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Lemon Tree Passage is an Australian Horror-Thriller that is set around the local ghost story that goes like this: A tormented biker that was struck and killed in a hit and run now apparently haunts the backroads of a small Australian town.

Three American Backpackers, Maya (Jessica Tovey), Amelia (Pippa Black) and Sam (Nicholas Gunn), meet a couple of Aussie larrikins, Geordie (Tim Phillips) and Oscar (Andrew Ryan), that recite the spooky urban legend to the trio and off they all go to test the theory. Unsurprisingly, horror ensues.

Lemon Tree Passage starts off strong. There’s a few good scares, the cast are all particularly strong and the atmosphere is quite effective, due to some superb cinematography.

The problem comes later as the story progresses. The plot developments come off feeling more than a little silly and contrived, dispensing of the great atmosphere...

Lemon Tree Passage, an Australian supernatural thriller inspired by an urban legend, will open in a limited number of cinemas on October 31, tying in with Halloween.

Produced by Jeremy Ervine and directed and co-written by David Campbell, the plot follows three American backpackers who learn about the ghost of a motorcyclist that stalks young motorists and encounter something far more evil.

The cast is headed by Jessica Tovey (Wonderland, Tracks), Pippa Black (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit), Nicholas Gunn (The Hunters Club, Neighbours), Tim Phillipps (TV.s Chopper, The Secret Circle), Tim Pocock (Dance Academy) and Andrew Ryan (Not Suitable for Children, Tomorrow, When the War Began).

Campbell and Erica Brien wrote the screenplay after he saw a segment aired on Today Tonight in 2010 dealing with teenagers who were caught speeding in Lemon Tree Passage Road in Port Stephens and told the cops they saw a ghostly light.

A YouTube...

The Australian shot horror title Lemon Tree Passage has an exciting trailer. The clip shows several new friends and a ghostly light. Released in the land of Oz through Odin's Eye Entertainment, Lemon Tree Passage has not found North American distribution, as of yet. The film stars Nicholas Gunn (The Devil's Whispers), Jessica Tovey, and Pippa Black. Bright lights await below. The film's story is based on an old legend. The myth of Lemon Tree Passage is founded on one man's fatal motorcycle accident. Now, it is believed that his ghost haunts the hills around Lemon Tree. Four friends are determined to see if this urban legend is true. The trailer for the film offers a few scares. The four friends might have had more fun at the beach. Only terror awaits them at Lemon Tree Passage! Release Date: Tba. Director: David Campbell. Writers: Erica Brien and David Campbell. Cast: Jessica Tovey,...

"Neighbours, everybody needs good neighbours."

In early 2015, Neighbours will celebrate its 30th anniversary. The Aussie soap has provided us with nearly 7,000 episodes of drama, laughs and Harold Bishop falling off a clifftop and returning five years later as a bloke called Ted.

With preparations already underway for the 30th celebrations and the possible return of Kylie Minogue - the show's most famous breakout star - being teased, we want to find out who else you would like to see back in Ramsay Street to celebrate the show's birthday.

Here are our suggestions on who they could bring back:

Annalise Hartman (Kimberley Davies) - Alex Fletcher, Deputy Editor

Pretty much every teenage boy in the '90s had a major crush on Ramsay Street's Annalise Hartman. Played by Kimberley Davies, she was a man magnet in Erinsborough, working her way through relationships with Lou(!), Sam Kratz, Mark Gottlieb and Stonefish. She...

James DuMont, who most recently played Jared Leto's father in the critically-acclaimed drama Dallas Buyers Club, has joined the cast of Jurassic World.

No details were given for James DuMont's character, but he joins a cast that includes Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Vincent D'Onofrio, Irrfan Khan, Omar Sy, Jake Johnson, Judy Greer, Ty Simpkins and Nick Robinson.

Production is currently under way in Hawaii on Jurassic World, under the direction of Colin Trevorrow, who is working from a script he co-wrote with Derek Connolly.

