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Scott Wolf’s role in the new Fox drama Doc has marked a homecoming for the veteran actor, who became a household name in the ’90s when he starred opposite Matthew Fox and Neve Campbell in the network’s drama Party of Five.

While talking up his latest gig opposite Molly Parker during an Austin TV Festival panel Tuesday, Wolf says he has come “full circle in an amazing way” by starring in a medical drama “that resonates the same way that [Party of Five did] with me.”

Based on a true story, Doc follows Dr. Amy Larsen (Parker), a brilliant but irascible surgeon who forgets the last eight years of her life after she was involved in a car accident. It premiered Jan. 7 on Fox.

“It’s a real gift,” Wolf told the crowd in Austin Tuesday. “The fact that Doc feels like a show that aspires to the...

Heading into the second season of “Accused,” series developer Howard Gordon and showrunner Daniel Pearle didn’t have a clear overarching theme in mind. What they had instead was a goal.

“Honestly, we just wanted to be better,” Gordon told TheWrap. “We’re testing the limits.”

That’s a tall order considering the fact that “Accused” is already a difficult feat of television. Each episode of the anthology series plays out like its own little mystery, following someone else who’s on trial. Through a series of flashbacks that play out over the course of the episode, the audience slowly learns why they’re in the courtroom before the series ultimately reveals their crimes and sentencing. According to Pearle, one of the main questions they faced during the Fox drama’s first season was how do you make a series of completely different standalone stories feel connected. But as the...

Ben Stiller is in final negotiations to jump on board a limited series adaptation of the documentary ‘Three Identical Strangers.’

Like the documentary, the series would focus on the true story of Bobby Shafran, David Kellman, and Eddy Galland — identical triplets who were separated at birth only to be reunited later in life. Stiller would star as the three adult brothers.

The series comes from writer Amy Lippman with Sony Pictures Television producing along with Sk Global and TriStar Television.

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Lippman would also serve as showrunner and executive producer on the series, with Stiller executive producing via Red Hour Films. Sidney Kimmel, John Penotti, Charlie Corwin and Marcy Ross of Sk Global also executive produce along with Piers Vellacott, Dimitri Doganis, and Tim Wardle of Raw and Emmeline Yang Hankins. Mark O’Connor of Sk Global, Dan Braun, and Josh Braun...

Los Angeles, Feb 7 (Ians) Ben Stiller is nearing a deal to star in a limited series adaptation of the documentary ‘Three Identical Strangers’, ‘Variety’ has learned.

The series hails from writer Amy Lippman with Sony Pictures Television producing it along with Sk Global and TriStar Television. Like the documentary, the series would focus on the true story of Bobby Shafran, David Kellman and Eddy Galland — identical triplets who were separated at birth only to be reunited later in life.

Stiller, who’s executive producing via Red Hour Films, would star as the three adult brothers. Lippman, meanwhile, would serve as showrunner and executive producer.

The role would mark a rare television appearance for Stiller and one of his first major acting roles in years, notes ‘Variety’. He has made cameo appearances in films like ‘Hubie Halloween’ and ‘Bros’ of late, as well as appearing in the 2021 film ‘Locked Down’. His...

In a casting that raises several questions, Ben Stiller is in final talks to star in “Three Identical Strangers,” a limited series adaptation of the acclaimed documentary film, according to Variety.

The 2018 film, which was directed by Tim Wardle and won the U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Storytelling at the Sundance Film Festival, tells the story of Bobby Shafran, David Kellman, and Eddy Galland — three identical triplets who meet by chance as adults, and the revelation of the undisclosed scientific experiment that separated them by birth. Upon its release, “Three Identical Strangers” received positive reviews, and made the shortlist for the Oscars’ Best Documentary Feature category.

Stiller will play all three of the brothers as adults. What makes his casting unusual is that Galland died by suicide in 1995, when he was 34. Stiller is currently 57, nearly 25 years older than Galland was at time of death. In addition, the meat...

Ben Stiller hasn’t been on our screens quite as much over the last few years, but he’s set to return in a big way with Three Identical Strangers, a limited series inspired by the incredible true story of identical triplet brothers separated at birth.

Set in New York over several decades, Three Identical Strangers will tell the story of Bobby Shafran, David Kellman and Eddy Galland, “three complete strangers who inadvertently discover that they are identical triplets separated at birth. When the 19-year-olds’ joyous reunion catapults them to international fame, it also sets a chain of extraordinary and disturbing events in motion.” Ben Stiller is in final negotiations to star in Three Identical Strangers and executive produce the series. It’s expected that he will play all three brothers as adults.

