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Shameless is a dark family comedy-drama series created by Paul Abbott. Based on Abbott’s British series of the same name, the Showtime series is set in the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, and it follows the extremely dysfunctional Gallagher family, whose patriarch, Frank Gallagher, an alcoholic who never properly took care of his six children, leaving the eldest, Fiona Gallagher to care for her siblings. Shameless stars William H. Macy, Emmy Rossum, Justin Chatwin, Ethan Cutkosky, Shanola Hampton, Steve Howey, Emma Kenney, Jeremy Allen White, Cameron Monaghan, Noel Fisher, Joan Cusack, Laura Slade Wiggins, and Emma Greenwell. So, if you loved the hilarious dark comedy, intense drama, and compelling characters in Shameless, here are some similar shows you should check out next.

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Showtime’s Shameless, which we all love and adore, is actually...

Josh Trank got a lot of positive attention for his directorial debut, the 2012 found footage superhero movie Chronicle… then nearly destroyed his career with his follow-up, the disastrous 2015 Marvel Comics adaptation Fantastic Four. He came back with the 2020 biopic Capone, which went straight to VOD during the Covid lockdown. Now, Deadline reports that Trank is putting together his fourth feature film, an independent horror thriller called Send a Scare, which has Robbie Amell (Code 8) and Victoria Justice (Depravity) taking on the lead roles.

Scripted by Tank and Andrew Ryan from an original story by Ryan, Send a Scare centers on an interactive horror startup that gives thrill-seekers a way to send scares to friends and family… but when potential investors host a demonstration, the experience gets hijacked by a real masked killer with a deadly agenda.

Amell and Justice are joined in the cast by Karan Soni (Deadpool), Noel Fisher...

Victoria Justice and Robbie Amell will star in the upcoming horror-thriller Send a Scare, Deadline reports.

Josh Trank is set to direct from a script he co-wrote with Andrew Ryan.

The film centers on an interactive horror startup that gives thrill-seekers a way to send scares to friends and family… but when potential investors host a demonstration, the experience gets hijacked by a real masked killer with a deadly agenda.

Karan Soni (Deadpool), Noel Fisher (“Shameless”), Mackinlee Waddell (“Gcb”), and Adain Bradley (Tarot) are also attached.

Ryan Scaringe of Kinogo Pictures and Austin Lantero of Range Media Partners will produce. Steven Schneider is set to executive produce alongside Trank, Ryan, Justice, Amell, and Amy Lippens.

Range Select is handling domestic sales.

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Exclusive: Victoria Justice and Robbie Amell have been cast in Josh Trank’s upcoming horror-thriller film Send A Scare.

Written by Andrew Ryan and Josh Trank — who directed the 2015 Fantastic Four reboot — from an original story by Andrew Ryan, Send A Scare centers on an interactive horror startup that gives thrill-seekers a way to send scares to friends and family… but when potential investors host a demonstration, the experience gets hijacked by a real masked killer with a deadly agenda.

The film features an ensemble of attached talents including Karan Soni, Noel Fisher, Mackinlee Waddell and Adain Bradley.

Send A Scare is produced by Ryan Scaringe of Kinogo Pictures and Austin Lantero of Range Media Partners. Steven Schneider is set to Executive Produce alongside Victoria Justice, Robbie Amell,...

[Warning: The below contains Major spoilers for The Rookie Season 7 Episode 5 “Til Death.”] Don’t mess with Nyla Harper (Mekia Cox). That’s what the latest episode of The Rookie proves. It was in Episode 4 that the LAPD discovered there’s an unidentified serial killer — while apprehending Harrison Novak (Noel Fisher) — and Nyla ended up in her own mini-horror movie; she was stabbed with a needle and temporarily paralyzed. And so when she returns to work in Episode 5, she’s very determined to find who was responsible. “After having something so traumatic happen to her, she is now jolted into action,” Cox explains on TV Insider’s Booked: The Rookie Aftershow. (Watch the full video above.) Nyla trusts her gut when it tells her that the man they think could be responsible for the killings isn’t and instead, it’s Liam (Seth Gabel), whose vending machine company supplies the hospital they were investigating when she was attacked.

Wow, that hour of The Rookie had it all!

We’re talking horror film tropes and jumpscares, Shameless’ Noel Fisher playing a creepy yet intriguing serial killer, Bailey teaming up with Malvado, hurt Harper, and lying rookies.

Seriously, The Rookie Season 7 Episode 4 was inarguably the strongest hour thus far.

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Here’s the thing — no one will ever accuse a girl of enjoying Bailey storylines. There is something innately irksome about The Rookie Barbie and how she tends to detract from more interesting plots happening on The Rookie.

And this is no exception. The weakest part of this hour was following along with Nolan’s obsessive need to keep Bailey locked away in the house as if she were a princess in a tower and her desire to reject that to extreme lengths.

I’m as over it as Grey was when he told her that she was...

