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The innies and the outies will be partying at the Emmys.

Severance avoided the sophomore slump in a major way, riding its meme-tastic Season 2 to an Emmy-dominating 27 nominations on Tuesday, including a bid for Best Drama Series, and nine acting nods. Entering Emmy season as the show to beat, per the Gold Derby odds, the Apple TV+ series was widely expected not only to improve upon the 14 nominations it garnered in its first season but to challenge last year's nomination champ, Shōgun. In the end, Severance eclipsed the Japanese period drama by two nods and fell just short of Game of Thrones' all-time mark of 32.

Here's a look at every category where Severance scored — and everywhere it was snubbed.

Read: ‘Holy sh-t, this is like “Star Wars”‘: The ultimate oral history of ‘Severance’ Season 2

Best Drama Series: Nominated

No surprise here. Severance has been tops in the Gold Derby...

This post contains spoilers for "Severance."

"Severance" has been holding its cards pretty close to its chest, choosing to gradually unravel the nature of its mind-bending mystery. The show's season 2 finale (titled "Cold Harbor") is as anxiety-inducing as it gets, as Innie Mark (Adam Scott) fights to save his outie's wife, Gemma (Dichen Lachman), from her imprisonment by Lumon. We obviously do not have all the answers yet, as there's a world of "what does that mean?" or "what happens next?" to be answered, but "Severance" has finally revealed what's truly going on at its core. These long-awaited answers feel even more compelling because the series examines every facet of these characters we know, including how the core four at Mdr (MacroData Refinement) are really like outside of Lumon.

Season 1 had already set up a marked contrast between Innie Mark and Outie Mark, but revealing what Outie Irving (John Turturro...

This article contains spoilers for the entirety of "Severance" season 2.

"Severance" fans are back in the waiting period -- that torturous time between prestige TV seasons that seems to get longer and longer as budgets balloon and the production apparatus of streaming originals grows even more gargantuan. Hopefully, we won't repeat the three-year wait between seasons 1 and 2, but even with a shorter gap, there's plenty of time for fans to stew on the big reveals from the end of "Severance" season 2 -- specifically, the mysterious "Cold Harbor" initiative.

Cold Harbor is the shadow looming over Lumon for all of season 2 -- a foreboding phrase that we ultimately learn has to do with Mark Scout (Adam Scott) and his thought-to-be-dead-but-is-actually-alive-and-a-test-subject-for-Lumon wife Gemma (Dichen Lachman). It's the name of the Macrodata Refinement file Mark has been working on -- one that is revealed at the end of season 2 to be a collection...

The Music Dance Experience on Season 1 of “Severance” was so memorable that the director and executive producer Ben Stiller wanted to up the ante for Season 2.

Stiller pitched the idea of a marching band sequence for the show’s finale. So, when Mark S. (Adam Scott ) finishes the all-important Cold Harbor file, Milchick (Tramell Tillman) serves up a marching band complete with full choreography.

Geoff Richman was one of the show’s three editors, it was Richman who was tasked with cutting the finale. “I was terrified of the marching band scene going in,” Richman says, speaking with Variety‘s Artisans, presented by HBO. The sequence had been shot over four days, and Richman found himself with a “sea of footage.” He says, “I’d never cut a music video before. It’s like, we want to enjoy the marching band, but we also need to keep the story moving forward.

Apple TV+ has revealed its Emmy submissions for Severance with Adam Scott submitted for Best Drama Actor and Britt Lower for Best Drama Actress, Gold Derby has learned.

Ben Stiller, Jessica Lee Gagné, and Uta Briesewitz will be submitted for the Best Drama Directing, while creator Dan Erickson will be in the Best Drama Writing category.

The show’s other main cast members will run in the supporting categories: Michael Chernus, Zach Cherry, Tramell Tillman, John Turturro, Christopher Walken in Best Drama Supporting Actor, and Patricia Arquette, Sarah Bock, Dichen Lachman, and Jen Tullock in Best Drama Supporting Actress.

The show also has eight contenders in the Guest Actor/Actress categories:

Robby Benson, John Noble, Michael Siberry Jane Alexander, Sydney Cole Alexander, Sandra Bernhard, Gwendoline Christie, Merritt Wever

Three years ago, in its debut season, the series about office workers who sever their workplace memories from their personal ones earned...

