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John Stamos Joins Scream Queens Season 2 as Series Regular
17 hours ago | TVLine.com | See recent TVLine.com news »
Fox euthanized Grandfathered but it’s hanging on to John Stamos.
The TV vet has been tapped to join Scream Queens‘ hospital-set second season as a series regular, TVLine has learned. He’ll play Dr. Brock Holt, a brilliant — but secretive — head surgeon employed at the hospital, where some of the most fascinating and bizarre medical cases are under observation.
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This will mark Stamos’ third collaboration with Scream Queens exec producer Ryan Murphy, following guest stints on Glee and The New Normal.
Stamos joins returning Scream Queens cast members Jamie Lee Curtis, »
Wilmer Valderrama Is Your Newest NCIS Agent
18 hours ago | E! Online | See recent E! Online news »
You'll probably recognize the newest NCIS agent: Wilmer Valderrama is joining the long-running CBS drama as a series regular for its upcoming fourteenth season. The actor will play an NCIS field agent who disappeared after accepting a deep cover assignment many years ago. In fact, many agents don't even know that he's still on the job—or whether he's even alive. When he resurfaces, he'll be as dedicated to his job and country as ever, but after his years-long assignment he'll become an unpredictable, charismatic loose cannon. Says executive producer Gary Glasberg in a statement, "Wilmer Valderrama will be able to flex his dramatic, physical and comedic talents in this classic NCIS »
'Orphan Black' Renewed for Fifth and Final Season
16 June 2016 8:37 AM, PDT | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »
Orphan Black is coming to the finish line. The sci-fi drama has been renewed for a fifth and final season, it was announced Thursday. The final 10-episode season will air in 2017. The news comes hours ahead of the season-four finale, which airs Thursday at 10 p.m. Et/Pt on BBC America. The final episode of the season is said to include a major cliffhanger. Orphan Black stars Emmy nominee Tatiana Maslany as several identical people who are clones. In addition to her 2015 Emmy nomination, the actress also was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award
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- Kate Stanhope
Michelle Collins Is Leaving The View
3 hours ago | E! Online | See recent E! Online news »
Michelle Collins is officially leaving The View. The news comes from the show's executive producer Candi Carter who sent an email to staffers announcing the news. "I have some bittersweet news to share—Michelle Collins is leaving the show," Carter wrote. "A gracious presence on stage and off, she asked smart questions, made us laugh and will always be part of The View family. We wish her great success with some exciting new projects ahead." The note continued, "Please join me in thanking Michelle for her hard work, great humor and many contributions this season to The View. She'll be in the office next week to say good-bye to you personally." Collins' departure »
Jason Sudeikis Disqualified From Emmy Consideration for Fox’s ‘Last Man On Earth’ (Exclusive)
23 hours ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
When the 2016 Primetime Emmy ballots went online Monday, Jason Sudeikis was included among the list of guest actors in a comedy series for his critically acclaimed turn on Fox’s “The Last Man On Earth.”
There’s just one problem: Under Emmy rules, Sudeikis isn’t a guest star.
Because he appeared in 11 of the second season’s 18 episodes as Mike Miller, astronaut brother of the titular character Phil Miller (played by Will Forte), he far exceeds the current threshold for guest consideration.
Per Academy rules: “It is the decision of the entrant whether to enter as a lead, supporting or guest performer. However, only performers appearing in less than 50% of the eligible episodes are able to submit in the Guest Performer categories.”
Although Sudeikis would be properly categorized in the supporting actor race, it’s too late to make the switch now that voting has commenced, and he will therefore be disqualified from consideration. (Again, per Academy rules: “If an entry is made in the wrong category and the error is not discovered until it goes to the voters on the nomination ballot, it will be disqualified.”)
Since the category’s inception in 1986, the rules and regulations defining guest performers have varied wildly throughout the years. In 1992, a movement to recognize guest performers on the primetime telecast resulted in guests competing against full-time leads (Christopher Lloyd won outstanding actor in a drama series for a single episode of “Road to Avonlea” and the experiment ended). And in recent years, winners in the guest categories have included performers booked for season long arcs (like John Lithgow’s 2010 win for season four of “Dexter”).
