If one were to rank all the major streaming services by queerness, Amazon Prime Video would be a pretty tough one to pin down.
On the one hand, you have to give credit where credit is due: One of the service’s very first stabs at original programming was “Transparent,” which in turn was one of the first shows to star a trans main character. That show now has a lot of baggage, but it’s hard to its understate historical significance.
Beyond the thorny topic of “Transparent,” Prime Video does have a good track record of releasing shows with LGBTQ characters and centering their narratives on queer themes; in particular, many of their shows focus on queer women, refreshingly avoiding the centering of gay men that defined queer TV for decades. This spring, the streamer dropped a phenomenal limited series retelling of David Cronenberg’s “Dead Ringers,” starring Rachel Weisz as twin lesbian gynecologists.
On the one hand, you have to give credit where credit is due: One of the service’s very first stabs at original programming was “Transparent,” which in turn was one of the first shows to star a trans main character. That show now has a lot of baggage, but it’s hard to its understate historical significance.
Beyond the thorny topic of “Transparent,” Prime Video does have a good track record of releasing shows with LGBTQ characters and centering their narratives on queer themes; in particular, many of their shows focus on queer women, refreshingly avoiding the centering of gay men that defined queer TV for decades. This spring, the streamer dropped a phenomenal limited series retelling of David Cronenberg’s “Dead Ringers,” starring Rachel Weisz as twin lesbian gynecologists.
- 6/12/2024
- by Wilson Chapman
- Indiewire
Every show has a bunch of iconic relationships that actually turn into the best storylines which people follow with all their attention. And those relationships are not always romantic: friendships are also a popular thing in many shows.
And while there are plenty of series that have female friendship as a central plot, like, for example, Sex and the City or Desperate Housewives, male friendship is rarely put on the pedestal.
However, it doesn’t mean bromance doesn’t exist, so here we have 5 shows that highlight close relationships between guys.
1. Friends: Joey and Chandler
There’s no way we would have started the list with another couple. While Friends is literally the show about six of them, it was clear from the beginning that these two guys share a special bond.
The series even has several episodes which revolve around their friendship, like the one with bro bracelets...
And while there are plenty of series that have female friendship as a central plot, like, for example, Sex and the City or Desperate Housewives, male friendship is rarely put on the pedestal.
However, it doesn’t mean bromance doesn’t exist, so here we have 5 shows that highlight close relationships between guys.
1. Friends: Joey and Chandler
There’s no way we would have started the list with another couple. While Friends is literally the show about six of them, it was clear from the beginning that these two guys share a special bond.
The series even has several episodes which revolve around their friendship, like the one with bro bracelets...
- 6/9/2024
- by info@startefacts.com (Rachel Bailey)
- STartefacts.com
Una comedia dramática inspirada en la novela de Sandra Barneda. © Apple TV+
Apple TV+ ha publicado el primer tráiler de “Tierra de Mujeres”, una serie inspirada en la novela superventas “La Tierra de las Mujeres”, de Sandra Barneda.
“Tierra de Mujeres” sigue a Gala (Eva Longoria), una madre neoyorquina con síndrome del nido vacío cuya vida da un vuelco cuando su marido implica a toda la familia en turbios asuntos financieros, y se ve obligada a huir de la ciudad junto a su madre (Carmen Maura) y su hija adolescente (Victoria Bazúa). Para escapar de los peligrosos criminales con los que el marido de Gala, ahora desaparecido, está en deuda, las tres mujeres se esconden en el encantador pueblo vinícola catalán del que huyó la madre de Gala hace 50 años, jurando no volver jamás. Las tres buscan comenzar de nuevo y esperan que sus identidades permanezcan en el anonimato, pero...
Apple TV+ ha publicado el primer tráiler de “Tierra de Mujeres”, una serie inspirada en la novela superventas “La Tierra de las Mujeres”, de Sandra Barneda.
“Tierra de Mujeres” sigue a Gala (Eva Longoria), una madre neoyorquina con síndrome del nido vacío cuya vida da un vuelco cuando su marido implica a toda la familia en turbios asuntos financieros, y se ve obligada a huir de la ciudad junto a su madre (Carmen Maura) y su hija adolescente (Victoria Bazúa). Para escapar de los peligrosos criminales con los que el marido de Gala, ahora desaparecido, está en deuda, las tres mujeres se esconden en el encantador pueblo vinícola catalán del que huyó la madre de Gala hace 50 años, jurando no volver jamás. Las tres buscan comenzar de nuevo y esperan que sus identidades permanezcan en el anonimato, pero...
- 6/5/2024
- by Marta Medina
- mundoCine
Apple TV+ revealed the trailer for the animated adventure trilogy ‘WondLa,’ hailing from Skydance Animation and based on the New York Times bestselling book series ‘The Search for WondLa” by Tony Diterlizzi.
The series centres around Eva, voiced by Jeanine Mason, a curious, enthusiastic and spirited teenager being raised in a state-of-the-art underground bunker by Muthr, a robot caretaker, voiced by Emmy Award nominee Teri Hatcher (“Desperate Housewives”). On her 16th birthday, an attack on Eva’s bunker forces her onto the Earth’s surface which is now inhabited by aliens, covered with other-worldly fauna, and no other humans to be found. It’s no longer called Earth but Orbona. Otto, a loveable giant water bear with whom Eva shares telepathic powers voiced by Emmy Award winner Brad Garrett (“Everybody Loves Raymond”) and Rovender, a cantankerous alien with a troubled past voiced by Gary Anthony Williams (“Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows...
The series centres around Eva, voiced by Jeanine Mason, a curious, enthusiastic and spirited teenager being raised in a state-of-the-art underground bunker by Muthr, a robot caretaker, voiced by Emmy Award nominee Teri Hatcher (“Desperate Housewives”). On her 16th birthday, an attack on Eva’s bunker forces her onto the Earth’s surface which is now inhabited by aliens, covered with other-worldly fauna, and no other humans to be found. It’s no longer called Earth but Orbona. Otto, a loveable giant water bear with whom Eva shares telepathic powers voiced by Emmy Award winner Brad Garrett (“Everybody Loves Raymond”) and Rovender, a cantankerous alien with a troubled past voiced by Gary Anthony Williams (“Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows...
- 6/3/2024
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Sony Pictures Television is shuttering its TriStar TV banner.
Sources tell The Hollywood Reporter that TriStar TV exec vp Jennifer Turner and senior vp development Nicole Norwood are leaving as the division is being folded into the larger Sony TV fold. No additional layoffs are expected to come as part of the move.
Reps for Sony declined comment.
The decision to absorb TriStar TV into the larger Sony Pictures Television fold comes at a time of industry-wide consolidation as streamers, networks and studios alike right-size their programming and staffing needs in an era of belt-tightening following the end of the Peak TV phenomenon.
TriStar TV’s mission was to champion diverse, authentic characters and underrepresented voices. Those values have since been incorporated into the larger studio, overseen by Katherine Pope, to whom Turner reported. Sony Pictures Television Studios’ drama department will now oversee the development of current TriStar TV projects.
Sources tell The Hollywood Reporter that TriStar TV exec vp Jennifer Turner and senior vp development Nicole Norwood are leaving as the division is being folded into the larger Sony TV fold. No additional layoffs are expected to come as part of the move.
Reps for Sony declined comment.
The decision to absorb TriStar TV into the larger Sony Pictures Television fold comes at a time of industry-wide consolidation as streamers, networks and studios alike right-size their programming and staffing needs in an era of belt-tightening following the end of the Peak TV phenomenon.
TriStar TV’s mission was to champion diverse, authentic characters and underrepresented voices. Those values have since been incorporated into the larger studio, overseen by Katherine Pope, to whom Turner reported. Sony Pictures Television Studios’ drama department will now oversee the development of current TriStar TV projects.
- 5/31/2024
- by Lesley Goldberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Want to take an island vacation this summer? All six seasons of Lost are returning to Netflix in the US on July 1, giving die-hard fans and newcomers alike a chance to enjoy the mind-bending drama all over again. The series originally ran from 2004 to 2010, premiering just days before Desperate Housewives and a few months before Grey’s Anatomy. It became an immediate hit, and it all came from an executive named Lloyd Braun sitting on a beach in Hawaii, thinking of ways to turn his vacation into a TV show. Inspired by the Tom Hanks movie Cast Away and the massive, game-changing reality competition series Survivor, Braun came up with a title — Lost — and a vague concept of plane crash survivors and total strangers learning to survive together while leaving their pasts behind.
Once he got series co-creator J.J. Abrams involved — and young writer Damon...
Once he got series co-creator J.J. Abrams involved — and young writer Damon...
