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Sky Kids is launching a collection of original shows and returning favourites. The lineup combines humor, engaging stories, and moments of tranquility. Among the new offerings is Funny Talking Animals, combining real wildlife footage, animation, and children’s voices. Narrated by comedian Iain Stirling, the series features animals discussing everyday topics. Stirling expressed his delight at […]

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Ben Schnetzer is the latest addition to the cast of the “Yellowstone” spinoff series “The Madison,” Variety has learned exclusively.

Schnetzer will appear in Taylor Sheridan’s new series alongside previously announced cast members Michelle Pfeiffer, Patrick J. Adams, Elle Chapman, Matthew Fox, Beau Garrett and Amiah Miller. Schnetzer will play Van, described as “a salt-of-the-earth and neighborly Montana rancher.”

“The Madison” was previously in development under the title “2024.” Per the official logline, the show is a “heartfelt study of grief and human connection following a New York City family in the Madison River valley of central Montana.” It is not yet clear if the show will debut exclusively on Paramount+ or start off on Paramount Network like “Yellowstone.”

Schnetzer was recently cast alongside Lily James in the upcoming biopic about the founder of Bumble. He has also wrapped production on the feature “The Yellow Tie,” a biopic about renowned Romanian conductor Sergiu Celibidache.

Apples Never Fall on Peacock brings Liane Moriarty's family drama to life with a star-studded cast and captivating storytelling. Sam Neill shines as patriarch Stan Delaney, portraying a complex character with depth and vulnerability in the series. Annette Bening stars opposite of Neill, and the rest of the cast brings the Delaneys to the small screen with an impressive amount of talent.

Apples Never Fall is the latest TV adaptation of Liane Moriarty's best-selling novels, and the Peacock series has an all-star cast bringing the book's story to life. Like the novel it's based on, Apples Never Fall follows the tennis-loving Delaney family in two timelines: before and after their mother vanishes. Joy Delaney's sudden disappearance dredges up the secrets and trauma within the seemingly perfect family, forcing the Delaney siblings to question everything they believe about their own parents.

The cast of Apples Never Fall brings the...

Mel B, one of the Spice Girls and a former host on America’s Got Talent, will narrate her first TV series. Sky Kids said Tuesday that the Scary Spice will be the narrator of a new animated children’s series called Happy Town.

“Narrated by Mel B, Happy Town follows the problem-solving adventures of an adorable hedgehog and ladybird best friend duo, Pep and Tabitha, in a charming and unique community,” the network said. “The brightness of the light in Happy Town depends on the townsfolks’ glee, so each time it starts to fizz out, the duo set out on a mission to make the sign shine bright again by helping others and encouraging everyone to help each other too.”

“This is a huge moment for me to be the voice of Happy Town for Sky Kids – my first time ever as a narrator,” said Mel B. “I’ve actually...

Networks tend to be frustratingly unimaginative in their never-ending quest to find the next big thing on television. When "Lost" became a cultural phenomenon in the mid-aughts, it didn't inspire a wave of equally ambitious, thematically dense, and risk-taking TV shows. Instead, it led to a whole lot of copycat puzzle box series being green-lit, most of which only seemed to have a surface-level understanding of what made that show tick and failed to catch on.

So, as might be expected, when "The X-Files" ended its original run on Fox in 2002, the network went searching for a similar series to replace it. Three years later, it found one in Hart Hanson's "Bones," an investigative crime dramedy that was also about two co-workers in the shape of an emotionally closed-off woman and a man who wears his heart on his sleeve. The show's pilot even nodded to this by having...

Warren Christie is starring in the new Hallmark Channel original movie Holiday Road and you might be curious to know more about his personal life.

The 48-year-old Canadian actor, who was born in England, is best known for his roles on shows like ABC’s October Road and Happy Town, Syfy’s Alphas, Fox’s The Resident, and NBC’s The Village.

Warren also played Bruce Wayne in The CW’s Batwoman series!

So, who is Warren‘s wife? He’s notoriously private on his Instagram account.

Keep reading to find out more…

Warren has been married to actress Sonya Salomaa since 2007. She’s best known for her award-winning performance in the Canadian television series The Collector.

The longtime couple shares 14-year-old son Cash and they also have an adorable golden retriever named Yogi.

