Carrie Underwood will perform during ‘The 51st Annual CMA Awards’ (Photo Credit: Randee St Nicholas)
The first batch of performers have been announced for the 2017 CMA Awards to be held on November 8, 2017 at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville. The 51st Annual CMA Awards will be hosted by Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood, with Underwood included on the list of the first round of performers. Garth Brooks, Brothers Osborne, Luke Bryan, Eric Church, Miranda Lambert, Little Big Town, Old Dominion, Jon Pardi, Chris Stapleton, and Thomas Rhett are also confirmed to hit the stage and perform during Country music’s biggest night.
16-time CMA Awards winner Alan Jackson and 2017 Country Music Hall of Fame inductee is also set to perform for Country music fans.
This year’s awards show will be directed by Gary Halvorson and will be executive produced by Robert Deaton. CMA members will determine the winners, with final ballots due on Wednesday, October 25, 2017 at 6pm CT.
Garth Brooks picked up his 12th CMA Entertainer of the Year nomination this year, and he holds the title in that category with five wins. Brothers Osborne earned their first nomination in the Music Video category this year, and Luke Bryan is competing for the fifth time in the Entertainer of the Year category. Three-time CMA Awards winner Eric Church is nominated for three awards including Male Vocalist, and Miranda Lambert collected five nominations, bringing her career total to 44.
Little Big Town was recognized with four nominations including in the Music Video category for “Better Man,” while Old Dominion picked up two nominations. Jon Pardi is competing in the New Artist of the Year and Single of the Year categories, Chris Stapleton could win in the Entertainer of the Year, Male Vocalist, and Album of the Year categories, and Thomas Rhett earned his first nominations in the Musical Event, Music Video, and Male Vocalist categories. Carrie Underwood will be trying to add a fifth win in the Female Vocalist category.
Dale Dickey, Danny McBride, and Walton Goggins in ‘Vice Principals’ (Photo by Fred Norris / HBO)
HBO’s adult half-hour comedy series, Vice Principals, will finish up its short, two-season run on November 12, 2017. The network’s just released details on the show’s final two episodes, although the plot descriptions for both give away few real details.
Vice Principals stars Danny McBride and Walton Goggins with support from Kimberly Hébert Gregory as Dr. Belinda Brown, Georgia King as Amanda Snodgrass, Busy Phillips as Gale, Shea Whigham as Ray, Sheaun McKinney as Dayshawn, and Dale Dickey as Nash. The series was created by Danny McBride and Jody Hill. McBride, Hill, David Gordon Green, Stephanie Laing, and Jonathan Watson executive produce.
Vice Principals November 2017 Episodes:
Episode #17 (season 2, episode 8): “Spring Break”
Debut: SUNDAY, NOV. 5 (10:40-11:10 p.m. ET/PT)
Tensions between Gamby (Danny McBride) and Russell (Walton Goggins) come to a head as prom night approaches.
Written by Danny McBride & John Carcieri & Jeff Fradley; directed by Danny McBride.
Episode #18 (season 2, episode 9): “The Union of the Wizard & the Warrior” (series finale)
Debut: SUNDAY, NOV. 12 (10:35-11:05 p.m.)
The school year comes to a startling end.
Written by Danny McBride & John Carcieri & Jeff Fradley; directed by David Gordon Green.
Alicia Keys returns to ‘The Voice’ (Photo by Trae Patton / NBC)
NBC’s The Voice season 14 has just filled all of its coaching slots. 15-time Grammy winner Alicia Keys has signed on to return to The Voice for the upcoming season, grabbing the final spinning red chair on the coaches panel alongside Adam Levine, Blake Shelton, and newcomer Kelly Clarkson. Season 14 will mark Keys’ third time as a coach, and she’ll be looking to reclaim the title after winning season 12 with artist Chris Blue.
“We are thrilled to welcome back Alicia’s positive energy, competitive spirit and sheer talent. She brings unparalleled expertise and has proven she knows how to help artists win,” stated Paul Telegdy, President, Alternative and Reality Group, NBC Entertainment. “The chemistry between Alicia, Kelly, Adam and Blake will make for a wildly unpredictable and compelling season 14!”