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Amy Lippman (Party of Five) is writing the series and serving as showrunner,...

Ben Stiller is setting an acting return with Three Identical Strangers, a high-profile limited series package that just hit the premium/streaming marketplace.

Stiller is in final negotiations to headline and executive produce the series, a multi-decade family drama inspired by the incredible true story of identical triplet brothers separated at birth. The project hails from Party of Five co-creator Amy Lippman, Sony Pictures Television and its TriStar Television division as well as Sk Global Entertainment.

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Set in New York over several decades, Three Identical Strangers tells the story of Bobby Shafran, David Kellman and Eddy Galland, three complete strangers who inadvertently discover...

Ben Stiller is nearing a deal to star in a limited series adaptation of the documentary “Three Identical Strangers,” Variety has learned.

The series hails from writer Amy Lippman with Sony Pictures Television producing along with Sk Global and TriStar Television. Like the documentary, the series would focus on the true story of Bobby Shafran, David Kellman, and Eddy Galland — identical triplets who were separated at birth only to be reunited later in life. Stiller would star as the adult brothers.

Lippman would also serve as showrunner and executive producer on the series, with Stiller executive producing via Red Hour Films. Sidney Kimmel, John Penotti, Charlie Corwin and Marcy Ross of Sk Global also executive produce along with Piers Vellacott, Dimitri Doganis, and Tim Wardle of Raw and Emmeline Yang Hankins. Mark O’Connor of Sk Global, Dan Braun, and Josh Braun of Submarine would serve as co-executive producers.

The...

Sony Pictures Television is helping to groom a new generation of showrunners.

The indie studio has launched its inaugural Showrunner Training Program, an eight-week initiative in which 19 participants will receive practical knowledge and experience to potentially run their own shows in the future.

During the program, Sony-based showrunners Shawn Ryan, Brandon Sonnier and Brandon Margolis, David Shore, Robia Rashid, Amy Lippman and Hank Steinberg and execs including studio co-president Jason Clodfelter, exec vp programming Jeffrey Glaser and vp creative programming, diversity and inclusion Brett King will train writers and producers to effectively manage and run a TV series.

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Exclusive: CBS has put in development a medical drama from writers Brittany Northcross and Sallie Patrick (Dynasty) and her Rabbit Ears production company, producer DeVon Franklin (Breakthrough) and his Franklin Entertainment and CBS Studios, where Franklin and Patrick are under overall deals.

Written and executive produced by Northcross and Patrick, in the Untitled Texas Medical Project, on the heels of a family rift, a renowned San Francisco pathologist more invested in research than patient interaction relocates to a rural Texas town in the middle of a vast medical desert to become the area’s only doctor.

Franklin executive produces via his Franklin Entertainment with James Mackay for Rabbit Ears. CBS Studios is the studio.

Northcross, who’s featured on The Plug’s Black Female Staff Writers Database, recently worked for showrunner Amy Lippman at Pamplona Productions. Prior to that, she spent two years working for Endeavor Content under Graham Taylor.

Over 100 actors, directors, writers, and more have signed an open letter protesting tonight’s NBC town hall with Donald Trump. The event is scheduled to begin at 8pm Et and air in direct conflict with ABC’s town hall with Joe Biden. The Trump town hall is set to run for 60 minutes and will cut into the first hour of Biden’s 90 minute town hall. The petition letter is signed by the likes of Seth Rogen, J.J. Abrams, Ava DuVernay, Sarah Silverman, Adam McKay, Kumail Nanjiani, Aaron Sorkin, and more.

“We have been devastated to learn that [NBCUniversal] has chosen to air President Trump’s town hall this Thursday night at 8 p.m., directly opposite Vice President Biden’s town hall,” the petition states. “This is not a partisan issue. This is about the political health of our democracy.

Trump and Biden were originally scheduled to take part in an in-person debate tonight,...

More than 100 writers, actors, directors and producers are speaking out against NBC’s plan to air a town hall with President Donald Trump tonight at 8 Pm directly opposite the Joe Biden town hall on ABC.

In an open letter to Comcast CEO Brian Roberts, NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell and NBCU News Group chairman Cesar Conde, the Hollywood heavyweights are asking for the Trump town hall to be shifted from the time slot. The list of those who signed the letter include the creator and cast of NBC’s flagship drama This Is Us, Law & Order: Svu star/exec producer Mariska Hargitay as well as Aaron Sorkin, J.J. Abrams, Ryan Murphy, Greg Berlanti, Ava DuVernay, Seth MacFarlane, Damon Lindelof, Kenya Barris, Phil Lloyd & Chris Miller, Adam McKay, Courtney Kemp, Tom McCarthy, Billy Porter, Seth Rogen, Ben Stiller, Allison Janney, Robert Kirkman, Julianne Moore and Amy Schumer.

