and Magnum P.I. These remakes have managed to find varying levels of success as they've been released.

The level of success these shows have found also depends on where they're being watched. Many of these remakes are on network TV channels, meaning they stream the following day on services like Paramount+ or Peacock. Because of the ease of access streaming allows, it offers a new metric of success for these shows.

S.W.A.T. fans have been through the wringer during the show’s eight seasons. Is it canceled? Or is it renewed? Do we know? Does CBS?

S.W.A.T is back for now, but some things are different. The new 20-Squad isn’t your grandparents’ version of S.W.A.T. How do viewers like the new look and the younger squad?

It works, but is it as good as it once was?

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I promise this isn’t a Toby Keith song. It’s a breakdown of how the S.W.A.T Season 8 is stacking up on what we’re certain (almost) will be the show’s last run.

Classic television shows like S.W.A.T., Hawai’i Five-o, Magnum, P.I., and Quantum Leap intrigue viewers across generational gaps.

The idea of a tough, highly-tuned police division keeping order in one of the country’s toughest cities has appealed to audiences for decades, starting in 1975. However, the...

Warning! This post contains spoilers for Woman of the Hour.

After watching Woman of the Hour and its retelling of the Dating Game episode that featured Rodney Alcala, it is hard not to be curious about what happened to the two contestants who competed with Rodney Alcala on the show. Based on Rodney Alcala's true criminal history, Anna Kendrick's Woman of the Hour unfolds many different chapters from the serial killer's life. While primarily focusing on his strange appearance in The Dating Game, the movie also goes back and forth in time to walk through some of his most vicious murders.

Although every chapter in the movie's narrative is equally compelling, its portrayal of The Dating Game episode is particularly unsettling. It highlights how Rodney Alcala effectively hides his true tendencies behind a charming facade, which even helps him beat his two competitors on the show. His competitors are...

CBS' unorthodox reboot of Matlock has charmed in its first season thus far, and the Kathy Bates-led legal procedural has earned a season 2 renewal. Based on the 1980s series of the same name, the modern reboot follows a septuagenarian lawyer named Matty Matlock (Bates) who returns to the world of law and uses her unassuming status to get to the bottom of her cases. Though the series features the same procedural structure as its predecessor, it has the added wrinkle of exploring Matty's mysterious backstory that involves a case from her past.

Though reboots of classic shows are nothing new the new Matlock is a truly original take because it adds an unprecedented wrinkle. In the Kathy Bates version, Andy Griffith's '80s Matlock exists in-universe as a TV show, and it's only a coincidence that the lead characters share a name. This frees the reboot from the original's canon,...

Exclusive: Johnny Cannizzaro (Jersey Boys) has joined the ensemble cast of 20th Century’s Bruce Springsteen biopic Deliver Me From Nowhere. The New Jersey native will portray Springsteen’s longtime confidant and E-Street band guitarist Stevie Van Zandt, sources close to production tell Deadline.

Cannizzaro will star opposite The Bear‘s Jeremy Allen White, who will bring “The Boss” to life in the feature film from director Scott Cooper. Odessa Young, Paul Walter Hauser and Harrison Sloan Gilbertson also star. Production is set to kick off in early fall.

Deliver Me From Nowhere, based on the Warren Zanes’ book of the same name, is set during a time when Springsteen, after grappling with personal demons and trying to wrap his arms around becoming a global superstar, wrote and recorded Nebraska, the 1982 album that rivals Joni Mitchell’s Blue as one of the most emotionally raw, dark and honest albums in recent music history.

It's not easy being an actor. With the constant auditions, the judgy casting directors, and the constant spotlight; it can be downright awful. Yet, when you find a gig that hits and makes you into a star, it can certainly be nice. Still, in order to get to that level you have to land the leading role on a major franchise.

Or several, in the case of Scott Bakula. Bakula was the main man behind Quantum Leap, before eventually landing another leading role on Star Trek: Enterprise. During his run on the show, he would have to deal with a series of issues that other shows didn't.

Constant low promotion from the network, franchise fatigue, a lack of merchandise, and of course fans who didn't like that this new Star Trek show was somewhat different from what they were getting before. In fact, it was the last part that seemed...

Fiona Rene as Reenie Greene in ‘Tracker’ season 2 episode 1

For many fans, Tracker is Justin Hartley’s follow-up to This Is Us, save for an appearance on Quantum Leap. Now that Tracker has been on for a season, it has also introduced us to the ensemble cast. Fiona Rene stands out as Reenie, a lawyer who sometimes helps Colter Shaw (Hartley) with his bounties. They also have palpable chemistry.