The Voice season 13 with coaches Lambert, Shelton, Miley Cyrus, and Jennifer Hudson has been averaging 13.2 million viewers, sitting in 1st place among all alternative series. The series was created by John de Mol and is executive produced by de Mol, Mark Burnett, Audrey Morrissey, Lee Metzger, Chad Hines, Amanda Zucker, Kyra Thompson, and Stijn Bakkers.
More on Alicia Keys, Courtesy of NBC:
Since the 2001 release of her debut album, “Songs in A Minor,” Keys has built an unparalleled repertoire of hits and accomplishments with more than 35 million albums and 30 million singles sold worldwide. She won five Grammys in 2001 for “Songs in A Minor,” and her second studio album, “The Diary of Alicia Keys,” garnered her four Grammys in 2004. Later that year, she released her first live album, “Unplugged,” which debuted at No. 1.
Her third studio album, “As I Am,” also opened at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, with the album’s lead single, “No One,” topping the Billboard Hot 100 for five consecutive weeks. In late 2009, Keys released her fourth studio album, “The Element of Freedom,” which hit the platinum sales mark in one month and spawned the No. 1 single “Unthinkable” and “Empire State of Mind (Part 2),” which also topped the Billboard charts.
In 2012, Keys released her Grammy-winning fifth studio album, “Girl on Fire,” which debuted atop numerous Billboard album charts. In addition to being the best-selling R&B album in the U.S, “Girl on Fire” reached No. 1 on the iTunes album chart in 19 countries.
Keys became the first female R&B artist to have three consecutive No. 1 album debuts on the Billboard 200 album chart. She has received numerous honors over the years, including 11 Billboard Music Awards, five American Music Awards, three World Music Awards, three BET Awards, 14 NAACP Image Awards, seven Soul Train Music Awards, and three MTV Video Music Awards. In 2009, Keys was recognized at the BET Awards with their Humanitarian Award for her charitable and philanthropic efforts around the globe.
In 2014, Keys collaborated with Kendrick Lamar, Pharrell Williams and Hans Zimmer on the song “It’s On Again,” which was featured in the blockbuster film “The Amazing Spider-Man 2.”
Last year Keys released her powerful and critically acclaimed sixth studio album, “Here,” on RCA Records, which was a chart-topper including No. 1 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. On “Here,” Keys offers an honest glimpse into what matters most to her and the artist shines a light on the sonic soulfulness and stories from New York, the city that raised her. As an accompanying visual story to “Here,” Keys also released a short-film titled “The Gospel,” inspired by the genesis of her songs.
Season two’s second episode of The CW’s Riverdale will feature a musical performance by Josie & The Pussycats and Cheryl Blossom. The CW released an extended clip of the group performing a cover of “Milkshake” by Kelis as part of an effort to save Pop’s Chok’lit Shoppe. Episode two titled “Nighthawks” airs on October 18, 2017 at 8pm ET/PT.
Per The CW: “With Riverdale still reeling from Fred’s shooting at Pop’s Chok’lit Shoppe and the exodus of the startled Pop’s staff, Betty is more determined than ever to keep the town staple afloat. Though Cheryl resists appearing at an event aimed at rescuing the diner, Betty delivers a bold threat, which leaves Cheryl no choice but to perform with Josie and the Pussycats, who are temporarily down one member. As the gang gathers for “Retro Night,” the Pussycats perform a rendition of the song “Milkshake” by Kelis while a packed crowd looks on.”
Josie & The Pussycats covered 2009’s “Candy Girl (Sugar Sugar),” “I Feel Love” by Donna Summer, and “Kids in America” by Kim Wilde during season one.
The season two cast includes KJ Apa as Archie Andrews, Lili Reinhart as Betty Cooper, Camila Mendes as Veronica Lodge, Cole Sprouse as Jughead Jones, Madelaine Petsch as Cheryl Blossom, Marisol Nichols as Hermione Lodge, Mӓdchen Amick as Alice Cooper, Luke Perry as Fred Andrews, Casey Cott as Kevin Keller, Ashleigh Murray as Josie McCoy, and Mark Consuelos as Hiram Lodge. The series is executive produced by Greg Berlanti, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Sarah Schechter, and Jon Goldwater
The Riverdale Season 2 Episode 2 Plot: With the gunman still at large and the residents of Riverdale on edge, Betty (Reinhart) leads the charge to save Pop’s after learning that the diner may be forced to close its doors forever. Meanwhile, the gang becomes increasingly concerned for Archie’s (Apa) well being after noticing a string of unusual behavior from him. Elsewhere, Betty and Veronica (Mendes) approach Cheryl (Petsch) and Josie (Murray) for their help saving Pop’s, while Jughead’s (Sprouse) attempt to find FP (Skeet Ulrich) a new lawyer may have some serious repercussions. Finally, when a past betrayal unexpectedly comes to light, Veronica finds herself at a crossroads with Hiram (Consuelos) and Hermoine (Nichols.)
