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Writers/Executive producers/Showrunners Matthew Scott Kane (Stitchers) and David Goodman (The Orville) blend horror, humor, and heart in “Hysteria!” Peacock’s coming-of-age series mines its drama and horror from America’s dark history of mass hysteria through the shocking story of the teenage Satanic Panic.

The series follows a group of 1980s high school misfits as they exploit the growing hysteria around teen occult activity, and it boasts a tremendous cast that ensures these characters will worm their way into your heart before the horror ensues.

Garret Dillahunt (The Last House on the Left), Nolan North (Pretty Little Liars), Elijah Richardson (Fantasy Football), Milly Shapiro (Hereditary), Allison Scagliotti (Warehouse 13), and Jessica Treska (Alex & Me) star alongside Bruce Campbell, Julie Bowen, Anna Camp, Emjay Anthony, Chiara Aurelia, Kezii Curtis, and Nikki Hahn.

Bloody Disgusting spoke with Kane and Goodman ahead of the series’ debut, where the pair revealed how...

To understand "The Bionic Woman" heroine Jaime Sommers, you first have to get on board with "The Six Million Dollar Man." The young tennis star turned partially cyborg superhero was first introduced on "The Six Million Dollar Man" in the show's second season as a female counterpart to the series' male bionic hero. Jaime, the show told viewers, was severely injured in a skydiving accident, but cutting-edge technology allowed her to not only live through it, but also gain new skills. She had extra-strength hearing, superstrength, and the ability to run at top speeds, all of which came in handy for her new life as a schoolteacher-slash-spy.

A high-concept storyline like this one may not thrive on TV today (unless it was made by DC or Marvel), but in the '70s, audiences ate it up. Jaime's eventual death in "The Six Million Dollar Man" was so poorly received that...

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Hallmark Channel’s Fall Into Love 2024 programming event is already underway and the feel-good network’s penultimate movie is Autumn At Apple Hill.

The movie features two popular Hallmark stars, Erin Cahill and Wes Brown. The actors who starred together in Every Time A Bell Rings have reunited for a fall rom-com. Moreover, the movie is based on Angie Ellington’s book of the same title.

Autumn At Apple Hill on Hallmark Channel Photo: Erin Cahill, Wes Brown

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According to First For Women, Elise Jacobs (Erin Cahill) has recently got divorced and has inherited her late grandparent’s inn. She decides she wants to bring the inn back to life, just as she wants to revive her own life.

When she meets Luke Bellwhether (Wes Brown), a very attractive man who arrives in town,...

All episodes of the coming-of-age Satanic Panic thriller series Hysteria! will be available to watch on the Peacock streaming service as of Friday, October 18th – but if you would prefer to watch the show on regular television, USA Network and Syfy will be simulcasting the first episode on October 18th, with USA Network going on to air episodes each Friday. With the premiere date just a few weeks away, a trailer for Hysteria! has been released and can be seen in the embed above. A new batch of images from the show have also made their way online, and those can be found at the bottom of this article.

Written and executive produced by Matthew Scott Kane, Hysteria! will be exploring America’s dark history of mass hysteria through the shocking story of the teenage Satanic Panic. The series follows a group of 1980s high school misfits as they exploit...

The X-Files is one of the biggest series of the 1990s, also regarded as one of the most influential series the Fox series follows Fox Mulder and Dana Scully investigating the most mind-bending paranormal activities. The series’ original run was for 9 seasons with the series being revived in 2016 for two more seasons making the total season number 11 seasons. So, if you miss the amazingly mind-bending stories, compelling characters, and thrilling mysteries in The X-Files here are some similar shows you should check out next.

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The Twilight Zone is a sci-fi horror fantasy anthology series created by Rod Serling. The CBS series is a collection of mystical stories with sci-fi, horror, and fantasy elements, and in each episode, we get a new standalone story with a new set of characters. The Twilight Zone stars Rod Sterling, William Shatner, Burgess Meredith, Elizabeth Montgomery, Robert Redford, George Takei,...

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Hallmark Movies Now has announced a new, original movie, Operation Nutcracker, which is set to premiere as part of Hallmark Channel’s Christmas In July Movie Stunt.

The movie is led by Ashley Newbrough and Christopher Russell. Read on to find out more about the movie, including its plot and cast, and see beautiful images taken on the film set.

Operation Nutcracker on Hallmark Movies Now Photo: Ashley Newbrough Credit: ©2024 Hallmark Media/Photographer: Courtesy Vortex Media

According to the official synopsis, Operation Nutcracker sees event planner extraordinaire Lottie Morgan (Ashley Newbrough) given the opportunity of a lifetime amidst her hectic schedule. She gets to plan a high-profile Christmas charity auction for the country’s most philanthropic family, the Warbys.