Tom Green, the one-of-a-kind funnyman who rose to fame with the success of The Tom Green Show on MTV, is returning to the small screen. Courtesy of Prime Video, there will be three all-new projects from Green made available for streaming this month.

The new projects released this month include a documentary, a new comedy special, and a reality series. Releasing on Jan. 24, This Is The Tom Green Documentary follows Green's career "as a trailblazing influence on comedy, film, television, and internet culture. With thousands of hours of digitalized personal footage, rare episodes, and unseen raw footage from past series and films, the documentary captures the early days of his humble beginnings in Canada, to stardom in Hollywood, as he goes full circle and returns to his roots moving from his LA home to a rural farm in the country." Green opens up on his journey in the doc, touching...

When someone hears the words "ninja" and "turtles," what usually springs to mind is the silly, comical team of reptilian brothers known worldwide as the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. These brothers -- Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael, and Michelangelo -- came to the minds of creators Peter Laird and Kevin Eastman in 1983. Drawing inspiration from ninja characters they had seen in Frank Miller comics such as Daredevil and Ronin, Laird and Eastman sketched various images of ninja turtles. Soon after the Tmnt comics came out, they became a huge success.

With the success of the comic came the original animated Saturday morning cartoon in 1987, which gave voices to the characters. Likewise, the success of this TV series led to the first live-action movie, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, in 1990, a box office smash hit. Since then, there has been a myriad of Tmnt movies and TV series that each attempted to capture the...

Tom Hardy has stood out in a variety of different genres, but he seems to return to crime movies more often than others. Hardy has a reputation as a performer who isn't afraid of taking big swings, whether it be with an odd accent choice or a splashy persona that draws attention to itself. This means that he is often a great choice to play a villain, a gangster, or some other kind of criminal.

Tom Hardy's best movies include actioners like Mad Max: Fury Road and prestige dramas like The Revenant, but one of his major career trends has been his love for the crime genre. Some of the movies which first made him famous were crime movies, and he has repeatedly returned to the genre, always playing criminals rather than lawmen. Hardy possesses an unpredictable quality that makes him a great on-screen bad guy.

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Two of the most divisive installments in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise will lose their most prominent streaming home in less than a week. Both the 2014 and 2016 Tmnt films, which star Megan Fox, Will Arnett, and Noel Fisher, will no longer be available to stream on Netflix starting September 1. The Tmnt movies join other franchise titans such as the Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield Spider-Man movies as projects leaving Netflix at the end of the month, as well as the Nutty Professor movies led by Eddie Murphy. In addition to Fox, Arnett, and Fisher, the Tmnt films also star Alan Ritchson, William Fichtner, and Laura Linney, with the original boasting abysmal scores of 20% from critics and 50% from general audiences on Rotten Tomatoes.

Exclusive: Piper Curda (May December) is set for a key recurring role in Matlock, CBS‘ upcoming drama series inspired by the classic TV series of the same name, starring Kathy Bates.

From Jennie Snyder Urman, Matlock stars Bates as Madeline “Matty” Matlock, a brilliant septuagenarian who achieved success in her younger years and decides to rejoin the work force at a prestigious law firm where she uses her unassuming demeanor and wily tactics to win cases. Matty is assigned to Olympia (Skye P. Marshall), a senior attorney and key rainmaker with a thirst for justice. Olympia’s ex-husband, Julian (Jason Ritter), the son of the head of the firm (Beau Bridges), is intrigued by Matty and her clever skills.

Curda plays Kira, the It (Information Technology) girl at Jacobson Moore who is called upon to help with a fried computer and ends up becoming a love interest for Sarah (Leah Lewis...

Exclusive: Natasha Behnam has signed with Buchwald for representation.

Behnam most recently starred as Lola Rahaii in the Max series The Girls on the Bus alongside Carla Gugino, Melissa Benoist and Christina Elmore. From Amy Chozick and Julie Plec, the series follows Sadie McCarthy (Benoist), a journalist who romanticizes Tim Crouse’s Boys on the Bus book and works towards her opportunity to cover a presidential campaign for the paper of record.

Sadie hits the trail and eventually bonds with three female competitors, Grace (Gugino), Lola ( Behnam), and Kimberlyn (Elmore). Despite their differences, the women become a found family with a front-row seat to the greatest soap opera in town: The Battle for the White House.

Benham recently wrapped shooting a heavily recurring role in the fifth and final season of Netflix’s hit psychological drama You. She will play Dominique, a passionate, clever, fiercely loyal young woman who, despite her wealthy upbringing,...

After an unforgettable 10-year run, the beloved comedy-drama television series Shameless bid farewell in April 2021, etching a profound memory in viewers’ hearts. Shameless made its cast members millionaires, some earning over $350,000 per episode.

Originating from a British TV show, Shameless, which debuted on Showtime in January 2011, revolved around the Gallagher family’s unorthodox dynamics as they navigated through chaos, addiction, and financial struggles.