The current rule was instituted in 2015, the year after Uzo Aduba won outstanding guest actress in a comedy for the first season of Netflix’s “Orange Is the New Black” despite appearing in 11 out of 13 episodes and essentially functioning as a series regular. Aduba went on to win outstanding supporting actress in a drama at last year’s Emmys.
There is still some confusion about the shift in what constitutes a guest performance even among industry insiders. Pundits considered Diana Rigg a shoo-in for a fourth consecutive guest actress nomination as Lady Olenna Tyrell on HBO’s “Game of Thrones” this year, but the actress will appear in five of the season’s 10 episodes, pushing her into the supporting field. Only a handful of actors from the massive “Thrones” ensemble are submitted by HBO each year (the rest can submit on their own). Rigg is not on this year’s ballot.
Under the current rules, Rigg would also not have been eligible as a guest star in the show’s third season, when she received her first nomination.
Meanwhile, “Breaking Bad” veteran Mark Margolis is entered in the supporting race for reprising his Emmy-nominated guest role as the villainous Hector Salamanca on “Better Call Saul.” The actor appeared in exactly half of “Saul’s” second season (five out of 10 episodes), with minimal screen time in several of those. It’s difficult to argue he’s a supporting player to the same degree as “Saul” co-stars Jonathan Banks or Michael McKean, but the rules are the rules.
Over at AMC’s “The Walking Dead,” series regulars Ross Marquand and Tovah Feldshuh have been entered in guest categories this year because they each appeared in six episodes of the 16-episode season. But guest star Merritt Wever vies in supporting actress because she appeared in nine.
What happened with Sudeikis was apparently a case of the studio, 20th Century Fox Television, evaluating the role under the Academy’s old guidelines, and judging it a guest turn. He was billed as a “special guest star” for every episode, and in three of the 11 episodes he appeared onscreen for less than a minute. But his role grew in importance as the season progressed, his character had a bottle episode essentially all to himself, and he was a crucial participant in the season-ending arc.
The TV Academy does not vet submissions for accuracy; they simply go by the information submitted on entry forms, which would have noted that Sudeikis appeared in less than 50% of the episodes. No performers were disqualified from the ballot last year.
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- Geoff Berkshire
Arrow Casts Series Regular Role of DC Vigilante Adrian Chase in Season 5
20 hours ago | TVLine.com | See recent TVLine.com news »
There’s an upside to getting killed off Chicago P.D.
Arrow has tapped Josh Segarra — who recurred on the NBC drama as Justin Voight before meeting his demise in last month’s finale — to play the series-regular role of Star City’s new district attorney, Adrian Chase, our sister site Deadline reports.
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The character serves as an ally to Mayor Oliver Queen and aims to clean up the streets through the legal system.
As TVLine first reported, Chase is described as an “irrepressibly »
Viacom Expects to Gain Ad Volume as TV’s ‘Upfront’ Bubbles (Exclusive)
34 minutes ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
Viacom, in the midst of a bruising legal fracas involving its top management and controlling shareholders, expects to nab a greater volume of advance ad commitments as part of its annual “upfront” talks for commercial time, a sign of a market that is shaping up to be healthier than TV has seen in years.
The owner of Nickelodeon, Comedy Central and MTV expects to secure a 10% increase in volume from advertisers, according to a person familiar with the situation, and pressed for deals that called for an increase of 7% to 8% in the rate of reaching 1,000 viewers, also known as a Cpm. The measure is an integral one in these annual talks between TV networks and Madison Avenue. Last year, Viacom secured a volume increase of just 3% to 4% and did deals calling for CPMs between 3% and 4%.
The results suggest that TV networks are navigating through a stronger upfront session than they »
- Brian Steinberg
Istanbul TV Market Discop Cancelled Over Security Concerns
51 minutes ago | Deadline TV | See recent Deadline TV news »
Discop, the TV market held in Instanbul, has announced it has cancelled next year’s edition over security concerns in Turkey. The announcement, made via the Discop newsletter, laid clear that the ongoing instability in the country, where there has been a crackdown on media freedoms along with a number of recent deadly explosions, was the main factor in the decision. "Turkey is an important strategic territory for television content business, and Istanbul is a great… »
Ratings: Aquarius Returns 'Up,' But Low
59 minutes ago | TVLine.com | See recent TVLine.com news »
NBC’s ad-free Aquarius Season 2 premiere triple-play averaged 2.7 million total viewers and a 0.4 demo rating on Thursday night, which is technically “up” from its Season 1 finale (which did 1.1 mil/0.2, banished to a Saturday) but down a tick from its freshman run average (2.8 mil/0.5). But hey, no commercials/advertisers to carp, so….
