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9-1-1: Lone Star, which began in 2020, follows the work and personal lives of first responders in Austin, Texas. Fire Captain Owen Strand (Rob Lowe) leads the team at Firehouse 126, along with the paramedic captain of the house, Tommy Vega (Gina Torres), and they work closely with police officers at the Austin Police Department, the Texas Rangers, and 9-1-1 dispatchers to care for the people of Austin. As the show wraps its fifth and final season, it has begun to bring its biggest storylines to a close, and no storyline has needed it more than that of Carlos and Gabriel Reyes.

Carlos Reyes (Rafael L. Silva) was first an Apd officer but, as of Season 5, Episode 1, "Both Sides, Now," has transitioned to being a Texas Ranger. Married to T.K. Strand (Ronen Rubenstein), a paramedic and the son of Owen Strand, Carlos has spent the bulk of 9-...

Warning: Spoilers lie ahead for The Stranger!

DeHaan's return to villainy in The Stranger is a terrifying cat-and-mouse chase film in Los Angeles. DeHaan's portrayal of Carl E. as a pure evil villain offered a refreshing departure from his previous roles in which he played people with tragic backstories. DeHaan found unique ways to embody Carl E., from costume choices to online research on his co-star for added realism.

Dane DeHaan returns to his villainous ways in The Stranger. DeHaan quickly became a breakout star in 2012 with his roles in the superhero twist, Chronicle, the crime drama Lawless, and the epic crime drama The Place Beyond the Pines. The decade since has seen him take on everything from more protagonistic parts in the horror-comedy Life After Beth and the titular hero in Luc Besson's adaptation of Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets to such villains as Harry Osborne...

Warning: Some Spoilers lie ahead for The Stranger!

The Stranger was recut into a feature film from a Quibi show after writer/director Veena Sud acquired the rights to the show. Sud is grateful for the lessons learned from Quibi, and embraces the shift in Hollywood creations. Sud envisions an anthological approach to expanding The Stranger's universe, including a potential zombie genre.

Creator Veena Sud, best known for developing the American version of The Killing, is forging a new path for Hollywood with The Stranger. Originally released as a 13-episode show on the shuttered Quibi streaming platform, Sud has reacquired the rights to the thriller and recut it into a feature-length movie, with Hulu picking up the streaming rights for the updated version and debuting it on April 15, in time for its fourth anniversary.

Maika Monroe leads the ensemble Stranger cast as Clare, a rideshare driver in Los Angeles...

Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars, Emmys, Grammys and Tony Awards ceremonies, curated by Variety senior awards editor Clayton Davis. The prediction pages reflect the current standings in the race and do not reflect personal preferences for any individual contender. As other formal (and informal) polls suggest, competitions are fluid and subject to change based on buzz and events. Predictions are updated every Thursday.

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Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series The Last of Us

Weekly Commentary: HBO is guaranteed a win in this category having all six slots split between “The Last of Us” and “Succession.”

While “Succession” is the undisputed frontrunner for the top prize, many believe “Last of...

There was so much to love about T.K. (Ronen Rubinstein) and Carlos’ (Rafael Silva) wedding in the 9-1-1: Lone Star Season 4 finale, but we didn’t quite see everything that was filmed. And now, TV Insider can exclusively reveal a deleted scene that didn’t make the cut from before the ceremony. “You look perfect for a perfect day,” Owen (Rob Lowe) tells his son. “Almost perfect,” T.K. corrects him. “I think even the grave couldn’t keep your mother away,” Owen notes, which is true, since we did see Gwyn (Lisa Edelstein) at one point. Meanwhile, Carlos checks with his mom Andrea (Roxana Brusso) that he’s doing the right thing, after his father’s murder. “The day you asked your father to be your best man, he was the happiest I’ve ever seen him, so yes, you’re damn right we’re doing the right thing,...

A car with two passengers ends up in an incredibly dangerous situation on Fox’s 9-1-1: Lone Star season four episode eight. “Control Freaks” will air on Tuesday, March 14, 2023 at 8pm Et/Pt.

The season four cast is led by Rob Lowe as Captain Owen Strand and Gina Torres as Captain Tommy Vegas. The season also stars Ronen Rubinstein as T.K. Strand, Sierra McClain as Grace Ryder, Jim Parrack as Judd Ryder, Natacha Karem as Marjan Marwani, and Brian Michael Smith as Paul Strickland. Rafael L. Silva is Carlos Reyes, Julian Works is Mateo Chavez, and Brianna Baker plays Nancy Gillian.

Roxanna Brusso guest stars in episode eight.

“Control Freaks” Plot: The 126 must rescue a father/son involved in drivers ed lesson gone haywire, then encounter a self-help guru who has lost his self-control. Meanwhile, Owen turns into a “Dadzilla” in helping plan T.K. and Carlos’ wedding,...

