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It feels like it wasn't that long ago that we told you Showtime had renewed Ray Donovan for a fifth season And here we are a little over a year later, and the show is coming up on its fifth season finale — and we get to tell you that the show is coming back[...]

Penny Dreadful continues its apocalyptic plot with Lucifer having taken over the body of Vanessa Ives. Does the increased scale make for a good read?

CBS TV Studios' legal thriller drama series Your Honor might not be setting up shop at The Eye Network, but it's still staying within the family: Showtime has made a series commitment to the Scripted World-produced project, which is based on the Israeli series Kvodo (Your Honor). Written by award-wining British TV writer/playwright Peter Moffat (Criminal[...]

Showtime is importing the BBC comedy-thriller Ill Behaviour stateside, premiering the six-part series as early as next month Chris Geere (You're the Worst), Lizzy Caplan (Masters of Sex) and Tom Riley (DaVinci's Demons) star, with Sam Bain (Peep Show) writing and Steve Bendelack (Friday Night Dinner) directing the series. Ill Behaviour introduces us to Joel (Geere),[...]

to the U.K., Channel 4 will be remaking Showtime's Emmy-nominated series Web Therapy into the upcoming dark comedy Hang Ups The six-episode series stars Stephen Mangan (Episodes) as Richard Pitt, a therapist at a personal and professional crossroads who begins treating patients via webcam. David Tennant (Broadchurch, Doctor Who), Charles Dance (Game of Thrones) and Jessica Hynes[...]

Showtime has acquired the rights to The President is Missing, a soon-to-be published novel by prolific author James Patterson and his new writing partner President Bill Clinton The project is being eyed as a television series. Deadline reports that the former president, along with Patterson, flew out to Los Angeles and did 16 pitch meetings with[...]

David Lynch sat with Pitchfork to discuss the late David Bowie's involvement with Twin Peaks's return and why Phillip Jeffries isn't a "tea kettle."

Let us know who should walk away with a golden statuette tonight by voting in our handy-dandy, totally not legally binding Bleeding Cool 2017 Emmys Poll!

Hulk Hogan calls some hurricane victims "crybabies", Star Trek: Discovery is an allegory for Trump's America, and more from the past week in TV!

After more than 20 years since his first regular series, Jim Carrey (The Truman Show, Man on the Moon) is making his return to series television. The actor/comedian is set to lead the cast of Kidding, a new half-hour comedy series from Showtime. Created by Dave Holstein (Weeds, Raising Hope) and set to be directed by Carrey's Eternal[...]

Welcome to Bleeding Cool's final recap of Twin Peaks Season 3, as we examine the two-part season/series finale and also begin to take a look at the series overall — from the perspective of a David Lynch fan and from the perspective of a Twin Peaks fan. After watching the entire run of Season 3, I've learned[...]

Tim Curry as the original Batman: The Animated Series Joker, live-action Nightwing's butt assessment, and more from this week in TV!

Looks like it's more like second time's the charm for Showtime, with the cable network resurrecting half-hour Wall Street comedy Ball Street Don Cheadle (House of Lies) is returning to the network with Andrew Rannells (The Intern) for the series, which has been formally moved to pilot David Caspe (Happy Endings), writer Jordan Cahan (My[...]

Welcome to Playing With Fire: Twin Peaks S03E17 – The past dictates the future./S03E18 – What is your name?, Bleeding Cool's liveblog play-by-play of Sunday night's season/series finale on Showtime. I'm going to be sharing with you a bunch of my thoughts, opinions and random off-topic comments that end-up bouncing around in my head, so make[...]

We've got two hours left for what appears to be a major showdown brewing in and around Sheriff Truman's station in Twin Peaks. And while we may have finally gotten our FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper (Kyle MacLachlan) back in this episode, it wasn't without  loss and some horrifically tragic truths thrown at us along the[...]

So welcome back to another edition of Before They Were 'Gods', where we pull back the curtain on some of the past projects of the cast and crew connected...

Welcome to Bleeding Cool's recap of Twin Peaks Season 3, Episode 15: 'There's some fear in letting go.', where some of our theories came closer to being confirmed, our players are getting closer to convening on Twin Peaks…and we said a final, loving goodbye to the mystical heart of the Twin Peaks universe. You'll find a[...]

