Image created by “Shutterstock.AI” The Pearsons are back (sort of)! If you miss the warmth, tears, and laughter of This Is Us, get ready for a nostalgic treat. Mandy Moore, Chris Sullivan, and Sterling K. Brown have announced on Instagram their new rewatch podcast, That Was Us. Join them as they relive every episode, sharing behind-the-scenes secre…

“SHOGUN” – Pictured (L-R): Hiroyuki Sanada as Yoshii Toranaga, Anna Sawai as Toda Mariko. CR: Katie Yu/FX/ Copyright 2024, FX All Rights Reserved Remember the 1980 miniseries Shogun? Its epic tale of feudal Japan mesmerized audiences. Now, a breathtaking reimagining is not just meeting the hype – it’s surpassing it! Critics are raving about its vis…

All American — Pictured (L-R): Daniel Ezra as Spencer James — Photo: Troy Harvey/The CW — © 2024 The CW Network, LLC. All Rights Reserved. More than just a sports drama, The CW’s All American is a tale of grit and ambition. Inspired by NFL Super Bowl winner Spencer Paysinger, it tracks the evolution of Spencer James – a role brought to life with in…

American Idol- Luke Bryan. (Photo Credit Disney/Art Streiber) Country music superstar and American Idol judge Luke Bryan is a country music mainstay. With a career pushing two decades, 12 chart-topping country hits, and over 12 million albums sold worldwide, he clearly knows what it takes to make it. So, when aspiring singers take the American Idol…

Michael Douglas in “Franklin,” now streaming on Apple TV+ Photo Credit: Apple TV+ Michael Douglas has always gravitated towards iconic roles. Remember his charming President in The American President? Or the thoughtful gravitas he brought to Benjamin Franklin in the PBS docuseries? Now, he delves even deeper into Franklin’s world with the gripping …

Pictured: ELSBETH star Carrie Prestonon the ELSBETH and Tea Around Town bus event in New York City. Photo: Michele Crowe/CBS ©2024 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Fans of Elsbeth Tascioni, rejoice! The quirky and brilliant lawyer from The Good Wife and The Good Fight continues her adventures in her own detective series, Elsbeth. Creator…

LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT – Pictured: (l-r) Mariska Hargitay, Director; Peter Scanavino — (Photo by: Virginia Sherwood/NBC) 2024 NBCUniversal Media, LLC The Law & Order franchise? More like a television institution! The original series kicked things off way back in 1990, and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit has been a hit since 1999. With …

ABBOTT ELEMENTARY – ABC’s “Abbott Elementary” stars Sheryl Lee Ralph as Barbara. (Disney/Pamela Littky) Sheryl Lee Ralph’s Hollywood career dates back to the 1970s. But, thanks to Abbott Elementary, that career has never been hotter, even resulting in an Emmy Award for her performance as the school’s kindergarten teacher. And Ralph credits Abbott E…

Maya Rudolph in “Loot,” now streaming on Apple TV+. Photo Credit: Apple TV+ On the series Loot, Maya Rudolph stars as a woman who, thanks to her divorce from a tech billionaire, is now one of the world’s wealthiest women herself. The show is now in its second season, and Rudolph told us that, even though it would have been easy to make her characte…

Carol Burnett in “Palm Royale,” now streaming on Apple TV+. Photo Credit: Apple TV+ The new series Palm Royale takes place in 1969, but its iconic star Carol Burnett has first-hand experience with the era. In 1969, Burnett was already starring in the classic comedy sketch series bearing her name, and she was a well-known entity — not just in Hollyw…

THE GOOD DOCTOR – on ABC. (Disney/Jeff Weddell) FREDDIE HIGHMORE Freddie Highmore has spent seven years as Dr. Shaun Murphy on The Good Doctor. He’s deeply connected to his character’s struggles – the brilliance born from autism, and the social isolation it creates. It’s a contradiction that fuels his performance. At first, this dissonance was a ch…

Sonequa Martin-Green as Burnham in Star Trek: Discovery, episode 1, season 5, streaming on Paramount+, 2023. Photo Credit: Michael Gibson/Paramount+ After a long hiatus, Star Trek: Discovery blasts back for its fifth and final season. This isn’t a traditional Star Trek tale – there’s no iconic captain in the lead. Instead, it’s the brilliant scienc…