A new clip for 9-1-1: Lone Star season 4 teases more drama on the horizon between Carlos and Tk. 9-1-1: Lone Star premiered on Fox in January 2020 and has since become one of the network's most popular ongoing cable series. Created by Brad Falchuk, Tim Minear, and Ryan Murphy, the 9-1-1 spinoff series follows a New York firefighter who relocates himself and his son to Austin, Texas, where they work to save people's lives while trying to solve their own personal problems. When it comes to the latter, one of the show's most beloved storylines is the relationship between Carlos and Tk.

In a clip for 9-1-1: Lone Star season 4, released by Fox, it is revealed that Carlos is hiding a new secret from Tk ahead of the couple's upcoming wedding.

The clip shows Carlos, one of 9-1-1: Lone Star's main characters, eating a meal with his mother,...

Neal Caffrey is moving on.

The latest promo for White Collar‘s upcoming fifth season (premiering Oct. 17) features the con man getting very close with a new redhead — as in locking-lips close.

As previously reported, Legend of the Seeker alum Bridget Regan will recur as an expert in rare books and love interest for Neal, who may just corrupt the gal per the sneak peek below.

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• With Dexter‘s penultimate episode bowing this Sunday at 9/8c, Showtime has assembled a lengthy promo that comprises a single moment from each of the previous 94 installments.

Network: NBC, TNT

Episodes: 43 (hour)

Seasons: Five

TV show dates: April 9, 2009 -- April 17, 2013

Series status: Cancelled by NBC, Cancelled by TNT

Performers include: Kevin Alejandro, Arija Bareikis, Michael Cudlitz, Shawn Hatosy, Regina King, Michael McGrady, Benjamin McKenzie, Tom Everett Scott, Emily Bergl, Patrick Fischler, Lex Medlin, C. Thomas Howell, Emily Swallow, Carla Jeffery, Lori Alan, and Roxana Brusso.

TV show description:

From the beaches of wealthy Malibu to the streets of urban East Los Angeles, this fast-moving drama takes viewers inside the lives of cops, criminals, victims and their families.

John Cooper (Michael Cudlitz) is a seasoned and gruff Lapd officer who's assigned to train Ben Sherman (Ben McKenzie), a young rookie from a wealthy background. Cooper's honest and no-nonsense approach to his job -- "You do what they teach you in the...

The "Touch" season finale airs on May 31 and Zap2it chatted with star Roxana Brusso who plays Sheri. There have been some big turns for her character, including finding out that she works for Astercor. Brusso gives us a look at what's coming.

Brusso tells us about Amelia and what her reality means for the show. "You know that Amelia did exist, that something happened to her, and that she might still be alive. So, that stuff is coming to play, especially in Martin's (Kiefer Sutherland) life and Jake's (David Mazouz). Because, we know that, like Jake, Amelia was the same way. The board and care facility ended up taking her away, and nobody has seen her since. Also, Martin is realizing that there are a lot of people out there that know about children like Jake, and that they want to take him away. So he is going to...

Tim Kring’s Touch started off as a mediocre drama that packaged coincidence together with logic and wrapped it up in a tiny little box of autism. However, if you stuck with the drama, which I thankfully did, you were exposed to quite possibly the best feel-good drama of the 2012 TV season. Touch is a series that makes you think that the impossible can happen and that the problems of the world, specifically your own, can be fixed if the right sequence of events fall into the correct ratio. Sure, sometimes the scenarios can be outlandish. Sometimes you may get hit with a story arc that takes place in outer space, but has something to do with the buying and selling of children. Yet, these far-fetched situations seamlessly ground the show in one word – hope. Something we can all use.

Touch heads into its 2-hour finale with several looming questions.

Why is Sheri (Roxana Brusso) using the Amelia sequence to break Jake's (David Mazouz) brain? Why is the company searching among autistic kids to find the 36 righteous ones? That's the big question that's came out of this week's "Touch."

The stories about how we're all connected continue on and are as compelling as always. They say that, as humans, we have a deep need to find patterns and the show draws that out. We thrill to find out that we really are (if the show is to be believed) all one step away from each other. The show's conceit is that Jake really does have some power that is beyond just being good at math. His mind just knows what's going to happen and sees the pattern.

So, what are the 36 righteous ones? Why are they searching for them among autistic kids? Is it because they see the world in a completely different way?...

Kiefer Sutherland (24) and Fox will continue their long relationship into next season. Touch, the actor's newest TV series, has been renewed for a second season.

Touch follows the tale of Martin Bohm (Sutherland) and his struggle to connect with his young autistic son (David Mazouz), a boy who sees patterns that connect the people and events of the world. Other castmembers include Danny Glover, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, and Roxana Brusso.

The network took a gamble by giving Touch a special premiere in January, two months before the show would start airing regularly. The initial episode's performance was solid with a 3.9 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 12.01 million total viewers. But, would that audience remember to tune in again in mid-March?