Meanwhile, the black sheep of the family, Tristan Warby (Christopher Russell) is entrusted with bringing home the prized auction item,...

David Amito, best known for his acting role in The Chosen, has signed with The Green Room for management.

Amito plays the role of John the Baptist in the historical drama created by Dallas Jenkins. The series based on the life of Jesus is licensed to streamers like Amazon’s Prime Video, Peacock, Netflix, and is currently airing on broadcaster The CW.

Through three seasons of The Chosen, Amito has appeared in a total of five episodes. In Season 1, Amito appeared in Episode 4, titled “The Rock on Which It is Built,” and Episode 5, “The Wedding Gift.” The actor reprised his role in Season 2 in Episode 5, titled “Spirit,” and Episode 8, titled “Beyond Mountains.” Amito would appear in the Season 3 premiere of the series in the episode titled “Homecoming.”

Additional credits for Amito include Ginger in the Rye (2014), Maps to the Stars (2014), Greenscreen (2013), Warehouse 13 (2013), Stress Position (2013), Nikita (2013), Who Is Mr. Tom?...

When we talk about classic TV shows from the '70s, it's hard not to mention "The Six Million Dollar Man." Airing for five seasons on ABC, the show focuses on astronaut Steve Austin who is gravely injured in a spaceship crash. He then undergoes a government surgery that replaces his body parts with machine parts, making him part man, part cyborg. With the new powers afforded him by these upgrades, Steve goes to work for the Office of Scientific Information, battling evil forces.

The show ran for 99 episodes and inspired six TV movies. Mark Wahlberg has even been attached to star in a big-screen adaptation of the show for years now, with the project stalling out at various points. But Lee Majors was the man responsible for originally bringing the character to life. 50 years removed from the show's premiere on network television, Majors and several other of the show's...

Mark Sheppard is in recovery after suffering “six massive heart attacks.”

On Saturday, the Supernatural vet disclosed on Instagram the medical emergency he experienced just the day before.

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We have some sad news to share today, as it has been confirmed that actor Pedro Miguel Arce has passed away at the much too young age of 46. Arce had over eighty screen acting credits to his name, but may be best known for playing the roles of Pillsbury in George A. Romero’s Land of the Dead and the character Felix in multiple episodes of the Guillermo del Toro series The Strain. It has been said that Arce passed away after “a brief battle with cancer”.

Here’s the message that was posted to Arce’s Instagram account: “It is with deepest sorrow that we announce the loss of our beloved Pedro Miguel Arce this afternoon, December 9. After a brief battle with cancer, Pedro passed away peacefully, surrounded by his loving family. Thank you for your visits, cards, and support during this difficult time for Pedro and our family.

We’ve learned the sad news this week that Nicaraguan actor Pedro Miguel Arce, best known to horror fans for George A. Romero’s Land of the Dead, has passed away at the age of 46.

Sean Clark writes on Instagram, “I just read that Pedro Miguel Arce who played Pillsbury in George A. Romero’s Land of the Dead has passed away after a short battle with cancer.”

“Pedro was such a funny larger than life individual,” Clark adds. “He will be missed.”

In addition to Land of the Dead, Pedro Miguel Arce also appeared in “Warehouse 13,” The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, “True Detective,” “Slasher,” and “The Strain.”

Pedro Miguel Arce’s credits also include “Relic Hunter,” True Blue, “CSI: Miami,” “How I Met Your Mother,” Think Like a Man Too, “Taken,” Polar, and The Christmas Setup.

A post on the actor’s Instagram account reads, “Pedro passed...

Yellowjackets star Kevin Alves, who plays the role of Travis Martinez in the hit Showtime drama, has been upped to series regular for the forthcoming second season, according to Deadline. Alves’ Travis is the older son of Coach Martinez, the head coach of the Yellowjackets girls soccer team, who were involved in a plane crash on their way to the nationals. Throughout the first season, we saw Travis looking out for his younger brother Javi (Luciano Leroux) and developing a romantic relationship with Natalie “Nat” Scatorccio (Sophie Thatcher). Before landing his role on Yellowjackets, Alves starred as Javi Gonzalez in the Netflix fantasy horror series Locke & Key. He also recurred for two seasons on Shadowhunters as Bat Velasquez. His other television credits include Degrassi: The Next Generation, Warehouse 13, The Expanse, and Chicago Fire. Created by Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson, Yellowjackets premiered on Showtime on November 14, 2021, and was met with critical acclaim.

Exclusive: Kevin Alves, who plays the role of Travis Martinez on Yellowjackets, has been upped to series regular.

For those who missed the first season of the Showtime drama, Travis is the son of Bill Martinez, the head coach of the Yellowjackets girls soccer team. The players were bound for the nationals when their plane crashed in the wilderness of Canada and the coach was killed.