Rene attended CBS’s party for the Television Critics Association this summer. I caught up with her to discuss Reenie and Colter’s will they/won’t they chemistry. Tracker returns for a second season on Sunday, October 13, 2024 at 8pm Et/Pt.

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Does Reenie have a real will they or won’t they tension going on with Colter?

Fiona Rene: “I mean, the tension is high. We know that. But I think that the love there is so authentic.

Exclusive: Sosie Bacon, Amanda Righetti, Janet Montgomery, Stephanie Faracy and Mike Vogel (Sex/Life) have joined the recurring cast of Prime Video’s Scarpetta.

They join the previously announced Nicole Kidman and Jamie Lee Curtis, who will both also executive produce; Bobby Cannavale, Simon Baker, Rosy McEwen, Jake Cannavale and Ariana DeBose.

Based on Patricia Cornwell’s best-selling book series, Scarpetta follows Kay Scarpetta (Kidman), Chief Medical Examiner, as she returns to Virginia and resumes her former position with complex relationships, both personal and professional – including her sister Dorothy (Curtis), with plenty of grudges and secrets to uncover.

Bacon plays Abby Turnball, a prize-winning reporter; Righetti plays Past Dorothy; Montgomery plays Janet, Lucy’s wife; Faracy plays Present Maggie, Scarpetta’s inherited assistant from her predecessor; Vogel plays city attorney Bill Boltz.

The series was officially picked...

Like the other major broadcast networks, NBC's schedule is heavily influenced by production delays due to the writers and actors strikes. However, unlike the others, NBC has new episodes of several original scripted shows ready to go. Will this give the Peacock Network a significant leg up in the ratings for the whole 2023-24 television season? How many NBC shows will be cancelled or renewed by the end? Stay tuned.

NBC shows this season (so far): American Ninja Warrior, America's Got Talent, America's Got Talent: Fantasy League, Chicago Fire, Chicago Med, Chicago Pd,  Dateline NBC, Deal or No Deal Island, Extended Family, Found, The Irrational, La Brea, Law & Order, Law & Order: Organized Crime, Law & Order: Svu, Lopez vs Lopez, Magnum Pi, Night Court, Password, Quantum Leap, Transplant, The Voice, The Wall, and Weakest Link.

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The new horror and science fiction anthology, “Deepest, Darkest,” has added yet another cast mate to its already stellar lineup of genre heavyweights.

Rahul Kohli, a beloved member of Mike Flanagan’s Flanaverse and essential teammate in the crime-solving “iZombie” series, has officially joined the star-studded cast of “Deepest, Darkest,” a new horror anthology from writer and director Marc Bernardin and actor Tiffany Smith.

“‘Deepest Darkest’ is an exciting project combining all my favorite genres and my favorite people. Joining this project was a no-brainer for me,” says Kohli, expressing his enthusiasm early in the process to Variety.

Kohli joins the previously announced cast of Smith (“Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3”), Rosario Dawson, Ernie Hudson (“Ghostbusters”), Yetide Badaki (“American Gods”), Phil Lamarr and “Quantum Leap” stars Raymond Lee and Caitlin Bassett.

To top off that impressive lineup, the genre showcase is executive-produced by Akela Cooper and David Dastmalchian.

“Deepest,...

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Travelers has to be one of the most brilliantly thought-out time travel thriller dramas ever made. Created by Brad Wright, the Netflix series follows a group of travelers who had to send their consciousness back in time to the 21st century. Knowing what is going to happen in the future if they don’t complete their mission, these travelers have to stop the end of the world. Travelers stars Eric McCormack, MacKenzie Porter, Nesta Cooper, Jared Abrahamson, Reilly Dolman, and Patrick Gilmore. So, if you loved the thrilling stories, sci-fi elements, and compelling characters in Travelers here are some similar shows you should check out next.

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Continuum is a sci-fi action drama series created by Simon Barry. The Showcase series follows the story of Kiera Cameron, a cop in 2077 as she is forced...

After previously starring in Ahsoka, the hit Star Wars Disney+ series which recently won an Emmy for Outstanding Sci-Fi Costumes and has also been renewed for Season 2, Rosario Dawson has officially zeroed in on her next project. A new report from Deadline reveals that Dawson will star in Deepest, Darkest, an upcoming horror anthology film in which Tiffany Smith has already been tapped to star. Smith is best known for her role in the hit 2023 Marvel film Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3, and she also voiced Andra in five episodes of Masters of the Universe: Revolutions, the adult animation superhero series that is currently streaming on Netflix. She also appeared in several episodes of Quantum Leap, the sci-fi TV series starring Raymond Lee and Caitlin Bassett which is currently streaming on Peacock. Also confirmed to star in the film are Ernie Hudson, Lee, Phil Lamarr, Yetide Badaki, and Bassett.