For those who want/need to see Aquarius‘ episode-by-episode breakdown, it went: 3 mil/0.5 > 2.7 mil/0.4 > 2.4 mil/0.4.
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Slam-dunking Thursday of course was ABC’s NBA Finals coverage, with 16.8 million total viewers and a 6.3 demo rating — up »
China Internet Giant Baidu Investing $300 Million In Film Biz Via Nuomi Fund
1 hour ago | Deadline TV | See recent Deadline TV news »
Baidu, one third of the digital Chinese behemoths that make up the Bat acronym (Alibaba and Tencent are the others), is set to invest $300 million into the film business through the Baidu Nuomi Pictures Fund. The announcement was made during the Shanghai Film Festival. It marks the latest in a series of buzzy announcements to come out of the fest, signifying once again just what a force the Middle Kingdom is becoming in the film business. The fund will target commercial… »
Jerry Lawler Suspended by WWE After Domestic Violence Arrest
1 hour ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
Wrestler Jerry Lawler, known in the ring as “The King,” has been indefinitely suspended by WWE after being arrested on domestic violence charges on Thursday night in Tennessee.
“WWE has zero tolerance for matters involving domestic violence, and per our policy, Jerry Lawler has been suspended indefinitely following his arrest,” the organization said in a statement on its site.
Lawler, 66, and his girlfriend, Lauryn McBride, 27, were both taken into custody for domestic assault, with each alleging that the other had assaulted them.
According to various outlets, an arrest affidavit says the couple told officers they got into a heated argument that turned physical. McBride said Lawler held her against the kitchen counter, hit her on the head and pushed her against the stove. She said Lawler then placed an unloaded pistol on the counter and told her “kill yourself.”
Lawler, meanwhile, claims that McBride scratched his face, threw a candle »
- Maane Khatchatourian
‘Masters Of Sex’: Alysia Reiner, Jeremy Strong & Ashley Zukerman Join Season 4 Cast
1 hour ago | Deadline TV | See recent Deadline TV news »
Alysia Reiner (Orange is the New Black), Jeremy Strong (The Big Short) and Ashley Zukerman (Manhattan) have signed on for recurring roles in Season 4 of Showtime’s Masters of Sex. Reiner will play Anita. Outspoken, attractive, hyper-confident, in a Gloria Steinem way in her early days – she leads a feminist empowerment group and challenges Libby (Caitlin FitzGerald) to raise her consciousness as a woman in the late 60s. Strong will portray Art. A psychologist from the… »
Father's Day Top 10 Countdown: Television's Best Dads
1 hour ago | TVLine.com | See recent TVLine.com news »
While you’re busy narrowing down your Father’s Day gift this year to a tie or… um, well, a different tie, your friends at TVLine have a present for you: It’s a countdown of Television’s Best Dads.
