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Lance Bass is joining the producing team of Scissorhands: A Musical Tribute, the critically acclaimed sold-out theatrical show!

Executive producers Bradley Bredeweg and Kelley Parker (Mad World Inventions) brought the 44-year-old former boybander on board as their show recently extended their run through January 14th at Hollywood’s The Bourbon Room (6356 Hollywood Blvd).

The smash hit jukebox-musical parody – playfully dubbed by Secret Los Angeles as the “show LA just won’t quit” and Ktla called it a “Spectacular stage show” – Scissorhands: A Musical Tribute pays homage to Tim Burton’s iconic 1990 film Edward Scissorhands starring Johnny Depp and features renditions of some of pop music’s biggest songs including What Was I Made For? (Billie Eilish), Dream On (Aerosmith), Uninvited (Alanis Morissette), I’m Every Woman (Chaka Khan), Shallow, I Knew You Were Trouble (Taylor Swift), Shake It Out (Florence + The Machine) and Fast Car (Tracy Chapman).

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Last Friday was a big day for Peter Paige. Two of his shows, Good Trouble on Freeform and Station 19 on ABC, were cancelled on the same day.

Good Trouble, a spin-off of The Fosters, was created by Paige, Joanna Johnson, and Bradley Bredeweg. The drama stars Cierra Ramirez, Tommy Martinez, Emma Hunton, Sherry Cola, Zuri Adele, Josh Pence, Bryan Craig, and Booboo Stewart, and it follows a group of young friends living in an apartment building in Los Angeles. The fifth and final season of the Freeform series resumes on January 2nd.

As for Station 19, Paige and Zoanne Clack are taking over as co-showrunners on the first responder drama's seventh and final season. Starring Jaina Lee Ortiz, Jason George, Grey Damon, Barrett Doss, Jay Hayden, Danielle Savre, Boris Kodjoe, Stefania Spampinato, Carlos Miranda, Josh...

Network: Freeform.

Episodes: Tbd (hour).

Seasons: Five.

TV show dates: January 8, 2018 — Tbd.

Series status: Cancelled.

Performers include: Maia Mitchell, Cierra Ramirez, Zuri Adele, Sherry Cola, Tommy Martinez, Roger Bart, Emma Hunton, Josh Pence, Beau Mirchoff, Bryan Craig, Priscilla Quintana, and Booboo Stewart.

TV show description:

A spin-off of The Fosters from Joanna Johnson and Bradley Bredeweg, the Good Trouble TV show centers on Callie (Mitchell) and Mariana (Ramirez), from the original series. The young women decide to spread their wings and establish themselves as young adults in Los Angeles.

While Mariana pursues her career in the tech world, which favors men, Callie takes a position as a clerk for Judge Wison (Bart),...

Freeform will not be moving forward with new seasons of “Cruel Summer” and “Good Trouble,” Variety has confirmed.

An anthology series, Season 2 of of “Cruel Summer” followed the rise and fall of an intense teenage friendship. “Approaching the story from three different timelines surrounding Y2K, the season twists and turns as it tracks the early friendship between Megan, Isabella and Megan’s best friend Luke, the love triangle that blossomed, and the mystery that would impact all of their lives going forward,” reads the official description.

After making waves with its explosive first season (which averaged multiplatform+35 viewership of 6.8 million viewers per episode) that quickly became the network’s most-watched series ever, Freeform followed up the performance with a fast Season 2 renewal in 2021 — a move Freeform president Tara Duncan called an “easy decision” at the time.

Variety previously reported on creator Bert V. Royal’s exit from “Cruel Summer...

Freeform’s future in scripted original programming is going under the microscope.

The Disney-owned basic-cable network has canceled Cruel Summer after a two-season run and will conclude Good Trouble with the second half of its upcoming fifth season.

Good Trouble, a spinoff of The Fosters, joins Grown-ish in wrapping their runs on the younger-skewing cabler in 2024. Anthology Cruel Summer and Good Trouble were Freeform’s last remaining scripted originals following the November cancellation of animated comedy Praise Petey.

Sources say Freeform executives, led by executive vp programming and content strategy Simran Sethi, wanted to bring back both shows but the ratings for both Good Trouble and Cruel Summer didn’t justify the costs of doing so — especially as Disney looks to cut costs by another $2 billion — and as most viewers watch the network’s programming on Hulu.

The second part of Good Trouble’s fifth season and part two of...

The much-praised Scissorhands: A Musical Tribute is a success!

JustJared.com can confirm that the jukebox-musical parody is extending its limited run at Hollywood’s The Bourbon Room through Sunday, January 14. The show pays homage to Tim Burton’s iconic 1990 film Edward Scissorhands starring Johnny Depp. It also features renditions of some of pop music’s biggest songs including What Was I Made For? (Billie Eilish), Dream On (Aerosmith), Uninvited (Alanis Morissette), Like a Prayer (Madonna), I’m Every Woman (Chaka Khan), Shallow, I Knew You Were Trouble (Taylor Swift), Shake It Out (Florence + The Machine) and Fast Car (Tracy Chapman).

