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First of all, congrats to all the Grammy Award winners, including Adele, Cage the Elephant, Pentatonix (with Dolly Parton) and The Chainsmokers [among others]. (E!)

RENEWALS

ABC has given Grey’s Anatomy, Scandal and How to Get Away with Murder all new season orders. (Variety)

Netflix has given a second season order to their supernatural drama The OA eight weeks after the first season debuted. The streaming service has also given a second season to the Canadian time-travel series Travelers that stars former Will & Grace star Eric McCormack. (Variety)

Syfy has given the horror anthology Channel Zero a third and fourth season renewal. (The Futon Critic)

CASTING NEWS

Actress Jennifer Finnigan (Tyrant) will star in the CBS summer drama Salvation that centers on an MIT grad student and a tech superstar (a role that has yet to be cast) who bring a low-level Pentagon official a staggering discovery — that an asteroid is just six months away from colliding with Earth. Finnigan will star as Grace Darrow, the Pentagon press secretary and a single mom who deftly navigates the complicated waters of both jobs. (The Hollywood Reporter)

Actor Michael C. Hall (Dexter) and actress Jodi Balfour (Quarry) have been cast as President John F. Kennedy and Jackie Kennedy in the second season of the Netflix series The Crown. (The Hollywood Reporter)

Actress Marlee Matlin (Switched at Birth) will guest star in an upcoming episode of The Magicians. (Entertainment Weekly and TV Line)

STREAMING SERIES CASTING NEWS

Casting for Hulu’s upcoming Marvel’s Runaways adaptation has been announced and among the actors/actresses who have joined the cast include: Kevin Weisman (Alias), Brigid Brannah (Army Wives), Anne Wershing (24 and Timeless), Kip Pardue (Remember the Titans) and James Marsters (Buffy the Vampire Slayer). (The Futon Critic)

TV TRAILERS

Underground Season 2:

The White Princess (Starz):

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Here are the news items for this past week:

RENEWALS

Amazon has renewed Mozart in the Jungle for a 4th season. (Variety)

DEPATURES

Actor Peter Capaldi is ending his run as Doctor Who. He will leave after the annual Christmas special that will air at the end of this year. (Variety)

TV CASTING NEWS

Actress Teri Hatcher (Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman) will have a multi-episode arc on Supergirl, playing a mystery role, who will become the new Big Bad of Season 2. And actor Kevin Sorbo (Hercules: The Legendary Journeys) will have a recurring role on the show, also playing a mysterious new villain. (Variety and The Hollywood Reporter)

Actress Amanda Leighton (The Fosters) will play a younger Sophie (played by Alexandra Breckenridge as an adult), the future ex-wife of Kevin (Justin Hartley as an adult). (The Hollywood Reporter and The Futon Critic)

The MTV fantasy series The Shannara Chronicles has added new members to the cast for its upcoming 2nd season, including Vanessa Morgan (Finding Carter) and Malese Jow (The Flash) [among others]. They will join returning stars Austin Butler (Wil), Ivana Baquero (Eretria), Manu Bennett (Allanon), Aaron Jakubenko (Ander) and Marcus Vanco (Bandon). The second season picks up a year later with The Four Lands in chaos. The re-emergence of magic has the populace terrified, and an organization called The Crimson is hunting down magic users, using fear and intimidation to sow discord among the races. Morgan will play Lyria, a beautiful and mysterious, young woman who is romantically linked to Eretria. Jow will play Mareth, a volatile and unpredictable young woman with magical abilities. (Deadline)

MOVIE CASTING NEWS

Actor Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (Cadillac on the Netflix series The Get Down) will play the villain Black Manta in the upcoming fil Aquaman that will Jason Momoa in the lead role. (Variety)

Actor John Lithgow (The Crown) has joined the cast of Pitch Perfect 3, but there are no details on what role he will play. (Variety)

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Here are the news items for this past week, but first congrats to all of the SAG Award winners!! Now on to the news:

CASTING NEWS

Actor Matthew Goode (Downton Abbey and The Good Wife) has joined the cast of the second season of The Crown, which streams on Netflix. He will portray play Antony Armstrong-Jones, a society photographer and filmmaker who was married to Princess Margaret, Queen Elizabeth’s sister, from 1960 to 1978. (Vulture)

Actor Darren Criss (Glee) will play the villain Music Meister in the crossover episode of The Flash and Supergirl. (Entertainment Weekly)

