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19:10 - Untitled Lee Daniels' FOX Music Pilot - Benjamin Bratt to Co-Star
Benjamin Bratt is set to co-star opposite Queen Latifah in Fox’s untitled pilot from Empire co-creator Lee Daniels (aka Star).
Co-written by Daniels and Tom Donaghy and directed by Daniels, the pilot follows three young women (Jude Demorest, Ryan Destiny, Brittany O’Grady), who form a girl group with hopes of making it big in the music industry, and the choices with which they’re faced along the way.
Bratt will play Jahil, a talent manager with impeccable taste, a hidden life and a drive for redemption who believes his new client Star (Demorest) and her group are his ticket back to the top. Queen Latifah plays Carlotta, a former client and flame of Jahil’s who now owns an Atlanta beauty salon and is a surrogate mother to the three girls.
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19:10 - Young & Hungry - Season 3 - Production Begins - Press Release
PRODUCTION BEGINS ON SEASON 3 OF THE HIT COMEDY SERIES “YOUNG & HUNGRY”
Burbank, CA (December 11, 2015) – Production began this week in Studio City, California, for the third season of the fan-favorite original comedy series “Young & Hungry,” starring Emily Osment, Jonathan Sadowski, Aimee Carrero, Kym Whitley and Rex Lee. The third season will premiere on Freeform, the new name for ABC Family, on Wednesday, February 3, 2016. ABC Family is becoming Freeform on January 12, 2016.
We left “Young & Hungry” at the end of the second season with Gabi heading off to the desert in her refurbished food truck with Josh’s brother, Jake (Jayson Blair). Meanwhile, Elliott and Alan celebrated the wedding of their dreams, while Yolanda and Sofia battled it out for the bouquet then found new opportunities for love.
Launch to date, “Young & Hungry” is ABC Family’s #1 comedy of all time in Becomers 12-34 and Women 18-34 and wins its cable time period across the key target demographics. The series and cast have been nominated for five Teen Choice Awards since its premiere in the summer of 2014.
“Young & Hungry” is produced by David Holden, Ashley Tisdale, Jessica Rhoades, Caryn Lucas, and Eric Tannenbaum and Kim Tannenbaum in association with CBS Television Studios. Gabi Moskowitz, of BrokeAssGourmet.com, is a San Francisco based food blogger and contributed to the development of this project.
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19:10 - The Job Lot - Comedy In Development at ABC
In a competitive situation, ABC has landed a single-camera comedy written and executive produced by writer-actress Stephnie Weir and Raising Hope creator Greg Garcia.
Tentatively titled The Job Squad, the project is based on the British comedy The Job Lot. It is set at an unemployment office in Burlington, VT, with Weir starring as Trish, the office manager who heads up a staff of colorful characters doing their best to turn Un-Employment into Fun-Employment. The role was played by Sarah Hadland in the British series. Weir and Garcia executive produce alongside Kenton Allen and Matthew Justice, the producers of the original series. The Job Squad, which has received a script commitment with penalty, comes from CBS TV Studios, Garcia’s studio-based Amigos de Garcia and original series’ producer Big Talk Productions.
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19:10 - Dance Drama from The Wiz Executive Producers in Development at NBC
NBC is staging a The Wiz reunion.
The network has picked up a script from The Wiz executive producers Neil Meron and Craig Zadan that's based on the life of the live musical's choreographer, Fatima Robinson, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.
Inspired by Robinson's life as a dancer-turned-choreographer, the untitled drama is set in Los Angeles with early plans to set it in the 1990s as dance begins to dominate pop culture on the streets and clubs that gave birth to hip-hop dance.
The project is in the early stages of development; a writer is not yet attached to the Universal Television drama. Zadan and Meron will executive produce alongside their Storyline Entertainment banner's Mark Nicholson and Tasha Brown, with the latter duo set to produce. Robinson will exec produce and serve as choreographer.
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19:10 - Unforgettable - Episode 4.04 - Dollar and Scents - Press Release
Thanks to Pierre for the heads up
Unforgettable - Episode 4.04 - Dollar and Scents - Press Release Major Crimes' new case, the murder of a local deli employee, soon becomes the hunt for a foreign criminal organization capable of bringing down the world's finance markets. (guest star Vince Nappo and Kathy Najimy joins 'Unforgettable' the cast)
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00:00 - Life in Pieces - Episode 1.11 - College Stealing Santa Caroling - Title and Synopsis Change
COLLEEN JOINS JOHN AND HIS AIR FORCE BUDDIES FOR HIS ANNUAL TRADITION OF DIRTY CHRISTMAS CAROLING, ON “LIFE IN PIECES,” THURSDAY, DEC. 17
Editor’s note: The title and logline of this episode have changed.
“College Stealing Santa Caroling” – Colleen joins John and his Air Force buddies for his annual tradition of dirty Christmas caroling. Also, Joan tries to hijack Lark’s first Christmas from Jen and Greg, Samantha sneaks out with her friends and is caught when a photo of her and a mall Santa is posted online, and Tyler announces his plans for college, on LIFE IN PIECES, Thursday, Dec. 17 (8:31-9:01 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.
