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Michael J. Fox and “Spin City” fans — you’re in for a treat. After not appearing in an on-screen role since his 2020 appearance on “The Good Fight,” Fox will return to acting as a guest star in the upcoming Season 3 of “Shrinking,” Apple TV+ announced Thursday.

Long a staple of television sitcoms, Fox previously worked with “Shrinking” showrunner Bill Lawrence on “Spin City” and also guest-starred on his later series “Scrubs.”

Mirroring the show’s own depiction of Parkinson’s disease through Harrison Ford’s character Dr. Paul Rhoades, Fox has been living with the ailment for 30 years. In that time, Fox through his organization The Michael J. Fox Foundation has raised over $2 billion for Parkinson’s research and has been a vocal advocate for how the disease is perceived. Though the actor was diagnosed in 1991, he first revealed his diagnosis in 1998 while a part of “Spin City.” By Season...

Shrinking just landed another major guest star: Michael J. Fox has signed on to play a significant role in the Apple TV+ dramedy’s third season, TVLine has learned.

While details on his role are being kept under wraps, Fox’s new gig marks his return to acting and his first TV role since his two-episode stint on The Good Fight, where he reprised his Good Wife character Louis Canning in 2020. While his new role remains a mystery for now, it’s possible that it may be connected to Harrison Ford’s therapist Paul Rhoades, who has been dealing with...

Exclusive: Five-time Emmy winner Michael J. Fox is returning to acting with a major guest-starring role on the upcoming third season of Apple TV+’s hit comedy series Shrinking, toplined by Jason Segel and Harrison Ford.

Details around the role are being kept under wraps but it may be connected to the character arc of Ford’s therapist Paul Rhoades. It was revealed at the end of Season 1 that Paul has Parkinson’s, a disease Fox has been battling for three and a half decades.

This marks a reunion for Fox and Shrinking co-creator/executive producer Bill Lawrence. Fox headlined Lawrence’s first series as a creator, Spin City, for four seasons before leaving when his symptoms became more serious. The ABC comedy landed Fox his fifth Emmy award; he had won four for Family Ties.

Since then, Fox was the star of The Michael J. Fox Show and has...

Going Dutch is returning for a second tour of duty. The freshman Fox sitcom has been renewed for a second season at the network. Deadline reports that both Going Dutch and its network stablemate, Animal Control, will be returning next season. The series' first season is now streaming on Hulu.

Deadline reports that although the Denis Leary-led series' ratings were not spectacular, the fact that the series is produced and owned by Fox may have played a part in the network's decision. Fox is also selling the series internationally; unlike many sitcoms, it is an international production, with a military base in Ireland standing in for Garrison Stroopsdorf, the fictional US Army base in Holland that serves as the show's primary setting. Additionally, Going Dutch and Animal Control are the only live-action sitcoms currently on Fox. This may also mean that Fox may not order any new half-hour comedies for the upcoming TV season.

When you are looking for a new show to watch, the decision can be made around many factors like the cast, directors, and writers; lately, those are not the only factors that make a show good. Increasingly, people look at production houses as a key factor in bringing quality to shows.

Networks like HBO gave us The Sopranos and Game of Thrones, AMC with Breaking Bad and The Walking Dead, and AppleTV+ with Ted Lasso and Severance—you get the idea. One such cable network that has been killing it with banger shows is FX, which creates shows that capture the interest of audiences and critics alike.

A still from the FX series It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia

The network produces original series for auteur-driven projects, which gives the writers and directors creative freedom, thus appealing to a large audience with its quality and uniqueness. It often explores darker, more...

Denis Leary said authenticity to the military is as important as being funny on his new show Going Dutch. Leary plays Army Col. Patrick Quinn, who gets re-assigned to a base in the Netherlands after ranting against the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He and the base’s soldiers engage in comic hijinx, but they’re never making fun of the Army.

“I know we’re supposed to be funny but we’re also supposed to be soldiers,” Leary said. “We’re all dressed that way. Even if we’re just in the hair and makeup trailer, generally we’re in our uniforms. It’s a constant reminder.”

Leary developed the show as executive producer with creator Joel Church-Cooper. Leary said detail is so important to him, he insists on acoutrements the audience will never see.

“There are certain props the audience will never see that I want my character to have with him,...

Reporting on news about actors and performers with little or nothing to do with the roles they portray is sometimes dismissed as idle gossip or sensationalism. However, every so often, a story comes about that chronicles the darker side of human nature and leaves us repulsed and horrified. The recent news surrounding Isaiah Stokes is just so. The actor, who has previously appeared on shows such as Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Power, and Blue Bloods, has been convicted on charges of second-degree murder and criminal possession, according to a press release issued by the Queens District Attorney’s office on March 10th, 2025.

