Anna Faris will exit CBS sitcom Mom ahead of season 8. Premiering in 2013, Mom became a smash hit for CBS and featured Faris in her first major role for television after breaking into the comedy world with her appearances in the Scary Movie franchise. Starring Faris as Christy Plunkett, Mom continues to pull in strong ratings for its home network, along with Young Sheldon and … Continue reading ‘Mom’: Anna Faris Exits Show Ahead Of Season 8!!
Stephen King fans got their first look at the latest adaptation of his beloved novels during Sunday night’s MTV Video Music Awards. CBS All Access teased the first trailer of its newest limited series The Stand during the annual music awards show. The star-studded television take on King’s 1978 book centers on the author’s apocalyptic vision for a world ruined by a super plague and … Continue reading ‘The Stand’: First Trailer Teases the Stephen King Limited Series!! Check It Out!!
Christmas is coming a week early this year for fans of Stephen King, as CBS All Access announced that its star-studded limited series The Stand will debut Dec. 17 exclusively on the streaming service. I’ve been looking forward to that day for six long years, having first reported the news that Josh Boone would be writing and directing this adaptation — back when it was going … Continue reading ‘The Stand’: CBS All Access Reveals Release Date of Stephen King’s Adaption!!
CBS is looking to toast the 20th anniversary of one of its most successful franchises with a revival. The network is in talks with CSI: Crime Scene Investigation original series creator Anthony Zuiker, Jerry Bruckheimer and the show’s creative team to bring back the procedural with a new limited series, sources tell The Hollywood Reporter. CBS and producers CBS TV Studios declined comment as the potential … Continue reading ‘CSI’: A Limited Series Revival in the Works at CBS!!
CBS All Access has revealed the first trailer for Star Trek: Lower Decks. The show focuses on the support crew of one of Starfleet’s least important ships, the U.S.S. Cerritos, in the year 2038. The 10-episode first season will premiere Thursday, August 6th on CBS All Access. Friends, Romulans, and countrymen: Lower Decks looks like a ton of fun and then some. There is definitely a more … Continue reading ‘Star Trek: Lower Decks’ Trailer Ventures into the World of Animated Comedy!!
CBS All Access has announced that the new Star Trek animated series, Star Trek: Lower Decks will premiere on August 6th. The series will focus on the support crew serving on one of Starfleet’s least important ships. Hailing from Mike McMahan (Rick and Morty), the main cast appears to be a collection of ensigns (voiced by Tawny Newsome, Jack Quaid, Noel Wells, and Eugene Cordero), and … Continue reading ‘Star Trek: Lower Decks’: First Poster Reveals the Premiere Date!! Check It Out!!
Stephen King didn’t call his novel The Virus. He didn’t call it The Disease or The End of the World As We Know It or anything that nihilistic. He wanted his 1978 book about a global pandemic that takes all but a fraction of human life with it to be called The Stand. When there are no rules, his thinking went, survivors have to make … Continue reading ‘The Stand’: First Images Revealed in New Vanity Fair Feature!! Check It Out!!
If you’ve been wondering what happened to FBI agent Clarice Starling since blasting Jame Gumb in his haunted basement and rescuing the senator’s daughter from his clutches at the end of 1991’s The Silence of the Lambs (and you correctly decided to totally skip the 2001 sequel Hannibal), you’re in luck. CBS just announced that it’s adding the drama Clarice to its midseason lineup this … Continue reading ‘Clarice’: ‘Silence of the Lambs’ Sequel Set for Midseason Debut!!
CBS has given straight-to-season orders to TV spin-offs based on movies Silence of the Lambs and The Equalizer. The Silence of the Lambs series, titled Clarice, will star Pretty Little Liars‘ Rebecca Breeds as FBI agent Clarice Starling, who was portrayed by Jodie Foster and later Julianne Moore on the big screen. It takes place a year after the events of The Silence of the … Continue reading ‘Silence of the Lambs’ Sequel and ‘The Equalizer’ Reboot Get Straight-to-Series Orders!!
When you fire up the streaming service CBS All Access later this year, it might look very different—it might even have a different name. ViacomCBS CEO Bob Bakish confirmed on an earnings call on Thursday that the streaming service will undergo a rebranding as it expands to include more of the parent company’s cable brands and library programming, with a relaunch planned for later this … Continue reading CBS All Access Set to Undergo a Rebranding!!