The December 1st opening night celebration welcomed Noah Centineo, Marissa Jaret Winokur, and 80′s pop icon Pat Benatar among many others. Check out the pictures from the premiere and production stills in the gallery!

Tickets for ‘Scissorhands: A Musical Tribute’ are $55 for Ga and $75 for VIP. Exclusively sold at FeverUp.

The late Denise Dowse at the Los Angeles Premiere of Coach Carter. Pic credit: ©ImageCollect.com/S_bukley

Veteran television actress Denise Dowse died at age 64 years old after a battle with viral meningitis.

She is best known for several roles including Beverly Hills 90210, Insecure, and Snowfall.

On August 7, Denise’s sister, Tracey Dowse, revealed that the actress was hospitalized and in a coma due to meningitis.

“I am requesting support and prayers be offered me and my sister, and my only immediate family Denise Dowse,” Tracey Dowse shared to her sister’s social media accounts.

“She is currently in the hospital in a coma brought on by a virulent form of meningitis. Her doctors do not know when she will come out of the coma as it was not medically induced.”

After sharing the news, numerous fans and co-stars hoped she would make a full recovery. Unfortunately, The Beverly Hills,...

“Good Trouble” has been renewed for Season 5 at Freeform.

The long running series was recently announced to be one of the year’s top 10 ad-supported cable dramas among women 18-34. Season 5 is set to once again follow the complicated lives of the residents of downtown Los Angeles’ communal living building The Coterie.

Starring Maia Mitchell and Cierra Ramirez as recently-graduated sisters Callie and Mariana, “Good Trouble” follows the duo as they navigate their lives as 20-somethings in a new city. Mariana aims to upend the male-dominated tech industry, while Callie faces the harsh realities of the legal system during a clerkship for a federal judge. Together, the sisters navigate love, sex and the complicated relationships that come with living in a new city in your 20s.

The series also stars Tommy Martinez, Emma Hunton, Sherry Cola, Zuri Adele, Beau Mirchoff, Josh Pence, Priscilla Quintana and Bryan Craig.

“Good Trouble” was created by Joanna Johnson,...

Exclusive: The Last Ship alum Tommy Savas is set for a key recurring role opposite Lisette Alexis in National Treasure, Disney Branded Television’s TV series for Disney+, produced by ABC Signature. The project, executive produced by the films’ producer Jerry Bruckheimer, director Jon Turteltaub and writers Marianne and Cormac Wibberley, is an expansion of the National Treasure movie franchise told from the point of view of young heroine Jess (Alexis) — a DREAMer in search of answers about her family — who embarks on the adventure of a lifetime to uncover the truth about the past and save a lost Pan-American treasure. Savas will play Dr. Zeke, who works at the city morgue. Savas appeared as a series regular on TNT’s The Last Ship as well as on NBC’s State of Affairs. On the film side, he starred and produced the comedy Bad Roomies alongside Patrick Renna. Savas is...

Good Trouble Season 4 Trailer — Freeform‘s Good Trouble: Season 4 TV show trailer has been released. Cast and crew Good Trouble stars Maia Mitchell, Cierra Ramirez, Tommy Martinez, Emma Hunton, Sherry Cola, Zuri Adele, Beau Mirchoff, Josh Pence, Priscilla Quintana, and Bryan Craig. Joanna Johnson, Peter Paige and Bradley Bredeweg serve as creators and [...]

Continue reading: Good Trouble: Season 4 TV Show Trailer: The Coterie Welcomes New Members & New Complications [Freeform]...

HBO Max released the first trailer for upcoming comedy series “Minx,” starring Ophelia Lovibond and Jake Johnson.

Set in 1970s Los Angeles, “Minx” follows Joyce (Lovibond) — a young feminist activist looking to launch a women’s magazine. When she can’t find anyone to publish her idea as is, she ends up teaming with a low-rent pornographic magazine publisher Doug (Johnson) to create the first erotic magazine for women. But when their creation “Minx” launches, it proves a lightning rod of controversy as protestors aim to shut it down.

The trailer shows Lovibond and Johnson’s characters launching the magazine and auditioning models, while teasing the tense dynamic between the two.

“God you love a pyrrhic victory,” Lovibond says to Johnson in the trailer. “I don’t know what that means so it doesn’t hurt my feelings,” Johnson replies.

In addition to Lovibond and Johnson, the cast also includes Idara Victor,...

Exclusive: Yasmine Aker (FBI) has booked a major recurring role on the upcoming fourth season of Freeform’s Good Trouble in a recasting.

Created by Joanna Johnson, Peter Paige and Bradley Bredeweg, Good Trouble follows the residents of downtown Los Angeles’ The Coterie as they juggle career, love and the twenthysomething growing pains at a time in your life where your friends are your family.

Aker will play Angelica, a queer waitress who navigates her way through a complicated new relationship with Malika (Zuri Adele) while dealing with the fallout of her last relationship. She replaces Odelya Halevi, who was recently cast as a series regular in NBC’s Law & Order revival.