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The Gallagher family in the American comedy-drama show Shameless is made up of Frank (William H. Macy), Fiona (Emmy Rossum), Lip (Jeremy Allen White), Ian (Cameron Monaghan), Debbie (Emma Kenney), Carl (Ethan Cutkosky), and Liam (Brenden Gleeson) (Credit: Showtime)

With 11 seasons under its belt, set in the bustling city of Chicago, Shameless was cherished for its authenticity, dark humor, and compelling characters, earning...

Exclusive: Natasha Behnam (The Girls on the Bus), Pete Ploszek (Parks & Recreation), Tom Francis (Sunset Boulevard) and b (Station 19) are set for recurring roles in the fifth and final season of Netflix’s hit psychological drama You.

Based on Caroline Kepnes’ best-selling novel of the same name, You revolves around the question, “What would you do for love?” The series follows Joe Goldberg (Penn Badgley), a man who will do just about anything when love is at stake.

In addition to Badgley, they join previously announced Charlotte Richie, Madeline Brewer, Anna Camp and Griffin Matthews for Season 5.

Season 4 was set in London where Joe took on the new identity of Jonathan Moore, an English professor, while following Marienne (Tati Gabrielle) around Europe. Details regarding the focus of Season 5 are being kept under wraps.

Behnam plays Dominique. While appearing to be an aloof hipster, Dominique is in fact a passionate,...

Inspiration from Star Wars was key in crafting the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie's smart and thrilling battles. Fans of the darker comic book iterations of Turtles will soon enjoy an R-rated live-action movie and TV series spin-off. With nods to The Last Ronin story arc, the Tmnt franchise continues to evolve to cater to a more mature audience.

The worlds of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Star Wars seem pretty far apart, but it appears the latter was very influential on the first big screen outing of the heroes in a half-shell. The 1990 live-action Tmnt movie is still loved to this day, and, in the main, stands the test of time thanks to the incredible work of the Jim Henson Creature Shop, and the production values of the film. Speaking to Cbr at WonderCon recently, screenwriter Bobby Herbeck shared his influences when working on the movie, including...

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin will be a dark R-rated live-action film, departing from its kid-friendly roots. Producer Walter Hamada, known for his work with DC Films and horror movies, is leading the project with Paramount Pictures. The Last Ronin comic series, created by Kevin Eastman and Tom Waltz, tells a dystopian story of revenge and survival.

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise has been a kid-friendly endeavor for many years now, but it's finally going to get an R-rated live-action treatment courtesy of Paramount Pictures and a former head of DC Films. Per The Hollywood Reporter, Paramount Pictures is in development on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin, which is a popular storyline that has been seen in Idw comics and is known for its violence and high body count. Tyler Burton Smith, who co-wrote the upcoming action film Boy Kills World, is penning the script...

Thanksgiving is a horror slasher film directed by Eli Roth, from a screenplay by Jeff Rendell. The film is based on Roth’s mock trailer of the same name from the 2007’s Grindhouse, after many years of discussions and nearly going into production, the much-awaited Thanksgiving film is finally here and it is set during the Black Friday 2022 in Plymouth, Massachusetts as many people are crushed to death during the riot, despite the intervention of police and town sheriff Eric Newlon. Thanksgiving stars Patrick Dempsey, Addison Rae, Gina Gerson, Rick Hoffman, Nell Verlaque, Tim Dillon, Jenna Warren, and Milo Manheim. So, if you loved Thanksgiving here are some similar movies you could watch next.

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You’re Next is nothing if not a brilliant slasher horror for the genre fans. Directed by Adam Wingard, the 2013 film follows the story of the Davison family,...

Exclusive: Piper Curda (May December), Noel Fisher (Shameless) and Josh Zuckerman (Oppenheimer) will topline Cogn-ai-tive, an AI thriller from first-time feature filmmaker Tommy Savas. It has wrapped production.

Written by Angie Simms, the film centers on a pioneering tech startup on the verge of launching Cogn-ai-tive — a new AI chatbot with unparalleled speed and intelligence. Soon, the team discovers their creation harbors a dark and sinister will of its own.

Hailing from Reckless Content in collaboration with Bridge & Tunnel Films, the indie also stars Natasha Behnam (The Girls on the Bus), Ritesh Rajan (Russian Doll) and Lucius Baybak (Dear White People). The production team includes executive producer Jason Schnell, producers Judy Craig and Kelly May, line producer Cameron Fife, and co-producer Justin Mooney.

“Cogn-ai-tive is a commentary on the ever-growing reliance on technology and artificial intelligence in our lives,” Savas said. “I’ve always been inspired by the iconic cinema of the ’90s.

