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UPFRONT NEWS: ABC Fall 2019-20 Schedule

Posted in News, Television on May 14, 2019| Leave a Comment »

It’s that time of year again when the networks make their annual presentations in New York to the advertisers where they announce their proposed fall line-up and announce the new shows they have picked up.

Here is the breakdown for ABC:

MONDAY

8 PM – Dancing with the Stars
10 PM – The Good Doctor

TUESDAY

8 PM – The Conners
8:30 PM – Bless This Mess (New Time)
9 PM – Mixed-ish *
9:30 PM – Black-ish (New Time)
10 PM – Emergence *

Emergence – This thriller is about a police chief (Allison Tolman from Fargo) who takes in a young child named Piper (Alexa Swinton from Billions) she finds near the site of a mysterious accident who has no memory of what has happened. The investigation draws her into a conspiracy larger than she ever imagined, and the child’s identity is at the center of it all. The cast includes Owain Yeoman (The Mentalist), Donald Faison (Scrubs) and veteran actor Clancy Brown.

Here is a trailer for Emergence:

WEDNESDAY

8 PM – The Goldbergs
8:30 PM – Schooled
9 PM – Modern Family
9:30 PM – Single Parents
10 PM – Stumptown *

Stumptown – The series, based on the graphic novels, follows Dex Parios (Cobie Smulders from How I Met Your Mother and the Avengers franchise), a strong, assertive and sharp-witted army veteran with a complicated love life, gambling debt and a brother to take care of in Portland, Oregon. Her military intelligence skills make her a great PI, but her unapologetic style puts her in the firing line of hardcore criminals and not quite in alliance with the police. The series also stars Michael Ealy, Camryn Manheim (The Practice and The Magicians) and Tantoo Cardinal (Outlander and Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman).

Here is the trailer for Stumptown:

THURSDAY

8 PM – Grey’s Anatomy
9 PM – A Million Little Things
10 PM – How to Get Away with Murder

FRIDAY

8 PM – American Housewife (New Night and Time)
8:30 PM – Fresh Off the Boat (New Time)
9 PM – 20/20

SATURDAY

8 PM – Saturday Night Football

SUNDAY

7 PM – America’s Funniest Home Videos
8 PM – Kids Say the Darndest things
9 PM – Shark Tank
10 PM – The Rookie (New Night)

* Denotes new shows

The following new dramas will air during mid-season:

The Baker and the Beauty – The series centers around Daniel Garcia (Victor Rasuk from Jack Ryan and Colony) who works in the family bakery and does everything that his loving Cuban parents and siblings expect him to do. But on a wild Miami night he meets Noa Hamilton (Nathalie Kelley from Dynasty and The Vampire Diaries), an international superstar and fashion mogul, and his life moves into the spotlight. Will this unlikely couple upend their lives to be together and pull their families into a culture clash? The cast includes Carlos Gomez (The Glades), Dan Bucatinsky (Scandal) and Lisa Vidal (Being Mary Jane and Rosewood).

No trailer is available yet.

For Life – The series is about a prisoner who becomes a lawyer (Nicholas Pinnock from Counterpart), litigating cases for other inmates while fighting to overturn his own life sentence for a crime he didn’t commit. His quest for freedom is driven by his desperate desire to get back to the family he loves and reclaim the life that was stolen from him. The show will also, through the window of his ferocious struggle and his complicated relationship with a progressive female prison warden, examine the flaws and challenges in our penal and legal systems. The series also stars Indira Varma (Game of Thrones), Joy Bryant (Parenthood), Dorian Missick (Southland and Tell Me a Story) and Mary Stuart Masterson (Blindspot)

No trailer is available yet.

Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Station 19 will return later in the season.

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UPFRONT NEWS: FOX Fall 2019-20 Schedule

Posted in News, Television on May 13, 2019| Leave a Comment »

It’s that time of year again when the networks make their annual presentations in New York to the advertisers where they announce their proposed fall line-up and announce the new shows they have picked up.

Here is the breakdown for FOX:

MONDAY

8 PM – 9-1-1
9 PM – Prodigal Son *

Prodigal Son – Malcolm Bright (Tom Payne from The Walking Dead) has a gift. He knows how killers think. Back in the 1990s, his father, Dr. Martin Whitly (Michael Sheen) was one of the best, a notorious serial killer called The Surgeon. That is why Malcolm is the best criminal psychologist, as murder is the family business. He will use his twisted genius to help the NYPD solve crimes and stop killers, all while dealing with a manipulative mother (Bellamy Young from Scandal), annoyingly normal sister (Halston Sage from The Orville), a homicidal father still looking to bond with his prodigal son and his own constantly evolving neuroses.

Here is a trailer for Prodigal Son:

TUESDAY

8 PM – The Resident (New Night)
9 PM – Empire (New Night)

WEDNESDAY

8 PM – The Masked Singer
9 PM – Not Just Me *

Not Just Me – Only child Julia Bechley (Brittany Snow from Pitch Perfect franchise) finds her life turned upside down when her father, Leon Bechley (Timothy Hutton from Leverage), reveals that, over the course of his prize-winning career as a pioneering fertility doctor, he used his own sperm to conceive upwards of a hundred children. Reeling from this explosive revelation, Julia discovers two new sisters – her former best friend, Edie Palmer (Megalyn Echikunwoke from The 4400 and Vixen), and an ex-Olympic athlete, Roxy Doyle (Emily Osment from Young & Hungry). As these three young women begin to embrace their new reality, Julia must figure out what life is like without Leon by her side; Edie comes to grips with her burgeoning sexuality, as her marriage falters; and Roxy faces adulthood out of the spotlight. Against all odds, the three women will attempt to form an untraditional bond as sisters, even as they must welcome a tidal wave of new siblings into their rapidly expanding family.