- 5/30/2024
- by Lauren Piester
- Tudum - Netflix
Exclusive: Susan Sarandon (Maybe I Do), William H. Macy (Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes) and Marcia Cross (You) have signed on to star in Exit Right, a new indie that veteran documentary filmmaker Thomas A. Morgan will direct from his own script for the London-based Garrick Street Productions and Square Zero Films.
Marking Morgan’s narrative debut, the film centers on Jan Randall (Sarandon), whose brain — affected with inoperable cancer — makes her deeply afraid of being trapped inside. Refusing to take medications that would reduce her final days to a hospital bed, she moves into a tent in her backyard. Determined to give her one last gift, her husband John courageously takes her on a trip around the world — on foot, in their own hometown, for what is truly the trip of a lifetime.
Sarandon’s Jan Randall is adventurous, confident and strong-willed. She retired after a successful career as a journalist,...
Marking Morgan’s narrative debut, the film centers on Jan Randall (Sarandon), whose brain — affected with inoperable cancer — makes her deeply afraid of being trapped inside. Refusing to take medications that would reduce her final days to a hospital bed, she moves into a tent in her backyard. Determined to give her one last gift, her husband John courageously takes her on a trip around the world — on foot, in their own hometown, for what is truly the trip of a lifetime.
Sarandon’s Jan Randall is adventurous, confident and strong-willed. She retired after a successful career as a journalist,...
- 5/30/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
The odds are in Tracker’s favor, as the show has just triumphantly ended the 2023-2024 TV season garnering an impressive amount of viewers and surpassing even CBS’ long-standing giant NCIS.
Apart from NCIS, Tracker is followed by CBS’ other successful projects, and though many of them came quite close to the number one position, the Justin Hartley-led action drama show is still on top. Fair to say it does seem like a good sign for the upcoming second season.
According to Variety’s reports, in CBS’ race for the fans’ love Tracker got more than 10 million viewers, while NCIS ended up with a bit less than 10 million, followed by other CBS darlings like Young Sheldon, Blue Bloods, NCIS: Hawai’i and Elsbeth.
With all the raving success that Tracker suddenly got under its belt, CBS stated that the show had demonstrated the best result ever since Desperate Housewives had...
Apart from NCIS, Tracker is followed by CBS’ other successful projects, and though many of them came quite close to the number one position, the Justin Hartley-led action drama show is still on top. Fair to say it does seem like a good sign for the upcoming second season.
According to Variety’s reports, in CBS’ race for the fans’ love Tracker got more than 10 million viewers, while NCIS ended up with a bit less than 10 million, followed by other CBS darlings like Young Sheldon, Blue Bloods, NCIS: Hawai’i and Elsbeth.
With all the raving success that Tracker suddenly got under its belt, CBS stated that the show had demonstrated the best result ever since Desperate Housewives had...
- 5/29/2024
- by benjamin-patel@startefacts.com (Benjamin Patel)
- STartefacts.com
The police procedural NCIS just recently finished its 21st season, and during this time many actors have managed to appear as guest stars.
We have selected the five most outstanding — those who have aroused the most enthusiasm among fans.
5. Abigail Breslin — Season 2 Episode 1 "See No Evil"
Abigail Breslin won the hearts of viewers around the world in her early childhood when she starred in Little Miss Sunshine. Having started acting as a child, she gained acting experience faster than her peers and captured the audience's attention in the episode of NCIS titled See No Evil.
This intense episode told the story of an eight-year-old blind girl (played by Breslin) and her mother, who are kidnapped to blackmail a Naval captain into transferring $2 million in government money to the criminals.
4. Millie Bobby Brown — Season 12 Episode 6 "Parental Guidance Suggested"
Millie Bobby Brown has achieved great success in her relatively short acting career.
We have selected the five most outstanding — those who have aroused the most enthusiasm among fans.
5. Abigail Breslin — Season 2 Episode 1 "See No Evil"
Abigail Breslin won the hearts of viewers around the world in her early childhood when she starred in Little Miss Sunshine. Having started acting as a child, she gained acting experience faster than her peers and captured the audience's attention in the episode of NCIS titled See No Evil.
This intense episode told the story of an eight-year-old blind girl (played by Breslin) and her mother, who are kidnapped to blackmail a Naval captain into transferring $2 million in government money to the criminals.
4. Millie Bobby Brown — Season 12 Episode 6 "Parental Guidance Suggested"
Millie Bobby Brown has achieved great success in her relatively short acting career.
- 5/29/2024
- by zoe-wallace@startefacts.com (Zoe Wallace)
- STartefacts.com
Regular old CBS can still make new hits.
That’s the takeaway from Nielsen’s report on the 100 most-watched primetime broadcast and cable series of the 2023-24 season (via Variety), which lists the freshman drama series “Tracker” as TV’s top non-sports program. It’s the first time a new series has been the No. 1 show since “Survivor” in 2000, per CBS.
“Tracker” capitalized on its coveted post-Super Bowl series premiere slot and lack of new series competition in the midst of a strike-disrupted broadcast season, averaging 10.8 million total viewers per episode in Season 1 on the way to becoming the most-watched new series since “Desperate Housewives” in 2024-25. The series, which stars “This Is Us” veteran Justin Hartley as a survivalist who helps find missing persons, beat out second-place drama “NCIS” by more than a million viewers.
CBS also has the year’s top comedy series, the final season of “Young Sheldon.
That’s the takeaway from Nielsen’s report on the 100 most-watched primetime broadcast and cable series of the 2023-24 season (via Variety), which lists the freshman drama series “Tracker” as TV’s top non-sports program. It’s the first time a new series has been the No. 1 show since “Survivor” in 2000, per CBS.
“Tracker” capitalized on its coveted post-Super Bowl series premiere slot and lack of new series competition in the midst of a strike-disrupted broadcast season, averaging 10.8 million total viewers per episode in Season 1 on the way to becoming the most-watched new series since “Desperate Housewives” in 2024-25. The series, which stars “This Is Us” veteran Justin Hartley as a survivalist who helps find missing persons, beat out second-place drama “NCIS” by more than a million viewers.
CBS also has the year’s top comedy series, the final season of “Young Sheldon.
- 5/28/2024
- by Liam Mathews
- Gold Derby
TV audiences tracked down “Tracker” in a big way this season. The freshman CBS drama, which stars Justin Hartley as a survivalist who helps law enforcement and others solve tough cases, was the 2023-24 TV season’s most-watched entertainment series. According to the Eye network, that’s the first time a first-year TV series was ranked as the No. 1 show since “Survivor” premiered as an instant phenomenon in 2000.
“Tracker” was helped, of course, by premiering in February behind Super Bowl Lviii — giving it a huge jump start. And this was an unusual, truncated TV season due to the Hollywood strikes, which meant limited episodic orders for most programs. Last year’s top-rated show, Paramount Network’s “Yellowstone,” hasn’t aired an original episode in more than a year — and yet still made the charts, but via repeats that aired this season on CBS.
According to CBS, “Tracker” is the most-watched...
“Tracker” was helped, of course, by premiering in February behind Super Bowl Lviii — giving it a huge jump start. And this was an unusual, truncated TV season due to the Hollywood strikes, which meant limited episodic orders for most programs. Last year’s top-rated show, Paramount Network’s “Yellowstone,” hasn’t aired an original episode in more than a year — and yet still made the charts, but via repeats that aired this season on CBS.
According to CBS, “Tracker” is the most-watched...
- 5/28/2024
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety Film + TV
Page Kennedy has joined the cast of “The Breed,” an upcoming reimagining of the cult favorite. He joins a cast that also includes Grace Caroline Currey. The film will be directed by brothers Nathan and Griff Furst, who will also produce together through their Curmudgeon Films shingle.
Kennedy, a Shakespearean-trained performer, was recently seen in “The Meg 2: The Trench,” appearing opposite Jason Statham in the mega-shark movie, which opened last summer. He reprised his role from the first film, 2018’s “The Meg,” which grossed more than $530 million. He also starred on the Netflix series “The Upshaws” alongside Wanda Sykes and Mike Epps. He will next be seen in the upcoming action-comedy “Code 3,” which co-stars Rainn Wilson and Yvette Nicole Brown. In addition to his film work, Kennedy has been a series regular on numerous shows such as “Rush Hour,” “Weeds,” “Desperate Housewives,” “Backstroke” and “Blue Mountain State.” In addition to his acting work,...
Kennedy, a Shakespearean-trained performer, was recently seen in “The Meg 2: The Trench,” appearing opposite Jason Statham in the mega-shark movie, which opened last summer. He reprised his role from the first film, 2018’s “The Meg,” which grossed more than $530 million. He also starred on the Netflix series “The Upshaws” alongside Wanda Sykes and Mike Epps. He will next be seen in the upcoming action-comedy “Code 3,” which co-stars Rainn Wilson and Yvette Nicole Brown. In addition to his film work, Kennedy has been a series regular on numerous shows such as “Rush Hour,” “Weeds,” “Desperate Housewives,” “Backstroke” and “Blue Mountain State.” In addition to his acting work,...
