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Grimm Casts Gilmore Girl Keiko Agena in Japanese Mythology Episode
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Portland’s Wesen, meet the hippest of Hep Aliens.
Gilmore Girls star Keiko Agena will guest-star in an upcoming episode of Grimm, and TVLine has exclusive details about her role.
Agena will play Madoka Akagi, a second-generation Japanese-American woman who loses her teenage son, Kuma, in a devastating tragedy that her husband believes is no accident.
RelatedLauren Graham’s Emotional, Heartfelt Gilmore Girls Revival Reaction: ‘It’s What I Hoped It Would Be’
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa (Man in the High Castle, Revenge) also will guest-star as Takeshi Himura, the Akagis’ family friend and lawyer whose loyalty provides great comfort during a related trial. »
Ratings: Strong Premiere-Week Sampling for WGN America’s ‘Outsiders’
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Last week’s commercial-free premiere of WGN America’s “Outsiders” has become the most-watched premiere of an original series in network history.
The regular-timeslot premiere on Tuesday drew 1.75 million viewers and 818,000 adults 25-54 in Nielsen’s “live plus-3” estimates, up vs. its same-day averages by 66% and 85% respectively. The demo total is more than nine times what the network has been averaging in primetime this season.
The total rises to 3.9 million when same-day encores and digital viewing are included. And overall, when repeats later in the week are also included, the number of viewers who sampled “Outsiders” grows to 5.5 million.
“We felt that ‘Outsiders’ was exceptional, but there is no greater validation than this kind of viewer response,” said Matt Cherniss, president and general manager, Wgn America and Tribune Studios. “We’re grateful for the stellar cast and creative team, Peter Mattei, Peter Tolan and Paul Giamatti, and our producing partners at Sony Pictures Television, »
- Rick Kissell
‘Grease Live’: Fox Thrives In the Live Musical World
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Fox took its big bow into the live TV musical space on Jan. 31 with “Grease: Live,” and it hit a home run.
The three-hour production drew the best ratings for a musical since NBC’s “Sound of Music Live” in December 2013. It won critical praise as well (Variety‘s Maureen Ryan called it “solidly and smartly crafted”), and exploded on social media, drawing nearly 1.4 million tweets.
Produced across two sound stages and the Warner Bros. backlot, which were home to 21 “Grease” sets, the three-hour broadcast was not an easy jive for Fox and Paramount TV. In comparison to NBC’s three hits, “Grease Live” was the biggest musical TV production yet, with its sprawling sets and live audience of 650 people.
“That back-and-forth I think is something that is really useful for a show like ‘Grease’ — but the reality is, we have audiences in different places,” director Thomas Kail told Variety »
- Elizabeth Wagmeister
Girls Begins Season 5 on February 21st
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Hannah is putting her writing ambitions aside for the moment, continuing to work as a teacher alongside new boyfriend (and nice guy) Fran. Marnie micromanages her upstate wedding to Desi, but soon begins to realize she needs more space, literally and figuratively. Working towards becoming a therapist, Jessa tries to stay on the straight and narrow while managing a budding relationship. Shoshanna thrives at her new job in Japan, where she flirts with her boss, despite a long-distance relationship back home. Created by and starring Lena Dunham, the Emmy®-winning HBO series Girls takes a comic look at the assorted humiliations
Girls Begins Season 5 on February 21st »
- Nat Berman
The Vampire Diaries : The Huntress’ Targets Are Revealed
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All season long on The Vampire Diaries we’ve been teased with flash forwards that show all the characters scared and on the move from one mysterious new character. We’ve since come to learn of the actress (Leslie Anne Huff) and her character’s name but much of her remains a mystery until now. Rayna – also known simply as the Huntress – is targeting Stefan first and foremost because he was entrapped in the Phoenix Stone. Because of that, he now bears a scar in the shape of an X. Rayna won’t be appearing until Episode 12 next week but we
The Vampire Diaries : The Huntress’ Targets Are Revealed »
- Jen Winkler
Rocky Horror Casts Masters of Sex Fave Annaleigh Ashford as Columbia
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Annaleigh Ashford is set to master another sexy character (if you’ll pardon the pun).
RelatedGrease: Live Review: Fox’s Magical Remake Had Groove, It Had Meaning
The Masters of Sex star has been cast as Columbia, the castle’s feisty live-in groupie, in Fox’s upcoming remake of The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
Ashford won a Tony award last year for her role in You Can’t Take It With You.
She joins previously announced cast members Laverne Cox (Orange is the New Black) as Dr. Frank-n-Furter, Victoria Justice (Victorious) as Janet, Ryan McCartan (Heathers: the Musical) as Brad, »
TVLine Items: New Broad City Teaser, Whoopi on Blue Bloods and More
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Forget Tyson vs. Holyfield. Forget Ali vs. Foreman. The showdown of the century is right here, in the latest Season 3 teaser for Broad City.