Originally, the second Presidential debate was scheduled for tonight.

Exclusive: Party of Five co-creator Chris Keyser is returning to broadcast with Summer, a drama which has been put in development at NBC. It hails from Lionsgate TV and 3 Arts Entertainment.

Written by Keyser, in Summer, four different families return each summer to the same idyllic seaside town on Cape Cod. Each season will cover one summer and explore their romances, conflicts, adventures and the pain and joy of growing up.

Keyser executive produces with 3 Arts’ Erwin Stoff.

Keyser co-created and executive produced with Amy Lippman the popular Party of Five family drama, which aired on Fox for six seasons, as well as its recent reboot on Freeform. He also created Netflix’s breakout mystery drama The Society, whose second season became victim of the pandemic. Keyser also is the writer/executive producer of the HBO Max Julia Child pilot, also from Lionsgate TV and Stoff exec producing. Stoff...

Writer-producer Francesca Sloane has signed an overall deal with Amazon Studios and set her first project, a series based on the works of Anaïs Nin. Under the pact, Sloane will create content to premiere exclusively on Amazon Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide.

As part of Sloane’s deal, Amazon Studios is developing A Spy in the House of Love, a half-hour series based on the groundbreaking works of erotica’s founding mother Nin, from Legendary Television. Sloane will serve as writer and executive producer.

The contemporary series, a frank countermeasure to the male gaze, follows Sabina – young, French and newly transplanted in New York – on a provocative journey to self-discovery. Sabina secretly juggles vastly disparate lovers while unveiling her multifaceted (and at times contradicting) nature.

Amy Lippman and Brandon Milbradt also serve as executive producers.

“Francesca is part of a generation of bold, exciting...

It's been 20 years since we said goodbye to the Salingers. Two decades before Freeform teamed up with creators Amy Lippman and Christopher Keyser and introduced viewers to the Acosta children—Emilio, Lucia, Beto, Valentina and baby Rafa—in a timely, but ultimately short-lived update on their classic series, which followed their struggles to survive daily life as a family unit after their parents are suddenly deported back to Mexico, Fox was laying the blueprint with the beloved Party of Five. Premiering on Fox on September 12, 1994 and running for six seasons and 142 episodes until its series finale on May 3, 2000, Party of Five may not ever have been as splashy or over-the-top as...

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Episodes: 10 (hour)

Seasons: One

TV show dates: January 8, 2020 -- March 4, 2020

Series status: Cancelled

Performers include: Brandon Larracuente, Emily Tosta, Niko Guardado, Elle Paris Legaspi, Bruno Bichir, and Fernanda Urrejola.

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A family drama series, Party of Five has been created by original 1990s series creators Amy Lippman and Christopher Keyser.

This iteration, told through the lens of current-day themes, revolves around the five Acosta children -- aspiring musician Emilio (Larracuente), twins Lucia (Tosta) and Beto (Guardado), precocious Valentina (Legaspi), and infant Rafael. They navigate daily life struggles to survive as a family unit after their parents, Javier (Bichir) and Gloria (Urrejola), are suddenly deported back to Mexico. Read More…...

Airing on Fox from 1994 until 2000, the original Party of Five TV show ran for five seasons before being cancelled. Now, the creators have brought the title back on Freeform with a new cast and premise. Will it be a success and run as long as the original? Will this new Party of Five be cancelled or renewed for season two? Stay tuned. *Status Update Below.

A family drama series, Party of Five has been created by original 1990s series creators Amy Lippman and Christopher Keyser. It stars Brandon Larracuente, Emily Tosta, Niko Guardado, Elle Paris Legaspi, Bruno Bichir, and Fernanda Urrejola. This iteration, told through the lens of current-day themes, revolves around the five Acosta children -- aspiring musician Emilio (Larracuente), twins Lucia (Tosta) and Beto (Guardado), precocious Valentina (Legaspi), and infant Rafael. They navigate daily life...

Can these kids make it through the first season of the Party of Five TV show on Freeform? As we all know, the Nielsen ratings typically play a big role in determining whether a TV show like Party of Five is cancelled or renewed for season two. Unfortunately, most of us do not live in Nielsen households. Because many viewers feel frustration when their viewing habits and opinions aren't considered, we invite you to rate all of the first season episodes of Party of Five here. *Status Update Below.