“Guys, the suit is freaking out!” says Barry (Grant Gustin) to his team back at S.T.A.R. Labs after his new suit goes haywire in season four episode two of The CW comic-book inspired series, The Flash.
As the episode begins, Barry’s up early making breakfast while dancing in his underwear, reenacting the famous Risky Business scene with Tom Cruise. He’s enjoying his life and uses the extra time in the morning to handle the wedding plans and binge-watch his favorite shows he missed while being trapped in the Speed Force. When Iris (Candice Patton) wakes up and joins him, she’s a little taken aback at his energy and how he seems to be diving back into life. She’s also just a tad bothered by the fact that Barry has planned their entire wedding without her input.
Later that same morning at S.T.A.R. Labs, Cisco (Carlos Valdes) unveils the new Flash suit to Barry, a supportive Iris, and an envious Wally (Keiynan Lonsdale). Cisco beams with pride while showing Barry some of the new tech he’s put into the suit, tossing a War & Peace-sized instruction manual to the speedster which Barry says he’ll read later.
Barry suggests to Iris they grab dinner out tonight and she tells him she thinks she’ll be too tired after the long training session she scheduled. Barry surprises Iris, saying that it’s no problem because he canceled it, and then takes off for the CCPD to work on a case with Joe (Jesse L. Martin). Caitlin (Danielle Panabaker), who notices the tension Iris is exhibiting toward Barry, approaches her and suggests she might want to go to couples counseling. “When Ronnie and I started dating and working together, we had some trouble communicating and it helped,” says Caitlin, trying to be both supportive and helpful.
Iris shoots down the idea, telling Caitlin they’re “Barry and Iris” and they’ll be fine. Just as Iris is about to walk out, the alarms go off indicating an unauthorized breacher coming through. Iris grabs one of the power guns and notices Caitlin has turned her back to her. What Iris doesn’t see are Caitlin’s eyes turning crystal blue and Caitlin whispering to herself, “Don’t change, don’t change.” “Caitlin, come on!” yells Iris and Caitlin gets control over her cold powers, grabs another power gun, and follows Iris.
Iris and Caitlin are joined by Wally in the breach room to take on whoever is coming through when Cisco runs in front of them and yells it’s okay. Gypsy (Jessica Camacho) comes through and Cisco reveals he and Gypsy are going on a date.
Over at the crime scene, Joe and Barry are investigating the death of a young wealthy man who was killed in an elevator. The victim’s death came not by falling but by being shaken to death. Cisco, the tech advisor for the CCPD, shows up and aids in the investigation by finding a small device that shouldn’t be there. He realizes that whoever killed the man hacked into the elevator to control it and murder him.
A little later, the same hacker takes control of another man’s car and sends the poor helpless driver speeding into traffic at 120mph. Back at S.T.A.R. Labs, Team Flash watch what’s happening on their computers and Barry goes to save the day, telling both Iris and Wally he can handle it on his own.
Barry catches up to the car and Iris tells him to turn it left to a low traffic street so he can slow it down and stop it. However, Barry decides to ignore her advice and turns it right saying it’s a better street. Iris yells no, advising Barry construction on that street started three months ago. Whoops! Barry’s bad. Fortunately, the Scarlet Speedster is able to use his incredible speed to disassemble the car so the car’s seat is all that remains when it comes skidding to a stop.
Back at S.T.A.R. Labs, Barry apologizes, acknowledging it was his mistake and he should have listened. Iris pulls him aside and tells him that she thinks Caitlin’s suggestion of going to couples counseling is a good idea. Barry asks if they’re in trouble and she assures him it’s just for some “fine-tuning” in their relationship. Barry agrees to it and Iris reveals they have an appointment in 30 minutes.