RelatedBroad City Renewed for Seasons 4 and 5
In the minute-long video above, the comedy’s leading ladies, Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer, step into the ring for quite the boxing match — but the fight’s eventual outcome might surprise you.
Broad City returns to Comedy Central on Wednesday, Feb. 17, at 10/9c.
Ready for more of today’s newsy nuggets? Well…
* Whoopi Goldberg will guest-star on an upcoming Blue Bloods episode as Speaker Regina Thomas, the show announced via Twitter Monday. »
Annaleigh Ashford To Play Columbia In ‘Rocky Horror Picture Show’ Fox TV Remake
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Annaleigh Ashford (Sylvia, Masters of Sex) is joining the cast of Fox’s TV remake of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. She’ll play Columbia, the castle’s feisty live-in groupie, played by Nell Campbell in 20th Century Fox's 1975 cult classic. The Rocky Horror Picture Show follows sweethearts Janet Weiss (Victoria Justice) and Brad Majors (Ryan McCartan), who stumble upon the bizarre abode of Dr. Frank-n-Furter's (Laverne Cox), a sexually ambiguous, flirtatious alien mad… »
Egyptian Comic Bassem Youssef Signs With UTA And Anonymous Content
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Exclusive– Bassem Youssef, the Egyptian comic, satirist, one-time cardiac surgeon and official friend of Jon Stewart, has signed with UTA and Anonymous Content. The move marks a big step up for Youssef, who rose to prominence in the days after the 2011 revolution in Egypt and first heady moments of the Arab spring. Initially appearing in a series of short webisodes financed by Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris’ Ontv, Youssef’s brand of black humour and caustic wit soon… »
Nlrb Dismisses Charges That Hollywood Teamsters Rigged Contract Vote
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The National Labor Relations Board has dismissed allegations that Hollywod’s Teamsters local rigged last year’s contract ratification vote. Local 399 Secretary-Treasurer Steve Dayan had contented that the charges were "frivolous" and politically motivated. "I'm very pleased that the board recognized that Local 399's handling of the ratification vote was proper and in no way diminished our member's ability to cast their ballots for ratification." Dayan told Deadline. "The… »
Edward Parone, Who Directed Edgy Theater in ’60s NYC, L.A.’s Taper, Dies at 90
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Director and writer Edward Parone, who was a mentor to many of the promising young playwrights in 1960s New York, including Edward Albee and LeRoi Jones (Amiri Baraka), died at his home in Nambe, New Mexico, on Sunday, January 24 after a short battle with cancer. He was 90.
In what was one of the most fertile periods in American theater, with the emergence of edgy, boundary-pushing playwrights, Parone was an artistic member of New York’s Albee-Barr-Wilder Playwrights Unit, a company devoted exclusively to the development and production of new American plays and an early pioneer of the type of new play development that has since been replicated by nonprofit theaters across the country. During this period, Parone directed the world premiere of LeRoi Jones’ signature play “The Dutchman,” and would go on to nurture playwrights such as Sam Shepard, Lanford Wilson and John Guare.
In 1967 Parone joined Gordon Davidson, artistic »
- Carmel Dagan
NFL Plans To Award Global Digital Rights To Thursday Games
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Now that the NFL has figured out what to do with “Thursday Night Football,” it has to determine what do with what might be called “ThursdayNightFootball.com”
The sports league intends to move quickly to resolve the issue of who should stream the games via broadband, both in the United States and around the world, said Hans Schroeder, the NFL’s senior vice president of revenue strategy and development, in an interview.
“It’s a real attractive opportunity, having someone who is truly a global player that can reach our fans around the world through a single platform,” said the executive, who declined to specify any companies with which the NFL is in negotiations. The league views securing digital rights for the game as a “top priority,” said Schroder, who said discussions are “pretty far along” and expects to have the matter settled “in the next several weeks.”
The league »
- Brian Steinberg
Law & Order: Svu Renewed for Season 18; Chicago Med Nabs Season 2
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Dick Wolf’s empire remains in tact at NBC.
The network on Monday announced the renewals of fledgeling drama Chicago Med and the long-running Law & Order: Svu (now in its 17th season).
Related2016 Renewal Scorecard: What’s Coming Back? What’s Getting Cancelled? What’s on the Bubble?
The renewals come as part of the extension of Wolf’s overall deal with NBC.
Svu opened its 17th season with 8.3 mil and a 1.8, and since then has averaged 7.2 mil/1.7, hitting a 14-month demo high on Jan. 13. Meanwhile, Chicago Med premiered in November to 8.6 million total viewers and a 2.2 demo rating, and »
Did 'Grease: Live' Set a New Standard for Judging TV Musicals?