James DuMont will next be seen in Get on Up and When the Game Stands Tall. He also just wrapped production on the indie drama Mind Puppets, alongside Kevin Pollak, Pippa Black and Josh Zuckerman.

Jurassic World comes to theaters June 12th, 2015 and stars Ty Simpkins, Bryce Dallas Howard, Nick Robinson, Chris Pratt, Vincent D'Onofrio, Irrfan Khan, B.D. Wong, Omar Sy. The film is directed by Colin Trevorrow.

James Dumont has joined the cast of Universal's Jurassic World. Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Vincent D'Onofrio and Irrfan Khan have already boarded the Jurassic Park reboot, which is being directed by Colin Trevorrow. Dumont most recently played Jared Leto's father in Dallas Buyers Club and Sherman Adams in The Butler. He can be seen next in the James Brown biopic Get on Up, directed by Tate Taylor (The Help) . He plays Corporal Dooley, a Uso envoy, in the film. Universal will release Jurassic World on June 12, 2015. Dumont just wrapped the indie feature Mind Puppets opposite Pippa Black, Josh Zuckerman and

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The line-up for this year's Film4 FrightFest in London has just been announced – and boy, is it a doozy! Sporting a record-breaking 38 UK/European premieres and 11 world premieres, this August is going to be an exciting time in the genre calendar.

Check it all out right here, including lots of new images!

This year Film4 FrightFest will be moving from its previous home at Leicester Square's Empire Cinema to the nearby Vue Cinema (also on Leicester Square), prompting an ingenious reshuffle of the screening arrangements.

All main screen films will be presented at different times across three different screens, with two extra screens reserved for single-slot screenings of the various films hitting this year's Discovery Screens.

Here's the full list of goodies:

Main Screens (5, 6, 7)

Thursday Aug 21

Opening Night Film - The Guest (UK Premiere)

Director: Adam Wingard. Cast: Dan Stevens, Maika Monroe, Brendan Meyer, Sheila Kelley, Leland Orser. USA 2014. 99 mins.

Film4 FrightFest 2014, returning for its 15th year, unveils its biggest line-up ever. From Thurs 21 August to Monday 25 August, the UK’s leading event for genre fans will be at the Vue West End, Leicester Square, to present sixty-four films plus twenty shorts across five screens. There are sixteen countries representing five continents with a record-breaking thirty-eight UK or European premieres and eleven world premieres.

Are you ready for a monstrous and memorable mayhem of killer claws, cannibalism, cult classics, murderous musicals, chiller thrillers, graphic novel action and sick celluloid masterpieces? Then prepare yourself for the biggest, strongest and most eclectic must-see programme in Film4 FrightFest’s history.

From the opening night turbo-driven thrill-ride The Guest to the UK premiere of the closing night mesmeric sci-fi fantasy The Signal, FrightFest has netted the latest works from genre big-hitters such as Eli Roth (The Green Inferno), Alan Moore and Mitch Jenkins (Show...

Mexico City -- Mind Puppets, an Itaca Films comedy from first-time Mexican director Juan Curi, has completed its cast with Yvonne Zima (Iron Man 3), Josh Zuckerman (Austin Powers in Goldmember), Pippa Black (Outsourced) and Christopher von Uckermann (Kdabra).  Filming began this week in New Orleans. Story: Gerard Butler Drops Out of 'Point Break' Remake Mind Puppets centers on five characters stuck in an altered hypnotic state after the hypnotist falls into a coma. The recently added talent join a cast featuring Kevin Pollak (The Usual Suspects), Vinnie Jones (Snatch), John de Lancie (Gamer), Esme Bianco (Game of Thrones) and Daniel

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Writer-director David Campbell should be making a splash on the festival circuit soon with his debut feature, Lemon Tree Passage. When a group of young backpackers learn of a ghost said to appear in the rear-view mirror of a speeding car they set out to recreate it with the help of some locals. After speeding down Lemon Tree Passage, a remote road surrounded by dense woods, their jubilation turns to terror as one by one each passenger begins to disappear in a violent fashion.  Isolated and ten thousand miles from home, the tourists find themselves caught in the clutches of a malevolent force much more heinous than the local myth they set out to experience.Jessica Tovey, Nicholas Gunn, Pippa Black, Tim Phillipps, Andrew Ryan, Tim...