A wise man once told Clarice Starling, “the world is more interesting with you in it,” and the folks at CBS agree, as the network is moving forward its Silence of the Lambs sequel, having just cast its titular FBI agent. Pretty Little Liars actress Rebecca Breeds will lead the CBS series Clarice, which takes place in the aftermath of the events seen in Jonathan … Continue reading ‘Clarice’: Rebecca Breeds to Star in ‘Silence of the Lambs’ Sequel Series for CBS!!
For 15 years, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation held down the fort as one of CBS’ strongest, most popular crime dramas. It spawned a multimedia franchise including three spin-off series, featured a rotating cast of talented TV thespians, got friggin’ Quentin Tarantino to guest-direct an episode, and renewed everyone’s interest in The Who. And now, per Variety, CBS is in talks to revive CSI for a new generation of TV fans. … Continue reading ‘CSI’: A Revival Series Could Be Coming to CBS!!
We called it! Recently, our own Dave Trumbore hypothesized that a ViacomCBS streaming service, taking advantage of their recent corporate merger, could destroy other streaming services in its wake. Now, it looks like Mr. Trumbore’s musings are coming to fruition. According to CNBC, ViacomCBS are indeed developing a new streaming service that would combine everything currently available on the CBS All Access app alongside Viacom’s … Continue reading CBS All Access and Viacom Merge for a New Streaming Service!!
CBS All Access has released a new trailer for Star Trek: Picard. The upcoming sequel series follows Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) coming out of retirement to go on a new mission with a new crew. CBS has been heavily marketing the show as a way to get people hooked on CBS All Access (I saw plenty of ads yesterday during the AFC Championship game), but … Continue reading ‘Picard’: New Trailer Reminds Us the Series Premieres This Week!! Check It Out!!
CBS has announced the Twilight Zone Season 2 cast, letting fans know which performers are set to show up in the second season of the original anthology series. The revived version of the iconic series hails from executive producers Jordan Peele and Simon Kinberg, and along with the full cast, CBS also announced that Peele has written a Season 2 episode titled “Downtime.” That episode … Continue reading ‘The Twilight Zone’ Season 2 Cast Revealed!! Check It Out!!
CBS All Access recently announced the second season renewal of its upcoming original series Star Trek: Picard. We previously reported as much about a month ago, but the official announcement was made by Julie McNamara, Executive Vice President of Original Content for CBS All Access, during the service’s biannual Television Critics Association presentation. Here’s what she had to say: “The energy and excitement around the … Continue reading ‘Star Trek: Picard’ Is Officially Renewed For Season 2!!
The good news first: Clarice, a TV series focused on our fave fictional FBI agent Clarice Starling, is finally happening. As for the plot twist we might not have expected, well, it looks like CBS is the network who has ordered Clarice. There has been a ton of big TV news coming out over the past week thanks to the TCAs but this big of news, by … Continue reading CBS Announces a Clarice Starling TV Series!!
CBS All Access now has two to beam up. The streaming service has given the Season 2 go-ahead to Star Trek: Picard, the new flagship series set in the Star Trek universe that features the return of title character Jean-Luc Picard as brought to life by Patrick Stewart. Season 1 of Star Trek: Picard will debut on CBS All Access January 23, 2020 with a … Continue reading ‘Star Trek: Picard’ Already Renewed For Season 2!!
The Equalizer, which started its life as a TV series and then became a Denzel Washington movie series, is about to become a TV series again. And Queen Latifah is going to star. Like the original series (and the movies), the story focuses on a mysterious figure who uses their specific set of skills to help those who have no one left to turn to. … Continue reading ‘The Equalizer’ TV Series Starring Queen Latifah in the Works at CBS!!
The endless glut of streaming services changed the game for many — but not all — traditional TV networks. Sure, most are feeling chillier than Leonardo DiCaprio in Titanic. But CBS is over here spending more money on all their damn shows like Leonardo DiCaprio in The Wolf of Wall Street. As reported by Variety, CBS gave a vote of confidence to all of its 2019-2020 freshmen series. The Eye … Continue reading CBS Gives Full Season Orders and Renewals to Freshmen Series!!
The new miniseries adaptation of Stephen King‘s The Stand continues to add exciting talent, with Heather Graham being the latest addition to the CBS All Access series. Deadline confirmed that Graham was the latest cast member to join the impressive ensemble, reminding viewers that this new take will aim to do justice to King‘s iconic novel. The storyline previously earned an adaptation in the ’90s, … Continue reading ‘The Stand’: Heather Graham Joins the Stephen King Adaptation!!
