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Banshee, The Librarians Renewed for Additional Seasons
The Cinemax and TNT programs are given extended life
James Franco to Star in Hulu’s Stephen King Time Travel/JFK Series ’11/22/63′
James Franco will star in the 9-episode Hulu series adapted from Stephen King’s terrific 2011 thriller 11/22/63 from J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot productions. He’ll play Jake, an English teacher who discovers a time portal and uses it to travel back in time to try to stop the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Unfortunately, he discovers …
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Cinemax Bringing Exorcism Drama from ‘Walking Dead’ Creator to Series
Robert Kirkman’s adaptation of his own comic Outcast has been given a series order
Casting Notes: ‘Soprano’s’ Adriana Has a Bone to Pick with S.H.I.E.L.D., Rob Lowe Heads Comedy Pilot on FOX
TV Casting News from Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Person of Interest and more featuring Drea de Matteo, Eric McCormack, Rob Lowe and others
Trailer: Outlander “You are my home now.”
Claire (Caitriona Balfe) and Jamie (Sam Heughan) return for the 2nd half of Outlander Season 1 on April 4 on Starz.
CBS News/60 Minutes Correspondent Bob Simon: 1941 – 2015
Bob Simon, longtime fixture of CBS News and its flagship 60 Minutes program, died tonight in an automobile accident in Manhattan at age 73. Known for his work as a war correspondent, Simon covered the Vietnam War extensively, the violence in Northern Ireland and war zones from Cyprus to Yugoslavia. While covering the first Gulf …
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Casting Notes: Laverne Cox Books Legal Pilot, Margo Martindale Returns to ‘Americans’ and more
TV casting news from The Americans, Once Upon a Time, Ash vs. Evil Dead and more with Margo Martindale, Laverne Cox, Ken Jeong, Ava DuVernay and others.
Casting Notes: Mistresses, Jane the Virgin, Person of Interest
TV casting news from Mistresses, Jane the Virgin, Person of Interest, Shannara and more featuring Jennifer Esposito, Nia Vardolos, Meagan Good and others
NBC News Reader Brian Williams Suspended 6 Months
Euphemistically saying Brian Williams “misrepresented the truth” when he lied about his helicopter taking RPG fire in Iraq in 2003, NBC News President Deborah Turness announced in a press release this evening that Williams was being suspended without pay for 6 months from his duties as both Managing Editor and Anchor of NBC Nightly News. All, We have …
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