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Before landing her biggest break on Fox/NBC's Brooklyn Nine-Nine as Det/Sgt Amy Santiago in 2013, she had memorable appearances on prime-time TV, including The CW's Gossip Girl, USA's Royal Pains, and CBS's The Mentalist and CSI: NY. Since the Dan Goor and Michael Schur-created sitcom ended in 2021, Fumero's done several other projects and voiceovers including Netflix's Blockbuster, Hulu's Animaniacs,[...]

Her latest is the Peacock murder-mystery dark comedy Based on a True Story. The series follows a realtor, Ava Bartlett (Kaley Cuoco), former tennis star-turned-coach and spouse Nathan Bartlett (Chris Messina), and a plumber, Matt Pierce (Tom Bateman), who seize a unique opportunity to capitalize on America's obsession with true crime Liberato plays Tory Thompson, Ava's[...]

One of the advantages of doing an ensemble project such as Peacock's Based on a True Story is you have such a giant sandbox of characters who can be friends, family, or strangers united by a mutual situation. The series follows a realtor, Ava Bartlett (Kaley Cuoco), former tennis star-turned-coach and spouse Nathan Bartlett (Chris Messina),[...]

Who says that all of the murder and mayhem of the Halloween season has to end on October 31st? With a little less than a month to go until all eight episodes of showrunner/writer Annie Weisman's Kaley Cuoco and Chris Messina-starring Based on a True Story Season 2 hit Peacock screens, we're getting a good look at[...]

  Even as we stare down the final days of summer, Peacock is making sure that we get our fill of some end-of-the-year mayhem with the second season of showrunner/writer Annie Weisman's Kaley Cuoco and Chris Messina-starring Based on a True Story returning with all eight episodes on November 21st – Melissa Fumero (Brooklyn Nine-Nine) joining the cast. Season[...]

Based on a True Story is the worst new show to hit streaming It's the biggest creative misfire anyone could possibly make It claims to be a comedy but is totally unfunny because it fails to make its take on a dark subject matter funny or interesting Everything that Only Murders in the Building succeeds[...]

Based on A True Story is about a realtor, a former tennis star, and a plumber who seize a unique opportunity to capitalize on America's obsession with true crime The series comes from Emmy Nominated Producer of The Boys and Executive Producer of Ozark, Craig Rosenberg, and stars Emmy Award nominee Kaley Cuoco and Chris Messina as a[...]

Kaley Cuoco (The Flight Attendant) will be keeping her feet grounded for her next project, with the two-time Emmy Award nominee set to lead Peacock's highly-anticipated dark comedic thriller Based on a True Story from Emmy Award-nominated Craig Rosenberg (The Boys, LOST, Preacher) Inspired by a bizarre true event, Based on a True Story is[...]

The first trailer for 'Stronger', starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Tatiana Maslany, is out. It follows the account of a survivor of the Boston Marathon Bombing.

This is even more true when it comes to movies that are 'based on a true story' because, much like a prequel, you have to work twice as hard to keep the audience engaged so they forget that they know how it ends Then there is the issue of the director being the wrong fit[...]

Loving tells the grounded tale of how interracial marriage bans were ruled unconstitutional and feels frightening relevant in the current landscape.