Actor Nolan Gerard Funk (Arrow and Awkward) has landed a recurring role in the upcoming straight-to-series Starz drama Counterpart in Counterpart, that tells of the story of Howard Silk (actor JK Simmons), a lowly cog in a bureaucratic agency, who discovers that the agency he works for is really guarding a crossing into a parallel dimension. Funk will play Angel Eyes, a mysterious guest who has been sent to our world from the other side with deadly purpose. (Deadline)

Actress Melora Hardin (Transparent) will appear in The Blacklist, playing Isabella Stone, who is described as a socialite by day, character assassin by night, who is ruthless when it comes to taking out targets and uses methods including scandal, public humiliation, extortion and theft. (Entertainment Weekly and TV Guide)

RENEWAL NEWS

TNT has renewed The Librarians for season 4. (The Hollywood Reporter)

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Hey All,

Here are the news items for the past week:

RENEWALS

This Is Us has been given a 2nd and 3rd season renewals by NBC. (Variety)

Major Crimes has been renewed for a sixth season by TNT. (The Futon Critic)

CASTING NEWS

Actor Yancey Arias (Bosch) has landed a recurring role on the USA Network drama Queen of the South, playing Colonel Cortez, a reluctant Epifanio, Vargas’s (Joaquim de Almeida) new business partner. (Deadline)

Actress Sara Tomko (The Leftovers and the upcoming AMC son The Son) will appear as Tiger Lily in upcoming episodes of Once Upon a Time. (TV Line)

Actor Misha Collins (Supernatural) will appear as Eliot Ness in an upcoming episode of the NBC series Timeless. (TV Line)

Actress Caitlin FitzGerald (Masters of Sex) will appear in the third season of UnReal, appearing as Serena, who is determined to have her pick of eager male suitors. (Deadline)

Actor Manny Montana (Graceland and the short-lived Conviction) will have a recurring role on Rosewood, playing Marcos Villa, brother of Detective Annalise Villa (series lead Jaina Lee Ortiz) who just finished his third tour in the Army. (Deadline)

Actor Johnny Messner (box office film Tears of the Sun and Cold Case) will have a recurring role on Jane the Virgin, playing Chuck, the new owner of the adults-only hotel next door to the Marbella. (Deadline)

NEW SERIES

Actor Barry Watson (7th Heaven) will star in the UP Channel dramedy Date My Dad that is set to debut in June. Watson will star as Ricky Cooper, a single dad raising three daughters, who had the perfect life: A former professional baseball player, he was married to Isabella, the love of his life. Ricky’s world comes crashing down when Isabella passes away, leaving him to raise three daughters alone. (Deadline)

MOVIE NEWS

Actor Richard Armitage (Berlin Station) has joined the female-driven cast of the upcoming box office film Ocean’s Eight that will star Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, Anne Hathaway, Mindy Kaling, Sarah Paulson, Helena Bonham Carter and James Corden [among others]. There are no details on what role he will play, however. (Deadline)

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Hey All,

Here are the news items for the past week:

CASTING NEWS

Actress Jennifer Beals (Flashdance) has landed a recurring role in the upcoming Amazon drama The Last Tycoon that will center on Monroe Stahr (Matt Bomer from White Collar), Hollywood’s first wunderkind studio executive in the 1930s as he climbs to the height of power pitting him against his mentor and current head of the studio, the brawny, imposing, charming and vain Pat Brady (Kelsey Grammer from Frasier). Beals will play Margo Taft, a regal, dignified and scheming Hollywood royalty star who came up through the school of hard knocks and gets her way on every picture, playing mind games to establish her absolute supremacy on the set. The cast also includes Lily Collins and Rosemarie DeWitt. (Deadline)

Actor Hunter Parrish (Weeds) has landed a major recurring role in the ABC drama Quantico, playing a political strategist forced to join forces with the CIA and FBI during the aftermath of the G20 hostage crisis. (Deadline)

RENEWALS

Good Behavior has been given a second season by TNT. (Variety)

Chesapeake Shores has been given a second season order by the Hallmark Channel. (Twitter)

Showtime has renewed The Affair for a fourth season. (Variety)

The Fosters has been given a fifth season renewal and Beyond has been given a second season order by Freeform. (Variety and The Hollywood Reporter)

FOX renewed Empire for a fourth season. (Variety)

FX has given American Horror Story two more seasons in addition to the already picked-up 7th season. (Variety)

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Hey All,

Here are the news items for the past two weeks:

First of all, congrats to the winners at the Golden Globes last night, including (but not limited to) Hugh Laurie, Tom Hiddleston, Claire Foy, The Crown, Sarah Paulson, Ryan Gosling, Viola Davis and Emma Stone.