Johnson serves as showrunner and executive producer. Christine Sacani, Greg Gugliotta, Jennifer Lopez, Benny Medina, Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas, Maia Mitchell and Cierra Ramirez also executive produce.

Aker recurs as Mona Nazari on FBI. Her guest-starring credits include Tacoma Fd and Grey’s Anatomy,...

The Smithsonian Channel has shared a clip promoting “One Thousand Years of Slavery,” a new docuseries that aims to tell the global story of slavery.

The four-part series features interviews and discussions with notable Black actors, celebrities and leaders, who will dive into their own family connections to slavery and unpack the legacy it has left today. Some of the people interviewed for the series include Debbie Allen, Valerie Jarrett, Lorraine Toussaint, Soledad O’Brien, Cch Pounder, Senator Cory Booker, Marc Morial and Dulé Hill.

The series is executive produced by Angela Bassett and Courtney B. Vance’s Bassett Vance Productions, with Vance narrating every episode. In the clip, Vance speaks at a private panel discussion with Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch, Aafca President Gil Robertson, Smithsonian Channel Head James Blue and Dr. Jessica Mildward. Vance discussed why he thinks the miniseries is necessary, and how it can help young people who...

We’ll be seeing more of Isabella on the upcoming fourth season of Freeform’s Good Trouble. Priscilla Quintana who recurred as the character in the second and third seasons, has been promoted to series regular for season four. Also cast as a series regular is newcomer Bryan Craig, and Booboo Stewart joins in a recurring role.

Freeform will premiere the first half of season four beginning Wednesday, March 9 at 10 pm, next day on Hulu.

Created by Joanna Johnson, Peter Paige and Bradley Bredeweg, Good Trouble follows the residents of Downtown Los Angeles’ The Coterie as they juggle career, love and the 20-something growing pains at a time in your life where your friends are your family.

Quintan’s Isabella is a resident of the Coterie and mother to Gael’s unborn baby. Craig will play Joaquin, an independent investigative journalist with a mysterious background.

There’s more Good Trouble ahead as Freeform has renewed the series for Season 4 on the heels of the 90-minute Season 3 finale airing on the East Coast on Wednesday.

The network released a new poster celebrating the news featuring stars Maia Mitchell, Cierra Ramirez, Sherry Cola, Tommy Martinez, Zuri Adele, Emma Hunton, Josh Pence and Beau Mirchoff.

Good Trouble, a spinoff of The Fosters, follows the residents of Downtown Los Angeles’ The Coterie as they juggle career, love, and friendship and learn that standing up for what you believe in requires making a little noise and getting into trouble. The season 3 finale finds Callie (Maia Mitchell) questioning the career choices she’s made.

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The series is enjoying its most-watched season ever on Hulu and currently ranks as one of the year’s Top 10 Primetime cable drama series among Women...

“Good Trouble” has been renewed for Season 4 at Freeform.

The announcement was made after the 90-minute Season 3 finale of the series, which follows the residents of Downtown Los Angeles’ The Coterie as they juggle career, love and friendship and learn that standing up for what you believe in requires making a little noise and getting into trouble. In the finale, Callie (Maia Mitchell) questions the career choices she’s made.

Per Freeform, the series is enjoying its most-watched season ever on Hulu and currently ranks as one of the top 10 primetime cable shows among women 18-34 this year.

The series stars Mitchell, Cierra Ramirez, Sherry Cola, Tommy Martinez, Zuri Adele, Emma Hunton, Josh Pence and Beau Mirchoff. “Good Trouble” is co-created by Joanna Johnson, Peter Paige and Bradley Bredeweg. Johnson serves as executive producer along with Gregory Gugliotta, Christine Sacani, Mitchell, Ramirez, Jennifer Lopez, Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas and Benny Medina.

“Good Trouble...

After the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday night denied a request to issue emergency relief blocking Texas’ new law that bans abortion at six weeks and, say opponents, effectively eliminates access to abortions statewide, some big names in entertainment expressed their opinions about the legislation.

A group of prominent actors, musicians and other artists and companies swiftly responded to the news on social media. Reese Witherspoon, Alyssa Milano, Dua Lipa, Kerry Washington, St. Vincent, Eva Longoria Baston, Bad Robot and P!nk were among them. Many shared an image with the text, “I stand in solidarity with Texans & people everywhere seeking reproductive freedom.” The full list of the celebrities who support that sentiment is below; the vast majority of the signatories are women.

Washington also shared a link to a Planned Parenthood petition which, among other things, maintains that “health care — including safe, legal abortion — is a human right.