Travis, who’s a guarded and insecure teen, ended up starting a romance with Natalie Scatorccio, played by Sophie Thatcher as a teen and Juliette Lewis as an adult.

Travis was played as an adult in season one by Andres Soto.

Before Yellowjackets, Alves recurred for two seasons on both Shadowhunters as Bat Belasquez and Locke & Key as Javi Gonzalez. He previously appeared on Warehouse 13 and as Fabio on Degrassi: The Next Generation.

New cast members set for the second season of Yellowjackets include Elijah Wood,...

Grimm alum Sasha Roiz is one of two recurring guest stars announced for Season 8 of NBC’s Chicago Med.

Per our sister site Deadline, Roiz will appear on #OneChicago’s medical drama as Jack Egan, a multimillionaire renaissance man.

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Additionally, Lilah Richcreek Estrada will fill the role of Nellie Cuevas, a psych fellow working alongside Oliver Platt’s Dr. Charles.

In addition to his run as Grimm‘s Captain Renard,...

Exclusive: Patrick John Flueger is set to return to the world of The 4400 as he takes on a guest star role on The CW’s revival of the sci-fi series.

Based on the original TV series created by Scott Peters and Renee Echevarria, 4400 hails from Riverdale co-executive producer Ariana Jackson, who wrote the pilot; Sunil Nayar; and Anna Fricke and Laura Terry of Pursued By a Bear.

In 4400, over the last century at least 4,400 people who were overlooked, undervalued, or otherwise marginalized vanished without a trace off the face of the planet. Last night, inexplicably, they were all returned in an instant to Detroit having not aged a day and with no memory of what happened to them. As the government races to understand the phenomenon, analyze the potential threat and contain the story, Jharrel (Joseph David-Jones), an empathetic social worker, and Keisha (Ireon Roach), a hardened community corrections officer,...

NBCUniversal’s international flight plan for Peacock starts this week: Starting Nov. 16, Sky TV and Now customers in the U.K. and Ireland will get access to the streaming service for no additional fee.

Comcast had announced plans this summer to launch Peacock as a free add-on for Sky’s satellite TV customers in Europe, representing a base of close to 20 million households. According to NBCU, after the “soft launch” in the U.K. and Ireland, Peacock will continue to roll out across Sky platforms in territories including Germany, Italy, Austria and Switzerland in the next few months.

Sky TV customers and subscribers to the Now Entertainment package in the U.K. and Ireland will get “early access” to the new ad-supported Peacock destination, with original and library TV shows and movies from across NBCU although the content availability will differ from what’s available on Peacock in the U.

Exclusive: Emmy nominee Corbin Bersen (L.A. Law), Joanne Kelly (Warehouse 13) and Ernie Hudson (Ghostbusters) are set to recur opposite Kevin Bacon and Aldis Hodge in Showtime’s Boston crime drama City On a Hill. Additionally, we’ll be seeing more of Mark Ryder in Season 3, as his role as Father Doyle will be expanded. Season 3 is set to premiere in 2022.

Season three brings us to Boston’s high society Beacon Hill. Following his dismissal from the FBI, Jackie Rohr (Bacon) lands a lavish new gig running security for a wealthy family. Life is good until secrets begin to unravel. When an investigation opens – implicating local and federal authorities – assistant district attorney Decourcy Ward (Hodge) sees an opportunity to finally rip out the machinery perpetuating a broken system.

Bernsen will play Sinclair Dryden, an old money Beacon Hill socialite and former outstanding FBI agent who has been a mentor to...

Please don't send any Harveys my way.

On SurrealEstate Season 1 Episode 2, we learned that imaginary friends could often have devious natures.

So much for nurturing your child's imagination. In the case of a Harvey, you might be leading your entire family to the grave.

SurrealEstate maintained its whimsy and humor the second episode out.

It also continues to resemble beloved shows that have come before, but I'd like to see a little more involvement from the secondary characters.

I'd mentioned Warehouse 13 and Haven, which were known to focus on the leads quite heavily. But Haven, especially, had a great supporting lineup of characters whose skills were imperative to helping the leads determine which direction to go to solve cases.

A reader brought up Eureka, and if things continue along this path, we won't see that same kind of unity on SurrealEstate.

Maybe I just don't understand what each agent...

Well, that was the start of something with a lot of potential.

With Tim Rozon leading a talented cast of fellow Canadians, SurrealEstate Season 1 Episode 1 set the expectations for what the show will be all about.

It feels similar to other Syfy shows off the bat, such as Warehouse 13 and Haven, and that's good company.

Luke Roman runs the Roman Real Estate Agency, where he and his team offer specialized services to homeowners who find it hard to sell their homes, let alone get top dollar.

These people are among the unlucky few who have stigmatized properties that make unburdening their homes a tremendous burden on them and those who show interest in a property.