Britt Lower has peeled back the curtain on an iconic scene in the Severance Season 2 finale. All episodes in the first two seasons of Severance are now streaming on Apple TV+, and while Season 1 left audiences on one of the biggest cliffhangers in modern television history — for nearly three years — Season 2 finally brings some resolution to the story. However, one thing Severance fans weren’t expecting to see in the Season 2 finale was a John Wick parallel, but that’s precisely what we got when Helly picked up the pen to use as a weapon against Jame Eagan (Michael Siberry). During a red carpet interview at Paleyfest with Collider's Taylor Gates, Britt Lower revealed that that scene was not originally in the script, and how it came to be:

“There was no weaponized pen in the script. But, I remember saying to Ben [Stiller] when Jame walks into the room,...

This article contains Spoilers for Severance Season 2, Episode 10, "Cold Harbor."

The highly-anticipated Season 2 of Apple TV+’s critically acclaimed Severancehas come and gone as the finale premiered on March 21. The finale’s closing scene saw Innie Mark (Adam Scott) run off with Helly R. (Britt Lower) after rescuing his outie’s wife, Gemma (Dichen Lachman), from the testing floor at Lumon - a choice that may have had some fans scratching their heads.

Innie Mark displayed some interesting behavior prior to the finale as he couldn’t tell the difference between Helly and her outie, Helena Eagan, during a Lumon retreat. That mix-up, as well as a scene at the end of Severance’s ninth Season 2 episode, had fans wondering which version - Helly or Helena - was at the door during that pivotal final scene.

At the end of Episode 9, titled “The After Hours,” Helly, in the macrodata refinement office,...

This post contains spoilers for "Severance."

It is impossible to narrow down the core of "Severance" to a few overarching themes. The Apple TV+ series has never shied away from tackling complex notions of identity, often shaped by grief, loss, cult-like devotion, or the ills of living in an aggressive capitalist culture. The very idea of severance as a procedure raises ethical questions, as those who willingly chose it were not fully made aware of what they were getting into. Lumon Industries, the terrible, conniving evil that looms over the world of the show, has its claws hooked into a dozen malpractices that are masked as pioneering feats of progress. Every victim that Lumon has claimed has been an experimental guinea pig for them, serving some sort of hidden purpose while being constantly abused and lied to. However, one particular social demographic has suffered the brunt of Lumon's grand and evil scheme: women.

This article contains spoilers for "Severance" season 2 episode 10, "Cold Harbor" 

From innies and outies to characters who are entirely unsevered (as far as we know), you can count on nearly every "Severance" character to face untold existential hurdles that few mere mortals are equipped to comprehend, let alone handle. Unless a character is armed with the ironclad self-obsession of Ricken Hale (Michael Chernus) or the megalomaniac devotion of Jame Eagan (Michael Siberry), the world Lumon Industries created seems custom designed to grind a person down. 

The company, on the other hand, is built to endure. Over two seasons of "Severance," nothing the protagonists have managed to do has really swayed Lumon in any significant way beyond tiny inconveniences, minor PR crises, and the occasional personnel change ... until now.  

The "Severance" season 2 finale, titled "Cold Harbor," bucks the trend of Lumon invulnerability in a massive and potentially irreparable way. The episode...

The Severance Season 2 finale, “Cold Harbor,” answered a lot of burning questions fans had, including what Cold Harbor actually is and (sort of) what’s going on with those goats. Fans got other resolutions in prior episodes as well, including the answer to where Gemma (Dichen Lachman) has been all the time and why Harmony (Patricia Arquette) felt so slighted by Lumon firing her (and why Helena — Britt Lower — still offered her a job to placate her).

The ending was beautifully, emotionally presented, but left fans with yet another epic cliffhanger to digest for the next little while until a not-yet-confirmed Season 3 arrives (it’s likely the show will be renewed). There are plenty of questions that remain, but one big, new question has arrived that’s crucial to how the story will move forward.

What Is Mark Going to Do After the 'Severance' Season 2 Finale?