Check out some photos from Sonya’s Instagram account below…

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Warning: Spoilers for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 2, Episode 8 - "Under the Cloak of War"

Lieutenant Ortegas, Dr. M'Benga, and Nurse Chapel struggle with the presence of Klingon Ambassador Dak'Rah on the Enterprise due to his past atrocities during the Klingon War. Dak'Rah claimed to be responsible for the brutal deaths of innocent civilians on J'Gal, earning him the nickname "the Butcher of J'Gal," but it is revealed that Dr. M'Benga was actually the one who committed those murders. The tension between M'Benga and Dak'Rah reaches a breaking point, resulting in M'Benga killing Dak'Rah in self-defense. This episode explores the lasting impact of war and the question of whether some actions can be forgiven.

Robert Wisdom plays the role of Klingon Ambassador Dak'Rah in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' "Under the Cloak of War." This episode follows Captain Christopher Pike (Anson Mount) and the crew of the USS Enterprise...

Exclusive: Geoff Stults (Little Fires Everywhere) is set for a key recurring role in ABC’s The Company You Keep, starring and executive produced by Milo Ventimiglia.

The Company You Keep is based on the Korean format My Fellow Citizens that ran for more than 30 episodes on KBS2. It follows con man Charlie (Milo Ventimiglia) and undercover CIA officer Emma (Catherine Haena Kim). A night of passion leads to love between the pair, who unknowingly are on a collision course professionally. While Charlie ramps up the “family business” so he can get out for good, Emma’s closing in on the vengeful criminal who holds Charlie’s family debts in hand — forcing them to reckon with the lies they’ve told so they can save themselves and their families from disastrous consequences.

Stults will play Simon Norris in a substantial arc that will play out over upcoming episodes. Simon is...

Citadel, the hotly anticipated new series from Avengers: Endgame directing duo Joe and Anthony Russo, has had its official trailer release delayed. The Russos are executive producing the spy series, which is set to premiere with its first two episodes on Prime Video on April 28. The series was created by Josh Appelbaum & Bryan Oh, who previously collaborated on Happy Town, October Road, Life on Mars, and the James Patterson adaptation Zoo.

On Wednesday, the planned release of the Citadel trailer was delayed. Per Deadline, the reason for this was the deadly train collision in Greece that led to 36 deaths and many more injuries. The teaser, which features a prominent sequence set on a train, was delayed in solidarity with those mourning the loss of loved ones. Read Prime Video's statement to the press below:

Out of respect for our international community and due to yesterday’s devastating breaking news from Greece,...

A record 5,100 short films were submitted to the Cairo Film Festival’s short film competition this year, thanks to a new collaboration with FilmFreeWay. Around 1,200 shorts are sent in more usually for the region’s only A-list festival. The section comes with the added bonus of the winning film being submitted to the Oscars’ long list.

“We expanded the team to nine people, including volunteers, so we could properly assess each one,” Marouan Omara, the director of the Short Film Competition, tells Variety.

More than 3,800 shorts were submitted via the FilmFreeWay platform alone.

This year, 22 films are vying for the Youssef Chahine Award for Best Short Film, which comes with a $5,000 prize, sponsored by Clacket Media.

Ten of the films are by women directors. Five come from Egypt. Five from the Arab/Africa region. There are 12 international films.

“The selected films are diverse and show underrepresented communities and countries,” says Omara.

There’s a ridiculous amount of TV content out there waiting to be streamed during your downtime — and a lot of it won’t cost you one shiny penny.

TVLine already offers a premium streaming guide, which delivers a rundown of subscription rates, original series and select library content offered by established, new and forthcoming streamers. We also publish a monthly list of TV shows and movies coming and going on Netflix.

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Ben Schnetzer has been cast as the new lead of FX’s long-gestating “Y: The Last Man” adaptation, a network spokesperson told TheWrap Friday.

The “Warcraft” actor takes over the role of Yorick Brown, the last living cisgender man on Earth, from Barry Keoghan, who exited the drama earlier this month.

Schnetzer joins the previously announced cast of the FX series based on Brian K. Vaughn and Pia Guerra’s award-winning DC Comics sci-fi graphic novel, which includes Diane Lane, Amber Tamblyn, Imogen Poots, Lashana Lynch, Juliana Canfield and Marin Ireland.

Also Read: 'Y: The Last Man': Barry Keoghan Departs as Lead of FX Series

Per FX, the series “traverses a post-apocalyptic world in which a cataclysmic event has decimated every male save for one lone human. The new world order of women will explore gender, race, class and survival.”