A stigmatized property is one whose value has been affected by unfortunate occurrences -- ragic events associated with the property, including but not limited to murder, suicide, even accidental death or the perception, either real or imagined,...

Exclusive: Emmy nominee Kate Mulgrew (Orange Is the New Black) is set for a recurring role on Showtime’s upcoming anthology series The First Lady (wt). Additionally, Oscar winner Cathy Schulman (Crash) has been named showrunner of the series starring Viola Davis, who also executive produces, Michelle Pfeiffer and Gillian Anderson. Susanne Bier (The Undoing) will direct and executive produce.

The First Lady (wt), created by Aaron Cooley and produced by Lionsgate TV and Showtime, is a revelatory reframing of American leadership, told through the lens of the women at the heart of the White House. Season 1 focuses on Eleanor Roosevelt (Anderson), Betty Ford (Pfeiffer) and Michelle Obama (Davis).

Mulgrew will play Susan Sher, a longtime friend of the Obamas who worked with Michelle in Chicago health care. Sher was originally hired as the President’s associate counsel but then rejoined Michelle Obama as her closest confidante and chief of staff.

Endeavor Content has hired Sharon Liggins to the newly-created position of SVP, Communications. Her appointment is effective immediately and she’ll be based in LA.

The publicity vet will oversee the strategic direction of communications activities across the Endeavor Content’s divisions, including film and television production, sales, and distribution. She joins the senior leadership team led by Co-Presidents Graham Taylor and Chris Rice.

Previously, Liggins served as VP, Publicity at Ava DuVernay’s narrative change collective Array. There, Liggins oversaw communications across the collective’s public programming and social impact initiatives, independent film distribution platform, as well as personal publicity and appearances for Oscar-nominated and Emmy-winning filmmaker DuVernay. Liggins also managed all publicity for series and films under the Array Filmworks banner, collaborating extensively with studio and networks including Warner Bros. TV, Netflix, NBC, HBO Max, OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network and The CW.

Said Taylor and Rice, “Sharon...

Veteran PR executive Sharon Liggins has joined Endeavor Content as senior vice president of communications.

Liggins most recently served as vice president of publicity for Ava Duvernay’s narrative change collective Array. In her new role with Endeavor Content, Liggins will oversee the strategic direction of communications activities across the studio’s many divisions, including film and television production, sales, and distribution, and joins the senior leadership team led by co-presidents Graham Taylor and Chris Rice.

“Sharon has an impeccable track record of sustained excellence across many platforms and genres of content,” Taylor and Rice said announcing Liggins’ appointment. “Her record as a creative campaign strategist and strategic advisor uniquely suit her to the next chapter in our continued growth, and we are excited by the exceptional knowledge and passion that she brings to the team at Endeavor Content.”

Liggins will be based in Los Angeles and the appointment is effective immediately.

Endeavor Content on Monday named Sharon Liggins as its senior vice president of communications, a newly created role with the studio. She joins from Ava DuVernay’s collective Array, where she served as VP of publicity.

In her new role, Liggins will oversee communications across film and television production, sales and distribution. She joins a senior leadership team led by co-presidents Graham Taylor and Chris Rice. She’ll be based out of Los Angeles and begin effective immediately.

“Sharon has an impeccable track record of sustained excellence across many platforms and genres of content. Her record as a creative campaign strategist and strategic advisor uniquely suit her to the next chapter in our continued growth, and we are excited by the exceptional knowledge and passion that she brings to the team at Endeavor Content,” Taylor and Rice said in a statement.

While at Array, Liggins oversaw communications for the organization...

Exclusive: Ray Donovan’s Pooch Hall has signed with Zero Gravity for management.

Hall, who has starred for seven seasons as Ray’s (Liev Schreiber) younger brother Darryll Donovan on Ray Donovan, is set to film the feature-length film version of the hit Showtime series later this year. The film, directed by showrunner David Hollander, will bring the popular series to a close, picking up where Season 7 left off after its surprise cancellation last year.

Prior to Ray Donovan, Hall portrayed Derwin Davis on BET comedy series The Game. He began his career in New York where he landed a small role in the independent feature film Lift, opposite Kerry Washington. He went on to starring and supporting roles in the independent films Black Cloud and Blind Dating with Chris Pine for director James Keach; and larger studio films such as DreamWorks’ A Dog’s Purpose, directed by Lasse Hallström; the biopic Chuck,...

Exclusive: Kelly Hu will lead the feature film Breast Cancer Bucket List from producers Autumn Federici and Jake Helgren under their production banner, The Ninth House.

Roxy Shih, who recently directed Whose Child for Ninth House Films, will direct from a screenplay by Jessica Landry.

Patricia Velasquez, and Sylvia Kwan will join Hu.