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Odin.s Eye Entertainment has acquired worldwide sales rights to Lemon Tree Passage, an Australian supernatural thriller directed and co-written by David Campbell.

The South Australian-shot film inspired by an urban legend had its first screening on Saturday at the European Film Market in Berlin.

Campbell and Erica Brien wrote the screenplay after he saw a segment on Today Tonight in 2010 dealing with teenagers who were caught speeding in Lemon Tree Passage Road in Port Stephens, Nsw, and told the cops they saw a ghostly light.

A video of the sighting has been viewed more than 330,000 times on YouTube and some locals believe it.s the spirit of a motorcyclist who was killed on the road.

The plot follows three American backpackers who learn about the ghost of a motorcyclist that stalks young motorists and encounter something far more evil.

The cast includes Jessica Tovey (Tracks, TV's Wonderland), Pippa Black...

Australia's Lemon Tree Passage is the site of many accounts of alleged paranormal activity. The story goes that if you drive really fast down the road, you will see the image of a ghost in your rearview mirror. True? Probably not. Perfect fodder for a horror flick? You betcha.

News has just come out of the American Film Market that writer/director David Campbell is currently in the post-production stage of a supernatural thriller that explores the urban legend. You can read the plot crunch below, and expect more news about the film as we learn it.

Lemon Tree Passage stars Jessica Tovey, Pippa Black, Tim Pocock, Nicholas Gunn, Piera Forde, and Andrew Ryan.

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When a group of young backpackers learn of a ghost which is said to appear in the rearview mirror of a speeding car, they set out to recreate it with the help of some locals.

Writer-director David Campbell is in post-production on the Australian supernatural thriller Lemon Tree Passage.

The film stars Jessica Tovey, Pippa Black and Andrew Ryan.

When a group of young backpackers learn of a ghost of which is said to appear in the rearview mirror of a speeding car, they set out to recreate it with the help of some locals.

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Jordan Patrick Smith is set to join the growing list of actors who have graduated from Neighbours and Home and Away to the international stage.

He.s in advanced negotiations to play a supporting role in Angelina Jolie.s drama Unbroken, which starts shooting in Nsw and Queensland on October 21. Smith will play Cliff, an Australian prisoner who.s interned in a Japanese Pow camp in WW2, according to Deadline.com.

The Universal-financed film follows former Us Olympic athlete Louis Zamperini (Jack O.Connell) as his Us air force plane is shot down over the Pacific. After 47 days on a life raft he is captured by the Japanese. The cast includes Domhnall Gleeson, Garrett Hedlund and Alex Russell.

Smith spent three years on Neighbours and one year on Home and Away. After finishing on the soap last December he went to the Us and signed with Untitled Entertainment. He.s...

"Law & Order: Svu" ended last season on one of the spring's more surprising cliffhangers: At the end of a twisty case involving rival escort services and their high-profile clients, Capt. Cragen (Dann Florek) woke up next to the dead body of one of the escorts (Pippa Black).

The show's Season 14 premiere will deal with the fallout from that incident -- and it's not good for Cragen. In this promo for the Sept. 26 season premiere -- which you can see exclusively on Zap2it; it begins airing on NBC Saturday (Sept. 8) -- you'll see Cragen in a jail-issued orange jumpsuit and everyone on edge about whether he's really culpable in the woman's death. Even Olivia (Mariska Hargitay) looks like she has her doubts.

Several of the guest stars from last season's finale, including Ron Rifkin as a powerful defense attorney and Dean Winters as former Svu Detective Brian Cassidy, will return for the premiere,...

Creative director turned film director David Campbell

Strategist turned producer Jeremy Ervine

Jeremy Ervine and David Campbell, who recently sold their ad agency to move into the movie business, are in the pre-production stage of their first feature film.

