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Vanessa Hudgens to Star in DC Comics Comedy Pilot ‘Powerless’ at NBC
3 hours ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
Vanessa Hudgens has been cast in NBC’s DC Comics comedy pilot “Powerless,” Variety has learned. The starring role is Hudgens’ first gig after “Grease Live” for which she received rave reviews.
Based on characters from the DC universe, “Powerless” is a workplace comedy set at one of the worst insurance companies in America — with the twist being that it also takes place in the universe of DC Comics. The show is about the reality of working life for a normal, powerless person in a world of super heroes and villains.
Hudgens will play Emily Locke, an insurance claims adjuster who loves her job because she gets to help people. The character likes to fly under the radar and just get her work done, and she finds herself increasingly exasperated by the disruptive antics of the various Super Heroes that proliferate in her city.
The role marks Hudgens’ first regular role on a TV series. »
- Elizabeth Wagmeister
‘Lip Sync Battle’ Kids’ Spinoff in Development at Spike and Nickelodeon
6 hours ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
Bouncing off the success of Spike’s record-breaking series “Lip Sync Battle,” a kids-themed spin-off “[Lip Sync Battle Jr.” is being developed at Spike and sister net Nickelodeon, Variety has learned. A special, serving as a precursor to a possible series, will air on both Viacom-owned cablers this year.
“[Lip Sync Battle Jr.” is the first special edition project for “Lip Sync Battle,” as more event specials will be developed across the Viacom portfolio.
“[Lip Sync Battle Jr.” will celebrate kids’ love of music and comedy, featuring similar lip sync battles to that in the flagship show, but with new variety elements designed to let young-ins shine. The special and the potential series hail from “Lip Sync Battle” producers Casey Patterson Entertainment and Matador with exec producers Casey Patterson and Jay Peterson.
“On the long list of wonderful surprises about ‘Lip Sync Battle’ is our family co-viewing,” the two producers said in a joint statement. »
- Elizabeth Wagmeister
'Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.' actress accidentally dropped a Huge spoiler about Grant Ward
7 hours ago | Hitfix | See recent Hitfix news »
Warning: Actual Spoiler For Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. inside!! It’s a rare day when a major character from comic books or superhero television stays dead. Today is not one of those days. Last week, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. released their first promo video for the upcoming season. It featured the familiar if slightly modified face, of Grant Ward (Brett Dalton). His appearance immediately had fans speculating on who (or what) Ward is now. Over the weekend, we found when one of his co-stars let it slip during Wizard World Portland… As reported by ComicBook Elizabeth Henstridge — who plays Jemma Simmons — was talking about how the Marvel Cinematic Universe has changed since Thor: The Dark World when she said this: “…and now Ward is Hive and takes on the memories of people he's killed, so that's going to have some interesting situations.” As the name suggests, the Hive is not a person »
- Donna Dickens
David Attenborough to Narrate BBC Documentary Series ‘Planet Earth II’
11 hours ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
London — David Attenborough has come on board to narrate natural history series “Planet Earth II,” which is being presented to international buyers at a BBC Worldwide sales event in Liverpool, England, tomorrow.
BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the U.K. broadcaster, has inked its first sales on the six-part show, ahead of BBC Worldwide Showcase, which draws 700 international buyers.
The series, a co-production of the BBC, BBC America, Zdf in Germany and France Televisions in France, has just been picked up by Sweden’s Svt, Denmark’s Dr and Italy’s Mediaset. Its launch comes a decade on from the critically acclaimed “Planet Earth,” which sold to more than 230 territories.