The film follows Brenda Lee (Hu) who is diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer. Facing her own mortality, Brenda is determined to track down the daughter Talia Carroll (Kwan) she gave up for adoption as an infant. Brenda’s best friend, Meg (Velásquez) is by Brenda’s side every step of the way on her search to find Talia. Talia, having been afforded a privileged life by her adoptive parents, is initially hesitant to connect with the stranger who appears on her doorstep identifying herself as her biological mother, a moment Talia has been longing for her whole life.

Exclusive: Whalerock Industries, Lloyd Braun’s West Hollywood-based production and consulting company behind such unscripted series as Battlebots, Hyperdrive and Ravi Patel’s Pursuit of Happiness, is making a push into podcasting. The company has launched Echoverse, a first-of-its-kind podcast studio focusing on science fiction, supernatural, and fantasy audio experiences, headed by former Syfy executive Mark Stern.

The studio is funded by Whalerock, along with individual investors.

“The sci-fi, supernatural, and fantasy genres represent a significant opportunity in the scripted podcasting market, and Mark Stern is the ideal executive to bring this vision to life.” said Anne-Marie O’Neill, CEO of Whalerock.

Stern was most recently president of Fearless Media Group, which he launched in 2018 as an extension of the work he began as the head of Im Global Television. Prior to that, Stern was president of original content at Syfy for 11 years, where he developed and produced dozens of...

The hunt continues: Amazon Prime’s Hunters will return for Season 2, TVLine has learned.

Created by David Weil and executive-produced by Get Out‘s Jordan Peele, the drama’s freshman run starred Al Pacino as Meyer Offerman, co-founder of a diverse band of Nazi hunters living in New York City in 1977. Meyer recruits Jonah Heidelbaum (played by Jack & Bobby‘s Logan Lerman) after the teen’s grandmother is murdered, initiating Jonah into a world in which hundreds of Nazi officials are living in the United States and conspiring to create a Fourth Reich.

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Exclusive: In a competitive situation, Alcon Television Group has acquired the rights to Diego Gutierrez’s Mexican wrestling drama Luchador.

Written by Gutierrez, Luchador is a character-driven action drama about a fictional, Lucha Libre-inspired city run by colorful gangs of Mexican Wrestlers at the brink of tyranny, and the unlikely young wrestler who becomes its champion and savior, both inside and outside the ring.

Gutierrez will serve as executive producer alongside Alcon Television Group’s Andrew Kosove, Broderick Johnson and Ben Roberts. Roberts brought the project into Alcon, which will take the project to market later this year.

“We are thrilled to work with Diego in this exciting world he has envisioned for these rich characters,” said Kosove and Johnson. “Creatively we see this as ripe ground for many types of stories in many different mediums.”

Gutierrez is best known as...

Comcast and NBCUniversal are pushing Peacock out of the nest starting Wednesday, April 15, promising to unfurl a rich plume of 15,000-plus hours of streaming content, first for the cable giant’s own TV and internet customers.

Peacock is then slated to be available across the U.S. on July 15 — while NBCU is mulling the possibility of moving that up sooner — in various three tiers across mobile, web and connected-tv devices: paid with ads ($4.99 monthly); paid with no ads ($9.99 monthly); and completely free with ads with a truncated content lineup. With the national launch, Comcast (and Cox) subscribers also will have the option to get an ad-free version of the service for an additional $5 per month.

So what’s on the menu? Peacock will include live and on-demand content across current and past TV shows, movies, news, and late night programming, with some live sports once they resume post-pandemic. Most of...

On Saturday, April 11, and Sunday, April 12, Mercy For Animals will host a virtual concert featuring an inspiring lineup of more than 30 musicians.

The artists include Grammy Award winner Joss Stone; Latin Grammy winner Sie7e; Broadway stars Ryan McCartan (Frozen), Alex Boniello (Dear Evan Hansen), Kathryn Gallagher (Jagged Little Pill), Jake Epstein (Beautiful), Alison Luff (Waitress), and Austin P. McKenzie (Spring Awakening); Pitch Perfect star Kelley Jakle; Fuller House star Juan Pablo Di Pace, American Idol star Catie Turner; and acclaimed singer-songwriters Nellie McKay and Rain Phoenix.

“Mercy For Animals is proud to collaborate with talented and compassionate artists to inspire hope as we navigate this challenging and uncertain time,” said Mercy For Animals president Leah Garcés.

The two-day concert will stream on Mercy For Animals’ Facebook page and be posted on Instagram and Twitter beginning at 5 p.m. Eastern Saturday and Sunday.

Participating Artists:

Grammy winner Joss Stone; Latin Grammy...

There’s a ridiculous amount of TV content out there waiting to be streamed during your downtime — and a lot of it won’t cost you one shiny penny.

TVLine already offers a premium streaming guide, which delivers a rundown of subscription rates, original series and select library content offered by established, new and forthcoming streamers. We also publish a monthly list of TV shows and movies coming and going on Netflix.

