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JoBlo’s own Chris Bumbray has made it clear that he’s a big fan of the 1994 sci-fi action film No Escape, so when he had the chance to speak with legendary producer Gale Anne Hurd recently, he couldn’t let the opportunity to talk to her about the movie go by – and as it turns out, by mentioning No Escape, he opened the door to also discussing how director Martin Campbell got the job to direct the James Bond film GoldenEye, the 1991 made-for-hbo horror noir Cast a Deadly Spell, and the possibility of a Cast a Deadly Spell TV series!

When Bumbray told Hurd that he’s a big fan of No Escape, she confirmed that she loves the movie as well and said, “It was actually my second collaboration with (director) Martin Campbell; the first one was an HBO movie called Cast a Deadly Spell. … I’ve just worked with some amazing people.

Michael McGrath, the veteran stage actor who received a Tony Award for his performance in the musical Nice Work If You Can Get It, has died. He was 65.

McGrath died unexpectedly in his sleep Thursday at his home in Bloomfield, New Jersey, his publicist told The Hollywood Reporter. No cause of death has been determined.

A regular in Broadway and off-Broadway musicals and musical comedy productions, McGrath had starring turns in Plaza Suite, Tootsie, Memphis, Born Yesterday and Wonderful Town. He was also the first actor to play Patsy, King Arthur’s long-suffering sidekick, in Spamalot, which earned him his first Tony nomination.

“Very saddened to hear that Michael McGrath, our first and most beloved Patsy in Spamalot, has passed away,” Idle wrote on X, formerly Twitter. “Warm hugs to all the Spamalot family and very happy memories of a lovely man.”

McGrath was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, on Sept.

A new set of 24 “Viral Monologues” from The 24 Hour Plays will be available on Instagram tonight, with actors Daveed Diggs, Michael Shannon, Clark Gregg, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Dylan Baker, Danny Pudi and Josh Hamilton, among others, performing monologues written by playwrights including Jonathan Marc Sherman, Eric Bogosian and Stephen Adly Guirgis.

See the complete list of performers and writers below. The new round of monologues will begin at 6 pm/Et, with a new one posted every 15 minutes until midnight on Instagram and The 24 Hour Plays website (see links below).

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The first round of monologues hit Instagram last week, with actors including Patrick Wilson, Rachel Dratch and Hugh Dancy,...

ABC’s “Thirtysomething” sequel series, “Thirtysomething(else),” has added two more original cast members.

Melanie Mayron and Polly Draper will return to star in the pilot, reprising their roles as Melissa Steadman and Ellyn Warren, and will have recurring arcs should the project go to series.

They join other original cast-members Ken Olin, Mel Harris, Timothy Busfield and Patricia Wettig. New cast includes Auden Thornton and Chris Wood.

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“Apparently, raising children (even grown children) never ends, but who could have known how hard it would be for them to raise their parents?” reads the sequel’s description from ABC.

“Thirtysomething” originally ran from 1987-1991 for four seasons and a total of 85 hourlong episodes, earning 13 Emmy Awards out of 41 nominations, including Best Drama. It also won two Golden Globes.

The drama series highlighted a tight-knit group of baby boomers living in Philadelphia,...

Chris Wood has been cast as the star of ABC’s “Thirtysomething(else)” pilot, the sequel to the network’s 1987 series from Marshall Herskovitz and Edward Zwick.

Wood will play the son of Hope and Michael in the new show, which follows a new cast of actors playing the 30-something-year-old children of the original cast. Returning original cast members include Ken Olin (Michael Steadman), Mel Harris (Hope Murdoch), Timothy Busfield (Elliot Weston) and Patty Wettig (Nancy Weston) returning.

Wood is the first new cast member to be announced.

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“Apparently, raising children (even grown children) never ends, but who could have known how hard it would be for them to raise their parents?” reads the sequel’s description from ABC.

“thirtysomething” originally ran from 1987-1991 for four seasons and a total of 85 hourlong episodes,...