Shailene Woodley is set to star in a biopic of Janis Joplin, which will receive $2.5 million in funding from the California Film Commission.

Numerous attempts have been made over the years to capture the rock star’s life on film, but none have come to fruition. Woodley is acting and producing the film, which will shoot over 30 days and spend about $10 million in “qualified expenditures.”

“California meant so much to Janis Joplin — from the stoops of San Francisco to the wooden walls of Sunset Sound, the state became the stage upon which she explored not just the world of music, but the world of her vibrant humanity,” Woodley said in a release on Tuesday.

The commission also announced that it has awarded $12 million to get “Suits L.A.” to film in L.A. NBC’s “Suits” spinoff series shot its pilot in Vancouver, home of one of the world’s most generous film tax incentives.

Leonard Nimoy wrote his first autobiography in 1975, titling it "I Am Not Spock." It wasn't born out of hatred for his beloved "Star Trek" role, it was simply inspired by people conflating him with his character. Notably, Nimoy wrote a follow-up titled "I Am Spock" 20 years later.

Spock was Nimoy's breakout part and his most remembered role, but lest we forget that aforementioned memoir, he'd been acting for more than a decade before "Star Trek" came along. One of his more minor parts was in an episode of "The Twilight Zone" season 3 — "A Quality of Mercy." The episode is set in the Philippines on August 6, 1945 (the day the U.S. bombed Hiroshima). Nimoy plays Hansen, one of the American G.I.'s fighting the last days of an already-won war.

The idea of the episode came from writer Sam Rolfe, but the actual teleplay was written by "Twilight Zone" creator/narrator Rod Serling.

Neal McDonough's movies and TV shows prove that he is an actor who has a wide range when it comes to playing his roles, although he seems to fit in well as a villain most of the time. McDonough got his start in acting after giving up a baseball career to study theater at Syracuse. He began his career with small roles in some very popular properties, including the movies Darkman, Angels in the Outfield, and Star Trek: First Contact, and TV shows like Quantum Leap and Jag.

However, McDonough got his true breakout when Steven Spielberg cast him in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers. Since that time, McDonough has enjoyed a consistent career in both movies and TV shows. He returned to work with Spielberg again for Minority Report and even Clint Eastwood. However, he really made his name on television, where he has starred in several...

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Decades after the beloved original went off the air, CBS is reviving Matlock with an all-new cast of familiar stars, and there are a ton of exciting updates about the upcoming reboot. Debuting in 1986, the original series followed lawyer Ben Matlock as he used his folksy wisdom to solve cases as they went to trial. Known for Andy Griffith's towering performance and its exciting courtroom scenes, Matlock helped set the stage for many of the procedurals that followed throughout the '90s and 2000s.

Running for a total of nine seasons, Matlock was not only a hit on its own but spawned a slew of successful spinoffs, like Diagnosis Murder and Father Dowling Mysteries. After the original series went...

Poker Face Season 1 featured a slew of guest stars and the upcoming second season will follow the trend. The latest actors to join the cast of the Peacock series are some of the most recognizable faces on television.

Per Variety, Cynthia Erivo, Margo Martindale, and Bj Novak have signed on to appear in Poker Face alongside series lead Natasha Lyonne. Novak is best known for his role as Ryan from The Office. His work on the series also earned him five Emmy nominations. Martindale has won three Emmys for her roles in The Americans and Justified, while Erivo will star in the upcoming Wicked movie set to hit theaters on Nov. 22. She previously earned two Oscar nominations for her work in Harriet.

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Warning: This post contains spoilers for the fourth season premiere of "Only Murders in the Building," so beware.

"Only Murders in the Building" has been around for a few seasons now, and that's enough to understand that the show has a reliable formula that has worked for the murder mystery comedy series. Each season premiere is typically where Charles (Steve Martin), Oliver (Martin Short), and Mabel (Selena Gomez) begin investigating a new murder after the shocking discovery of a body. But as has become customary for the show, the previous season's finale is where the victim is revealed. 

In the case of season 4, "Only Murders" followed that formula, with the victim revealed at the end of season 3 as Sazz Pataki (Jane Lynch), the longtime stunt double and friend of Charles Haden-Savage, ended up shot while heading into Charles' apartment to retrieve some celebratory champagne. But when the time came to...