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Hey, have you heard about this little show on TV called "Severance"? It's on this little-known streamer called Apple TV+, it just wrapped up its thrilling and mystery-laden second season, and, oh yeah, it's all anyone can talk about these days. Who knew that a dark office satire all about taking work/life balance to the furthest possible extreme would resonate with audiences as much as it has? Well, that's precisely what's helped turn this series from a quirky oddity into a runaway pop-culture sensation.

"Severance" comes from creator Dan Erickson and executive producer/director Ben Stiller, both of whom crafted a labyrinthine world that's just a few degrees off from our own. Every bit of that tireless world-building effort led to a sophomore season that all but blew viewers away, putting our main characters through the wringer and leading to a finale that left us waiting on the edge of our seats for more.

Warning: This post contains spoilers about Severance Season 2.

What happens next?

Severance's Season 2 finale answers some critical questions — the purpose of Cold Harbor is revealed; we finally know what the goats are for — but it sets up many others. Fortunately, there is more innie action to come: Apple TV+ announced early Friday that it renewed Severance for a third season. So, with that in mind, here are 10 lingering head-scratchers that Severance must address in Season 3.

Why Mark?

Mark (Adam Scott) seems to be some kind of chosen one, but we don’t know why. What about him, a seemingly ordinary man, made Lumon choose him for this vital task? There are theories that Lumon, for some reason, sees him as the reincarnation of Kier Eagan or that he and Helly will produce a child that is the reincarnation of or true heir to Kier Eagan. Or maybe he and...

Spoiler Alert: This post contains major spoilers for the finale and entirety of Season 2 of Severance.

Some of the biggest questions underlying Season 2 of Apple TV+’s Severance revolve around the mysterious Cold Harbor. The nature of the title and what it represents also provides the key to a question posed from the pilot episode — what exactly are the Macrodata Refinement employees doing at Lumon?

The ominous name was first introduced in Episode 2 of the show’s second season, titled “Goodbye, Mrs. Selvig” when Helena Eagan (Britt Lower) stresses that Mark S. needs to finish his work on the file. The percentage of completion by Mark of the Mdr file rose from 68% to 85% between Episodes 2 and 5, and as of the penultimate episode, it’s at 96% completion with Mark’s innie raring to finish sorting it.

Harmony Cobel (Patricia Arquette) informed Mark in the ninth episode that Cold Harbor is the...

Severance Season 1's ending had fans' mouths agape, frustrated but in a good way. It was another three years until Season 2 finally arrived, this time with one more episode, including a finale called “Cold Harbor” that ran the length of a short feature-length movie. For those hoping this season might end with as much of a bang, it did. But those itching for a satisfying conclusion will be clenching their fists and picking their jaws up from off the floor. The Season 2 finale of Severance is even more frustrating than Season 1, and that’s saying a lot.

The good news is that the way the story ends leaves the show wide open for a third season, which fans hope will happen. If so, the waters are about to get even murkier as Mark’s (Adam Scott) worries now have less to do with Cold Harbor and more to do with...

Note: This story contains spoilers from “Severance” Season 2, Episode 10.

“Severance” Season 2 is over and things are not looking good for Mark (Adam Scott) and Helly (Britt Lower).

Episode 10 started with innie and outie Mark finally having a conversation, and after a tense argument about what to do about saving Gemma (Dichen Lachman) came to a loose agreement to break her out. Mark S. is not convinced his outie cares much about what happens to him, Helly, Dylan (Zach Cherry) and the rest of the people below Lumon but decides to help anyway.

Mark finished Cold Harbor and put the escape plan in motion. And despite getting Gemma out safe, couldn’t bring himself to abandon Helly. Below, we break down what happened in the finale, what it could mean and what the Eagan family could be planning next.

How did “Severance” Season 2 end?

After a tense conversation between the Marks at the birthing cabin,...

This article contains spoilers for "Severance" season 2 episode 9, "The After Hours."

Life isn't easy for anyone associated with Lumon Industries, and this applies triple if they happen to be working on the company's infamous and controversial Severed Floor. The poor innies and their truckloads of existential crises are just one part of the whole story, too -- even if you're an unsevered worker with a cozy managerial position, things are liable to get tricky. 