ABC has picked up “thirysomething(else)” to pilot, the sequel to the network’s “thirtysomething” series from Marshall Herskovitz and Edward Zwick.

The new show will follow an new cast of actors playing the 30-something year-old children of the original cast, with Ken Olin (Michael Steadman), Mel Harris (Hope Murdoch), Timothy Busfield (Elliot Weston) and Patty Wettig (Nancy Weston) returning.

The new cast has yet to be announced.

“Apparently, raising children (even grown children) never ends, but who could have known how hard it would be for them to raise their parents?” according to ABC’s description.

“thirtysomething” originally ran from 1987-1991 for four seasons and a total of 85 hourlong episodes, and earned 13 Emmy Awards out of 41 nominations, including Best Drama. It also won two Golden Globes.

The Pretty Little Liars franchise is coming to an end for now. Freeform has opted not to renew Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists for a second season.

There were high expectations for the spinoff from Freeform’s biggest hit, Pretty Little Liars, which starred PLL alums Sasha Pieterse and Janel Parrish reprising their roles and hailed from the same auspices as the original series, writer/executive producer I. Marlene King, Alloy Entertainment and Warner Horizon Scripted Television.

But the new series, based on the popular book series The Perfectionists written by Pll author Sara Shepard, could not come close to the blockbuster ratings success and social media popularity of Pll. Its first season averaged 260,000 Live+same viewers and a 0.12 rating in adults 18-49. Judging by the cancellation decision by Freeform, Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists likely did not make up for the modest live viewing with substantial DVR and streaming bumps.

Freeform has slotted Wednesday, March 20 at 8 Pm for the premiere its anticipated spinoff series Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists. The network also released a first- look trailer for the spinoff during its presentation today at TCA. Watch it above.

In Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists, everything about the town of Beacon Heights seems perfect, from its top-tier college to its overachieving residents—but nothing in Beacon Heights is as it appears to be. When the high-stakes environment pushes the residents to a breaking point, someone snaps and kills someone. As they work together to solve the murder mystery, it soon becomes clear that behind every Perfectionist is a secret, a lie—and a needed alibi.

The spinoff hails from the same auspices as the original series, writer/executive producer I. Marlene King, Alloy Entertainment and Warner Horizon Scripted Television, and it is based on the popular book series The Perfectionists,...

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Pretty Little Liars was messy, flawed and was never going to end neatly, but that's why Caroline loved it to death...

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I don’t think I’ve ever loved a perfect show. I find it impossible to connect with ‘prestige’ dramas, and have always gravitated towards messy, flawed shows over The Sopranos and The Wires of the world. Pretty Little Liars is one of those shows, sometimes at its best and worst within the same scene, and a story whose constantly conflicting genres have angered fans and critics time and time again.

But it’s finished now, and I’ve seen as many lists of stupid stuff that went down as I have think-pieces about how it changed television forever without anyone really noticing. I agree with both, and I also have...

Sneak Peek footage from "One Last Goodbye", the Season Finale episode of the teen thriller, romance TV series "Pretty Little Liars", airing June 27, 2017 on Freeform:

"..seven seasons of secrets come tumbling out in the two-hour series finale of Freeform's original TV series “Pretty Little Liars,” airing June 27, 2017.

"Immediately following the finale, series cast Troian Bellisario, Ashley Benson, Lucy Hale, Shay Mitchell and Sasha Pieterse, as well as executive producer I. Marlene King...

"...will sit down for an hour-long uncensored tell-all after-show to discuss all of the series’ tightly held secrets, behind-the-scenes insights, and top moments..."

"...fans have followed the story of 'Aria', 'Spencer', 'Emily', 'Alison' and 'Hanna' as they navigated high school, love, loss, adulthood, and of course, numerous masterminds who want nothing more than to destroy them.

"It’s a miracle that they’ve been able to find any happiness along the way. But as the show comes to an end,...

Tuesday’s Pretty Little Liars took viewers back to a familiar scene: a recreation of the original flash forward from the closing moments of the Season 6A finale — although we didn’t get there the way anyone expected to.