Writer-producer Marc Bernardin is returning to directing with Deepest, Darkest. He is leading a geekfest of a creators of color making a horror anthology around the theme of keeping secrets.

Ghostbusters icon Ernie Hudson, Phil Lamarr (Futurama), American Gods’ Yetide Badaki, Quantum Leap star Raymond Lee and co-star Caitlin Bassett, among others, will star in the genre showcase, which is launching a crowdfunding campaign Aug. 27.

The WGA Award winner and Eisner-nominated Bernardin created the project with actress Tiffany Smith, who appeared in his directorial debut Splinter. That film also launched on Kickstarter and went on to become a hit on the festival circuit, gathering up several awards.

Akela Cooper, who co-wrote the horror hit M3GAN and worked on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds as well as Luke Cage, is executive producing Deepest Darkest.

“So many of my friends have shared the same experience that I have, being a person of...

Star Trek's untitled prequel movie should include Scott Bakula as Jonathan Archer to honor the series' history and fans. Bakula's return would add legitimacy to the prequel movie and connect it to the established Star Trek canon. Jonathan Archer's importance as the father of the Federation makes him a crucial character to include in the film.

Star Trek's untitled prequel movie needs Scott Bakula from Star Trek: Enterprise. Director Toby Haynes is mounting an Untitled Star Trek Origin movie for Paramount Pictures. Written by Seth Grahame-Smith, Haynes' Star Trek prequel is reportedly set "decades before" J.J. Abrams' Star Trek movies, which would place it in Star Trek's Prime Timeline before the creation of Abrams' alternate Kelvin timeline. Star Trek's prequel movie is also said to be set mostly on Earth, with humanity dealing with aliens and the founding of the United Federation of Planets.

Image Source Amazon You can add A Different World to the list of old shows that are getting a new generational reboot. Just as Frasier, The Conners (formerly Roseanne), Will & Grace, and Quantum Leap all returned more than a decade after their original finales, there are reports that Netflix is working on a new version of A Different World, focusing on the child of two original characters — Whitley Gilbert and Dwayne Wayne — as she spends her college years at her parents’ alma mater, Hillman College. Though it hasn’t been determined whether Jasmine Guy (who played Whitley) will be part of the new show, it wouldn’t surprise us to see her join the cast. We’ve spoken to her many times over the years about the show, and she’s always expressed a great deal of pride about her time on A Different World and what the show meant to so many people.

In a rare appearance, Scott Bakula discusses Star Trek: Enterprise on The D-Con Chamber for the first time in years. Fans appreciate Star Trek: Enterprise more today after streaming the series on Netflix and Paramount+. The D-Con Chamber is the revamped version of The Shuttlepod Show, featuring big Star Trek names interviewed by Connor Trinneer and Dominic Keating.

Scott Bakula returns to talk about Star Trek: Enterprise for the first time in years when he appears as a guest on The D-Con Chamber podcast on Sunday, August 11, at 11 am Pst. The D-Con Chamber is hosted by Connor Trinneer and Dominic Keating, who co-starred with Scott Bakula for four seasons of Star Trek: Enterprise. Bakula played Captain Jonathan Archer, while Trinneer portrayed Chief Engineer Commander Charles "Trip" Tucker III and Keating embodied Armory Officer Lieutenant Malcolm Reed. The D-Con Chamber can be found on Apple Music, Spotify, YouTube, and wherever you get your podcasts.

What’s it like playing a Bond girl? Lois Lane? Being one degree from Kevin Bacon? The actor is here to tell all. And she might even talk about starring in the odd era-defining comedy drama

If you haven’t seen Coraline – the spooky animated dark fantasy film based on British author Neil Gaiman’s novella and produced by American stop-motion animation studio Laika – now’s your chance. But don’t forget your 3D glasses (also available in the foyer) because it’s been remastered in 3D to mark its 15th anniversary. A creepy story about people with buttons for eyes, Coraline features the voices of Dakota Fanning, Jennifer Saunders, Dawn French, our old friend Ian McShane – and Teri Hatcher who’s kindly agreed to take the reader interview.

So … what to ask? Hatcher has been a Bond girl of course, in Tomorrow Never Dies; in fact, she plays Bond...

The 1980s are often viewed as a pop cultural wasteland: a post-disco, style-over-substance hellscape where music videos turned vacuous bands and singers into chart-topping titans, blockbuster-chasing executives drained films of personality and artistic merit, and television pandered to a benumbed viewership with hacky sitcoms, formula dramas, and risible nighttime soaps. This was only half-true.