Interestingly, a pattern seems to emerge among the Kier faithful who have been tasked with supervising the Severed Floor during the show's two seasons. The seething, hostile Ms. Cobel (Patricia Arquette) and the calm, collected Mr. Milchick (Tramell Tillman) couldn't be more different from each other. With the introduction of the latter's Deputy Manager replacement Miss Huang (Sarah Bock), however, "Severance" season 2 shows a certain, deeply worrying trend in Lumon's recruitment policies. In fact, episode 9, "The After Hours,...

This article contains spoilers for "Severance" season 2 episode 9, "The After Hours."

I admit I was a little concerned that "Severance" has been slowly running out of credible monsters. The show's sophomore season has made the surprising (but welcome) choice to start stealthily humanizing several people it previously presented as soulless corporate monsters. It's given us Harmony Cobel's (Patricia Arquette) backstory and showed her switching allegiances in order to help Mark Scout (Adam Scott) instead of hindering him. It's kept adding more and more nuance to Seth Milchick (Tramell Tillman) and his obvious discomfort with the creepier aspects of the Lumon company culture. Even Helena Eagan (Britt Lower) is turning out to be a far more complex figure than the one-note Evil Rich Person the show initially positioned her as. On the downside, this has left the show with the beginnings of a villain problem. Granted, there are incoming bogeymen like Gemma's (Dichen Lachman) jailer/observer,...

It seems like every episode of Severance Season 2 complicates things more than the last, shifting from the storyline of Mark (Adam Scott) beginning the reintegration process to the explanation of where Gemma (Dichen Lachman) has been all this time, which raised more questions than answered, and Harmony Cobel’s (Patricia Arquette) dedicated episode and massive revelation. In the penultimate episode, things get even crazier.

Arguably one of the more confusing episodes of the season, Episode 9, entitled “The After Hours,” is clearly setting everything up for what will likely be the most explosive episode yet, the season finale called “Cold Harbor.” But what does it all mean?

Harmony and Mark Come Face to Face Again

Episode 8, “Sweet Vitriol,” ends with Harmony jumping into her friend Hampton’s truck and taking off with the proof that she is the one who developed the severance program, not James Eagan. What she plans to...

What's for dinner, kids? Major spoilers follow for the latest episode of "Severance."

Season 2 of "Severance" is barreling full-tilt towards another explosive finale that'll be sure to have tongues wagging, but make no mistake: This show has always been about the journey, not the destination. The brilliant, flashback-heavy episode 7 proved beyond a doubt how slow-playing the relationship between Mark Scout (Adam Scott) and Gemma (Dichen Lachman), much of which was purposefully withheld from us for most of two seasons now, paid dividends by waiting for the perfect moment to unleash the full scope of their story on audiences. Similarly, an episode like last week's "Sweet Vitriol" only could've worked (despite our personal reservations) after spending as much time as we have with Patricia Arquette's (semi) villainous Harmony Cobel.

Now, we're finally seeing one of the series' most emotional subplots -- the tragic romance between Irving B. (John Turturro) and Burt G.

[Editor’s note: The following review contains spoilers for “Severance” Season 2, Episode 9, “The After Hours.” For coverage of earlier episodes, read our previous reviews.]

As the little blue bus pulls up to Lumon’s office building, Ms. Huang (Sarah Bock) looks more childlike than ever. A drooping bookbag hangs from her back. Puffy earmuffs frame her plump cheeks. Whatever administrative authority she wielded on the severed floor is gone, and in its place is the apprehension of a young girl moving to a new place. Whether Ms. Huang knows where she’s going is less important than the sudden displacement itself (though Svalbard’s proximity to the North Pole may clarify Mr. Milchick’s irritations with his would-be successor). Tonight, rather than sleep in her room, next door to her parents, she will be napping on a plane before spending night after night at the Gunnel Eagan Empathy Center. She may have her same bed, as Mr. Milchick (Tramell Tillman) suggests,...

The latest episode of Severance season two, titled "Sweet Vitriol," has been met with mixed reactions from fans. Some have criticized its slower pace compared to previous episodes and wondered why we needed an entire episode following Harmony Cobel (Patricia Arquette). Especially after the incredible episode before it, "Chikhai Bardo," which gave us a detailed backstory on Mark and Gemma's relationship, what's happening to Gemma now, and ended with Mark waking up from "journeying" after flooding his severance chip. So much is happening in the world of Severance right now between Mark's integration, Gemma's testing, and Helena spying on the innies. Many fans are confused as to why the showrunners decided to air a Harmony-centered episode now.