Attenborough will be in Liverpool for an event on Tuesday to launch the series. He will be interviewed on stage by documentary filmmaker Louis Theroux, and will be joined by the show’s executive producer, Mike Gunton, and the series producer, »
- Leo Barraclough
‘Walking Dead’ Fans Fall in Love With Latest Twist
8 hours ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
(Spoiler alert: Do not read on if you haven’t watched this week’s episode of “The Walking Dead”) “The Walking Dead” fans finally have something to celebrate. In this week’s episode, Rick (Andrew Lincoln) and Michonne (Danai Gurira) hooked up and fans across the Internet collectively lost it. #Richone began trending shortly after the show ended, with most fans absolutely loving the latest romantic pairing on the zombie apocalypse drama. Also Read: 'Walking Dead': Rick, Daryl Have Strange Encounter on the Road Read some of the best reactions below. @WalkingDead_AMC It’s Monday for me »
- Joe Otterson
TVLine Items: Revolution Star Leads Fox Pilot, Lip Sync Spinoff and More
33 minutes ago | TVLine.com | See recent TVLine.com news »
Fox’s pilot season just turned the power on.
Revolution alumna Tracy Spiridakos has nabbed the lead role in Recon, the network’s potential drama series from Vampire Diaries producers Kevin Williamson and Julie Plec.
RelatedNiecy Nash to Star in Fox’s Female Buddy Comedy Pilot The Enforcers
Per our sister site Deadline, Spiridakos will star as Alexa, a young, driven FBI analyst tasked with embedding herself in a suspected terrorist family.
Alexander Siddig (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) will co-star as Alexa’s target, Omar: a father, husband and devout Muslim who has no idea the Feds have been tracking his every move. »
‘Incorporated’ Syfy Series Adds Allison Miller As New Regular In Recasting
34 minutes ago | Deadline TV | See recent Deadline TV news »
Allison Miller (Go On, Kings) is set as one of the leads in Incorporated, Syfy’s recently picked up 13-episode futuristic thriller series from Matt Damon, Ben Affleck & Jennifer Todd's Pearl Street Films, CBS Television Studios and Universal Cable Prods. Created by David & Alex Pastor, who wrote and directed the pilot, Incorporated is set in a near future where corporations have unlimited power. It centers on Ben Larson (Sean Teale), a young executive who conceals his… »
‘The Big Bang Theory’: Melissa Rauch & Simon Helberg Talk Baby Bombshell
40 minutes ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
Season nine of “The Big Bang Theory” is sprinkled with milestones. Bernadette (Melissa Rauch) and Howard (Simon Helberg) are expecting a baby, and Sheldon (Jim Parsons) and Amy (Mayim Bialik) consummated their relationship a few episodes back.
With the series already renewed for a 10th season, Bernadette’s baby will arrive sometime in the near future, so Variety talked to “The Big Bang Theory” cast at the show’s 200th episode party this past Saturday about the surprise storyline.
“I’m very excited to have a TV baby with my TV family, and I’m interested as to how much we’re going to see of the baby,” Rauch said this weekend at the L.A. event. “I think what’s really great is the writers have always done this fantastic job when any big changes on the show happen, they’ve always kept the essence of what the show »
- Margaret Lenker
Bet Honors Black History Month with Abff Awards + Basic Cable Premiere of '12 Years a Slave'
41 minutes ago | Indiewire Television | See recent Indiewire Television news »
Bet has announced that, on Tuesday, February 23, in celebration of Black History Month, the network has partnered with the American Black Film Festival (Abff) to air “Abff Awards: A Celebration of Hollywood” at 8P/7C. This first-ever televised installment of the award show is a tribute to film legends and TV stars, hosted by Mike Epps, in a two-hour event that will honor Don Cheadle, Regina King, Ryan Coogler, Diahann Carroll and Will Packer for their achievements in entertainment. Also, there will be special appearances by Jamie Foxx, Robert Downey Jr., Kerry Washington, Octavia Spencer, Loretta Devine, KeKe Palmer, Anthony Anderson and more! In addition to the Abff Awards, 2014 Best Picture Oscar Winner, “12 Years a Slave," will make its basic cable premiere on Bet to wrap up Black History Month. The movie premieres Saturday, February 27 at 8P Et/Pt. The Steve McQueen directed adaptation...