The author of the Percy Jackson series is speaking all about the decision to try making the books into a series after he slammed the previously made film adaptation – Just Jared Jr Are you on Kim or Kourtney‘s side in this feud? – Celebitchy See all the celebs during fashion month! – Popsugar See which Harry Potter stars are parents! – Just Jared Jr The Art of Elysium Charity’s Art Salon hosted a memorable event to honor actress/producer Shanola Hampton on Tuesday (September 26) in Los Angeles. It was a bit of a Shameless reunion as her former costars came out to support – Jeremy Allen White, Cameron Monaghan, Steve Howey, Noel Fisher and Emma Rose Kenney. Others in attendance included Rain Phoenix, Sterling Jones and Mark Paul Gosselar. Check out the gallery inside!

As SAG-AFTRA and the WGA continue to strike and fight for a new deal, the picket lines are remaining full. In fact, they’re so full that multiple series have seen cast and crew reunions while marching.

Some have been spontaneous, as old colleagues run into each other by chance at a given location. Others have been planned, making sure to get as many members out on the lines as possible. So, we rounded up some of the biggest ones, ranging from shows long since ended, to those still fresh in our hearts.

You can check out some of the biggest reunions in the photos below.

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On Aug. 2, the cast and crew of “The Good Place” reunited on the picket lines, with actress Jameela Jamil even dressing like her character Tahani. Ted Danson, Kristen Bell, Marc Evan Jackson and more were all on hand for the reunion,...

When Mike Doyle first appeared on NBC's New Amsterdam as Dr. Iggy Frome's husband, Martin, viewers likely recognized him but may not have been able to place why. Doyle has had notable roles in everything from Shameless to Oz to 2011's A Gifted Man and has appeared in films like Green Lantern (2011) and Jersey Boys (2014). Alongside New Amsterdam, Doyle was in 10 episodes of 2018's The Accidental Wolf as husband Brad to Kelli O'Hara's Katie, but his big claim to fame is on another NBC show viewers may or may not remember seeing him on.

On procedural shows like Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, lab technicians can occasionally stick around, but often only for a season. In Season 5, Episode 7, "Choice," a new lab tech arrived and made such an impression that he became a recurring guest star through not just the rest of the season but the next five.

One night, two struggling cartoonists had what turned out to be a billion-dollar idea. What if Frank Miller’s Daredevil had human-sized turtles in it? From that question came the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, a quartet of brothers named after Renaissance artists who fought the Shredder and his Foot Clan (a spoof of perpetual Daredevil baddies the Hand). Who could have guessed that the self-published comic Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird created would launch a phenomenon, one that survived its first boom in the late ‘80s and crash in the mid-1990s? It has since gone on to become an enduring pop culture franchise which is still going strong after several decades. Leonardo, Donatello, Michelangelo, and Raphael have leaped out of the sewers and into every type of media, including video games and toys. Nonetheless, the characters are never more exciting than when they hit the big screen.

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The Shameless cast reunion during the SAG-AFTRA strike highlights the importance of recognizable faces onscreen and their collective power in the industry. The photo serves as a reminder of Jeremy Allen White's success in The Bear and the cast's continued talents in other projects. The Shameless reunion is one of many exciting moments captured during the SAG-AFTRA strike, showcasing solidarity among familiar faces in the industry and spreading their message for fair compensation worldwide.

Jeremy Allen White reunited with his former Shameless co-stars on the picket lines. The actor is currently the star of the buzzy Hulu series The Bear, which was recently nominated for 13 Emmys. However, before that, he played Lip Gallagher on the long-running series Shameless, an adaptation of the UK dysfunctional family comedy of the same name, which ran for 11 seasons between 2011 and 2021.

On Instagram, Shanola Hampton – who played Veronica Fisher on Shameless – posted a photo from...

A new image of The Conners season 5 confirms the return of a very familiar Roseanne location. It was announced in October that the ABC sitcom would be staging a reunion of sorts, as William H. Macy had joined The Conners in a guest role. Macy is well-known for playing Frank Gallagher on Shameless, the father of Debbie (played by Emma Kenney). Kenney has since gone on to play Harris on the Roseanne spinoff. It's not the first time that a Shameless star has appeared on The Conners. The show has welcomed other actors from the Showtime drama over the course of its run, including Noel Fisher and Ethan Cutkosky.

Katey Sagal, who plays Dan's wife, Louise, is herself an alum of Shameless and shared scenes with Macy. She'll reunite with him on the January 11 episode of The Conners season 5. According to TV Insider, Macy will play Smitty Cusamano. Cusamano's a...

The cast of Shameless is slowly migrating to The Conners, with William H, Macy, Emma Kenny and Noel Fisher all part of the sitcom now. However, to most of the fans, the three will always be fondly remembered for their roles as Frank, Debbie and Mickey.

The three characters were a big reason why the Showtime series was a major success. And apart from their mannerisms, they always dished out hilarious quotes. But they were not the only ones putting in shifts at the humor departments. Several other characters had hilarious quotes too.