The Fnuky founders have formed a director/producer partnership, with Campbell behind the camera for a feature with a cast that includes Animal Kingdom star Tim Phillips and Jessica Covey, who starred in Underbelly and Paper Giants.

Titled Lemon Tree Passage, the film is about the ghost of a dead motorcyclist who haunts a group of American backpackers in a remote part of New South Wales.

It is being funded entirely by private capital, shot in the Adelaide Hills and uses an all-Aussie cast and crew.

Also among the cast is La-based former Neighbours actor Pippa Black, Andrew Ryan from Aussie film Tomorrow, When the War Began, Tim Pocock, who starred...

Having already left Criminal Minds for greener pastures – twice, by the way – I find myself more than a little surprised Paget Brewster’s first gig after leaving the CBS series will be with Law & Order: Svu. I mean, why leave a popular crime procedural with the hopes of branching out and trying new things only to end up working on yet another crime procedural? I know it’s not a permanent role, but couldn’t Brewster find something a little bit better? One could argue this is a nice, soft transition for her before she tries something really different, but I don’t buy it.

The first time she left Criminal Minds it was due to money costs, and it seemed like Brewster was ready to really branch out and she even did a TV movie, but she was pulled back in. Now that she’s gone for good this time,...

Paget Brewster's next TV gig will be competing directly with her old one.

Brewster, who left CBS' "Criminal Minds" at the end of last season, will guest-star on the two-hour season premiere of "Law & Order: Svu" on Sept. 26, The Hollywood Reporter notes. The first half of that premiere just happens to be airing opposite the season opener for "Criminal Minds," which will introduce Jeanne Tripplehorn as the replacement for Brewster's character.

On "Svu," Brewster will play the head of the Manhattan district attorney's Public Integrity Unit, which is leading the investigation of how a dead women ended up in bed next to Capt. Cragen (Dann Florek) in last season's finale. It will be Brewster's second time on the show; she previously guested (playing a different character) in a 2007 episode called "Scheherazade."

The season premiere of "Svu" will also bring back several guest stars from May's finale, including Dean Winters,...

It's official: Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson are getting their sleuth on.

The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed the rumor that the longtime friends will star in HBO's cop drama "True Detective." Season 1 will cover a 17-year time period as Rust Cohle (McConaughey) and Martin Hart (Harrelson) come together to hunt down a serial killer in Louisiana.

Aside from a recent guest role on "Eastbound & Down," this will be McConaughey's first big small-screen role, while Harrelson is back after his co-starring role in HBO's film "Game Change" and stint as the lovable Woody Boyd on "Cheers."

In more casting news...

Peter Jacobson, Brooke Smith, Dean Winters, Pippa Black and Eric Laden join the season finale of "Law & Order: Svu." The final "Svu" episode of Season 13, set to air on May 23, brings an all-star cast for an installment about a high-end sex-for-pay scandal. In "Rhodium Nights," "House" vet Jacobson plays Bart Ganzel,...

It's official: Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson are getting their sleuth on.

The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed the rumor that the longtime friends will star in HBO's cop drama "True Detective." Season 1 will cover a 17-year time period as Rust Cohle (McConaughey) and Martin Hart (Harrelson) come together to hunt down a serial killer in Louisiana.

Aside from a recent guest role on "Eastbound & Down," this will be McConaughey's first big small-screen role, while Harrelson is back after his co-starring role in HBO's film "Game Change" and stint as the lovable Woody Boyd on "Cheers."

In more casting news...

Peter Jacobson, Brooke Smith, Dean Winters, Pippa Black and Eric Laden join the season finale of "Law & Order: Svu." The final "Svu" episode of Season 13, set to air on May 23, brings an all-star cast for an installment about a high-end sex-for-pay scandal. In "Rhodium Nights," "House" vet Jacobson plays Bart Ganzel,...

NBC’s Law & Order: Svu is throwing quite a party for its season finale airing May 23, and the guest list is chock-a-block with familiar faces.

