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Prolific television director David Von Ancken, who also helmed the feature Seraphim Falls, passed away July 26 at his home in Agoura Hills, CA after a two-year battle with aggressive stomach cancer. He was 56.

David Von Ancken, known lovingly as “Dva,” was born in New York on December 5, 1964. His career got off to a hot start with the 2001 short Bullet In the Brain, starring Tom Noonan and Dean Winters, which Von Ancken wrote and directed. It won Universal/Hypnotic Films’ Million Dollar Film Festival as well as numerous other festival awards and opened the doors for Von Ancken to embark on a directing career.

He became a sought-after — and beloved — episodic director who worked on some three dozen series over the past two decades, including Oz, Without a Trace, The Shield, Gossip Girl, The Vampire Diaries, The Mentalist, Person of Interest, The Following, Intelligence, House of Lies, MacGyver, The Crossing and The Purge.

Stars: Munro Chambers, Christopher Gray, Emily Tyra | Written and Directed by Rob Grant

When Richard’s girlfriend Sasha and best friend Jonah give him a spear gun for his birthday, he wants to try it out straight away. The three of them set out for a day trip on a boat, but suspicion and jealousy soon start to get the upper hand. When the boat’s engine fails with no supplies on board, a nerve-wracking struggle for survival ensues that spares nobody’s secrets – or blood.

Wealthy Richard (Christopher Gray) is prone to fits of violent anger, particularly when he believes his girlfriend Sasha (Emily Tyra) is cheating on him with his best friend Jonah (Munro Chambers) — who’s been having worse luck than even his Biblical namesake. Once they reassure him that his fears are unfounded, Richard invites Sasha and Jonah on an excursion aboard his yacht The Naughty Buoy to make amends.

Rob Grant's killer horror flick Harpoon is getting quite the luxery treatment for its Canadian Bluray and DVD release next month.    When maladjusted Jonah (Munro Chambers) is attacked by his hot-headed best friend Richard (Christopher Gray) - who believes Jonah and his long-term girlfriend Sasha (Emily Tyra) are sleeping together - the caustic bond between the three friends is quickly called into question. Once Jonah and Sasha convince Richard that the allegations are false, Richard apologizes by taking them on a pleasure cruise on his fancy new yacht. After an accident renders the boat inoperable, Richard soon discovers that the affair was in fact, real. As more dark secrets and sexual tensions emerge, and with their rations of food and water starting to quickly...

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Harpoon is an indie title, that has been making the festival rounds. Out today on Blu-ray (U.S.), this film has also been showing through a limited theatrical release, in North America. The film involves a strange love triangle, in which three friends turn against each other on the high seas. Partially shot in Canada and Belize, the film centrally stars: Brett Gelman, Munro Chambers and Emily Tyra. Now, there is some word that the film will show in a few theatres, in the Great White North, with a new clip debuting today. The clip is titled "Seagull Blood" and can be found below. The new clip shows the three friends, near exhaustion. They have captured their lunch, but begin to eat it raw? Very surreal, these three friends will need to find land soon. Harpoon is a 775 Media Corp production. Dread and Epic Pictures will continue to show the film in U.

Stars: Munro Chambers, Christopher Gray, Emily Tyra | Written and Directed by Rob Grant

When Richard’s girlfriend Sasha and best friend Jonah give him a spear gun for his birthday, he wants to try it out straight away. The three of them set out for a day trip on a boat, but suspicion and jealousy soon start to get the upper hand. When the boat’s engine fails with no supplies on board, a nerve-wracking struggle for survival ensues that spares nobody’s secrets – or blood.

Wealthy Richard (Christopher Gray) is prone to fits of violent anger, particularly when he believes his girlfriend Sasha (Emily Tyra) is cheating on him with his best friend Jonah (Munro Chambers) — who’s been having worse luck than even his Biblical namesake. Once they reassure him that his fears are unfounded, Richard invites Sasha and Jonah on an excursion aboard his yacht The Naughty Buoy to make amends.

Arrow Video have announced that hit horror Harpoon (which is screening at Grimmfest this weekend) will premiere exclusively on its Cult Film video-on-demand service The Arrow Video Channel from 18th October, just in time for Halloween. The Arrow Video Channel is now available to UK customers of Apple TV channels in the Apple TV app on iPhone, iPad, Apple TV and select Samsung smart TVs, in addition to Amazon Prime Video subscribers.

Hot on the heels of its UK Premiere at Arrow Video FrightFest where it received critical acclaim, Harpoon is written, directed and edited by Rob Grant, Produced by Michael Peterson and Kurtis David Harder and stars Munro Chambers, Emily Tyra, Christopher Gray with narration by Brett Gelman.