VideosPretty Little Liars Series Finale Promo Teases A.D.’s Reveal, Aria’s Wedding Woes, Wren’s Killer Return and More

Rather than having the scene — in which the Liars entered Alison’s classroom in a panic — play out in real time as part of the story, it was shown as a dream that Emily had about Ali. Executive producer...

Who killed Charlotte? The answer is finally revealed in the penultimate episode of Pretty Little Liars, which also features Aria talking to the dead body in her trunk, Spencer and Caleb entering an underground tunnel via a pie restaurant and a literal gas leak to explain stray plot points. If the best and worst of seven seasons of Pretty Little Liars could be distilled down into one episode, that episode would probably look a lot like "Farewell My Lovely."

This episode is the series' bow for writer and director Joseph Dougherty, and it manages to include some great bits of dialogue that really speak to the snappy lines usually found in his episodes. Unfortunately, the episode also has a whole lot of work to do, and at times it feels like it's buckling under the strain of all that exposition.

In this episode of Pretty Little Liars, Aria turns to the dark side of the force with the help of the world's most terrifying Snapchat filter, Spencer realizes a grave error, Emily and Ali come to a decision and Hanna finally recruits the smartest person in Rosewood to help play the game. 

"In the Eye Abides the Heart" was written by executive producer Joseph Dougherty and directed by Spencer Hastings herself, Troian Bellisario. Every frame of the episode and every line of dialogue speaks to the love these two have for this show.

The Pretty Little Liars stars greeted excited fans at Saturday's PaleyFest event, which took place at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. Ashley Benson, Tyler Blackburn, Shay Mitchell, Andrea Parker, Janel Parrish, Sasha Pieterse and Ian Harding, as well as creator and showrunner I. Marlene King and executive producer Joseph Dougherty were in attendance to dish on the last 10 episodes of the hit Freeform series, which comes to its conclusion this summer after its seven-season…...

Several of Rosewood’s finest assembled Saturday at Los Angeles’ Dolby Theatre to tease the final 10 episodes of Pretty Little Liars, which showrunner Marlene King considers a “love letter to the fans.”

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For starters, we’ve got good news — and bad news — for your favorite couples: “All the end games will be the end games,” King promised, though she was quick to clarify that “no one will get there super easily.”

Added executive producer Joseph Dougherty, “Without hurdles, the prize is not worthy. You have to earn your happy endings.

Melding together genres seldom works. It’s a delicate balancing act; tone is key, and when either (or both) are off the whole thing can come crashing down. By 1991, HBO was already offering up original programming and decided to create a whole new sub genre – horror noir. The result was Cast a Deadly Spell, a very entertaining and perfectly concocted mixture of 1940s detective story and supernatural terror. And when the balance is right, like it is here, the results are sublime.

Originally airing on HBO on Saturday, September 7th, CaDS was met with critical acclaim as a riotous mashup of Bogart and the Dark Arts, treating audiences to a unique blend of murder and magic.

Let’s open up our sacred book of incantations, TV Guide, and see what we’re in for:

Cast A Deadly Spell (HBO, Sept. 7th)

L.A., 1948. Private eye Harry Philip Lovecraft is hired...

The Pretty Little Liars kicked off their farewell tour at the Television Critics Association winter press tour on Tuesday — but maybe it’s not goodbye forever?

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“I think we live in this fabulous world where there are so many ways to revisit characters and worlds,” executive producer I. Marlene King said of a potential reunion after the Freeform drama airs its final 10 episodes later this year. “I feel like we’ll find a way to bring these characters and this world back together at some point in time.

A.C.T. favorite and Academy Award nominee, David Strathairn Underneath the Lintel at A.C.T. film 'Good Night, and Good Luck,' 'Lincoln,' 'The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel', returns to American Conservatory Theater A.C.T. for a three-week engagement of Joseph Dougherty's Chester Bailey beginning today, May 25at A.C.T.'s Strand Theater. The production is currently scheduled to run through June 12.