A Freeform family drama series, Party of Five has been created by original 1990s series creators Amy Lippman and Christopher Keyser. It stars Brandon Larracuente, Emily Tosta, Niko Guardado, Elle Paris Legaspi, Bruno Bichir, and Fernanda Urrejola. This iteration, told through the lens of current-day themes, revolves around the five Acosta children -- aspiring musician...

Freeform has canceled its “Party of Five” reboot after one season.

The decision comes more than a month after the series aired its finale on March 4.

The reboot was an immigration-themed update to the 1990s drama and centered on the Acosta children after their parents are suddenly deported back to Mexico. It was produced by Sony TV and was from original series’ creators Chris Keyser and Amy Lippman.

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It starred Brandon Larracuente, Emily Tosta, Niko Guardado and Elle Paris Legaspi. Bruno Bichir and Fernanda Urrejola played the Acosta parents.

Freeform president Tom Ascheim, who greenlit the series and developed the modern update of the former Fox drama with now-abc entertainment president Karey Burke, is set to depart the network this summer. He will move to Warner Bros. to handle the studio’s children and young adults programming.

Freeform has decided not to renew its “Party of Five” reboot for a second season.

The one-hour drama followed the five Acosta children as they navigated daily life struggles to survive as a family unit after their parents are suddenly deported to Mexico. It starred Brandon Larracuente as Emilio, Emily Tosta as Lucia, Niko Guardado as Beto and Elle Paris Legaspi as Valentina.

“Party of Five” ended its single-season run in early March, and averaged only 250,000 Live+Same Day viewers, making it one of the Disney-owned networks least watched shows this season. Only season 1 of “Everything’s Gonna Be Okay” and season 4 of “The Bold Type” were watched by a smaller audience.

The series hailed from original “Party of Five” creators Chris Keyser and Amy Lippman. Keyser and Lippman served as writers and executive producers. Michal Zebede wrote and co-executive produced. Rodrigo Garcia executive produced and directed the pilot. Sony Pictures Television Studios produced the series.

Freeform is cancelling the Acosta family’s Party of Five reservation, opting not to renew the immigration-themed reboot for Season 2, TVLine has confirmed.

Party of Five premiered in early January to 442,000 total viewers and a 0.21 demo rating, then pretty steadily declined over its entire 10-episode run, with its finale drawing 143,000 viewers and a (wait for it) 0.05 demo rating.

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Freeform has opted not to renew its Party Of Five reboot series for a second season. The decision comes a little over a month after the series wrapped its freshman season run with a 90-minute finale on March 4.

Hailing from original series’ creators Chris Keyser and Amy Lippman, the immigration-themed update centered on the five Acosta children as they navigate daily life struggles to survive as a family unit after their parents are suddenly deported back to Mexico.

Party of Five is coming to an end. Again.

Freeform has opted to cancel the reboot with an immigration twist from original series creators Amy Lippman and Chris Keyser after one season. The drama, which wrapped its 10-episode freshman season in early March, was produced by Sony Pictures Television — the same studio that was behind Fox's 1990s original.

First put into development in late 2017 by Sony TV, Freeform — under former head of originals Karey Burke — strongly pursued the project and landed the show in early 2018, with the formal pilot order arriving months later.

Brandon Larracuente, Emily Tosta,...

America Ferrera says visible change has finally come to Hollywood for Latino talent after years of being “unrecognized.” As a producer, her goal is bring even more diverse projects to audiences.

Ferrera made the comments Friday night at the National Hispanic Media Coalition’s 2020 Impact Awards in Beverly Hills, where she won the outstanding series producer honor for her work producing Gentefied and Superstore.

“For a very long time, I felt very alone and isolated as a Latina in this industry,” she said before praising the many generations of Latino creatives who paved the way.

“We are living in an era brought upon by many, many generations of Latino and Latina actors, producers, writers, directors, who stayed the course, and they paved the path,” she said. “Sometimes they did it all alone. Sometimes they went completely unseen, unrecognized, uncelebrated, and sometimes, they never got to see their visions and their...

Watching “Star Trek” as a child sent a message to a young Dr. Mae Jemison that she could be an astronaut. Jemison, whose 1992 expedition on the space shuttle Endeavour made her the first black woman in the world to travel into space, has loved science ever since she was little. And this show made her passion about it — her parents were also scientists — just that much cooler. “Star Trek” was fiction but the color of Nyota Uhura’s (played by actress Nichelle Nichols) skin looked just like Jemison’s and that was very real.