With his perfect family and perfect upbringing, Richard (Christopher Gray) appears to have it all. So when he thinks that his long-term girlfriend, Sasha (Emily Tyra), and best friend, Jonah (Munro Chambers), are having an affair,...

Prolific Canadian writer-director Rob Grant, who’s made five features and one documentary in the last decade, once again puts a limited setting and budget to resourceful use in “Harpoon.” This thriller about three none-too-loyal friends adrift on a yacht made a splash at Fantasia (after a lower-key Rotterdam premiere) with its genre-fan-friendly mix of grisly action and jaunty black comedy.

That balance was particularly successful in Grant’s 2012 “Mon Ami,” wherein two would-be kidnappers kept bungling their way to an ever-higher accidental body count. His latest is slicker but also more glibly mean-spirited, with characters it’s hard to care about and some twists that seem more contrived than clever — or credible. Nonetheless, . It opens in a few U.S. theaters Oct. 4, followed a few days later by Blu-ray and Tvod release.

The arch tone is set immediately by comedian Brett Gelman’s omnipresent narrator, who paraphrases Aristotle on...

Writer/director Rob Grant wastes zero time getting us in the right frame of mind with Brett Gelman’s perfectly sardonic voice narrating an auspiciously violent collision of three close friends caught in a lovers’ misunderstanding. Harpoon‘s first scene provides effect—a stranded yacht in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean with “Sos” duct taped to the deck—while the second supplies cause as Jonah (Munro Chambers) gets his face punched in by best friend Richard (Christopher Gray) with the latter’s long-term partner Sasha (Emily Tyra) imploring him to stop. Move those temperamental seeds of mistrust to a boat’s tight quarters and we can guess why the vessel will eventually find itself in distress. The question then becomes which, if any, of those passengers will be alive to accept help.

The misunderstanding: Richard thinks Jonah and Sasha are having an affair. It stems from texts found on...

When their yacht breaks down in isolated ocean waters, three "friends" find out just how much they really hate each other (and what they're capable of doing to each other) in Rob Grant's Harpoon. With the dark comedy coming out in select cinemas and on VOD this October from Dread, we caught up with co-writer/director Rob Grant to discuss assembling his game cast, finding a shooting location at the last minute, the challenges of filming on the water (especially in an area filled with curious kayakers), getting Brett Gelman involved as the movie's narrator, and exploring the "darker side of human behavior."

Thanks for taking the time to catch up with us, Rob, and congratulations on Harpoon! How and when did you get the idea for Harpoon?

Rob Grant: Thanks for the support! The idea originated on just the premise of three people who hate each other stuck...

"You know, someone once told me - the sea finds out everything you've done wrong." Epic Pics has debuted a full-length official trailer for Harpoon, an indie dark comedy horror thriller set (mostly) on a stranded yacht. From Canadian filmmaker Rob Grant the film played at the Rotterdam and FrightFest Film Festivals earlier this year, and is opening in a few Us theaters next month just in time for Halloween. Rivalries, dark secrets, and sexual tension emerge when three best friends find themselves stranded on a yacht in the middle of the ocean due to suspicious circumstances. Starring Christopher Gray, Munro Chambers, and Emily Tyra. The film has already picked up lots of positive reviews, calling it "a fun-loving but mean-spirited ride on the open water that delivers fast, satisfying thrills." Jump right in. Here's the full-length official trailer for Rob Grant's Harpoon, direct from YouTube (found via EW):...

As our Fantasia Fest coverage winds down, here’s a double-bill of two new films from actor Munro Chambers, who came to prominence back in 2015 with a little film called Turbo Kid. His latest films see the actor embrace both ends of the character spectrum: hero and villain. Or do they?

Harpoon

Stars: Munro Chambers, Christopher Gray, Emily Tyra | Written and Directed by Rob Grant

Wealthy Richard (Christopher Gray) is prone to fits of violent anger, particularly when he believes his girlfriend Sasha (Emily Tyra) is cheating on him with his best friend Jonah (Munro Chambers) — who’s been having worse luck than even his Biblical namesake. Once they reassure him that his fears are unfounded, Richard invites Sasha and Jonah on an excursion aboard his yacht The Naughty Buoy to make amends. What starts out as a pleasure cruise becomes a fateful trip when festering suspicions and resentments bubble to the surface,...

Rob Grant's latest thriller Harpoon is the latest entry into the fine collection of movies which take place in one location. In this case, we have a trio of friends on a yacht in the middle of the open ocean.

Richard (Christopher Gray), Jonah (Munro Chambers) and Sasha (Emily Tyra) are long-time friends with a ton of baggage. Richard is loaded and kind of a dick who is also generous to his friends. Sasha is a nurse and also Richard's long-time girlfriend while Jonah is a struggling with the fact that his parents were disappointed in him and because they died during a trip he bought for them; he also feels a little guilty.