The recasting of Yorick is the latest in...

Ben Schnetzer has stepped into the role of Yorick Brown in FX’s upcoming “Y: The Last Man” series, Variety has learned. He takes over the role from Barry Keoghan, who exited the series at the beginning of this month.

The show is based on Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra’s award-winning DC Comics graphic novel series of the same name, in which a cataclysmic event kills all cisgender males on the planet with the exception of Yorick (Schnetzer) and his helper monkey, Ampersand. The series follows the survivors in this new world as they struggle with their efforts to restore what was lost and the opportunity to build something better.

Schnetzer recently starred in the FX drama pilot “Gone Hollywood.” His other TV roles include shows such as “The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair” and “Happy Town.” His feature credits include films like “Snowden,” “Pride,” “The Book Thief,...

Ben Schnetzer (Happy Town) has landed the male lead opposite Diane Lane in FX’s upcoming drama series Y: The Last Man, based on the DC cons. He will play the role of Yorick Brown, which has been recast after Barry Keoghan, who had been originally tapped for the part in 2018, recently exited the project.

After a delay, following a showrunner change last spring, the series will begin production in April. Melina Matsoukas will direct the new pilot episode.

Based on DC Comics’ series of the same name by Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra, Y: The Last Man traverses a post-apocalyptic world in which a cataclysmic event decimates all but one cisgender male and his pet monkey. The series follows the survivors in this new world as they struggle with their efforts to restore what was lost and the opportunity to build something better.

Sam Neill in ‘Ride Like A Girl’.

Actor, writer, producer and director Sam Neill has been named the recipient of the 2019 Equity New Zealand Lifetime Achievement Award, after being nominated by the Equity board and other Kiwi performers.

“Sam’s career as an actor is remarkable, but what makes this award so special is that it recognises much more than career success,” says Equity Nz president Jennifer Ward-Lealand.

“It acknowledges those members of our industry who give back at every opportunity, who strive to use their influence for important causes and who continually inspire their peers with their good will and humility. Sam leads by example. This award pays tribute to who he is as a person, as much it does his extraordinary talent.”

Neill joined Equity in 1979, and has more than 75 films and over 45 television programs to his credit. His film debut was in Roger Donaldson’s Sleeping Dogs...

Tragedy has struck DC Universe's Titans.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Warren Appleby, who was the special effects coordinator on the superhero drama was killed during the rehearsal of a car stunt.

The outlet reports that a piece of the car broke off.

Titans is currently in production on its sophomore season, but production has been brought to a halt for two days.

"We are heartbroken and devastated by the passing of our treasured colleague, special effects coordinator Warren Appleby, after an accident which occurred at a special effects facility during the preparation and testing for an upcoming shoot," the show's producers, Warner Bros. TV, and DC Universe said in a statement.

Related: Titans Renewed for Season 2

"Warren is beloved by all who worked with him during an impressive 25-year career in television and motion pictures."

"The executive producers, along with everyone in the Titans family, Warner Bros. Television Group and DC Universe,...

Happy Thursday, Grey's Anatomy fans. We have some pretty interesting news for you guys in this report. According to the folks over at Entertainment Weekly, we're about to see Grey's Anatomy introduce yet another Derek Shepherd sister into the mix! That's right, guys. This new sister will be named Kathleen Shepherd. Kathleen is currently scheduled to be introduced in a season 15 episode that revolves around character Amelia Shepherd. Entertainment Weekly pointed out that the other Derek Shepherd sisters who have appeared in the past are: Liz Shepherd played by actress Neve Campbell and Nancy Shepherd played by actress Embeth Davitz. Kathleen's existence was first mentioned way, way back in season 3. Now, we're finally going to get to meet her! The only other information that Entertainment Weekly had to share about this new Kathleen Shepherd sister is that she also has a doctorate. She's a psychiatrist. We also know who has...

Saving Hope alum Kristopher Turner and Stephen Arbuckle (Flint, Happy Town) are set for recurring roles on the second season of USA's Falling Water. The supernatural thriller drama follows three unrelated people (David Ajala, Will Yun Lee, Lizzie Brochere) whose worlds collide when they discover newfound abilities to manipulate dreams – and, by extension, the dreamers themselves. Turner will play Jeremy, James' tutor who may have a thing for Tess (Brochere). Arbuckle will…...