Last week’s episode of “Pretty Little Liars” ended on a huge cliffhanger, with Aria and Spencer discovering a mysterious ladder leading to the depths of Radley in Sara Harvey’s hotel room. “Down there are more secrets, more explanations, more information about Charlotte, and more information about the really twisted, convoluted history of Radley,” executive producer Joseph Dougherty said in an interview with TheWrap. And just because the former sanitarium has undergone renovations, that doesn’t mean there aren’t “dark and dangerous things” left to be discovered. Also read: 'Pretty Little Liars' Star Ian Harding on...

Charlie Craig, who served as writer/consulting producer on the second season of Pretty Little Liars, is returning to the hit series, his return launching ABC Family’s transformation into Freeform on January 12. Craig will serve as executive producer/co-showrunner on Season 7 of Pll alongside fellow executive producers/co-showrunners Marlene King and Oliver Goldstick. Joe Dougherty also executive produces. For the past two seasons, Craig worked on the CW drama series The 10…...

Sneak Peek footage from "Of Late I Think of Rosewood", written by Joseph Dougherty and directed by Ron Lagomarsino,  the eleventh episode of the sixth season of the ABC Family mystery drama series "Pretty Little Liars", airing January 12, 2016:

"...picking up five years after we last saw the 'Liars', the girls are not the same people they were when they left 'Rosewood'. Having pursued their own paths and adjusting to a life without 'A', how will they be able to cope when something happens in Rosewood that forces them to go back to where it all started?

"Torn between their old habits and their new lives, the Liars must stick around, and stick together, as relationships are once again put to the test and new secrets are revealed..."

Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Pretty Little Liars: Of Late I Think Of Rosewood"...

Last weekend, as part of PaleyFest New York, the cast and creators of "Pretty Little Liars" sat down to talk about the upcoming second half of the soapy drama's sixth season. The ABC Family original series started in 2010 with four girls whose friend Alison seemed to be blackmailing them from beyond the grave. Since then, countless questions have been asked and answered, we finally know who A is (it's Cece!), Ezra and Aria are finally over (maybe?), and the girls can finally move on with their lives now that the drama is over (not likely). Read More: Joss Whedon and the 'Dr. Horrible's Sing-a-Long Blog' Cast Wouldn't Change A Thing (Except Maybe the Godzilla Thing) The panel was composed of stars Troian Bellisario, Ashley Benson, Lucy Hale and Sasha Pieterse, as well as Executive Producers Oliver Goldstick and Joe Dougherty, and I. Marlene King, the show's creator.  They discussed some of their on-set memories,...

No, Pretty Little Liars fans, the series is not ending with the second half of season six. But while 6B has yet to premiere, season seven could be the show’s last. And if that’s the case, there is already a plan in motion. That tidbit and many others were teased at the Pretty Little Liars PaleyFest panel on Sunday evening. Stars Sasha Pieterse, Troian Bellisario, Ashley Benson, and Lucy Hale were on hand, along with creator I. Marlene King and producers Joseph Dougherty and Oliver Goldstick, to answer fan questions and steer conversation as far away from potential spoilers as possible.“I think the fans will stay with us for so many more seasons, I really do,” King said, getting nods of approval from many in the PaleyFest audience. “But I think, as a group, we’ll make a decision on when it’s time to end, and...

Despite a controversial Season 6A finale, the Pretty Little Liars panel at New York Comic Con was overflowing with fans seeking any information they could get about their favorite Liars. In that regard, they were largely disappointed — creator I. Marlene King and producers Oliver Goldstick and Joseph Dougherty shared very few secrets during the panel, though we did get a premiere date (January 12). The first four minutes of the Season 6B premiere were also shown — and we now know for sure just how much the show's time jump has changed the titular characters. What was surprising to learn, though, was that some of the most significant changes were requested by the actresses themselves.“I think they were really ready to play their own ages,” King said, when asked about the origins of the time jump. “If you’ve noticed, they haven’t been sitting in their desks for the last...

