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Dreamworks' preschool show Dew Drop Diaries returns to Netflix on December 4, filled with friendship, adventure, and the arrival of cousin Reed Basil. The tiny fairies-in-training, known as Dew Drops, help their human families with big hearts, gung-ho attitudes, and a can-do spirit. Season 2 of Dew Drop Diaries focuses on gratitude, teaching kids to be thankful for both small victories and the support of friends and family.

Dreamworks' delightful preschool show Dew Drop Diaries is returning to Netflix on December 4, and Screen Rant has an exclusive first look at the trailer. Created by animation veterans Rick Suvalle (who previously developed Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go and worked on DreamWorks’ Doug Unplugs) and Aliki Theofilopoulos (who counts Descendants: Wicked World and Phineas and Ferb among her works), the series is inspired by Rick's own daughters. Dew Drop Diaries centers on a group of fairies-in-training, who at three inches tall are known as Dew Drops,...

Podcast producer Glisten+ (a portmanteau of “great” and “listen”) launched Tuesday with two initial programs, part of a larger slate of scripted fare that it plans to roll out in the coming months.

The first original series include the young adult-geared “Can’t Relax,” about a relaxation app that secretly places murderous messages into the brains of its teen listeners. The supernatural thriller features Olivia Trujillo (“For All Mankind”), Andre Robinson (“Cheaper by the Dozen”) and Patrick Labyorteaux (“NCIS”).

The other show is fantasy adventure “League of Wonder,” which follows a Yorkshire terrier who teams up with a rag-tag group of animal heroes to rescue Dorothy Gale and a pair of magical slippers. The show stars Donovan Patton (“Blue’s Clues), Makgotso M (“The Woman King”), Eric Petersen (“Kevin Can F**k Himself”) and Robbie Jarvis (“Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix”).

“We are so proud of the ever-growing...

DreamWorks Animation has dropped a new clip from its upcoming CG-animated preschool series, Dew Drop Diaries.

In the Dew Drop Diaries clip, fairies in training Phoebe, Athena and Eden attempt to get a cooking camp application into a mailbox before the wind blows it away. Eden has the brilliant idea to turn the letter into a paper airplane, allowing them to fly the application straight into the mailbox. However, their application is left behind when the mail carrier comes to empty the box because it was still shaped like a paper airplane. After using a paper clip to spring themselves out of the mailbox, the Dew Drops catch a ride on a skateboard in pursuit of the mailbox. The clip leaves their mission unresolved meaning that viewers will need to tune in to the upcoming preschool show on July 24 on Netflix to see if the Dew Drops successfully mail the cooking camp application.

Saban Films has acquired North American rights to “Shepherd,” a supernatural thriller by writer-director Russell Owen.

Following its world premiere at BFI London Film Festival, “Shepherd” was released in theaters in the United Kingdom last month and has generated $19 million to date. It doesn’t yet have a release date domestically.

“Shepherd” centers on Eric Black, who finds work on a remote, weather-worn Scottish island after the sudden death of his wife. As his sadness continues to engulf him, so do the supernatural portents of his stark new surroundings. He soon becomes plagued by terrifying visions until it is clear he must confront his past trauma to survive.

The film stars Tom Hughes, Kate Dickie, Gaia Weiss and Greta Scacchi (The Player). Karim Prince Tshibangu and Aslam Parvez served as producers.

Owen calls the movie a “passion project,” one that is loosely based on a true story from his native Wales.

"If we keep walking this way, we're going to die." Saban Films has debuted an official trailer for Borrego, a desert survival thriller from filmmaker Jesse Harris. Borrego follows a young botanist who relocates to a small desert town to study an invasive plant species. She must fight for her survival when she's kidnapped by an inexperienced drug mule after his ultralight plane crashes in the desert. The title is a reference to the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park (see Google Maps) located in California near San Diego. Lucy Hale stars as Elly, with a cast including Leynar Gomez, Nicholas Gonzalez, Jorge A. Jimenez, & Olivia Trujillo. This trailer reminds me of No Country for Old Men in many ways, with a similar on-the-run in a desert vibe. Here's the first official trailer (+ poster) for Jesse Harris' Borrego, direct from Saban's YouTube: Lucy Hale stars as Elly, a young botanist on a research mission gone awry.

