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The Rookie Season 1 Episode 17 "The Shake Up" Is Shockingly Status Quo
The earthquake that happens about halfway through the episode brings about two minutes of drama, but is more of a plot device than a major event. ABC/Richard Carwright Captain Weatherby (Greg Cromer) is incompetent and cares more about efficiency than efficacy Sergeant Grey (Richard T Jones) is put in the position of announcing and enforcing the new[...]
'New York Undercover': Rapper Fat Joe Joins ABC Sequel Series Pilot
ABC's New York Undercover has tapped rapper and part-time actor Fat Joe to join the contemporary sequel-spinoff pilot Original show creator Dick Wolf, Ben Watkins (Hand of God), and director Anthony Hemingway (Underground, American Crime Story) are spearheading the project Wolf Films, Universal TV, and ABC Studios are set to produce. Netflix Written by Watkins based on a story co-created[...]
'The Conners' Gets Season 2 Renewal; Roseanne Conner to Remain Dead
Following up on reports earlier in the week that the series was close to receiving an official second-season greenlight pending final contract negotiations, ABC confirmed on Friday that Roseanne spinoff The Conners will return While the number of episodes has yet to be finalized, speculation is that the network will order 13 episodes – an[...]
ABC Orders 'Card Sharks', 'Press Your Luck' Game Show Revivals
ABC is giving the next generation of game show fans a chance to Press Your Luck and prove themselves real Card Sharks and Press Your Luck, with network ordering revivals of the two shows with Fremantle taking producing duties Production is expected to start this spring, with hosts and premiere dates still to be announced. ABC Created[...]
'New York Undercover': ABC Adds MC Lyte, Otmara Marrero, 3 More to Sequel Series Pilot
ABC's New York Undercover has tapped MC Lyte (Power), Otmara Marrero (StartUp), Toby Sandeman (She's Gotta Have It), Anna Enger (Chicago Med), and Octavio Pizano (If Loving You Is Wrong) as series regulars on the contemporary sequel series Original show creator Dick Wolf, Ben Watkins (Hand of God), and director Anthony Hemingway (Underground, American Crime Story) are spearheading the[...]
ABC Signs Mark Webber and Michael Ealy to Smulder-ing 'Stumptown' Pilot
Jason Richman's Stumptown pilot for ABC has added Mark Webber (Green Room) and Michael Ealy (Secrets and Lies) as leads opposite the already cast Cobie Smulders. Ealy joins Stumptown as Milles Hoffman, a Portland Police Department detective who is on the hunt for an escaped convict, who might be visiting Webber's character sooner than later. Webber plays[...]
The Goldbergs Season 6 Our Perfect Strangers Image 1
Welcome to Bleeding Cool's review and recap of ABC's The Goldbergs, beginning with the Kevin-Smith directed 17th episode of season 6, "Our Perfect Strangers" – which was pure Smith nostalgia. The long-running sitcom centers on a family living in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania in the 1980s: Beverly Goldberg (Wendi McLendon-Covey), the over-protective head of the family; Murray Goldberg (Jeff Garlin),[...]
'New York Undercover': Dexter's Luna Lauren Velez Returning for ABC Reboot Pilot
Another cast member from the original series' run is returning for ABC's New York Undercover contemporary reboot/restart/reimagining/re???, with Dexter's Luna Lauren Velez set to reprise her role as Nina Moreno for the pilot Original show creator Dick Wolf, Ben Watkins (Hand of God), and director Anthony Hemingway  (Underground, American Crime Story) are spearheading the project[...]
'Stumptown': Avengers Co-Star Cobie Smulders Leads ABC Graphic Novel Adapt
Looks like Avengers: Infinity War co-star Cobie Smulders is trading super-heroics for some very real world do-gooding, returning to network television in the lead role of ABC's Stumptown, a drama pilot from writer Jason Richman, Ruben Fleischer, and ABC Studios Based on the Oni Press graphic novel series from writer Greg Rucka and illustrators Matthew Southworth and[...]
'New York Undercover': Malik Yoba Returning as Det. J.C. Williams in ABC Pilot
When fans of FOX's popular mid-'90s police drama New York Undercover were hit with the news that ABC had given a formal pilot order for a contemporary reboot/restart/reimagining/re??? in late January 2019, questions arose about whether the series would be a fresh start or exist within the original show's "universe." Some of those questions were answered[...]
Season 6 First Look - Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
has been going strong at ABC for five seasons and seems to have really found its footing in recent years It, unlike several other Marvel shows, was renewed in late 2018 for a seventh season a full half year before season 6 even aired. While we still have only a vague trailer to go on we[...]
'Whiskey Cavalier' Star Lauren Cohan on 'Walking Dead' Spinoff: "May Have Been Some Conversations"
When topics weren't turning into geographical debates between show creators David Hemingson and Bill Lawrence and the French press or back-and-forths about whether some "flirtation" scenes didn't border on harassment, Whiskey Cavalier star Lauren Cohan was fielding questions about her future on the series… WHISKEY CAVALIER – ABC's "Whiskey Cavalier" stars Lauren Cohan as Frankie Trowbridge[...]
modern family
This year's Television Critics Association (TCA) winter press event is bringing both good news and bad news for fans of ABC's long-running sitcom Modern Family Good news in the sense that the popular series will be back (no surprise) for an 11th season Bad news? That upcoming 11th season will also be the last one[...]
ABC Programming Chief Teases 'LOST' Reboot, But Not Really
USAToday's TV Editor Gary Levin tweeted that ABC Network President Karey Burke commented that she "wouldn't mind seeing" a LOST reboot at ABC during the network's TCA (Television Critics Association) Winter Press Tour panel. ABC programming chief on #Lost: "That is a reboot I'd be interested in seeing." — Gary Levin (@GaryMLevin) February 5, 2019 Levin quickly followed up his tweet saying[...]