Three of ABC Family’s biggest dramas — Pretty Little Liars, Stitchers and the upcoming supernatural series Shadowhunters — are making tracks for New York Comic-Con this fall.

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The network’s Nycc plan begins Friday, Oct. 9 with back-to-back panels for Stitchers and Pretty Little Liars at 11/10c in room 1A06. Stitchers‘ entire cast — including Emma Ishta and Kyle Harris, whose character flat-lined at the end of the Season 1 finale — will appear alongside its creator to discuss Season 2 and unveil select...

A.C.T. favorite and Academy Award nominee, David Strathairn Underneath the Lintel at A.C.T. film 'Good Night, and Good Luck,' 'Lincoln,' 'The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel', returns to American Conservatory Theater A.C.T. for a special three-week engagement of Joseph Dougherty's Chester Bailey May 25-June 2, 2016 at A.C.T.'s Strand Theater.

Who's afraid of the big bad "A"?

Pretty much everyone on Pretty Little Liars. But who is the puppet master pulling the strings all season? Who killed Mona, who framed Alison, and who set up Aria, Spencer, Hanna and Emily as accessories to the crime?

We know he/she has a wardrobe full of black hoodies and collects creepy dolls, and the Pll powers that be have promised we'll find out A's identity during Tuesday's finale. In the meantime, here's what People has learned about the mysterious murderer from interviews with stars Shay Mitchell (Emily), Sasha Pieterse (Ali), Cody Christian...

All good things have to eventually stop stringing you along, and the secrets are coming out on Pretty Little Liars. The ABC Family superhit is slowly getting down to details, and next week that is going to mean the much-hyped #BigAReveal… which, let’s face it, could mean anything.

One thing it means for certain is that the Liars are going to do their best Orange is the New Black impression, which, oddly enough actually provides a more meaningful use of the term, because the Liars will be styling it up.

Like so –

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Don’t miss this season finale, which is clearly going to have people talking for quite a while.

I’m not saying I know the details of the secrets and/or reveals that will be coming, but it’s going to be one that will have fans reeling.

“A” Wants You To...

There was no order in this courtroom.

Tuesday's episode of Pretty Little Liars saw the start of Alison's (Sasha Pieterse) trial for Mona's (Janel Parrish) murder, but we didn't really learn anything new the proceedings. Instead, the state's team tried to drum up melodrama and air dirty laundry, painting Ali as a manipulative, soulless ringleader who took high school cattiness way too far.

Yeah, that's an accurate portrait – and that's exactly what Big "A" was counting on.

Read on to learn what happened in Rosewood, and don't forget to tell us who you think A is in the comments section...

There was no order in this courtroom. Tuesday's episode of Pretty Little Liars saw the start of Alison's (Sasha Pieterse) trial for Mona's (Janel Parrish) murder, but we didn't really learn anything new the proceedings. Instead, the state's team tried to drum up melodrama and air dirty laundry, painting Ali as a manipulative, soulless ringleader who took high school cattiness way too far. Yeah, that's an accurate portrait - and that's exactly what Big "A" was counting on. Read on to learn what happened in Rosewood, and don't forget to tell us who you think A is in the comments...

Sneak Peek images from the season finale of the series "Pretty Little Liars" and the episode titled "Welcome To The Dollhouse", starring Troian Bellisario, Ashley Benson, Tyler Blackburn, Lucy Hale, Ian Harding, Laura Leighton, Shay Mitchell, Janel Parrish and Sasha Pieterse, airing March 24, 2015 on ABC Family:

"...'A' has always had fun playing with 'Aria', 'Emily', 'Hanna' and 'Spencer', but now the biggest game to date is in store for the girls. As shocking secrets come to light and the biggest clue to the 'A' mystery is revealed, is this one playdate the 'Liars' can survive?..."

Produced by Alloy Entertainment in association with Warner Horizon Television, the series is executive produced by I. Marlene King, Oliver Goldstick, Leslie Morgenstein and Joseph Dougherty.

Click the images to enlarge...