Saban Films has acquired U.S., Canadian and Spanish rights to the survival thriller “Borrego” from writer and director Jesse Harris. The film stars Lucy Hale, Nicholas Gonzalez, Olivia Trujillo and Leynar Gómez. Hale also serves as an executive producer on the film alongside Tucci & Company, Garrett Patten, Frank Harris and Michael Gooch.

“Borrego” follows Elly (Hale), a young botanist who relocates to a small desert town to study an invasive plant species, and is kidnapped by an inexperienced drug mule (Gómez) after his ultralight plane crashes in the desert. A local sheriff (Gonzalez) is drawn into the hunt alongside his rebellious daughter (Trujillo). They all become entangled in the drug underworld of the Mexico-u.S. border.

Damiano Tucci, Tiziano Tucci, Greg Lauritano, Nancy Cartwright and Monica Gil-Rodriguez produced the film, which was shot in southern Spain.

“We’re thrilled to bring this suspenseful, action-packed ride to audiences,” Saban...

Vivo Trailer — Kirk DeMicco‘s Vivo (2021) movie trailer has been released by Sony Pictures Animation. The Vivo trailer stars Lin-Manuel Miranda, Zoe Saldana, Gloria Estefan, Juan de Marcos Gonzales, Ynairaly Simo, Michael Rooker, Brian Tyree Henry, Nicole Byer, Leslie David Baker, Katie Lowes, Olivia Trujillo, and Lidya Jewett. Crew Kirk DeMicco and Quiara Alegría Hudes [...]

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Time to meet Vivo! Sony + Netflix have revealed the first teaser trailer for Vivo, a vibrant new musical from Sony Animation. Vivo, featuring all-new original songs from Lin-Manuel Miranda, will take audiences on an epic adventure to many unique locations around the world. Vivo is an exhilarating story about gathering your courage, finding family in unlikely friends, and the belief that music can open you to new worlds. Voice talent includes Lin-Manuel Miranda as Vivo, Buena Vista Social Club's Juan de Marcos González as Andres, Grammy-winning Latin pop legend Gloria Estefan as Marta, the love of Andres' life, newcomer Ynairaly Simo as Gabi, Andres' grand-niece, Zoe Saldana as Rosa, Gabi's mother, Michael Rooker as Lutador, a villainous Everglades python, Brian Tyree Henry and Nicole Byer as a pair of spoonbills, Leslie David Baker as a Florida bus driver, and Katie Lowes, Olivia Trujillo, and Lidya Jewett as a trio of well-meaning but overzealous scout troopers.

Move over Alexander Hamilton, Lin-Manuel Miranda has a new starring role.

Netflix has released the first trailer for “Vivo,” a colorful, animated musical with original songs written by Miranda.

The musical adventure follows a kinkajou (a rainforest “honey bear”) named Vivo, voiced by Miranda. Vivo spends his days playing music to the crowds in a lively Havana square with his beloved owner Andrés. Though they may not speak the same language, Vivo and Andrés are the perfect duo through their common love of music. But, tragedy strikes when Andrés receives a letter from his old partner, famous musician Marta Sandoval (Gloria Estefan), inviting him to attend her farewell concert in Miami. It soon becomes up to Vivo to deliver a message to Marta for Andrés in the form of song. To get to the distant land of Miami, Vivo enlists the help of Gabi (newcomer Ynairaly Simo) — an energetic teen...

Will the first season of the For All Mankind TV show on Apple TV+ hit new heights? As we all know, the Nielsen ratings typically play a big role in determining whether a TV show like For All Mankind is cancelled or renewed for season two. Apple TV+ and other streaming platforms, however, collect their own data. If you've been watching this TV series, we'd love to know how you feel about the first season episodes of For All Mankind here. *Status Update Below.