Described by district attorney Melinda Katz as a “calculated murder,” the charges Stokes has been convicted of stem from an incident that occurred in 2021. According to prosecutors, Stokes fatally shot Tyrone Jones as he sat in his vehicle outside a restaurant in St. Albans on February...

The Vampire Diaries Season 5 was one of its most captivating and pivotal installments, as it was full of high-stakes drama, the emotional growth of its characters, and some unforgettable moments. This season saw Damon and Elena's complex relationship take shape and the return of some familiar faces which kept fans hooked, among other things. It also introduced gripping plot twists that nobody saw coming.

From Bonnie's heartwrenching sacrifices to Stefan's tumultuous healing journey, Tvd Season 5 delivered some of the best scenes in the entire show. This season was full of events that weren't just dramatic but also had a huge and long-lasting impact on its characters and plot. As a result, there were many flawless moments that were executed masterfully, and became a big part of The Vampire Diaries' legacy.

Bonnie's Funeral Was Heartbreaking Season 5, Episode 4, "For Whom the Bell Tolls" Image via Warner Bros.

There is no doubt that...

The ‘90s family movie classic The Sandlot starred a bunch of kid actors, James Earl Jones, and, of course, two dudes in a massive dog costume. Also in the cast was comedian Denis Leary, who played Smalls’ stepdad Bill. In a surprise twist, he turned out to not be an asshole.

The Sandlot, which came out in 1993, was Leary’s first real movie role. Later that same year, he would show up in Demolition Man as the guerrilla rebel soldier whose complaints about fascist dystopias wouldn’t seem out of place in an ‘80s comedy club.

But despite the fact that he clearly wasn’t a seasoned actor at that point in his career, Leary still had some big demands while shooting The Sandlot. At one point in the film, Bill offers to play catch with Smalls, inadvertently giving him a black eye in the process. In 2023, prop master Terry Haskell...

Tony Etz, a longtime CAA agent, died Monday in Los Angeles after a long battle with cancer. He was 64.

He started his career in the made-for-tv movie business and was the executive producer of two mini-series and five movies-for-television, including NBC’s successful Jack Reed telefilms.

Etz joined CAA in 1994 as an agent in the television department, where he served in various leadership roles. He represented leading writers, directors, actors and producer, and was involved in packing series including “Lost,” “House,” “Big Little Lies,” “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Rescue Me,” “Brothers and Sisters,” “Band of Brothers” and MTV’s “Jackass.”

He married fellow television agent Nancy Axelrode in 1999, and their son Alex was born in 2001. Alex Etz joined CAA as a mailroom employee after graduated from the University of Michigan.

A fourth generation graduate of Knox College, Tony Etz was appointed chairman of the Knox College Board of Trustees in 2022. He earned...

Tony Etz, who executive produced Brian Dennehy-starring telefilms before serving as a CAA agent for 30 years, died Monday in Los Angeles after a long battle with cancer, the agency announced. He was 64.

During his CAA tenure that began in 1994 as an agent in the TV department and ended as co-head of packaging, Etz represented writers, directors, actors and producers and was involved with such hit series as Lost, House, Big Little Lies, Grey’s Anatomy, Rescue Me, Brothers and Sisters, Band of Brothers and Jackass.

Survivors include his wife of 25 years, fellow CAA agent Nancy Axelrode, and their son, Alex, who recently got a job in the agency mailroom after graduating from the University of Michigan to work alongside his folks.

A native of Beaufort, South Carolina, Etz attended Illinois’ Knox College, where he was involved in Catch, the student literary magazine, serving as an editor on the 1983 edition that...

Tony Etz, a 30-year veteran of the Creative Artists Agency, passed away yesterday, March 10, in Los Angeles, after a long battle with Chordoma, a rare type of cancer. He was 64.

Agenting was a second career for Illinois native Etz, an English major from Knox College with a Mfa from University of Iowa’s Writers’ Workshop who was a contributor on the 1989 book Off-Hollywood Movies: A Film Lover’s Guide. He started in the made-for-television movie business, co-executive producing/executive producing two miniseries and five telefilms, including NBC’s successful Jack Reed MOWs, in the early 1990s before joining CAA in 1994 as an agent in the Television department.

During his three decades at the agency, Etz established himself as a top TV lit agent and served in various leadership roles, including co-head of packaging. Even as his health was deteriorating over the past couple of years, he continued to work and...

HBO’s “The Last of Us” is filling out its supporting cast for Season 2 with six actors, Variety has learned exclusively. They are Joe Pantoliano, Alanna Ubach (“Euphoria”), Ben Ahlers (“The Gilded Age”), Hettienne Park (“Hannibal”), Robert John Burke (“Law & Order: Special Victims Unit”) and Noah Lamanna (“Star Trek: Strange New Worlds”).