Here is a trailer for Not Just Me:

THURSDAY

7:30 PM – Thursday Night Football Pregame Show
8 PM – NFL Football

FRIDAY

8 PM – WWE’s Smackdown Live

SATURDAY

7 PM – FOX Sports Saturday: College Football

SUNDAY

7 PM – NFL on FOX
7:30 PM – The OT/ FOX Encores
8 PM – The Simpsons
8:30 PM – Bless the Harts *
9 PM – Bob’s Burgers
9:30 PM – Family Guy

* Denotes new shows.

On August 7, BH90210, a meta-revival of the iconic 1990s teen soap will air a 6-episode run bringing original stars Jason Priestley (Brandon), Jennie Garth (Kelly), Ian Ziering (Steve), Gabrielle Carteris (Andrea), Brian Austin Green (David) and Tori Spelling (Donna) back to play heightened versions of themselves.

Here is a preview for this event series:

On January 19 and January 20, a two-night premiere of the spin-off series 9-1-1: Lone Star will debut after the NFC Championships. The series will star Rob Lowe (Code Black and The West Wing) as a sophisticated New York cop, who, along with his son, relocates and must try to balance saving those who are at their most vulnerable with solving the problems in his own life.

The following dramas will air sometime during mid-season:

Deputy – The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is one of the largest police forces in the world, but when the elected Sheriff dies, an arcane rule in the county charter, forged back in the Wild West, suddenly thrusts the most unlikely man into the job. That man is Bill Hollister (Stephen Dorff from True Detective and Star), a fifth-generation lawman, who is only interested in justice. Under Bill’s command is a county-wide crew of LA’s finest, including Deputy Cade Ward (Brian Van Holt from Cougar Town), a former Marine stationed in Afghanistan, eight years sober and one of Bill’s few confidantes; Deputy Rachel Delgado (Siena Goines from The Young & Restless), Walker’s partner, a meticulous officer who is knee-deep in a nasty divorce; Deputy Breanna Bishop (Bex Taylor-Klaus from Arrow and Scream: The Series), the whip-smart, sarcastic driver in charge of Bill’s security detail; and Deputy Joseph Blair (Shane Paul McGhie from the box office movie After). The dangers associated with the job often lead the police to LA County General Hospital, where Bill buts heads with Dr. Paule Reyes (Yara Martinez from Jane the Virgin), the hospital’s chief trauma surgeon – and his wife. Given a job he never wanted, in an unfamiliar sea of politics, Bill quickly learns that doing what is expected and doing what is right are two different things, and that his innate, dogged pursuit of justice is the only skill the job truly requires.

Here is a trailer for Deputy:

Filthy Rich – Meet the Monreauxes, a mega-rich Southern family famed for creating a wildly successful Christian television network. On the cusp of launching a digital retail arm of the company, the family’s patriarch, Eugene (veteran actor Gerald McRaney), dies in a plane crash (or so we think), leaving Margaret (Kim Cattrall from Sex and the City), a now-“Oprah” to the religious and Southern communities, to take charge of the family business. Not surprisingly, Eugene’s apparent death greatly impacts the Monreaux children: Eric (Corey Cott from The Good Fight), the couple’s ambitious son, who assumes he will now run the show; and daughter Rose (Aubrey Dollar from Women’s Murder Club), a budding fashion designer, who constantly struggles to evade the vast shadow cast by her mother. If that wasn’t enough, the Monreauxes are stunned to learn that Eugene fathered three illegitimate children, all of whom are written into his will. Now, Margaret must use her business savvy and Southern charm to control her newly legitimized heirs, whose very existence threatens the Monreaux family name and fortune: Ginger (Melia Kreiling from Salvation and Tyrant), the tough-as-nails daughter of a Vegas cocktail waitress, whose life was virtually destroyed by Eugene’s rejection; Antonio (relative newcomer Benjamin Levy Aguilar), a single dad and boxer from Queens, NY; and Jason (Mark L. Young from The Comeback), another scion, who is not what he seems to be. With monumental twists and turns, not to mention lies, deceit and shade from every direction, Filthy Rich presents a world in which everyone has an ulterior motive – and no one is going down without a fight.

Here is a trailer for Filthy Rich:

neXt – Silicon Valley pioneer Paul LeBlanc (John Slattery) built a fortune and legacy on the world-changing innovations he dreamed up, while ignoring and alienating the people around him, including his own daughter, Abby (Elizabeth Cappucino from Jessica Jones), and his short-sighted younger brother, Ted (Jason Butler Harner from Ozark and Ray Donovan), who now runs Paul’s company. After discovering that one of his own creations – a powerful A.I. called neXt – might spell doom for humankind, Paul tried to shutter the project, only to be kicked out of the company by his own brother, leaving him with nothing but mounting dread about the fate of the world. When a series of unsettling tech mishaps points to a potential worldwide crisis, LeBlanc joins forces with Special Agent Shea Salazar (Fernanda Andrade from The First and Here and Now).

