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ABC has given the go-ahead for the pilot The Real Fairy Godmother, with American Gods' Kristin Chenoweth signed to both star in and produce the project Once Upon A Time's Alan Zachary and Michael Weiner will write and co-executive produce. Cathy Yuspa and Josh Goldsmith will serve as showrunners, with Universal Television producing the pilot. In ABC's The Real Fairy Godmother,[...]

We're taking a break from the normal Weekly Static to answer some of the questions/comments you sent us through social media over the past few days.

Taking a look at the third episode of Marvel's Inhumans: Black Bolt makes a friend, Medusa robs a house, and Gorgon goes to war.

We will be live blogging the event as it goes. The fifth season of the ABC series will kick of later this season after the Marvel's Inhumans runs it's eight episodes and there has been a lot of rumors of where exactly the team is following their disappearance at the end of season four Was Agent[...]

Since the Royals are split up, this group will be overwhelming one at a time. Marvel's Inhumans airs Fridays at 8 PM on ABC. https://youtu.be/PboU-qqjRPMVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Maximus Unlocks a Dangerous Inhuman – Marvel's Inhumans Sneak Peek (https://youtu.be/PboU-qqjRPM) We have our first sneak peek at the second episode of Marvel's Inhumans… or[...]

Producers of Agents Of SHIELD Season 5 have promoted Natalia Cordova-Buckley, who played Elena Rodriguez aka YoYo to a series regular

With less than three days before New York Comic Con 2017 (NYCC 2017) descends upon The Big Apple, Marvel Television is marking its territory with a reveal of four NYCC 2017-exclusive posters for ABC's Marvel's Agents of SHIELD; Netflix's Marvel's Jessica Jones; Freeform's Cloak and Dagger; and Hulu's Runaways. Special thanks to our friends at IGN for[...]

Not exactly the most visually stunning thing you could put on television, but definitely not what they did in the series. Perhaps we'll get better examples of his ability later in the series, but for now, the knock against how they showed what he could do is definitely valid. Marvel's Inhumans airs Fridays on ABC. https://youtu.be/a0ZSJrfyDyoVideo can't be[...]

She's somebody that he can commiserate with and that he can bounce ideas off of, and they develop a partnership because they both find that they have a common goal in Hyperion Heights. Roni, fomerly Regina Mills, is just one of the many changes going on in the new season Once Upon A Time that kicks[...]

Marvel's Inhumans debuted last night to moderate ratings for ABC The series premiered to 3.8 million viewers and a 0.9 demo rating, which is down from Last Man Standing / Dr Ken / Shark Tanks 2-hour block averaged last year (5.4 mil/1.0 and 5.1 mil/1.2) But the show is up from Agents of SHIELD finale[...]

Welcome back, my friends, to the show that never ends! The Weekly Static! The Weekly Static! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Db7Ym2-lIkVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: The Eddie Capra Mysteries – Intro (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Db7Ym2-lIk) As I've mantra'd for the past six episodes, The Weekly Static is my righteously desperate-yet-endearing attempt at finding the lighter side and an interesting perspective on[...]

After weeks of on-again/off-again negotiations, legendary R&B musician Lionel Richie has finalized a deal to join the series. Richie will be joining fellow judges Katy Perry and Luke Bryan as well as returning host Ryan Seacrest. ABC finally confirmed Bryan's signing after days of speculation. "I am very excited to be joining Katy, Luke and Ryan on 'American[...]

Since then there have been rumors that the series has already been cancelled for the first episode aired and that ABC is not happy with Marvel TV Reports yesterday said that Disney forced ABC to renew Agents of SHIELD How much of all that is true remains to be seen. The show debuts this Friday on[...]

was first announced, the question on everyone's minds has been: when will ABC cancel it? Well, we finally have an answer: they'll never cancel it, because Disney won't let them. Buried at the bottom of a Variety report ABC's upcoming TV prospects, and following talk about the drama between  is the revelation that ABC executives wanted[...]

But it's worth giving the series a shot, especially if you like Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Marvel's Inhumans premieres on ABC September 29th at 8 p.m EST This new trailer doesn't show anything new, but it has good music, at least. https://youtu.be/eHq6ZA6uKOg Near the end of August, there was a lot of talk about Marvel's Inhumans because[...]

Looks like the crew of Hulu's first dramatic mission to Mars to starting to take shape, as the streaming service has signed actress Natascha McElhone (Californication) to star opposite Sean Penn in science fiction-drama series The First from Beau Willimon (House of Cards). McElhone currently stars opposite Kiefer Sutherland on ABC's drama series Designated Survivor, playing President[...]