Harpoon opens with an ugly fight that then turns into a day trip on Richard's yachts as a feeble attempt to make amends. The trio's day trip turn...

A lean, mean thriller with pitch-black humor pumping through its veins, Harpoon has friendship on its mind. Throughout life, friendships are forged on various foundations of need and utility, but sometimes it’s simply a matter of having grown up together. As you get older and drift apart, that foundation can become weak and precarious. That’s the type of friendship in focus here, where three friends are bound by their lengthy history, but perhaps shouldn’t be. When the trio are left stranded in the middle of the ocean after their yacht breaks down, both their friendships and their lives are tested in harrowing ways.

Thanks to snappy narration via the Narrator (Stranger Thing’s Brett Gelman), no time is wasted cutting straight to the chase. Richard (Christopher Gray) is the rich son of a mob boss and has a serious anger management problem. The Narrator barely has enough...

Horror Highlights returns with details for three very different horror-related films. Acquired after premiering at Cannes is the horror comedy Harpoon. Continue reading for release details. Also in today's Horror Highlights: news that Caroline Williams will star in Ten Minutes to Midnight and release details for Shed of the Dead, co-starring Kane Hodder.

Harpoon Trailer and Release Details: "Recently acquired out of the Cannes market for Us rights by Epic Pictures, Rob Grant’s horror comedy Harpoon is thrilled to release a new hysterically deranged sales trailer.

Repped by genre sales company Yellow Veil Pictures and coming to Dread, Epic’s celebrated genre label, the film features Munro Chambers (star of Epic Pictures’ cult hit Turbo Kid), Emily Tyra (Code Black), and Christopher Gray (The Mist), Harpoon is a black comedy about the rivalries, dark secrets, and sexual tension that amount when three best friends find themselves stranded on a...

"Better than Titanic!" Yellow Veil Pictures has debuted an official promo trailer for an indie dark comedy horror thriller titled Harpoon, the latest feature from Canadian filmmaker Rob Grant. This just premiered at the Rotterdam Film Festival this year and is on the hunt for distributors at the Cannes Market, which is where this trailer comes from. Rivalries, dark secrets, and sexual tension emerge when three best friends find themselves stranded on a yacht in the middle of the ocean due to suspicious circumstances. Sounds a bit like Holiday or The Boat, but maybe not entirely. Starring Christopher Gray, Munro Chambers, and Emily Tyra. The best part about this trailer is the ridiculous fake quotes they use throughout, mocking all the ridiculous quotes that usually appear in most trailers anyway. Ha. Good stuff. Here's the first promo trailer (+ festival poster) for Rob Grant's Harpoon, direct from YouTube: Harpoon is...

Epic Pictures has acquiring U.S. rights to Rob Grant’s horror comedy “Harpoon” for its distribution genre label Dread. The deal was announced at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.

The movie stars Munro Chambers, who also appeared in Epic Pictures’ “Turbo Kid” in 2015, along with Emily Tyra (“Code Black”), and Christopher Gray (“The Mist”). “Harpoon” is a black comedy about the rivalries, dark secrets, and sexual tension that arise when three best friends find themselves stranded on a yacht in the middle of the ocean.

The film was also written by Grant and produced by Michael Peterson (“Knuckleball”), Kurtis David Harder (“What Keeps You Alive”), and Julian Black Antelope (“True Fiction”) for 775 Media Corp. It was executive produced by Laurie Venning for Venntertainment.

The deal for the film was negotiated by Patrick Ewald, CEO of Epic Pictures/Dread along with Walter Boholst, business affairs consultant on behalf of Epic and Hugues Barbier,...

The lost-at-sea trope usually plays out as a horror, thriller, drama or a combination of the three but comedy isn't, generally speaking, thrown into the mix.

Enter writer/director Rob Grant with his new feature Harpoon.

Starring Munro Chambers (Turbo Kid), Emily Tyra (Code Black), and Christopher Gray ("The Mist"), the movie is described as a "dark comedy about the rivalries, dark secrets, and sexual tension that amount when three best friends find themselves stranded on a yacht in the middle of the ocean under suspicious circumstances."

Though the first teaser trailer doesn't really provide much in the way of anything story-wise, I do love that it plays nothing like a comedy and therefore, I'm intrigued.

Harpoon will be making...

Arthouse sales firm Yellow Veil Pictures has picked up the international rights to dark comedy Harpoon, starring Code Black’s Emily Tyra and The Mist’s Christopher Gray, ahead of its premiere in Rotterdam.

It is the latest genre project for the company, which handles worldwide sales for films including Tillman Singer’s Luz , A.T. White’s Starfish, and Josh Lobo’s forthcoming upcoming debut A Man in the Dark.