- 5/24/2024
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Amazon MGM Studios has rounded out the cast of Oh. What. Fun., its all-star holiday comedy being directed by Michael Showalter, who is coming off the record-breaking success of the streamer’s romantic drama The Idea of You.
Jason Schwartzman, Eva Longoria, Joan Chen, Devery Jacobs, Havana Rose Liu and Maude Apatow have been added to the call sheet while Danielle Brooks has signed on for a cameo in the feature, which is currently shooting in Atlanta.
Michelle Pfeiffer is leading the ensemble that already include Felicity Jones, Chloë Grace Moretz, Denis Leary and The Holdovers breakout Dominic Sessa.
Described as both a love letter to moms and tonally a cross between Home for the Holidays and Planes, Trains and Automobiles, the story centers on a woman named Claire Clauster (Pfeiffer) who organizes a special Christmas outing, but her family forgets her in the shuffle. By the time they realize their mistake,...
Jason Schwartzman, Eva Longoria, Joan Chen, Devery Jacobs, Havana Rose Liu and Maude Apatow have been added to the call sheet while Danielle Brooks has signed on for a cameo in the feature, which is currently shooting in Atlanta.
Michelle Pfeiffer is leading the ensemble that already include Felicity Jones, Chloë Grace Moretz, Denis Leary and The Holdovers breakout Dominic Sessa.
Described as both a love letter to moms and tonally a cross between Home for the Holidays and Planes, Trains and Automobiles, the story centers on a woman named Claire Clauster (Pfeiffer) who organizes a special Christmas outing, but her family forgets her in the shuffle. By the time they realize their mistake,...
- 5/23/2024
- by Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
As a Virgo, I’m all about order. As a kid, I created my own card catalog for my collection of books, as if I were a library. I still alphabetize and catalog all of my music on Discogs. Even my Emmy notes are neatly organized by year, going all the way back to 1996.
That’s why I wasn’t happy in the late 1990s when hourlong shows like “Ally McBeal” and “Desperate Housewives” entered the Emmy comedy race. Hourlong dramedies are not comedies! No one ever called “All in the Family” — which had some deep, dark moments — a drama, and yet there were a couple of laughs in “Desperate Housewives” (which opened with a death!) and suddenly it’s a comedy?
Sadly, I lost this battle years ago. And as we know, the comedy race is really now a dramedy race. The frontrunner, FX’s “The Bear,” is famously...
That’s why I wasn’t happy in the late 1990s when hourlong shows like “Ally McBeal” and “Desperate Housewives” entered the Emmy comedy race. Hourlong dramedies are not comedies! No one ever called “All in the Family” — which had some deep, dark moments — a drama, and yet there were a couple of laughs in “Desperate Housewives” (which opened with a death!) and suddenly it’s a comedy?
Sadly, I lost this battle years ago. And as we know, the comedy race is really now a dramedy race. The frontrunner, FX’s “The Bear,” is famously...
- 5/23/2024
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety Film + TV
Jason Gideon leads one of the best behavioral units in the world. Together they help other FBI teams identify serial killers using psychological profiles. When all the evidence leads to a dead end, Gideon's team, made up of people with very different personalities, goes in search of almost invisible clues.
So began the first season of Criminal Minds, which will soon return with Season 17. We know who you've all been waiting to see in the new chapter of the Bau team's investigation – almost everyone's favorite, Dr. Spencer Reid, played by Matthew Gray Gubler. But maybe this comeback should be postponed, because apparently Jason Gideon himself will return in the new season.
Mandy Patinkin Just Appeared on Cast List for Criminal Minds Season 17 Episode 1
Details about the first episode of the 17th season of Criminal Minds are now available on IMDb. There you can see not only the description of the episode,...
So began the first season of Criminal Minds, which will soon return with Season 17. We know who you've all been waiting to see in the new chapter of the Bau team's investigation – almost everyone's favorite, Dr. Spencer Reid, played by Matthew Gray Gubler. But maybe this comeback should be postponed, because apparently Jason Gideon himself will return in the new season.
Mandy Patinkin Just Appeared on Cast List for Criminal Minds Season 17 Episode 1
Details about the first episode of the 17th season of Criminal Minds are now available on IMDb. There you can see not only the description of the episode,...
- 5/23/2024
- by zoe-wallace@startefacts.com (Zoe Wallace)
- STartefacts.com
Concluding its inaugural season on Sunday, May 19, CBS’ “Tracker” has formally emerged as the #1 non-sports program on all of television for the 2023-2024 season, Nielsen reported on Wednesday.
Averaging 11.58 million viewers when factoring in Live+7 days of viewing, “Tracker” now ranks as the first new series since the 2000 launch of “Survivor” to rank as the #1 non-sports show. The series has amassed 81.6 million viewers since its February debut. On average, the show is adding +3.4 million viewers over its Live+Same Day average, attracting more DVR playback than any other primetime series.
In addition to being the #1 non-sports show of the season, “Tracker” is also the most-watched new series launch among Total Viewers to claim the title since the debut of “Desperate Housewives” during the 2004-2005 television season – the ABC series averaged 23.7 million viewers.
When factoring in multiplatform viewing, “Tracker” averages 19 million viewers in Live+35 (the first seven episodes). The viewership sees...
Averaging 11.58 million viewers when factoring in Live+7 days of viewing, “Tracker” now ranks as the first new series since the 2000 launch of “Survivor” to rank as the #1 non-sports show. The series has amassed 81.6 million viewers since its February debut. On average, the show is adding +3.4 million viewers over its Live+Same Day average, attracting more DVR playback than any other primetime series.
In addition to being the #1 non-sports show of the season, “Tracker” is also the most-watched new series launch among Total Viewers to claim the title since the debut of “Desperate Housewives” during the 2004-2005 television season – the ABC series averaged 23.7 million viewers.
When factoring in multiplatform viewing, “Tracker” averages 19 million viewers in Live+35 (the first seven episodes). The viewership sees...
- 5/22/2024
- by Errol Lewis
- Soap Opera Network
If you’re not caught up on your peak TV viewing, consider this your spoiler warning. Four months have passed since Jennifer Coolidge bagged her second consecutive Emmy for “The White Lotus” and thus became the eighth drama or comedy series regular honored by the TV academy for a season in which her character died. Emmy nominations of this kind have become quite common in recent years, and it’s possible that over 15% of the 2024 lead and supporting continuing series contenders will be added to the list.
The current consensus among more than 2,400 Gold Derby users is that five continuing series performers whose characters perished within the past year will receive Emmy nominations, while a few others have outside shots at recognition. This does not include characters like Anakin Skywalker who died before their shows’ latest seasons began but appear as ghosts or in flashbacks. Undead characters like most of...
The current consensus among more than 2,400 Gold Derby users is that five continuing series performers whose characters perished within the past year will receive Emmy nominations, while a few others have outside shots at recognition. This does not include characters like Anakin Skywalker who died before their shows’ latest seasons began but appear as ghosts or in flashbacks. Undead characters like most of...
- 5/20/2024
- by Matthew Stewart
- Gold Derby
Ever since Desperate Housewives ended its run in 2017, fans have been thirsting for more. They wanted the series to continue, and although they understood the finale to have been the end of the story, they could not help but want something more. This demand often comes in the form of a reboot. There have been many questions surrounding this topic that were asked of the cast and crew, and the topic has been brought up far too often.
Desperate Housewives (2004-2012) [Credit: ABC]It would seem that more than ten years after the end of the series, there is a promising and exciting update about its future. However, it is not what many fans hoped for, and Eva Longoria seems to have gone back on her words.
Eva Longoria Teased A Desperate Housewives Reboot
In June 2023, Eva Longoria gave an interview with RadioTimes, where she talked about Desperate Housewives as a whole...
Desperate Housewives (2004-2012) [Credit: ABC]It would seem that more than ten years after the end of the series, there is a promising and exciting update about its future. However, it is not what many fans hoped for, and Eva Longoria seems to have gone back on her words.
Eva Longoria Teased A Desperate Housewives Reboot
In June 2023, Eva Longoria gave an interview with RadioTimes, where she talked about Desperate Housewives as a whole...
- 5/20/2024
- by Ananya Godboley
- FandomWire
The past year has seen Eva Longoria direct the Oscar nominated Flamin’ Hot, form the Banijay-backed Hyphenate Media Group with Cris Abrego, and be awarded $50 million for her advocacy and charity efforts by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. That’s along with the Desperate Housewives alum’s other day jobs on upcoming seasons of Hulu’s Only Murders in the Building, Apple TV+’s Land of Women, and more. A dedicated Disruptor from the drop, true multi-hyphenate Longoria wants to see a shift in Hollywood, and she has the pillars of demographics and demand in her sights.