There was a good bit of dreck polluting the multiplexes and the airwaves throughout the eight-year Reagan era (and the Bush I hangover), but you'd have to be a killjoy to have lived through that time and turned up your nose at the bevy of brilliant artists who were working at their absolute peak. Prince, Spielberg, Streep, Selleck ... yes, Selleck. Tom Selleck.

For eight immensely entertaining seasons, Tom Selleck was the handsomest, charmingest, mustachioed-est private detective on television as Magnum P.I. The creation of small-screen hit makers Donald P. Bellisario and Glen A. Larson, the...

Fans of 1980s and 90s sci-fi are in for a treat, as the Terminator franchise time travels to unexpected inspiration. Writer Declan Shalvey revealed to Dynamite Entertainment his upcoming comic series draws from the beloved TV show Quantum Leap.

Shalvey’s love of Quantum Leap is no secret – the writer envisioned pitching the property before this opportunity arose. “It’s Quantum Leap from hell,” he muses, blending the premise of involuntarily body-hopping through time with Terminator’s dystopian future war storyline.

Both franchises made meaningful marks exploring temporal mechanics. Quantum Leap saw protagonist Sam Beckett leaping into uncertain situations each week, striving to “put right what once went wrong.” Meanwhile, the Terminator films established a dynamic loop of fate and resistance across multiple timelines.

In the new series, malevolent AI SkyNet targets key figures throughout history. Mirroring Quantum Leap, Terminators will inhabit human forms while eliminating resistance ancestors. Readers can...

SkyNet isn't done yet. The monstrous AI will terrorize the time stream again in a new Terminator comic. This time around, the genocidal robots have a surprising inspiration. During an interview with Dynamite Entertainment, writer Declan Shalvey spoke about his inspiration for his new comic, The Terminator. Set across space and time, the story features a desperate SkyNet sending various Terminators to kill the ancestors of the resistance. In that vein, Shalvey compared the tale to Quantum Leap, the '90s series starring Scott Bakula:

Once I was asked if there was a license I'd like to do, what would it be? And my answer was Quantum Leap, because I love that show. And I realized the other day that actually I'm kind of doing that with Terminator, except it's Quantum Leap from hell. And that's just interesting, the one thing I'd like to do I've kind of made it into something else.

A new Terminator series from Dynamite Entertainment will see Skynet deploying Terminators across time to target resistance members' ancestors all across history. Writer Declan Shalvey drew inspiration from Quantum Leap for the Terminator series, creating a "Quantum Leap from hell" with time-traveling Terminators. Each issue of the new Terminator series will follow a different Terminator, promising unique stories of people facing relentless killing machines.

s a new era of Terminator begins, fans of '80s and '90s sci-fi have reason to hope that Quantum Leap might also get a new lease on life. In October, an ambitious new Terminator series from Dynamite Entertainment will unleash Skynet's most ambitious plan yet. Unable to stop John Connor before he forms the human resistance, Skynet is deploying Terminators across time, targeting not just future resistance members but their ancestors in a desperate Blitzkrieg of history.

Talking about the new series with Dynamite Entertainment,...

Image Source: Paramount+ If you look back at the various versions of Star Trek through the years, even going back to the original series in the 1960s, a key component to the stories that were being told was that they usually carried a strong social conscience with them. Even as the world has changed dramatically over the ensuing decades, every iteration of Star Trek has attempted to bring relevant issues to the forefront of their storylines and episodes. As the star of Star Trek: Enterprise, Scott Bakula was well aware of the show’s mission. After all, on Quantum Leap, he’d been on a show that was constantly trying to re-examine social issues through a new lens. When Bakula spoke at the Star Trek: First Contact panel a few years ago, he said he was proud of the way Enterprise dealt with current events, even though the show...

The acclaimed Yellowstone prequel series 1923 has been rounding out its cast as it nears the start of production on its second season. Janet Montgomery, who is perhaps best known for playing Dr. Lauren Bloom in all five seasons of New Amsterdam, has become the latest actor to board 1923 Season 2.

According to Deadline, Montgomery has signed on to play the recurring role of Hillary, "a thoughtful woman who does not want to see injustice go unpunished." The actor, who has also appeared in Downton Abbey, This Is Us, and Quantum Leap, becomes the second new addition to the 1923 family after Jennifer Carpenter, who joined the Paramount+ series in June 2024. She will recur as Mamie Fossett, "a highly capable U.S. Deputy Marshall who serves warrants and makes arrests with confidence ahead of her time."