Harpoon, which is directed by Rob Grant (Mon Ami) and produced by 775 Media Corp, is a dark comedy about the rivalries, dark secrets, and sexual tension that amount when three best friends find themselves stranded on a yacht in the middle of the ocean under suspicious circumstances. Munro Chambers, who starred in Degrassi: The Next Generation, also stars in the film, which was shot in Calgary, Alberta and San Pedro, Belize.

The lost-at-sea film will premiere at the International Film Festival Rotterdam,...

Despite reports they were mulling over a revival, CBS has decided its Code Black TV show will remain cancelled. During the Summer 2018 TCAs, Entertainment boss Kelly Kahl said the network was trying to figure out a way to "make it work," but it seems it is not to be.

A CBS medical drama, Code Black starred Marcia Gay Harden, Luis Guzmán, Rob Lowe, Boris Kodjoe, Harry Ford, Benjamin Hollingsworth, William Allen Young, Emily Tyra, Noah Gray-Cabey, Emily Alyn Lind, and Moon Bloodgood. The series unfolds at Angels Memorial Hospital in Los Angeles — the busiest, most notorious ER in the country. The high patient volume dwarfs the resources available to the exceptional staff — creating a condition known as Code Black. Read More…...

Could Code Black make a comeback after all? According to The Hollywood Reporter, CBS is considering renewing the cancelled TV show.

As reported earlier, the network cancelled the medical drama this year after three seasons. The cast includes Marcia Gay Harden, Luis Guzmán, Boris Kodjoe, Harry Ford, Benjamin Hollingsworth, William Allen Young, Emily Tyra, Noah Gray-Cabey, Emily Alyn Lind, Moon Bloodgood, and Rob Lowe.

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What's the prognosis for the Angels Memorial ER? Is the Code Black TV show cancelled or renewed for a fourth season on CBS? The television vulture is watching all the latest TV cancellation and renewal news, so this page is the place to track the status of Code Black, season four. Bookmark it, or subscribe for the latest updates. Remember, the television vulture is watching your shows. Are you?

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Airing on the CBS television network, Code Black stars Marcia Gay Harden, Luis Guzmán, Rob Lowe, Boris Kodjoe, Harry Ford, Benjamin Hollingsworth, William Allen Young, Emily Tyra, Noah Gray-Cabey, Emily Alyn Lind, and Moon Bloodgood. The story unfolds at Angels Memorial Hospital in Los Angeles — the busiest, most notorious ER in the country. The high patient volume dwarfs the resources available to the...

Code Black just wrapped its third and final season, but is there a chance for more? Recently, creator Michael Seitzman spoke with Deadline about the possible future of the cancelled CBS TV show.

The medical drama unfolds at Angels Memorial Hospital in Los Angeles — the busiest, most notorious ER in the country. The cast includes Marcia Gay Harden, Luis Guzmán, Boris Kodjoe, Harry Ford, Benjamin Hollingsworth, William Allen Young, Emily Tyra, Noah Gray-Cabey, Emily Alyn Lind, Moon Bloodgood, and Rob Lowe.

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This evening, we must say goodbye to the Code Black TV show after three short seasons on the air. Series get cancelled all the time -- mostly due to low ratings -- but, did this Wednesday night series deserve the ax or, should it have been renewed for a fourth season instead?A CBS medical drama, Code Black stars Marcia Gay Harden, Luis Guzmán, Rob Lowe, Boris Kodjoe, Harry Ford, Benjamin Hollingsworth, William Allen Young, Emily Tyra, Noah Gray-Cabey, Emily Alyn Lind, and Moon Bloodgood. The story unfolds at Angels Memorial Hospital in Los Angeles -- the busiest, most notorious ER in the country. The high patient volume dwarfs the resources available to the exceptional staff -- creating a condition known as Code Black.Debuting in September 2015, the first season of Code Black averaged a 1.27 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 7.11 million...

Spoiler Alert: This article contains details about tonight’s series finale of Code Black.

If you are going to go out, go out with a bang — that seemed to be the sentiment for the Code Black series finale tonight on CBS.

The medical drama was not short on the drama as it stacked intense, near-death moments in and outside of Angels Memorial. The Season 3-ending episode, appropriately titled “The Business of Saving Lives,” also served up some emotional connections with the many struggling relationships in the series — mainly Marcia Gay Harden’s Dr. Leanne Rorish and foster daughter Ariel (Emily Alyn Lind).

The episode is told somewhat out of order, starting with an airplane crashing into Angels Memorial. It then backtracks to the events leading up to that crash — and boy oh boy is there a lot.

Through the course of the episode, Col. Ethan Willis (Rob Lowe) continues to...

All good things must come to an end. 

But first, you have to set up the exit strategy. Code Black Season 3 Episode 12 did an admirable job of that. Maybe a bit too admirable. A missing teenager, a doctor on a psych hold, a floundering surgical resident, an oedipal confrontation...that's a lot to wrap up in a mere forty-five minutes.