Deadline: You’ve touted Hyphenate as a production banner, a business incubator, a talent agency and a bottom-line centered wake-up call. How does that mix work in the Hollywood of today?
Eva Longoria: Cris and I know there’s a better way to do business. This is exactly a disruptor point of view,...
Deadline: You’ve touted Hyphenate as a production banner, a business incubator, a talent agency and a bottom-line centered wake-up call. How does that mix work in the Hollywood of today?
Eva Longoria: Cris and I know there’s a better way to do business. This is exactly a disruptor point of view,...
- 5/20/2024
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Carrie Preston is an acclaimed actress, producer, and director. She has a long list of roles and projects but is most known for her roles as Arlene Fowler in the HBO drama True Blood and Elsbeth Tascioni in the CBS drama The Good Wife.
She won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for her work on The Good Wife.
After The Good Wife, she played the same character in the Paramount+ spinoff, The Good Flight.
Now, with the expanding multiverse of The Good Wife, Preston has gone from an accessory to the main event with her role on CBS's Elsbeth as Elsbeth Tascioni.
It is about time Preston is front and center, and we are here to celebrate her long and delightful road to lead lady!
Early Career
Preston started acting in 1985 as Mint Jennifer in the movie Just a Friend. She was also part...
She won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for her work on The Good Wife.
After The Good Wife, she played the same character in the Paramount+ spinoff, The Good Flight.
Now, with the expanding multiverse of The Good Wife, Preston has gone from an accessory to the main event with her role on CBS's Elsbeth as Elsbeth Tascioni.
It is about time Preston is front and center, and we are here to celebrate her long and delightful road to lead lady!
Early Career
Preston started acting in 1985 as Mint Jennifer in the movie Just a Friend. She was also part...
- 5/17/2024
- by Eve Pierpont
- TVfanatic
Golden Globe nominee, Screen Actors Guild Award winner, People’s Choice Award winner, Bambi Award winner, and Alma Award winner Eva Longoria Parker stars as “Gabrielle Solis” on the ABC mega-hit Desperate Housewives, but the actress’ most important role is the one she plays off screen in her altruistic endeavors within the Hispanic and charitable communities.
On the philanthropic front, she has been honored with countless awards for her achievements. She received the National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts’ Horizon Award, presented each year to the individual or organization whose work most advances the presence of Latinos in television and/or film. At the 21st National Hispanic Women’s Conference, the Hispanic Women’s Corporation awarded her the “Latina Visionary and Community Empowerment Award” for her contributions to the Latin community. The conference is the largest gathering of Latinas in the country and provides leadership and professional development to more than 2,000 participants,...
On the philanthropic front, she has been honored with countless awards for her achievements. She received the National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts’ Horizon Award, presented each year to the individual or organization whose work most advances the presence of Latinos in television and/or film. At the 21st National Hispanic Women’s Conference, the Hispanic Women’s Corporation awarded her the “Latina Visionary and Community Empowerment Award” for her contributions to the Latin community. The conference is the largest gathering of Latinas in the country and provides leadership and professional development to more than 2,000 participants,...
- 5/17/2024
- Look to the Stars
Exclusive: Sophia Bush (One Tree Hill) and Chris Carmack (Grey’s Anatomy) will topline The Stranger in My Home, a new thriller from Brad Krevoy’s Motion Picture Corporation of America, which entered production in Utah toward the end of last month.
Others set for roles include Chris Johnson (4400) and Amiah Miller (War for the Planet of the Apes).
Directed by Jeff Fisher (The Image of You), the film follows Ali (Bush), her husband Jeff (Johnson) and their brilliant, vivacious teenage daughter, Katie (Miller) — the absolute center of Ali’s world. When Tom Truby (Carmack) knocks at their door, life as they know it ends. 15 years ago, someone switched Ali and Tom’s babies at the hospital. And now Ali is facing the unthinkable: the daughter she brought home doesn’t belong to her.
An adaptation of the novel from bestselling UK author Adele Parks MBE, who has a multi-picture deal with Mpca,...
Others set for roles include Chris Johnson (4400) and Amiah Miller (War for the Planet of the Apes).
Directed by Jeff Fisher (The Image of You), the film follows Ali (Bush), her husband Jeff (Johnson) and their brilliant, vivacious teenage daughter, Katie (Miller) — the absolute center of Ali’s world. When Tom Truby (Carmack) knocks at their door, life as they know it ends. 15 years ago, someone switched Ali and Tom’s babies at the hospital. And now Ali is facing the unthinkable: the daughter she brought home doesn’t belong to her.
An adaptation of the novel from bestselling UK author Adele Parks MBE, who has a multi-picture deal with Mpca,...
- 5/16/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
12 years ago, the world saw the last episode of ABC’s iconic dramedy series, the mysterious Desperate Housewives, which concluded after 8 seasons and made big stars of its actors. The main show’s housewife was obviously Susan Mayer, the notoriously clumsy “girl next door”, always ending up in trouble and, of course, in love.
However, since 2012 there has been little news regarding the Susan actress, Teri Hatcher, who has really laid low since the finale of Desperate Housewives. In fact, Hatcher did participate in a number of the titles that truly deserve our attention.
Not Just Desperate Housewives
Her first recurring live-action role since Dh was the one in the sitcom The Odd Couple (2015 - 2017), where she played Charlotte, a love interest of Matthew Perry’s Oscar. This series continued the trend of her career, as her character, a single mother in her 40s, was really reminiscent of Susan Mayer there.
However, since 2012 there has been little news regarding the Susan actress, Teri Hatcher, who has really laid low since the finale of Desperate Housewives. In fact, Hatcher did participate in a number of the titles that truly deserve our attention.
Not Just Desperate Housewives
Her first recurring live-action role since Dh was the one in the sitcom The Odd Couple (2015 - 2017), where she played Charlotte, a love interest of Matthew Perry’s Oscar. This series continued the trend of her career, as her character, a single mother in her 40s, was really reminiscent of Susan Mayer there.
- 5/14/2024
- by info@startefacts.com (Ava Raxa)
- STartefacts.com
The release of Desperate Housewives in 2004 was a real experiment. The story, told from the perspective of a ghost, could have been a big failure, but it turned out to be just the opposite.
In the early 2000s, almost all female viewers followed the adventures of the four women of Sex and the City. With their departure, the place was taken by four others – New York skyscrapers and expensive shoes were forgotten, and in their place came harsh family reality, housekeeping and a mysterious murder.
Susan May Be the Most Annoying Desperate Housewives Character…
Susan is considered the most annoying character on Desperate Housewives, and for good reason. As many viewers think, she pretends to be innocent, but always pursues selfish goals. Susan even stole her friend's husband.
Fans consider Susan the most selfish character – the woman always puts her problems on someone else: her husband, friends, daughter, while constantly...
In the early 2000s, almost all female viewers followed the adventures of the four women of Sex and the City. With their departure, the place was taken by four others – New York skyscrapers and expensive shoes were forgotten, and in their place came harsh family reality, housekeeping and a mysterious murder.
Susan May Be the Most Annoying Desperate Housewives Character…
Susan is considered the most annoying character on Desperate Housewives, and for good reason. As many viewers think, she pretends to be innocent, but always pursues selfish goals. Susan even stole her friend's husband.
Fans consider Susan the most selfish character – the woman always puts her problems on someone else: her husband, friends, daughter, while constantly...
- 5/12/2024
- by zoe-wallace@startefacts.com (Zoe Wallace)
- STartefacts.com
The traditional pilot process may be dying out but that’s not stopping the glitz and glamor of the TV Upfronts in New York.
Traditionally, broadcast networks would be scrambling to make dozens of last minute decisions on a crop of new shows as well as heavily negotiated renewals as we head into the week of Upfronts. However, that is now largely a thing of the past as ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC and The CW continue with their year-round development strategies.
This year’s Upfronts should be slightly smoother sailing than last year’s event, which was affected by the writers strike.
But that hasn’t stopped the majority of these networks – excluding CBS and The CW – as well as some of their streaming rivals in the shape of Amazon and Netflix from using the week of Upfronts to tout their latest wares and show off their talent in front of advertisers.
Traditionally, broadcast networks would be scrambling to make dozens of last minute decisions on a crop of new shows as well as heavily negotiated renewals as we head into the week of Upfronts. However, that is now largely a thing of the past as ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC and The CW continue with their year-round development strategies.
This year’s Upfronts should be slightly smoother sailing than last year’s event, which was affected by the writers strike.