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- Tambay A. Obenson
Mad Men's Jessica Paré Joins Amazon Drama Pilot The Interestings
52 minutes ago | TVLine.com | See recent TVLine.com news »
Jessica Paré just can’t get away from period dramas.
The Mad Men star has been cast in The Interestings, Amazon’s pilot about friends who meet at an arts camp in 1974 when they’re in their teens, TVLine has learned exclusively.
RelatedPilot Season ’16: Scoop on This Fall’s (Possible) New Shows, Who’s In Them
The potential series, based on Meg Wolitzer’s novel, follows the friends over the 30 years following their camp experience.
Paré will play Cathy, a former dancer who becomes a highly successful, married financier. At one point in the action, Cathy and Jules (a »
TV News Roundup: Michael Raymond-James Back on ‘Once Upon a Time’; Mark Feuerstein Joins ‘Prison Break’
1 hour ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
Michael Raymond-James is returning to ABC’s “Once Upon a Time” and Mark Feuerstein is set to recur on Fox’s “Prison Break” event series. That and more in today’s news roundup…
Casting News
“Once Upon a Time” alum Michael Raymond-James will reprise his role as Neal Cassidy in the upcoming 100th episode of the ABC fantasy drama, following the character’s death in Season 3. Details of his appearance are under wraps, but he’ll appear in the March 6 midseason premiere, which will see our heroes venturing to the Underworld in search of Colin O’Donoghue’s Hook. The news was first reported by TVLine.
“Vinyl’s” Emily Tremaine has been cast as one of the leads in the new Freeform original series “Guilt.” She will play Natalie Atwood, a Boston prosecutor who drops everything after her sister Grace is accused of murder. Her character will question her sister »
- Jacob Bryant
‘11.22.63’ Recap: Jake and Frank Dunning Face Off in ‘The Kill Floor’
1 hour ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
Jake Epping is done with the past.
After having spent the first episode fighting to change time and creating disastrous consequences, the English teacher-turned-time traveler (played by James Franco) called it quits and decided to head home — but a quick detour to Holden, Ky., to prevent his present-day friend Harry Dunning from losing his mother and siblings to a murderous sledgehammer-wielding father seemed like a decent one to make.
Jake finds that the young Harry of the ’60s is a far cry from the slow-speaking janitor he knows in modern times. The young version of Harry is a quiet, but resourceful kid — someone who has the smarts to stash an extra pair of pants with a store owner for when the bullies take his.
Jake’s first stop is finding a place to stay, while he waits for the night Harry’s dad is going to commit his crime: Halloween. »
- Jacob Bryant
CSI: Cyber Season 2 Episode 14: Desperate times call for desperate measures
1 hour ago | TVovermind.com | See recent TVovermind.com news »
Desperate time call for desperate measures in this week’s enthralling episode of CSI: Cyber as a desperate husband, Keith Walker and his father-in-law, Dr. Richard Magolin, who happens to be a retired surgeon, targets people in top physical condition in Charleston, South Carolina by hacking into their fitness bands and Bluetooth enabled running shoes to harvest their kidneys in order to save his wife from dying of polycystic kidney disease. The first unfortunate victim in this cold-blooded kidney shopping spree is a woman named Alison Resnick, who got hit by a car and later kidnapped after being injected with propofol. Alison
CSI: Cyber Season 2 Episode 14: Desperate times call for desperate measures »
- Tiffany
NCIS: Los Angeles Preview: The Final Piece to Callen’s Past
1 hour ago | TVovermind.com | See recent TVovermind.com news »
For seven seasons NCIS: Los Angeles Special Agent G Callen has been a man of mystery. It’s not just because he’s former CIA, it’s because up until a few years ago, he had no idea where he came from. Over time he’s learned bits and pieces about his past, and tonight he’ll finally learn the last elusive piece of the puzzle-his name. In preparation for tonight’s momentous episode, here’s what we know so far about Callen’s past. His father is Russian, his mother Clara is Romanian. His maternal grandfather started a blood feud with a rival Romanian family, the Comescu’s,
NCIS: Los Angeles Preview: The Final Piece to Callen’s Past »
- Araceli Aviles