CASTING NEWS

Actor Daniel Lissing (When Calls the Heart) will guest star in an upcoming episode of the NBC drama Timeless, portraying Jesse James. Also, actor Jim Beaver (Supernatural) will appear in the final three episodes of the show, playing NSA Agent Neville, who comes to Mason Industries to lock horns with Agent Christopher (Sakina Jaffrey). (Memorable TV, Twitter and TV Line)

Actor James Kyson (Heroes) will make a guest appearance on Elementary as Joey, the fast-talking CEO of a game gear company and owner of an eSports franchise. (TV Line)

Actress Alexis Bledel (Gilmore Girls) will have a recurring role in the upcoming Netflix drama The Handmaid’s Tale, starring opposite actress Elizabeth Moss (Mad Men) [who has the lead role] in the series that is based on the novel by Margaret Atwood that follows Offred (Moss), who is forced into subjugation in an attempt to repopulate the fictional, male-dominated society of Gilead. Bledel will play Ofglen, Offred’s fellow handmaid and companion. (Variety)

Veteran actor Gerald McRaney (most recently seen on This Is Us) has landed a series regular role on 24: Legacy. He will play Henry Donovan, the father of presidential candidate John Donovan (series regular Jimmy Smits), a powerful oil man and passionately devoted father who is dedicated to putting his son in the White House, no matter what the obstacles. (Deadline)

Actor Harold Perrineau (Lost) has landed a major recurring role on Criminal Minds, playing Calvin Shaw, a former FBI agent incarcerated for killing one of his informants. Shaw has a run-in with a BAU agent and the team must determine whether he’s a friend or foe. (TV Line)

Actor Peter Gadiot (Once Upon a Time in Wonderland) will play the nefarious role of Mr. Mxyzptlk on Supergirl. (TV Line)

RENEWALS

Amazon has given The Man in the High Castle a third season renewal. (Variety)

The CW has given an early renewal to seven of their existing series, including Arrow, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, The Flash, Supergirl, Jane the Virgin, Supernatural and Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. The CW will also resurrect DC’s Constantine as an animated series starring the voice of Matt Ryan on their digital outlet CW Seed. (Variety)

MOVIE CASTING NEWS

Actor Sterling K. Brown (This Is Us) has joined the cat of the upcoming box office film Black Panther. He will play N’Jobu, a figure from T’Challa’s (aka the Black Panther) past. (Deadline)

BOOKS TO MADE-FOR-TV MOVIE NEWS

Best-selling author Melissa de la Cruz has signed a production deal with Brad Krevoy Television (the production company behind the Hallmark Channel TV series When Calls the Heart) for three TV projects that will air at Christmastime in 2017 on Hallmark Channel. The first movie, called Angel Falls, is about a fallen angel who falls in love and wins back her halo during the Christmas season with actress Rachel Boston (Witches of East End) starring. The second movie, called Pride, Prejudice, and Mistletoe, will be a gender-swapped re-telling of the classic novel; and the third movie, called Nanny State, will tell the story of an FBI agent who goes undercover working for New York’s finest families to solve a child’s kidnapping during the Christmas holidays. (Deadline)

TV TRAILER

NOTE:  The series is set to debut on February 23 on CMT.

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Hey All,

Here are the few entertainment news items for this past week:

RENEWALS

The USA Network gave a second season renewal to the new drama Shooter. (Variety)

CASTING NEWS

Actress Alexandra Chando (The Lying Game) will appear on The Vampire Diaries as a young doctor named Tara. (TV Line)

TRAILER

Doctor Who Season 10:

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Here are the news items for the past week:

CASTING NEWS

Actress Elyse Levesque (The Originals and Cedar Cove) will guest star in an episode of DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, playing Guinevere of King Arthur fame. (Entertainment Weekly)

Actress Molly Ringwald (The Breakfast Club) will have a recurring role in the upcoming series Riverdale on The CW, playing Mary Andrews, the mom of lead character Archie. (Variety)

Actress Sonequa Martin-Green (The Walking Dead) has landed a lead role in the CBS All Access series Star Trek: Discovery. Her character has yet to be named, but she will hold the rank of lieutenant-commander. (Variety)