It's true that "Sweet Vitriol" lacked the same fast-paced, dialogue-heavy, visually arresting tone and environment we are used to. It's also shorter than the other episodes at only 37 minutes. However, this episode...

Don't swing by the coastal — and fictional — town of Salt's Neck if you're not current on season 2 of "Severance," because this article contains spoilers!

In the eighth episode of its second season, Dan Erickson's critically adored series "Severance" took audiences far, far away from the severed floor at Lumon Industries — where we usually spend time with Mark S. (Adam Scott), Helly R. (Britt Lower), Dylan G. (Zach Cherry), and, until his recent "firing," Irving B. (John Turturro) — so that viewers could finally reunite with Harmony Cobel, the pivotal yet mysterious character played by Oscar winner Patricia Arquette. In the episode, titled "Sweet Vitriol," Harmony goes back to what we learn is her hometown, a chilly and run-down coastal hamlet called Salt's Neck. So where is Salt's Neck in real life, considering that no such town exists in the United States?

According to the Canadian Broadcasting Company, or CBC, the...

Do not drive over to the factory to meet an old chum if you haven't seen "Sweet Vitriol," the eighth episode of season 2 of "Severance." This is your final spoiler warning!

This article also contains discussions of addiction and child abuse.

After living without Patricia Arquette's steely Harmony Cobel for a few episodes of "Severance," we finally catch up with the former head of Lumon's severed floor while she's driving around in her Volkswagen White Rabbit to parts unknown. At the beginning of her standalone episode "Sweet Vitriol," we see Harmony arrive in the run-down town of Salt's Neck, and when she meets up with an old friend, who we eventually learn is named Hampton (played by James Le Gros). Hampton runs a small dining spot called The Drippy Pot, and while he serves coffee to an elderly patron, he also slips him a bottle; shortly before that, we...

This article contains spoilers for "Severance" season 2 episode 8, "Sweet Vitriol."

"Severance" season 2 episode 8, "Sweet Vitriol," continues the previous episode's theme of focusing on a single character's story. This time, the eyes are on Patricia Arquette's Harmony Cobel, who takes a trip to the town she left behind to acquire some important papers that reveal that she, not Jame Eagan (Michael Siberry), was the inventor of the severance procedures. It's a nice little revelation but ultimately doesn't add a lot to Cobel, whose narrative continues to be adrift after Lumon cut her loose.

This is a problem especially since the underwhelming episode follows the excellent "Lost-"influenced "Severance" season 2 episode 7, "Chikhai Bardo." That episode focuses on Gemma (Dichen Lachman) and elevates her from a damsel in distress figure to a very real, very complex person whose particular predicament is integral to the entire show's central secrets. What's more, the episode...

Note: This story contains spoilers from “Severance” Season 2, Episode 8.

Harmony Cobel (Patricia Arquette) has been absent for most of “Severance” Season 2, but Episode 8 put the spotlight back on her with some key revelations that explain the chip on her shoulder.

Episode 8 sends Cobel back to the (cold?) harbor town she grew up in. The place has fallen on hard times — clearly due to the fact that the Lumon factory that used to be in place closed up and the town suffered in turn. While it initially seems like she’s just fleeing back to the one place she knows, in reality she’s looking for something she’d hidden there.

As it turns out, she’s looking for a way to take down the revered Eagan family name after Jame (Michael Siberry) and Helena (Britt Lower) push her out of Lumon. She’s got just the bullet to do that...

The mysteries in the world of “Severance” run deep, but few are at the front and center of viewers minds like who sits on the Lumon Industries Board.

Throughout the story, The Board has only been represented by a speaker but chooses to speak privately into the headset of a proxy. It is unclear how many people sit on The Board – or if it is actually people calling the shots at all – since they refuse to take part in face-to-face meetings.

Season 2, Episode 3 features a big scene where the board – through there liaison Natalie (Sydney Cole Alexander) – meets Milchick (Tramell Tillman) to congratulate him on his new position on the severed floor. He is met by The Board’s trademark pops of static through the speaker while Natalie offers him a gift on their part.

