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8 July 2016 7:49 AM, PDT | TVLine.com | See recent TVLine.com news »

Syfy’s Killjoys are back in action, having reunited with D’Avin, unearthed new questions about the mysterious Khlyen and made a couple of friends (in Clara and “Alice”) in the Season 2 opener alone.

VideosKilljoys Sneak Peek: Mummy’s the Word as the Team Reunites With Pawter

TVLine invited Aaron Ashmore, who plays Johnny Jaqobis, to weigh in on the sci-fi series’ appeal, its expanding cast and the new baddie that Lucy’s crew is about to unpleasantly meet tonight at 9/8c.

Tvline | All things being relative with sci-fi shows, why do you think Killjoys has caught on the way it has? »

1 July 2016 7:00 PM, PDT | TVfanatic | See recent TVfanatic news »

Good ol' D'avin said it best early in the episode, "Missed you bastards!"

Luckily for us, this is no green-goo induced dream and Killjoys is finally back for another run. I am thrilled we get to spend another season with this incredible cast and crew. I can't even imagine not getting a third season, so I'm starting the #RenewKilljoys campaign early.

I didn't see the twists of Killjoys Season 2 Episode 1 coming, which is part of the fun.

Let me start by saying I loved that this installment picked up right where we left off, and that we didn't spend three episodes searching for D'avin. At just 10 episodes per season, there's really no time to waste.

While the tighter storytelling does away with any filler episodes, it also means the season will be over far too quickly. Take Game of Thrones for example, we've got to wait a year now to return to Westeros. »

- Henry A. Otero

24 June 2016 1:25 PM, PDT | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »

I hope you have a “Killjoys” in your life.

“Killjoys” returns to Syfy July 1, and settling in to watch this show never fails to put me in a happy place. Some TV shows effortlessly tick a large number of the boxes you want them to tick and throw in a few more goodies just for fun, and “Killjoys” is that show for me. My affection for “Killjoys” might border on the unreasonable, but I can summon enough objectivity to assess its overall strengths and weaknesses. There are a lot of the former, very few of the latter. It’s a light, well-made, zippy TV show that knows what it is and delivers solid action, adventure and character development despite its limited budget. The cast has terrific chemistry, and the second season of the show ably builds on the strengths of the quite enjoyable first. 

Of course, I like some existential despair-inducing TV — if you’re a TV »

- Maureen Ryan

23 June 2016 1:26 PM, PDT | TVSeriesFinale.com | See recent TVSeriesFinale news »

CBS is hoping for killer ratings with their new murder mystery series, American Gothic. It seems like it's been conceived as a one season series but, if it's successful enough, they'll surely find a way to bring it back (ala Wayward Pines and Under the Dome) for season two. If it's a flop, the show could be cancelled and pulled off the air. What will happen? Stay tuned.

The first season of American Gothic revolves around a well-to-do Boston family. The Hawthornes are reeling in the wake of the chilling discovery that someone in their midst may be a serial killer. The cast includes Virginia Madsen, Juliet Rylance, Justin Chatwin, Stephanie Leonidas, Gabriel Bateman, Megan Ketch, and Elliot Knight.

The ratings are typically the best indication of a show's likelihood of staying on the air. The higher the ratings (particularly the 18-49 demo), the better the »

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20 June 2016 10:00 AM, PDT | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »

Poor Grant Wood. Imagine being the artist responsible for “American Gothic,” a guy who just wanted to evoke the simple charms of Middle America, only have his painting serve as an inspiration for a slew of middling-to-terrible horror shows and movies.

One wonders what the late painter would have thought of CBS’ latest “American Gothic” (which is completely unrelated to the series that aired for a season on the network in 1995). It’s  no masterpiece, but it does share Wood’s theme of simplicity, in the sense that the new show is as standard as they come. It revolves around the tale of a rich and powerful Boston family that may have a serial killer in its moneyed ranks. Unlike the earlier show, this summertime filler has no supernatural elements. Neither are there any outlandish or memorable characters, nor a single indication within the first two episodes that the 13-part journey is worth following to the end »

- Melanie McFarland

19 March 2016 9:30 AM, PDT | TVLine.com | See recent TVLine.com news »

TV, TV, on the wall… who’s the baddest of them all?

That’s the question at the heart of TVLine’s March BADness Bracket Tournament, a brutal scrum among the most violent, scheming, bitchy, low-down dirty characters ever to grace the small screen.

RelatedMarch BADness: Dexter Villains Take on Criminal Minds, The Mentalist Psychos

Love to hate ’em or just plain love ’em, there’s no denying these 64 filthy mcnasties have left an indelible mark on the TV landscape. But treacherous as they are, they’re not about to share their glory.

That’s where you come in. From »

17 March 2016 11:00 AM, PDT | TVLine.com | See recent TVLine.com news »

CBS’ summertime line-up boasts Houseguests, braindead politicians and more of those attacking animals.

Big Brother will reopen its doors on Wednesday, June 22, when Season 18 premieres. The summertime staple will again have three weekly outings, also airing Thursdays (starting June 23) and Sundays (starting June 26).

RelatedGood Wife Creators’ D.C.-Based Invasion Comic-Thriller Ordered at CBS

Kicking off CBS’ summer lineup will be BrainDead, the D.C.-based comic-thriller from The Good Wife creators Robert and Michelle King. Premiering Monday, June 13 at 10/9c (aka Under the Dome’s onetime home), the series follows a young, fresh-faced Hill staffer (10 Cloverfield Lane‘s Mary Elizabeth Winstead »

17 March 2016 11:00 AM, PDT | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »

One day after putting the finishing touches on some key spring premiere and finale dates, CBS on Thursday laid out its summer schedule, including launch dates for new original dramas “BrainDead,” from the team behind “The Good Wife,” and “American Gothic,” from Steven Spielberg.