Here is a trailer for neXt:

The Orville will return sometime in 2020.

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UPFRONT NEWS: NBC Fall 2019-20 Schedule

Posted in News, Television on May 13, 2019| Leave a Comment »

It’s that time of year again when the networks make their annual presentations in New York to the advertisers where they announce their proposed fall line-up and announce the new shows they have picked up.

Here is the breakdown for NBC:

MONDAY

8 PM – The Voice
10 PM – Bluff City Law *

Bluff City Law – Coming from a famous Memphis family known for taking on injustice, brilliant lawyer Sydney Strait (Caitlin McGee) used to work at her father Elijah’s (Jimmy Smits from NYPD Blue) celebrated law firm until their tumultuous relationship got in the way. After barely speaking to him for years, Sydney is suddenly thrust back into the family fold when her philanthropist mother passes away unexpectedly. In the wake of her loss, hoping to reconnect with the daughter he loves, Elijah asks Sydney to rejoin his firm. She agrees because despite her lingering resentment and distrust, she knows that working alongside her father is her best hope at changing the world … if they can ever get along. The cast includes Barry Sloane (Revenge and Six), Michael Luwoye (The Gifted) and Jayne Atkinson (House of Cards and Madam Secretary).

Here is a trailer for Bluff City Law:

TUESDAY

8 PM – The Voice
9 PM – This Is Us
10 PM – New Amsterdam

WEDNESDAY

8 PM – Chicago Med
9 PM – Chicago Fire
10 PM – Chicago P.D.

THURSDAY

8 PM – Superstore
8:30 PM – Perfect Harmony *
9 PM – The Good Place
9:30 PM – Sunnyside *
10 PM – Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

FRIDAY

8 PM – The Blacklist
9 PM – Dateline NBC

SATURDAY

8 PM – Dateline Saturday Night Mystery
10 PM – Saturday Night Live (Encores)

SUNDAY

7 PM – Football Night in America
8:20 PM – NBC Sunday Night Football

* Denotes new shows.

The following dramas will air during mid-season:

Council of Dads – When Scott (Tom Everett Scott from Reign and the box office movie That Thing You Do), a loving father of four, has his entire life’s plan thrown into upheaval by an unexpected health scare, he calls on a few of his closest allies to step in as back-up dads for every stage of his growing family’s life. Scott  assembles a trusted group of role models that includes Anthony (Clive Standen from Vikings and Taken), his oldest friend; Larry (Michael O’Neill from Scandal and Rectify), his AA sponsor; and Oliver (J. August Richards from Angel and Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.), his surgeon and best friend to his wife, Robin (Sarah Wayne Callies from The Walking Dead and Colony). These men agree to devote themselves to supporting and guiding Scott’s amazing family through all the triumphs and challenges life has to offer – just in case he ever can’t be there to do so himself.

No trailer is available yet.

Lincoln – Inspired by the best-selling book The Bone Collector, former NYPD detective and forensic genius Lincoln Rhyme (Russell Hornsby from Grimm) was at the top of his game until a serious accident at the hands of a notorious serial killer forces him out of the field. When Amelia Sachs (Arielle Kebbel from Midnight Texas), an intuitive young officer who’s got her own gift for profiling, finds herself hot on the killer’s trail, Rhyme in turn finds a partner for this new game of cat and mouse. As the unlikely detective duo joins forces to crack the city’s most confounding cases, they must also race to take down the enigmatic “Bone Collector” who brought them together. The cast includes Brian F. O’Byrne (Nightflyers and The Magicians), Tate Ellington (Quantico), Michael Imperioli (The Sopranos) and Brooke Lyons (Life Sentence).

No trailer is available yet.

Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist – Zoey Clarke (Jane Levy from Suburgatory) is a whip-smart computer coder forging her way in San Francisco. After an unusual event she starts to hear the innermost wants and desires of the people around her through songs. At first, she questions her own sanity but soon realizes this unwanted curse may just be an incredibly wonderful gift. The show also stars Skylar Astin (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend and the box office movie Pitch Perfect), Peter Gallagher (The O.C.) and Mary Steenburgen (The Last Man on Earth).

No trailer is available yet.

Blindspot, Manifest and Good Girls will be back sometime post-fall while decisions on The Enemy Within, The InBetween [which has yet to debut, airing its pilot on May 29]and The Village have yet to be made.

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Veronica Mars Trailer Season 4

Posted in News, Television, Video on May 2, 2019| Leave a Comment »

Marshmellows Unite!!!

Yesterday the folks at Hulu released the first trailer for season 4 of our beloved show Veronica Mars, and social media had a field day.

If you haven’t seen the trailer yet, check it out below:

Veronica Mars will air on Hulu on Friday, July 26!!

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Box Office Movies Coming in May

Posted in Movies, News on April 27, 2019| Leave a Comment »

Based on information provided by the Box Office Mojo and some internet research, here are just some of the movies you can expect to see in the movie theatres in May:

UglyDolls
Opens: May 3

Moxy (Kelly Clarkson) and her UglyDoll friends travel to the other side of the mountain where Uglyville nestles and finds the town of Perfection, a place where everyone is perfect.[4] There they encounter Lou (Nick Jonas), who gathers recruits to train for perfection and ultimately find a child in the real world. Eventually, the UglyDolls learn that being oneself is more important than perfection when Moxy meets lonely perfect doll Mandy (Janelle Monae). Other voices include Blake Shelton, Pitbull, Wanda Sykes, Gabriel Iglesias and Emma Roberts [among others].