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High School Musical: The Musical: The Series‘ rival school just got an impressive new teacher: Derek Hough, who will recur during Season 2 of the Disney+ show, our sister site Deadline reports.

The World of Dance judge and Dancing With the Stars vet will play Zack, Miss Jenn’s (Kate Reinders) ex-boyfriend. A charming but sneaky actor, he returns to Salt Lake to teach drama at East High’s biggest rival, North High.

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Walt Disney Television has named its 13 writers for its 2020 Writing Program. The initiative offers advanced professional development before participants are hired as staff writers on Walt Disney Televsision shows during the program year.

Of the 13 is news marketing associate and former writers’ assistant Darnell Jones who has been named the Disney Channel Eunetta T. Boone Comedy Writer Scholar, established by the network in honor of the late writer/producer for diverse and aspiring comedy writers. Boone was best known as an executive producer and showrunner of the third season of Disney Channel’s comedy series Raven’s Home.

On the comedy side, participants include Family Guy writers’ assistant Allyson Philobos, stand-up comedian Feraz Ozel, feature film line producer Gabriela Lugo, reality television producer Tasha Henderson and advertising exec-turned-development-assistant Vicky Castro. Drama writers include television feature writer Adrian Vina, Evil writers’ production assistant David Ramirez, black-ish production assistant Keisha Ansley, Narcos writers’ assistant Paola Villegas, writer/producer T Zhang, Grey’s Anatomy producers’ assistant Zaiver Sinnett and “Dynasty” writers’ production assistant Zoe Cheng. News marketing associate and former writers’ assistant Darnell Jones has been named the Disney Channel Eunetta T. Boone Comedy Writer Scholar.

“The Creative Talent Development & Inclusion team is proud to launch this extremely talented group of writers into the next phase of their career,” said Tim McNeal, vice president, Creative Talent Development & Inclusion. “Their drive and diverse backgrounds represent today’s storytelling, and we look forward to seeing them shape the next generation of producers and showrunners.”

This past season, the 2019 writers from the program secured staffing assignments on ABC shows including The Good Doctor, The Rookie, mixed-ish, United We Fall, The Baker and the Beauty, The Goldbergs as well as Disney Channel’s Just Roll With It.

Formerly known as the Disney|ABC Writing Program, the program was a starting point for notable show creators such as Veena Sud, Jane Espenson (Warehouse 13) and Erica Montolfo-Bura (Zoe Ever After). The program was also an entry point for showrunners Dailyn Rodriguez (Queen of the South), Saladin Patterson (The Last O.G.), Ayanna Floyd Davis (The Chi) and Aseem Batra (I Feel Bad); and alumni with production overall deals at Wdt including Peter Saji (mixed-ish) and Tim Doyle (The Kids Are Alright).

René Auberjonois, best known for his roles on Benson and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, died on Sunday of metastatic lung cancer, his son confirmed to the Associated Press. He was 79.

Auberjonois got his big break in 1970 when he was cast as Father John Mulcahy in the 1970 film Mash. He worked steadily over the next decade before he landed the series-regular role of Clayton Runnymede Endicott III on ABC’s Benson, which earned him an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy in 1984. Then, from 1993 to 1999, Auberjonois portrayed Odo, head of space-station security on the syndicated DS9.

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San Diego Comic-Con is right around the corner, and I cannot wait to see what kind of awesomeness this year has to offer! I’ve been attending Comic-Con for years! I remember the days where fans could walk in and buy their tickets on the day they arrived. Times have certainly changed as geek culture has grown and exploded in popularity. When I was growing up, I would have never thought that the stuff I was into would actually be popular one day, but that has happened.

Anyway, I’m excited for Comic-Con this year! Some studios like Warner Bros., Legendary, and Sony have bowed out, but that doesn’t mean there’s not going to be a ton of stuff to do and see! The full schedule for Comic-Con has been released, so now is the time to start planning your Comic-Con adventure!

You can check out the full schedule of events here,...

Check back for updates to the schedule. The TV lineup for the 50th Comic-Con is bursting at the seams and the San Diego Convention Center will be bustling with everything from the supernatural to superheroes.

Star Trek will be beaming into Hall H with a look at the cultural phenomenon created by Gene Roddenberry. In addition to CBS All Access’ Star Trek: Discovery, Comic-Con attendees will be the first to hear about the highly anticipated new series Star Trek: Picard starring Sir Patrick Stewart as well as the animated series Star Trek: Lower Decks.

This year, winter will be coming one last time as the confab will host HBO’s Game of Thrones. The series may be done, but the fandom is alive and well. Stars and creators will take the Hall H stage July 19 with Jacob Anderson (Grey Worm), John Bradley (Samwell Tarly), Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Jaime Lannister), Liam Cunningham...

