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UPDATE: Seann William Scott, best known for his role in the AMERICAN IR movie series has been hired to replace Clayne Crawford. Amid reports of Crawford’s abusive on-set antics, the […]
The Lyon dynasty will live on for another season at FOX. Today, the network announced the series would return for a fifth season. While viewership has dropped off, EMPIRE remains […]
About a month ago I was sitting on my sofa looking at the Direct TV channel guide. I had watched everything saved on my DVR so I took to the […]
While Niecy Nash’s face certainly isn’t new to television viewers (RENO 911, CLEAN HOUSE, THE SOUL MAN), she’s definitely having her moment in 2015, starring in two primetime series. Nash […]
When GOTHAM premiered last year I was reluctant to watch the story of Gotham City before the Dark Knight rises. The early episodes of the first season gave us the […]
This past week a number of new and returning series premiered on the broadcast networks. Two of those series EMPIRE and HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER returned for their […]
It’s time for the 67th Annual Emmy Awards. This year the categories are filled with a lot of diversity and history could be made if either Viola Davis or Taraji […]
We’ve heard all the rumors surrounding the personal life of EMPIRE star Terrence Howard but what else is happening behind the scenes of the hot FOX soap? In an interview with THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER show creators Lee Daniel and Danny Strong spill the tea on just how wild the writers room gets and how they’re handling the pressure of delivering a […]
With the fall season quickly approaching, I’m anticipating the return of some show and curious about some of the new entries. Here are 5 things I hope to see during […]
Women’s Equality Day was this week and I couldn’t let the important day go by without taking a look at a few television characters who represent the gold standard of women’s […]
When PRISON BREAK premiered on FOX in 2005 I was immediately taken in by the story of a brother who gets himself thrown in the same prison as his falsely […]
As season 2 of EMPIRE, last season’s biggest hit, draws closer, FOX is pulling out all the stops with an amazing new trailer dropping a few more juicy details as the Lyon’s family fight for power. It looks as though the show has raised the stakes for all the characters and not everyone will emerge unscathed. Is Cookie really still “ride or […]