GREYÕS ANATOMY – ABC’s “GreyÕs Anatomy” stars James Pickens Jr. as Richard Webber. (Disney/Nino Mu�oz) With Grey’s Anatomy now in its 20th season, there are only two original characters appearing on the show on a regular basis, Chandra Wilson’s Dr. Miranda Bailey and James Pickens Jr.’s Dr. Richard Webber. Spending 20 years working on a hit show is…

Elsbeth: Pictured: Carrie Preston as Elsbeth Tascioni Photo: Michael Parmelee/CBS ©2024 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved. The Good Wife continues to live on through a second spinoff series: Elsbeth, featuring the recurring character played by Carrie Preston on both The Good Wife and its first spinoff, The Good Fight. The new series is cer…

Photo credit: “Shutterstock.AI” The Brady Bunch was a pop-culture phenomenon, changing how families were portrayed on TV over 50 years ago! Creator Sherwood Schwartz’s blended family of six kids struck a relatable chord as family dynamics were changing. Stars like Barry Williams (Greg) and Susan Olsen (Cindy) had no idea of the show’s massive reach…

Sight Unseen — Pictured (L-R): Dolly Lewis as Tess Avery and Alice Christina-Corrigan as Mia Moss — Credit: Michael Courtney/The CW — Copyright: © 2024 The CW Network, LLC. ALL Rights Reserved. Sight Unseen takes a daring approach to storytelling, portraying a world through the eyes of a character losing her sight. Co-creator Karen Troubetzkoy, dra…

CHICAGO P.D. — – Pictured: Patrick John Flueger as Adam Ruzek — (Photo by: Lori Allen/NBC) 2024 NBCUniversal Media, LLC Patrick Flueger is one of just five actors who was in the Chicago P.D. pilot episode and is still on the show 11 seasons later. Of course, the show is still going strong, part of producer Dick Wolf’s One Chicago block on NBC’s Wed…

WILL TRENT (Disney/Daniel Delgado Jr.) RAMîN RODRIGUEZ, BLUEBELL Ramón Rodríguez may be the human star of Will Trent, but the show also features a four-legged scene-stealer: Betty the dog. The relationship between Will and Betty has blossomed in the show’s second season, and Rodriguez said that the chemistry between the two stars is absolutely real…

LOPEZ VS LOPEZ — “Lopez vs Pizza” Episode 204 — Pictured: George Lopez as George — (Photo by: Nicole Weingart/NBC) 2024 NBCUniversal Media, LLC George Lopez has been a fixture on TV and movie screens since his network sitcom first debuted in 2002, but his career as a stand-up comedian goes way back beyond that. Lopez — who now stars with his daught…

PASADENA, CA – FEBRUARY 9: Cast and EP’s attend the TCA Press Event for Hulu’s “We Were The Lucky Ones” at the Langham Huntington in Pasadena, California on February 9, 2024. (Disney/PictureGroup) JOEY KING (“WE WERE THE LUCKY ONES”), LOGAN LERMAN (“WE WERE THE LUCKY ONES”) We Were the Lucky Ones is a new drama series based on one Jewish family’s e…

Carol Burnett in “Palm Royale,” now streaming on Apple TV+. Photo Credit: Apple TV+ At the age of 90, Carol Burnett still isn’t quite ready for retirement. After a successful run of guest appearances on the final season of Better Call Saul, Burnett was cast in a recurring role on the Apple TV+ streaming series Palm Royale. So far, she’s had a great…

“SHŌGUN” — Pictured: Hiroyuki Sanada as Yoshii Toranaga. CR: Kurt Iswarienko/FX Copyright 2023, FX. All Rights Reserved. In 1980, the TV miniseries Shogun became the first — and, so far, still only — American television production filmed entirely in Japan. So, considering the authenticity the new production of Shogun has strived to achieve — includ…

Photo credit: “Shutterstock.AI” It’s hard to believe it’s been 35 years since Quantum Leap premiered. The beloved sci-fi series followed Dr. Sam Beckett (played by Emmy-nominated actor Scott Bakula), a scientist who time-travels through his own lifetime, “leaping” into different people to make wrongs right. His sidekick, played by the late Dean Sto…

THE ROOKIE Photo Credit: Disney/Raymond Liu-Pictured NATHAN FILLION The Rookie’s sixth season finds Nathan Fillion’s character, John Nolan, starting a whole new life with a new marriage. Fillion loves playing John and was drawn to the character’s boldness. He talked about how much he admires Nolan’s willingness to take risks, even as a middle-aged …