In “Rhodium Nights,” where someone who appears to be a high-end call girl turns up dead at an A-list soiree, House vet Peter Jacobson will guest-star as Bart Ganzel, the owner of the escort service that supplied “entertainment” for the party, TVLine has learned exclusively.

Running security for Ganzel is former Svu detective Brian Cassidy, to be played by Dean Winters (who originated the role during Season 1 and more recently has guested on sitcoms such...

Take a gander at the various Emmy nomination ballots and you'll quickly discover something: Almost everyone puts their name in for a nomination.

It doesn't matter if the show died a quick and painless death, if it was critically derided for much of its short run, it's so obscure no one has ever heard of it, or it's an established -- and sometimes quite good -- show whose chances of being nominated are about the same as our seeing dinosaurs roaming the planet in our lifetimes.

This isn't an ego thing, surprisingly enough; the academy encourages casts and crews from all shows to submit themselves for a nomination, likely under the axiom that you've got to be in it to win it (did you hear that, Charlie Sheen?). What this all-inclusive attitude can lead to, though, is some pretty funny discoveries.

So, let's pretend that we're in the Bizarro world...

The little sitcom that caused a lot of controversy last summer has quietly ended its run. NBC has cancelled Outsourced after one season on the air.

Outsourced follows a Us sales manager, Todd Dempsey (Ben Rappaport), who's assigned to supervise his company's call center in India. The sitcom also stars Anisha Nagarajan, Diedrich Bader, Parvesh Cheena, Pippa Black, Rebecca Hazelwood, Rizwan Manji, and Sacha Dhawan.

The NBC sitcom started out decently and it looked like NBC might have a keeper on its hands. Last September, Outsourced debuted to a 3.6 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 7.49 million viewers. In week two, the demo number fell 22% to a 2.8 rating and 5.85 million viewers but that was still pretty healthy by NBC standards.

  Unfortunately, over the course of the season, the ratings just kept dwindling downward. The ratings have...

Halloween is almost here, and "Extra" has the scoop on how television's best shows are getting into costume to spook you!

"Glee" is bringing the horror show with "The Time Warp," and "Family Guy's" Peter Griffin executes a series of painful and humiliating Halloween pranks on unsuspecting families, and there's more...

Hey, boo -- check out what's on the tube! Boo!

Halloween 2010 on Tvfox's 'Glee' (Oct. 26)

Will (Matthew Morrison) stages "The Rocky...

Hot on the heels of the full season upgrade for Chuck, NBC announced today via press release that they have now ordered full seasons for three of their newest TV series. The hour-long drama The Event, the half-hour comedy Outsourced and the legal drama spin-off Law & Order: Los Angeles all had their stay on NBC extended for at least one full season. Network president Angela Bromstad said, ““We are pleased with the quality of The Event, Law & Order: Los Angeles and Outsourced, and feel they are an important part of helping to re-build our schedule and our studio pipeline. We believe in these new series and the creative auspices behind them.” Honestly, I feel almost the exact opposite way. The Event is a gimmick without substance and Outsourced is one of the worst comedy series I’ve ever seen . However, I’m rather indifferent on Law & Order: Los Angeles. You...

Jason Ritter's The Event gets a full-season order by NBC NBC has given full-season pickups to three of its new Fall 2010-11 series, The Event, Law & Order: Los Angeles and Outsourced. The announcement was made by Angela Bromstad, President, Primetime Entertainment, NBC and Universal Media Studios.

"We are pleased with the quality of The Event, Law & Order: Los Angeles and Outsourced, and feel they are an important part of helping to re-build our schedule and our studio pipeline," said Bromstad. "We believe in these new series and the creative auspices behind them."

Through October 11, The Event has averaged a 3.0 rating, 7 share in adults 18-49 and 9.1 million viewers overall in "most current" averages from Nielsen Media Research. The Event has generated a 30 percent improvement in the time period versus year-ago "most current" results for NBC in 18-49 rating (with a 3.0 rating vs. a 2.3) and a 47 percent increase in total viewers (9.1 million vs.