Pantoliano is playing Eugene, a small character from video game “The Last of Us Part II” that will be expanded on the show, similar to the Emmy-winning Bill and Frank stand-alone episode from Season 1. In the game, Ellie (played by Bella Ramsey on the show) and her friend Dina (Isabel Merced on the show), talk about Eugene when they stumble upon the lab he used to grow cannabis. In a recent interview for a Variety feature about the process of adapting “Part II” for the series, creators and executive producers Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann said that...

In the early 1990s, Denis Leary hit the comedy circuit with a bang with his No Cure for Cancer routine, which touched on themes around smoking, drug use and political correctness.

Leary might be tempted to jump aboard a bandwagon that finds today’s comedians to be less brave and risky than when he first came up, but he eschews that temptation.

“Comedy is not everybody’s cup of tea but god damn you think you’ve seen everything and then you see someone else coming who makes you laugh your ass off,” he told Deadline. “Generationally, there are always [new] people.”

Leary points to the way in which “edgy” comedy greats one generation below him like Bill Burr and Dave Chappelle smashed barriers, but he is also enthused by younger comedians such as Daily Show performer Ronny Chieng. “He came over to America at a young age and cut his...

Kanye West only had great things to say about Drake until they started feuding in 2018. Things quickly went south as Ye, who called Drake “the greatest of all time”, accused the Canadian rapper of threatening and bullying him. West was only one of the many rappers who initially loved Drake but went on to turn their backs against him.

Kendrick Lamar and Drake collaborated on several projects before Lamar distanced himself from the rapper in 2013. When he was featured in Future and Metro Boomin’s Like That in 2024, Lamar never thought he would dive into a full diss track back-and-forth with Drake. The Toronto-based rapper responded with Push Ups and Taylor Made Freestyle.

Drake in the music video of Hotline Bling | Credits: Cash Money/Young Money/Republic

Lamar then dropped Euphoria and 6:16 in LA. Drake then dropped Family Matters, to which Lamar came up with Meet the Grahams...

Drake has been having quite the hard time these days. While his beef with Kendrick Lamar keeps taking new turns every day, old beefs are also coming into the light again. Serena Williams joining in the fray has only heated up the controversies regarding him even more.

Drake in Hotline Bling music video | Credits: YouTube / Drake

His new album release, too, has been lackluster to put it mildly. In light of everything, though, another of his old feuds is also seeing the light of day again. That is, the one he had with Kanye West.

While fans aren’t very impressed with any of them right now, the way Drake inserted himself into their relationship drama is still quite the hard pill to swallow for his fans.

Drake’s antics related to Kim Kardashian during his feud with Kanye West were distasteful

As fans are aware, Drake and Kanye West...

When Charles Durning appeared on NCIS in 2004, he was neither a stranger to acting nor without knowledge of the military. The WWII veteran was a long-time presence on big and small screens. Durning's role as Corporal Earnie Yost on NCIS stood apart from many of his other roles, however, because it earned him a Primetime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series.

His appearance on NCIS wasn't Durning's first nomination in the category. He was previously nominated for playing Michael Gavin on Rescue Me and Thomas Finnegan on Homicide: Life on the Streets. Additional praise for Durning came with Oscar nominations for his roles in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982) and To Be or Not to Be (1983).

In the minds of many, Durning will always be remembered for NCIS and the emotional intensity he brought to the role of Yost. Personal and powerful alike, Durning demonstrated...

The upcoming Marvel Cinematic Universe series Daredevil: Born Again will mark a grittier turn for the Disney-owned franchise, but not for superhero content. In an exclusive interview with SFX Magazine, Series showrunner Dario Scardapane revealed his intentions for the series to surpass Max's recent success adapting DC Comics' The Penguin.

"We're even more grounded, even less stylized, even more rooted in the here and now," said Scardapane, then confessing, "It's really strange. You work in a vacuum and then something else comes out and you go, 'Oh, wow'. I would say in many ways The Penguin is our direct competition [but] we're a little faster, meaner, cleaner in our storytelling."

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Deborah Ann Woll reveals a whole new kind of ferocity in promo photos for the upcoming pro-wrestling historical drama - Queen of the Ring.

The similarities between Denis Leary and Conan O’Brien aren’t just confined to certain physical features. Not only did the two start out as Saturday Night Live writers, but Leary confirmed that the two are indeed related, and his quest to figure out the truth was nothing short of a movie.

Denis Leary in Rescue Me | Credit: FX

Given their Irish lineage, whose roots go back to the Killarney town in Ireland, Leary’s uncle Patrick, helped him figure out that O’Brien and his parents were long-lost relatives, thanks to Late Night with Conan O’Brien.