All Is True
Opens: May 10

After the Globe Theatre burns down in 1613, during a performance of Shakespeare’s play Henry VIII, William Shakespeare (Kenneth Branagh) returns home to Stratford with his wife Anne Hathaway (Judi Dench). The also stars Ian McKellen.

Detective Pikachu
Opens: May 10

The story begins when ace detective Harry Goodman (Paul Kitson) goes mysteriously missing, prompting his 21-year-old son Tim (Justice Smith) to find out what happened. Aiding in the investigation is Harry’s former Pokémon partner, Detective Pikachu (voiced by Ryan Reynolds): a hilariously wise-cracking, adorable super-sleuth who is a puzzlement even to himself. Finding that they are uniquely equipped to communicate with one another, Tim and Pikachu join forces on a thrilling adventure to unravel the tangled mystery. Chasing clues together through the neon-lit streets of Ryme City—a sprawling, modern metropolis where humans and Pokémon live side by side in a hyper-realistic live-action world—they encounter a diverse cast of Pokémon characters and uncover a shocking plot that could destroy this peaceful co-existence and threaten the whole Pokémon universe. The cast also includes Kathryn Newton and Ken Watanabe.

Poms
Opens: May 10

Martha (Diane Keaton), a woman who moves into a retirement community, starts a cheerleading squad with her fellow residents, Sheryl (Jacki Weaver), Olive (Pam Grier) and Alice (Rhea Perlman), proving that it’s never too late to follow your dreams. The film also stars Bruce McGill.

The Hustle
Opens: May 10

Two women (Anne Hathaway and Rebel Wilson) who get tricked by two men plan revenge against the same ones who wronged them. The cast also includes Tim Blake Nelson and Dean Norris.

Tolkien
Opens: May 10

As a child, J. R. R. Tolkien (Nicholas Hoult) becomes friends with a group of fellow artists and writers at his school, with whom he finds inspiration and courage. Their bond of fellowship grows with the years, as they experience life together. Meanwhile, Tolkien meets Edith Bratt (Lily Collins) with whom he falls in love. But when World War I breaks out, Tolkien’s relationships with his friends are tested, an act which threatens to tear their “fellowship” apart. The film also stars Colm Meaney, Derek Jacobi and Laura Donnelly (Outlander).

A Dog’s Journey
Opens: May 17

Set after the events of A Dog’s Purpose, Bailey (voiced by Josh Gad) the dog lives his happy life on the Michigan farm of his “boy” Ethan (Dennis Quaid), his wife Hannah (Marg Helgenberger taking over the role from Peggy Lipton), and their granddaughter Calista Jane “CJ”. The problem is that CJ’s troublesome mom decides to take and steal CJ away. As Bailey’s soul prepares to leave this life for a new one, he makes a promise to Ethan to find CJ and protect CJ at any cost. Thus begins Bailey’s adventure through multiple lives filled with love, friendship and devotion as he, CJ, and CJ’s best friend Trent experience joy and heartbreak, music and laughter, and few really good belly rubs. The film also stars Betty Gilpin.

John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum
Opens: May 17

Still on the run following his assassination of Santino D’Antonio in the Continental, and with a $14 million global contract on him, Jonathan “John” Wick (Keanu Reeves) is banned from every Continental service, which forces him to fight his way out of New York City with the help of a hitwoman (Halle Berry) who still trusts him. The cast includes Laurence Fishburne, Mark Dacascos, Lance Reddick, Anjelica Huston, Ian McShane, Robin Lord Taylor and John Leguizamo.

The Sun Is Also a Star
Opens: May 17

Natasha Kingsley (Yara Shahidi) is a young quantum physics student who, on an ordinary day, meets a charming young exchange student, Daniel Bae (Charles Melton). The two quickly form a romantic relationship but must struggle to keep it together in the wake of Natasha’s family facing deportation from their home.

Aladdin
Opens: May 24

Young Aladdin (Mena Massoud) embarks on a magical adventure after finding a lamp that releases a wisecracking genie (Will Smith). The cast includes Naomi Scott as Princess Jasmine, Billy Magnussen as Prince Anders, Marwan Kenzari as Jafar, Navid Negahban as The Sultan and the voice of Alan Tudyk as Jafar’s sardonic parrot companion Iago.

Rocketman
Opens: May 31

The film tells the story of Elton John’s (Taron Egerton) life, from his years as a prodigy at the Royal Academy of Music, through his influential and enduring musical partnership with Bernie Taupin (Jamie Bell) as well as his struggles with depression, substance abuse and acceptance of his sexual orientation. The cast includes Richard Madden (Game of Thrones and Cinderella) and Bryce Dallas Howard (The Help).

Movies coming out in June will be posted at the end of May.

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Outlander News: First Season 5 Photo

Posted in Breaking News, News, Pictures, Television on April 16, 2019| Leave a Comment »

Outlander Fans!!