It's all about the pacing. We all remember eighth-grade literature, rising and falling action. The penultimate episode of a season is always about climbing the last stage of the last peak. It's all about the setup.

But sometimes writers bite off more than they can chew. Or more than we can swallow anyway. There were several plots that could have been axed for clarity, that did nothing to substantially move the story forward.

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First on the chopping block?...

What's in store for the end of Code Black? Recently, executive producer Michael Seitzman spoke with TVLine about the CBS TV show's upcoming series finale.As reported earlier, the network has cancelled the medical drama after three seasons. The cast includes Marcia Gay Harden, Luis Guzmán, Boris Kodjoe, Harry Ford, Benjamin Hollingsworth, William Allen Young, Emily Tyra, Noah Gray-Cabey, Emily Alyn Lind, Moon Bloodgood, and Rob Lowe.Read More…...

In its freshman installment, the Code Black TV show earned low ratings for a CBS TV series. Instead of cancelling though, the network renewed it, with the requisite cast changes. Its numbers fell further last year, but it still wasn't cancelled, probably thanks to licensing deal concessions. Will the third season see the audience grow or further diminish, and if so, how low can it go? Will Code Black be cancelled or renewed for season four? Stay tuned. **Status update belowA CBS medical drama, Code Black stars Marcia Gay Harden, Luis Guzmán, Rob Lowe, Boris Kodjoe, Harry Ford, Benjamin Hollingsworth, William Allen Young, Emily Tyra, Noah Gray-Cabey, Emily Alyn Lind, and Moon Bloodgood. The story unfolds at Angels Memorial Hospital in Los Angeles -- the busiest, most notorious ER in the country. The high patient volume dwarfs the resources available to the exceptional...

Angels Memorial is closing its doors. CBS has cancelled its Code Black TV show after three seasons. Creator and showrunner Michael Seitzman has already confirmed the Code Black cancellation. Although the production utilized the extraordinary measures of amputating some original series regulars (Raza Jaffrey and Bonnie Somerville) and grafting on a big name (Rob Lowe), the patient eventually succumbed to acute ratings anemia. A CBS medical drama, Code Black stars Marcia Gay Harden, Luis Guzmán, Boris Kodjoe, Harry Ford, Benjamin Hollingsworth, William Allen Young, Emily Tyra, Noah Gray-Cabey, Emily Alyn Lind, Moon Bloodgood, and Lowe. The story unfolds at Angels Memorial Hospital in Los Angeles — home of the busiest, most notorious ER in the country. The high patient volume dwarfs the resources available to the exceptional staff — creating a condition known as Code Black. According to Seitzman...

CBS has pulled the plug on medical drama “Code Black” after three seasons.

Series creator and showrunner Michael Seitzman first broke the news on Twitter.

“Dear #CodeBlack fans, the sad news came today that we were cancelled,” he wrote. “It’s been a true joy to make this show and watch your response every week. Thank you for all of your passion. Truly, our best episodes have yet to air. We hope you’ll watch and enjoy them. We made them for you.”

The series takes place in the fictional Angels Memorial Hospital, where the high number often outnumbered the limited resources available to doctors and patients, creating a situation known in some hospitals as a “code black.”

It stars Marcia Gay Harden, Boris Kodjoe, Harry Ford, Benjamin Hollingsworth, Emily Tyra, William Allen Young, Noah Gray-Cabey, Emily Alyn Lind, Moon Bloodgood, Luis Guzmán, and Rob Lowe. Michael Seitzman, David Marshall Grant,...

CBS medical drama Code Black will not return for a fourth season. Creator/showrunner Michael Seitzman revealed the news in a note to fans early Thursday on Twitter.

“The sad news came today that we were cancelled,” Seitzman wrote. “It’s been a true joy to make this show and watch your response every week. Thank you for all of your passion. Truly, our best episodes have yet to air. We hope you’ll watch and enjoy them. We made them for you.”

Dear #CodeBlack fans, the sad news came today that we were cancelled. It's been a true joy to make this show and watch your response every week. Thank you for all of your passion. Truly, our best episodes have yet to air. We hope you'll watch and enjoy them. We made them for you.

— Michael Seitzman (@michaelseitzman) May 24, 2018

The series returned April 25 to soft numbers, with its Season 3 premiere down 33% compared with last season’s debut. It came down to the wire last year, with the show getting a last-minute Season 3 renewal, as it did for Season 2. Because of the late start, the network this year postponed the renewal decision until after the upfronts.

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The decision not to renew for a fourth season was not a surprise. Seitzman wrote that the season finale was written as a series ender. “We always suspected this would be the last season. We wrote it to end that way,” he tweeted.