The CBS All Access adaptation of Stephen King’s “The Stand” is continuing to round out its cast. Joining the likes of previously announced stars Amber Heard, James Marsden and Whoopi Goldberg will be Eion Bailey, Katherine McNamara and Hamish Linklater. “The Stand” presents an apocalyptic vision of a world decimated by plague and embroiled in an elemental struggle between good and evil. The fate of … Continue reading ‘The Stand’: CBS All Access Series Adds Three More to Cast!!
If you watched those James Comey hearings and thought, “They should make a movie about all this,” well, you’re almost getting what you wanted. CBS Studios is set to begin production in November on a four-hour event miniseries with Emmy Award winner Jeff Daniels cast as the former FBI director. Would James Comey be a household name without Donald Trump? Of course not. The forty-fifth … Continue reading Brendan Gleeson to Play Trump in CBS Miniseries!!
A new season of “Tell Me A Story” is creeping upon us. The trailer for Season 2 was released at New York Comic-Con Thursday, and it puts a dark twist on the three princesses of “Sleeping Beauty,” “Beauty and the Beast,” and “Cinderella.” Premiering Dec. 5 on CBS All Access, the new 10-episode season features Natalie Alyn Lind (“The Gifted,” “The Goldbergs”) as pop star … Continue reading ‘Tell Me A Story’ Season 2 Trailer Puts a Dark Twist on More Fairy Tales!! Check It Out!!
CBS has given a put pilot order to Sylvester Stallone and Dolph Lundgren’s one-hour drama “The International,” according to a person familiar with the situation. Lundgren is set to star as a Anders Soto, who is described as part negotiator, part international spy. He is a one-man covert black-ops team working for the U.N., called in to find asymmetrical solutions to the world’s most delicate … Continue reading CBS Gives Put Pilot Order to Sylvester Stallone and Dolph Lundgren Project!!
“S.W.A.T.” actress Stephanie Sigman confirmed her departure from the CBS drama on social media this week after fans noticed her absence from the show’s Season 3 premiere. “The word is out!” she wrote on Instagram and Twitter on Thursday. “Jessica Cortez is on to new adventures… and so am I.” “Happy with the work done for the past 2 seasons (45 episodes),” Sigman wrote, describing … Continue reading ‘S.W.A.T.’: Stephanie Sigman Confirms Exit From CBS Drama!!
The first teaser trailer for Star Trek: Discovery Season 3 was unveiled during the Discovery panel on Saturday, October 5 at New York Comic-Con. Present during the panel chat were series regulars Sonequa Martin-Green (Commander Michael Burnham), Doug Jones (Acting Captain Commander Saru), Anthony Rapp (Lt. Commander Paul Stamets), Mary Wiseman (Ensign Sylvia Tilly), Wilson Cruz (Dr. Hugh Culber), and David Ajala (Cleveland “Book” Booker) as well as executive … Continue reading ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Season 3: First Trailer Previews a Huge Time Jump!! Check It Out!!
CBS All Access revealed a new, longer Star Trek: Picard trailer today while also confirming when, exactly, you’ll get to see the new series. Indeed, the Star Trek: Picard premiere date has been set for Thursday, January 23, 2020, where it will kick off with the premiere episode and then the rest of the 10-episode first season will be released on a weekly basis on … Continue reading ‘Star Trek: Picard’: New Trailer Teases the Return of Old Friends!! Check It Out!!
Stephen King was a guest on ABC’s The View on Wednesday morning where he promoted his new book, The Institute, and his new movie, It: Chapter Two. He also announced four new cast members for CBS All Access’ adaptation of The Stand, including Jovan Adepo (The Leftovers) as Larry Underwood, Owen Teague (Bloodline) as Harold Lauder, Brad William Henke (Orange Is the New Black) as Tom Cullen, … Continue reading ‘The Stand’: Alexander Skarsgard set to Play Randall Flagg!!!
CBS All Access has found Mother Abagail for its upcoming adaption of Stephen King’s “The Stand,” revealing during “The View” on Wednesday that Whoopi Goldberg will play the role. Mother Abagail is a 108-year old prophet who receives visions from God and guides survivors of the superflu, a plague that decimates the world’s population. Along with Goldberg, Jovan Adepo, Owen Teague, Brad William Henke and … Continue reading ‘The Stand’: Whoopi Goldberg to Play Mother Abagail in Upcoming Series!!!
The upcoming Star Trek: Picard spinoff series has wrapped production on season one. The announcement came via the visual effects supervisor Ante Dekovic who took to Instagram to congratulate the cast and crew on finishing the filming process of the project. “That’s a wrap on Star Trek: Picard!!! …at least the filming part. All is left, months of post-production,” Dekovic says in the post. “Thanks @startrekcbs … Continue reading ‘Star Trek: Picard’ Season 1 Wraps Filming!!!