Barry and Iris sit down with Dr. Finkle (Donna Pescow) to talk about their relationship. They don’t get off to a good start with Barry saying he loves therapy and explaining he went once after his mother died. This starts a long list of both Iris and Barry mentioning all those they’ve lost including Barry’s dad, Eddie, Ronnie, H.R. “We’ve been to a few funerals,” admits Barry. (It should be noted this is done in a very humorous tone and not a dark and depressing one.) They try to talk about newly working together and how they need to improve on communication, but Barry gets a distress signal on his phone from Joe and shows Iris, not Finkle, and says he has to go.
At the CCPD, Joe has been talking to Tim, the man in the car Barry took apart, trying to find out who might want to hurt or kill him. Joe hears a commotion outside the room and when he opens the door, he sees a bomb disposal robot coming at him with a grenade. He tells Tim to get down and tries to protect him from the blast as the robot pulls the pin and tosses the grenade. In an extremely well-shot scene, Barry speeds in just in time to catch all of the flying shrapnel from the grenade before any of it hits Joe and Tim.
Meanwhile, back at S.T.A.R. Labs Cisco keeps delaying his date with Gypsy because he and Caitlin are trying to break the code to the hacker trying to kill people by using electronics. They realize the hacker isn’t just a hacker but a meta-human whose powers give him control over tech. This research takes them a few hours and Cisco ends up telling Gypsy he has to cancel their date. Gypsy says, “It’s fine. I understand you have to work,” and leaves. Cisco turns to Caitlin saying Gypsy is the best because she’s not even mad, but Caitlin quickly lets him in on a little secret. “When a woman tells you things are fine…they’re not,” explains Caitlin. She goes on to let him know he’s in big trouble with Gypsy.
Cisco and Caitlin discover a picture of Tim with a few other people, noticing one of them is the guy killed in the elevator. They figure out the girl in the photo is sure to be on the killer’s list next since he already missed Tim twice. Joe and Wally head out to stake out the house while Iris and Barry go for round two of therapy.
It’s during the second session of therapy that Barry becomes defensive when Iris says he didn’t include her in their plans for their wedding. He reveals he was just trying to be involved and take some of the pressure off her. He admits they’ve had some trouble getting back into the swing of things but they’re Barry and Iris, the gold standard, and he loves her. Barry doesn’t get to finish his sentence because Iris screams at him, “Then why did you leave me?!” She continues, saying he left her standing there alone. Barry is unable to speak freely about the night he went into the Speed Force in front of the therapist, so he sits back and goes silent.
Back at the stakeout, Wally and Joe are distracted by the music they‘re listening to in the car and don’t hear Tim paying the woman in the photo, Sheila, a visit. Tim tells Sheila they have to admit what they did and come clean. Sheila brushes Tim off but the meta-human who they wronged, Kilgore (Dominic Burgess), is already in her apartment. Seems back when they all worked together, Tim, Sheila, and the dead man in the elevator stole Kilgore’s idea and made a fortune off it and then shut him out of the deal. Now he’s using his powers to kill them for their mistake. Kilgore notices Sheila’s insulin pump and gives her an overdose.
Finally, the music ends and Wally and Joe hear Sheila struggling to breathe. Kid Flash races in and gives her a shot of glucose to save her life, but Kilgore has gotten away with Tim as his hostage. (Really? Kid Flash can’t catch up to Kilgore who seems to be on foot? C’mon!)
Back at S.T.A.R. Labs, Barry talks to Iris about the night he went into the Speed Force, reminding her he didn’t go on vacation but sacrificed himself to save the city and everyone in it. “Sometimes it’s not about you or me. Sometimes the weight of the city falls on my shoulders and I have to carry it. I’m The Flash,” says Barry. “The day I put on this ring that changed, Barry. You’re not The Flash, we are,” replies Iris.
Cisco has a chat with Gypsy and finds out the day they were supposed to have their date is a big day over on her earth. 1-1-1 Day is like our earth’s Valentine’s Day and she wanted to spend it with him. He tells her he’ll make it up to her and to always let him know when something is especially important to her so he understands why. It’s during this short but cute conversation that Cisco has a breakthrough. He returns to work and collaborates with Caitlin on how to stop Kilgore. The two geniuses come up with a compound that will reverse the ones and zeroes in Kilgore’s DNA, shutting down his meta-human powers.