Welcome to Playing With Fire: Twin Peaks S03E15 – There's some fear in letting go., Bleeding Cool's liveblog play-by-play of Sunday night's episode on Showtime I'm going to be sharing with you a bunch of my thoughts, opinions and random off-topic comments that end-up bouncing around in my head, so make sure to let me[...]

Which is good, considering we only have four episodes left…so we can expect things to start picking up steam from here. You'll find a quick video recap of my thoughts and takeaways from the episode below, and you can catch up on my live-blog thoughts by clicking here. Here's a quick visual recap from Showtime: https://youtu.be/ppFpVz56QOkVideo can't be[...]

Showtime continues to add names to their new comedy series SMILF, signing Connie Britton (Nashville, Friday Night Lights) to a prime recurring role in the series adaptation of Frankie Shaw's semi-autobiographical short film from 2015 But Britton isn't alone: Raven Goodwin (Being Mary Jane, Snatched) and Mark Webber (The Laramie Project, Scott Pilgrim vs the[...]

Welcome to Playing With Fire: Twin Peaks S03E14 – We are like the dreamer., Bleeding Cool's liveblog play-by-play of Sunday night's episode on Showtime I'm going to be sharing with you my thoughts, opinions and random off-topic comments that come my way, so make sure to let me know what you think! ● This page should[...]

Similar to what I did last week, there's a video of my overall takeaway and "spare parts" from the episode below, and you can catch-up on my live-blog thoughts by clicking here. Here's a quick visual recap from Showtime: https://youtu.be/3H8–Lk0LNcVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Twin Peaks | A Look at Part 13 | SHOWTIME[...]

Guess we can always hope for Twin Peaks: The Re-Return in 2044…right? In a statement that's sure to both raise the ire and crush the hopes of Twin Peaks fans everywhere, Showtime CEO David Nevins made it known that the cable giant currently has no plans to revisit the David Lynch/Mark Frost mystery-thriller for a fourth[...]

Welcome to Playing With Fire: Twin Peaks S03E13 – What story is that, Charlie?, Bleeding Cool's liveblog play-by-play of Sunday night's episode on Showtime I'm going to be sharing with you my thoughts, opinions and random off-topic comments that come my way, so make sure to let me know what you think! ● This page should[...]

I would recommend my friends at Wikipedia and Showtime to get you up to speed, because attempting to recap the previous episodes would read like a serial killer's manifesto without proper context I'm applying the J.J Abrams/Damon Lindelof/Lost approach: at some point, you need to move forward and cater to the faithful who've been along[...]

Welcome to Playing With Fire: Twin Peaks S03E12 – Let's Rock, Bleeding Cool's liveblog play-by-play of Sunday night's episode on Showtime I'm going to be sharing with you my thoughts, opinions and random off-topic comments that come my way, so make sure to let me know what you think! ●  This page should update…but refresh just[...]

Stephen Colbert is bringing Donald Trump to Showtime this fall — whether Trump likes it or not. The premium cable network announced a 10-episode order for a still-untitled animated half-hour comedy series focusing on Trump and life inside the White House. Colbert will serve as executive producer, and the series is set to premiere this fall, with[...]

City on a Hill, an '90s crime drama from executive producers Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, has received a pilot order from Showtime The pilot will be directed and executive produced by Gavin O'Connor (The Accountant) and is written by Chuck MacLean (Boston Strangler) based on an idea from Affleck and MacLean. According to Deadline: "City On[...]

I would recommend my friends at Wikipedia and Showtime to get you up to speed, because attempting to recap the previous episodes would read like a serial killer's manifesto without proper context I'm applying the J.J Abrams/Damon Lindelof/Lost approach: at some point, you need to move forward and cater to the faithful who've been along[...]

And I was soooooooo right, by the way. So with that said, here' a quick look at 'Laura is the one': https://youtu.be/xBktL4xWoGAVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Twin Peaks | A Look at Part 10 | SHOWTIME Series (2017) (https://youtu.be/xBktL4xWoGA) Overall Takeaway: The original series sent a creative shockwave across the television medium and would go[...]