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When Fox first announced it was going to air a live version of the popular stage and film sensation "Grease," there wasn't much to be said outside of, "Well, here comes another live TV musical." While plenty of people were excited to hear some of their favorite musical numbers performed on live TV (and see Julianne Hough as both the good and bad versions of Sandy), no one really expected anything all that ambitious. But what we got Sunday night was ambitious — at least, from a production standpoint. With the camera swirling around expansive sets as the stars hand-jived their way through elaborately choreographed numbers, most critics and audience members alike agreed "Grease: Live" took the modern take on live musicals to a new level. The direction and production didn't just take full advantage of their multiple stages across the Warner Bros. lot in Burbank, CA, but drew attention to »
- Indiewire
Antoine Fuqua's 'Training Day' TV Project Gets a CBS Pilot Order (Race of Lead Roles Will Be Swapped)
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This will be at least the 3rd cop movie with a black lead that CBS has considered turning into a weekly TV series - "Beverly Hills Cop" and "Rush Hour" are the other 2. Of course we know that the network would eventually pass on the "Beverly Hills Cop" TV series which was to star Brandon T. Jackson as Axel Foley's son (although a pilot was produced); the "Rush Hour" series, on the other hand, was ordered to series and is set to debut this year, as a mid-season replacement. The network (maybe the *whitest* of the so-called Big Four - ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC) has now officially given a pilot order to a "Training Day" TV series adaptation, which, as was reported last summer, Antoine Fuqua had been shopping around to the broadcast networks, with producer Jerry Bruckheimer and writer Will Beall ("Gangster Squad"). No Eta yet, and it's obviously too early for specifics, »
- Tambay A. Obenson
iZombie: Liv Flirts With Ravi and Major, Romances Zombies
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Things will be getting quite steamy in this week’s all-new episode of iZombie. After a couple weeks off, the CW drama returns with an all-new hour, titled “Fifty Shades of Grey Matter,” and if that episode title didn’t clue you in on what type of brain Liv eats, the sneak peek below certainly will. In the video, iZombie showrunner Rob Thomas discusses the challenges Liv faces after eating the brain of a romance novelist, especially since this romance writer apparently wasn’t as invested in emotional declarations of love as she was in the more carnal aspects of relationships. That’s why Liv finds herself
iZombie: Liv Flirts With Ravi and Major, Romances Zombies »
- Chris King
Live with Kelly and Michael: Piglets Predict the Super Bowl Winner
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Today on Live with Kelly and Michael, the morning hosts had some fun as a part of their Big Game Week with adorable piglets dressed in the Carolina Panthers and Denver Broncos colors. They placed the pigs down on a football field to watch them race each other to the finish line. Of course, Kelly and Michael had to coax the animals down the field with treats so it was really more of a test to see which was more hungry and least distracted by confetti on the floor. Kelly’s pig dressed in the Broncos orange won the race! The
Live with Kelly and Michael: Piglets Predict the Super Bowl Winner »
- Jen Winkler
Baby Daddy Video: Does Ben Meet His New Riley in the Season 5 Premiere?
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When it comes to rebound romances, Baby Daddy‘s Ben Wheeler is basically a human rubber band.
RelatedBaby Daddy Season 5 Exclusive: The Lying Game‘s Allie Gonino to Recur as Ben’s [Spoiler]
The Freeform comedy returns for its fifth season on Wednesday (8:30/7:30c), picking up mere moments after Danny’s big proposal to Riley. But if you thought it would take Ben forever and a day to find his next potential conquest, you obviously don’t know Jean-Luc Bilodeau’s character very well.
TVLine has an exclusive clip from the premiere, which finds Ben spitting game — or »
‘Law & Order: Svu’ & ‘Chicago Med’ Renewed As Dick Wolf Inks New Mega Deal With NBCUniversal
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Thirty years into his tenure at Universal Television, Dick Wolf continues to be the studio’s top drama producer. And now Wolf, who accomplished the rare feat of creating two hugely successful drama franchises — Law & Order and Chicago — is extending his stay with a new blockbuster deal. The five-year pact with NBCUniversal, which will keep Wolf at the company through 2020, came after months of negotiations, which is understandable given Wolf’s stature of an uber producer… »
CBS Orders Training Day Pilot
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Someone’s earned the right to be bitch-slapped — thanks to CBS’ latest pilot order.
RelatedPilot Season ’16: Scoop on This Fall’s (Possible) New Shows, Who’s In Them
The network is developing a reboot of Training Day — the movie that earned an Oscar win for Denzel Washington, and a nomination for Ethan Hawke — to be executive-produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and Jonathan Littman (CSI), Antoine Fuqua and Castle scribe Will Beall, the network announced Monday.
RelatedThe Good Wife‘s Archie Panjabi to Star in ABC Drama Pilot The Jury
The logline for the pilot — which, like the movie, will »
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