There's a lot of action." If the Inhumans run for eight-weeks straight, then they will wrap up the Friday before Thanksgiving, meaning ABC would likely skip holiday weekend and start SHIELD either sometime in December or wait until just after the new year I can't see them firing the show up for a week or two[...]

Even after 40 years, when the the fate of the world is teetering on the brink, there's only one thing you can do — and ABC's about to do it: Get Christie Love. Power creator/showrunner Courtney Kemp and producers Vin Diesel, Debra Martin Chase and Shana C Waterman have received a green light from the network[...]

Over the years, it even became a running joke among the contestants and judges. Here's hoping that the creative forces behind ABC's American Idol reboot are purposefully trying to recreate that level of drama this time — because with only a week left until auditions are due to start, the show has confirmed country music star Luke[...]

She seems like a very high-strung, slightly ditzy young woman and she's just very petty and she's like that awful bully in high school except that she doesn't know how to win people to her side, so she's just alone, snappy, snarky, sarcastic and miserable all the time." Once Upon a Time returns on October 6th[...]

West and Alison Fernandez (as grown-up Henry and his daughter Lucy), Gabrielle Anwar (as Lady Tremaine), Dania Ramirez (Cinderella) and Mekia Cox (Tiana), while Adelaide Kane (Drizella) and Rose Reynolds Reynolds (Alice) will will be recurring. Reports say Gilmore, Morrison and de Ravin will make one-off encores in the coming season. Once Upon A Time returns Friday, October[...]

Brown, This Is Us (NBC) Best Actress, Limited Series or TV Movie: Nicole Kidman, Big Little Lies (HBO) Best Actor, Limited Series or TV Movie: Riz Ahmed, The Night Of (HBO) Television Movie: Black Mirror: San Junipero (Netflix) Supporting Actor, Drama: John Lithgow, The Crown (Netflix) Supporting Actress, Drama: Ann Dowd, The Handmaid's Tale (Hulu) Supporting Actor, Comedy: Alec Baldwin, Saturday Night[...]

EST! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alvruemD01oVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: 69th Emmy Nominations: Outstanding Drama Series (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alvruemD01o) Outstanding Drama Series Better Call Saul (AMC) The Crown (Netflix) The Handmaid's Tale (Hulu) House of Cards (Netflix) Stranger Things (Netflix) This Is Us (NBC) Westworld (HBO) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpZCVaiEtXwVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: 69th Emmy Nominations: Lead Actor in a Comedy Series (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpZCVaiEtXw) Outstanding Comedy Series Atlanta (FX) Black-ish (ABC) Master[...]

Only two concerns: the concept not being strong enough to attract/keep viewers beyond a single season; and E!'s willingness to invest both time and money in a quality show that could be a tent pole for them from a programming standpoint. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kr7n-68JWwwVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Hulk Hogan – "I Never Should Have[...]

Clark Gregg, who plays Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. Phil Coulson, will be moving behind the camera to be a director on Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 5.

The seventh season of the ABC series Once Upon a Time is going to be very different, with a lot of cast changes Six actors are gone and five new ones have joined And where there has been some speculation that the season premiere might just echo the series premiere, the show's co-creator Adam Horowitz[...]

It would be a long time before a 9-year-old me would go anywhere near any old abandoned houses after seeing this one. It (1990) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5JO8wtNnzQVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Stephen King's IT – 1990 Trailer (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5JO8wtNnzQ) Directed by Tommy Lee Wallace (Halloween III:Season of the Witch) as a four-part, eight-hour miniseries for ABC, It has[...]

Dania Ramierez replaces Jessy Schram as Cinderella and Rose Reynolds replaces Sophie Lowe as Alice in Wonderland. Once Upon a Time returns to ABC in a new time slot, 8 PM on Fridays starting October 6th The series will lead into Marvel's Inhumans and then later in the year to Marvel's Agents of SHIELD Rapunzel and[...]

Fox's 2015 attempt didn't go so well, but, believe it or not, ABC is taking another crack at reviving The Greatest American Hero But producers Rachna Fruchbom and Nahnatchka Khan have a unique twist: the show's lead will be an Indian-American woman named Meera, rather than the original series' Ralph Hinkley Fruchbom will write the[...]

Marvel's Most Wanted had a pilot shot, but was not given a series order by ABC. This morning, EW.com is reporting that Blood will be reprising his mercenary role in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 5 Lance Hunter first appeared in Season 2, when S.H.I.E.L.D[...]