“Circle Doesn't Start With An S? What The F---?” — Kev. Hurricane Monica

All is going well for Kev as he is watching the spelling video until the word ‘circle’ comes on. To him, it’s quite a shocker that the word doesn’t start with an S.

Despite his business acumen, Kev isn’t fully literate. It,...

Shameless fans have yet another reason to check out The Conners after it was announced that William H. Macy, who portrayed Frank Gallagher in the Showtime series, will be joining the cast. Macy becomes the third Shameless alumnus to join the sitcom after Emma Kenney and Noel Fisher.

As for Fisher, the actor has been a part of many great shows lately but to many fans, Mickey Milkovich will always be his most iconic role. The character is adored because of his badass nature as well as his unconditional love for Ian Gallagher. In addition to that, he always comes up with incredible remarks.

“Hey Lip, How Is Your Lip?” “Aunt Ginger”

After assaulting Lip, the Milkovich brothers show up once again at the Gallagher home. There, Mickey, who is yet to be introduced to Ian, mocks Lip about his injured lip.

Mickey’s wordplay in the scene only further...

Shameless might have concluded, but the stars have had no shortage of opportunities. After Emma Kenny, William, H. Macy, and Noel Fisher were cast in The Conners, fans can also look forward to seeing Suzanne Cryer in the upcoming Disney+ series, Percy Jackson & The Olympians.

Wherever the stars end up, fans will be hoping they recreate some of the dialogue magic they had on the Showtime series. Throughout the 11 seasons, Shameless characters were known to say outrageous things, but there are a couple of times when their remarks proved they were good people.

“I Just Want To Be Able To Give These Kids Everything That They Deserve.” Fiona - “A Long Way From Home”

During the hearing meant to determine who the guardian of the Gallagher children will be, Fiona makes a good case for herself. She gives reasons why Frank is poorly equipped and then expresses her desire to...

Rest assured, Conners fans: The Powers That Be have not forgotten about their promise to bring an original Roseanne character back to Lanford. It’s just taking a bit longer than we expected.

In September, executive producers Bruce Helford and Dave Caplan told TVLine that a character last seen early in the original run of Roseanne (1988-97) was poised to make their first appearance during Season 5 of the ABC offshoot. “I can’t reveal it, but there is someone coming from years’ past,” Helford said at the time. “I think people are going to be very surprised and go, ‘Oh s–t!

Warning: Contains Spoilers for The Conners season 5

Now that The Conners season 5 has announced the sitcom spinoff’s next guest star, an intriguing pattern is starting to emerge. Like its predecessor Roseanne, The Conners uses cameos sparingly. Since The Conners centers around an average working-class middle-American family, cramming in too many recognizable celebrities could easily stretch the show’s credibility.

However, The Conners does appear to make an exception when it comes to former cast members from another sitcom about a poor family working together to overcome their struggles. According to Variety, William H Macy will appear in The Conners season 5 playing Smitty, Dan’s high-school friend who he hasn’t seen in years. Macy will be the fifth Shameless star to appear on The Conners after Emma Kenney (who plays Darlene’s daughter Harris), Ethan Cutoski, Katey Sagal (Dan’s second wife Louise) and Noel Fisher. The regular Shameless...

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Theoretically, what sets Peacock’s The Calling apart from the gazillions of other cop dramas already in existence is that its protagonist, Avi (Jeff Wilbusch), is not only deeply religious, but guided by his Jewish faith in his work as a detective. When a greener colleague, Janine (Juliana Canfield), comments in the premiere on his knack for drawing out a suspect by expressing compassion, Avi rejects the notion that it’s merely a professional “trick.”

“The Talmud teaches us to see a single human being as the whole world, that each person is entitled to infinite respect and concern. Everyone is precious,” he loftily informs her, and he means it.

But The Calling, from David E. Kelley, seems only so interested in exploring the nuanced relationship between Avi’s beliefs and Avi’s job, or for that matter in ethical or emotional complications of any sort.

The Calling Trailer — Peacock‘s The Calling (2022) TV show trailer has been released. The Calling trailer stars Jeff Wilbusch, Juliana Canfield, Karen Robinson, Michael Mosley, Mattea Conforti, Constance Zimmer, Tony Curran, Noel Fisher, and Annabelle Dexter-Jones. Crew “a co-production from Keshet Studios and Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group, [is] based on [...]

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"Bad Banks," "Unorthodox," and "Keep Breathing" star Jeff Wilbusch is trying his hand at the crime thriller, starring as hopeful NYPD detective Avraham "Avi" Avraham in David E. Kelley and Barry Levinson's new crime drama for Peacock, "The Calling." Originally announced under the title "The Missing," the new series is an adaptation of Israeli crime writer Dror A. Mishani's international bestselling novel "The Missing File" about an investigator whose deeply-held Jewish faith and belief in humanity are questioned when he is tasked with a harrowing missing person case of a woman's teenage son.

