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[SPOILER ALERT IF YOU HAVEN'T WATCHED THE SEASON FINALE OF THE FOLLOWING!!!!]
Last night’s season finale of The Following left us shocked but also full of questions. EW talked to executive producer Marcos Siega to clear up who’s dead and who’s alive as well as what’s in store for season 2. READ FULL STORY »
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Orange is the New Black, Jenji Kohan’s new dramedy, will premiere its 13 one-hour episodes on Netflix on July 11.
An adaptation of Piper Kerman’s memoir (subtitled, “My Year in a Women’s Prison”), Orange stars Taylor Schilling as Piper Chapman, who ends up behind bars thanks to a long-ago relationship with a drug runner played by Laura Prepon. Jason Biggs’ is Piper’s fiancé. Kohan will serve as exec producer, writing the first and last episodes of the series, which will be her first project following Weeds.
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One of the first things Seth Meyers and Michael Shoemaker realized they had in common when they met at Saturday Night Live in 2001 was a love of comic books. They always thought it’d be fun to do an animated show for adults about superheroes, and around 2006, the idea for The Awesomes began to crystallize. But it didn’t become a reality until they found the 10-episode series a home at Hulu, where it will premiere Aug. 1 (after a planned screening and panel at Comic-Con in July). The story revolves around the greatest superhero team in history, The Awesomes, and what happens after all the most powerful members leave. Those remaining are led by Professor Doctor Awesome (a.k.a. Prock), voiced by Meyers, who’s attempting to fill his father’s shoes. Meyers and Shoemaker, now a producer at Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, spoke to EW to give us a rundown of the characters seen in our exclusive image above.
After that, we’ve got premiere dates for more of Hulu’s recently announced original programming (like Eva Longoria’s animated Mother Up!) and exclusive series (such as Chris O’Dowd’s British TV hit Moone Boy). READ FULL STORY »
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In a segment on Monday about NBA player Jason Collins’ coming out, EPSN analyst Chris Broussard said that as a Christian he does not “agree with homosexuality” and implied that by coming out as gay, Collins is “walking in open rebellion to God and Jesus Christ.”
Broussard has come under fire for that comment, made on the network’s one-hour special episode of Outside the Lines, which focused on Collins’ essay in Sports Illustrated where he announced he is gay, becoming the first openly gay male major American professional sports player. READ FULL STORY »
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American Horror Story‘s season three Coven is slowly adding new members: AHS co-creator Ryan Murphy took to Twitter today to announce that Oscar-nominee Gabourey Sidibe (Precious) will be joining the cast of the third season of the FX hit. READ FULL STORY »
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Tonight is the highly anticipated season finale of Fox’s The Following and fans are waiting to see if all the major questions will be answered. Will Ryan (Kevin Bacon) save both Parker (Annie Parisse) and Claire (Natalie Zea)? Will he catch and/or kill Joe Carroll (James Purefoy)? Is Weston (Shawn Ashmore) secretly a bad guy? EW talked to The Following‘s mastermind Kevin Williamson about tonight’s can’t-miss season finale.
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You can no longer live in denial: It’s season finale time. Before you start planning your summer binge-viewing, find out when your favorite broadcast shows are ending. (Click on show titles for details). Click here for full alphabetical listing