“‘Star Trek’ showed us a future that was viable after we made it through the foolishness of the 1960s and included all the people on Earth,” Jemison says. “And it showed me and other kids like me a very hopeful future where we had evolved to get rid of some of our petty differences.”

Ever since...

In today’s TV news roundup, Hulu released premiere dates for “Ramy,” “The Great” and “Solar Opposites,” and Variety obtained an exclusive clip from “Duncanville.”

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Showtime announced Mo’nique‘s new standup comedy special, “Mo’nique & Friends: Live From Atlanta,“ will air Feb. 7 at 10 p.m. The hour-long special features a variety of talented newcomers including Prince T-Dub, Just Nesh, Tone-x and Correy Bell alongside veteran comedian Donnell Rawlings. “Mo’nique & Friends: Live From Atlanta” is executive produced by Sidney Hicks and Mo’nique Hicks, and produced by Matt Schuler, Eric Abrams and V.W. Scheich.

Freeform announced “Motherland: Fort Salem” will premiere March 18 at 9 p.m. Set in an alternate, present-day America where witches ended their persecution 300 years ago by cutting a deal with the U.S. government to fight for their country, the show follows three young women through basic training in combat magic into terrifying and thrilling early deployment.

During its turn at the winter TCA press tour Friday, Freeform said that the first season of its Party Of Five reboot will wrap with a 90-minute season finale, to air March 4.

Hailing from original series’ creators Chris Keyser and Amy Lippman, the immigration-themed update centers on the five Acosta children as they navigate daily life struggles to survive as a family unit after their parents are suddenly deported back to Mexico.

Today’s panel included Lippman, co-executive producer Gabriel Llanas, and cast memembers Brandon Larracuente, cast Emily Tosta, cast Niko Guardado, cast Elle Paris Legaspi.

For those who are fans of the original and watched the first three aired episodes of the new version can easily pick up on each character’s similar to the predecessor, which was intentional. “What’s the same is that we took the characters of the original and translated them to this. If you...

Amy Lippman, who co-created both the original 1994 version of “Party of Five” and the Freeform reboot, has been humbled by her work on the new drama.

“I don’t think I realized until I got into that [writers’] room with people who had a very different life expeience than my own what value it was to have [that],” Lippman said during the Television Critics Assn. press tour panel Friday. “I can tell these stories, but they actually come from a different place when they come from people who have lived them.”

The new version of “Party of Five,” which comes 20 years after the original went off the air, centers on the Acosta family of five siblings who are thrust into raising themselves and each other when their parents are deported back to Mexico. In putting together the writers’ room as well as the crew on the show, Lippman said it became imperative...

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Airing on the Freeform cable channel, Party of Five has been created by original 1990s series creators Amy Lippman and Christopher Keyser. It stars Brandon Larracuente, Emily Tosta, Niko Guardado, Elle Paris Legaspi, Bruno Bichir, and Fernanda Urrejola. This iteration, told through the lens of current-day themes, revolves around the five Acosta children -- aspiring musician Emilio (Larracuente), twins Lucia (Tosta) and Beto (Guardado),...

The family at the center of Freeform’s Party of Five reboot is definitely not closer to free, with a timely twist that finds the kids’ undocumented parents arrested and deported by Ice.

Hailing from original series creators Amy Lippman and Chris Keyser, Wednesday’s two-episode premiere kicks off with mom Gloria Acosta (Narcos: Mexico‘s Fernanda Urrejola) and dad Javier Acosta (Narcos‘ Bruno Bichir) very much in the picture, whereas the Fox drama followed the orphaned Salinger children. But there are still plenty of similarities to the original: The first Party of Five had Salinger’s restaurant, and in the Freeform version,...

The family at the center of Freeform’s Party of Five reboot is definitely not closer to free, with a timely twist that finds the kids’ undocumented parents arrested and deported by Ice.

Hailing from original series creators Amy Lippman and Chris Keyser, Wednesday’s two-episode premiere kicks off with mom Gloria Acosta (Narcos: Mexico‘s Fernanda Urrejola) and dad Javier Acosta (Narcos‘ Bruno Bichir) very much in the picture, whereas the Fox drama followed the orphaned Salinger children. But there are still plenty of similarities to the original: The first Party of Five had Salinger’s restaurant, and in the Freeform version,...