Denis Leary recounts his quest to find out the truth Late Night with Conan O’Brien | Credit: NBC

While Leary was initially oblivious about Conan O’Brien being his distant cousin, his uncle Patrick helped assist him in putting the dots in place. During the Rescue Me star’s appearance in Late Night with Conan O’Brien,...

Denis Leary is recalling how he found out he and Conan O’Brien are third cousins.

The No Good Deed actor stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Thursday, where he confirmed it’s “true” that he’s related to the comedian and former late-night talk show host.

“We look like two Irish aunts,” he said as host Jimmy Fallon held up a photo of the pair. “Look at us, the two of us. Oh my God, we literally look like sisters. That’s what we look like, two old sisters.”

Leary went on to explain exactly how he learned they were long-lost relatives. “My parents are Irish immigrants,” he said. “They come from the same town, Killarney in Ireland, and they came over [to the U.S.] in like 1950 by boat, but very few of their brothers and sisters came, so the bulk of the family was still in Killarney.”

“Well, my uncle Patrick,...

This article contains spoilers for High Potential season 1.

ABC still has not renewed High Potential for season 2, which is baffling considering the show's success. High Potential revolves around LAPD's cleaner, Morgan Gillory, as she accidentally finds herself as a consultant for the LAPD after successfully solving a case. Morgan works primarily with Detective Adam Karadec, while they report to Selena Soto, the head of the LAPD's Major Crimes Division. At the same time, Morgan uses her new job as an LAPD consultant to search for her ex-husband, an ongoing mystery in High Potential with several theories about why Morgan's ex-husband disappeared.

High Potential's trailer portrays It's Always Sunny's Kaitlin Olson as Morgan Gillory, while other cast members include Rescue Me's Daniel Sunjata as Adam Karadec and Scrubs' Judy Reyes as Selena Soto. While it began airing Tuesdays at 10 p.m., ABC updated High Potential's time slot for its midseason premiere,...

Since its pilot episode, Will Trent has had the same main cast, but that finally changes in season 3 when a new (and familiar) face is added to the roster. The ABC crime drama show is based on Karin Slaughter's book series of the same name, revolving around Will Trent, a highly skilled Gbi (Georgia Bureau of Investigation) special agent with a troubled past. When Will Trent begins, Will is many years into his job, surrounded by his loved ones, coworkers, and beloved pet chihuahua. Unfortunately, his relationship with all of them (excluding his dog) is strained to differing degrees.

New episodes of Will Trent season 3 air on Tuesdays at 8 pm Et on ABC. Season 3 consists of 18 episodes.

The police procedural series has also featured numerous exciting guest stars who have played a role in Will's life since its first season, including Mark-Paul Gosselaar in the Will Trent pilot (and other episodes). Consequently,...

The Young and the Restless spoilers for Thursday, January 2, force Mariah to relive one of the most painful times of her life, as Jordan and Ian finally get one with what they came to Genoa City to do. Um…what did they come to Genoa City to do?

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Mariah (Camryn Grimes) wasn’t always Sharon’s (Sharon Case) beloved daughter. In fact, she was stolen from Sharon at birth. Sharon only thought she’d given birth to Cassie. She didn’t know about Mariah.

Instead, Mariah grew up in a cult, thinking Sharon’s midwife was her mother and thinking of the cult’s leader, Ian (Ray Wise), as her father figure. That kind of went sideways when Ian drugged Mariah and tried to marry her for her money. Mariah still hasn’t really recovered. This is why the return of Ian into her life is the...

After eight episodes of twists and turns, the whole truth finally comes into focus in No Good Deed‘s finale — but where can the dark comedy go from here?

Throughout the season, viewers had pieced together that Jacob’s sister Emily (played by Generation’s Chloe East) had shot and killed her brother after mistaking him for a burglar. In Episode 8, however, Lydia (Friends’ Lisa Kudrow) and Paul (Ray Romano) learn new details about their son’s death.

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Liz Feldman is back with a new series called “No Good Deed,” and just as she did in her Netflix series “Dead to Me,” she’s set up a pretty good mystery.

Now streaming on Netflix, the show centers on Paul and Lydia, who are trying to sell their very popular and desired home. For them, it’s become haunted after their son was killed there three years earlier.

His death is labeled a casualty of a home invasion, but nothing is quite what it seems on this one. And there are plenty of potential suspects in and around the neighborhood.

Here are the faces you’ll need to know.

Netflix Lydia Morgan (Lisa Kudrow)

Lydia Morgan is a renowned pianist, but after her son is killed, she can’t keep her hands from shaking and temporarily loses her ability to play. She’s brought to life by “Friends” and “Time Bandits” star Lisa Kudrow.

Rotten Tomatoes has had a lukewarm response to a new show featuring one of the stars of Euphoria. The popular HBO teen drama, which was created by Sam Levinson and is based on the 2012 Israeli miniseries of the same name, is set in the fictional East Highland, California and follows the trials and tribulation of teenage addict Rue (Zendaya) as well as the classmates and adults in her orbit. The show debuted with season 1 in 2019, followed by season 2 in 2022. The upcoming season 3 was officially renewed in February 2022.