Amy Acker will play a person of interest when CBS’ MacGyver reboot premieres this fall.

RelatedCBS’ MacGyver Adds Sandrine Holt as Series Regular

TVLine has learned exclusively that the Person of Interest alum will guest-star in the freshman drama’s second episode as a CIA operative who was working undercover in Caracas, gathering intel on an international arms dealer, when his organization kidnapped her.

MacGyver (played by Lucas Till) and former CIA agent Jack Dalton (CSI‘s George Eads) are tasked with bringing Acker’s agent home, all as Jack grapples with long-unresolved feelings for his onetime colleague.

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This morning, ABC announced that it has relaunched its streaming service with a new name and a ton of new shows. ABCd will not just have digital short series but also has full seasons of 38 "throwback" shows such as 8 Simple Rules, My So-Called Life, Felicity (which aired on The WB but is owned by ABC), Ellen, Ugly Betty, and more. ABCd also has a whole new interface for iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, and Apple TV and access to full episode of current shows on demand (such as Modern Family and Quantico). One of the most interesting elements is its collection of original digital series. Per the press release, here are descriptions of each series. “All My Gay Friends are Getting Married” A celebration of gay marriage through the eyes of only mildly bitter single girl, Michelle Collins, who’s realizing that everyone is now getting married – except her. She’ll...

ABC has relaunched its streaming service, complete with seven original digital short-form series — including ones starring former “View” host Michelle Collins and “Modern Family” star Ty Burrell — and full seasons of 38 older shows. Here are the dozens “throwback” series returning to the ABCd streaming service: “8 Simple Rules,” “Benched,” “Betrayal,” “Body of Proof,” “Brothers & Sisters,” “Commander in Chief,” “Detroit,” “Dinosaurs,” “Dirty Sexy Money,” “Ellen,” “Felicity,” “FlashForward,” “Happy Town,” “Hope and Faith,” “I Survived a Japanese Game Show,” “The Knights of Prosperity,” “Less Than Perfect,” “Manhattan Love Story,” “Mixology,” “My Generation,” “My So-Called Life” (pictured above), “The Neighbors,”...

ABC has relaunched its streaming service with not just a new name — ABCd — but a bevy of new bells and whistles.

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For one, full seasons of 38 “throwback” series — including Brothers & Sisters, Felicity, My So-Called Life, Body of Proof and Sports Night — will be available via the free, ad-supported service.

Other past programs now streaming include 8 Simple Rules, Benched, Betrayal, Commander in Chief, Detroit 1-8-7, Dinosaurs, Dirty Sexy Money, Ellen, FlashForward, Happy Town, Hope and Faith, I Survived a Japanese Game Show, The Knights of Prosperity, Less Than Perfect,...

Enlisted‘s Geoff Stults has been drafted by CBS to star in The Kicker, a sports-themed comedy pilot from Tina Fey and her fellow 30 Rock/Kimmy Schmidt collaborators Robert Carlock and Jack Burditt.

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The potential series centers on Daryl Thorkelson, an oddball, outspoken NFL kicker who drives family, friends and strangers insane after he unexpectedly finds himself cut from his team.

Burditt penned the pilot and will serve as an Ep alongside Fey and Carlock.

Stults’ TV-packed resume also includes 7th Heaven, October Road, Happy Town and The Finder.

The CW has ordered a TV show pilot for Transylvania. Set in the 1800s, this monster drama is written by Hugh Sterbakov, who executive produces with Jeff Pinker (of Fringe and the cancelled October Road TV series), Josh Appelbaum (Star-Crossed), Andre Nemec, and Scott Rosenberg, both of whom hail from the cancelled Happy Town, and from Zoo with Appelbaum.

Sterbakov was on the writing team for Seth Green and Matthew Senreich's TV movie Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III, a Star Wars spoof, that grew out of the Robot Chicken TV series.

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Talent is currently being sought for the short film “Happy Town.” “Happy Town” is a 22-minute pilot about New York City, which will shoot the first two weeks of Sept. This will be a paid gig and supporting and day player roles are being cast. Submissions are being sought from the Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Queens areas. For more details, check out the casting notice for “Happy Town” here, and be sure to check out the rest of our audition listings!

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Sarah digs into the post-Angel careers of David Boreanaz, Alexis Denisof, Amy Acker, Charisma Carpenter and more...