Get ready to fall in love with a new quintet of siblings. Freeform's highly anticipated modern reimagining of the classic series Party of Five, which ran on Fox from 1994-2000, debuts tonight, introducing viewers to the Acosta siblings as they are forced to come together to run their household (and raise their infant sibling) after their parents are deported. The very timely revival hails from original Po5 creators co-creators Christopher Keyser and Amy Lippman, and stars newcomers Brandon Larracuente, Emily Tosta, Niko Guardado, and Elle Paris Legaspi. Judging from early scenes of the new series that have been released, the new Party of Five is going to hit us in the feels, break our hearts...

In rebooting their 1994 teen drama “Party of Five,” Christopher Keyser and Amy Lippman haven’t just dusted off their old IP to cast a new slate of characters in a familiar story. Instead, they’ve twisted their original concept to fit a scenario that is top of mind in 2020. Whereas their first show followed five siblings learning to live after both their parents die in a car accident, their Freeform version — developed alongside new writer and producer Michal Zebede — centers the Acosta family, which gets torn apart one night when Ice picks up parents Javier (Brunco Bichir) and Gloria (Fernanda Urrejola) at their family restaurant. Once they’re deported to Mexico, their children Emilio (Brandon Larracuente), Lucia (Emily Tosta), Beto (Niko Guardado), Valentina (Elle Paris Legaspi), and baby Rafa have to grapple with the realities of raising each other, as well as their own heartbreak, now that their parents can’t.

In today’s TV news roundup, Comedy Central announces the premiere date of “Awkwafina Is Nora From Queens” and BBC America announces “Doctor Who’s” Season 12 premiere date.

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Bet Plus’s new legal thriller, “Sacrifice,” starring Paula Patton (“Precious”) premieres Dec. 19. Patton stars as Daniella, an entertainment lawyer with a bad reputation who is at odds with her sorority sister, district attorney Beverly. Marques Houston and Chris Stokes (“You Got Served”) executive produce.

BBC America announced that Season 12 of “Doctor Who” will premiere Jan. 1. Jodie Whittaker (“Broadchurch”) returns as the 13th Doctor with co-stars Tosin Cole, Mandip Gill and Bradley Walsh in the two-part season premiere. Watch the trailer for the new season below:

“Awkwafina Is Nora From Queens” will debut Jan. 22 on Comedy Central, the cabler announced. In the series, Awkwafina (“The Farewell”) stars as Nora, a 27-year-old who lives with her parents. Michelle Buteau (“Always Be My Maybe...

As the Latinx community remains wildly underrepresented in media — making up only 8% of series regular and recurring roles in scripted television, according to GLAAD’s “Where We Are on TV” report for 2018-19 — one way that statistic is being boosted is by producers working with known IP.

As “One Day at a Time” co-creator Gloria Calderón Kellett puts it, “There’s so many shows out there that you need a little something extra to make people check you out — whether that’d be a movie star or an already existing IP that you’re going to put another spin on.”

The original “One Day at a Time,” which aired from 1975 to 1984, centered on a white single mother raising two daughters. However, the new version, which originated at Netflix but will continue on Pop TV, puts a Latina single mother who is raising two teenagers and living with her mother at the center of the story.

Freeform has set January premiere dates for new seasons of Grown-ish and The Bold Type and the midseason return of Good Trouble.

The Season 3 premiere of Black-ish spinoff Grown-ish will serve as the lead-in for the previously dated new comedy Everything’s Gonna Be Okay at 8 p.m. Thursday, January 16. The following week will see the fourth-season launch of The Bold Type taking over the 9 p.m. Thursday slot.

Meanwhile, Season 2B of The Fosters spinoff Good Trouble begins at 10 p.m. Wednesday, January 15.

The Disney-owned cable net earlier had revealed premiere dates for its new Party of Five reboot and new comedy Everything’s Gonna Be Okay. Both will debut with back-to-back episodes. Party of Five launches at 9 p.m. Wednesday, January 8, and the 90-minute debut of Everything’s Gonna Be Okay kicks off at 8:30 p.m. Thursday, January 16. Party of Five also will be available for...

As longtime Criminal Minds executive producer/showrunner Erica Messer is shepherding the drama’s upcoming 15th and final season, she has extended her exclusive overall pod deal with ABC Studios, the studio behind the long-running CBS series.

Under the pact, Messer is focusing on developing and executive producing original series for network, cable and streaming. That includes two projects for ABC, developed through her banner Erica Messer Productions: Best Kept Secret, which she is writing and executive producing, and Nightingale, which she is executive producing.

Best Kept Secret centers on a mother and ex-intelligence agent who’s long hidden her past from her family. She is forced to return to work when she discovers her daughter was tapped to join the same group she left years before.