The Euphoria cast features a robust ensemble bringing the various characters in and around the high school to life. Many of these stars have gone on to other major projects, including Zendaya, Jacob Elordi, Sydney Sweeney, and Hunter Schafer. However, not all of these projects are well-received on Rotten Tomatoes.

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Academy Award nominee and Emmy Award winner Colman Domingo stars in Netflix's conspiracy thriller series The Madness, which made its premiere on Nov. 28, Thanksgiving Day. The series has been one of the most highly anticipated Netflix new releases of 2024, Domingo's first major television role since earning his Emmy win in 2022 for his performance in HBO's Euphoria.

The Madness comes from creator Stephen Belber, who's known for his work on projects like The Laramie Project, O.G., Rescue Me, Tommy, and What We Do Next. In the series, Domingo stars as political media pundit Muncie Daniels, whose life is turned upside down when he finds a body in the woods and becomes a suspect for the crime he didn't commit. What results is a dangerous conspiracy.

After finishing a Netflix binge-watch, the natural question everyone asks is whether there will be another season. You'll probably have the same question after...

Plot: Muncie Daniels is a respected media pundit who thinks he has it all. When he’s framed for the murder of a white supremacist, he must clear his name, protect his family, and unravel a high-level conspiracy before time runs out.

Review: The concept for the hit 1960s series The Fugitive spawned an award-winning box office hit in 1993 starring Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones but failed to ignite much buzz when it was rebooted on the small screen twice, in 2000 and 2020. While it does not share any official connections with the story of Dr. Richard Kimble and his search for a one-armed man who killed his wife, the new Netflix series The Madness may be the closest anyone has gotten to capturing the paranoia and tension that made The Fugitive so good. Led by Oscar-nominee Colman Domingo in one of his best performances to date, The Madness is...

As much as we still see Michael J. Fox at various events – whether to bring awareness to Parkinson’s or partake in Back to the Future reunions – we still miss him. That is, we miss seeing him perform. While Fox hasn’t had a substantial role on the big screen since 1996’s The Frighteners – made a few years after his Parkinson’s diagnosis and two years before he even announced it – he has leaned into television with recurring roles on shows like Boston Legal, Rescue Me and The Good Wife, all of which earned him acclaim. And just like we miss seeing him on screens both big and small, Fox himself misses certain aspects of the art.

Speaking with Entertainment Tonight, Michael J. Fox said what really misses about acting is the collaborative process that a set brings, saying, “You go into something and you say, ‘I know what to do here,...

Fox's hilarious workplace sitcom Animal Control has delivered the laughs across its first two seasons, and the Joel McHale series returns for season 3. Set in the precinct of Seattle's animal control, the series follows a jaded former cop named Frank (McHale), who responds to various animal-related emergencies throughout the Emerald City. Capitalizing on Joel McHale's easy charm as a sitcom lead, Animal Control has taken its simple premise and presented a thoroughly enjoyable slice of light TV.

Like most sitcoms, the critical response to Animal Control has been somewhat middling, but it has drawn a strong audience to the comedy-heavy Fox network. Though series set in a particular workplace are common, Animal Control is a workplace sitcom that goes above and beyond by spoofing the industry as well as presenting an exaggerated view of the types of emergencies real-life animal control officers face each day. Though the strikes of 2023 affected...

Animal Control season 3 has revealed its premiere date at Fox. Created by the trio of Bob Fisher, Rob Greenberg, and Dan Sterling, with Tad Quill as showrunner, Animal Control first debuted in February 2023. It follows a group of animal control workers in Seattle, detailing how their lives are complicated by the work they do but also thanks to the relationships they form with each other. The cast is led by Community's Joel McHale, with Michael Rowland, Vella Lovell, Ravi Patel, and Grace Palmer also starring.

Deadline confirms that Animal Control season 3 will premiere on Thursday, January 2 at 9 Pm Et on Fox. It will be preceded by Gordon Ramsay's Hell's Kitchen and followed by another workplace comedy, Going Dutch, which stars Rescue Me alum Denis Leary.

More to come...

Michael J. Fox is making it a family affair on the red carpet!

The 63-year-old Back to the Future actor and wife Tracy Pollan were joined by their four kids – son Sam, 35, 29-year-old twin daughters Aquinnah and Schuyler, and 23-year-old daughter Esme – at the 2024 A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To Cure Parkinson’s event on Saturday night (November 16) held at Cipriani South Street in New York City.