Production on the much anticipated fifth season recently got underway in Scotland as of last week, and this morning the internet was filled with excited fans reacting to the following new photo of series stars Sam Heughan and Caitriona Balfe – the first for season 5:

Starz has yet to announce when season 5 of Outlander will premiere, but fans can expect it to be not only sometime in 2020.

Enjoy!

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2019 Fall TV Pilots: The CW

Posted in News, Pilots, Television on April 8, 2019| Leave a Comment »

Here are the The CW pilots up for consideration for the 2019-2020 TV season:

Batwoman – Armed with a passion for social justice and a flair for speaking her mind, Kate Kane soars onto the streets of Gotham as Batwoman, an out lesbian and highly trained street fighter primed to snuff out the failing city’s criminal resurgence. But don’t call her a hero yet. In a city desperate for a savior, Kate must overcome her own demons before embracing the call to be Gotham’s symbol of hope.

THOSE BEHIND THE SCENES:  Caroline Dries, Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter and Geoff Johns

CAST: Ruby Rose (Orange Is the New Black), Dougray Scott (Snatch, Hemlock Grove), Rachel Skarsten (Reign and Lost Girl), Meagan Tandy (Teen Wolf), Camrus Johnson (Marvel’s Luke Cage), Nicole Kang (YOU) and Elizabeth Anweis (9-1-1, NCIS: LA)

Glamorous – A gender non-conforming recent high school graduate lands the gig of a lifetime interning at a cosmetics company whose products he panned on YouTube.

THOSE BEHIND THE SCENES:  Jordon Nardino, Damon Wayans Jr. and Kameron Tarlow

CAST: Ben J. Pierce (Fuller House), Brooke Shields (Jane the Virgin, Suddenly Susan), Jade Payton (iZombie), Pierson Fodé (The Bold and the Beautiful), Peyton List (Bunk’d, Jessie), Susan Santiago (Longmire, How to Get Away With Murder), Chester Lockhart (Todrick) and newcomer Brady Dalton Richards

Jane the Novela – A telenovela anthology series in the tradition of Jane the Virgin, where each season is based on a different fictional novel “written by” Jane Villanueva and narrated by the author herself. The first installment takes place at a Napa Valley Vineyard, where family secrets (and family members) don’t stay buried for long.

THOSE BEHIND THE SCENES:  Valentina Garza, Gina Rodriguez, Jennie Snyder Urman, Ben Silverman, Joanna Klein, Emily Gipson, Jorge Granier and Gary Pearl

CAST: Jacqueline Grace Lopez (East Los High), Marcia Cross (Desperate Housewives), Hunter Parrish (Weeds), Ivonne Coll (Jane the Virgin), Remy Hii (Marco Polo), Holland Roden (Teen Wolf) and Benito Martinez (13 Reasons Why, American Crime)

Katy Keene – The Riverdale spinoff follows the lives and loves of four iconic Archie Comics characters — including fashion legend-to-be Katy Keene and singer/songwriter Josie McCoy — as they chase their twenty-something dreams in New York City. This musical dramedy chronicles the origins and struggles of four aspiring artists trying to make it on Broadway, on the runway and in the recording studio.

THOSE BEHIND THE SCENES:  Robert Aguirre-Sacasa, Michael Grassi, Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter and Jon Goldwater

CAST: Lucy Hale (Pretty Little Liars), Ashleigh Murray (Riverdale), Jonny Beauchamp (Penny Dreadful), Julia Chan (Saving Hope), Camille Hyde (American Vandal), Lucien Laviscount (Scream Queens), Zane Holtz (From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series, Make It or Break It) and Katherine LaNasa (Imposters, Satisfaction)

The Lost Boys – Welcome to sunny seaside Santa Carla, home to a beautiful boardwalk, all the cotton candy you can eat…and a secret underworld of vampires. After the sudden death of their father, two brothers move to Santa Carla with their mother, who hopes to start anew in the town where she grew up. But the brothers find themselves drawn deeper and deeper into the seductive world of Santa Carla’s eternally beautiful and youthful undead.

THOSE BEHIND THE SCENES:  Heather Mitchell, Rob Thomas, Dan Etheridge, Mike Karz, Bill Bindley and Rebecca Franko

CAST: Tyler Posey (Teen Wolf), Kiele Sanchez (Kingdom), Medalion Rahimi (NCIS: Los Angeles, Still Star-Crossed), Dakota Shapiro (Valley of the Boom), Sarah Hay (Flesh and Bone), Cheyenne Haynes (Camping), Haley Tju (Bella and the Bulldogs), Rio Mangini (Everything Sucks) and Del Zamora (Sneaky Pete)

Untitled Nancy Drew Project – Set in the summer after her high school graduation,18-year-old Nancy Drew thought she’d be leaving her hometown for college, but when a family tragedy holds her back another year, she finds herself embroiled in a ghostly murder investigation — and along the way, uncovers secrets that run deeper than she ever imagined.