Exclusive: Odelya Halevi (Good Girls Revolt) has joined the Season 3 cast of Freeform’s Good Trouble in a recurring role. Good Trouble follows the residents of Downtown Los Angeles’ The Coterie as they juggle career, love, and friendship and learn that standing up for what you believe in requires making a little noise and getting into trouble. Halevi will play Angelica, a waitress at Douro, where Malika works. The two ladies bond over their shared experiences and work ethic. Her character will be introduced in Wednesday’s episode. Created by Joanna Johnson, Peter Paige and Bradley Bredeweg, Good Trouble stars Maia Mitchell, Cierra Ramirez, Tommy Martinez, Emma Hunton, Sherry Cola, Zuri Adele, Beau Mirchoff and Josh Pence. Halevi became known following a key recurring role in Good Girls Revolt. On the film side she’ll be seen in DC’s Black Adam, releasing in summer 2022. She’s repped by Global Artists,...

Hulu has landed an upcoming nine-part original docuseries chronicling the history of the Los Angeles Lakers.

The series, which will debut in 2022, will follow the last four decades of the Lakers franchise and feature interviews with legendary players and coaches including Magic Johnson, Shaquille O’Neal, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Phil Jackson and Pat Riley. It will also feature archival footage and never-before-seen interviews with the late Lakers owner, Jerry Buss.

Starting from Jerry Buss’ acquisition of the Lakers in 1979, the docuseries will chronicle the team’s championship-winning “Showtime” era, the incredible successes of Kobe Bryant and O’Neal and the rebirth of the team, now led by LeBron James and Anthony Davis.

The project is from Lakers CEO and controlling owner Jeanie Buss, director Antoine Fuqua with Fuqua Films, Haven Entertainment and Los Angeles Media Fund. Buss and Fuqua executive produce alongside Kevin Mann, Michael Mann, Brendan Bragg, Jeffrey Soros, Simon Horsman,...

Exclusive: Catherine Haena Kim (FBI) and Craig Parker (Reign) have joined the Season 3 cast of Freeform’s Good Trouble in recurring roles.

Good Trouble follows the residents of Downtown Los Angeles’ The Coterie as they juggle career, love, and friendship and learn that standing up for what you believe in requires making a little noise and getting into trouble.

Kim will play Nicolette Baptiste, a beautiful, kind, but fierce when she needs to be, attorney in the D.A.’s office who is ready to go head-to-head with Callie on a new case.

Parker will portray Yuri Elwin, an eccentric, pompous and self-centered high profile artist preparing for an upcoming show and in need of a new intern.

Created by Joanna Johnson, Peter Paige and Bradley Bredeweg, Good Trouble stars Maia Mitchell, Cierra Ramirez, Tommy Martinez, Emma Hunton, Sherry Cola, Zuri Adele, Beau Mirchoff and Josh Pence.

Johnson serves as...

In today’s TV news roundup, Paramount Plus announced the series premiere date for “Kamp Koral: SpongeBob’s Under Years,” and Hulu released the new trailer for Blumhouse’s Valentine’s Day special “Into the Dark: Tentacles.”

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ViacomCBS announced that the “SpongeBob SquarePants” spinoff series “Kamp Koral: SpongeBob’s Under Years” will premiere alongside “The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run” March 4 on Paramount Plus. The first six episodes of the animated Nickelodeon spinoff will be available to stream on that day, while the final seven episodes of the 13-episode season will roll out on the platform at later dates to be announced. “The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run” features the beloved sponge, his best friend Patrick and the rest of the Bikini Bottom gang tracking down SpongeBob’s pet snail Gary when he goes missing. A path of clues lead them to the powerful King Poseidon, who is holding Gary captive.

Exclusive: Marcus Emanuel Mitchell and Jayson Blair are set for recurring roles on the upcoming third season of Freeform’s Good Trouble.

Created by Joanna Johnson, Peter Paige and Bradley Bredeweg, Good Trouble stars Mitchell, Cierra Ramirez, Tommy Martinez, Emma Hunton, Sherry Cola, Zuri Adele, Beau Mirchoff and Josh Pence.

Mitchell will play Dyonte, an activist and organizer with a strong sense of purpose, a nurturing spirit and a sly, playful sense of humor who works with Malika (Zuri Adele).

Blair will portray Tony, a devoted and charismatic lawyer who works for Kathleen Gale (Constance Zimmer). As we previously reported, Zimmer also has joined the cast as recurring and will direct an episode this season.

Created by Joanna Johnson, Peter Paige and Bradley Bredeweg, Good Trouble stars Maia Mitchell, Cierra Ramirez, Tommy Martinez, Emma Hunton, Sherry Cola, Zuri Adele,...

Exclusive: Constance Zimmer will be doing double duty on the upcoming third season of Freeform’s Good Trouble. The UnReal alumna has joined the cast in a recurring role and will direct an episode this season as well.

Zimmer will play Kathleen Gale, an intimidating defense attorney who becomes a mentor for Callie, played by Maia Mitchell. She is confident and tough on the outside, but hiding some deeper secrets inside. You can see a first-look photo above.

Good Trouble follows the residents of Downtown Los Angeles’ The Coterie as they juggle career, love, and friendship and learn that standing up for what you believe in requires making a little noise and getting into trouble. Season three picks up as Callie moves back into the Coterie, Mariana feels torn between Raj and Evan, Malika prepares for her hearing after breaking Judge Wilson’s restraining order, Davia and Dennis explore the future of their relationship,...