Other stars in attendance included Stevie Nicks, Maggie Rogers, Joan Jett, Katie Couric and husband John Molner, comedian Zarna Garg, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. actor Clark Gregg, George Stephanopoulos and wife Ali Wentworth, Lauren Bush Lauren and husband David Lauren, Schmigadoon! actor Keegan-Michael Key, Rescue Me actor Denis Leary, Today co-host Willie Geist, and comedian Roy Wood Jr.

The event comes as The Michael J. Fox Foundation has raised $116 million overall toward Parkinson’s disease research. Since...

They say home is where the heart is — but in No Good Deed, home is where the secrets are kept.

On Thursday, Netflix released a trailer for the dark comedy, which hails from Dead to Me creator Liz Feldman and premieres on Thursday, Dec. 12. In it, Ray Romano and Lisa Kudrow (Friends) play a married couple selling their home to avoid confronting their sinister past. (Watch above.)

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Colman Domingo does action!

In a welcome change of pace for the Oscar-nominated actor and respected theater star, Domingo is the star of Netflix’s incredibly topical upcoming thriller series The Madness, which has dropped its first full trailer. In the clip, we see Muncie Daniels (Domingo), a well respected media pundit working in a post-truth environment, being framed for the murder of an infamous white supremacist. Daniels must outrun the law in order to clear his name, and along the way reconnects with family and finds unlikely allies.

(L to R) Colman Domingo as Muncie Daniels and Deon Cole as Kwesi Dupree in ‘The Madness.’

The eight episode series also stars Marsha Stephanie Blake, Gabrielle Graham, Tamsin Topolski and Thaddeus J. Mixson. Guest stars include Deon Cole, Alison Wright, Ennis Esmer and Hamish Allan-Headley. The Madness also features legendary character actors John Ortiz, Bradley Whitford and Stephen McKinley Henderson.

High Potential star Daniel Sunjata candidly addresses a possible romance between his character, Detective Adam Karadec, and Morgan Gillory. The popular detective drama, which is based on the French series Hpi, has broken records for ABC. Each episode has averaged more than 10 million viewers, while the premiere has reached more than 20 million viewers to date. Part of the procedural's undeniable appeal is the chemistry between Karadec and Gillory (Kaitlin Olson), who have an antagonistic but ultimately collaborative partnership.

In an interview with Screen Rant's Rachel Foertsch, Sunjata addressed a possible romance between Morgan and Karadec. The Rescue Me alum shared that he could see it happening, explaining how their type of relationship is a common favorite for television fans. In the quote below, however, Sunjata also leaves room for the possibility that they may not get together:

Yeah, I do actually. I'm a fan of television, and I think I'm hearing from you,...

ABCs most-watched new series in six years, High Potential, starring Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia's Kaitlin Olson, is reigning in viewers. Per Deadline, after five weeks of being broadcast, the Oct. 22 episode of the new series has garnered 6.83 million viewers over seven days of linear viewing. The number meant that ABC won the Tuesday 10 p.m. time slot for the first time in four years.

If streaming from Hulu and Disney+ is added, the total spikes to 10.49 million viewers in one week, or about a 191% increase over its live-plus-same-day audience of 3.6 million viewers. Viewership for the week of Oct. 22 is also slightly up from the episode that aired the week before, which had 10.31 million viewers. High Potential has become ABCs most-watched new series since The Conners' debut season in 2018-19.

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Given Breaking Bad‘s reputation, one would assume that networks might’ve been on their toes to claim the Vince Gilligan-led production, but this couldn’t be more far from the truth. While Gilligan’s pitch for the crime drama succeeded in getting Sony Pictures Television execs on board, things didn’t go exceptionally well when it came to his search for a network.

Breaking Bad | Credit: AMC

Although AMC ended up coming to the show’s rescue, before them, it was FX that originally got their hands on Bb but ended up passing on it given their TV slate at the time.

FX Didn’t Want the Network To Be Defined by Anti-Heroes Breaking Bad | Credit: AMC

After sustaining rejections from HBO and TNT, Vince Gilligan finally had some luck with FX, which bought Breaking Bad in 2005, which fell in line with the network’s other major shows,...

As Emmy Award winner Colman Domingo heads toward his second consecutive Best Actor Oscar nomination, the “Sing Sing” star will likely dominate the holiday season Netflix charts with “The Madness.” The drama series with a juicy premise debuted its first teaser on Monday, one month before its streaming debut.

Domingo, an Oscar nominee this year for Netflix’s “Rustin” and an expected contender in 2025 for the A24 prison drama, stars as Mncie Daniels on the series “a political consultant-turned-tv pundit who may have lost his way in life.”

But wanderlust is the least of Muncie’s issues, as the Netflix plot description reveals: “While on a work sabbatical in the Poconos to write the great American novel, Muncie finds himself the only witness to the murder of a well-known white supremacist, and now he’s being framed for the crime. Muncie is forced to go on the run in a...