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Todd Dempsy is living thousands of miles from home. On the new sitcom 'Outsourced', Todd (Ben Rappaport) has been downsized from his job in the United States, and then transferred to a new office in Mumbai, India. And the thing about living in a foreign country is that sometimes, you're just glad to hang out with anyone who speaks the same language as you.

[Warning: Spoiler alert.]

Which explains why Todd spends time with his annoying co-worker Charlie (Diedrich Bader). During the latest episode (Wed., 9:30Pm Et on NBC), Todd learns that Charlie has a crush on Tonya (Pippa Black) -- yet another expatriate who is living in India. It's easy to understand why someone would have the hots for Tonya. She's beautiful and she's Australian, which means that she has one of those cool "Aussie" accents.

 

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It's not often that a new show gets some people so angry before it even airs but NBC's new TV show, Outsourced, certainly rubs some people the wrong way. Did that hurt the ratings? Will it be quickly cancelled or become a long-term staple of NBC's Thursday night line-up?

Outsourced follows a Us sales manager, Todd Dempsey (Ben Rappaport), who's assigned to supervise his company's call center in India. The new sitcom also stars Anisha Nagarajan, Diedrich Bader, Parvesh Cheena, Pippa Black, Rebecca Hazelwood, Rizwan Manji, and Sacha Dhawan.

Some people have expressed resentment over the show's theme, especially considering this country's struggling economy and unemployment problem. Others maintain that the show's intent is to show how offices are the same, regardless of where they're located.

  In its first week on the air, Outsourced attracted a 3.6 in the 18-49...

Chicago – It seems that NBC is getting some of their “Must See TV” mojo back, after adding the hilarious “Community” to the Thursday night comedy line-up last year and debuting the equally stellar “Outsourced’ this year, which premieres September 23rd at 8:30pm Cst.

Television Rating: 5.0/5.0

The timing on this show is auspicious, as America still copes with the outsourcing of jobs to far-flung places such as India. Here it is the familiar call center, where a joke items and novelties company from Kansas City has moved all of their order facilities. It is a fresh faced American manager named Todd (Ben Rappaport) that is called upon to get the new Indian office to produce, and there are nice levels of satire, humor and heart in a pilot chock full of laughs.

Todd is definitely a fish out of water as he assesses and sizes up his new charges. His...

The time is finally upon us for the 2010 fall TV season to kick off next week with the return of all your favorite series and the premiere of some brand new ones for you to sink your teeth into (or forget about completely). We’ve been posting reviews here and there for several of the new shows, but right now we’re just going to give you the line-up of most of the new series hitting the different networks complete with plot description and premiere time. You can find the line-up after the jump (organized chronologically by premiere date), but stay tuned for more pilot reviews as the fall season starts next week as well as episode recaps for several prominent series both new and old.

Sunday, September 19th

Boardwalk Empire (HBO) – 9pm Est/8pm Cst

The undisputed ruler of Atlantic City is the town’s Treasurer, Enoch “Nucky” Thompson,...

Ben Rappaport and Anisha Nagarajan takes us behind-the-scenes of NBC's latest Must-See comedy

NBC's latest addition to its Must-See Thursday night comedy line-up is Outsourced, a new sitcom where the Midwest meets the exotic East in a hilarious culture clash. The series centers on the all-American company Mid America Novelties that sells whoopee cushions, foam fingers and wallets made of bacon -- and whose call center has suddenly been outsourced to India. Todd Dempsy (Ben Rappaport) is the new company's manager who learns that he's being transferred to India to run the operation.

To celebrate the series' Pilot premiere, which airs Thursday, September 23rd at 9:30 pm, we caught up with star Ben Rappaport , his co-star Anisha Nagarajan, and Executive Producer Robert Borden. Here is our conversation:

Ben I was wondering what made you want to be a part of this show?

Ben Rappaport: Well first of all I got cast in it,...

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Outsourced? Boo!