This does not bode well. The planet where several Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. heroes just got into all kinds of trouble is actually named after someone, and we’re about to meet him. Also, another of Enoch’s kind will be entering the mix.

In exclusive photos above and below, TVLine has your first look at new characters played by Anthony Michael Hall (The Dead Zone) and Sherri Saum (The Fosters). Hall has been cast as Mr. Kitson, the fiendish ruler of the alien gaming empire where Fitz and Enoch tried to cheat the tables and Jemma and Daisy found themselves “tripping balls.

Exclusive: Amy Madigan (Gone Baby Gone), Brent Spiner (Star Trek: The Next Generation) and Lin Shaye (There’s Something About Mary) are set to recur in Showtime’s upcoming series Penny Dreadful: City of Angels, a follow-up to Penny Dreadful from the original series’ creator, writer and executive producer John Logan.

A spiritual descendant of the story set in Victorian-era London, the next chapter will employ a new vision, new characters and storylines. It opens in 1938 Los Angeles; a time and place deeply infused with social and political tension. When a grisly murder shocks the city, Detective Tiago Vega (Daniel Zovatto) is embroiled in an epic story that reflects the rich history of Los Angeles: from the building of the city’s first freeways and its deep traditions of Mexican-American folklore, to the dangerous espionage actions of the Third Reich and the rise of radio evangelism. Before long, Tiago and...

Despite much of the network’s airtime being devoted to procedurals, CBS has developed a recent tradition of devoting its summer programming slots to more out-there genre programming — shows that might defy expectations and represent more bonkers storytelling.

This year, look to “Blood and Treasure” as the latest show to follow in this tradition. A modern-day action thriller with touches of “Indiana Jones” and “National Treasure,” creators Matthew Federman and Stephen Scaia deliver an odd couple globe-trotting adventure about an antiquities expert and a cunning art thief who team up to take down a notorious thief/terrorist (played by “The Mummy’s” Oded Fehr.)

Matt Barr, previously seen in the CW’s “Valor” and Fox’s “Sleepy Hollow,” leads the cast alongside Sofia Pernas, whose recent TV credits include “Jane the Virgin” and NBC’s “The Brave.” The series also stars Michael James Shaw, Katia Winter, James Callis, Alicia Coppola,...

Riverdale‘s flashback episode just added an ’80s throwback to the mix: Anthony Michael Hall will play Riverdale High’s longtime principal in the Season 3 installment, TVLine has learned.

Hall’s character, Principal Featherhead, will get “caught up in the game the teenagers are playing in an unexpected way,” per the official description. The flashback episode, entitled “The Midnight Club,” takes us back to when Riverdale’s parents were still in high school, with the show’s young cast playing the teen versions of their on-screen parents. In it, “we learn dark secrets” that the parents have kept hidden for years.

It's not easy being John Jacoqis.

On Killjoys, returning Friday night on Syfy, John is the team's pilot, mechanic and tech genius, as well as its primary wise-ass.

As Aaron Ashmore, who plays the lighthearted character, explains, John continues to evolve during Killjoys Season 4. He's now the senior nerd to the socially inept Zephyr. Also, a darker side of John will peek through, at least for a while.

Canadian actor Ashmore is best known in the states for his starring roles in Smallville and Warehouse 13. (It's his twin brother Shawn Ashmore viewers may remember from the series The Following and Conviction.)

In a wide-ranging interview from Toronto, where Killjoys Season 5 is now being filmed, Ashmore talked about the many facets of Johnny, what the Killjoys will be facing during Killjoys Season 4 and the series' end on the horizon.

Johnny is the brains of this Killjoys team. How does he...

Veteran television writer/producer Jack Kenny, currently an executive producer on the sophomore season of the Netflix superhero series “Jessica Jones,” has his longtime home in the hills of Los Angeles’ historic and historically celeb-favored Los Feliz area available at $5.2 million. Kenny, whose previous projects include the “Kevin (Probably) Saves the World” sitcom, the supernatural series “Warehouse 13” and the late 1990s sitcom “Caroline in the City,” and his longtime partner and husband Michael Goodell, son of former New York Senator Charles Goodell and brother to exceedingly well compensated NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, purchased the property in the fall of 2001 for $1.685 million. Privately and securely positioned atop a high rampart and behind imposing driveway gates on an elevated parcel of almost half of an acre, the three-story, updated 1930s Mediterranean villa measures in at 4,682-square-feet with five bedrooms and 4.5 bathrooms.

A polished saltillo tile stairway set amid terraced tropical gardens...

After nearly destroying Emma Swan’s family on Once Upon a Time, Jaime Murray is setting her sights on an even more powerful supernatural clan.