CBS has canceled “Instinct” after two seasons. Series creator Michael Rauch broke the news on his Twitter account Saturday morning. “I’m very sad to relay the news that @instinctcbs won’t be renewed for a 3rd season. We will double up this Sunday and our season/series finale will be Aug 25. Endless thanks to @Alancumming & @bojnovak for making Dylan & Lizzie more everything than I … Continue reading ‘Instinct’ Canceled by CBS!!!
If you work in this industry long enough, you’ll see how cyclical it can be. Case in point, today’s announcement that CBS and Viacom have entered into a definitive agreement to combine in an all-stock merger, creating a combined company with more than $28 billion in revenue. The new entity, known as ViacomCBS Inc., will be led by Bob Bakish as President and CEO, with … Continue reading CBS and Viacom to Merge Once Again!!!
CBS All Access has confirmed part Collider’s report on the cast of The Stand mini-series, officially announcing that James Marsden (Westworld), Amber Heard (Aquaman), Odessa Young (A Million Little Pieces), and Henry Zaga (The New Mutants) will star in the 10-episode adaptation of Stephen King‘s massive apocalypse epic. But a new piece of info centers on King himself; according to THR, the horror icon will … Continue reading ‘The Stand’ Mini-Series Confirms Cast!!!
The Man Who Fell to Earth is joining Star Trek and The Twilight Zone on CBS All Access’ growing catalogue of revived sci-f classics. Based on the Walter Tevis‘ 1963 novel and Nicolas Roeg‘s 1976 film adaptation, which featured an iconic turn from David Bowie in his first feature film role, the series “will follow an alien who arrives on Earth at a turning point in human evolution and … Continue reading ‘The Man Who Fell to Earth’: CBS All Access Orders Series from Alex Kurtzman!!
CBS has released the first trailer for the upcoming CBS All Access series Why Women Kill, and it actually looks pretty terrific. The show hails from Desperate Housewives creator Marc Cherry and tells the story of three women, in three different time periods, all of whom lived in the same house and all of whom suffered some sort of infidelity from their significant other. Ginnifer … Continue reading ‘Why Women Kill’ Trailer: 3 Women, 3 Time Periods, 3 Affairs!! Check It Out!!
Today at the Star Trek panel at Comic-Con, CBS All Access showed off the first trailer for Star Trek: Short Treks. The six episodes will bring back Star Trek: Discovery characters Ethan Peck (Spock), Rebecca Romijn (Number One), and Anson Mount (Christopher Pike) in these episodes. They also announced that one of the episodes will take place 15 years before the events of the upcoming … Continue reading ‘Star Trek: Short Treks’ Trailer Has Spock Trapped in an Elevator!! Check It Out!!
CBS All Access has released a full trailer for their upcoming series Star Trek: Picard. The show will star Patrick Stewart reprising his role as Jean-Luc Picard, which he played for seven seasons on Star Trek: The Next Generation as well as the films Star Trek: Generations, Star Trek: First Contact, Star Trek: Insurrection, and Star Trek: Nemesis. At the panel for the show, they … Continue reading ‘Star Trek: Picard’ Trailer Takes the Beloved Captain to a New Frontier!! Check It Out!!
Today at Comic-Con, CBS All Access revealed a first look at the cast and characters of their upcoming animated series Star Trek: Lower Decks. Created by Mike McMahan (Rick and Morty), the show focuses on the support crew of one of Starfleet’s least important ships, the U.S.S. Cerritos. The 10-episode first season will premiere in 2020. While there wasn’t a trailer for Lower Decks, CBS … Continue reading ‘Star Trek: Lower Decks’: First Look Reveals the Animated Cast!! Check It Out!!
Last month we got our first casting news for CBS All Access’ upcoming Stephen King adaptation The Stand, with James Marsden (Westworld), Amber Heard (Aquaman), Whoopi Goldberg (Sister Act), Greg Kinnear (The Kennedys) and Henry Zaga (X-Men: The New Mutants) set to star in the TV series from Josh Boone (The Fault in Our Stars). Well, it seems we can now add another name to the … Continue reading ‘The Stand’: Marilyn Manson Joins the Stephen King Adaptation!!!