We always suspected this would be the last season. We wrote it to end that way. https://t.co/AByfkZ5Da0

— Michael Seitzman (@michaelseitzman) May 24, 2018

Created by Seitzman, Code Black took place in the busiest, most notorious ER in the nation, where the staggering influx of patients outweighed the limited resources available to the doctors and nurses whose job is to treat them all – creating a condition known as Code Black.

Marcia Gay Harden starred along with Boris Kodjoe, Harry Ford, Benjamin Hollingsworth, William Allen Young, Emily Tyra, Noah Gray-Cabey, Emily Alyn Lind and Moon Bloodgood, along with Luis Guzmán and Rob Lowe.

The series was produced by ABC Television Studios in association with CBS Television Studios. Seitzman executive produced with David Marshall Grant, Rob Bowman, Marti Noxon, Linda Goldstein Knowlton, Ryan McGarry and Mike Weiss.

Updated May 24 at 7:31 a.m. Pt with “Code Black” canceled by CBS.

Is “Ghosted” coming back?

That’s a question on viewers’ minds as upfronts week comes to a close, with Fox, ABC, NBC, CBS and The CW all having announced their fall programming schedules as of Thursday. ‘Cause some of those slates have holes in them, meaning the statuses of almost half a dozen shows on broadcast television are still up in the air.

Look, we can accept the fact that not every series will be saved like “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” — not every show should be. But come on, networks — minus ABC and The CW, who have already killed or renewed everything they’re going to — fans need to hear one way or another whether their favorite programs will be returning this fall, especially for ones that have a crazy-devoted fanbase.

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In a Gold Derby exclusive, we have learned the category placements of the key Emmy Awards contenders for ABC. For this season, the alphabet network has returning nominee “black-ish”, the relaunch of “Roseanne” and newcomer “The Good Doctor” (Freddie Highmore) as part of their 2018 campaign. ABC Studios also has several programs on other networks such as “Smilf” (Showtime) and “Code Black” (CBS).

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Below, the list of ABC lead, supporting and guest submissions for their comedy and drama series. More names might be added by the network on the final Emmy ballot. Also note that performers not included on this list may well be submitted by their personal reps.

“American Housewife”

Comedy Series

Comedy Actress – Katy Mixon

Comedy Supporting Actress – Julia Butters, Meg Donnelly, Carly Hughes, Ali Wong

Comedy Supporting Actor – Diedrich Bader, Daniel Dimaggio

Comedy Guest...

Well, that was different. 

A patient's tumor took us all to a musical review on Code Black Season 3 Episode 2. This isn't the first time that the showrunners have shown their theater geek sides, but I think it was my favorite.

The brightly colored song and dance routines worked precisely because they were hallucinations. It's not a new approach, but it is an effective one. 

As fun as the intro scene was, I preferred Noa's ballet scene. Not only did Emily Tyra get to show off her skills, but it was a better representation of what was really happening. 

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Dr. Avila still hasn't grown on me, and I doubt many of you are impressed with the wannabe documentarian. He may have managed to put the camera down and practice some medicine, but it didn't do anything for his personality.

Please diagnose the third season of the Code Black TV show on CBS. As we all know, the Nielsen ratings typically play a big role in determining whether the TV show Code Black is cancelled or renewed for season four. Unfortunately, most of us do not live in Nielsen households. Because many viewers feel frustration when their viewing habits and opinions aren't considered, we'd like to offer you the chance to rate all of the Code Black season three episodes, below. A CBS medical drama, Code Black stars Marcia Gay Harden, Luis Guzmán, Rob Lowe, Boris Kodjoe, Harry Ford, Benjamin Hollingsworth, William Allen Young, Emily Tyra, Noah Gray-Cabey, Emily Alyn Lind, and Moon Bloodgood. The story unfolds at Angels Memorial Hospital in Los Angeles — the busiest, most notorious ER in the country. The high patient volume dwarfs the resources available...

CBS has announced the third season of its Code Black TV series will premiere on Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at 10:00pm Et/Pt. Although Code Black season three will take over the Criminal Minds timeslot, there's no need to alert the Bau, as its season 13 finale airs the previous week. A CBS medical drama, Code Black stars Marcia Gay Harden, Boris Kodjoe, Harry Ford, Benjamin Hollingsworth, William Allen Young, Emily Tyra, Noah Gray-Cabey, Emily Alyn Lind, Moon Bloodgood, Luis Guzmán and Rob Lowe. The story unfolds in a Los Angeles Emergency Room -- one of the most notorious in the country. Read More…...

ETonline is going behind the scenes of Code Black on an all-new episode of our original Facebook Watch series, Let's Get Crafty.

Et's Leanne Aquilera recently caught up with a few of the show's stars around the set's craft services table, who dished on how they stay so fit around so much delicious junk food.