Written and executive produced by Matt Partney and Corey Evett, who also are under an overall deal at ABC Studios, Nightingale is a sprawling,...

Exclusive: Elizabeth Grullon is set to join Freeform’s Party of Five reboot in a recurring role.

Grullon will step into the role of Sully, an activist that crosses paths with Lucia (Emily Tosta) and becomes an inspiration to her cause. She is the latest to join the cast after Deadline exclusively reported that Garcia and Sol Rodriguez were also joining the Freeform family drama in recurring roles.

The original Party of Five premiered in 1994 and followed the Salinger siblings whose parents died in a car crash. The new series comes from Sony Pictures Television and retells the story through a modern-day lens, chronicling the Acosta children, bound by adversity, as they navigate daily struggles to survive as a family unit after their parents are suddenly deported back to Mexico. The Acosta family is played by Brandon Larracuente, Emilio Acosta, Niko Guardado, Elle Paris Legaspi, Bruno Bichir and Fernanda Urrejola.

Exclusive: Garcia and Sol Rodriguez are set to join Freeform’s Party of Five reboot in recurring roles.

Known best for their role on Netflix’s Tales of the City, Garcia, a trans, non-binary actor and activist, will play Matthew, who ran away from a difficult situation at home. Matthew is described as “guarded and street-smart, and while he becomes close with a new friend, he doesn’t want anyone’s help – not when he can figure it out on his own.”

Rodriguez (Devious Maids) steps into the guest star role of Natalia, the Acostas’ new babysitter. She is described as “bohemian and artsy” but is ready to stand up to the oldest Acosta sibling Emilio (Brandon Larracuente) when she needs to.

The original Party of Five premiered in 1994 and followed the Salinger siblings whose parents died in a car crash. The new series comes from Sony Pictures Television and...

Many TV reboots hinge on nostalgia, or the simple rush of seeing the familiar gang reunited.

Freeform’s Party of Five has a more ambitious goal. The reboot of the Fox drama that aired from 1994 to 2000 revolves around the issue of immigration and the current approach taken by the administration of Donald Trump.

“It’s a better story than the original,” executive producer and writer Amy Lippman, who also created the original show, said after a sneak preview of the pilot episode Saturday at the Tribeca TV Festival.

After periodically exploring a revival of the show over the years, she recalled, “Three years ago, we began to read stories about immigrant families that were going to be separated. It seemed as if the story that we told about kids living on their own in the wake of their parents’ sudden absence was a story that was playing out in newspapers everywhere.

In today’s TV news roundup, Apple TV Plus’ upcoming drama “Dickinson” nabs rapper Wiz Khalifa, and Showtime pushes the 10th season premiere of “Shameless.”

Casting

Wiz Khalifa has booked a guest starring role on Apple TV Plus‘ upcoming period drama “Dickinson.“ The rapper-singer-songwriter-actor will play “Death,” an imaginary character who “personifies a crucial theme found throughout Emily Dickinson’s real works of poetry.” Here, he is depicted as Emily’s (Hailee Steinfeld) muse. Khalifa will appear in multiple episodes of the season, which launches Nov. 1 on the new streaming service.

Dates

Freeform has announced that its “Party of Five” reboot will debut Jan. 8. The Sony-produced series will follow the Acosta children as they navigate the daily struggles of life after their parents are deported to Mexico. Starring Brandon Larracuente, Emily Tosta, Niko Guardado and Elle Paris Legaspi, the timely show is a new iteration by original series creators Amy Lippman and Christopher Keyser.

Freeform released a first look today at its reimagining of the classic series Party of Five, and you're going to want to have some tissues handy.  The scene actually shows off the biggest change between this show and the 1994 series, which originally followed a group of siblings who came together to run a household after their parents died in a car crash. This time, their parents are getting deported, giving the concept a very timely update from original series creators Amy Lippman and Christopher Keyser.  In the scene released today, the Acosta kids say goodbye to their parents before they have to leave, and learn that their parents even want them to keep the baby with them in the...

Freeform is ringing in the year 2020 with some Party of Five.

The cabler announced today the premiere date for the highly anticipated drama Party of Five, debuting Wednesday, Jan. 8.

From Sony Pictures Television, Party of Five"will follow the five Acosta children as they navigate daily life struggles to survive as a family unit after their parents are suddenly deported back to Mexico.

In a new iteration by original series creators Amy Lippman and Christopher Keyser, this beloved story of a young family bound by adversity will be retold through the lens of current-day themes and cultural conversations.