Actress Lyndsy Fonseca (Nikita and Marvel’s Agent Carter) will star in the upcoming Syfy drama pilot The Haunted that is about four siblings who reunite following their parents’ deaths. As they try to overcome their fractured personal relationships, they find that they also must face the literal ghosts from their past in order to survive. She will play Juno Bradley, a woman of science who is forced to come to terms with a new perspective on the world after she realizes she can no longer rely on facts alone. (The Hollywood Reporter)

Actress Jessica Camacho (Sleepy Hollow) will guest star in an upcoming episode of The Flash, playing Gypsy, who was a member of the Justice League and the Birds of Prey in the canon. (The Wrap and TV Line)

Actor Terry O’Quinn (Lost and Secrets & Lies) will have a recurring role in the upcoming spin-off series The Blacklist: Redemption, playing Tom Keen’s (series lead Ryan Eggold) father Howard Hargrave, the founder of Halcyon Aegis, a private military contracting firm.  (TV Guide)

CANCELLATIONS

Salem will come to an end on WGN America at the end of its current, third season. (Variety)

Netflix will not be extended another season to Marco Polo, which aired its second season earlier this year. (Variety)

TRAILER

The 100 Season Four

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Hey All,

Here are the news items from the past week:

CONGRATS

The Golden Globe nominations were announced. Congrats to all the nominees!

CASTING NEWS

Actress Annie Wersching (24) has landed a recurring role on the new NBC series Timeless, she will play Emma Whitmore, a reclusive woman hiding out in a cabin deep in the woods who is of mysterious importance to Flynn (Goran Visnjic). (Deadline)

Actor Kirk Acevedo (12 Monkeys and Fringe) has landed a recurring role on Kingdom where he will play a former fighter and new coach at Navy St. MMA gym. (Deadline)

Actor Adam Bartley (Longmire) has landed a recurring role on the NBC drama This Is Us, playing Duke, who works at a local horse stable and support Kate (series regular Chrissy Metz) during a difficult time. Actress Alexandra Breckenridge (The Walking Dead) will also recur on the show, playing Sophie, one of Kate’s childhood pals. (Deadline and TV Line)

Actor James Callis (Battlestar Galactica) will recur on 12 Monkeys, playing a time-traveler raised by the Army of the 12 Monkeys who will change everything for Cole and Cassie. (Entertainment Weekly and TV Line)

RENEWALS/CANCELLATIONS

The CW series Reign will end after its upcoming fourth season. (Variety)

The Cinemax series Strike Back is coming back, this time with an all-new cast that will include actress Alin Sumarwata (Neighbours) and actor Daniel MacPherson (The Shannara Chronicles as well as actress Roxanne McKee (Dominion) and Warren Brown (Luther). Rumor has it that the show is “evolving from the buddy cop formula of the original into a diverse ensemble in the mold of The Fast and the Furious franchise.” (Deadline)

TRAILERS

Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events (Netflix):

Spider-Man: Homecoming Trailer:

Doctor Who Christmas Special 2016 (BBC America):

The Fates of the Furious:

NOTE:  Just what in the hell have they done to Dom in the Furious franchise?!

Sherlock: Season 4 (PBS):

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Hey All,

Here are the news items for this past week:

CASTING NEWS

Actress Erika Christensen will star opposite Kyra Sedgwick in the ABC straight-to-series drama Ten Days in the Valley. Sedgwick will star as Jane Sadler, an overworked television producer and single mother in the middle of a fractious separation. When her young daughter goes missing in the middle of the night, Jane’s world — and her controversial police series — implodes. Christensen will play Ali, Jane’s younger, bossier sister, a capable and pragmatic psychologist. (Deadline)

Actor Stephen Root (True Blood, Justified and Turn) has landed the title role in The Man in the High Castle, the Amazon series that will return for its second season on December 16. He will play the mysterious figure tied to the Resistance movement who collects the enigmatic films that seem to depict alternate versions of reality — the ones the Japanese and Nazis want to find and destroy. (Deadline)

RENEWALS/CANCELLATIONS

Z Nation has been renewed for a fourth season by Syfy. (Deadline)

Showtime has announced that Masters of Sex will not return for a fifth season, meaning the final episode that aired on November 13 will actually stand as the show’s series finale. (Variety)

Amazon has given Marvel’s Luke Cage a second season. (Variety)

TRAILERS

Beaches (Lifetime Movie) Trailer:

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Teaser Trailer

The Mummy

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