Ahead of the TV show’s Comic-Con panel, CBS All Access has debuted the first poster for Star Trek: Picard. The show will star Patrick Stewart reprising his role as Jean-Luc Picard, which he played for seven seasons on Star Trek: The Next Generation as well as the films Star Trek: Generations, Star Trek: First Contact, Star Trek: Insurrection, and Star Trek: Nemesis. Details on the … Continue reading ‘Picard’: New Poster Reveals the Former Captain!!! Check It Out!!
Can a Pulitzer Prize win translate into a successful showrunning gig? That’s what CBS All Access is banking on as the streaming wing of the broadcast network has set Michael Chabon (“The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay”) to spearhead the Star Trek: Picard series. The move comes as a promotion of sorts for Chabon who has been a part of the show’s creative team … Continue reading ‘Star Trek: Picard’: Michael Chabon Set as Showrunner for the CBS All Access Series!!
Back in January, CBS All Access announced it would be moving forward with a 10-episode limited series based on Stephen King‘s magnum opus The Stand, which hails from writers Josh Boone (The Fault in Our Stars) and Ben Cavell (SEAL Team), as well as CBS Television Studios. Boone is directing the series, which is gearing up to start pre-production, and that means casting is underway. … Continue reading ‘The Stand’: Stephen King’s Adaption at CBS All Access Begins Casting!!!
CBS All Access has revealed the first trailer for the upcoming Star Trek series, Star Trek: Picard. The show will star Patrick Stewart reprising his role as Jean-Luc Picard, which he played for seven seasons on Star Trek: The Next Generation as well as the films Star Trek: Generations, Star Trek: First Contact, Star Trek: Insurrection, and Star Trek: Nemesis. The trailer itself isn’t bad. … Continue reading ‘Star Trek: Picard’: First Trailer Reveals the Patrick Stewart led Series!! Check It Out!!
With less than a month to go until its season 2 premiere, CBS has released a poster and trailer for its mystery drama series Strange Angel which stars Jack Reynor, Rupert Friend, Bella Heathcote, Peter Mark Kendall, and Angus Macfadyen; take a look here… In season two, the U.S. is fully engaged in World War II, transforming Jack’s rocketry work into a lucrative business and … Continue reading ‘Strange Angel’ Season 2 Trailer Proclaims that Love is War!! Check It Out!!
CBS revealed at its New York upfronts that its new Star Trek series, in which Patrick Stewart will reprise his Next Generation Jean-Luc Picard role, will officially be titled Star Trek: Picard. A+ for accuracy! The network also revealed a look at the series’ official logo. Star Trek Into Darkness writer Alex Kurtzman is heading up production as showrunner. Hanelle Culpepper (Star Trek: Discovery) will direct … Continue reading Patrick Stewart’s ‘Star Trek’ Series Officially Titled ‘Star Trek: Picard’!!!
CBS has released a trailer for the second season of its Ridley Scott-produced mystery drama series Strange Angel which sees the return of cast members Jack Reynor, Rupert Friend, Bella Heathcote and Peter Mark Kendall, and sees Angus Macfadyen join this season as Occultist Aleister Crowley; watch it here: At the conclusion of STRANGE ANGEL’s first season, Jack and his team from Caltech made a … Continue reading ‘Strange Angel’ Season 2: CBS Releases First Trailer!! Check It Out!!
CBS All Access is filling out the series regular cast of its upcoming Star Trek: The Next Generation sequel focusing on Patrick Stewart’s iconic captain Jean-Luc Picard, with The Wrap reporting that Alison Pill (The Newsroom), Harry Treadaway (Mr. Mercedes) and Isa Briones (Takers) have joined the series. Details on the Picard series are being kept under wraps, but it has been revealed that it … Continue reading ‘Star Trek’: Alison Pill, Harry Treadaway and Isa Briones Join the Picard Series!!!
Entertainment Weekly is reporting that Shooter star Ryan Phillippe is heading back to the small screen to launch the cast of CBS’ upcoming cop drama pilot Alive, which is inspired by Mary Shelley’s classic horror Frankenstein. The series will see Phillippe portraying Mark Escher, a San Francisco police officer who turns up six months after being presumed dead during a fire at his home, haunted … Continue reading ‘Alive’: Ryan Phillippe To Star In Frankenstein Cop Drama Series!!
Last August, CBS All Access announced that Patrick Stewart, who either through science or unspeakable witchcraft has not aged since 1992, would reprise his Next Generation role of Jean-Luc Picard for a brand new Star Trek series. Now, the network has landed its director for the series’ first two episodes and it’s a bit of a history-making moment for the long-running sci-fi franchise. The Wrap … Continue reading ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Director Hanelle Culpepper To Helm Jean-Luc Picard Pilot!!