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A three-minute first look of the series was released with the moment the Acosta children say goodbye to their parents at an immigration detention center.

The series stars Brandon Larracuente as Emilio Acosta, Emily Tosta as Lucia Acosta, Niko Guardado as Beto Acosta and...

Freeform will premiere its “Party of Five” reboot on Jan. 8, 2020, the cable channel said on Friday. But if you can’t wait that long to watch the reimagined series, you’re in luck, because a tearjerker of a sneak peek was released along with the show’s debut date news.

In the clip above, you’ll see the Acosta children say goodbye to their parents at an immigration detention center in a heart-wrenching scene that shows how this series will differ from the original starring Neve Campbell, which ran from 1994-2000 on Fox.

According to Freeform, “Party of Five” will follow the five Acosta children as they navigate daily life struggles to survive as a family unit after their parents are suddenly deported back to Mexico. “In a new iteration by original series creators Amy Lippman and Christopher Keyser, this beloved story of a young family bound by adversity will...

Freeform has revealed the premiere date for the forthcoming family drama Party of Five ahead of its preview screening at the Tribeca TV Festival. The reboot of the classic ’90s series will debut on January 8. To add to the news of its premiere, Freeform has also released an extended first look at the drama — and you might want to have a couple of tissues handy because you are guaranteed to cry your eyes out.

The original premiered in 1994 and followed the Salinger siblings whose parents died in a car crash and follows their struggle with loss. The new series comes from Sony Pictures Television retells the story through a different modern-day lens and follows the Acosta children as they navigate daily life struggles to survive as a family unit after their parents are suddenly deported back to Mexico. The new iteration comes from original series creators Amy Lippman and Christopher Keyser...

Get out the tissues! Freeform’s topical and emotional Party of Five reboot will debut Wednesday, Jan. 8, the network announced Friday ahead of a sneak preview screening at the Tribeca TV Festival.

While the original series centered around five orphaned siblings, the new iteration — from original creators Amy Lippman and Christopher Keyser — follows “the five Acosta children as they navigate daily life struggles to survive as a family unit after their parents are suddenly deported back to Mexico,” per the official synopsis. “This beloved story of a young family bound by adversity will be retold through the lens of current-day themes and cultural conversations.

The Salinger siblings are all grown up. 25 years ago, Party of Five premiered on Fox, introducing viewers to a family of five siblings moving on after their parents' tragic death in car accident. In an era where Beverly Hills, 90210 and Melrose Place were dominating the airwaves and headlines, a family drama about orphans—that also tackled serious issues like drunk driving, substance abuse and cancer—wasn't exactly what the network initially had in mind when they approached co-creators Christopher Keyser and Amy Lippman about creating a show for them. "'Kids, living on their own! Having fun! No parents! Woo-hoo!' And we thought, 'This is a really depressing concept,'"...

Party of Five is going to hit viewers right in the feels all over again.

Freeform today unveiled the official trailer for its reboot of the hit '90s drama series.

The reboot will follow the five Acosta children as they navigate daily life struggles to survive as a family unit after their parents are suddenly deported back to Mexico.

It's certainly a departure from the original series which found the central kids forced to fend for themselves after their parents are killed in a car crash.

The new take on the series stars Brandon Larracuente, Emily Tosta, Niko Guardado and Elle Paris Legaspi.

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The trailer shows the central kids finding themselves in a precarious position, and how they react to what happens is heartbreaking.

At first glance, the show seems like it should be on ABC Family, the network that came before Freeform.

All right, get ready to cry: Freeform has released the first trailer for its Party of Five reboot.

The original series centered on a group of five children after their parents were killed in a car accident. The new take, which comes from original Party of Five creators Chris Keyser and Amy Lippman,

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Freeform unveiled trailers for three of its upcoming shows during the network’s portion of the Disney upfront presentation on Tuesday.

In addition to a trailer for the upcoming “Party of Five” reboot, the cable network also debuted an extended look at the supernatural drama “Motherland: Fort Salem,” which takes place at an academy for witches training to be in the American military, and a trailer for the Josh Thomas-created comedy “Everything’s Gonna Be Okay.”

None of the three series have premiere dates, though they join a growing slate of Freeform originals, which includes the spinoffs “Good Trouble,” “Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists” and the college-set “Grown-ish”; the mermaid drama “Siren,” which was renewed for a third season on Tuesday; “The Bold Type”; Marvel’s “Cloak & Dagger”; and the upcoming Kenya Barris comedy “Unrelated.”

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