Quantum Leap cancelled After Two Seasons at NBC
The shortened, 13-episode Season 2 ended with a two-hour finale on Feb. 20 that revealed Ben’s new paramour Hannah (played by Eliza Taylor) had created a code to bring him home; the caveat being that someone would swap places with him. But things went awry when Addison, who ended her engagement with Tom (Peter Gadiot), voluntarily made the jump and wound up right alongside Ben in the past.
Hacks Casting News
J Smith-Cameron joins the upcoming season, including Helen Hunt, Christina Hendricks, Christopher Lloyd, Dan Bucatinsky, George Wallace and Tony Goldwyn.
Will Trent Sneak Peek
Airing Tuesday at 8/7c on ABC. Will’s long-lost uncle, Lucy Morales’ brother, Antonio Miranda (played by American Fiction’s John Ortiz). Antonio and Will seem equally nervous; Antonio fears that he is underdressed once he sees his nephew in his signature three-piece suit. Will is fixated on impressing his uncle by introducing him to the best shrimp tacos in town but all those nerves start to fade once Antonio embraces his sister’s son for the very first time. Also, Antonio introduces his dog Portia to Betty.
Paramount+ has set an exact release date for Evil‘s fourth and final season which will return on Thursday, May 23. The pregnancy revealed at the end of Season 3 is going to play a huge, very disgusting part in the show’s final Season. The final run of 14 episodes, which includes four bonus ones, will roll out weekly.
Fallout Series Comes to Prime Video
Prime Video’s Fallout (the TV adaptation of the hit video game franchise) will now debut Wednesday, April 10 at 9 pm ET / 6 pm PT with all eight episodes. Ella Purnell (Yellowjackets) stars as Lucy, a survivor whose peaceful and idealistic nature is tested when she is forced to the surface to rescue her father. Aaron Moten (Disjointed) plays Maximus, a young soldier who rises to the rank of squire in the militaristic faction called Brotherhood of Steel, and Walton Goggins (Justified) plays The Ghoul, a morally ambiguous bounty hunter who holds within him a 200-year history of the post-nuclear world.
Legally Blonde TV Series at Prime Video
The original Legally Blonde debuted in theaters in 2001, with Reece Witherspoon starring as unlikely Harvard Law student Elle Woods. The supporting cast included Luke Wilson, Selma Blair and Jennifer Coolidge. It became a hit, earning more than $140 million at the box office and landing a number of Golden Globe nominations.
Kat Dennings Joins Tim Allen in ABC Comedy Pilot ‘Shifting Gears’
Matt (Allen) is the stubborn, widowed owner of a classic car restoration shop. When Matt’s estranged daughter (Dennings) and her teenage kids move into his house, the real restoration begins. Dennings’ character is named Riley. She is further described as Matt’s daughter who butted heads with her father growing up and left to marry the boyfriend he hated. Now divorced, Riley’s forced to move back home with two kids, hoping she and her dad can make it work this time.
The “Scandal” rewatch podcast, “Unpacking the Toolbox,” hosted by former “Scandal” stars Katie Lowes (who played Quinn) and Guillermo Diaz (who played Huck) is set to return with new episodes on April 11. Part of the iHeartPodcasts network, the podcast’s new season will kick off with the Season 3 premiere of “Scandal,” titled with one of the Olivia’s famous catchphrases, “It’s Handled.” And upcoming guests on “Unpacking the Toolbox” include Kerry Washington, Goldwyn, Tom Verica, Melora Hardin, Scott Foley, Bellamy Young, Kate Burton, Dan Bucatinsky, Jeff Perry, Debbie Allen and Paul Adelstein.
Netflix Western Series ‘The Abandons’
Ryan Hurst, Michael Greyeyes, Michiel Huisman, and Toby Hemingway have all joined the Netflix series in recurring roles. As a group of diverse, outlier families pursue their Manifest Destiny in 1850s Oregon, a corrupt force of wealth and power, coveting their land, tries to force them out. These abandoned souls, the kind of lost souls living on the fringe of society, unite their tribes to form a family and fight back. In this bloody process, ‘justice’ is stretched beyond the boundaries of the law.
“The Abandons” will star Lena Heady, Gillian Anderson, Nick Robinson, Diana Silvers, Lucas Till, Lamar Johnson, Aisling Franciosi, and Natalia del Riego. Additional cast members are Brían F. O’Byrne, Clayton Cardenas, Elle-Maija Tailfeathers, Haig Sutherland, Jack Doolan, Jonathan Koensgen, Katelyn Wells, Marc Menchaca, Michael Ornstein, Patton Oswalt, and Sarah White.
All nine seasons of “The King of Queens” are set to stream on Paramount+ and Pluto TV under a new non-exclusive licensing agreement between Sony Pictures Television and Paramount Global. “The King of Queens” originally aired on CBS from 1998-2007 for just over 200 episodes. It starred Kevin James, Leah Remini, Jerry Stiller, Patton Oswalt, Larry Romano, Victor Williams, Nicole Sullivan, and Gary Valentine. Lou Ferrigno also memorably played himself in the series.
‘Witcher’ Season 4
“The Witcher” Season 4 has cast Sharlto Copley, James Purefoy, and Danny Woodburn. Copley will play the infamous bounty hunter Leo Bonhart from “The Witcher” novels. Purefoy will play Skellen, a high-ranking spy and court advisor to Emhyr who is also a prominent figure in the novels. Woodburn will play Zoltan, a fan favorite dwarf character from the novels and “Witcher” video games.
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