THOSE BEHIND THE SCENES:  Noga Landau, Josh Schwartz, Stephanie Savage and Lis Rowinski

CAST: Newcomer Kennedy McMann, Freddie Prinze, Jr. (24, She’s All That), Leah Lewis (Charmed, The Good Doctor), Tunji Kasim (Nearly Famous), Maddison Jaizani (Into the Badlands), Alex Saxon (The Fosters), Alvina August (Siren, The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina) and special guest star Pamela Sue Martin (original Nancy Drew from 1970’s TV series)

MOST LIKELY TO BE PICKED-UP: Batwoman and Jane the Novela

WOULD BE INTERESTING TO SEE: The Lost Boys

LONG SHOT: Glamorous

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2019 Fall TV Pilots: NBC

Posted in News, Pilots, Television on April 8, 2019| Leave a Comment »

Here are the NBC pilots up for consideration for the 2019-2020 TV season:

Bluff City Law – A character-driven legal drama that follows the lawyers of an elite Memphis law firm that specializes in the most controversial landmark civil rights cases. Led by legendary lawyer Elijah Strait and his brilliant daughter, Sydney Keller, they take on the toughest David-and-Goliath cases while navigating their complicated relationship.

THOSE BEHIND THE SCENES:  Dean Georgaris, David Janollari and Michael Aguliar

CAST: Jimmy Smits (NYPD Blue), Caitlin McGee (Grey’s Anatomy, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel), Barry Sloane (Six, Revenge), Michael Luwoye (The Gifted), Stony Blyden (Edge of Seventeen), Jayne Atkinson (House of Cards) and MaameYaa Boafo (Thru 25)

Council of Dads – Scott Perry’s life is thrown into upheaval when he gets a potentially terminal diagnosis. Facing mortality, he and his wife, Robin, assemble a unique group of carefully chosen friends to support his family and guide them through the ups and downs of life’s many challenges. Inspired by the bestselling memoir by Bruce Feiler.

THOSE BEHIND THE SCENES:  Tony Phelan, Joan Rater, Jerry Bruckheimer, Jonathan Littman, KristieAnne Reed, James Oh and Bruce Feiler

CAST: Clive Standen (Taken), Sarah Wayne Callies (Colony, The Walking Dead), J. August Richards (Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.), Michele Weaver (Love Is___), Michael O’Neill (Scandal, Rectify), Steven Silver (13 Reasons Why), Emjay Anthony (Rake), Thalia Tran (the upcoming movie Little) and newcomer Blue Chapman

Emergence – A character-driven genre thriller about a sheriff who takes in a young child that she finds near the site of a mysterious accident and who has no memory of what has happened. The investigation draws the sheriff into a conspiracy larger than she ever imagined, and the child’s identity is at the center of it all.

THOSE BEHIND THE SCENES:  Michele Fazekas, Tara Butters, Paul McGuigan and Robert Atwood

CAST: Allison Tolman (Fargo), Alexa Skye Swinton (Billions), Owain Yeoman (The Mentalist), Donald Faison (Scrubs), Robert Bailey Jr. (The Night Shift), Clancy Brown (Billions, Sleepy Hollow), Ashley Aufderheide (The Slap) and Zabryna Guevara (New Amsterdam)

Lincoln – Based on the bestselling book series about Lincoln Rhyme, a legendary forensic criminologist who was seriously injured during his hunt for the diabolic serial killer known as the Bone Collector. Called back into action when the killer re-emerges, Lincoln forms a unique partnership with Amelia Sachs, a young beat cop who helps him hunt the deadly mastermind while also taking on the most high-profile cases in the NYPD.

THOSE BEHIND THE SCENES:  VJ Boyd, Mark Bianculli, Avi Nir, Alon Shtruzman, Peter Traugott and Rachel Kaplan

CAST: Russell Hornsby (Proven Innocent, Grimm), Arielle Kebbel (Midnight, Texas), Michael Imperioli (The Sopranos), Tate Ellington (The Brave, Quantico), Courtney Grosbeck (Homeland, The Bold and the Beautiful), Ramses Jimenez (Fear the Walking Dead), Brooke Lyons (Life Sentence, iZombie) and Roslyn Ruff (Divorce)

Prism – A provocative exploration of a murder trial in which every episode is told through the perspective of a different key person involved. Each new version of the facts ratchets up the mystery and the suspense, calling into question everything we have seen so far and asking: Is the right person on trial? Driven by an ensemble of complicated characters, the show lets the audience ask if truth matters less than who can tell the most compelling story.

THOSE BEHIND THE SCENES:  Daniel Barnz, Carol Mendelsohn, Julie Weitz and Ben Barnz

CAST: Malin Akerman (Billions), Ramon Rodriguez (The Affair), Sara Rue (Bones, Less Than Perfect), Mykelti Williamson (Chicago P.D.), Chloe Wepper (Good Trouble), David Alpay (The Vampire Diaries), Brooke Smith (Grey’s Anatomy), Joe Tippett (Rise) and Alex Neustaedter (Colony)

Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist – An innovative musical dramedy about a whip-smart but socially awkward girl in her late 20’s who is suddenly able to hear the innermost thoughts of people around her as songs and even big musical numbers that they perform just for her. With this new ability at her disposal, she is able to use her “gift” to not only help herself understand people in her life, but also to help others around her.