But that hasn’t stopped the majority of these networks – excluding CBS and The CW – as well as some of their streaming rivals in the shape of Amazon and Netflix from using the week of Upfronts to tout their latest wares and show off their talent in front of advertisers.
- 5/12/2024
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Criminal Minds fans, your long wait is almost over. Paget Brewster recently announced that filming has wrapped on the second season of Evolution, and then the release date for the new chapter in the Bau team's investigation was announced – and it's closer than you think!
Criminal Minds: Evolution Season 2 Filming Wrapped & Release Date Announced
Recently, Paget Brewster, who plays Emily Prentiss, posted on X that filming on the second season has wrapped:
“We’re shooting the last episode of Criminal Minds and it’s a lot. The scripts are great!”
It didn't take long for Paramount+ to announce the release date for Evolution Season 2, or the 17th season of Criminal Minds as a whole – June 6.
What Will Season 2 of Criminal Minds: Evolution Be About?
All that is known about the plot of the second season is that after capturing perhaps the most ruthless criminal in the show's history, Sicarius, the...
Criminal Minds: Evolution Season 2 Filming Wrapped & Release Date Announced
Recently, Paget Brewster, who plays Emily Prentiss, posted on X that filming on the second season has wrapped:
“We’re shooting the last episode of Criminal Minds and it’s a lot. The scripts are great!”
It didn't take long for Paramount+ to announce the release date for Evolution Season 2, or the 17th season of Criminal Minds as a whole – June 6.
What Will Season 2 of Criminal Minds: Evolution Be About?
All that is known about the plot of the second season is that after capturing perhaps the most ruthless criminal in the show's history, Sicarius, the...
- 5/7/2024
- by zoe-wallace@startefacts.com (Zoe Wallace)
- STartefacts.com
What’s a summer without Lifetime? Well, it wouldn’t be much of a summer at all.
They've got us covered with a seven-movie drama slate that includes Teri Hatcher, Betsy Brandt,
The winner on the list seems to be the announcement that Teri Hatcher (Desperate Housewives) is starring with Tahmoh Penikett (Battlestar Galactica) in its upcoming psychological drama The Killer Inside: The Ruth Finley Story.
You’ve got to wait until the end of June for this sone, but hey, we’re used to waiting these days.
Based on a truly unbelievable stalking case, the thriller tells the true story of an unassuming housewife who becomes the target of a mysterious stalker whom she and the cops fear is the Btk Slayer.
The Girl Locked Upstairs: The Tanya Kach Story
Premieres Saturday, June 8 at 8/7c.
Tanya Kach (Jordyn Ashley Olsen) was fourteen and at risk, struggling with an unhappy...
They've got us covered with a seven-movie drama slate that includes Teri Hatcher, Betsy Brandt,
The winner on the list seems to be the announcement that Teri Hatcher (Desperate Housewives) is starring with Tahmoh Penikett (Battlestar Galactica) in its upcoming psychological drama The Killer Inside: The Ruth Finley Story.
You’ve got to wait until the end of June for this sone, but hey, we’re used to waiting these days.
Based on a truly unbelievable stalking case, the thriller tells the true story of an unassuming housewife who becomes the target of a mysterious stalker whom she and the cops fear is the Btk Slayer.
The Girl Locked Upstairs: The Tanya Kach Story
Premieres Saturday, June 8 at 8/7c.
Tanya Kach (Jordyn Ashley Olsen) was fourteen and at risk, struggling with an unhappy...
- 5/7/2024
- by Carissa Pavlica
- TVfanatic
Exclusive: Teri Hatcher (Desperate Housewives) is set to star in the new Lifetime movie The Killer Inside: The Ruth Finley Story alongside Tahmoh Penikett (Battlestar Galactica) premiering on Saturday, June 29.
The upcoming psychological drama tells the true story of an unassuming housewife who becomes the target of a mysterious stalker whom she and the cops fear is the Btk Slayer.
The Killer Inside: The Ruth Finley Story follows Ruth (Hatcher) and her husband, Ed’s (Penikett), tranquil life in Wichita, Kansas which is suddenly turned upside down when Ed suffers a heart attack. As Ed fights for his life in the hospital, Ruth starts to receive mysterious threats, leaving her in a state of panic. With the city held hostage by the terror of the Btk killer, Ruth finds herself enveloped in paranoia, convinced that she will be the next victim, as the menacing phone calls escalate into chilling letters.
The upcoming psychological drama tells the true story of an unassuming housewife who becomes the target of a mysterious stalker whom she and the cops fear is the Btk Slayer.
The Killer Inside: The Ruth Finley Story follows Ruth (Hatcher) and her husband, Ed’s (Penikett), tranquil life in Wichita, Kansas which is suddenly turned upside down when Ed suffers a heart attack. As Ed fights for his life in the hospital, Ruth starts to receive mysterious threats, leaving her in a state of panic. With the city held hostage by the terror of the Btk killer, Ruth finds herself enveloped in paranoia, convinced that she will be the next victim, as the menacing phone calls escalate into chilling letters.
- 5/7/2024
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
Following his 2015 Emmy win for the final season of “Mad Men,” Jon Hamm took a large step back from TV stardom in order to beef up his film resume with titles such as “Baby Driver,” “Richard Jewell,” and “Top Gun: Maverick.” Now that he has made a splashy return to the small screen by playing new roles on “Fargo” and “The Morning Show” and reprising one on “Good Omens,” his Emmy nominations total could instantly rise from 16 to 19. If all of his possible 2024 bids come to fruition, he will be only the fourth person and second man to ever compete for three acting Emmys at once.
Hamm’s string of recent TV acting gigs began last July when he returned for season two Prime Video’s “Good Omens” as supporting character Gabriel – a humanoid version of the biblical archangel. He then fulfilled the new role of ambitious tech billionaire Paul Marks...
Hamm’s string of recent TV acting gigs began last July when he returned for season two Prime Video’s “Good Omens” as supporting character Gabriel – a humanoid version of the biblical archangel. He then fulfilled the new role of ambitious tech billionaire Paul Marks...
- 5/6/2024
- by Matthew Stewart
- Gold Derby
The cast of season two of Tulsa King keeps building, as Neal McDonough has signed on to appear as a series regular of the Paramount+ series.
The news that McDonough would be joining the cast of Tulsa King comes just one month after it was announced that Frank Grillo – who plays Brock Rumlow in the Marvel Cinematic Universe – would be playing a vital role in season two, taking on the role of a mobster named Bill Bevilaqua. As for McDonough’s role, Variety reports that he will be playing “a powerful and extremely territorial businessman” named Cal Thresher.
McDonough has been a staple on television for a few decades now, with recurring roles on World War II miniseries Band of Brothers, animated series The Incredible Hulk, ABC’s Desperate Housewives, western Justified, and more.
Like Grillo, McDonough also has a connection to the MCU, playing Howling Commandos leader Timothy “Dum...
The news that McDonough would be joining the cast of Tulsa King comes just one month after it was announced that Frank Grillo – who plays Brock Rumlow in the Marvel Cinematic Universe – would be playing a vital role in season two, taking on the role of a mobster named Bill Bevilaqua. As for McDonough’s role, Variety reports that he will be playing “a powerful and extremely territorial businessman” named Cal Thresher.
McDonough has been a staple on television for a few decades now, with recurring roles on World War II miniseries Band of Brothers, animated series The Incredible Hulk, ABC’s Desperate Housewives, western Justified, and more.
Like Grillo, McDonough also has a connection to the MCU, playing Howling Commandos leader Timothy “Dum...
- 5/1/2024
- by Mathew Plale
- JoBlo.com
Apple TV+ has announced the premiere date for first installment of its upcoming animated adventure trilogy WondLa, hailing from Skydance Animation and based on the New York Times bestselling book series The Search for WondLa by Tony Diterlizzi.
Showrun and executive produced by Bobs Gannaway, the seven-episode first season of WondLa will premiere globally on Apple TV+ on Friday, June 28.
WondLa centers around Eva, voiced by Jeanine Mason, a curious, enthusiastic and spirited teenager being raised in a state-of-the-art underground bunker by Muthr, a robot caretaker, voiced by Emmy Award nominee Teri Hatcher (Desperate Housewives).
On her 16th birthday, an attack on Eva’s bunker forces her onto the Earth’s surface which is now inhabited by aliens, covered with other-worldly fauna, and no other humans to be found. In fact, it’s no longer called Earth but Orbona.
Otto, a loveable giant water bear with whom Eva shares telepathic...
Showrun and executive produced by Bobs Gannaway, the seven-episode first season of WondLa will premiere globally on Apple TV+ on Friday, June 28.
WondLa centers around Eva, voiced by Jeanine Mason, a curious, enthusiastic and spirited teenager being raised in a state-of-the-art underground bunker by Muthr, a robot caretaker, voiced by Emmy Award nominee Teri Hatcher (Desperate Housewives).