Murray will appear in the upcoming final season of The CW’s The Originals (premiere date Tbd), TVLine has learned exclusively, playing Antoinette — a beautiful, “old-school” vampire who meets Elijah shortly after he loses his memories. Her flirtatious, free-spirited nature masks dark secrets about her painful past.

Antoinette will be introduced in the third episode of the season, which is directed by star Joseph Morgan.

In addition to playing Once‘s Black Fairy, Murray’s...

A little bit of serenity is coming to Blindspot.

The NBC drama has tapped Firefly and Serenity vet Jewel Staite to guest-star in the April 26 episode as “a mysterious power broker whose allegiance is unknown to the team,” executive producer Martin Gero tells TVLine.

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The role marks a reunion for Staite and Gero, who worked together on The CW’s Canadian import The L.A. Complex. The actress’ other TV credits include The Killing, Stargate: Atlantis and Wonderfalls, as well as episodes of Castle, Legends of Tomorrow, Supernatural and Warehouse 13.

Gero broke...

Does absence — 10 seasons worth of it, to be exact — make the heart grow fonder?

On Tuesday’s Bones (Fox, 9/8c), that question will be answered for Brennan when her ex-boyfriend Sully returns a decade after the two split up. Unfortunately, the character’s surprising reappearance — “I never thought that it would happen. I always hoped it would,” his portrayer Eddie McClintock says — is brought on by some sad news.

RelatedBones Scoop: Will Booth and Brennan Get a Happy Ending?

After hearing that Bones’ father died, “I think Sully is intuitive enough to know this is going to hurt her,...

Canadian actor and comedian Andre Arruda died Saturday after a lifelong bout with Morquio syndrome, a rare birth defect associated with dwarfism. He was 33.

"As an actor, stand-up comedian and writer, Andre will always be remembered as the little man who gave us some big laughs," Arruda's agent, Jana Abrams, said on her Facebook page. She confirmed his passing due to complications from the genetic disorder at St. Michaels Hospital in Toronto.

Arruda's film and TV credits included American Pie: The Naked Mile, The Russell Peters Christmas Special, Story of Luke, Warehouse 13, Kenny vs. Spenny, Hank and Mike,...

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In what is either the worst or best idea he's ever had, director Richard Kelly is plotting a return to his Donnie Darko universe...

Cult favourite Donnie Darko has held up well since its release in 2001. The time travel flick was an unexpected minor hit with moviegoers around the world, especially on home release, and launched the career of Jake Gyllenhaal into the stratosphere.

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Gyllenhaal played the titular character of the film, a teenager plagued by apocalyptic visions of a rabbit-suited man who eventually leads him to his grisly fate, accompanied by an 80s-themed soundtrack that is now virtually impossible to separate from the film's events.

An inevitable sequel followed in 2009, S. Darko, which focused on Donnie's little sister Samantha. The film was objectively a bit of a mess,...

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Ryan Phillippe has broken his leg, so Shooter season 2 will stop after 8 episodes (instead of the originally-intended 10)...

While the 2007 Mark Wahlberg-starring suspense thriller Shooter wasn’t the kind of box-office blowout hit that would conventionally yield further revisiting, USA nevertheless decided to make a go of a television series adaptation. While its would-be summer 2016 premiere was delayed, mired in the content-sensitive aftermath of the Baton Rogue police shootings, its eventual November premiere yielded good results. Consequently, a second season was ordered.

That second season has already started airing, but now it's hit problems.

Today, we're hearing that this second season will be shorter than previously expected. The original order was for ten episodes, but production is now stopping after eight because the show's star, Ryan Phillippe, has broken his leg.

The injury took place off set, and was described as a "freak" incident during...

What to do when faced with the inevitability of your own demise?

Find a loophole, of course! In The Librarians Season 3 Episode 4, Eve Baird discovered that she had a supernatural hit out on her and unsurprisingly did not sit around and wait for her impending doom.

Really, though, the moral of this story should be "Listen to Jenkins."

Seriously, though, you would think that the Librarians, knowing full well that Jenkins is a centuries-old immortal being, would pay more attention to him.

Of course, had they done that, there really wouldn't have been much of an episode, now would there?

What will happen to the swim team? After all, they did cheat on their tests, and Tyson admitted as much in front of the principal.

While they might not face direct consequences (presumably, the Librarians confiscated all the magic goggles), they will have problems if they use their inflated scores...

Here’s a fun bit of casting quietly nestled at the bottom of ABC’s press release for the next episode of Once Upon a Time: genre-tv fave Jaime Murray will be guest-starring.

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In the ninth episode of Season 6, titled “Changelings” (and looking very ominous for Rumple and Belle), the Brit beauty will be playing the Black Fairy, TVLine has confirmed. (Her first name was spelled “Jamie” in an early version of the release, conjuring a bit of confusion.)

Murray most recently played the milky-complexioned alien Stahma Tarr on Syfy’s Defiance.