The moment underlines how creepy, powerful and perhaps out of touch The Board is to...

The return of Severance provided plenty of great moments and cool imagery to chew through. However, the world-building is far from complete and is often enhanced by the power of the story outside of Lumon. “Goodbye, Mrs. Selvig” serves as the second piece of that equation. Not only do we dig into the lives of the Outies and their families after the Overtime Contingency was activated. We see the panic that erupts throughout Lumon as a result. “Goodbye, Mrs. Selvig” is directed by Sam Donovan.

Patricia Arquette stars in Severance – Episode 2 – Goodbye, Mrs. Selvig. Related Severance Season 2 Episode 1 — “Hello, Ms. Cobel” — Spoiler Review and Recap “Goodbye, Mrs. Selvig” — The Recap

We flash through the ending of Season 1 once more, but this time, we return to the moment when the Outies returned. Mark (Adam Scott) wakes up at Rickon’s book reading — and his sister Devon (Jen Tullock) checks in on him.

[Warning: The below contains Major spoilers for Severance Season 2 Episode 1, “Hello, Ms. Cobel.”] Severance is back and already raising several questions in its second season, with the biggest one being: Why did Helly (Britt Lower) lie about being her outie’s identity? As viewers know by now, in Season 1’s finale, Helly discovered when her innie form was awakened in the outside world, her true identity is that of Helena Eagan, the daughter of the current Lumon Industries CEO, Jame Eagan (Michael Siberry). So when she returned to the severed floor in Season 2, her story about her outie life should have been about discovering her identity, but instead, Helly tells her fellow Mdr (Macrodata Refiners) something entirely different. Apple TV+ When Mark (Adam Scott) questions her about what she saw when she “woke up” outside of the severed floor, Helly tells him as well as fellow Mdr teammates Dylan (Zach Cherry) and Irv (John Turturro) she was...

Three years is a long time to wait ... especially for all of us non-Severed people. I mean, fine, you can argue that the entirety of "Severance" season 1 probably should've dissuaded anyone of the notion that there's any real "upside" to being an innie. Well, say what you want about those Lumon employees, but the ability to flip a switch and suddenly fast forward to the moment when season 2 finally arrives sure would've come in handy during this lengthy layoff, wouldn't it? The Applet TV+ series was a casualty of the duel strikes that hit the film and television industries, but it's now ready to put such unpleasantness behind it and kick viewers in the face with even more dark, dystopian, and downright bizarre office place shenanigans in its sophomore season.

Of course, all that downtime should've provided ample opportunity for the more forward-looking pencil-pushers among us to re-watch the debut...

Though it may not feel like it, Severance Season 1 Episode 9 was the most satisfying episode so far.

The Innies achieved their primary goal and learned a lot of information that will shape their future. Whether they will be allowed a future remains to be seen.

We are still left with many questions, but the advances in the action were significant.

It took a long time to get to this point. Admittedly, what the Innies achieved is likely something no other Innies have achieved until now.

Dan Erickson, the creator of the series, wrote this episode, and it shows the care he has for his characters as they all had moments of catharsis and discovery.

If you'd have told me after watching Severance Season 1 Episode 1 that the season finale would be filled with edge-of-your-seat suspense, I wouldn't have believed you, but here we are. After so many episodes of walking slowly down these halls,...

Spoiler Alert: The following story contains details from the season finale of Apple TV+’s Severance.

For Lumon macrodata refiners Mark (Adam Scott), Dylan (Zach Cherry), Helly (Britt Lower) and Irving (John Turturro), the Season 1 finale of Apple TV+’s Severance is full of revelations.

The episode, titled “The We We Are,” picks up right where the prior episode left off, watching as Dylan prepares to pull the control room switches that will bridge the consciousnesses of his colleagues’ “innies” with their “outie” bodies, allowing them to glean a better understanding of who they really are outside of work, in hopes that they’ll one day be able to escape the prison that is their professional life.

When Dylan executes the innies’ plan back at Lumon HQ, Mark is at a reading of his brother-in-law Ricken’s (Michael Chernus) book, The You You Are, with his boss Harmony Cobel (Patricia Arquette...