THOSE BEHIND THE SCENES:  Austin Winsberg, Paul Feig, Jessie Henderson, Kim Tannenbaum, Eric Tannenbaum and Jason Wang

CAST: Jane Levy (Suburgatory), Skylar Astin (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Ground Floor), Alex Newell (Glee), Mary Steenburgen (The Last Man on Earth), Peter Gallagher (The O.C., Covert Affairs), John Clarence Stewart (Marvel’s Luke Cage) and Carmen Cusack (Sorry for Your Loss)

MOST LIKELY TO BE PICKED-UP: Bluff City Law and Lincoln

WOULD BE INTERESTING TO SEE: Prism and Council of Dads

LONG SHOT: Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist

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2019 Fall TV Pilots: FOX

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Here are the FOX pilots up for consideration for the 2019-2020 TV season:

Deputy – Deputy Bill Hollister is a career lawman who’s very comfortable kicking down doors and utterly lost in a staff meeting. But when the LA County Sheriff drops dead, Bill becomes acting sheriff of Los Angeles County, in charge of 10,000 sworn deputies policing a modern Wild West.

THOSE BEHIND THE SCENES:  Will Beall, Chris Long and Cedar Park

CAST: Stephen Dorff (True Detective), Yara Martinez (Jane the Virgin), Brian Van Holt (Cougar Town), Bex Taylor-Klaus (Arrow), Siena Goines (Grey’s Anatomy, Jericho), Mark Moses (Desperate Housewives) and Shane Paul McGhie (Sacred Lies)

Filthy Rich – A larger-than-life Southern Gothic dramedy about two strong, sharp women who will go to any length to protect their loved ones and get their due. When the wealthy CEO of the world’s largest Christian network dies in a plane crash, his wife and adult children are stunned to discover he has grown, illegitimate kids who are also in his will. When the matriarch of the family tries to pay them to go away, these newly legitimized heirs have very different ideas and insist on not only staying in town, but becoming part of the family empire. (Based on the New Zealand series of the same name.)

THOSE BEHIND THE SCENES:  Tate Taylor, John Norris, Brian Grazer and Francie Calfo

CAST: Kim Cattrall (Sex and the City), Gerald McRaney (This Is Us), Steve Harris (The Practice), Melia Kreiling (Salvation, Tyrant), Aubrey Dollar (Battle Creek, Women’s Murder Club), Corey Cott (The Good Fight), Mark L. Young (Ten Days in the Valley), David Denman (The Office), Olivia Macklin (LA to Vegas) and newcomer Benjamin Levy Aguilar

Lovestruck – A structurally inventive dramedy, in which the entire first season takes place over the course of single night at a wedding. As we get to know the wedding party, we’ll learn surprising reveals about both their present and past. We’ll see that things aren’t always what they seem and explore the complicated bonds of love, friendship and family at different stages of life.

THOSE BEHIND THE SCENES:  Tom Kapinos, Sanaa Hamri, Sharon Levy, Francois-Xavier Demaison and Nicolas Coppermann

CAST: Rachel Bilson (Hart of Dixie), Steve Kazee (Nashville, Shameless), Andie MacDowell (Cedar Cove), Kathleen Turner (Californication), Richard Roxburgh (Rake), Usman Ally (A Series of Unfortunate Events), Beth Riesgraf (Leverage), Jeffery Self (Search Party), Linda Park (Bosch) and Madeline Wise (Crashing)

Next – A propulsive, fact-based thriller grounded in the latest A.I. research features a brilliant but paranoid former tech CEO who joins a Homeland Cybersecurity Agent and her team to stop the world’s first artificial intelligence crisis: the emergence of a rogue AI with the ability to continuously improve itself. Marrying pulse-pounding action with a layered examination of how technology is invading our lives and transforming us in ways we don’t yet understand, the series also presents us with a villain like we’ve never seen before, one whose greatest weapon against us is ourselves.

THOSE BEHIND THE SCENES:  Manny Coto and Charlie Gogolak

CAST: John Slattery (Mad Men), Eve Harlow (Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.), Michael Mosley (Sirens), Jason Butler Harner (Ozark) and Elizabeth Cappuccino (Jessica Jones)

Prodigal Son – Malcolm Bright has a gift. He knows how killers think, how their minds work. Why? His father was one of the worst — a notorious serial killer called “The Surgeon.” That’s why Bright is the best criminal psychologist around; murder is the family business. He will use his twisted genius to help the NYPD solve crimes and stop killers, all while dealing with a manipulative mother, annoyingly normal sister, a homicidal father still looking to bond with his prodigal son, and his own constantly evolving neuroses.

THOSE BEHIND THE SCENES:  Chris Fedak, Sam Sklaver, Greg Berlanti and Sarah Schechter

CAST: Tom Payne (The Walking Dead), Michael Sheen (Masters of Sex), Bellamy Young (Scandal), Lou Diamond Phillips (Longmire), Halston Sage (The Orville), Keiko Agena (Gilmore Girls), Aurora Perrineau (Chasing Life) and Frank Harts (The Path, Billions)

Untitled Annie Weisman/Jason Katims Project – Only child Julia Beckley has her life turned upside down when it’s revealed that her father, a pioneering Nobel Prize-winning fertility doctor, used his own sperm to conceive dozens of children over the course of his career. Reeling from this explosive revelation, Julia discovers two new sisters — her former best friend and an ex-Olympic athlete. Against all odds, the women attempt to form an untraditional family and lean on each other as they grapple with their own identity crises. Based on the Australian series Sisters.