Donald Trump Not Confirmed For Megyn Kelly Town Hall With Gop Candidates
1 hour ago | Deadline TV | See recent Deadline TV news »
Fox News Channel just announced that Megyn Kelly will host a two-hour “voter summit” in Houston on Wednesday in which she will put questions to remaining Gop candidates the night after the Nevada caucus and ahead of Super Tuesday. Guess which Gop candidate has not yet confirmed he will appear in the special edition of The Kelly File on Wednesday at 9 Pm Et, according to the network? Candidates who are confirmed to participate in The Kelly File: Face to Face with Candidates… »
Raúl Castillo Joins ‘The Death Of Eva Sofia Valdez’; Shaun Brown In ‘The Great Indoors’
1 hour ago | Deadline TV | See recent Deadline TV news »
Looking alum Raúl Castillo is set as a series regular in ABC drama pilot The Death Of Eva Sofia Valdez, from writer Charise Castro Smith and producers Michele Fazekas and Tara Butters. Described as a sexy revenge drama with a supernatural twist and as MacBeth with a Cuban twist, it centers on Eva Sofia Valdez, an immigrant who rose from rags to riches and is a celebrated Miami entrepreneur and a champion for immigrant rights. But her success is fueled by an insatiable… »
Our Favorite Modern American Looks on House Hunters International
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When you think of House Hunters International, it’s common to think of homes that have very different appeal. They aren’t very American in that not all these homes have the kind of space and amenities that American homes tend to have. However, sometimes you’re surprised with the look of homes in countries that you might not expect to see such modern décor in a room. When that happens, we sometimes wonder if we’re still watching the international version of the show. These five rooms are so modern and so Pinterest-perfect that we thought they might just be American. You might
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- Tiffany Raiford
Tracy Spiridakos To Play The Lead In Fox Pilot ‘Recon’, Alexander Siddig To Co-Star
1 hour ago | Deadline TV | See recent Deadline TV news »
Former Revolution star Tracy Spiridakos has landed the lead in Recon, Fox’s drama pilot executive produced by The Vampire Diaries’ co-developers/exec producers Kevin Williamson and Julie Plec. Set to co-star opposite Spiridakos in the pilot, written by Tvd exec producer Caroline Dries, is Alexander Siddig (Game of Thrones). Recon centers on Alexa (Spiridakos), a young, driven FBI analyst tasked with embedding herself in a suspected terrorist family. Siddig plays her… »
‘Transylvania’: Laura Brent Cast As Female Lead In The CW Pilot
1 hour ago | Deadline TV | See recent Deadline TV news »
Young Australian actress Laura Brent (The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader) has been cast as the female lead in the CW genre-themed drama pilot Transylvania. Written by Hugh Sterbakov and directed by Jason Ensler, Transylvania is set in 1880 and centers on Victoria (Brent), a headstrong young woman in search of her missing father who ventures from NYC to Transylvania where she teams up with a wrongfully disgraced Scotland Yard Detective, and together… »
HBO Drops New Trailer for 'Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill' Starring Audra McDonald
1 hour ago | Indiewire Television | See recent Indiewire Television news »
Audra McDonald brings her acclaimed portrayal of Billie Holiday in the Broadway smash "Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill" to HBO, with the exclusive presentation scheduled to debut Saturday, March 12, 2016. Filmed before a live audience at Cafe Brasil in New Orleans, the special features McDonald in her history-making, tour de force performance as the jazz icon. Originally written for off-Broadway by Lanie Roberston in 1987, the production tells Holiday's life story through the songs that made her famous, including "God Bless the Child," "What a Little Moonlight Can Do," "Strange Fruit" and "Taint Nobody's Biz-ness." McDonald made history and became Broadway's most decorated performer when she won her sixth Tony Award, for "Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill," in 2014. In addition to setting the record for most competitive wins by an actor, she also became the first person to receive awards in all four acting...
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- Tambay A. Obenson
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