The series is written by prolific TV writer David E. Kelley who also serves as showrunner, with Academy Award-winning filmmaker Barry Levinson directing. The creative team rounds out an impressive hat trick with legendary composer Hans Zimmer serving as co-composer alongside frequent collaborator Steve Mazzaro. Upon the show's official trailer release, Kelley released the following statement,...

Emmy-winning executive producer David E. Kelley and Oscar winner Barry Levinson lead Peacock psychological crime thriller “The Calling.”

Kelley, known recently for “Big Little Lies” and “The Undoing,” serves as showrunner, writer, and executive producer of the series, premiering November 10 on the NBCU streamer. Levinson directs multiple episodes including the pilot, as well as executive produces. Hans Zimmer and Steve Mazzaro are co-composers for the gritty police procedural with a twist.

“The Calling” centers on NYPD Detective Avraham Avraham (Jeff Wilbusch) whose belief in mankind is his superpower when it comes to uncovering the truth. Guided by a deep sense of spirituality and religious principles, Avraham is left to question his own humanity when a seemingly routine investigation turns upside down. The series is based on Dror Mishani’s novels of the same name, which showrunner Kelley calls a “riveting and emotionally complicated series of books.”

“Avi is a deeply mysterious,...

This is a wrap-up of all the news you need to know from Thursday, October 20, 2022.

The Critics Choice Awards revealed that Chelsea Handler will take over the hosting duties for the 2023 ceremony.

The 28th annual Critics Choice Awards are set to air Sunday, January 15, 2023, at 7/6c on The CW.

“We are thrilled to have Chelsea Handler joining us at the 28th annual Critics Choice Awards,” said Cca CEO Joey Berlin in a statement.

“We all know and love her work as a standup comedian, a best-selling author, a podcast host, and actress — and now as host of the Critics Choice Awards! I know this will be the best year yet and can’t wait for everyone to see what we have in store.”

Meanwhile, Netflix has greenlit a second season of Heartbreak High reboot.

The renewal for the teen drama comes a month after its series premiere.

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The Conners is staging another Shameless reunion in its fifth season as William H. Macy will be guest starring on the ABC family comedy, it’s been revealed. The actor ,who entertained viewers for eleven seasons as Frank Gallagher on Showtime, will take on the role of Smitty, one of Dan’s (John Goodman) old high school friends who pays a visit to the Conner family in Lanford. The role will reunite Macy with his former onscreen daughter Emma Kenney who currently plays Darlene’s (Sara Gilbert) daughter, Harris Conner-Healy. (Credit: Paul Sarkis / ©Showtime / Courtesy Everett Collection) The episode and airdate for the actor’s appearance has yet to be revealed, according to TV Line. Macy most recently appeared on television in Hulu’s gripping Elizabeth Holmes drama, The Dropout. He’ll be the latest Shameless star to drop in on the show, following in the footsteps of Noel Fisher who played Mickey Milkovich,...

William H. Macy is headed to The Conners.

The Shameless patriarch will guest-star in an upcoming episode as Smitty, one of Dan’s best buds from high school who pays a visit to Lanford. The gig reunites him with former TV daughter Emma Kenney.

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Macy becomes the fourth Shameless star to appear on the Roseanne spinoff. In addition to Kenney, who plays Darlene and David’s daughter Harris,...

The fifth and final season of “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” will see the return of Kelly Bishop’s matchmaking magnate Benedetta alongside nine other additional cast members.

Joining Bishop in the final season is Alfie Fuller (“Little America”), who has been upped to series regular, reprising her season four role as Dinah Rutledge. Jason Ralph (“The Magicians”) also returns as a series regular, continuing his role as Mike Carr.

Also joining the cast in recurring roles this season is Peter Friedman (“Succession”), Chloë Kerwin (“Asleep in my Palm”), Austin Basis (“Supernatural”), Josh Grisetti (“Nurse Jackie”), Michael Cyril Creighton (“Only Murders in the Building”), Eddie Kaye Thomas (“American Dad”) and Lucas Kavner (“The Jim Jeffries Show”).

Amazon Prime Video’s Emmy-winning hit comedy comes from creator Amy Sherman-Palladino and executive producer Daniel Palladino, who also write and direct. It stars Rachel Brosnahan, Tony Shalhoub, Alex Borstein, Marin Hinkle, Michael Zegen, Kevin Pollak and Caroline Aaron.

The Afterparty will be welcoming back two former suspects: Sam Richardson and Zoë Chao will return as Aniq and Zoe for Season 2 of the Apple TV+ murder mystery comedy, the streamer announced on Wednesday.

Joining the cast are Zach Woods (Silicon Valley), Elizabeth Perkins (Weeds), Poppy Liu (Hacks), Paul Walter Hauser (Cobra Kai), Anna Konkle (Pen15), Jack Whitehall (Good Omens) and Vivian Wu (Away).

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Cameron Monaghan must be a glutton for punishment.