Exclusive: The first of many Power spinoffs is set to debut in September and a lot of the Courtney Kemp-created series is still under lock and key. However, today we have more of sense as to who the new players will be and who they will be working for.

Coming off a shapeshifted role on the first season of Netflix’s Locke & Key, Sherri Saum has joined Power Book II: Ghost for its first season, I’ve learned.

The Fosters alum will play Paula Matarazzo on the Mary J. Blige, Michael Rainey Jr, Naturi Naughton and Cliff ‘Method Man’ Smith-led Ghost.

Picking up not long after the fatal and incarcerating February 9 airing conclusion of the sixth and final season of Power, Saum’s Matarazzo is the top investigator and right-hand of Smith’s arrogant defense lawyer Davis MacLean. All of which means the hard-driven ex-law enforcement character could prove...

The cast of Freeform’s The Fosters will reunite for a special one-night-only event to benefit the Actors Fund on Thursday, July 16th at 8:00 p.m. Et.

The reunion livestream will feature the show’s original cast members, including Teri Polo, Sherri Saum, Hayden Byerly, David Lambert, Maia Mitchell, Cierra Ramirez, Danny Nucci and Noah Centineo, as well as special guests Jay Ali, Alexandra Barreto, Madisen Beaty, Daffany Mcgaray Clark, Colby French, April Parker Jones, Adam Kang and David Sullivan. The event will also feature special appearances by Annie Potts,...

Freeform is delaying some of its series in light of the coronavirus pandemic.

With several TV shows forced to shut down amid stay-at-home orders, there are some changes coming to the network's schedule.

Freeform’s number one comedy series grown-ish, which had its midseason finale in March, will return to the network next year to finish up season three.

Starring Yara Shahidi, Trevor Jackson, Francia Raisa, Emily Arlook, Jordan Buhat, Chloe Bailey, Halle Bailey, Luka Sabbat, and Diggy Simmons, grown-ish is produced by ABC Signature Studios, a part of Disney Television Studios, and executive produced by Kenya Barris, Julie Bean, Jenifer Rice-Genzuk Henry, Craig Doyle, Anthony Anderson, Laurence Fishburne, Helen Sugland and E. Brian Dobbins.

From executive producers Bert V. Royal and Jessica Biel, Freeform’s highly anticipated psychological thriller Cruel Summer will now debut in 2021.

Olivia Holt (Marvel’s Cloak & Dagger) returns to the network to co-star in the series.

Freeform has plotted out its original programming plans for the next 12 months with second-season renewals for Everything’s Gonna Be Okay and Motherland: Fort Salem and the move of grown-ish, Good Trouble and Cruel Summer to next year.

The news, released ahead next week’s Disney Advertising Sales Virtual Roadshow presentation, comes as the network looks to get out in front of the Covid-19 production shutdown, which impacted a number of its originals, including the three series pushed to next year. In a video message to fans (watch it below the story), Good Trouble stars Maia Mitchell and Cierra Ramirez explain how production on Season 3 of The Fosters spinoff was suspended over the pandemic and it won’t be ready for a summer 2020 launch as originally planned.

With Good Trouble, new drama series Cruel Summer and Part 2 of grown-ish‘s third season all postponed until next year, Freeform’s summer 2020 lineup...

We’ll be seeing more of Jamie in the upcoming season of Freeform’s Good Trouble. Beau Mirchoff, who has recurred as the character since season 1, and before that in the mothership series The Fosters, has been promoted to series regular for season 3. Production on season 3 gets underway today in Los Angeles.

Mirchoff’s Jamie is the handsome, charming, corporate lawyer and the on-again, off-again boyfriend of Callie. He’s also the brother of Callie’s brother’s wife. Jamie and Callie have had a passionate relationship that has been tested at times by their divergent political and ethical points of views.

The Freeform series follows residents of The Coterie as they deal with the consequences of their personal and professional decisions and realize that sometimes standing up for what you believe in comes at a price. The current season picked up with Callie and Mariana’s relationship on the...

Jamie Cesa and Bel Chiasso Entertainment will present an invite-only industry workshop of the new Broadway-bound musical, The Romeo Juliet Project, featuring the music of Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo, with the book by Bradley Bredeweg, music direction arrangements by Jesse Vargas, and choreography by Lauren Christopher Grant. The workshop will be directed by Scott Schwartz. The presentations will take place in NYC on May 12th, 14th 15th.

Exclusive: Pandora star Priscilla Quintana is joining The Fosters spinoff Good Trouble in a recurring role.

The Freeform series follows residents of The Coterie as they deal with the consequences of their personal and professional decisions and realize that sometimes standing up for what you believe in comes at a price. The current season picked up with Callie and Mariana’s relationship on the rocks after Callie has decided to move in with Jamie and leave the “Coterie Biatches” behind.

Quintana will play Isabella, a sexy, charming, outgoing aspiring actress/model who seems very confident but is really desperate to be liked. With her friendly personality and good looks, she is sure to shake things up at The Coterie. The photo to the left is Quintana in her first episode.