THE GOOD DOCTOR – Photo Credit: Disney/Jeff Weddell- FREDDIE HIGHMORE The Good Doctor is ending this spring? Seems like just yesterday we were introduced to Dr. Shaun Murphy! But with the series wrapping up, this week’s episode is another step closer to Freddie Highmore’s final moments in the role. As the end approaches, Highmore shared what he’s m…

Eugene Levy in Spain in “The Reluctant Traveler With Eugene Levy,” now streaming on Apple TV+. Photo Credit: Apple TV+ So far, on the first season and a half of Eugene Levy’s The Reluctant Traveler, the Canadian comedian has visited a dozen countries, with more on the way. Several of the trips have been eye-openers for Levy, as he’s been visiting p…

THE CONNERS – ABC’s “The Conners” stars John Goodman as Dan Conner. (Disney/Justin Stephens) You’ll have to excuse John Goodman is he sounds like he’s using a cliché when he talks about the Conner family. After all, he’s been part of that television family for nearly four decades. He’s seen the young children from Roseanne grow into adults and beco…

Allison Janney in “Palm Royale,” now streaming on Apple TV+. Photo Credit: Apple TV+ Palm Royale is a new comedy series starring Kristen Wiig as a newcomer trying to break into the upper echelon of Palm Beach’s well-to-do circles. She’s joined in the show’s ensemble cast by a couple of Oscar winners — Laura Dern and Allison Janney — and Grammy winn…

WILL TRENT (Disney/Daniel Delgado) RAMÓN RODRÍGUEZ It’s one thing to take books and make them into movies, because you only need to tell one story at a time. Turning books into a TV series, however, is a little different. Since a series — especially a procedural — often requires a new story for each episode, those shows usually deviate from the sou…

NIGHT COURT — — Pictured: (l-r) John Larroquette as Dan Fielding, Melissa Rauch as Abby Stone — (Photo by: Nicole Weingart/NBC) 2024 NBCUniversal Media, LLC While there’s a (mostly) new set of characters at the courthouse, the humor and situations that arise on the new version of Night Court aren’t much different than what viewers got from the orig…

THE VOICE Pictured: Reba McEntire — (Photo by: Tyler Golden/NBC) 2023 NBCUniversal Media, LLC As a coach on The Voice, Reba McEntire is working with young performers who are just starting out their career. Obviously, she’ll have plenty of lessons to teach her team members, whether it’s helping them with their singing or helping them with their life…

LAW & ORDER: ORGANIZED CRIME — Season: 4 — Pictured: Christopher Meloni as Det. Elliot Stabler — (Photo by: Virginia Sherwood/NBC) 2024 NBCUniversal Media, LLC Christopher Meloni’s time as Elliott Stabler dates back to the last millennium, when Law & Order: SVU premiered. He was with the show for its first 12 seasons, took a break, and returned to …

THANK YOU, GOODNIGHT: THE BON JOVI STORY – AUSTIN, TX – MARCH 14: Cast and EP’s attend the SXSW World Premiere for Hulu’s “Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story” in Austin, Texas on March 14, 2024. (Disney/Frank Micelotta) JON BON JOVI Forty years ago this month, Van Halen’s Jump held the No. 1 spot on Billboard’s Hot 100, the debut single from …

ABBOTT ELEMENTARY – ABC’s “Abbott Elementary” stars Tyler James Williams as Gregory. (Disney/Pamela Littky) In its first few seasons, Abbott Elementary has established itself as a television show that stirs a lot of passion in its audience. What is it about the show that has meant so much to so many people? The show’s Tyler James Williams feels lik…

“SHOGUN” Pictured (L-R): Cosmo Jarvis as John Blackthorne, Anna Sawai as Toda Mariko. CR: Katie Yu/FX. Copyright 2024 FX. All Rights Reserved. The new remake of Shogun has been winning universal acclaim in both America and Japan, with special attention paid to the show’s realism and authenticity, with the show’s Japanese characters speaking in thei…

Pictured: Justin Hartley as Colter Shaw. Photo: Michael Courtney/CBS ©2024 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved. This Is Us wasn’t just a phenomenon amongst its viewers — it was also an on-set experience unlike anything the show’s stars had been through before. Now, with that show in the rear-view mirror, Justin Hartley has moved on to a new …

