The world’s favorite incurable optimist is back in the third season of Netflix’s Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. This season, Ellie Kemper, Tituss Burgess, Jane Krakowski and Carol Kane will be joined by a wealth of cool guest stars including: Laura Dern, Daveed Diggs, Rachel Dratch, Ray Liotta, Andrea Martin and Maya Rudolph, with returning guest stars Fred […]
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The Real Reason Saturday Night Live is going, um, Live!
As the end of the 42nd season of Saturday Night Live comes to an end, the show has seen a noticeable boost in its profile thanks in part to the quirks of the Trump administration. Guest stars like Melissa McCarthy and Alec Baldwin have made regular appearances throughout the season that have helped propel viewership […]
Slayer Turns Defense Attorney for Bull!
Eliza Dushku – best known for playing the Slayer Faith on Buffy the Vampire Slayer – is joining the cast of CBS freshman hit Bull (Tuesdays, 9/8C). Dushku plays J.P. Nunnelly – the head of the best criminal defense firm in New York City. Her first appearance will be in the show’s May 9th episode.
Blessed Are The Meek Trailer: The Handmaid’s Tale!
Hulu’s adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s dystopic bestseller, The Handmaid’s Tale tells the story of Offred, one of the Handmaids chosen/forced to bear the children of the leaders of Gilead – a totalitarian society formed after America collapsed during a time of natural disasters and plunging birthrates. A new trailer gives us a glimpse of the […]
VIZ Media Completes The Sweep: Acquires Rights To Boruto Anime Series!
Hard on the heels of their release announcement for the Boruto Blu-ray Combo Pack and manga, VIZ Media has acquired the North and Latin American rights to the anime series Boruto: Naruto Next Generations for digital, broadcast, home media and merchandising. In the U.S., Viz Media will bring the series about Naruto’s rebellious son to HULu, […]
CBS Hands Early Renewal To 18 Shows!
CBS has given early renewal to eighteen shows (including the previously announced renewals for The Big Bang Theory and NCIS). The pickups include the #1 scripted program/comedy (BBT); the #1 drama (NCIS); the #1 new comedy (Kevin Can Wait), and the #1 newsmagazine (60 Minutes). Including Kevin Can Wait, the network has renewed five freshman […]
FOX Summer 2017: All Reality All The Time!
FOX has announced its 2017 Summer Schedule and it’s a prodigious amount of reality/unscripted TV. Love Connection with Andy Cohen kicks things on May 25 – followed by live series The F Word with Gordon Ramsey (surprise!) on Wednesday, May 31st. The John Cena hosted American Grit premiere season two on Sunday, June 11th – […]
Augmented Reality Lets Archer Fans Solve Cases Like P.I. Sterling Archer!
Archer: Dreamland, the eighth season of the Emmy®-Award winning animated comedy series, lets fans solve cases alongside Detective Sterling Archer with the newly launched “Archer, P.I.” app. The multiplatform augmented reality app encourages fans to interact with Archer: Dreamland on screen and with real world objects to win prizes and solve cases. Archer: Dreamland premieres […]
Luke James Cast as Sean ‘Puffy’ Combs In USA Network’s Unsolved Pilot!
USA Network’s pilot Unsolved: The Murders of Biggie and Tupac has cast Luke James (above) as Sean ‘Puffy’ Combs. The roles of Biggie Smalls’ mother Voletta Wallace, and wife of Death Row Records CEO Suge Knight, Sharitha Golden have also been cast – Aisha Hinds will play Voletta Wallace and LeToya Luckett will play Sharitha golden. […]
Sulu Becomes a Difficult Person!
John Cho – best known for playing Hikaru Sulu in the rebooted Star Trek movies – has joined the cast of Difficult People for the show’s third season. Cho will play Todd – and advertising executive who’s as much of a dick as Billy (Billy Eichner) and Julie (Julie Klausner). The 10-episode third season of […]
44th Daytime Emmy Nominations Announced!
The nominations for the 2017 Daytime Emmys have been announced (I did not realize that there were still four daytime soaps in production!). Some pleasant surprises: Amazon’s Annedroids was nominated in the Outstanding Children’s or Family Viewing Series category; Netflix’s Trollhunters was nominated in the Outstanding Special Class Animated Program category, and Womder Women was nominated […]