Outsourced premieres on NBC Thursday, September 23rd New Series. Episode 1.01: Pilot premiers September 23rd, 9:30/8:30 central. Series airs Thursday Nights at 9:30/8:30 central on NBC

Those who've devoted their time to watching Parks and Recreation grow into one of the smartest, funniest episodic sitcoms on broadcast television over the past two years may be predisposed to contractually hate NBC for replacing it with Outsourced. Just as Thursday night's Must See TV kicks back into high gear for fall of 2010.

Sure, at first, it was easy to despise Parks and Recreation for being an Office clone, shot in that increasingly disreputable mockumentary format. The two shows had their similarities, but Parks and Recreation soon proved weird enough to garner our undying attention. In its second season, it flourished, breaking out of the dense shadow of its comedic predecessor.

There isn't one actor on that show who...

The fall television season is nearly upon us, with just about everything premiering between September 20-26. CBS, NBC, and ABC have all taken the opportunity to announce the premiere week synopses for all their new and returning shows via press release.

So if you’d like to see what the networks have planned for you on The Big Bang Theory, How I Met Your Mother, Chuck, The Event, The Office, Castle, Desperate Housewives, and many more, hit the jump.

The Amazing Race

The Amazing Race is a seven-time Emmy Award-winning adventure reality series hosted by Emmy-nominated host, Phil Keoghan, which pits teams, of two, against each other on a trek around the world. At every destination, each team will have to compete in a series of challenges, some mental and some physical, and only when the tasks are completed will they learn of their next location. Teams who are the...

Remember Pooja Batra? The former Indian beauty queen and actress is Hollywood bound.She is making a comeback to showbiz with upcoming American sitcom .Outsourced. and also helping Indian actors find a foothold there with her casting company.Pooja, 36, who married orthopaedic surgeon Sonu Ahluwalia in 2003, is currently settled in Los Angeles and has been running her own casting agency - Glow Bell Inc. She will dazzle on screen after five years. Pooja has done over 21 movies like .Virasat., .Haseena Maan Jaayegi. and .Nayak - The Real Hero...I am pursuing acting in America. I have booked a show there and I am hoping my character develops. It is called .Outsourced.. It is for NBC (channel); so I am keeping my fingers crossed,. Pooja, who was last seen in 2005 in the historical epic .Taj Mahal - An Eternal Love Story., told Ians.Set in a Mumbai call centre, .Outsourced. is...

We have clips in from various fall preview episodes of NBC offerings including: "UnderCovers" starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Boris Kodjoe, Mekia Cox, Carter MacIntyre, Ben Schwartz, Gerald McRaney and Nancy Wetzel. The show is created by J.J. Abrams and Josh Reims. "Outsourced" with Diedrich Bader, Pippa Black, Parvesh Cheena, Sacha Dhawan, Jessica Gower and Rebecca Hazlewood. Helmed by Ken Kwapis of "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" and "He's Just Not That Into You." Reality series "School Pride" with Kym Whitley, Susie Castillo, Tom Stroup and Jacob Soboroff and the drama "Chase" with Kelli Giddish, Cole Hauser, Jesse Metcalfe, Amaury Nolasco and Rose Rollins.

Former Neighbours star Pippa Black has revealed that she would not rule out a return to her role as Elle Robinson. The 27-year-old quit the Ramsay Street soap last year after playing Elle since 2005. Asked by TV Week whether she would ever consider a comeback, Black replied: "You never say never. I absolutely loved my character and I carry a little bit of Elle around with me." On whether she ever regrets leaving, the actress commented: "No regrets. I'll always have really great memories of working there. I had a great time and I worked with such fantastic people that I've remained (more)...

Jeremy Irons has been tapped to star alongside Kevin Spacey, Demi Moore, and Zachary Quinto in the Wall Street thriller Margin Call, which chronicles a 24-hour period in an investment bank during the 2008 financial crisis. “Yea, sounds tough, but do they have to deal with a cougar?” Jack Bauer asks. (Don’t say Demi, PopWatchers.) [Variety]

Adam Shankman confirmed via Twitter that for the first time in seven seasons, Fox will stream full episodes of So You Think You Can Dance online. Expect to confuse video buffering for awe-inspiring popping. [Deadline]

Ninety-nine percent of the country loves Ellen like she’s an...

