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CBS has announced the highly anticipated spinoff of The Good Wife, Elsbeth, has been given a series order. The series will center around fan-favorite character Elsbeth Tascioni, played by Carrie Preston. Joining Preston in the series regular cast are Wendell Pierce, who will play Captain Wagner, and Carra Patterson, who will take on the role […]
CBS has announced the series order of several new shows for their 2024-2025 season, including a Matlock reboot featuring Kathy Bates, Skye P Marshall, and more. The new version of Matlock stars Kathy Bates as Madeline “Matty” Matlock, a brilliant septuagenarian who achieved success in her younger years. She decides to rejoin the workforce at […]
While CBS has given the green light to three out of four of their pilots, it passed on the comedy pilot Jumpstart starring Terry Crews, Ryan Michelle Bathe, and Glynn Turman. (originally read on Deadline.) Previous post: Glynn Turman is set to recur on CBS’ multi-camera comedy pilot Jumpstart. The series which previously cast Ryan […]
Amazon Prime Video has announced the premiere date of their highly anticipated coming-of-age comedy, I’m A Virgo. The series, created, written, and executive produced by filmmaker Boots Riley, stars Emmy-winning actor Jharrel Jerome in the lead role of Cootie. READ: Wendell Pierce, Erika Woods Join Starz’s Power Book III: Raising Kanan Season 3 The show […]
CBS has announced the pickup of three new series for the upcoming 2023/24 season, including a Wayans family comedy, Poppa’s House,’ Matlock reboot, and a Good Wife spinoff, Elsbeth. READ: 30th Anniversary: 15 Menace II Society Facts You Didn’t Know The Wayans family comedy, previously untitled, now titled Poppa’s House, and stars Damon Wayans and […]
CBS has renewed its popular drama series “S.W.A.T.” for a seventh and final season, reversing a decision made just last week to cancel the show after six seasons. The announcement came just days after the network revealed that the upcoming episode on May 19th would be the series finale. If they stuck to their original […]
Jurnee Smollett is among four cast in the highly-anticipated crime thriller, The Order. Alison Oliver, Marc Maron, and Odessa Young are also set to star in the film, which will be directed by Justin Kurzel for AGC Studios. The new cast members will join previously announced stars Jude Law, Nicholas Hoult, and Tye Sheridan in […]
Antonia Gentry, known for her role in “Ginny & Georgia,” has joined the cast of the upcoming romantic film “The Upside of Falling Down,” set to be launched for global pre-sales by Embankment at the Cannes film market. The movie, directed by Oran Zegman, also stars Calam Lynch of “Bridgerton” and “Lord of the Rings: […]
FX announced that “The Bear” will be returning for a second season on Hulu on June 22. The Chicago-based restaurant dramedy, starring Jeremy Allen White as Carmen “Carmy” Berzatto, follows a young chef who takes over his family’s Italian beef shop in Chicago after his brother’s suicide. The series also features Ayo Edebiri, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, […]
50 Cent, Shaquille O’Neal, and Kenya Barris have teamed up with Group Black in the bid to buy BET. Also apart of this is group of investors is the private-equity firm CVC Capital Partners and Authentic Brands Group, which develops and licenses its brands to retail operators, the people said. As we previously mentioned: A […]