Co-created and executive produced by Joanna Johnson, Peter Paige and Bradley Bredeweg, Good Trouble stars Maia Mitchell, Cierra Ramirez, Sherry Cola,...

Freeform has renewed comedy “Grown-ish” for a fourth season, a day after its season 3 premiere, and drama “Good Trouble” for a third. The pickup announcement was made at the network’s Television Critics’ Association press tour day.

“Freeform is a megaphone for stories that deserve to be told and a place where the world’s biggest and most influential audience comes for provocative narratives and boundary-pushing storytelling,” said network president Tom Ascheim while announcing the renewals. “We are proud to be home to bold, deliciously entertaining original content that continues to reflect the lives of our discerning, vocal and passionate viewers.”

“Grown-ish,” which comes from Kenya Barris, is a spinoff of ABC family comedy “Black-ish,” centered on eldest Johnson daughter Zoey (Yara Shahidi) as she navigates collegiate life. The current season sees the central gang of characters return as confident, eager and seasoned upper-classmen, with Zoey and her girls moving into an off-campus home,...

Freeform has renewed its hit spinoffs grown-ish (season 4) and Good Trouble (season 3). The pickups were announced Friday during Freeform’s presentation at TCA.

The renewal for black-ish spinoff grown-ish follows last night’s season 3 premiere and comes on the heels of strong ratings for season 2. The series ranked as last year’s No. 1 live-action comedy on cable among Women 18-34 and Females 12-34.

Starring Yara Shahidi, Trevor Jackson, Francia Raisa, Emily Arlook, Jordan Buhat, Chloe Bailey, Halle Bailey, Luka Sabbat and Diggy Simmons, the series is a contemporary take on the issues that students face in the world of higher education.

In season 3, the gang returns as confident, eager and seasoned upper-classmen, with Zoey and her girls (… and Vivek) moving into an off-campus home, ready to take on the school year. They quickly realize that they have been mistaken about the disillusionment of adulthood, with real-life problems coming for them,...

Christmas is a time for family, so Good Trouble is very fittingly bringing together Callie and Mariana’s entire Fosters clan (and then some!) for its upcoming holiday special, TVLine has learned exclusively.

The two-hour event will feature the returns of Teri Polo and Sherri Saum (as moms Stef and Lena), plus David Lambert and Hayden Byerly (as siblings Brandon and Jude). And although Noah Centineo (Jesus) is not pictured in TVLine’s exclusive photo, rest assured that The Internet’s Boyfriend will be part of the festivities. While each family member already visited Callie and Mariana’s new digs...

If you’re going to make your feature film directorial debut, you can do a hell of a lot worse than finding a script written by Paul Schrader as your foundation. That’s exactly what director Bradley Bredeweg is doing with the upcoming film “Life From the Other Side.”

According to Deadline, Bredeweg has optioned the script written by Schrader for “Life from the Other Side” as his feature directorial debut.

Exclusive: Bradley Bredeweg, best known as the co-creator of popular Freeform shows The Fosters and its spin-off, Good Trouble, has obtained the rights to Life From the Other Side, a feature script from Oscar-nominated First Reformed helmer Paul Schrader. Bredeweg is directing the film, which will be produced under his Blazing Elm Entertainment label.

The plot follows Emily Limos, a 23-year-old Instagram influencer, and Moussa “Mouse” Lafitte, an Algerian immigrant in their struggle to make ends meet in New York City. With nearly a million followers, Em embraces the idea that millennials are the true hustlers and makes money any way she can, while Mouse, a 35-year-old boxer, serves as her driver and de-facto- bodyguard. The pair’s mutually-beneficial partnership allows Em a degree of safety and gives Mouse much-needed income as he pushes along his looming asylum application. As it becomes harder for the two to stay afloat, they...

Juan Antonio (Empire) and Shawntay Dalon (Detroiters) are set for recurring roles on the second season of Freeform’s Good Trouble.

Antonio will play Marcus, a smart and confident lawyer at Legal Aid who likes to play by the rules. Dalon will portray Lisa, a smart, charismatic, single mother who is facing potential eviction from her apartment building.

Season 2 of Good Trouble continues to explore the trials and tribulations of the tenants of Downtown La’s hippest residence, The Coterie. This season, Mariana (Cierra Ramirez), Callie (Maia Mitchell) and the rest of The Coterie crew continue to navigate their early 20s as they deal with breakups, demand equality, find happiness and discover what it means to fight for what you believe in.

Good Trouble was created by Joanna Johnson, Peter Paige and Bradley Bredeweg, who serve as executive producers along with Gregory Gugliotta, Christine Sacani, Maia Mitchell, Cierra Ramirez, Jennifer Lopez,...

Freeform debuted the first episode of the second season of Good Trouble ahead of its June 18 premiere at the Atx Television Festival and it served up some riveting, hilarious, heartwarming, heartbreaking and, in a word, uncut television. Stars Maia Mitchell and Cierra Ramirez, as well as Creator/Executive Producer/Writer Joanna Johnson, took the stage with moderator Breanne Heldman from People after the screening to unpack the episode — specifically the importance of authentically portraying social issues.