An Apple TV+ alternate history drama series, the For All Mankind TV show stars Joel Kinnaman, Michael Dorman, Sarah Jones, Shantel Vansanten, Wrenn Schmidt, Jodi Balfour, Krys Marshall, Arturo Del Puerto, Olivia Trujillo, and Sonya Walger. Created by Ronald D. Moore, Matt Wolpert, and Ben Nedivi, the series' story is told through the lives of astronauts, engineers, and their families. It imagines a world in which...

Apple TV+ is returning to space. The streaming service just announced that the second season of the For All Mankind TV series will launch on February 19th.

From Ronald D. Moore, the alternate history drama imagines a world in which the global space race never ended and the space program remained the cultural centerpiece of America’s hopes and dreams. The cast includes Joel Kinnaman, Michael Dorman, Sarah Jones, Shantel Vansanten, Wrenn Schmidt, Jodi Balfour, Krys Marshall, Arturo Del Puerto, Olivia Trujillo, and Sonya Walger.

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For “Drunk History” co-creator and host Derek Waters, it’s pretty bittersweet to still be campaigning for an Emmy now that his show has been canceled. Comedy Central, which is mostly getting out of the live-action comedy business, announced earlier this month that it had rescinded a Season 7 order for “Drunk History,” and Waters admits it still isn’t clear what happens next.

“It sounds a little dramatic, but it’s like a funeral without any music,” he told Variety‘s Awards HQ. “I would love to finish what I started. It would just be nice to end on your own terms, to say goodbye and not just be like, ‘that’s it.'”

Waters, who created the show with fellow executive producer Jeremy Konner, said he still hasn’t been given an “actual answer why it happened … no one’s called me. I have no idea. I have no verification of it.

Gold Derby can exclusively reveal the episode submissions for the three nominees in the Best Variety Sketch Series category. The contenders are “A Black Lady Sketch Show,” “Drunk History” and “Saturday Night Live.”

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“A Black Lady Sketch Series” has its first Emmy nomination following a debut season on HBO. The episode entered is “Your Boss Knows You Don’t Have Eyebrows,” which aired on August 9, 2019. Guest stars included Nicole Byer, Loretta Devine, Aja Naomi King, Caldwell Tidicue and Lena Waithe.

“Drunk History” now has its sixth straight nomination in this category for Comedy Central. The episode entered is “Bad Blood” from August 6, 2019. It tells the story of Typhoid Mary and stars Betsy Sodaro, Adam Campbell, Aubrey Plaza, David Wain, Justice Smith and Olivia Trujillo.

“Saturday Night Live” has won this category the past three straight years and...

While Comedy Central’s Drunk History typically groups its tales by thematic episodes, creators Derek Waters and Jeremy Konner’s approach to building a season simply comes from mining the best unknown stories.

In regard to the direction they provide to their research department, Waters says they tell them “to find us the best stories we weren’t told in school, or pitch us a story about someone we know so much about, and it’s a story that we never heard,” he said during the show’s panel at Deadline’s Contenders Television virtual event. “Of the stories we like the most, we find theme out of that.”

Some of this season’s notable episodes include “Bad Blood,” which features the story about Cleopatra’s (Aubrey Plaza) younger sister Arsinoe (Olivia Trujillo) scheming her way in and out of power in Ancient Egypt. Also, very timely with what’s going on right now,...

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Does this show have "the right stuff"? Has the For All Mankind TV show been cancelled or renewed for a second season on Apple TV+? The television vulture is watching all the latest cancellation and renewal news, so this page is the place to track the status of For All Mankind, season two. Bookmark it, or subscribe for the latest updates. Remember, the television vulture is watching your shows. Are you?  

What's This TV Show About?

Streaming on the Apple TV+ subscription service, the For All Mankind TV show stars Joel Kinnaman, Michael Dorman, Sarah Jones, Shantel Vansanten, Wrenn Schmidt, Jodi Balfour, Krys Marshall, Arturo Del Puerto, Olivia Trujillo, and Sonya Walger. Created by Ronald D. Moore, Matt Wolpert, and Ben Nedivi, the series' story is told through the lives of astronauts, engineers, and their families. It imagines a world in which the global space race...