"When I was on TheWest Wing, I did four years and never even knew where the craft services table was," Rob Lowe explained. "Because, I have a theory: On TV, you're either getting bigger, or you're getting fitter, but there's no [in between]. Watch your favorite shows, you'll know what I'm saying."

However, if he could eat anything he wanted from crafty without consequence, it would be pre-packaged cookies and cream cheese danishes. Unfortunately for Lowe, he's stuck eating fresh fruit.

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"Here you have leading...

How will The Flash‘s fiancee handle his absence? Who on Lucifer will literally dance with the Devil? Why did Blindspot “order Italian”? Is The Last Ship‘s loss The Strain‘s gain? Read on for answers to those questions plus teases from other shows.

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We have a lot of casting news and even something a bit smelly to talk about. Really!

Jay Harrington joins Code Black Season 2 in a key recurring role as the most respected neurosurgeon in Los Angeles, Dr. Leo Fields.

Word is, Fields will be forced to operate on one of the major characters.

Forced sure is a strong word. Will it be Mike, or will someone else on staff suffer from a head injury?

 

Harrington is known for his comedy on the brilliant but canceled too soon Better Off Ted and more recently Benched and Hot in Cleveland.

He joins other Season 2 newbies including Rob Lowe, Noah Gray-Cabey, Emily Tyra and Kathleen Rose Perkins.

Amazon has scored the rights to the upcoming Robert De Niro/Julianne Moore series.

According to Deadline, the series, a drama, possibly about the mafia, is written by David O. Russell, and has received a two-season order of eight episodes each.

Benched and Better Off Ted alum Jay Harrington has booked a key recurring role on the second season of CBS' medical drama series Code Black. He will play the brilliant Dr. Leo Fields, the most respected neurosurgeon in Los Angeles who’s forced to operate on one of the show’s major characters. Harrington joins new Code Black regular Rob Lowe and major recurring players Noah Gray-Cabey, Emily Tyra, and Kathleen Rose Perkins. Harrington, known for playing the title character…...

If you’re a patient viewer revisiting CBS’ medical drama Code Black, you probably noticed some new faces — and a few Mia ones — during Wednesday night’s Season 2 premiere. The biggest one, Rob Lowe’s Colonel Ethan Willis, makes his showy debut at the top of the hour as he and fellow doc Mike helicopter to a shark attack in Malibu, where they turn a victim into a human Twinkie. I’ll explain in a bit.

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Episodes' Kathleen Rose Perkins has been cast in the second season of the Code Black TV show on CBS. She will play Angels Memorial's psychiatrist, Dr. Amanda Nolan, whom Deadline describes as "formidable." While Episodes was not cancelled, it is ending. The fifth and final season debuts on Showtime in January 2017On Code Black, Perkins joins Rob Lowe who was previously cast in a series regular role, as well as recurring actors Noah Gray-Cabey, Emily Tyra, and Nafessa Williams. Perkins' recurring character is said to be "major." The Code Black TV series cast also includes: Marcia Gay Harden, Melanie Chandra, William Allen Young, Harry Ford, Benjamin Hollingsworth, Luis Guzmán, Boris Kodjoe, and Jillian Murray. Code Black, season two, premieres Wednesday, September 28, 2016, at 10:00pm...

Kathleen Rose Perkins (Episodes) has booked a major recurring role on the second season of CBS' medical drama series Code Black. She will play Amanda Nolan, a formidable psychiatrist at Angels Memorial. Perkins joins new Code Black regular Rob Lowe and major recurring players Noah Gray-Cabey, Emily Tyra and Nafessa Williams. Perkins co-stars on Showtime’s Hollywood-centric cult comedy series Episodes — set to return for its fifth and final season in January — and recently…...

CBS medical drama Code Black has plucked Rob Lowe as a new series regular, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The veteran actor, who recently starred in the doomed Fox comedy The Grinder before it was canned after only one season, has joined Code Black as Col. Ethan Willis, a “doctor in the U.S. Military’s prestigious Combat Casualty Care research program who has been pulled out of a combat hospital in Afghanistan and embedded at Angels Memorial to teach what the military has learned about combat medicine.”

Not one to play by the rules, Lowe’s newcomer draws the ire of Angels Memorial’s finest doctors barring Dr. Leanne Rorish (Marcia Gay Harden), who welcomes his brash, aggressive modus operandi with open arms.

Indeed, the addition of Lowe is a sign of CBS’ minor overhaul to the Code Black series, and over the past few days the network has recruited Heroes alum Noah Gray-Cabey,...

“The Grinder” may have been canceled after a well-received (if sparsely watched) first season, but you can’t keep Sam Seaborn down for long. Rob Lowe has just been announced as having joined season two of “Code Black,” the hospital drama undergoing significant changes for its sophomore run.

