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Returning series Modern Family (ABC): Emmy and Tony-winning actress Tyne Daley (Cagney & Lacey) will guest star on the fourth episode of the family sitcom’s 6th season as the hard-nosed teacher to Cam and Mitch’s adopted daughter Lily. Modern Family returns 9/24 (THR). The Goldbergs (ABC): Paul Sorvino (GoodFellas) will play Jeff Garlin’s curmudgeonly father …
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I’m glad it speaks for itself because it saves me from having to make up words about it I probably don’t mean.
Just in case you don’t already have a huge boner for Season 2 of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (and if you’re reading this you probably do and therefore, honestly, I’m not even sure who I’m really kidding, but…) here’s a teaser for you. Enjoy.
Showtime’s got a new three-minute promo for its upcoming Montauk-set drama series charting an extramarital affair between Noah, played by Dominic West (The Wire) and Alison, played by Ruth Wilson (The Lone Ranger). Joshua Jackson (Dawson’s Creek) and Maura Tierney (News Radio) co-star as, I presume, the husband and wife of Alison and Noah respectively. The Affair …
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Returning Series Looking (HBO): The 30-minute comedy-drama about a group of gay friends looking for love in San Francisco has added a couple of love interests for the upcoming second season. Chris Perfetti (Crossbones) will play Brady, a writer for for a San Francisco weekly paper. Bashir Salahuddin will play Malik, a politically active climber …
If you live in the United States, you’ll have to wait until January to see Downton Abbey Season 5, but the UK September premiere has a trailer for your enjoyment.
As I mentioned yesterday, Amazon has rolled out another 5 shows in a third crack at “Pilot Season” where viewers get to watch the shows for free (preceded by an ad from sponsor Geico) and then tell Amazon what they think with an eye toward the shows becoming actual series. The first batch earlier this …
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Lots of TV casting going on. Here are today’s highlights: Returning Series Modern Family (ABC): Andrea Anders (Better of Ted) joins Season 6 of the Emmy winning tyrant/sitcom in a recurring role as Kim, one of the Dunphy’s troubling new neighbors. She’ll be the wife of Steve Zahn’s (Out of Sight) Ronnie who was announced …
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Casting news has been dribbling out for over a year from director Lisa (The Kids are All Right) Cholodenko’s 4-part adaptation of Elizabeth Strout’s best-seller Olive Kitteridge starring Frances McDormand and now we finally have a date and a time: The first two installments will play November 2 beginning at 9pm on HBO. That’s Sunday …
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There are a raft of new movie titles to be available on the small screen in September by way of Netflix streaming. Highlights include All is Lost (2013), Good Morning Vietnam (1987), School of Rock (2003) and Silver Linings Playbook (2012) and A Single Man (2009). Here’s a mostly complete list with descriptions from our friends at Netflix followed …
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