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Exclusive: Janet Montgomery (The Ex-Wife) has been cast in the second season of the Paramount+ original drama series 1923 in a recurring role. Montgomery will play Hillary, a thoughtful woman who does not want to see injustice go unpunished.

1923 follows a new generation of Duttons led by patriarch Jacob (Harrison Ford) and matriarch Cara (Helen Mirren). The series explores the early 20th century, when pandemics, historic drought and the end of Prohibition plague the Mountain West and the Duttons who call it home.

Season 1 also stars Brandon Sklenar, Aminah Nieves, Darren Mann, Julia Schlaepfer, Brian Geraghty, Sebastian Roche, Jennifer Ehle, Marley Shelton, Jerome Flynn, Michelle Randolph and Robert Patrick.

As Deadline revealed last month, Dexter alum Jennifer Carpenter was cast in Season 2 of the Taylor Sheridan series. She will recur as ‘Mamie Fossett,’ a highly capable U.S. Deputy Marshall who serves warrants and makes arrests with confidence ahead of her time.

NCIS started as a spinoff through a backdoor pilot in Jag, which led to its massive success for over 46 seasons. Original NCIS pilot episodes featured main cast members, setting the foundation for the long-running series' popularity. NCIS surpassed Jag's success by blending crime-solving with humor, character-driven storytelling, and versatile storytelling.

NCIS has become a powerhouse franchise for CBS, but its original pilot was actually part of another show that wasn't able to maintain the same long-lasting success. The NCIS franchise has now spawned five spinoffs, taking the team of naval investigators to different cities and countries. In total, CBS's franchise has netted more than 1000 episodes across 46 seasons to date, and there's no sign of NCIS slowing down.

Yet NCIS found its start through a backdoor pilot in Jag, another legal action drama series that initially aired on NBC but was dropped after one season and picked up by CBS.

Queer film fans in Los Angeles are feeling the summer void left by the beloved Outfest, which paused its programming last year amid financial issues and staff layoffs and has yet to resume. But a new film series, called Queer Rhapsody, looks to fill that crater across five venues July 19-28 — and with curation from the UCLA Film and Television Archive and one of Outfest’s former own. Even if they aren’t looking just to replace the 40-year-long legacy of L.A.’s oldest film festival. Plus, Queer Rhapsody is decidedly a series, not a festival.

With a focus on liberating narratives and a program of more than 50 narrative and documentary features and shorts, Queer Rhapsody opens at the Hammer Museum’s Billy Wilder Theater with Drew Denny’s “Second Nature.” Narrated by Elliot Page, the documentary follows trans trailblazer and evolutionary biologist Dr. Joan Roughgarden, who meets with...

New cast members have been announced for the second season of Poker Face. After the first season saw its share of big names coming in for special guest roles, it's now clear that Season 2 will do the same.

Per The Hollywood Reporter, Season 2 of Poker Face will feature Katie Holmes, Kumail Nanjiani, Giancarlo Esposito, and Gaby Hoffman. They will each be featured in guest roles at different points in Season 2, which is currently in development at Peacock.

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Natasha Lyonne is returning as Charlie Cale for Season 2 of Poker Face. The first season similarly featured a star-studded list of guest stars, and there will likely be several other big names announced for Season 2. Season 1 saw special guests like Ron Perlman, Adrien Brody, Ellen Barkin, Simon Helberg, Nick Nolte, Rhea Perlman,...

Quantum Leap ended its run after two seasons on NBC, but its developers have found their next television series project to keep them busy. The show will be a workplace comedy series set in Area 51.

Per Deadline, Steven Lilien and Bryan Wynbrandt are partnering up to develop the new series with Laura Moran (The Neighborhood), James Wan's Atomic Monster, and CBS Studios. Dubbed Area 51, the series will be a single-camera, half-hour workplace comedy that "follows the humans and Aliens that work together at the country's most mysterious place." Lilien, Wyndbrandt, and Moran are writing the series, and all three will executive produce with Atomic Monster's Wan, Michael Clear, and Rob Hackett.

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It's been explained why Quantum Leap won't get a second life with a switch to streaming at Peacock.

Lilien and Wyndbrandt prevouisly developed and...

Exclusive: God Friended Me creators Steven Lilien and Bryan Wynbrandt are returning to CBS, teaming with the former The Neighborhood writer-producer Laura Moran, James Wan’s Atomic Monster and CBS Studios for Area 51.