CHEAT TWEET: Colleen joins John & his #AirForce buds 4 their annual dirty #Christmas caroling @LifeInPiecesCBS 12/17 8:31PM ET/PT http://bit.ly/1QEiRfW
REGULAR CAST:
Dianne Wiest (Joan)
James Brolin (John)
Zoe Lister-Jones (Jen)
Colin Hanks (Greg)
Angelique Cabral (Colleen)
Thomas Sadoski (Matt)
Betsy Brandt (Heather)
Dan Bakkedahl (Tim)
Niall Cunningham (Tyler)
Holly J. Barrett (Samantha)
Giselle Eisenberg (Sophia)
RECURRING CAST:
Hunter King (Clementine)
GUEST CAST:
Ashley Wolff (Jenna)
Bella Shepard (Lexie)
Donovan Scott (Santa)
Sean Poolman (Darryl)
WRITTEN BY: Barbara Adler
DIRECTED BY: Phil Traill
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21:45 - Grace and Frankie - Renewed for a 3rd Season
Time for celebratory shots. Season 3 of #GraceandFrankie is on its way! pic.twitter.com/0XaBg0oJjF
— GraceandFrankie (@GraceandFrankie) December 10, 2015
20:30 - The Originals - Season 3 - Midseason Finale Interviews
Please click the links below to direct you to the various interviews.
EW
ET Online
Zap2It
TVGuide
EW with Leah Pipes
10:00 - The Last Man on Earth - Episode 2.10 - Silent Night - Promotional Photos
10:00 - Bordertown - Episode 1.01 - The Engagement - Press Release
CULTURES CLASH ON THE SERIES PREMIERE OF NEW ANIMATED SATIRE "BORDERTOWN" SUNDAY, JANUARY 3, ON FOX
A satirical look at the cultural shifts taking place in America, the animated series explores family, politics and everything in between. The comedy centers on two very different families, the Buckwalds and the Gonzalezes living in a fictional Southwest desert town on the U.S. - Mexico border. Bud Buckwald, a married father of three and a Border Patrol agent, is just a tad behind the times and feels slightly threatened by the cultural changes transforming his neighborhood. He lives next door to Ernest Gonzalez, an ambitious family man, who has been in the country less than 10 years, but is already doing better than Bud - which, it turns out, is a bit of an issue for Bud. In the series opener Bud is enraged when he finds out that his daughter Becky is engaged to J.C., Ernesto's nephew who just graduated from college. Meanwhile, a staunch anti-immigration law is passed which eventually leads to J.C.'s deportation, much to Bud's delight in the "The Engagement" series premiere episode of BORDERTOWN airing Sunday, Jan. 3 (9:30-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. (BOR-101) (TV-14 D, L, S, V)
Voice Cast: Hank Azaria as Bud Buckwald, Alex Borstein as Janice & Becky Buckwald, Judah Friedlander as Sanford Buckwald, Nicholas Gonzalez as Ernesto Gonzalez and J.C. and Missi Pyle as Gert Buckwald
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04:40 - Aquarius - Season 2 - Cameron Deane Stewart Joins Cast as a Series Regular
Star-Crossed alum Cameron Deane Stewart has boarded the David Duchovny drama, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.
Stewart will take on the series regular role of Tex Watson, a Texas high school honor student-athlete who crosses paths with Charles Manson (Gethin Anthony) while becoming consumed in the L.A. psychedelic, drug-dealing lifestyle, all leading to the involvement of the Cielo Drive and LaBianca murders.
The actor joins a season two cast that also includes Ray Donovan's Omar J. Dorsey, who will recur as Ralph Church, a smart, powerful and intimidating ex-convict who towers over Charles Manson.
Production on season two is under way in L.A. A premiere date has not yet been determined.
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04:40 - MOVIES: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny - Trailer
Thanks to Magnutude for the heads up.
22:30 - The Originals - Season 3 - Leah Pipes Interview on Christmas, Klaus & More
Thanks to Ivan for the heads up.
TV Fanatic: What’s coming for Cami on the winter finale?
Leah Pipes: She has been staying at the Mikaelsons house because it seems like she’s easily abducted these days and there’s a lot of people who want them dead or to use them as leverage against Klaus, so I think Klaus might be feeling like he dragged here into this whole mess. So he just feels like keeping her at his house will make her safer. It also happens to be at the time of the holiday season, so she gets to participate in the Mikaelson family holiday, and that is not without its complications she’s finding.
TVF: Was it shocking to you to get the backstory that Cami had beaten a man senseless and been arrested for it?
LP: I definitely did not know that prior to reading the script. Our executive producer, Michael Narducci, said at ComicCon that we might explore the darker side of Cami this season and I was like “okay!” and then I read the script. But you know, Cami’s been smashing bottles in people’s faces for all three seasons. That’s kind of her go-to move. She’s in a bind, she takes a bottle and just smashes you in the face with it. That’s her signature move.
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18:15 - Lucifer - New Teaser Promo - No Angel
18:15 - MOVIES : Legend of Tarzan - First Look at Margot Robbie & Alexander Skarsgard
Alexander Skarsgard stars in #LegendOfTarzan. In theaters July 2016. pic.twitter.com/miqe6cC9t0
— The Legend of Tarzan (@legendoftarzan) December 9, 2015
18:15 - Ash vs. Evil Dead - Episode 1.07 - Fire In The Hole - Sneak Peek
23:30 - Powers - Season 2 - Trailer
23:30 - Ash vs. Evil Dead - Episode 1.07 - Fire In The Hole - Promo & Promotional Photos
23:30 - Flesh and Bones - Episode 1.06 - F.U.B.A.R. - Promo