On her 16th birthday, an attack on Eva’s bunker forces her onto the Earth’s surface which is now inhabited by aliens, covered with other-worldly fauna, and no other humans to be found. In fact, it’s no longer called Earth but Orbona.
Otto, a loveable giant water bear with whom Eva shares telepathic...
- 4/30/2024
- by Mirko Parlevliet
- Vital Thrills
CBS sitcom "The Bob Newhart Show" was a staple for American TV audiences of the '70s, thanks in large part to clever writing and Newhart's much-loved performance as psychologist and comedic straight man Bob Hartley. The show ran for six seasons from 1972 to 1978, but it had a surprisingly long pop cultural afterlife. Characters from "The Bob Newhart Show" have popped up in everything from "Murphy Brown" to "St. Elsewhere" to "Alf," though their most famous reappearance came in the jokey "Newhart" finale in 1990. In it, Newhart wakes up in bed next to his wife from the previous series and discovers that this entire sitcom was all an elaborate dream. "The Bob Newhart Show," it turned out, was his real world.
When it wasn't being resurrected for increasingly meta crossovers, "The Bob Newhart Show" was a pretty straightforward sitcom about the life of a mental health clinician and the assortment...
When it wasn't being resurrected for increasingly meta crossovers, "The Bob Newhart Show" was a pretty straightforward sitcom about the life of a mental health clinician and the assortment...
- 4/23/2024
- by Valerie Ettenhofer
- Slash Film
Heidi Klum’s America’s Got Talent Salary Revealed! (Photo Credit – Instagram)
Heidi Klum, the German-American model, is also an exceptional reality TV host and judge. She has been on America’s Got Talent for a long time, and that stint has brought in a hefty paycheck over the years as well. She graced the stage of the popular American talent show with Sofia Vergara, Simon Cowell, Howie Mandel, and Heidi.
Heidi was the first German model to become a Victoria’s Secret Angel, and after a great modeling career, she transitioned to TV show hosting and a judge. One of her most successful works as a host was the reality show Project Runway, for which the German beauty won an Emmy in the Oustanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program category. She shared the Emmy with co-host Tim Gunn.
Heidi Klum has also appeared in movies and TV shows, for example,...
Heidi Klum, the German-American model, is also an exceptional reality TV host and judge. She has been on America’s Got Talent for a long time, and that stint has brought in a hefty paycheck over the years as well. She graced the stage of the popular American talent show with Sofia Vergara, Simon Cowell, Howie Mandel, and Heidi.
Heidi was the first German model to become a Victoria’s Secret Angel, and after a great modeling career, she transitioned to TV show hosting and a judge. One of her most successful works as a host was the reality show Project Runway, for which the German beauty won an Emmy in the Oustanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program category. She shared the Emmy with co-host Tim Gunn.
Heidi Klum has also appeared in movies and TV shows, for example,...
- 4/22/2024
- by Esita Mallik
- KoiMoi
A tram accident at Universal Studios Hollywood injured 15 riders on Saturday night, authorities said.
The Los Angeles County Fire Department units were dispatched shortly after 9 p.m. Pt to the theme park, the department said in a social media post. A total of 15 people sustained minor injuries and were transported to a local hospital.
In a statement to Variety, a Universal Studios Hollywood spokesperson confirmed “there was a tram incident at the theme park tonight that resulted in multiple minor injuries.”
“We are working to support our guests and understand the circumstances that led to the accident,” the spokesperson added.
The California Highway Patrol, which is leading the investigation, released a report Sunday afternoon on the collision. While making a left turn, the tram’s last car “collided with a metal guardrail on the right side of the roadway causing it to tilt and eject multiple passengers from the tram,...
The Los Angeles County Fire Department units were dispatched shortly after 9 p.m. Pt to the theme park, the department said in a social media post. A total of 15 people sustained minor injuries and were transported to a local hospital.
In a statement to Variety, a Universal Studios Hollywood spokesperson confirmed “there was a tram incident at the theme park tonight that resulted in multiple minor injuries.”
“We are working to support our guests and understand the circumstances that led to the accident,” the spokesperson added.
The California Highway Patrol, which is leading the investigation, released a report Sunday afternoon on the collision. While making a left turn, the tram’s last car “collided with a metal guardrail on the right side of the roadway causing it to tilt and eject multiple passengers from the tram,...
- 4/21/2024
- by Michaela Zee
- Variety Film + TV
A revival of ’90s hit “Melrose Place” is in the works at CBS Studios, with original stars Heather Locklear, Daphne Zuniga and Laura Leighton set to return, TheWrap has learned.
The Darren Star-created night-time soap followed the complicated lives of several 20-somethings who lived in a Los Angeles apartment complex called Melrose Place, where the drama included a bombing, a drowning and a “Dynasty”-esque pool fight.
Locklear played advertising exec Amanda Woodward, whose addition to the show late in the first season helped boost ratings at the time. Zuniga played Jo Reynolds on the series from 1992 to 1999 while Leighton played Sydney Andrews, sister of Josie Bassett’s character Jane.
Lauren Gussis of “Dexter” and “Insatiable” fame is set to write and executive produce the revival, which would see the “Og residents” returning when one of their friends die. Per the logline, the reunion “uncovers old traumas, rekindles old romances,...
The Darren Star-created night-time soap followed the complicated lives of several 20-somethings who lived in a Los Angeles apartment complex called Melrose Place, where the drama included a bombing, a drowning and a “Dynasty”-esque pool fight.
Locklear played advertising exec Amanda Woodward, whose addition to the show late in the first season helped boost ratings at the time. Zuniga played Jo Reynolds on the series from 1992 to 1999 while Leighton played Sydney Andrews, sister of Josie Bassett’s character Jane.
Lauren Gussis of “Dexter” and “Insatiable” fame is set to write and executive produce the revival, which would see the “Og residents” returning when one of their friends die. Per the logline, the reunion “uncovers old traumas, rekindles old romances,...
- 4/11/2024
- by Sharon Knolle
- The Wrap
Felicity Huffman is joining “Criminal Minds: Evolution” as a brilliant doctor.
Variety reports that the “Desperate Housewives” actress is joining the Season 2 cast of Paramount+’s serialized revival of the long-running CBS crime procedural.
Huffman will guest star as Dr. Jill Gideon. Gideon is described as “a brilliant biological psychiatrist.” She’s the ex-wife of Jason Gideon (Mandy Patinkin), the former leader of the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit. She has a complicated history with her late ex-husband and his Bau successor David Rossi (Joe Mantegna), which makes her reluctant to get involved with the team’s investigation into the murderous and mysterious Gold Star conspiracy. But her skills could be the key to cracking the case, so she agrees to help.
Season 2 of “Criminal Minds: Evolution” is currently in production. The cast includes A.J. Cook, Kirsten Vangsness, Aisha Tyler, Zach Gilford, Ryan-James Hatanaka, Adam Rodriguez, and Paget Brewster.
Huffman...
Variety reports that the “Desperate Housewives” actress is joining the Season 2 cast of Paramount+’s serialized revival of the long-running CBS crime procedural.
Huffman will guest star as Dr. Jill Gideon. Gideon is described as “a brilliant biological psychiatrist.” She’s the ex-wife of Jason Gideon (Mandy Patinkin), the former leader of the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit. She has a complicated history with her late ex-husband and his Bau successor David Rossi (Joe Mantegna), which makes her reluctant to get involved with the team’s investigation into the murderous and mysterious Gold Star conspiracy. But her skills could be the key to cracking the case, so she agrees to help.
Season 2 of “Criminal Minds: Evolution” is currently in production. The cast includes A.J. Cook, Kirsten Vangsness, Aisha Tyler, Zach Gilford, Ryan-James Hatanaka, Adam Rodriguez, and Paget Brewster.
Huffman...
- 4/1/2024
- by Liam Mathews
- Gold Derby
Felicity Huffman is taking on her first major TV role since 2019’s college admissions scandal broke as the former Desperate Housewives actress will be guest starring on Paramount+‘s Criminal Minds: Evolution. Huffman is slated to play Dr. Jill Gideon, the ex-wife of Jason Gideon (formerly played by Mandy Patinkin). Dr. Jill Gideon is described as “a brilliant psychiatrist who agrees to help the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit investigate a murderous conspiracy theory.” (Credit: Frederic Auerbach) Initially, Jill is reluctant to join the Bau due to her complicated history with Joe Mantegna‘s David Rossi and her dead ex, Jason. But apprehension only goes so far because Jill’s specific set of skills could be the answer to uncovering a clue tied to the elusive Gold Star mystery, introduced at the end of the revival’s first season. Criminal Minds: Evolution is currently in production with Kirsten Vangsness, Aisha Tyler,...