While most fans of Pretty Little Liars know Keegan Allen as Toby Canavaugh, who has spent much of his time on the fringe of A’s cohort, there’s a side of him they may not be familiar. And that’s his life behind the lens, as a photographer and author of his new book, life.love.beauty.

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His new book -- available Feb. 3, 2015 (St. Martin’s Press) -- is actually a photo journal, which the actor has been working on since he was 10 years old. And like the title suggests, it’s an exploration of life, love, and beauty that permeates in so many different ways. “I wanted it to be an experience that everyone could kind of be a part of,” Allen tells ETonline. “Half the book is what it is right now and the other half is the interaction with everyone that's...

Sneak Peek footage, plus images from the next episode of ABC Family's "Pretty Little Liars", the teen drama mystery/thriller TV series, based on the novels by author Sara Shepard, and the episode titled "Oh, What Hard Luck Stories They All Hand Me", written and directed by Joseph Dougherty, airing February 3, 2015:

"...'Aria', 'Emily', 'Hanna' and 'Spencer' have been burned before by newcomers to 'Rosewood', so it’s no surprise the four ladies are wary when someone new crosses their path.

"Spencer lets down her guard a bit as she spends more time with 'Jonny' and 'Emily' continues to try and figure out 'Talia' as she keeps getting mixed signals from her co-workers.

"When 'Mona' friend 'Lesli' shows up in town, Hanna is tasked to get her back story and find out if Lesli is really who she says she is. Are the girls wise to keep an eye on everyone,...

Hello! While Vulture’s intrepid Pretty Little Liars power-ranker Jessica Goldstein is on Parks and Rec vacation, I will be filling in as your interim Pll recapper. The grading system for best Liar belongs to her, so while she’s on that Leslie Knope beat, I will instead compose the Pretty Little Liars Aggro-List. In a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter, the show’s executive producer Joseph Dougherty revealed that the rest of the winter season will feature “the most aggressive storytelling [the show has] ever done.” Of course, we know he means that the stakes will be higher, but then again, we’ve never known these girls to be timid. Each week until Jessica’s return, I’ll be cataloguing the episode’s five most aggressive moments — from bizarre hookups to A’s latest antics.In “Fresh Meat,” Ali has been moved to Chester Women’s Correctional Facility, but the only...

Sneak Peek footage from the Winter Season Premiere episode of the teen mystery thriller series "Pretty Little Liars", titled "Through a Glass, Darkly", written by Joseph Dougherty, Lijah J. Barasz and directed by Chad Lowe, airing January 6, 2015 on ABC Family:

"...'Aria', 'Emily', 'Hanna' and 'Spencer' are determined to prove 'Alison' killed 'Mona'..."

Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Pretty Little Liars"...

The York Theatre Company, dedicated to the development of new musicals and preserving musical gems from the past, concludes the Fall 2014 Musicals in Mufti Series with the first New York revival and world premiere of a new re-imagined version of the 1992 musical, My Favorite Year, with book by Joseph Dougherty, lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, and music by Stephen Flaherty, based on the motion picture by Dennis Palumbo and Norman Steinberg. The limited engagement of My Favorite Year will play 5 performances only this weekend, December 5-7, 2014 at The York Theatre Company's home at Saint Peter's Entrance on East 54th Street, just east of Lexington Avenue.

Meet the Cast and Creative Team of The York Theatre Company's Musicals in Mufti presentation of the first New York revival and world premiere of a new re-imagined version of the 1992 musical, My Favorite Year The show features book by Joseph Dougherty, lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, and music by Stephen Flaherty, based on the motion picture My Favorite Year, courtesy of Turner Entertainment Co., with story by Dennis Palumbo and screenplay by Norman Steinberg and Dennis Palumbo.

The York Theatre Company, dedicated to the development of new musicals and preserving musical gems from the past, concludes the Fall 2014 Musicals in Mufti Series with the first New York revival and world premiere of a new re-imagined version of the 1992 musical, My Favorite Year, with book by Joseph Dougherty, lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, and music by Stephen Flaherty, based on the motion picture by Dennis Palumbo and Norman Steinberg. The limited engagement of My Favorite Year will play 5 performances only December 5-7, 2014 at The York Theatre Company's home at Saint Peter's Entrance on East 54th Street, just east of Lexington Avenue.