It’s been about a decade since the last episode of Angel, the Buffy the Vampire Slayer spin-off series about the vampire with a soul, aired. The final episode of season five, Not Fade Away, first appeared on Us television screens on 19 May 2004. That seems simultaneously like a very long time ago, and not very long ago at all, because time is vast and human brains are small and fallible, but it’s safe to say that in TV years, it’s a pretty long goddamned time.

The men and women behind the characters we used to spend one night a week with have gone on to other things – some bigger and better, others kind of rubbish – and unless you’re a particularly obsessive superfan, you...

Browse our picks and share your own: Which TV couples need to split for good?

Like the Britney Spears song of the same name, some TV couples are just toxic. You know the ones I’m talking about; the couples fans shamelessly root for, ignoring how poorly the characters treat each other, and how damaging they are for one another. HollywoodLife.com made a list of nine such couples from shows like Scandal, Glee and The Vampire Diaries – so come on, let’s get judgmental!

9 Most Toxic TV Couples

1. Olivia & Fitz, Scandal: What’s there to say about President Fitzgerald Grant and his First Mistress that we haven’t already said? He’s married. Her father is the head of B613. Jake is a viable alternative. I know Liv’s life is stressful, and sometimes stress can make you do crazy things, but she’s better than this. She deserves better than this.

We’ve been reporting on Universal’s Dracula movie for several months now, but it has been a confusing ride with all the title switching. The film, which is to follow the descent of Prince Vlad into Count Dracula, was originally titled Dracula: Year Zero, then it was titled just Dracula, and now it’s to be called Dracula Untold.

This according to Deadline, and it’s also been pushed from the previously reported August 8, 2014 to a much more fitting spooky fall release of October 3, 2014.

Luke Evans (The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug) will be the lead with Dominic Cooper (Captain America: The First Avenger), Sarah Gadon (Happy Town) , Charlie Cox (Stardust), and Samantha Barks (Les Misérables) all set to co-star.

We’ll be sure to keep you posted on the latest for Dracula Untold staring Luke Evans, Dominic Cooper, Sarah Gadon, Charlie Cox, and Samantha Barks which is slated...

Exclusive: Meredith Averill, the writer-executive producer of new CW series Star-Crossed, has signed a two-year overall deal with CBS TV Studios, which is behind the drama. Star-Crossed chronicles the epic romance between a human girl and an alien boy when he and eight others of his kind are integrated into a suburban high school. Averill will co-showrun the series with Adele Lin, who recently joined the project under an overall deal with CBS Studios. The two are executive producing the series with Josh Appelbaum, Andre Nemec, Scott Rosenberg, Richard Shepard and Bryan Furst. Star-Crossed reunites Averill with Applebaum, Nemec and Rosenberg. She started out as Applebaum and Nemec’s assistant and worked as a writer for them and Rosenberg on ABC’s Life On Mars and Happy Town. She spent the last three seasons on CBS’ praised drama The Good Wife, also from CBS TV Studios.

Adele Lim (Private Practice, One Tree Hill) has signed an overall deal with CBS TV Studios. Under the pact, she will serve as executive producer/co-showrunner on the studio’s new CW drama series Star-Crossed (previously Oxygen) alongside the project’s writer-executive producer Meredith Averill. Star-Crossed chronicles the epic romance between a human girl and an alien boy when he and eight others of his kind are integrated into a suburban high school. Also executive producing the series are Josh Appelbaum, Andre Nemec, Scott Rosenberg, Richard Shepard and Bryan Furst. Star-Crossed reunites Lim with Applebaum, Nemec and Rosenberg. She started out as Applebaum and Nemec’s assistant and worked as a writer for them and Rosenberg on ABC’s Life On Mars and Happy Town. She spent the last three seasons on CBS/CBS TV Studios’ The Good Wife and previously worked with the studio and the CW on Life Unexpected.

Geoff Stults will try to break a string of one-and-done shows on Fox with a comedy pilot from one of the creators of "Cougar Town."

Stults, who's coming off a recurring part on the canceled "Ben and Kate," will star in "Enlisted" from "Cougar Town" co-creator Kevin Biegel. The show follows three brothers stationed at a small Army base in Florida; Stults will play one of them, a sergeant recently sent home from Afghanistan after punching a superior officer.