"Lost Verizon" is a very 2008-style "Simpsons" episode. It takes place during that period where cell phones were becoming the norm, even among kids Bart's age, and bases its first act around Bart trying (and eventually succeeding) to get his hands on one. The fact that the cell phone's a flip phone immediately dates the episode, which is a shame because flip phones were very cool in the 2000s, and they allowed you to hang up angrily with dramatic, cinematic gusto. Nevertheless, the episode's main storyline ages perfectly: It's about Marge deciding to use Bart's phone to track his every move, a prescient commentary on the way cell phones have restricted kids' privacy despite their original promise of freedom.

But before "Lost Verizon" can deal with all of that, it must first introduce us to Denis Leary, the famous Massachusetts actor from "Rescue Me" and "Ice Age." Leary shows up at the Springfield golf course,...

Law & Order season 26 features a small but significant cast of characters who drive the action in every episode. For almost a quarter of a century, this series has focused on the police and court aspects of the justice system. It is most closely associated with Sam Waterston, who is, unfortunately, one of the Law & Order cast members who is not returning for season 26. However, most of the cast in this series is returning, and one new cast member is being added..

Law & Order has always focused more on police procedural aspects than on character-driven stories; thus, the police and cops in the show are easier to replace when an actor leaves. It has had its share of cast turnover, most notably when Chris Noth left Law & Order over a contract dispute. In recent years, it has shifted to telling more personal stories than it has in the past,...

Maura Tierney’s been a staple on TV for 30 years since with strong roles in the sitcom NewsRadio, the long-running medical hit ER, the firefighter dramedy Rescue Me, and the mystery The Affair, among them. Now she’s joining one of television’s longest-running shows, Law & Order, when it returns on Thursday, October 3 for its 24th season. She’s playing Lt. Jessica Brady, the new chief of the NYPD’s homicide unit replacing Lt. Kate Dixon (Camryn Manheim) who ably ran the ship for three seasons. Tierney shares her very happy thoughts about joining the mothership of the venerable Law & Order franchise as the very confident new lieutenant Jessica Brady. Congrats on your movie hit Twisters and, of course, your new role in Law & Order, the Og of Dick Wolf’s procedurals, we might say. Maura Tierney: Yes, it is. Is this the first time you’ve done one of Wolf’s procedurals?...

9-1-1: Lone Star began airing in 2020 on Fox and quickly developed a regular fanbase. Owen Strand (Rob Lowe) plays a fire captain who is known for rebuilding a fire station from the ground up in New York City after 9/11. When a firehouse in Austin, Texas, loses all but one of its firefighters in a terrible accident at a fertilizer company, the Austin fire chief comes to Owen for help. Owen and his son, Tk (Ronen Rubenstein), relocate and begin rebuilding the 126, eventually falling in love with Austin and the family they have built there.

When Owen arrives in Austin and begins remodeling and re-staffing the 126, he's confronted by the lone firefighter who survived the fire at the fertilizer plant, Judd Ryder (Jim Parrack). Judd and Owen struggle at first, but eventually, they come to rely on each other and build a long-lasting friendship, so when Judd chooses to...

Grey's Anatomy has introduced a striking array of primary characters, allowing fans to fall head over heels with the staff at Grey Sloan. The show also does a fantastic job of writing secondary characters, making sure that they're also included in a number of gripping storylines. As such, over the past 20 years, Grey's Anatomy has encouraged every character to tell their story in the most alluring and dramatic way possible.

Daniel Sunjata's Eli Lloyd is a prime example of a successful secondary character, as his charm and good looks often made him a popular hit with fellow staff members and fans. He had a romantic entanglement with a fellow staff member, creating one of Grey's Anatomy's most enticing love triangles. So, how does Daniel Sunjata's character evolve over the course of the show, and why did he decide to leave the medical drama so abruptly?

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High Potential, the new detective drama starring Kaitlin Olson, continues the actor's positive Rotten Tomatoes streak after a long run on It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. While audiences will have to wait a little longer to see Olson reprise her role as Dee Reynolds, with Always Sunny season 17 planning to begin filming in October, Olson now headlines High Potential and plays a cleaning lady with a unique ability to solve crimes. The project was created by The Cabin in The Woods director Drew Goddard, and debuted Tuesday, September 17 at 8 Pm Et on ABC.

High Potential continues Olson's fresh streak on Rotten Tomatoes, with an 89% positive score based on 9 reviews. The score is subject to change as more reviews come in, but it breaks down to 6.80 out of 10, with only one negative assessment so far. It continues the actor's positive streak in terms of acclaimed TV projects, coming after her Emmy-nominated...