2 Broke Girls, 9 p.m., CBS — Monday, May 13
90210, 8 – 10 p.m., The CW — Monday, May 13
The Amazing Race, 8 – 10 p.m., CBS — Sunday, May 5
America’s Funniest Home Videos, 7 p.m., ABC — Sunday, May 19
American Dad, 9:30 p.m., Fox — Sunday, May 12
American Idol (performance show), 8 p.m., Fox — Wednesday, May 15
American Idol (results show), 8 to 10:07 p.m., Fox — Thursday, May 16
Arrow, 8 p.m., The CW — Wednesday, May 15
Beauty and the Beast, 9 p.m., The CW — Thursday, May 16
The Big Bang Theory, 8 p.m., CBS — Thursday, May 16
Blue Bloods, 10 p.m., CBS — Friday, May 10
Bob’s Burgers, 8:30 p.m., Fox — Sunday, May 12
Body of Proof, 10:01 p.m., ABC — Tuesday, May 28
Bones, 8 p.m.., Fox — Monday, April 29
Castle, 10:01 p.m., ABC — Monday, May 13
The Celebrity Apprentice, 9 – 11 p.m., NBC — Sunday, May 19
Chicago Fire, 10 p.m., NBC — Wednesday, May 22
The Cleveland Show, 7 – 8 p.m., Fox — Sunday, May 19
Community, 8 p.m., NBC — Thursday, May 9
COPS, 8 – 9 p.m., Fox — Saturday, May 4
Criminal Minds, 9 – 11 p.m., CBS — Wednesday, May 22
CSI, 10 p.m., CBS — Wednesday, May 15
Dancing With the Stars (performance show), 8 p.m., ABC — Monday, May 20
Dancing With the Stars (results show), 8 – 10:01 p.m., ABC — Tuesday, May 21
Elementary, 9:01 – 11 p.m., CBS — Thursday, May 16
Family Guy, 9 – 10 p.m., Fox — Sunday, May 19
Fashion Star, 8 p.m., NBC — Friday, May 10
The Following, 9 p.m., Fox — Monday, April 29
Glee, 9 p.m., Fox — Thursday, May 9
Golden Boy, 10 p.m., CBS — Tuesday, May 14
The Good Wife, 9 p.m. ET., CBS — Sunday, April 28
Grey’s Anatomy, 9 p.m., ABC — Thursday, May 16
Grimm, 10 p.m., NBC — Tuesday, May 21
Hannibal, 10 p.m., NBC — Thursday, June 27
Happy Endings, 8 – 9:01 p.m., ABC — Friday, May 3
Hart of Dixie, 8 p.m., The CW — Tuesday, May 7
Hawaii Five-0, 10 p.m., CBS — Monday, May 20
How I Met Your Mother, 8 p.m., CBS — Monday, May 13
Kitchen Nightmares, 8 p.m., Fox — Friday, May 10
Law & Order: SVU, 9 – 11 p.m., NBC — Wednesday, May 22
The Mentalist, 10 p.m. ET, CBS — Sunday, May 5
The Middle, 8 p.m., ABC — Wednesday, May 22
Mike & Molly, 9:30 p.m., CBS — Monday, May 20
The Mindy Project, 9:30 p.m., Fox — Tuesday, May 14
Modern Family, 9 p.m., ABC — Wednesday, May 22
Nashville, 10 p.m., ABC — Wednesday, May 22
NCIS, 8 p.m., CBS — Tuesday, May 14
NCIS: Los Angeles, 9 p.m., CBS — Tuesday, May 14
New Girl, 9 p.m., Fox — Tuesday, May 14
Nikita, 8 p.m., The CW — Friday, May 17
The Office, 9 – 10 p.m., NBC — Thursday, May 16
Once Upon a Time, 8 p.m., ABC — Sunday, May 12
Parks and Recreation, 9:30 p.m., NBC — Thursday, May 2
Person of Interest, 9:01 p.m., CBS — Thursday, May 9
Red Widow, 10:01 p.m., ABC — Sunday, May 5
Revenge, 9 – 11 p.m., ABC — Sunday, May 12
Revolution, 10 p.m., NBC — Monday, June 3
Rules of Engagement, 8:30 p.m., CBS — Monday, May 20
Saturday Night Live, 11:30 p.m., NBC — Saturday, May 18
Scandal, 10:02 p.m., ABC — Thursday, May 16
Shark Tank, 8 – 10 p.m., ABC — Friday, May 17
The Simpsons, 8 – 9 p.m., Fox — Sunday, May 19
Smash, 9 – 11 p.m., NBC — Sunday, May 26
Splash, 8 p.m., ABC — Tuesday, May 7
Supernatural, 9 p.m., The CW — Wednesday, May 15
Survivor: Caramoan — Fans vs. Favorites, 8 – 10 p.m., CBS — Sunday, May 12
Survivor: Caramoan — Fans vs. Favorites Live Reunion Show, 10 p.m., CBS — Sunday, May 12
Touch, 9 p.m., Fox — Friday, May 10
Two and a Half Men, 8:31 p.m., CBS — Thursday, May 9
Undercover Boss: Epic Employees, 8 p.m., CBS — Friday, May 10
Undercover Boss: Epic Bosses, 8 p.m., CBS — Friday, May 17
The Vampire Diaries, 8 p.m., The CW — Thursday, May 16
Vegas, 9 p.m., CBS — Friday, May 10
The Voice, 9 – 11 p.m., NBC — Tuesday, June 18
Wife Swap, 8 p.m., ABC — Thursday, May 2
Though last night’s preview was less than impressive, The Vampire Diaries spinoff dubbed The Originals was ordered to series by the CW.