In “Shattered,” the actor plays a wealthy tech guru named Chris who comes to really, really, sincerely regret his fling with the beautiful and mysterious Sky (Lilly Krug). Their meet-cute in the aisle of a supermarket quickly devolves into kidnapping and extortion, with Chris finding himself tied up and brutalized in creatively horrific ways. Think of it as “Fatal Attraction” with buckets of blood.

“Shattered,” which definitely isn’t for the faint of stomach, opens on Jan. 14. Monaghan spoke with Variety about what attracted him to the horror-thriller, working with John Malkovich, and saying goodbye to “Shameless,” the Showtime series on which he memorably played Ian Gallagher, the tough-talking gay man from the wrong side of Chicago who finds happiness with charming delinquent Mickey (Noel Fisher).

Why did you want to make “Shattered”?

“Shattered” came to me pretty late in the process of its development.

Marvel may be well known for keeping their secrets, but it seems the Secret Invasion seems to have become a little less private thanks to some crew listings on IMDb. The new listings appear to show drivers and assistants for a number of big MCU names that have previously not been attached to the upcoming series. The list includes the likes of Samuel L Jackson and Emilia Clarke as expected, but then we see some other names that are a little less expected, including Agent Coulson actor Clarke Gregg.

We have been promised that Jonathan Majors' Kang would be making his presence known in the McU's future projects for some time to come, and his name being on the list looks like that is true. For that very reason, his inclusion in the cast seems a little less of a surprise than it would have been just a month ago.

William H. Macy spent 11 years of his life wearing the shoes of an alcoholic father of six on Chicago’s South Side on “Shameless.” As Frank Gallagher, Macy was awarded with three Screen Actors Guild trophies and earned five consecutive Emmy bids as Best Comedy Actor (2014-18). Now that the Showtime series has wrapped up for good — its finale, “Father Frank, Full of Grace,” aired on April 11 — might Macy receive a goodbye hug from Emmy voters in the form of a nomination?

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According to Gold Derby predictions, five of our Experts from major media outlets say the answer is yes: Shawn Edwards (Wdaf-tv Fox), Clayton Davis (Variety), Ed Martin (Media Village), Jazz Tangcay (Variety) and Lynette Rice (Ent. Weekly). Edwards actually has Macy in second place to win the Emmy behind only...

After 11 seasons of drinking, depravity and debauchery, fans showed up for Showtime’s last call for “Shameless,” the premium cabler’s longest-running series to date, this past Sunday. The final episode of the dramedy and 12th episode of Season 11, titled “Father Frank, Full of Grace,” drew a cross-platform total of 1.5Mm, up 41% versus the penultimate episode (1.1Mm) and 29% over the premiere (1.2Mm).

The 9 p.m. linear telecast on April 11 garnered 695,000 viewers, up 33% from the penultimate episode, and essentially tied with the season premiere’s telecast on Dec. 6, 2020 as the best telecast of the season.

As with all premium series, the bulk of viewing will be delivered across platforms on-demand, streaming and delayed viewing— so the numbers will likely increase once those metrics are factored in. Sunday’s projected on-demand and streaming number, 769,000, jumped by 61% from the penultimate episode and delivered a series high for the show.

Per Showtime, Season 10 averaged...

No shame in these numbers: The series finale of “Shameless” drew 1.511 million total viewers across multiple platforms, according to Showtime. That’s a season high, 29% better than the Season 11 premiere (1.2 million viewers) and +41% from the comedy’s penultimate episode (1.1 million).

It is a shame, however, that the long-running show is over. The 11-season “Shameless” was Showtime’s most-watched and youngest-skewing comedy. When you factor both of those claims in, it makes sense that “Shameless” was Showtime’s most-streamed comedy series of all time.

Linearly, the 9 p.m. “Shameless” series finale telecast drew 695,000 TV viewers. The rest of the viewing came from streaming and on-demand.

Prior to the launch of Showtime’s over-the-top streaming platform in 2015 (so from 2011-2015), “Shameless” averaged 5.19 million total viewers per episode, according to the premium cable channel. But that giant number includes any and all episodic viewership while the season was in its first run. In other words,...

Spoiler Alert: This post contains details of the series finale of Shameless tonight.

After 11 seasons, it was truly last call for Frank Gallagher tonight on the series finale of multiple SAG Awards winner Shameless.

Having apparently overdosed in the penultimate episode, the William H. Macy portrayed debauched patriarch evaded his maker one more time to the frustration of his offspring and extended family. However, as son Lip (Jeremy Allen White) and lady love Tami (Kate Miner) face the prospect of another baby as they are barely scraping by and brother Ian (Cameron Monaghan) and hubby Mickey (Noel Fisher) move up the social ladder and contemplate a baby of their own, the dementia inflected Frank is laid low in the end by another adversary that had plagued the final season – the coronavirus.