Welcome to the Spoiler Room, a safe place for spoiler addicts to come on a weekly basis to learn what’s coming next on their favorite shows and, hopefully, get a few of their own questions answered. If you want scoop on a specific show, send your questions to spoilerroom@ew.com.

We are two weeks away from the Pretty Little Liars season-five summer finale with producers already teasing a #FatalFinale. And considering that, at this time last year, fans found out about Ezra’s pretty little secret and everything changed, there’s no telling what the writers have in store for us this year.

Just 99 episodes ago, Pretty Little Liars fans were introduced to the world of Alison Dilaurentis and the four Liars she left behind when she “died.” Five seasons later, we’ve followed those Liars through journeys of love, loss, betrayal, and lots of confusion, all of which peaked when Alison came back from the dead in season four.

However, Ali’s transition back to life in Rosewood has been anything but smooth. Aria accidentally killed Shana, someone murdered Mrs. D, and we still have no idea who’s in Alison’s grave. So with a number of mysteries left to solve,...

It’s almost time to re-enter Rosewood, a place where cyberbullies reign, high schoolers come back from the dead, and more than one member of the Dilaurentis family has been dragged to a grave. And after the Pretty Little Liars season 4 finale left us with a wounded Ezra and a potentially dead Mrs. D, season 5 will pick up right where we left off: On the way to the hospital and full of questions. So what now?

First things first, EW paid a visit to the Pll set to try and get some of those questions answered before the emotional trauma of another season begins.

The "Pretty Little Liars" producers have said it over and over again, but the Season 4 finale, "A is for Answers," really is going to lay rest to a lot of the questions lingering regarding Alison Dilaurentis' disappearance -- and reappearance.

What will we learn? "Not everything," producer Oliver Goldstick tells Zap2it on the red carpet at the show's Paleyfest panel. "We've got to leave something for Season 5," he jokes, "but you'll get some very nice answers you've waited a long time for. You've waited 95 episodes to hear what happened that night and you'll get some real definitive answers."

But, as creator I. Marlene King points out, "As 'Pll' does so well, answers bring up new questions."

For starters: Once we learn the identity of the person who buried Ali -- who is not the one who hit Ali -- we're going to wonder a lot about said person's motivations.

Pretty Little Liars airs its Season 4 finale on Tuesday, March 18. Can't wait to find out what's going to happen? You're in luck. The cast and creators of the show were on hand at this weekend's Paleyfest event in Hollywood and BuddyTV was there to ask for any hints we could get. Check out interviews with the cast, including Troian Bellisario, Shay Mitchell, Lucy Hale, Sasha Pieterse, Janel Parrish and Keegan Allen, as well as executive producers Oliver Goldstick, Joseph Dougherty and I. Marlene King. ...

Shhhh. EW is spilling the secrets from the Pretty Little Liars PaleyFest panel Sunday at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. But you’ll have to keep them…and take them to the grave!

The panel featured executive producers Marlene King, Joe Dougherty and Oliver Goldstick, along with stars Troian Bellisario (Spencer); Ashley Benson (Hanna); Lucy Hale (Aria); Shay Mitchell (Emily); Sasha Pieterse (Ali); Ian Harding (Ezra); Janel Parrish (Mona) and Keegan Allen (Toby).

Amid the screams of the teenage girls in the 2,000-person audience, the panel was peppered with questions such as details about Keegan Allen’s abs; Ian Harding...