The network today also picked up a second season of Beauty and the Beast and a third year of Hart of Dixie.
On Thursday, the Diaries’ spinoff averaged 2.2 million viewers and a 0.9 among adults 18-49 — down 31 percent from The Vampire Diaries‘ average this season. But the CW gives equal attention to a show’s impact in social media and online streaming, which is why CW topper Mark Pedowitz released this statement: “As soon as we saw last night’s episode of The Vampire Diaries, we knew we wanted more of The Originals. Julie Plec and Kevin Williamson have done a fantastic job with The Vampire Diaries, which is as fast-paced and well-written as ever, and Julie has created an equally compelling world for The Originals.”
The CW says Beauty and Hart get big boosts from live-plus-7 day viewership. Hart averages a 53% increase among adults 18-34 and a 61% gain among women 18-34, while Beauty enjoys a 43% jump in adults 18-34 and a 45% bump in women 18-34.
The CW already picked up Arrow, The Vampire Diaries and Supernatural for next season. No word yet on the futures of Nikita and The Carrie Diaries, however.
Death Watch: Final TV survival predictions
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Angry at the wave of unnamed sources used to describe her Today co-host, Kathie Lee Gifford gathered hundreds of signatures for a newspaper ad that was meant to show support for Matt Lauer.
EW confirmed that Gifford asked cast and crew to sign an open letter, which Lauer ultimately nixed as an advertisement. He asked Gifford to keep it “in the family” instead, reports the New York Daily News.
The letter read: “We the people of the Today show who work side by side, day by day, year in and year out with Matt Lauer are tired of unfounded and unrelenting stories by faceless characters regarding his character and reputation. No one has coerced us to sign this. With our signatures we stand in support of our colleague and friend.”
Signatures on the letter included Today’s Savannah Guthrie, Al Roker, Willie Geist and Hoda Kotb. READ FULL STORY »
Falling Skies has drawn in viewers over its first two seasons not only with its ever-morphing alien mythology, delightfully grotesque horror moments, and intense action scenes, but also with its family drama — which will get more complicated in the upcoming season 3 with a new addition to the Mason family: Tom and Anne’s baby.
Playing Dr. Anne Glass, 2nd Mass medic and love interest for Noah Wyle’s Tom Mason, has given actress Moon Bloodgood the chance to flex some of the same action-hero muscles as she did in other sci-fi projects, like Terminator Salvation. But in Falling Skies’ third season, which premieres on TNT on June 9, Anne is not quite so battle-ready since she’s very pregnant. The new season picks up about seven months after the season 2 finale when Anne found out she’s pregnant after the 2nd Mass arrived in Charleston.
Warning: Season 3 spoilers ahead! READ FULL STORY »
Next month in New York City, the broadcast networks will unveil a whole new batch of comedies that could either follow in the footsteps of The Big Bang Theory — or fall flat like I Hate My Teenage Daughter.
So that got us thinking: Just how many half-hours over the years, failed or otherwise, have become go-to synonyms for bad TV sitcoms? We know what you’re thinking — by golly, I’ve lost count! But here are 10 that have (and always will) serve as convenient punchlines.
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Baby Bob (CBS, 2002-03)
An unspeakable crime — and not just because fan faves like Adam Arkin, Elliott Gould, and Holland Taylor opted to star in a comedy about a six-month-old talking baby.
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Corey Stoll, who’s getting Emmy buzz for his role on Netflix’s critically lauded House of Cards, will star in the FX drama pilot The Strain, based on the vampire novel trilogy from Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan.
He’ll play Dr. Ephraim Goodweather, the head of the Center for Disease Control Canary Team in New York City, a team that investigates a viral outbreak that traces back to an ancient and evil strain of vampirism. Del Toro and Hogan will co-write the pilot, which del Toro will direct. Lost‘s Carlton Cuse is onboard as an executive producer and would serve as showrunner if the show goes to series.
Read more:
Five things we can’t wait to see in Guillermo del Toro’s TV adaptation of ‘The Strain’
Book review: ‘The Strain’
The penultimate episode of Fox’s The Following climaxed with one of the series’ most disturbing scenes: Agent Parker (Annie Parisse) being buried alive by some cult members, and the screen fading to black with just her muffled screams.
EW has an exclusive peek at Monday’s season finale, fittingly titled “The Final Chapter,” including interviews with star Kevin Bacon, creator/executive producer Kevin Williamson, and executive producer/finale director Marcos Siega. Watch it below. READ FULL STORY »
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