“So, we had to show that there were some consequences,” Shameless showrunner John Wells told me of the decision...

Spoiler Alert: Do not read if you have not yet watched “Father Frank, Full of Grace,” the series finale of “Showtime,” available on-demand now.

After 11 seasons of debauchery, drinking, and downright denial, “Shameless” and the Gallagher crew said farewell in the April 11 series finale, “Father Frank, Full of Grace” with an expected ending and more than a few lingering questions about the surviving characters.

The episode followed immediately on the penultimate episode’s final moments, with Frank (William H. Macy) having overdosed on the family sofa and not one member of the household even slightly concerned that the patriarch may have finally exited this world. Only Liam (Christian Isaiah) had any insight as to his dad’s mental health status when those heroin needles reappeared, but rather than call an ambulance, the family collectively decided to grab a cup of coffee and carry on with their day as they waited...

Before the stars of Shameless go their separate ways, Showtime will bring the Gallagher family back home one last time.

William H. Macy, Jeremy Allen White, Ethan Cutkowsky, Shanola Hampton, Steve Howey, Emma Kenney, Cameron Monaghan and Christian Isaiah will join showrunner and executive producer John Wells for a farewell panel on Sunday following the series’ finale. The Shameless crew will reminisce about the 11-season show and reflect on their time together. Cast members Noel Fisher and Kate Miner will also join the virtual reunion.

The reunion is the first half of a two-part farewell. After the panel, fans can explore the Gallagher house with a virtual 360-degree, first-person tour. The digital experience, available even after the finale event, will feature Easter eggs and never-before-seen content from the series.

The two-part virtual farewell will begin April 11 at 10 p.m. Et on Gallagherhouse.com.

The final season of Shameless finds the...

Showtime may be saying goodbye to Shameless, but the premium cable network is doing so with a virtual farewell event.

It's open all fans of the hit comedy series on Sunday, April 11 at 10 p.m. Et/7 p.m. Pt, immediately following the show's series finale.

The two-part experience, which will take place at GallagherHouse.com, will begin with a cast reunion.

"From reminiscing about how they earned their now-iconic roles to discussing what it was like to end an 11-season story, this marks the first time the cast will look back together at the hit series," the press release reads.

"Fans will also have the opportunity to virtually explore the beloved Gallagher home, which will remain available beyond the finale event.|"

In addition to executive producer and showrunner John Wells, cast members confirmed for the event include Oscar(R) nominee and Emmy(R) and SAG Award winner William H. Macy,...

FX released a trailer for the third and final season of “Pose,” which will debut on May 2.

Nearly two years after Blanca Evangelista’s (Mj Rodriguez) triumphant return to the ballroom, she gets a new job working at a hospital, while newly-engaged Angel (Indya Moore) and Papi (Angel Bismark Curiel) seem happy as ever. Following a health scare last season, Pray Tell’s (Billy Porter) fate is up in the air. “I knew this disease was gonna eat me alive, but I’m not going out without a fight,” he says in the trailer. Watch it in full below.

Also in today’s TV news roundup, Showtime announced a virtual farewell event featuring the cast of “Shameless,” taking place April 11 at 7 p.m. Pt., immediately following the series finale. Showrunner John Wells will join cast members William H. Macy, Jeremy Allen White, Ethan Cutkosky, Shanola Hampton, Steve Howey, Emma Kenney,...

Exclusive: Glow alum Shakira Barrera will recur in the final season of Shameless as Heidi, the series’ last recurring character.

Heidi is a recently released inmate who goes on a terrorizing crime spree when she hits the streets.

Starring William H. Macy, the 11th and final season of Shameless finds the Gallagher family and the South Side at a crossroads, with changes caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, gentrification and aging to reconcile. Jeremy Allen, Ethan Cutkosky, Cameron Monaghan, Noel Fisher, Steve Howey, Shanola Hampton, Christian Isaiah and Kate Miner also star.

Created by Paul Abbott, Shameless is produced by Bonanza Productions in association with John Wells Productions and Warner Bros. Television.

Barrera appeared as Yolanda (aka Yo-Yo) in Netflix’ Glow, and recently recurred on Animal Kingdom. Her additional credits include Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D, Lethal Weapon and Queen of the South. She also appeared in HBO’s High & Mighty and It’s Bruno.

Will Shameless go out with a whimper?

If Shameless Season 11 Episode 9 is any indication, then yes.

While "Survivors" started moving some of the plots along toward a conclusion, there was too much filler that made it difficult to care about any of the events.

Did we really need to follow V's mother to Kentucky? Carol has never been a big part of the series, disappearing shortly after realizing she wanted to keep the kid she was supposed to birth for her daughter.

The series desperately tries to make us believe that V fell out of her mother's life shortly after that, but we need to remember that V is raising two children of her own while simultaneously running a bar.

Carol's comments about no one visiting her were a bit rude when you consider that she could have called V or even went into the bar for a coffee and a catchup.