The first episode of the new season picks up where the first left off, effortlessly juggling the characters’ storylines. The episode catches up with Callie (Mitchell), Mariana (Ramirez), Malika (Zuri Adele), Alice (Sherry Cola), Davia (Emma Hunton), Dennis (Josh Pence) Gael (Tommy Martinez) and those adjacent to The Coterie. One narrative that is woven throughout the season premiere is Callie’s involvement in the Jamal Thompson shooting case. Steeped in Black Lives Matter with Malika leading the charge,...

Exclusive: Black Lives Matter co-founder, actor, writer and producer Patrisse Cullors, who served as a consultant on the first season of Freeform’s Good Trouble, is joining the writers room for Season 2 of the critically praised spinoff of The Fosters.

Cullors initially was brought on as a story consultant in Season 1 to help with the Malika (Zuri Adele) activism and social justice storyline. This will be her first time writing on a TV series.

“You only have to spend about five minutes with Patrisse to be blown away by her as an activist, artist, intellectual and force of life energy, love, joy and humanity,” said Good Trouble showrunner Joanna Johnson. “She has such a wealth of knowledge and life experience. I’m always looking for that in writers because truth is not only stranger but more nuanced and rich than fiction can ever be. So writers who can bring all...

Another Fosters family member is checking in on Callie and Mariana during this Tuesday’s Good Trouble (Freeform, 8/7c). In TVLine’s exclusive sneak peek, Noah Centineo — aka the Internet’s Boyfriend, following the release of To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before — reprises his role as Mariana and Callie’s brother Jesus, and much like his siblings, his career is off to a rocky start.

When it comes to Jesus’ treehouse-building business with Wyatt, “he’s struggling to get it off the ground,” executive producer Bradley Bredeweg tells TVLine. “But he’s still focused on it and still...

Good Trouble‘s Callie and her sexy neighbor Gael have already admitted that their feelings for each other aren’t entirely casual. So will the time come when the pair will have to either become exclusive or break things off?

“Those conversations are definitely had,” executive producer Bradley Bredeweg says. “And as Callie’s work life gets more and more intense, especially with the Jamal case, she really puts a lot of pressure on herself to possibly have to make a decision.”

“That’s something that we all find ourselves experiencing in life, whether it’s in our twenties or even later in life,...

Good news for Good Trouble. Freeform has picked up the critically praised series for a second season. The renewal was announced today at TCA.

The pickup comes amid solid ratings. Last week’s episode “Playing The Game,” marked Freeform’s top drama telecast since June 2018 among women 18-34 and females 12-34 and ranked as cable’s No. 1 scripted series among females 12-34.

Good Trouble follows Callie (Maia Mitchell) and Mariana (Cierra Ramirez) as they embark on the next phase of their young adult lives in Los Angeles, as Mariana tackles the male-dominated world of tech and Callie faces the harsh realities of the federal legal system clerking for a federal judge. After moving to The Coterie in Downtown Los Angeles, Callie and Mariana realize that living on their own is not all that it’s cracked up to be. Faced with new neighbors, new challenges and, of course, new romances,...

Freeform has renewed “Good Trouble” for a second season. “Good Trouble,” which hails from Bradley Bredeweg, Peter Paige and Joanna Johnson, is a spinoff of “The Fosters.”

The announcement was made Tuesday morning at the Television Critics Association press tour. The cast was in the Langham Huntington Pasadena ballroom and whooped as they learned the big news at the same time we did, directly from Freeform President Tom Ascheim.

“Good Trouble” follows Callie (Maia Mitchell) and Mariana (Cierra Ramirez) as they embark on the next phase of their young adult lives in Los Angeles, as Mariana tackles the male-dominated world of tech and Callie faces the harsh realities of the federal legal system clerking for a federal judge. After moving to The Coterie in downtown Los Angeles, Callie and Mariana realize that living on their own is not all that it’s cracked up to be. Faced with new neighbors,...

Freeform has picked up “Good Trouble” for a second season, the network announced Tuesday at the Television Critics Association winter press tour.

The renewal comes after the “Fosters” spinoff has aired only four episodes to date, with the fifth set to air tonight. The show launched in early January on the basic cabler. Last week’s episode delivered new series highs in the women 18-34, women 18-49, and females 12-34 demographics in Live+3. Through its first three episodes, the series is averaging 939,000 viewers per episode across all platforms.

The show follows Callie (Maia Mitchell) and Mariana (Cierra Ramirez) as they embark on the next phase of their young adult lives in Los Angeles, as Mariana tackles the male-dominated world of tech and Callie faces the harsh realities of the federal legal system clerking for a federal judge.

The series also stars Tommy Martinez as Gael, Sherry Cola as Alice, Zuri Adele...