APPLES NEVER FALL — “Apples Never Fall Premiere” — Pictured: Annette Bening at the Academy Museum on March 12, 2024 — (Photo by: Todd Williamson/Peacock) The premise of Peacock’s new miniseries, Apples Never Fall, revolves around Annette Bening’s character, a mother of four grown children who suddenly goes missing, leaving her kids to piece togethe…

THE VOICE – Pictured: John Legend — (Photo by: Trae Patton/NBC) In his ninth season as a coach on The Voice, John Legend has logged more time on the show than all of this year’s other coaches combined. And, of course, he’s an accomplished performer himself — he’s an EGOT winner, including 12 Grammy Award wins to his name. With all that experience, …

HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 08: Eugene Levy is honored with Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame timed to the global premiere of Apple TV+’s “The Reluctant Traveler With Eugene Levy” on March 08, 2024 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Eric Charbonneau/Getty Images for Apple TV+) Considering it took him until he was 30 years old to get his first T…

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – JANUARY 29: Lionel Richie attends “The Greatest Night in Pop” Los Angeles Screening at The Egyptian Theatre Hollywood on January 29, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Charley Gallay/Getty Images for Netflix) It’s not surprising that Netflix’s We Are the World behind-the-scenes documentary is called The Greatest Ni…

CHICAGO MED — Pictured: Oliver Platt as Dr. Daniel Charles — (Photo by: George Burns Jr/NBC) In a career that stretches back into the 1980s, Oliver Platt has never played a role as long as he’s been Dr. Daniel Charles on Chicago Med, which is now in its ninth season. (He’s also played the role as a guest performer on the three other Chicago shows c…

BROOKLYN NINE-NINE – Pictured in this screen grab: Andy Samberg as Jake Peralta — (Photo by: NBC) After his seven-year stint on Saturday Night Live ended, Andy Samberg returned to weekly television in 2015 with his first network sitcom, Brooklyn Nine-Nine. Samberg was top-billed in an ensemble cast that also included the late, great Andre Braugher,…

Noomi Rapace in “Constellation,” now streaming on Apple TV+. (Photo Credit: Apple TV+) Without giving any spoilers, we can safely say that not everything is as it seems on the new streaming series Constellation. The psychological science-fiction drama, starring Noomi Rapace, delivers some unexpected surprises along the way. Well, unexpected for a l…

Photograph by Courtesy of HBO/Shutterstock With word coming out that Ridley Scott is set to direct a Bee Gees biopic, it’s well worth spotlighting a documentary released a couple of years ago that told the story of the legendary Brothers Gibb from the family’s point of view. Director Frank Marshall put The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart …

Credit: Disney/Mark Seliger Hosting an awards show can be an utterly thankless job — just ask Ricky Gervais. It’s not easy to thread the needle between telling funny jokes about Hollywood celebrities and bruising the egos of those celebrities. As Jimmy Kimmel prepares to host the Oscars for the fourth time this weekend, he spoke about trying to fin…

Credit: Virginia Sherwood/NBC Mariska Hargitay was born and raised in Los Angeles, but when she answered a casting call for a new Law & Order show in 1999, the show would be filming in New York City. When she won the starring role, little did she know she’d be spending the next 25 years (and counting) working in the Big Apple. We’ve spoken to Hargi…

Credit: Smallz + Raskind/CBS Casting for a new television show is always an interesting process. Sometimes, producers have an actor in mind when they’ve created a character; other times, the process can be long and arduous. When actors respond to a show’s casting call, they know there will be plenty of competition, so they often brace themselves fo…

Credit: Todd Williamson/NBCUniversal Melissa Rauch was just three years old when the original Night Court premiered on NBC, and she was 12 by the time it ended its run. That gave her an opportunity to become a huge fan of the show, which — after she’d found big success on The Big Bang Theory — inspired her to pitch the idea of a revival. Now, that …

Credit: Katie Yu/FX When the novel Shogun was adapted into a television miniseries in 1980, the results were phenomenal — nearly one out of every three televisions in America tuned in for the five-part saga. Will the story have the same impact two generations later? We’ll find out, as a new 10-episode remake series premieres tonight. Justin Marks, …

Credit: Disney/Daniel Delgado With Will Trent now in its second season, the producers of the show are putting an emphasis on developing the title character’s backstory, exploring and examining some of his unique personality traits and the stories behind them. Ramón Rodríguez, who plays Will Trent and is one of the show’s producers, wholeheartedly w…