Spoilers! Expect the second of Marvel's Jessica Jones TV show on Netflix to flesh out the ensemble players. Showrunner Melissa Rosenberg talked to Nerdist about how demanding the first season was on Krysten Ritter, who plays the titular character. The season one cast also included Rachael Taylor, Eka Darville, David Tennant, Mike Colter, Erin Moriarty, Robing Weigert, Michael Siberry, and Colby Minifie.

Rosenberg believes the key to broadening the season two canvas (and giving Ritter some small modicum of relief) is to earn the stories of the secondary characters. The showrunner tells Nerdist, "You have to flesh them out enough so they can eventually carry stories of their own, which is very much what season one was about, kind of bringing other characters... I think it's important there be some balance."

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Recently, Fox released the new,official synopsis/spoilers for their upcoming "Scream Queens" finale episodes 12 and 13. Episode 12 is entitled, "Dorkus" and episode 13 is labeled, "The Final Girl(s)," and it turns out that we're going to see some very shocking and interesting stuff go down as the Red Devil killer's identity finally gets revealed. A stunning confession takes place, and more! In the new, 12th and 13th episodes press release: The Red Devil Unmasked On The Special Two-hour Season Finale Of "Scream Queens" Tuesday, December 8, On Fox. Press release number 2: Shocking confessions are going to get made as the Red Devil is finally unmasked and the killer revealed. Guest stars feature: Breezy Eslin as Jennifer; Jeanna Han as Sam; Whitney Meyer as Tiffany; Brianne Howey as Melanie Dorkus; Aaron Rhodes as Roger; Deneen Tyler as Shondell; Michael Siberry as Chesterton; Lara Grice as Chanel #5's Mom; Wallace Langham as...

Recently, CBS served up the new,official synopsis/spoilers for their upcoming "The Good Wife" episode 14 of season 6. The episode is entitled, "Mind's Eye," and it turns out that we're going to see some pretty dramatic and interesting stuff go down as Alicia preps for a very important interview while Louis tries to pressure Alicia's firm to a settlement for his wrongful eviction case against the firm, and more. In the new, 14th episode press release: Alicia will prepare for an interview that could impact the outcome of the race for State's Attorney. Press release number 2: Alicia is going to prepare for a key interview which could impact the outcome of the race for State's Attorney. Also, Louis Canning will pressure Florrick/Agos/Lockhart to agree on a settlement in his wrongful eviction case against the firm. Michael J. Fox reprises his role of Louis Canning. David Hyde Pierce returns as Frank Prady.

Recently, CBS released the new, official synopsis/spoilers for their upcoming "Person Of Interest" episode 10 of season 4. The episode is entitled, "The Cold War," and it turns out that we're going to see Samaritan try to take over the whole city of New York, so that sounds pretty wild to say the very least. The episode is titled, "The Cold War." In the new, 10th episode press release: Samaritan is going to show its true power by taking control of New York for 48 hours in an attempt to lure the machine out of hiding. Press release number 2: Samaritan will show its power by erasing crime from the city for a day in an attempt to force The Machine out of hiding. Guest stars features: Alexie Gilmore (Rachel Farrow), Emrhys Cooper (Young Greer), Michael Siberry (Blackwood), Roman Blat (Oleg Luski), Oakes Fegley (Gabriel), Rafael Poueriet (Swat Team Officer #1), Veronica Reyes-How...

Academy Award winner Chris Cooper is set to play J. D. Salinger in the feature film, Coming Through the Rye, written by Emmy Award winner James Steven Sadwith, making his feature directing debut. The film is currently in production.

The story is a coming-of age drama set in 1969 involving two teenagers, Alex Wolff (Hair Brained, A Birder's Guide to Everything) and Stefania Owen (The Carrie Diaries, The Lovely Bones) as they search for J.D. Salinger. Based on Sadwith's own quest to find Salinger and his encounters with the reclusive author, the story is about a sensitive boy, a quirky girl and the road they travel to find not only Salinger but also friendship and the truth about&#160themselves.

Producers are Stan Erdreich, Teddy Grennan and Jim Sadwith. Angel Grace Productions is giving international buyers a first look at the project at this week's American Film Market, prior to officially launching...

