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Head of the Class: HBO Max Rounds Cast for Reboot Pilot
Warner Bros Television produced the original 1986 ABC series, which ran for 116 episodes across five seasons Originally created by Michael Elias and Rich Eustis, Head of the Class starred Howard Hesseman (WKRP in Cincinnati) as Charlie Moore, a teacher trying to guide a high school class of overachieving students to experience life The new[...]
the rookie
Welcome back to our weekly preview of ABC's third season of The Rookie– and if things haven't been volatile enough in his professional life? Sunday night's "La Fiera" finds Nolan (Nathan Fillion) dealing with an unexpected visitor in the form of his mother, played by Watchmen star Frances Fisher Meanwhile, Lopez (Alyssa Diaz) has personal matters[...]
UFC Fight Island 7 Historically Airs On ABC This Afternoon
Not only is the card taking place in an arena with fans for the first time in over 9 months, but the card itself will appear on ABC This is the first combat sports card to air on the broadcast network since 2000 and looks to continue the rich history of combat sports on the[...]
The Dystopian World of Orwell's '1984' Is Headed For A TV Adaptation
Source: YouTube Wiip, an independent studio headed by a former ABC executive, Paul Lee, has gathered the rights to the Broadway adaptation in order to bring it to the small screen The play originated back in 2013 at the Nottingham Playhouse before heading to the West End of NYC where it would have Wilde in the[...]
The Rookie Season 3 In Justice Preview: Brandon Routh Joins the Force
With Nolan (Nathan Fillion) having suffered the "Consequences" of his season-ending action in last week's third season premiere of ABC and Alex Hawley's The Rookie, the attention turns to the Mid-Wilshire station attempting some serious community service to gain back the trust of the people Unfortunately, Brandon Routh's Doug Stanton might end up making that a[...]
American Horror Story, The Orville, Mayans MC & More Delay Prod Return
Disney Television Studios' ABC Signature and 20th Television divisions are joining CBS Studios, Waner Bros TV, Universal TV, and others in pushing back the post-holiday production return dates on a number of series, including American Horror Story, The Orville, Mayans MC, and more The move comes after the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health[...]
the rookie
With Alexi Hawley and ABC's The Rookie set to hit the streets for its third season this Sunday night, it does so with some major changes happening on both sides of the camera In the wake of the protests stemming from the 2020 protests over the killing of George Floyd, Hawley has promised that the[...]
Joe And Jill Biden Will Appear On ABC's New Years Eve Celebrations (Image: ABC)
The ringing in of the new year will definitely be different this year compared to the past, but luckily ABC will continue their longtime tradition The network will be airing a COVID-safe alternative to their annual Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve With Ryan Seacrest this new years eve into new years day With this[...]
L.A. Law Sequel in Works with Blair Underwood Returning for ABC (Image: NBCU)
Law Sequel in Works with Blair Underwood Returning for ABC (Image: NBCU) L.A Law Had a Memorable Run on NBC The sequel series updates the law firm of McKenzie-Brackman reinvents itself as a litigation firm specializing in only the most high-profile, boundary-pushing, and incendiary cases Underwood reprises his role as Rollins, who has gone from idealistic to[...]
big sky
Heading into the midseason finale of ABC and David E Kelley's mystery thriller, the world is starting to get smaller and smaller for Rick (John Carroll Lynch) As Cassie (Kylie Bunbury) and Jenny (Katheryn Winnick) close in on connecting him to the missing girls, the tension between Rick and Ronald (Brian Geraghty) continues to grow[...]
the stand
We've pulled out some of the highlights that caught our eye- but to find out what King also thought about The Tommyknockers, The Langoliers, Storm of the Century, Rose Red, and more, you can check out the full article here). Stephen King offers his thoughts on past television adaptations (Image: screencap) ABC's "It" (1990): King credits Tim[...]
big sky
Before we head into a preview for this week's episode of ABC and David E Kelley's mystery thriller, some great news for Big Sky fans After only airing three episodes so far this season, the network has ordered six additional of the Katheryn Winnick, Kylie Bunbury, and John Carroll Lynch-starring series- bringing the season's total[...]
Diego Luna is set to star in the upcoming Rogue One prequel series, courtesy of Disney.
Since that time, things have been pretty quiet- and then Diego Luna (Narcos) checked in with Jimmy Kimmel on Kimmel's late-night ABC talk show Want to guess where he was at the time? London Want to know why he was there? That's right, work is underway on the "Star Wars" universe series In the clip below,[...]
the rookie
DC's Legends of Tomorrow star Brandon Routh is moving on from his five seasons on the long-running CW to the set of the third season of ABC's The Rookie Created by Alexi Hawley and starring Nathan Fillion, the police drama is set to introduce Routh's Doug Stanton in the fourth episode and is contracted for[...]