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Episodes: Ongoing (hour)

Seasons: Ongoing

TV show dates: November 1, 2019 -- present

Series status: Has not been cancelled

Performers include: Joel Kinnaman, Michael Dorman, Sarah Jones, Shantel Vansanten, Wrenn Schmidt, Jodi Balfour, Krys Marshall, Arturo Del Puerto, Olivia Trujillo, and Sonya Walger.

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Created by Ronald D. Moore, Matt Wolpert, and Ben Nedivi, the For All Mankind story is told through the lives of astronauts, engineers, and their families. An alternate history drama series, it imagines a world in which the global space race never ended and the space program remained the cultural centerpiece of America's hopes and dreams.

Edward Baldwin (Kinnaman) is a very confident astronaut in Nasa's Apollo program. He knows exactly how far to push the envelope and when to pull back. Karen (Vansanten) is his model astronaut's wife.

Spoiler Alert: Do not read if you have not yet watched the first three episodes of “For All Mankind,” streaming now on Apple TV Plus.

When Ronald D. Moore was five years old, he looked up at the moon and asked his mom, “Why can’t I see the astronauts up there?”

Moore recalls being whisked into his family living room with his young brother and sitting transfixed in front of the black-and-white TV, as Neil Armstrong took his one small step.

2019 is the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, which makes Moore’s latest space-based adventure, Apple TV Plus’ “For All Mankind,” even more timely. The new drama centers on the question of how Nasa would have reacted if the Soviet Union had put a man on the moon first?

Moore says he was approached directly by Apple TV Plus co-chief Zack Van Amburg about making a project...

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Where have all the good times gone? Has The Toy Box TV show been cancelled or renewed for a third season on ABC? The television vulture is watching all the latest cancellation and renewal news, so this page is the place to track the status of The Toy Box season three. Bookmark it, or subscribe for the latest updates. Remember, the television vulture is watching your shows. Are you?

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An ABC competitive reality series hosted by Eric Stonestreet, The Toy Box features inventors presenting their toys to judges who are really on their game — actual kids. Adi Ash (age 10), Paxton Booth (age 7), Sydney Mae Estrella (age 9), Kyle Lee (age 7), Joachim Powell (age 11), Gideon Reynolds (age 6), Emma Sobel (age 9), Madison Stevens (age 8), and Olivia Trujillo (age...

Ratings-wise, the first season of The Toy Box TV show wasn't exactly all fun and games for ABC. Rather than cancelling this design competition though, the Alphabet Network is sending it back to school in season two, with (mostly) new kids on the judging panel -- and far fewer grownups to bring in the boredom. Is this just what the Nielsen playground monitor ordered? Will The Toy Box be cancelled or renewed for season three? Stay tuned. An ABC competitive reality series hosted by Eric Stonestreet, The Toy Box features inventors presenting their toys to judges who are really on their game -- actual kids. Adi Ash (age 10), Paxton Booth (age 7), Sydney Mae Estrella (age 9), Kyle Lee (age 7), Joachim Powell (age 11), Gideon Reynolds (age 6), Emma Sobel (age 9), Madison Stevens (age 8), and Olivia Trujillo (age 12) join...

After a successful Kickstarter campaign from earlier this year, actor/producer Dante Basco has unveiled his new Hook prequel short film entitled Bangarang, named after his Hook character Rufio's signature catch phrase. This 17-minute short film shows what happened to this young boy, before he became leader of The Lost Boys, when he was just an orphan like Peter Pan himself. Here's the official description of the 17-minute short film from the Kickstarter campaign page.

"This is the story about Rufio, before the mohawk, before Neverland, before he was The Pan. Roofus is a 13-year-old kid who is destined to be more than he is. After his mother is forced to put him into a foster home, he and his rag-tag group of best friends, a Jamaican boy named Julani and a bright-eyed latina force of nature named Ella, find a way for Roofus to escape his ill fate, find...