High Potential is making its debut on ABC. The new procedural, which flits between comedy and drama, stars Kaitlin Olson as a genius who gets hired as a police consultant after she makes a break in a case that changes the tide of the investigation. Her decision to highlight what they'd missed takes her from cleaning the precinct to helping to solve crimes with Det. Karadec who is definitely not as free spirited as Morgan nor would he bring children to a crime scene but, hey, Morgan is a single mother with three kids, where she goes they go if that's what has to happen.

The show's cast is filled with more than one familiar face. If the name of one of the main and recurring actors is on the tip of your tongue or you're trying to remember what you've seen them in, we've got you covered. Below you'll...

John Landgraf says that there’s still “magic” in the television business as evidenced by the likes of actors such as The Bear’s Liza Colón-Zayas beating Carol Burnett and Meryl Streep to win her first Emmy or Shōgun winning major awards.

It was a fantastic night for both FX and The Walt Disney Company, which broke a range of records at this year’s Emmys.

FX won 36 awards across Primetime Emmys and the Creative Arts Awards – its best ever total – and Disney took home 60 awards, beating previous records set by CBS and Netflix.

Shōgun snapped up the Outstanding Drama Series win and stars Anna Sawai and Hiroyuki Sanada took home the top drama acting awards, while The Bear scored wins for Jeremy Allen White, Liza Colón-Zayas, Ebon Moss-Bachrach as well as Chris Storer for directing and Fargo’s Lamorne Morris beat the likes of Robert Downey Jr. and Jonathan Bailey...

Hank Steinberg, a veteran writer and producer who created CBS’ “Without a Trace,” TNT’s “The Last Ship” and ABC’s “For Life,” has entered into a broadcast direct deal with Fox Entertainment.

Under the terms of the pact, Steinberg will develop new, Fox-owned scripted dramas for the network. He currently executive produces “Doc,” an upcoming medical drama based on the globally acclaimed Italian series, “Doc – Nelle tue mani” that will debut in Fox’s midseason lineup.

The series, which stars Molly Parker, follows Westside Hospital’s chief of internal and family medicine Dr. Amy Larsen, who must navigate an unfamiliar world after a brain injury erases the last eight years of her life, leaving her with no recollection of patients she’s treated, colleagues she’s crossed, the soulmate she divorced, the man she now loves and the tragedy that caused her to push everyone away. She can...

Fox Entertainment has sealed a deal with TV scribe Hank Steinberg, the exec producer behind the network’s upcoming miseason drama “Doc.” Under the agreement, the latest in what Fox calls its “broadcast direct deals,” Steinberg will develop new scripted dramas to be produced and owned by Fox for the network.

The deal was announced Thursday by Fox Television Network prexy Michael Thorn. “Hank is an invaluable creative partner and collaborator, already delivering the intense new medical procedural ‘Doc’ to the network,” Thorn said in a statement. “Expanding this relationship builds on Hank’s proven track record for creating undeniable, broad-appeal franchises, and with his incomparable voice, will bring even more incredible, unexpected entertainment to Fox’s audiences worldwide.”

Steinberg’s prolific career includes CBS’ seven-season police procedural “Without a Trace,” as well as TNT’s hit post-apocalyptic drama “The Last Ship” and ABC’s social justice legal drama “For Life.

Chicago Fire will air its 13th season when the series returns to NBC in a few weeks. While the characters have been through various ups and downs in their careers, fans have been wondering if Lieutenant Kelly Severide (Taylor Kinney) will ever get promoted to Captain.

Showrunner Andrea Newman recently addressed fan concerns, telling TV Line that the character is focused on other things for now. "He's got his focus on the thing he is obsessed with, which is arson and Ofi, in addition to squad, which he loves," she explained. "There's a lot of politics the higher you go up in rank, and Severide has no interest in that. He's a get-your-hands-dirty kind of guy. So arson is still very much on the forefront of his mind, the possibilities of moving to Ofi are at the forefront of his mind, and all of that comes up. He's dealing with all of that this season.

A pastor seeks vengeance for his daughter’s murder in The Retaliators, now streaming on the Bloody Disgusting-powered Screambox streaming service. Notably, the horror movie features appearances and music from rock stars including Tommy Lee and Jacoby Shaddix.

In the film, “An upstanding pastor uncovers a dark and twisted underworld as he searches for answers surrounding his daughter’s brutal murder. A high-octane original soundtrack and cameos from some of the biggest names in rock music set the tone as this horror-thriller reveals a game of revenge played using a new set of rules.”

Michael Lombardi (“Rescue Me”), Marc Menchaca (“Ozark”), and Joseph Gatt (“Game of Thrones”) headline the cast alongside Jacoby Shaddix, frontman of Papa Roach.

Five Finger Death Punch, Tommy Lee, Papa Roach, The Hu, Ice Nine Kills, Escape The Fate, and more appear on screen and on The Retaliators Original Soundtrack.

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