Cinema Retro has received the following press release:

The leading ‘Best British TV’ streaming service Acorn TV is now streaming full seasons of several popular British mystery and drama series, along with two critically acclaimed Canadian series. This week Acorn TV also has a special Memorial Day Weekend Midsomer Marathon with the first 22 episodes of its best-selling series,Midsomer Murders, and the U.S. debut of John Nettles final episodes.

Acorn TV is currently streaming a full season of Helen Mirren in Prime Suspect; the final seasons of the universally acclaimed Canadian dramedy Slings & ARROWSand Derek Jacobi’s mystery series Cadfael; the U.S. debut of the newest season of Murdoch Mysteries; Lynda La Plante’s Trial & Retribution; John Mortimer’s Under The Hammer; the final episodes of WWII drama Wish Me Luck; Richard Griffiths (Harry Potter) in Pie In The Sky; and John Nettles final episodes with Midsomer Murders,...

Tickets for the upcoming Broadway production of George Bernard Shaw's play Mrs. Warren's Profession go on sale to the general public on July 30. The production, to be produced by the Roundabout Theatre Company, will star Tony® Award winner Cherry Jones as Kitty Warren and Golden Globe winner Sally Hawkins making her Broadway debut as Vivie Warren and will be directed by Tony® Award winner Doug Hughes at the American Airlines Theatre on Broadway (227 West 42nd St). The cast will also feature Adam Driver as Frank Gardner, Mark Harelik as Sir George Crofts, Edward Hibbert as Mr. Praed and Michael Siberry as Reverend Samuel Gardner.

Lincoln Center Theater (under the direction of Andre Bishop, Artistic Director and Bernard Gersten, Executive Producer) has announced that Amari Cheatom, Brian D. Coats, Chuck Cooper, Maria Couch, Harriett D. Foy, Dion Graham, April Matthis, Jacob Ming-Trent, Seth Numrich, Stephen Plunkett, Michael Siberry and Shelley Thomas will be featured in its upcoming LCT3 world premiere production of On The Levee, a play with music, conceived and directed by Lear deBessonet, with play by Marcus Gardley, and music and lyrics by Todd Almond.

Lincoln Center Theater (under the direction of Andre Bishop, Artistic Director and Bernard Gersten, Executive Producer) has announced that Amari Cheatom, Brian D. Coats, Chuck Cooper, Maria Couch, Harriett D. Foy, Dion Graham, April Matthis, Jacob Ming-Trent, Seth Numrich, Stephen Plunkett, Michael Siberry and Shelley Thomas will be featured in its upcoming LCT3 world premiere production of On The Levee, a play with music, conceived and directed by Lear deBessonet, with play by Marcus Gardley, and music and lyrics by Todd Almond.

Instead of flat-out just saying they're canceling the series "Eastwick", ABC is beating about the bush with reports that they've "decided not to order additional episodes" beyond its initial 13. Seven of them have aired with the remaining six scheduled to be shown after a two-week break for some special programming on the network.

As the La Times put it: "Eastwick" has often [been] averaging less than 5 million viewers. The show, which stars Rebecca Romijn and Lindsey Price, is based on the John Updike book. While it spawned a moderately successful movie, this is the third time an attempt to make a TV series based on the book has fallen short.

Does anyone remember the other two? If not, it's no surprise since neither made it past the pilot stage. We did a little digging for old time's sake. The first was in 1992 and kept the full "The Witches of Eastwick" title.

The legendary tale of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, and their quest for the Holy Grail will be told for the last time Sunday, October 18th, 2009 in Costa Mesa. Monty Python's Spamalot, the 2005 Tony Award winner for Best Musical will end its reign on the road.

Produced by Boyett Ostar Productions and directed by Mike Nichols, Monty Python's Spamalot features a book by Eric Idle, music and lyrics by the Grammy Award-winning team of Eric Idle and John Du Prez and choreography by Casey Nicholaw. Spamalot is based on the screenplay of "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" by Monty Python creators Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin.

When Monty Python's Spamalot closes, the national touring production will have:

Played a total of 1,435 performances, 183 weeks in 101 cities.

Been seen by 2.5 million people and grossed $170,586,675

Used over 1,840 coconuts, supplied by the Coconut King in Florida.