[Warning: Some spoilers ahead.] Ahead of the season-four finale, the Pretty Little Liars stars and creative team took some time on a Sunday afternoon to revisit the past and look ahead to the future on day four of PaleyFest. With production kicking into gear on the fifth season in just a little over a week, stars Lucy Hale, Ashley Benson, Troian Bellisario, Shay Mitchell, Ian Harding, Sasha Pieterse, Janel Parrish and Keegan Allen reunited with executive producers Marlene King, Oliver Goldstick and Joseph Dougherty in front of an enthusiastic (and female-skewed) crowd at the Dolby Theatre in

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In addition to two sneak peek clips from next week's episode, titled "Free Fall," Zap2it has a few spoilers for the end of Season 4b, "Pretty Little Liars" fans.

In the clips below, Hanna and Emily are nervous about revealing what they know (or think they know) about Mr. Fitz to Aria, and an ABC Family source tells us in "Free Fall," there's a bit of a hitch in that regard: "Hanna and Emily take a step back and say, 'Maybe it's not as black and white as Spencer says it is.'"

Ep Joseph Dougherty adds that it has to do with "Spencer's problem with her Adderall."

Here are a few more juicy tidbits about the final few Season 4 episodes, courtesy of Dougherty and costume designer Mandi Line:

"There's a fashion event that happens in [episode] 23." -- Dougherty"Lucy you'll see is very Madonna circa '87. You have Aria rock 'n' roll,...

The list of cast members attending this year’s PaleyFest is here, and it’s full of fan favorites. Mindy Kaling and Chris Messina will be there to (hopefully) talk about where their on-screen romance is going, Josh Holloway and Henry Ian Cusick will be among the actors appearing on the 10-year Lost reunion panel, and ABC Family fans should be happy to hear that three out of four Pretty Little Liars will be spilling secrets at their show’s panel.

Tickets for the individual panels can be purchased here, but take a look at the entire list of who’s speaking below first:

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Gangsters, gumshoes and gunshots galore? Best. Drug-induced. Hallucination. Ever.

With the evidence against Ezra (Ian Harding) piling up, and the amount of pills in Spencer’s (Troian Bellisario) tummy at an all-time high, there was only one place left for the residents of Rosewood to go from here: a black-and-white movie! Yes, the Feb. 11 episode of Pretty Little Liars shifted into a full-on tribute to film noir — and a beautiful one at that.

‘Pretty Little Liars’: 5 Game-Changing Reveals

While I wasn’t sure totally which parts were actually happening, and which parts were merely part of Spencer’s hallucination — for example, I’m pretty sure Hanna (Ashley Benson) doesn’t work for the phone company – here were the biggest moments from the episode that I think happened:

1. Ezra told Toby (Keegan Allen) that, not only is Alison (Sasha Pieterse) alive, but Spencer knows where to find her.

2. Ezra told...

The "Pretty Little Liars" film noir episode may have viewers wondering what exactly was real within the the canon of the show, since the transporting back to the 1940s took place in Spencer's sleep-deprived, Adderall-fueled brain. Executive producer Joseph Dougherty clears things up for Zap2it -- sort of.

"What is real and what's not real and what counts and doesn't count -- I've been getting that a lot on Twitter," says Dougherty, with Zap2it specifically wondering about the Paige-Emily romance, since a steamy on-screen scene between them has not been shown before on "Liars." Dougherty says while it may not have been real-real, it was emotionally real.

"I think every moment that's in there is emotionally real. In my mind, Paige and Emily have been together that way, we've just not seen it before," says Dougherty. "These are two characters who I don't think we've ever seen in that kind of romantic situation,...

"Pretty Little Liars" film noir episode airs Tuesday (Feb. 11), which will transport viewers back in time to the gritty mystery movies of the 1940s. Executive producer Joseph Dougherty, who wrote and directed the episode, tells Zap2it that he never intended this to be a send-up of those films. This is the real deal.

"It was never meant to be a parody, we always wanted it to look and feel as if it was real -- and for the most part, it's very scrupulously what it would have looked like [back then]," says Dougherty. "I actually wrote that in the script, 'This is not a parody, this is the genuine article.' I wanted to make it real ... [and I said] for this to work, it's going to have to be as beautiful as possible."

That doesn't mean, however, that there aren't references to classic film noir movies, which sometimes even surprised the writer. "I'm...