BIG SKY - ÒThe Big RickÓ Ð Still on the search for the missing girls, Cassie grows more suspicious of Legarski after a threatening conversation between the two. Meanwhile, Grace manages to make headway on the girlsÕ quest for freedom. Merilee pleads with Legarski to open up emotionally before itÕs too late, and Helen finally confronts Ronald about his increasingly strange behavior on an all-new episode of ÒBig Sky,Ó TUESDAY, DEC. 1 (10:01-11:01 p.m. EST), on ABC. (ABC/Darko Sikman) JOHN CARROLL LYNCH
Heading into the third episode of ABC and David E Kelley's mystery thriller Big Sky, Rick (John Carroll Lynch) is finding out very quickly that taking Cody (Ryan Phillippe) off the playing field permanently may have been a great quick-fix at the moment, but it also created complications he never predicted Let's just say that his[...]
BIG SKY - ÒThe Big RickÓ Ð Still on the search for the missing girls, Cassie grows more suspicious of Legarski after a threatening conversation between the two. Meanwhile, Grace manages to make headway on the girlsÕ quest for freedom. Merilee pleads with Legarski to open up emotionally before itÕs too late, and Helen finally confronts Ronald about his increasingly strange behavior on an all-new episode of ÒBig Sky,Ó TUESDAY, DEC. 1 (10:01-11:01 p.m. EST), on ABC. (ABC/Darko Sikman) JOHN CARROLL LYNCH
By the time the second episode of ABC and David E Kelley's new mystery thriller Big Sky wrapped, a couple of things were very clear First, Rick (John Carroll Lynch) definitely did not think through what the fallout would be from taking Cody (Ryan Phillippe) off the playing field permanently The other thing we realized is[...]
big sky
If you haven't checked out the season opener to ABC and David E Kelley's new mystery thriller Big Sky, we'll avoid having to throw on the "MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD!' sign by keeping things vague Let's just say that Ryan Phillippe's Cody Hoyt, Katheryn Winnick's Jenny Hoyt, and Kylie Bunbury's Cassie Dewell began looking into a series[...]
Big Sky: The Problems with Bad Pandemic Writing Are All Too Clear Here
Kelley, debuted on ABC this past Tuesday The episode was a mess, full of random character introductions, unclear motivations, and some of the "tropiest" writing you will find on network television Every scene seemed like it was written by committee, and for a first episode, really did not give us any characters to root for[...]
Big Sky
When the case of two missing young women pulls in Katheryn Winnick's Jenny Hoyt, Kylie Bunbury's Cassie Dewell, or Ryan Phillippe's Cody Hoyt to investigate, the doors to something larger, darker, and even more sinister begin to open when ABC and David E Kelley's (Big Little Lies) drama-thriller Big Sky premieres in only a matter of hours[...]
big sky
With ABC and David E Kelley's (Big Little Lies) drama-thriller Big Sky set to slowly begin revealing its mysteries starting this Tuesday, November 17, viewers are getting a look at what lies ahead with a set of preview images Here and near the end of the article) from the series-opener as well as a look at the[...]
This Week in Unnecessary Censorship
So as the dust begins to settle on the 2020 POTUS election and await Joe Biden and Kamala Harris to officially have the "elect" removed from their titles (and hope for an image or two of Donald Trump packing a U-Haul and Mike Pence being packaged up and carted away like at the end of[...]
THE ROOKIE - "Fallout" - An emergency alert of an impending missile attack sends Los Angeles into chaos and uncertainty, while the officers each try to keep the peace and deal with their own disasters on an original episode of "The Rookie," airing SUNDAY, NOV. 3 (10:00-11:00 p.m. EST), on ABC. (ABC/Mitch Haaseth) NATHAN FILLION
While ABC's The Rookie might be the latest television series to be hit by several positive COVID-19 tests, show producer Entertainment One is continuing on with production on the third season after a "deep cleaning" of the set and filming locations On October 21, it was confirmed that four crew members had tested positive with[...]
BIG SKY - Key Art. (ABC)
With less than a month to go until ABC and David E Kelley's (Big Little Lies) drama-thriller Big Sky reveals its mysteries (Tuesday, November 17, to be precise), viewers have already been chewing through the official trailer that was released earlier this month (over 3 million of you just through the network's official clip). Based on the[...]
FIRST LOOK: Rick and Morty Season 5 | adult swim
Sponsored by Citi and Verizon, the three-day virtual fest will feature conversations with the cast and creative teams from All American (The CW), The Boys (Amazon Prime Video), Eli Roth's History of Horror (AMC), Full Frontal with Samantha Bee (TBS), the 20th Anniversary of Girlfriends (Netflix), A Million Little Things (ABC), Rick and Morty (Adult[...]
snl
It's fitting to go with an NBC series to offer a little background since it's now the network that wants us ignoring that oozing, rotting tree over there and enjoy that juicy apple! In this case, it was the matter of how Saturday Night Live would tackle the controversy surrounding NBC's decision to book a[...]
Saturday Night Live Season 46 spoofed the POTUS debate (Image: NBCU)
ABC stepped in to hold a town hall for the person who actually played by the rules both sides agreed upon from the start Well, apparently NBC didn't feel like they should be left out on what could one of the last remaining money grabs for broadcast television before it shuffles off the technological coil[...]