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Lowe will play series regular Col. Ethan Willis, a military doctor who relocates from a combat hospital in Afghanistan to join Angels Memorial and share his knowledge with the civvies. He’s joined by fellow newcomers Noah Gray-Cabey, Emily Tyra and Nafessa Williams; season-one regulars Bonnie Somerville and Raza Jaffrey, meanwhile, will not be returning to the CBS drama.

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Code Black wasn't an out of the gate hit.

But it really put the pedal to the metal as far as the medical drama was concerned. Every week, Code Black Season 1 had a very strong medical case, sometimes involving their own characters.

Rob Lowe is about to become one of those characters. He's joined as a series regular!!

His character will be introduced on the second season premiere on September 28.

A doctor in the U.S. Military’s prestigious Combat Casualty Care research program, Colonel Ethan Willis, has been pulled out of a combat hospital in Afghanistan and embedded at Angels Memorial to teach what the military has learned about combat medicine.

His aggressive, rule-breaking style is greeted enthusiastically by Dr. Leanne Rorish (Marcia Gay Harden), but not by all the other doctors.

In addition to Harden, he’ll join Code Black stars Luis Guzman, Melanie Chandra, Harry Ford, Benjamin Hollingsworth,...

Dr. Vegas is trying his luck at Angels Memorial.

Rob Lowe is joining CBS’ retooled Code Black as the medical drama’s new co-lead, TVLine has learned. The actor, fresh off his one-season run on Fox’s The Grinder, will play Colonel Ethan Willis, a doctor in the U.S. Military’s prestigious Combat Casualty Care research program who has been pulled out of a combat hospital in Afghanistan and embedded at Angels Memorial to teach what the military has learned about combat medicine. His aggressive, rule-breaking style is greeted enthusiastically by Dr. Leanne Rorish (Marcia Gay Harden), but not by all the other doctors.

Code Black is getting an infusion of new blood, adding three actors — including a Heroes alum Noah Gray-Cabey — in major recurring roles, TVLine has learned.

Also joining the CBS medical drama’s rejiggered Season 2: Flesh and Bone star Emily Tyra and One Life to Live alum Nafessa Williams. The trio will fill help fill the void left by departing series regulars Bonnie Somerville (Christa) and Raza Jaffrey (Neal).

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CBS’ Code Black has added three new major recurring players to the cast — Nafessa Williams (Twin Peaks), Noah Gray-Cabey (Heroes: Reborn) and Emily Tyra (Flesh and Bone) — with an eye toward becoming regulars. They will play new residents at the ER of Angels Memorial Hospital. The castings are part of the plan for Season 2 mapped out by series creator/exec producer Michael Seitzman designed to make the series resemble real life where residents and physicians come to an ER…...

Sneak Peek footage from the Starz Limited Series "Flesh and Bone", from Emmy award-winning writer/executive producer Moira Walley-Beckett ("Breaking Bad"), available January 5, 2016 on Blu-ray and DVD from Anchor Bay Entertainment:

"...young ballet dancer 'Claire', who has a distinctly troubled past, joins a prestigious ballet company in New York. The dark, gritty, complex series unflinchingly explores the dysfunction and glamour of the ballet world and New York’s inherent drama.

"Claire is emotionally wounded, sexually damaged, and possesses self-destructive tendencies amid her vaulting ambitions. She is a transcendent ballerina, but her inner torment and aspirations drive her in compelling, unforeseeable ways...

"...especially when confronted with the manipulations of the company’s unpredictable Artistic Director, and an unwelcome visitor from her past..."

Cast includes 22 accomplished ballet dancers including former 'American Ballet Theatre' soloist Sascha Radetsky and Irina Dvorovenko, also a former American Ballet Theatre principal.

Ethan Stiefel formerly artistic director...

Network: Starz

Episodes: Eight (hour)

Seasons: One

TV show dates: November 8, 2015 — December 27, 2016

Series status: Ended

Performers include: Sarah Hay, Ben Daniels, Irina Dvorovenko, Sascha Radetsky, Raychel Diane Weiner, Emily Tyra, Josh Helman, Damon Herriman, Tina Benko, Karrell Williams, Patrick Page, and Tovah Feldshuh.

TV show description:

This drama follows emotionally wounded ballerina, Claire Robbins (Sarah Hay), as she joins New York's American Ballet Company (ABC). Claire's talent and ambitions are in conflict with her self-destructive nature. Rudderless, Claire navigates this new, dysfunctional world, even as she is confronted by her past.

The bipolar, bisexual Paul Grayson (Ben Daniels), is founder and artistic director of the ABC. Once a celebrated dancer, Paul is driven to make ABC the premier ballet company, and he sees Claire as a tool in achieving that goal.