- 4/1/2024
- TV Insider
'Criminal Minds: Evolution' Season 2 Cast Adds Felicity Huffman in Role with Ties to Original Series
The season two cast for Criminal Minds: Evolution has added a familiar face: Felicity Huffman.
The 61-year-old actress will have a guest-starring role in the upcoming Paramount+ reboot, which is currently in production on the new season. Felicity will take on the role of an ex wife of a former Criminal Minds character.
Keep reading to find out who she will play…
Felicity will portray Dr. Jill Gideon, “a brilliant biological psychiatrist who agrees to help the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit investigate a murderous conspiracy theory. Jill is reluctant to return to the bureau’s elite team given her complicated history with David Rossi (Joe Mantegna) and her dead ex-husband, Jason Gideon (Mandy Patinkin), but soon realizes her specific skill set could help them uncover another clue to the elusive Gold Star mystery,” (via Variety).
This is Felicity‘s first major TV role since her recent scandal. Back in...
The 61-year-old actress will have a guest-starring role in the upcoming Paramount+ reboot, which is currently in production on the new season. Felicity will take on the role of an ex wife of a former Criminal Minds character.
Keep reading to find out who she will play…
Felicity will portray Dr. Jill Gideon, “a brilliant biological psychiatrist who agrees to help the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit investigate a murderous conspiracy theory. Jill is reluctant to return to the bureau’s elite team given her complicated history with David Rossi (Joe Mantegna) and her dead ex-husband, Jason Gideon (Mandy Patinkin), but soon realizes her specific skill set could help them uncover another clue to the elusive Gold Star mystery,” (via Variety).
This is Felicity‘s first major TV role since her recent scandal. Back in...
- 4/1/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
Felicity Huffman is joining “Criminal Minds: Evolution” Season 2 in a guest star role, Variety has learned.
Huffman will appear in the second season of the Paramount+ continuation of the CBS series as a new character named Dr. Jill Gideon, the ex-wife of Jason Gideon.
The official description of the character states she is “a brilliant biological psychiatrist who agrees to help the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit investigate a murderous conspiracy theory. Jill is reluctant to return to the bureau’s elite team given her complicated history with David Rossi (Joe Mantegna) and her dead ex-husband, Jason Gideon (previously played by Mandy Patinkin), but soon realizes her specific skill set could help them uncover another clue to the elusive Gold Star mystery.”
Season 2 of “Criminal Minds: Evolution” is currently in production. Along with Mantegna, Huffman will appear alongside series stars A.J. Cook, Kirsten Vangsness, Aisha Tyler, Zach Gilford, Ryan-James Hatanaka,...
Huffman will appear in the second season of the Paramount+ continuation of the CBS series as a new character named Dr. Jill Gideon, the ex-wife of Jason Gideon.
The official description of the character states she is “a brilliant biological psychiatrist who agrees to help the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit investigate a murderous conspiracy theory. Jill is reluctant to return to the bureau’s elite team given her complicated history with David Rossi (Joe Mantegna) and her dead ex-husband, Jason Gideon (previously played by Mandy Patinkin), but soon realizes her specific skill set could help them uncover another clue to the elusive Gold Star mystery.”
Season 2 of “Criminal Minds: Evolution” is currently in production. Along with Mantegna, Huffman will appear alongside series stars A.J. Cook, Kirsten Vangsness, Aisha Tyler, Zach Gilford, Ryan-James Hatanaka,...
- 4/1/2024
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Felicity Huffman has booked a promising role in an upcoming major series: The actress will be a guest star in the next season of Paramount+’s Criminal Minds spinoff Evolution, playing a doctor with deep connections to other lead characters in the franchise.
The role marks the first major network new series opportunity for the Emmy-winning former Desperate Housewives star since her role in a college admissions scandal broke in 2019 (Huffman was previously set to star in a spinoff of The Good Doctor, but last year ABC passed on making it).
Huffman will play “Dr. Jill Gideon, a brilliant biological psychiatrist, who agrees to help the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit investigate a murderous conspiracy theory. Jill is reluctant to return to the bureau’s elite team given her complicated history with David Rossi (Joe Mantegna) and her dead ex-husband, Jason Gideon (previously played by original series star Mandy Patinkin...
The role marks the first major network new series opportunity for the Emmy-winning former Desperate Housewives star since her role in a college admissions scandal broke in 2019 (Huffman was previously set to star in a spinoff of The Good Doctor, but last year ABC passed on making it).
Huffman will play “Dr. Jill Gideon, a brilliant biological psychiatrist, who agrees to help the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit investigate a murderous conspiracy theory. Jill is reluctant to return to the bureau’s elite team given her complicated history with David Rossi (Joe Mantegna) and her dead ex-husband, Jason Gideon (previously played by original series star Mandy Patinkin...
- 4/1/2024
- by James Hibberd
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Not every good film is necessarily a good time, and vice versa. On the latter front, see “Mothers’ Instinct,” a 1960s-set suburban psychodrama too silly to secure our belief and too reserved to pass muster as go-for-broke camp — but still compulsive enough, twisty enough and finally berserk enough to keep us hooked through all its tonal and narrative lane-changing. As a pair of model homemakers and next-door neighbors whose close friendship is severely undone by sudden tragedy, even stars Anne Hathaway and Jessica Chastain don’t always seem to be making entirely the same movie: Hathaway’s sly, high-gloss vamping points to a more brittly amusing one than Chastain’s earnest emotional commitment, turning their characters’ escalating picket-fence battle into a compelling tussle for the soul of the script itself. One wins, and not predictably so.
First-time feature director Benoît Delhomme, however, doesn’t have much command over this strange,...
First-time feature director Benoît Delhomme, however, doesn’t have much command over this strange,...
- 3/27/2024
- by Guy Lodge
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: New Amsterdam fans who were left wanting more when the NBC series concluded its run after 5 seasons last year, may have something new to look forward to.
Series creator, executive producer and showrunner David Schulner is developing a spinoff series at NBC set 30 years after the events of the original series. Tentatively titled New Amsterdam: Tomorrow, it follows Dr. Max Goodwin’s (Ryan Eggold) daughter, Luna Goodwin, who steps into her father’s role as Medical Director of New Amsterdam Hospital.
The potential sequel, which is expected to explore the ways artificial intelligence would help advance the medical industry in the future, was set up in the New Amsterdam series finale. It introduced a young and enthusiastic new medical director, played by Molly Griggs, at the beginning of the episode who was revealed at the end to be Max’s daughter, Luna Goodwin, as an adult in flash-forwards.
In...
Series creator, executive producer and showrunner David Schulner is developing a spinoff series at NBC set 30 years after the events of the original series. Tentatively titled New Amsterdam: Tomorrow, it follows Dr. Max Goodwin’s (Ryan Eggold) daughter, Luna Goodwin, who steps into her father’s role as Medical Director of New Amsterdam Hospital.
The potential sequel, which is expected to explore the ways artificial intelligence would help advance the medical industry in the future, was set up in the New Amsterdam series finale. It introduced a young and enthusiastic new medical director, played by Molly Griggs, at the beginning of the episode who was revealed at the end to be Max’s daughter, Luna Goodwin, as an adult in flash-forwards.
In...
- 3/20/2024
- by Rosy Cordero and Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
When you begin watching Palm Royale on Apple TV+ tomorrow, you'll be whisked back to the lively and colorful Palm Beach of the late 1960s courtesy of Abe Sylvia, whose creative mind brought it all together.
Sylvia created, writes, and directs Palm Royale, which almost defies genres. It's a comedic period piece starring Kristen Wiig as Maxine Simmons, a woman who takes her future into her own hands, desperate to cross the line between the haves and have-nots.
As Maxine brings her daring plan to extraordinary life, she discovers that the lives she wants to crash aren't all they're cracked up to be.
Sylvia has an unusual heroine in Maxine, who is as aggravating as she is understandable, and he's ensconced her in high society with many vibrant and sly women and men eager to both embrace Maxine and hold her at a distance, depending on their needs at the moment.
Sylvia created, writes, and directs Palm Royale, which almost defies genres. It's a comedic period piece starring Kristen Wiig as Maxine Simmons, a woman who takes her future into her own hands, desperate to cross the line between the haves and have-nots.
As Maxine brings her daring plan to extraordinary life, she discovers that the lives she wants to crash aren't all they're cracked up to be.
Sylvia has an unusual heroine in Maxine, who is as aggravating as she is understandable, and he's ensconced her in high society with many vibrant and sly women and men eager to both embrace Maxine and hold her at a distance, depending on their needs at the moment.
- 3/19/2024
- by Carissa Pavlica
- TVfanatic
“When you first come to Palm Beach, you think you’re the oldest and the richest. But then you realize you are the youngest and poorest.”
