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The CW has cast Perry Mattfeld from Shameless to play a blind woman trying to solve a friend's murder in the new pilot 'In the Dark'.

The Weekly Static is our look at the past week in the land of the networks, cable, streaming, smoke signals, cloud formations, and shadow puppets from an interesting and entertaining perspective. THIS WEEK: Weird Al, Ronda Rousey, M. Night Shyamalan, John Oliver and networks behaving badly.

Rupert Evans (The Man in the High Castle) looks to be taking on a very important role in the CW’s Charmed reboot pilot from Jane the Virgin creator/showrunner Jennie Snyder Urman.

Originally published by DC Comics/Vertigo, the CW’s adaptation of Chris Roberson and Michael Allred’s comic book series iZombie debuted it’s third season on April 4th, 2017. As big a fan as I am of the series, I have to admit that Season 3 left me confused, a little disappointed and needing more episodes.

Bleeding Cool's Ray Flook recaps iZombie season 2 for you and makes a case for why this season is the best of the series so far.

Originally published by DC Comics' Vertigo imprint in 2010, CW's adaptation of Chris Roberson and Michael Allred's iZombie premiered on March 17th, 2015; and when I first watched it, I thought it reminded me of a cross between Monk and Law and Order, with an adorable easy-on-the-eyes goth lead thrown into the mix.

Sarah Jeffery (Shades of Blue) will be conjuring up the role of Madison, youngest of three magical sisters in the CW’s Charmed reboot pilot from Jane the Virgin creator/showrunner Jennie Snyder Urman.

The Weekly Static is our righteously desperate-yet-endearing look at the past week in the land of the networks, cable, streaming, smoke signals, cloud formations, and shadow puppets from an interesting, unique and entertaining perspective. At least that’s how it reads on paper… let’s see how this goes.

A small group of incredibly lucky Supernatural fans who are going to be around the Los Angeles area on March 20 will be in for a very cool treat. This year's PaleyFest television festival will premiere the show's Scooby-Doo crossover: “Scoobynatural.”

The Quad director/executive producer Rob Hardy is set to direct the CW's still-untitled drama pilot inspired by the life of football player Spencer Paysinger. April Blair (Spencer) will write and executive produce the project.

Melonie Diaz has been tapped for the CW’s recently confirmed Charmed reboot pilot from Jane the Virgin creator/showrunner Jennie Snyder Urman. As one of three magical sisters, Mel is described as a  passionate, outspoken activist who loses her way in the wake of family tragedy.

Actor Cole Sprouse will be one of the cast members not singing when Riverdale does their musical episode later this year... by his own choice.

Grey's Anatomy's Jeanine Mason is set to trade EKG's for UFO's, tapped to lead the CW's immigration-theme-with-a-twist sci-fi reboot pilot Roswell. Mason will taking on the role of Liz Ortecho, a biomedical researcher and daughter of undocumented immigrants who must deal with secrets new and old.

Comedy Central renews Tosh.0, The CW expands their Sunday programming, first look at the new Karate Kid series Cobra Kai, and more from the past week in TV!

The Vampire Diaries' boss, Julie Plec, has been tapped to direct and executive produce the CW's reboot of Roswell based on the novel by Melinda Metz.

Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle‘s Ser’Darius Blain is trading the magical mayhem of the jungle for a college town with its own "witchy" secrets. Blain will serve as co-lead in the CW’s recently confirmed Charmed reboot pilot from Jane the Virgin creator/showrunner Jennie Snyder Urman.

The CW network has announced plans to expand their programming to Sunday nights, increasing their output to 12 hours a week.

Rachel Bloom and the cast of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend are heading out on a eight-city musical tour where they will do live performances of the series' original songs.

Justin Timberlake's comparably tame Super Bowl halftime show, Chrysler's questionable decision to use MLK in an ad, what the Game of Thrones creators' new Star Wars project could mean for HBO's Confederate, and more from the realm of TV this week!

We're turning over this edition of The Weekly Static: Extras! to our good friend Margo Staten, who found herself binge-crushing the first three seasons of The CW's iZombie; and she really wants to tell you about why you should be watching it, too!

The Weekly Static is our righteously desperate-yet-endearing look at the past week in the land of the networks, cable, streaming, smoke signals, cloud formations, and shadow puppets from an interesting, unique and entertaining perspective. At least that’s how it reads on paper, so let’s see how this goes…

Though the network had formally expressed interest in the project in October 2017, the CW has officially given a pilot order for a reboot of popular sci-fi series Roswell.

So that didn't last long. Less than 24 hours after the CW announced it was ordering a pilot for a high-profile reboot of the long-running WB series Charmed, the original series' own Piper Halliwell - Holly Marie Combs - took to Twitter to conjure up some ill will towards the project.

ABC orders Get Christie Love pilot, Oprah debunks rumors of a 2020 presidential bid, Vince McMahon has some inflammatory comments regarding the new XFL, and more from the past week of TV!

The CW has conjured up the first two pilots for its 2018-2019 pilot season slate, announcing on Thursday that an order has gone out for a high-profile reboot of the long-running WB series Charmed; and the hour-long crime-drama-with-a-twist Dead Inside.

An encore presentation of Black Lightning beat the ratings numbers for new episodes of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend that normally airs in the same time slot.

Welcome back! It's The Weekly Static, so that’s what you call us. That or - uh - "His Weekness", or - uh - "Weeker," or "El Weekerino," if you’re not into the whole brevity thing.

An upcoming episode of the CW series Riverdale season 2 shares a title with a famous Edgar Allan Poe short story and taps the Vampire Diaries boss to direct.

The Weekly Static is our righteously desperate-yet-endearing look at the past week in the land of the networks, cable, streaming, smoke signals, cloud formations, and shadow puppets from what an interesting, unique and entertaining perspective. At least that's how it reads on paper - let's see how it goes...

The CW has released premiere dates for returning series iZombie, the Originals, and the 100 plus new comedy Life Sentence