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Since this is a Current Series Edition, you won’t find famous fathers like My Three Sons‘ Steve Douglas, The Brady Bunch‘s Mike Brady or The Cosby Show‘s Cliff Huxtable on the list. But the countdown does include, among others, the top pops from The Real O’Neals, »
NBCU & Dish Network Settle Ad-Skipping Dispute & Reach Carriage Deal
1 hour ago | Deadline TV | See recent Deadline TV news »
NBCUniversal and Dish Network have put down their legal swords over the ad-skipping tech the satellite company introduced several years back and reached a carriage deal. The ad-skipping deal joins Fox's lawsuit ending agreement in February and the settlement CBS and Dish came to in December 2014. "NBCUniversal and Dish Network have reached an agreement resulting in the dismissal of all pending litigation between the two companies, including disputes over the AutoHop and… »
The Rock Eats Candy For the First Time in 27 Years on The Tonight Show
1 hour ago | TVovermind.com | See recent TVovermind.com news »
Few actors today are as busy as Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. Whether it’s starring in the Fast & Furious franchise, voicing an animated character in the upcoming Disney film Moana, or teaming up with a comedian like Kevin Hart for a summer comedy like Central Intelligence (which hits theaters today), he seems to be living life to the fullest and doing absolutely everything. However, last night on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, it was revealed that there’s one thing that Johnson hasn’t done in a very long time: eat candy. As The Rock explained to Fallon last night on The Tonight Show, he’s
The Rock Eats Candy For the First Time in 27 Years on The Tonight Show »
- Chris King
Review: ‘Orange is the New Black’ Season 4 Will Wreck You (In the Most Important Ways)
2 hours ago | Indiewire Television | See recent Indiewire Television news »
Year by year, things keep getting worse and worse for the Litchfield Federal Penitentiary inmates, who have become the one fucked-up TV family we always look forward to visiting. It’s as much a testament to Netflix and creator Jenji Kohan, for showcasing the show’s diverse cast of incredible actors, as it is the power of television, which lets our relationships with characters, as technically one-sided as they might be, bloom and grow.
Read More: Why Netflix Renewed ‘Orange is the New Black’ for Three Seasons
Like any relationship allowed to blossom, the potential for heartbreak is real. This year, that’s more true than ever.
Season 4 begins moments after the transcendent beauty of the Season 3 finale, picking up with the creation of bunk beds in the dorms. “Orange” thus immediately takes on the issue of prison overcrowding by immediately doubling the occupancy of the prison without additionally addressing »
- Liz Shannon Miller
NBA Finals Game 6 Ratings Steady With 2015 As LeBron James & Cavaliers Force Game 7
2 hours ago | Deadline TV | See recent Deadline TV news »
By this time last year, the Golden State Warriors had won their first NBA championship in 40 years, but the 2016 basketball battle is going to a winner-take-all Game 7 after the Cleveland Cavaliers took Game 6 last night 115-101. The social media wrath of Ayseha Curry aside, that's good news for ABC and the NBA, who have seen near-record ratings for this year's NBA Finals. Last night's game scored a 14.3/24 metered market rating, fairly steady with last year and dipping… »
Cast & Crew Acquires Caps Payroll In Latest Expansion
2 hours ago | Deadline TV | See recent Deadline TV news »
Cast & Crew Entertainment Services has sealed a deal to acquire Caps Payroll, which will add commercial production, venues, music tours, live events, unscripted TV and independent film sectors to its growing base of payroll and production management services. It’s the latest pickup for the company since Silver Lake acquired Cast & Crew in June 2015. Since then it has unveiled new digital workflow solutions and in February acquired screenwriter software biggie Final… »
Stephen Colbert Proposes a Power Trio With Taylor Swift and Tom Hiddleston on The Late Show
2 hours ago | TVovermind.com | See recent TVovermind.com news »
Stephen Colbert took some time during the opening of last night’s Late Show to talk about one of the world’s most important news stories: Taylor Swift and Tom Hiddleston appear to be dating. Yes, as everyone with a computer knows, Twitter blew up on Wednesday when photos of Swift and Hiddleston were released online, and fans of the potential new couple immediately dubbed them “Hiddleswift.” However, as great as “Hiddleswift” may seem to fans who like both the pop star and the actor, Colbert admitted that he was a little worried about the two of them. In fact, he even told Tom
Stephen Colbert Proposes a Power Trio With Taylor Swift and Tom Hiddleston on The Late Show »
- Chris King
The Flash Season 3: Barry Saved His Mom! — What Happens Next?
2 hours ago | TVLine.com | See recent TVLine.com news »
TVLine hits rewind on the TV season’s biggest “What Happens Next?” finales, then invites you to predict the cliffhanger outcomes.
“Mom” was the word as Season 2 of The CW’s The Flash came to a close. But was traveling back in time to save Nora a bit of a “parent trap” for Barry, who likely has significantly altered his fate? Is the new word, heading into Season 3, “Flashpoint”?
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For the uninitiated — and I will simplify this greatly, while omitting a few »
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