Prior to "Ben and Kate," Stults starred in the short-lived "Bones" spinoff "The Finder." His other credits include "October Road" and "Happy Town."

More pilot casting:

- Ramon Rodriguez, who played Bosley in ABC's "Charlie's Angels" last season, will star in Fox's drama "Gang Related." He'll play a San Francisco gang member who infiltrates the city's police force and finds himself caught between the two cultures. The show comes from "Fast & Furious" writer Chris Morgan,...

Former Finder Army Major Geoff Stults is being called up by Fox to headline Enlisted, a military-themed comedy pilot from Cougar Town cocreator Kevin Biegel, TVLine has learned.

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The single-camera project is based on Biegel’s relationship with his siblings and follows three very different brothers working together in the Army at a small base in Florida.

Stults will play Sergeant Pete Waits, a proud, loyal, quick and funny natural leader who’s not unlike a kid playing grown-up. Sent back to the U.

Geoffrey Rush and Emily Watson are set to topline Fox 2000’s adaptation of Markus Zusak’s best-selling novel The Book Thief. French-Canadian actress Sophie Nelisse, who appeared in Monsieur Lahzar, will make her English-language debut as the title character in the World War II drama being directed by Brian Percival (Downton Abbey).

Ben Schnetzer (Happy Town) and Nico Liersch also are cast in the screen translation of the novel, which spent more than 280 weeks on best-seller charts. Thief centers on Liesel (Nelisse), a spirited young girl who witnesses

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It always brings me great pleasure to see a interesting and well done horror series on network TV, unfortunately so many of them seem to be cancelled right off the bat and rarely have the opportunity to delve into the story’s core and truly prove themselves to be the remarkable series they have the potential of developing into. For fans of the new ABC series ’666 Park Avenue’ such as myself, bad news has surfaced. ABC has officially cancelled the series along with fellow new series ‘Last Resort’ (from Shawn Ryan, creator of ‘The Shield’)!

It’s always a sad day when a great new series get’s the axe, and i really felt ’666 Park Avenue’ was starting to develop into a truly unique and entertaining series. Unfortunately the cancellation doesn’t come as much of a surprise considering the shows mediocre ratings. It certainly is not the first time...

Horror on television is generally hit or miss.

For every successful Twilight Zone, Tales from the Dark Side, The Outer Limits, Supernatural, Friday The 13th: The Series, True Blood or The Walking Dead there’s a dreadful Harper’s Island, American Gothic, Happy Town, Brimstone, Fear Itself and The River to go along with it.

American Horror Story falls into the former category.

The series is smart, stylish, kinky, strange as hell, a wrinkle of retro and most importantly scary. Plus, having been shown late at night on FX, it pulls no punches with the sex, kink and harsh language. All of these traits make up what is one of the most unique shows going in all of television.

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Genre: Horror | Drama | Mystery Thriller

Created by: Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk

Discs: 3

Running Time: Approx. 534 minutes

Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1

Summary:

American Horror Story revolves around The Harmons, a family of three who moved from Boston to Los Angeles as a means to reconcile past anguish. The all-star cast features Dylan McDermott (Dark Blue, The Practice) as Ben Harmon, a psychiatrist; Connie Britton (Friday Night Lights) as Vivien Harmon, Ben’s wife; newcomer Taissa Farmiga as Violet, the Harmons’ teenage daughter; Jessica Lange (Grey Gardens, Big Fish) in her Emmy- and Golden Globe Award-winning first-ever regular series TV role as Constance, the Harmons’ neighbor; Evan Peters (Kick-Ass, Invasion) plays Tate Langdon, one of Ben’s patients; and Denis O’Hare (J. Edgar, True Blood) as Larry Harvey. Guest stars for the series include Frances Conroy (Six Feet Under, Happy Town) as the Harmons’ housekeeper; Alexandra Breckenridge (True Blood, Ticket Out...

Ben and Kate and…Geoff Stults?

The Finder vet has landed a recurring role on the upcoming Fox comedy as a love interest for the titular Kate, our sister site Deadline reports.

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Stults — who has signed a talent deal with 20th Century Fox TV, which produces the show — will play a single dad who first appears in the Halloween episode airing Tuesday, Oct. 30. He’ll make a love connection with Dakota Johnson’s Kate, who is raising an adorable daughter (played by Maggie Elizabeth Jones...