The half-hour workplace comedy, now in development, is single-camera, indicating that CBS continues to opportunistically take shorts in the single-camera comedy space where it has had a lot of success with the recently departed juggernaut Young Sheldon and ongoing hit Ghosts.

Last year, CBS ordered only multi-camera comedy pilots, and its two new comedy series for next season are both multi-cam, Poppa’s House and the Young Sheldon spinoff Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage.

Multi-camera comedies are cheaper to produce, making them attractive for broadcast networks as budgets get squeezed amid declining linear ratings. For studios, broadcast single-camera comedies are hard to justify financially because of their higher cost and depressed network license fees.

Deadline recently asked CBS...

Ruth Westheimer, who brought frank talk about sex into America’s living rooms for the first time as radio and television talk show host Dr. Ruth, has died. She was 96.

Westheimer died on Friday at her home in New York City, a spokesperson told the New York Times.

The diminutive educator with a thick German accent was known for dispensing explicit, down-to-earth advice on matters that weren’t previously discussed on-air.

Westheimer hosted at least five shows on Lifetime and other cable stations from 1984 to 1993, and wrote dozens of books on sex.

The college professor was already in her 50s when she started her radio show on New York radio station Wyny in 1980. She later said that being middle-aged probably helped her be accepted as an expert rather than a sex object, as discussing erotic pleasure was largely taboo on radio and television before her show.

Debuting as a 15-minute segment at midnight on Saturdays,...

Dr. Ruth Westheimer, the famed therapist and talk show host who became one of America’s most prominent voices on sex, has died at the age of 96.

Westheimer died Friday at her home in New York, the sex guru’s spokesperson confirmed to the New York Times. No cause of death was provided.

Dr. Ruth’s unlikely journey to becoming America’s premier sexpert began in Nazi Germany — where she was born in 1928; both her parents were killed in the Holocaust — to Israel, where she moved following World War II,...

Robert Pine appeared in Star Trek before his son Chris Pine, playing two characters in different series. Star Trek: Voyager and Star Trek: Enterprise both featured appearances by Robert Pine, showcasing his range as an actor. Chris Pine's desire to return as Captain Kirk mirrors his father's continued involvement in the franchise.

Robert Pine played two different characters in Star Trek long before his son, Chris Pine, was cast as Captain James T. Kirk in J.J. Abrams' franchise reboot. Best known for playing Sgt. Joseph Getraer in CHiPs, Robert Pine has appeared in a host of iconic TV shows from the 1960s right up to the 2020s. While Robert Pine appeared in the franchise after becoming a household name, his son Chris Pine's breakthrough role was leading the cast of J.J. Abrams' Star Trek movie as Captain James T. Kirk.

Although he started out as an actor at...

Exclusive: Showtime’s Dexter: Original Sin cast is adding 9 recurring characters to Season 1 to be played by Emmy winner Joe Pantoliano (The Sopranos), Brittany Allen (The Boys), Randy Gonzalez (Bloodline), Aaron Jennings (Pure Genius), Raquel Justice (One Day at a Time), Jasper Lewis (V/H/S), Carlo Mendez (The Bay), Isaac Gonzalez Rossi (That’s Amor) and Roberto Sanchez (Palm Royale).

The 10-episode original drama series is set in 1991 Miami and follows Dexter (Patrick Gibson), a student refining his killer skills with the help and support of his adoptive father Harry (Christian Slater). In his dad, he finds solace and understanding, especially as his bloodthirsty urges grow and can no longer be ignored. As his only confidant, Harry teaches Dexter a code that’s designed to help him find and kill people who deserve to die — all while avoiding getting caught by law enforcement. This is a particular challenge for...

Natasha Lyonne is back in the driver’s seat as her Peacock procedural Poker Face begins production on Season 2.

Rian Johnson celebrated the the first day of filming the sophomore season on Monday, sharing a photo of the show’s clapboard, which listed Lyonne as the director for episode two.

“Day one season two,” wrote Johnson on his Instagram Story.

Inspired by the inverted detective format of Columbo and similarly described by Johnson as a “howcatchem” (as opposed to the “whodunit” structure of Knives Out and Glass Onion), Poker Face follows Vegas casino worker and human bullshit detector Charlie Cale (Lyonne) as she runs from the mob while solving a string of murders along the way.

The star-studded series has featured such guest stars as Adrien Brody, Ron Perlman, Chloë Sevigny, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Stephanie Hsu, Clea DuVall, Dascha Polanco, Hong Chau, Megan Suri, Danielle Macdonald, Judith Light, Ellen Barkin, Tim Meadows,...

