Hayden Byerly, who plays Jude from ABC Family’s hit series The Fosters, recently sat down with us to open up about his time on the show so far, Judes newly found independence and where the possible budding romance his character is exploring could be heading.
The Fosters airs Mondays at 8/7c on ABC Family.
Full interview after the jump.
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Stitchers, the new ABC Family sci-fi drama about covert government operatives who allow themselves to be ‘stitched’ into the minds of the recently deceased, has begun production in Los Angeles.
Stitchers stars Emma Ishta (Manhattan Love Story) as newly recruited Kirsten who works alongside brilliant neuroscientist Cameron (Kyle Harris, The Carrie Diaries).
Salli Richardson-Whitfield’s (Eureka) Maggie heads the secret program which also includes immature bioelectrical engineer, Linus (Ritesh Rajan, Jungle Book) and Kirsten’s roommate, Camille (Allison Scgliotti, Warehouse 13), a gifted computer science grad student.
A premiere date is yet to be announced.
ABC Family has given its multi-ethnic family drama The Fosters an order for a third season, while picking up a new unscripted series, Job or No Job.
The Fosters centers on a family of biological and foster children being raised by two moms and has earned a devoted following.
Job or No Job will follow one young adult each week, as they go out into the world seeking their first jobs. Each episode will track each person through three job interviews and the tension of waiting to see if any of the interviews results in a job offer.
For more, follow the jump.
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ABC Family has greenlighted a pair of half-hour comedy pilots – Kevin From Work and Tough Cookie.
Kevin from Work centers on Kevin, a guy who professes his love for a co-worker after getting a job that will take him overseas. When the job falls through, he is stuck working with her. Kevin from Work was created by Barbie Adler (How I Met Your Mother). The pilot will be directed by McG.
Tough Cookie is a mother/daughter tale of a mother who isn’t ready to be a parent and a daughter who doesn’t want parenting. For more, follow the jump. Tough Cookie was created by Lauren Iungerich (Awkward), who will also direct the pilot.
ABC Family has picked up the scripted drama Recovery Road, based on the novel by Blake Nelson.
The series follows Maddie, a teenage girl with a reputation as a party girl. She, however, doesn’t think she has a problem until she given the choice of expulsion from school or going into rehab.
Casting details will follow when they become available. For further details, follow the jump.
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Chasing Life has quickly become one of my weekly go to shows and as usual ABC Family has yanked a program off the air with a ridiculously long two and three month breaks. The pauses aren’t as bad now thanks to their 25 Days of Christmas promotion that features holiday themed episodes of all our favorite programs.
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Recently, I discovered ABC Family’s The Fosters on Netflix and immediately fell in love with the multi-cultural family drama about an interracial lesbian couple’s struggles raising a large family of adopted kids. It has become one of my new obsessions. After a drama filled mid-season cliffhanger, the show returns this week, as part of ABC Family’s 25 Days of Christmas promotion, with its very first Christmas Episode.
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This year, ABC Family’s Melissa & Joey’s Halloween episode (Tonight, 8/7C) is doing a bit of a time warp and getting all Sabrina The Teenage Witch – right down to guest starring Beth Broderick, who played Sabrina’s Aunt Zelda on the show.
Late last week, Melissa Joan Hart, who directed the special, sat down to talk with a group of fans and bloggers about the episode.
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ABC Family’s Halloween special, Pretty Little Liars: We Love You To DeAth takes fans behind the scenes of the network’s most popular series. Janel Parrish, Andrea Parker, Bryce Johnson and Val Chermkovskiy, Janel’s partner on Dancing with the Stars, will live live tweet with fans.
Being a Halloween special, it wouldn’t be right to just chat with he current cast, so there will be a Dearly Departed segment featuring interviews with some of A’s victims – Bianca Lawson, Ryan Merriman and Bryce Johnson.
Pretty Little Liars airs Tuesday, October 21st (8/7C). Follow the jump for details.
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ABC Family has greenlit new sci-fi procedural hybrid Stitches – folloing a young woman who has been recruited into a covert government agency to be ‘stitched’ into the minds of the recently deceased to use their memories to investigate murders and mysteries that otherwise have gone to the grave with them.
The network also renewed Young & Hungry – about a feisty young woman who has been hired as personal chef to a wealthy young entrepreneur.
For further details, follow the jump.
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ABC Family’s 13 Nights of Halloween has become a tradition. Now in its 16th year, the festivities include new episodes of network his – Pretty Little Liars, Melissa & Joey and Baby Daddy – along with Fan Appreciation and ‘Freak Out’ specials, as well as classic movies like Beetlejuice, The Addams Family and Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride.
New additions to the event include Tim Burton’s Dark Shadows and Laika’s stop-action horror-comedy, Para Norman.
ABC Family’s 13 Nights of Halloween begin Sunday, October 19th and conclude on Friday, October 31st.