THOSE BEHIND THE SCENES:  In addition to Weisman and Katims, Jeni Mulein, Imogen Banks and Sharon Levy

CAST: Timothy Hutton (The Haunting of Hill House, How to Get Away With Murder), Brittany Snow (American Dreams), Emily Osment (Young & Hungry) Megalyn Echikunwoke (Damien, Arrow), Mo McRae (Empire, Pitch) and Victoria Cartagena (Manifest, Gotham)

MOST LIKELY TO BE PICKED-UP: Prodigal Son

WOULD BE INTERESTING TO SEE: Lovestruck and Untitled Weisman/Katims Project

LONG SHOT: Deputy and Next

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2019 Fall TV Pilots: CBS

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Here are the CBS pilots up for consideration for the 2019-2020 TV season:

Alive – A San Francisco homicide detective is mysteriously brought back to life after being killed in the line of duty, but as he resumes his old life and he and his wife realize he isn’t the same person he used to be, they zero in on the strange man behind his resurrection — Dr. Victor Frankenstein.

THOSE BEHIND THE SCENES: Jason Tracey and Rob Doherty

CAST: Ryan Phillippe (Shooter), Katrina Law (Arrow), Aaron Staton (Mad Men) and Saidah Arrika Ekulona (Bull, Impastor)

Courthouse – A show that pulls back the curtain on the court system and follows the dedicated, chaotic, hopeful, and sometimes absurd lives of the judges, assistant district attorneys, and public defenders as they work with bailiffs, clerks, cops and jurors to bring justice to the people of Los Angeles.

THOSE BEHIND THE SCENES: Greg Spottiswood, Leonard Goldstein and Mike Robin

CAST: Marg Helgenberger (CSI), Jessica Camacho (Taken, The Flash), Wilson Bethel (Marvel’s Daredevil, Hart of Dixie), J. Alex Brinson (Travelers), Simone Missick (Luke Cage), Lindsay Mendez (Broadway’s Carousel) and Ruthie Ann Miles (Broadway’s The King & I)

Evil – A skeptical female clinical psychologist joins a priest-in-training and a blue-collar contractor as they investigate supposed miracles, demonic possessions and other extraordinary occurrences, to see if there’s a scientific explanation or if something truly supernatural is at work.

THOSE BEHIND THE SCENES: Robert King, Michelle King and Liz Glotzer

CAST: Mike Colter (Marvel’s Luke Cage, The Good Wife), Michael Emerson (Person of Interest), Katja Herbers (Westworld) and Aasif Mandvi (Younger, The Brink)

FBI: Most Wanted – The potential spinoff centers on the division of the FBI tasked with tracking and capturing the notorious criminals on the FBI’s Most Wanted list.

THOSE BEHIND THE SCENES:  Dick Wolf, Rene Balcer, Arthur W. Forney and Peter Jankowski

CAST: Julian McMahon (Nip/Tuck), Alana de la Garza (Law & Order), Keisha Castle-Hughes (Game of Thrones) and Kellan Lutz (Twilight)

Tommy – When a former high-ranking NYPD officer becomes the first female Chief of Police for Los Angeles, she uses her unflinching honesty and hardball tactics to navigate the social, political, and national security issues that converge with enforcing the law.

THOSE BEHIND THE SCENES:  Paul Attanasio, Darryl Frank and Justin Falvey

CAST: Edie Falco (Nurse Jackie, The Sopranos), Michael Chernus (Patriot, Orange Is the New Black), Adelaide Clemens (Rectify), Russell G. Jones (The Americans), Joseph Lyle Taylor (Sneaky Pete), David Fierro (The Knick) and newcomer Olivia Lucy Phillip

The Republic of Sarah – A small New Hampshire town is thrust onto the world stage when the discovery of a valuable resource within its borders compels the residents to declare themselves an independent nation, setting the unlikely young mayor and her cabinet of inexperienced locals on the path of running a brand new country.

THOSE BEHIND THE SCENES:  Jeff King, Leo Pearlman, Jeff Grosvenor and Marc Webb

CAST: Sarah Drew (Grey’s Anatomy), Carlos Leal (The Last Ship), Jonathan Slavin (Speechless), Kirsten Nelson (Psych), James Lesure (Las Vegas), Kimberly Guerrero (Longmire), Daniel Ings (Instinct) and Annie Funke (Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders)

Surveillance – This spy thriller follows Maddy, the head of communications for the NSA, who is torn between protecting the government’s secrets and her own.

THOSE BEHIND THE SCENES:  David C. White and Matt Reeves

CAST: Sophia Bush (Chicago P.D.), Matthew Modine (Stranger Things), Dennis Haysbert (24), Allen Leech (Downton Abbey), Catalina Sandino Moreno (The Affair) and Raphael Acloque (24: Legacy)

Under the Bridge – When a scandal rocks the medical practice she runs with her husband and their friends, a surgeon rises to the occasion and takes the lead in trying to mend both the practice and her own marriage.

THOSE BEHIND THE SCENES:  Rina Mimoun, Jerry Bruckheimer, Jonathan Littman and KristieAnne Reed

CAST: Jennifer Morrison (Once Upon a Time), Justin Kirk (Weeds), David Ajala (Supergirl), Sarayu Blue (I Feel Bad) and Reggie Lee (Grimm)

MOST LIKELY TO BE PICKED-UP: FBI: Most Wanted

WOULD BE INTERESTING TO SEE: Under the Bridge and The Republic of Sarah

LONG SHOT: Alive and Evil

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