They did, or at least most of them did. Touch returned on Thursday, March 22nd to a 3.3 rating and...

Sneak Peek new key art supporting the debut of executive producer Kiefer Sutherland's upcoming supernatural TV series "Touch", created by Tim Kring, starring Sutherland, David Mazouz, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Roxana Brusso and Karen David.

From Chernin Entertainment, the new series will preview on Fox, January 25, 2012, with a series premiere scheduled for Monday, March 19, 2012 :

"...'Martin Bohm' (Sutherland), is a former journalist and luggage handler whose wife was killed in the September 11 attacks and 'Jacob "Jake" Bohm' (Mazouz) is an autistic and mute boy who is obsessed with numbers and can predict future events..."

Mazouz also narrates the series.

Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Touch"...

Roxana Brusso has joined the cast of forthcoming Fox drama Touch. The Southland star will appear opposite Kiefer Sutherland in the drama, from Heroes creator Tim Kring. Brusso will play Sheri, a physical therapist who cares for Jake (David Mazouz), the gifted son of Martin Bohm (Sutherland), according to TVLine. In addition to her Southland role and a recurring part on Dirty Sexy Money, the actress has played guest roles on Criminal Minds, Bones and NCIS. Lethal (more)...

The latest helping of TV snacks includes news on a prestigious HBO project, the online version of "Web Therapy" and a midseason Fox drama. Eat up:

- NBC has ordered a comedy pilot starring, co-created by and loosely based on the life of Sarah Silverman. The show will follow Silverman's character as she explores single life again after ending a long-term relationship. She wrote the pilot script with Dan Sterling and Jon Schroeder, who worked with her on "The Sarah Silverman Program" at Comedy Central. [Deadline]

- Get ready to see even more of Andy Cohen on Bravo. The cable channel will expand its talk show "Watch What Happens: Live" to five nights a week (Sunday-Thursday) starting Jan. 8 (which presumably means more non-Bravo guests). Cohen also has a new executive title at Bravo and will focus on developing new original shows. [Bravo]

- Ewan McGregor has taken his first regular role on...

Sarah Silverman’s buzzy comedy pilot has been given the green light by NBC. Per Deadline, the untitled potential series — loosely based on the comic’s own life — centers on a woman readjusting to being single after getting out of a serious relationship.

Silverman co-wrote the project, which Ron Howard will executive-produce.

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• Ewan McGregor (Moulin Rouge!) has joined the cast of the HBO drama pilot The Corrections, playing the middle-aged son of Chris Cooper and Dianne Wiest’s respective characters, Deadline reports. The project, based on the acclaimed Jonathan Franzen novel,...

A hardcase detective from Southland is coming to Fox’s big new Kiefer Sutherland drama.

Roxana Brusso has joined the Touch cast in a recurring role as Sheri, a tough, former biker with a heart of gold. She’s the director and physical therapist at a facility that cares for Jake — the mysteriously gifted autistic son of Sutherland’s single father character. In addition to playing Detective Alicia Fernandez on Southland, Brusso had a role on ABC’s Dirty Sexy Money.

Touch is from Heroes creator Tim Kring and it was considered one of the strongest drama scripts around during pilot season.

A no-nonsense cop drama, Southland revolves around a group of Lapd officers. Armed with their experience and firearms, they take on all manners of problems on the streets of Los Angeles. The series stars an ensemble of both new and familiar faces like Benjamin McKenzie, Kevin Alejandro, Arija Bareikis, Michael Cudlitz, Shawn Hatosy, Regina King, Michael McGrady, Tom Everett Scott, Emily Bergl, Patrick Fischler, Lex Medlin, C. Thomas Howell, Emily Swallow, Carla Jeffery, Lori Alan, and Roxana Brusso.

As fans of the show know all too well, NBC cancelled Southland before its second season even began airing. Production was shut down after only six episodes of year two were produced. Thankfully, TNT picked it up and agreed to air season two and re-air season one. If they performed well enough, TNT would consider a third season.

The ratings haven't been terrible but they haven't...

Though NBC has axed Southland before its second season could premiere, the producers aren't giving up on it. They just need to find the drama a new home.

If you weren't watching last season, Southland revolves around a bunch of cops on the Lapd. Armed with their experience and firearms, they take on all manners of problems on the streets of Los Angeles. The series stars an ensemble of both new faces and TV veterans like Benjamin McKenzie, Kevin Alejandro, Arija Bareikis, Michael Cudlitz, Shawn Hatosy, Regina King, Michael McGrady, Tom Everett Scott, Emily Bergl, Patrick Fischler, Lex Medlin, C. Thomas Howell, Emily Swallow, Carla Jeffery, Lori Alan, and Roxana Brusso.

Southland made a decent debut last season but viewership cooled as the season progressed. NBC renewed it for a second season even though the programmers knew they didn't have an appropriate place for...