There’s nothing like being on your own to make you miss your mother. Lucky for Good Trouble‘s Callie and Mariana, both of their moms (played by The Fosters vets Teri Polo and Sherri Saum) stop by the spinoff this Tuesday (Freeform, 8/7c) to check in on their daughters.

But Lena and Stef may get more than they bargained for with the girls’ unorthodox communal living situation. Below, executive producer Bradley Bredeweg previews what the parental units think of their daughters’ new lives and talks about the couple’s next phase.

Tvline | What was it like to have Teri and Sherri back on set,...

Darren Criss may have been the talk of the weekend following his Golden Globes win, but at Monday’s “Good Trouble” screening, it was his support of Lgbtq acting roles that had his name on everyone’s lips.

Recently, the “Assassination of Gianni Versace” actor told Bustle that he no longer felt comfortable taking on queer roles in film and television. As a straight actor, Criss said he wanted to make sure that he wouldn’t be taking away roles from gay actors — a statement that “Good Trouble” executive producer Bradley Bredeweg took to heart.

“I love it! I think it’s very bold and outspoken, and I love that he made that statement,” Bredeweg told Variety during the Freeform series’ red carpet at the Los Angeles Lgbt Center in Hollywood. “Hopefully one day we don’t have to make those statements, that we’re just in a world in...

The Fosters siblings Callie and Mariana are setting off on their own adventure in the Los Angeles-set spinoff Good Trouble (premiering Tuesday at 8/7c on Freeform), and their new life will look and feel much more mature.

“We love The Fosters, and we would’ve done it forever,” executive producer Joanna Johnson tells TVLine. “But because the network was really trying to be a network about and for millennials and Gen Z-ers, they sort of felt like it was time to grow the show up, and you know, it’s true. These actors have been playing younger than themselves for a long time.

Spoiler Alert: This article contains details from the premiere episode of Good Trouble. Gone are the days of the enjoyably schmaltzy and sugar-coated melodramatic coming-of-age series about young adulthood (I love me some Dawson’s Creek) and welcome to a new era of millennial-driven shows that are inclusive and tackle issues that don’t play out like “lesson of the week” but rather give us a fresh — and much-needed — perspective of the modern world we live in today (Bi-sexuality! Race relations! Women in the workplace!). With Freeform’s Good Trouble, a spin-off of The Fosters, we see all of this and it’s done in a way that isn’t pandering or forced. Instead, it’s appropriate with heartfelt charm and feels like it didn’t come from an older, uninformed TV exec that said: “this is how kids talk, right?”

Appropriately titled “Dtla”, the first episode (premiering Jan. 8) picks...

For five years and a little over 100 episodes, “The Fosters” told emotional and oftentimes topical stories stemming from a blended family in Southern California. Now, seven months after “The Fosters” came to an end, its spinoff series “Good Trouble” sets out to further explore such themes, but in a new setting and with a new ensemble.

“When you leave home, you go out in the world and you create your chosen family of friends and people that you work with, and that’s what this show is about,” executive producer Joanna Johnson tells Variety. “It’s still a family show, but it’s the family you choose to surround you and support you.”

“Good Trouble,” which was created by Johnson, Peter Paige and Bradley Bredeweg, starts by following “The Fosters” characters Callie (Maia Mitchell) and Mariana (Cierra Ramirez) as they move into the coterie — a communal living space in Los Angeles.

In today’s TV News Roundup, Showtime released the premiere date and a new trailer for the second season of “Smilf” and Syfy unveiled a new trailer for season four of “The Magicians.”

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“Young Justice” is coming to the DC Universe streaming platform for a third season on Jan. 4, nearly five years after the show’s conclusion in 2013. “Young Justice: Outsiders” will feature popular heroes Static, Kid Flash, Robin, Wonder Girl, Spoiler, Blue Beetle, Thirteen, Arrowette, Arsenal and Beast Boy as well as newcomers Forager, voiced by Jason Spisak and Halo, voiced by Zehra Fazal. Posters and teasers for the show have also hinted at a Darkseid appearance alongside the immortal super villain Vandal Savage.

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YouTube star Coyote Peterson is hosting a new original series for Animal Planet set to premiere in 2019. On the show, Peterson will travel across the world to provide viewers with rare, up-close animal...

Freeform announced today that Good Trouble, the highly anticipated spin-off of the groundbreaking family drama The Fosters, will premiere on Tuesday, January 8, 2019. The pilot, executive produced and directed by Jon M. Chu (Crazy Rich Asians), follows Callie (Maia Mitchell) and Mariana (Cierra Ramirez) as they embark on the next phase of their young adult lives in Los Angeles, as Mariana tackles the male-dominated world of tech and Callie faces the harsh realities of the federal legal system clerking for a federal judge.

After moving to The Coterie in Downtown Los Angeles, Callie and Mariana realize that living on their own is not all that it's cracked up to be. Faced with new neighbors, new challenges and, of course, new romances, the sisters must depend on one another to navigate the City of Angels.

Watch a sneak peek below.

The series also stars Tommy Martinez as Gael, Sherry Cola as Alice,...