Everybody has goals. For new resident Maxine Simmons (Kristen Wiig), hers is to enter the world of Palm Beach high society circa 1969. She dreams of joining the Palm Royale, the most exclusive country club in the area. It’s the sort of exclusive place filled with swimming pools, galas and daytime martinis that feeds into the competitive charity season. It’s the time of year where the wealthy women in the area show off their wallets and organizational skills to vie for the coveted title of “Queen of the Season.”
All this just to be mentioned in the local society papers. After all, “At the Palm Royale, the more you gave, the more you got.”
Krsiten Wiig in “Palm Royale.” (Apple TV+)
But poor...
Everybody has goals. For new resident Maxine Simmons (Kristen Wiig), hers is to enter the world of Palm Beach high society circa 1969. She dreams of joining the Palm Royale, the most exclusive country club in the area. It’s the sort of exclusive place filled with swimming pools, galas and daytime martinis that feeds into the competitive charity season. It’s the time of year where the wealthy women in the area show off their wallets and organizational skills to vie for the coveted title of “Queen of the Season.”
All this just to be mentioned in the local society papers. After all, “At the Palm Royale, the more you gave, the more you got.”
Krsiten Wiig in “Palm Royale.” (Apple TV+)
But poor...
- 3/18/2024
- by Matthew Creith
- The Wrap
While Eva Longoria is renowned as an actress, she is also a philanthropist and an entrepreneur. Her efforts to use her influence have left a positive impact on many, primarily those who were the direct beneficiaries of her various outreach programs.
The actress has been very vocal about certain issues throughout her life, and she has taken proactive steps to help whenever she can. Jeff Bezos, the former CEO of Amazon, recognized her efforts and even honored her for them recently.
Eva Longoria honored for her philanthropic work
Jeff Bezos launched the Bezos Courage and Civility Award in 2021, and Eva Longoria was one of the recipients this year, alongside Admiral Bill McRaven. The award recognizes the work being done to mitigate some of the world’s biggest concerns at present.
Both the actress and the admiral will each receive $50 million from the award. Moreover, they can freely donate to any charity of their choice.
The actress has been very vocal about certain issues throughout her life, and she has taken proactive steps to help whenever she can. Jeff Bezos, the former CEO of Amazon, recognized her efforts and even honored her for them recently.
Eva Longoria honored for her philanthropic work
Jeff Bezos launched the Bezos Courage and Civility Award in 2021, and Eva Longoria was one of the recipients this year, alongside Admiral Bill McRaven. The award recognizes the work being done to mitigate some of the world’s biggest concerns at present.
Both the actress and the admiral will each receive $50 million from the award. Moreover, they can freely donate to any charity of their choice.
- 3/15/2024
- by Sreshtha Roychowdhury
- FandomWire
The ABC comedy-drama series Desperate Housewives and its amazingly gifted cast helped redefine the genre in the 21st century. Premiering on October 3, 2004, Desperate Housewives entertained television audiences for 8 seasons until its finale episode (“Finishing the Hat”) on May 13, 2012. Desperate Housewives joins the exclusive list of successful all-female lead cast-led TV shows, such as The Facts of Life (1979-1988), The Golden Girls (1985-1992), Designing Women (1986-1993), Sisters (1991-1996), and Sex and the City (1998-2004). However, something intriguing about the women on Wisteria Lane attracted millions of viewers to each episode of Desperate Housewives. In retrospect, Desperate...
- 3/15/2024
- by Onyinye Izundu
- TVovermind.com
Jeff Bezos will gift $100 million to actress Eva Longoria and admiral Bill McRaven as part of the Amazon founder’s annual prize to individuals who contribute to society significantly.
The Jeff Bezos Courage and Civility Award amounted to $50 million for both Longoria and McRaven, to be used to help those in need.
Bezos and his fiancée, Lauren Sanchez, have distributed the award yearly since 2021 (though Bezos did not present an award last year). Previous recipients include Van Jones, Jose Andres and Dolly Parton.
Longoria, known best for her work on Desperate Housewives, founded the Eva Longoria Foundation in 2012 with the stated mission “to help Latinas build better futures for themselves and their families through education and entrepreneurship. By providing Latinas with the resources to succeed in school and business, we can help empower the Latino community.”
Their outreach includes work in Stem education, parent engagement, mentorship and entrepreneurship.
“We work...
The Jeff Bezos Courage and Civility Award amounted to $50 million for both Longoria and McRaven, to be used to help those in need.
Bezos and his fiancée, Lauren Sanchez, have distributed the award yearly since 2021 (though Bezos did not present an award last year). Previous recipients include Van Jones, Jose Andres and Dolly Parton.
Longoria, known best for her work on Desperate Housewives, founded the Eva Longoria Foundation in 2012 with the stated mission “to help Latinas build better futures for themselves and their families through education and entrepreneurship. By providing Latinas with the resources to succeed in school and business, we can help empower the Latino community.”
Their outreach includes work in Stem education, parent engagement, mentorship and entrepreneurship.
“We work...
- 3/15/2024
- by Zoe G Phillips
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his fiancée Lauren Sánchez are giving away $100 million as part of Bezos’ annual prize to individuals who make significant contributions to society.
This year’s recipients of $50 million each are actor and entrepreneur Eva Longoria, and Bill McRaven, a retired Navy admiral and former chancellor of the University of Texas System.
The Bezos Courage and Civility Award is given to people who try to find solutions to complicated problems, attempt to be uniters, and embrace civility via work with charitable organizations.
The first recipients of the prize were Van Jones, a lawyer and CNN commentator, and chef José Andrés, who each received $100 million in 2021. Dolly Parton was the 2022 recipient. There was no 2023 award.
In a statement, McRaven said he wants to use the gift to focus on three areas: educating the children of deceased veterans, particularly in the special operations community; the mental health and...
This year’s recipients of $50 million each are actor and entrepreneur Eva Longoria, and Bill McRaven, a retired Navy admiral and former chancellor of the University of Texas System.
The Bezos Courage and Civility Award is given to people who try to find solutions to complicated problems, attempt to be uniters, and embrace civility via work with charitable organizations.
The first recipients of the prize were Van Jones, a lawyer and CNN commentator, and chef José Andrés, who each received $100 million in 2021. Dolly Parton was the 2022 recipient. There was no 2023 award.
In a statement, McRaven said he wants to use the gift to focus on three areas: educating the children of deceased veterans, particularly in the special operations community; the mental health and...
- 3/15/2024
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: There is a change at the helm of Peacock’s Based On a True Story, starring Kaley Cuoco and Chris Messina. Physical creator Annie Weisman is joining the upcoming second season of the dark comedy thriller, from Aggregate Films and UCP, as new showrunner. She succeeds series creator Craig Rosenberg who remains an executive producer while pursuing other projects.
Season 2 of Based On a True Story will see Ava (Cuoco) and her husband Nathan (Messina) return for a new true crime adventure. The two stars are executive producing the new installment alongside Jason Bateman and Michael Costigan of Aggregate Films, writer/showrunner Weisman, Alex Buono, Rosenberg and Jaclyn Moore. Roxie Rodriguez of Aggregate Films, Sono Patel and Max Searle co-executive produce. UCP, a division of Universal Studio Group , is the studio.
In the well received first season, the lives of a down-on-their-luck couple Ava (Cuoco) and Nathan (Messina) collide...
Season 2 of Based On a True Story will see Ava (Cuoco) and her husband Nathan (Messina) return for a new true crime adventure. The two stars are executive producing the new installment alongside Jason Bateman and Michael Costigan of Aggregate Films, writer/showrunner Weisman, Alex Buono, Rosenberg and Jaclyn Moore. Roxie Rodriguez of Aggregate Films, Sono Patel and Max Searle co-executive produce. UCP, a division of Universal Studio Group , is the studio.
In the well received first season, the lives of a down-on-their-luck couple Ava (Cuoco) and Nathan (Messina) collide...
- 3/13/2024
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Drea de Matteo’s phone is blowing up. “There’s a lot fucking going on over here,” the 52-year-old actress says when she picks up the call from Rolling Stone. “It’s like I have a fucking sex tape out there or something. Just kidding.”
The bustling activity, at least, is no exaggeration: though most recognizable as the feisty, sultry, doomed Adriana La Cerva from The Sopranos, de Matteo now runs a viral OnlyFans account, manages a streetwear brand called Ultrafree (she co-founded it with her partner, Robby Staebler, drummer...
The bustling activity, at least, is no exaggeration: though most recognizable as the feisty, sultry, doomed Adriana La Cerva from The Sopranos, de Matteo now runs a viral OnlyFans account, manages a streetwear brand called Ultrafree (she co-founded it with her partner, Robby Staebler, drummer...
- 3/7/2024
- by Miles Klee
- Rollingstone.com
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