Geoff Stults, the star of the Fox/20th TV Bones spinoff The Finder, is staying in the studio fold with a talent deal at 20th TV. Under the deal he is developing a multi-camera comedy as a starring vehicle for himself with his writing/producing partner Dave Whatley. Aaron Kaplan of Kapital Entertainment executive produces the project, which will be taken out later this month. If it doesn’t get ordered to pilot, the studio can cast him in an another project. In the near term, Stults will join 20th TV’s new comedy series for Fox Ben And Kate, playing a single parent and love interest for Kate (Dakota Johnson). His first appearance will be is the Halloween episode which airs October 30. “Geoff is a tall hunk of man who makes me laugh,” 20th TV’s head of casting Sharon Klein said. “He’s the ultimate ‘man’s man’ And ‘ladies man.

Just keep swimming, Ellen!

Screen Rant is reporting that Ellen DeGeneres will likely return as Dory in Pixar’s anticipated Finding Nemo sequel. The talk show host and comedienne is in negotiations to reprise her role from the 2003 film that, along with Toy Story, made Pixar a household name.

A lot of folks seem to be returning to the big, blue animated ocean for this sequel. For one, Andrew Stanton, who co-directed the original, is back in the director’s chair after the ill-fated John Carter. There’s also been speculation as to the nature of the script, which might very well take the Toy Story 2 route and bring back many of the original characters.

This means we should watch out for Albert Brooks et al to be attached. Then again, perhaps we’ll have a Dory-centric script, with the little blue tang fish striking out on her own.

Exclusive: In one of ABC’s first major development commitments for next season, the network has bought a soapy drama from McG, producer of Fox’s The O.C., which helped usher in the current resurgence of the primetime soap genre. ABC, home of some of the most popular nighttime soaps on TV, including Grey’s Anatomy and Revenge, has handed out a put pilot commitment to the McG-produced project, which will be written by Byron Balasco (Detroit 1-8-7). The untitled drama, which echoes the classic tale of Romeo and Juliet, revolves around the haves and have-nots of one of California’s most seductive cities, Venice. It focuses on two rival families and a forbidden and dangerous romance emerging between them as the two families battle for control of Venice. McG’s Wonderland Sound and Vision is producing with Warner Bros. Television where the company is based. McG and Balasco...

Back when I had Cable.TV, there were lots of shows that I saw come and go before their time. Defying Gravity, Happy Town, and Alcatraz were just a few of the serialized dramas that seemed to get the axe before they ever even had time to develop and grow. I thought about this for a while, and then I thought about other successful serialized dramas. Then I thought about Lost.

Lost was really the one show that actually got me interested in the serialized drama in the first place because, for the most part, it demonstrated the ability to tell a long and sprawling story that was closely connected and rewarded scrutiny. There was really nothing like it at the time, and you have to remember that there really were no other shows out there that demanded the kind of multi-year commitment that Lost required. Lost broke new ground...

Recalling the big sales of yore, Disney has won a bidding war for a Christmas-themed pitch, paying $1 million for the action-comedy project from scribe Scott Rosenberg. John Jacobs is producing. The logline is being kept under wraps, but the bidding was between Universal and Disney. Rosenberg was behind some of the big Jerry Bruckheimer action movies in the 1990s including Con Air and Gone in Sixty Seconds and co-created the short-lived ABC drama Happy Town. He did a rewrite of Pain and Gain for Michael Bay, and has supernatural comedy The Hauntrepreneur set up at

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David Cronenberg certainly hasn't been lacking in things to do. The director has been in the midst of preparing/releasing back-to-back films: last year's underrated drama "A Dangerous Method" and the forthcoming "Cosmopolis," which will premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in a matter of weeks. And it looks like Cronenberg is ready to let someone else call the shots on set for the moment.

TVLine (via IndieWire) reports that the helmer will guest-star on SyFy's time-travel drama pilot "Rewind," which we didn't know existed and didn't care about until now, and which of course we now want to watch. Directed by "Lost" helmer and former Jack Ryan reboot director Jack Bender, the show will tell the tale of a bunch of military and scientist types who travel back in time so they can change the future and prevent a terrorist attack. Sounds like shit is gonna get complicated. As for Cronenberg,...