“BrainDead,” a comic-thriller set in the world of Washington, D.C., politics, bows Monday, June 13, at 10. It stars Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Danny Pino, Aaron Tveit, Tony Shalhoub, Nikki M. James and Johnny Ray Gill. Robert and Michelle King, Ridley Scott, David W. Zucker, Brooke Kennedy and Liz Glotzer serve as executive producers for CBS Television Studios, Scott Free Productions and King Size Productions. Judy Smith serves as co-executive producer.

“Big Brother” will again be a big part of the CBS summer schedule, with three weekly airings and — for a third straight year — will have its earliest summer premiere date yet. The show bows with a two-hour episode on Wednesday, »

- Rick Kissell

10 February 2016 3:29 PM, PST | TVSeriesFinale.com | See recent TVSeriesFinale news »

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THR reports CBS has cast Elliot Knight as a series regular in its new American Gothic TV series, coming this summer. As pictured above, Knight played the Arthurian legend's Merlin, in ABC's  Once Upon a Time season 5A, starring Jennifer Morrison, Ginnifer Goodwin, Lana Parrilla, Colin O'Donoghue, Robert Carlyle, and Emilie de Ravin.

In American Gothic, Knight will play a police officer named Brady. The cast of American Gothic also includes: Megan Ketch, Justin Chatwin, Antony Starr, Juliet Rylance, Stephanie Leonidas, Gabriel Bateman, and Virginia Madsen.

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20 January 2016 10:45 AM, PST | TVLine.com | See recent TVLine.com news »

Meagan Good is emerging from the rubble of Fox’s Minority Report and heading straight for CBS.

VideosExclusive Code Black Sneak Peek: Angus’ ‘All-Star’ Brother Returns — With Big News

The actress, who also starred in NBC’s short-lived Deception, is joining Code Black in a recurring role, TVLine has learned. First appearing in the medical drama’s Feb. 10 episode, Good plays Dr. Grace Adams, an uninhibited doctor fresh off a year of humanitarian work in Haiti.

Oh, did we forget to mention her character is also the former flame of Raza Jaffrey’s Neal? Yikes.

Code Black airs Wednesdays at 10/9c. »

19 January 2016 5:16 PM, PST | TVLine.com | See recent TVLine.com news »

CBS is rounding out the cast of its 13-episode summer series American Gothic, adding The Knick‘s Juliet Rylance and Defiance‘s Stephanie Leonidas as series regulars, TVLine has learned exclusively.

Gabriel Bateman, best known as Dylan McDermott’s son on Stalker, has also boarded the mystery thriller.

The trio join the previously cast Antony Starr (Banshee), Justin Chatwin (Shameless) and Megan Ketch (Jane the Virgin).

RelatedCBS Orders ‘Diverse’ Nancy Drew Pilot; Crime Solver Now an NYPD Detective

From Good Wife/Jane the Virgin scribe Corinne Brinkerhoff and Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Television, the drama — which bears no connection to the short-lived, »

19 January 2016 4:12 PM, PST | TVLine.com | See recent TVLine.com news »

Did someone order 200 CCs of simmering sibling rivalry, stat?

This Wednesday on Code Black, (CBS, 10/9c), Tommy Dewey (Casual, The Mindy Project) boards the freshman drama in a major role, as Angus’ older brother, Mike. And as seen in the exclusive sneak peek above, Angus is alternately excited — and then a bit puzzled — by his brother’s presence at Angels Memorial.

What brings the “all-star” ER doctor back to L.A.? And why might he stay? Press play for those answers and more.

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Elsewhere in the episode, »

19 January 2016 4:00 PM, PST | TVLine.com | See recent TVLine.com news »

Two years after How I Met Your Mother bid a controversial farewell to viewers, series creators Carter Bays and Craig Thomas are returning to CBS to spin another love story — with another twist.

RelatedCBS Orders ‘Diverse’ Nancy Drew Pilot; Crime Solver Now an NYPD Detective

Based on the web series 7P/10E by Avital Ash (pictured above), My Time/Your Time will tell the story of two young lovers attempting to make their long-distance relationship work, TVLine has learned.

CBS has ordered a pilot, written by Hilary Winston and directed by Bays and Thomas. All three will serve as executive producers. »

19 January 2016 2:30 PM, PST | TVLine.com | See recent TVLine.com news »

Nancy Drew is all grown up and headed to CBS.

The network has given a pilot order to Drew, a drama that finds the iconic crime solver — now in her thirties — putting her “uncanny observational skills” to work as a detective for the NYPD. But wait, she’ll also have to “navigate the complexities of life in a modern world”!

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“She is diverse, that is the way she is written,” CBS president Glenn Geller recently told reporters at the Television Critics Association winter press tour. »

19 January 2016 8:37 AM, PST | TVLine.com | See recent TVLine.com news »

CBS’ NCIS: Los Angeles this Monday drew 10.5 million total viewers and a 1.6 demo rating, matching its most recent performance, which represented 10-month highs.

RelatedRenewal Scorecard: What’s Coming Back? What’s Getting Cancelled? What’s on the Bubble?

Opening the Eye’s night, Supergirl (8.8 mil/1.9) dipped a tenth and Scorpion (11.4 mil/2.0) slipped two tenths.

RelatedSupergirl Recap: Who Made a Big Confession?

Elsewhere in the ratings…..

ABC | The Bachelor (7.5 mil/2.1) ticked up 9 percent and a tenth, while the after-show (4 mil/0.9) slipped below a 1.0 rating.

NBC | Superstore (5.6 mil/1.6) and Telenovela (3.8 mil/1.1) each rose a tenth, while The Biggest Loser (3.4 mil/1.0) shed a tenth. »

15 items from 2016