Rian Johnson's hit series Poker Face was met with great acclaim upon its debut on Peacock in early 2023. The show was renewed for a second season soon after, but its production has since been on the shelf.

That changed on July 1, as revealed by Tony Tost, a writer and director working on the series. Tost took to social media to share an image of the clapperboard from the set, announcing that Season 2 of Poker Face has officially started filming. The clapperboard shows that the cast and crew have been filming the second episode of the season, also revealing that series star Natasha Lyonne will be directing. It might have taken about a year and a half, but new episodes have finally started production.

First day of filming season two of Poker Face. Still counting my blessings that Im getting to step in and help make a new season of one of my favorite shows.

Jag, a classic military legal drama, is set to stream in its entirety on Prime Video starting July 1, 2024. Created by Donald P. Bellisario, Jag was a precursor to NCIS, which has since become the most-watched scripted show on network television. Jag's success paved the way for the NCIS franchise, which has spawned multiple spin-offs and remains popular to this day.

While NCIS has become a popular television franchise all on its own, the series wouldnt exist today without Jag, the classic military legal drama that began in 1995, and spawned NCIS following its eighth season in 2002. While Paramount+ has housed a handful of episodes of Jag for a while now, the series has never been able to stream in its entirety, but that is about to change very soon, as all 10 seasons of Jag are making their way to Prime Video.

As per TV Line, the 227 episodes that comprise JAGs...

Logan “Stan” Garner, a train coordinator for movie and TV productions who often played a train conductor on film, died May 20 in Arizona. He was 83.

Born in Pasadena, he lived in Southern California until moving to Arizona in 2007. Garner was a founding partner with Short Line Enterprises, where he restored and operated 19th century steam locomotives and passenger cars for museums and excursion trains.

After film and TV producers began requesting trains, the company created a movie railroad backlot, which was used for productions until the late 1980s. As owner of the Train Source, he became a sought-out train coordinator, assembling locomotives, providing passenger and freight cars, creating sets for train crossings, tracks and stations and providing personnel for TV productions.

He became a SAG member and was often cast as a train conductor or railroad worker in productions.

Garner worked on over 300 feature films, TV episodes, movies of the week and music videos.

The 100 cast members have pursued various acting roles post-series, showcasing their talents and versatility in different genres. Eliza Taylor, Bob Morley, and Marie Avgeropoulos are among the cast members who have taken on diverse roles in TV shows and films. From playing sci-fi and thriller characters to directing music videos, The 100 cast has shown their range and growth in the industry.

The 100 cast was a talented group, and many have gone on to perform in notable films and TV shows since the series concluded in 2020. The 100 is set in a post-apocalyptic world created by a nuclear disaster that made Earth inhospitable to human life. It follows a group of juveniles from a space colony of human survivors sent to Earth to see if the planet has recovered enough for the colony to return about a hundred years after the initial catastrophe.

The 100's cast is a big part of the show's success,...

Erich Anderson dies at the age of 67 after "a brutal struggle with cancer." Anderson is best known by genre fans for his portrayal of Rob Dier in director Joseph Zito's Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984). Anderson was a prolific television and film actor who appeared in Star Trek: The Next Generation, Felicity, NYPD Blue, Thirtysomething and dozens upon dozens of projects over his illustrious 40-year career.

67-year-old Friday the 13th, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Felicity and NYPD Blue actor Erich Anderson has died of cancer. Andersons wife, actress Saxton Trainor, revealed her husband passed away via social media on June 1. While Anderson is undoubtedly best remembered by fans of the horror genre as the heroic character Rob Dier in Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984), the thespian compiled an impressive film and television resume over his 40-year career. Trainor wrote in her Instagram post:

My husband Erich died this morning.

In NBC's The Hunting Party, dangerous killers escape a top-secret prison that's not supposed to exist, kicking off a heart-pounding and adventurous procedural.

Melissa Roxburgh leads the small team of investigators who assemble to track down and capture these dangerous criminals around the country.

Meet the Hunting Party Season 1 cast and characters below:

Melissa Roxburgh (Rebecca 'Bex Henderson)

Bex Henderson is the main character of The Hunting Pary, an ex-fbi agent hired to an elite government task force because she's profiled and caught some of the world's serial killers before.

Bex is described as wise and extremely curious.

These skills should help her be a good leader for her team.

Melissa Roxburgh is best known for portraying Det Michaela Stone in NBC's Manifest from 2018 to 2023.

Roxburgh commented that she felt she had many traits in common with her character, Michaela Stone.

Her dad is a minister, so her religious...