The "A History of Violence" auteur may be widely celebrated for his work behind the camera, but that hasn't stopped him from also popping up in front of it on occasion. According to TV Line, David Cronenberg has been tapped to guest star in the two-hour pilot for Syfy’s time-travel drama "Rewind," along with "Lost" actor Jeff Fahey. Cronenberg, who'll be premiering hotly anticipated Don DeLillo adaptation "Cosmopolis" at Cannes this year, often ends up playing a medical professional of some sort when he acts -- he was neurologist Dr. Brezzel on two episodes of "Alias," vet Dr. Leichman on "Happy Town" and a government scientist in "Jason X." Keeping with that pattern, he'll play "a brilliant scientist and Nobel Prize winner who becomes unhinged after his wife’s death" and "comes up with a dangerous plot to change the course of history" in...

Lost alum Jeff Fahey and director/sometimes actor David Cronenberg (The Fly, A History of Violence) will guest star in Syfy’s drama pilot Rewind, TVLine has learned exclusively.

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The project — directed by Lost vet Jack Bender — features a team of military field operatives and civilian scientists who use untested technology to travel back in time in order to change the future and avoid a devastating terrorist attack. The action thriller stars Shane McRae (Four Kings), Keisha Castle-Hughes (Whale Rider), Jennifer Ferrin (The Cape), Robbie Jones (Hellcats) and Keon Mohajeri...

Recently, here on Hb, I posted an open letter to ABC, pretty much begging for a second season of The River. If the series was to be scrapped, it would not be the first time ABC had tossed an interesting and viable supernatural series on the trash pile. HBs own BloodyAdored pointed out today another ABC series, Happy Town, that didnt survive past a single season. But was it a fluctuation in viewers tastes that caused a great show to die? Or is…...

About two to three years ago ABC had a wonderful new show entitled Happy Town. Happy Town was a magically interesting, crazy, effed up show. I was in love with the show. I thought, "Yes! My new show to replace Lost." However, Happy Town only lived to have one season. ABC gave this great show the boot after two episodes, because the views were "low." ABC didn't really give the show a chance. After the first episode, ABC stopped it's mad advertisem…...

Fans of Bones are in for a riotous few episodes to finish out season seven. The season is short for the popular Fox series due to the real-life pregnancy of Brennan actress Emily Deschanel. There will be four bonus episodes coming our way and an eighth season to follow, however. Speaking of extra episodes, one of those will feature actor Jay Paulson as a surprise crush for Angela. That could mean some trouble in paradise.

Paulson, who you might recognize from Happy Town and October Road, will play an artist, and an unusual one at that. He’s Twerpski, an internationally beloved graffiti artist. Yes, graffiti is embraced as art by many, although you might call his character rather unlucky. He’ll be defacing a billboard, according to the TV Guide scoop, when he inadvertently will falls, only to wind up glued to a pile of human remains. Gross and uncomfortable all at once!

Mickey Rourke once tangled with the Devil in Angel Heart. This year, however, he’s getting the chance to be Satan in Roel Reine’s new Grindhouse flavoured action adventure Dead In Tombstone, which sees Rourke appearing alongside Danny Trejo and Anthony Michael Hall.Tombstone finds Trejo as Guerrero Hernandez, the leader of the fearsome Blackwater* gang of outlaws. He hatches a plan to break his half brother Red (Hall) out of the slammer and takes him along on a looting spree in the mining town of Edendale. Trouble is, Red double- crosses him and Guerrero ends up dead.But a little thing like mortality rarely stops a Danny Trejo character and, after doing a deal with the devil (Rourke), he rises from the dead a year later and unleashes bloody revenge across the town of Tombstone. Thank goodness he picked that place and not Rainbowville or Happy Town…Reine,...

Paramount and director Michael Bay seem bound and determined to turn Bay’s next big picture, true-life tale Pain and Gain, into a real piece of work (read – not a film that gets its big gags from racist robots). First, Bay secured a story that’s seemingly ready-made for the cinematic treatment – a dark, funny, bizarre, and captivating story about loser bodybuilders in Miami who get mixed up violent crime (violent crime that, despite their bulk, they are truly not cut out for). Then, he filled out his cast with a mix of recognizable talent (Mark Wahlberg and Dwayne Johnson), spiced it up with some solid hitters (Ed Harris, Tony Shaloub, and Anthony Mackie), and then (for once in his directorial career), cast a model (Bar Paly) in a role suitable for a model. What next, Bay? According to THR, screenwriter Scott Rosenberg has been brought in “for polish and punch-up duties” on the film’s script...