You've probably already heard of "Outsourced," NBC's latest addition to its Thursday sitcom block, but not for the best reasons. It swiped the "30 Rock" timeslot and bumped "Parks and Recreation" to midseason. Clearly, the culprit warrants a closer look.

Disclaimer: These posts are not reviews -- shows often make tweaks to their pilot episodes between filming in the spring and their fall debuts. Full reviews will come closer to the premiere date.

What it is: Adapted from a 2006 romantic comedy motion picture of the same name, "Outsourced" follows Todd Dempsy (Ben Rappaport) from Kansas City to Mumbai when the entire staff at his novelty gift company is fired and their inexpensive replacements at an Indian call center need a Western manager. Cultural gaffes are scheduled to ensue 9:30 p.m. Et Thursdays.

Who's making it: Executive producer and pilot director Ken Kwapis has an enviable TV resume, having been on...

NBC has recast a key role in the upcoming fall comedy "Outsourced."

Aussie actress Pippa Black has secured the role of Tonya in the half-hour NBC series.

Tonya is described as an athletic, statuesque woman who runs a customer service center in India. Black is repped by Magnolia Entertainment and Aran Michael.

Also, Maria Thayer ("Forgetting Sarah Marshall") has been added as a series regular to Cartoon Network's live-action series "Eagleheart."

Thayer had a guest role in the pilot, but the part has been expanded to a series regular. She's repped by Apa and Untitled.

Tim Vine has admitted that he was unfamiliar with the latest crop of Neighbours stars when he made his cameo appearance on the programme. The comedian filmed a short scene for the show last April while in Australia for the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Vine's soap debut saw him playing a tourist who asked Elle Robinson (Pippa Black) and Lucas Fitzgerald (Scott Major) for directions to the Lassiters hotel, but he has now confessed that he had never heard of either character before. Reflecting on the experience, Vine told Den of Geek: "The funny thing about it was that I didn't know the characters. I haven't watched it for so long, (more)...

Neighbours star Ryan Moloney has admitted that he was saddened by Pippa Black's decision to quit the soap. Black announced that she was to leave her role as Elle Robinson last June. The actress, who is expected to pursue opportunities overseas, has already left screens in Australia but not yet bowed out in the UK. In a new interview with TV Week, Moloney - better known as Ramsay Street legend Jarrod 'Toadfish' Rebecchi - named Black's departure as one which affected him the most. He said: "I miss Pippa Black. (more)...

Neighbours executive producer Susan Bower has praised the talents of departing actress Pippa Black. In June, Black announced she was quitting her role as Elle Robinson after four years with the series. In an interview with Holy Soap, Bower said: "The door would always be open for Pippa Black. She's been absolutely marvellous. "She has grown enormously in the time that she's been with us and we're very sad to see (more)...

Neighbours stars Pippa Black and Sweeney Young have appeared in the new film clip for former Australian Idol contestant Jacob Butler. The pair, who played Ramsay Street residents Elle Robinson and Riley Parker respectively, star as a young couple in "the classic story of love gone wrong" in the clip for Butler's new single 'Coma'. "I really love the track, that's why I got on board," said Black. "I've never appeared in a video clip before so it's nice to be involved in something with really relatable lyrics. I think the scenes that we shot are really dramatic and quite emotive with the music." On working with Young again, the 26-year-old, who recently announced that she is quitting Neighbours, added: (more)...

Neighbours actress Pippa Black is the latest star to quit the iconic Australian series, reports the Herald Sun. Last year, the 26-year-old - who has played the role of Lucinda 'Elle' Robinson since 2005 - announced her intentions to leave the series before later signing an extension on her contract. Speaking of Black's decision to leave, Neighbours executive producer Susan Bower said: "We've anticipated that Pip would want to spread her wings and have been incredibly (more)...