The Flash and Kid Flash speed off after Kilgore – they learn of his location when he transmits a live feed of Tim admitting stealing his idea – and confront him. Kilgore can sense all the new tech in Barry’s suit and takes control of it, trapping the Scarlet Speedster in his own suit. Kilgore uses some new blasters in the suit to knock out Wally who, unfortunately, was just standing there watching. (Hello!! You are the second-fastest man alive. How about coming to the rescue?!) Barry tells Team Flash what’s happening and Kilgore realizes he’s talking to someone so he kills the coms.
Barry gets away from Kilgore but his suit is still going crazy. A phone call comes into S.T.A.R. Labs and a surprised Iris answers. “Help me!,” yells Barry who’s found a pay phone while his suit inflates making him look like a huge Thanksgiving Day parade balloon. Iris comes up with the idea that Barry should hit himself with one of his lightning bolts, believing it should short out the tech and give Barry back control. Caitlin warns he could stop his heart while Cisco is worried it might cause the suit to self-destruct, given that Kilgore just activated that option and the suit is now counting down.
Barry listens to Iris and hits himself with lightning. It works and he’s able to slip up on Kilgore and use the compound on him.
Back at S.T.A.R. Labs, Cisco and Gypsy finally go on their special 1-1-1 date.
Joe and Barry take Kilgore to Iron Heights, asking him how he got his powers since he wasn’t in Central City when the particle accelerator exploded. Kilgore laughs and lets them know there are others like him out there.
The final scene is with The Thinker (Neil Sandilands). He’s informed by his female assistant that Subject One has been located and is safe in Iron Heights. She asks what’s next and he answers, “Now we find the others.”
The Flash Season 4 Episode 2 Review:
Funny, cute, and at times silly, episode 2 titled “Mixed Signals” tries to bring back to the series the humor and lightheartedness it had during the first season. It’s a definite improvement over the last two years in which the show became brooding, dark, and even occasionally bloodthirsty.
The stand-out performance goes to Candice Patton who shines in the scenes where she finally reveals to Barry the pain and loss she went through when she thought she had lost him to the Speed Force forever. The scene in the therapist’s office when she yells at him about leaving her and breaks down crying is moving and powerful. This, unfortunately, doesn’t completely counterbalance the selfish and self-absorbed traits the writers are giving Iris’ character this season while showing her focus on how Barry’s actions impact/affect her, her life, and her emotions. They’re making Iris incredibly self-centered, which is a shame.
With Barry and Iris hopefully back on track in their relationship and Cisco and Caitlin working together like old times, it will be interesting to see when they will become aware of The Thinker and when Caitlin’s Frost-y side gets the better of her.
Fox’s live musical production of A Christmas Story Live! has signed on Tony Award winner Jane Krakowski (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, 30 Rock) and Emmy nominee Chris Diamantopoulos (Good Girls Revolt, Silicon Valley, Episodes) in featured roles. Jane Krakowski is confirmed to play Miss Shields, Raphie Parker’s teacher. Chris Diamantopoulos has committed to the role of Ralphie’s father.
Krakowski and Diamantopoulos join a cast that includes Maya Rudolph (Saturday Night Live) as Ralphie’s mother, Matthew Broderick (The Producers) as the narrator, and Andy Walken as Ralphie.
A Christmas Story Live! will be directed by Scott Ellis (overseeing the stage direction) and Alex Rudzinski (serving as the live television director). Ellis and Rudzinski will also executive produce with Marc Platt (La La Land) and Adam Siegel (Grease: Live). Jonathan Tolins and Robert Cary are writing the script and La La Land‘s Benj Pasek and Justin Paul are writing new songs for the live musical production. Pasek and Paul composed the original A Christmas Story: The Musical score.
Fox has set a Sunday, December 17, 2017 air date for the holiday musical which will be filmed at Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank. The production will air live at 7pm on the East Coast and will air tape-delayed on the West Coast.
Will Smith and Joel Edgerton star in Netflix’s ‘Bright.’
Netflix just released a new behind-the-scenes video for Bright, an action-thriller written by Max Landis (Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency) and directed by David Ayer (Suicide Squad, End of Watch). The new featurette focuses on the film’s main characters, with actors Will Smith and Joel Edgerton discussing playing Officer Ward and Officer Jakoby, respectively. Smith and Edgerton talk about the partnership between the two officers and getting into their roles.
In addition to Smith and Edgerton, the cast includes Noomi Rapace, Lucy Fry, Edgar Ramirez, Ike Barinholtz, Enrique Murciano, Jay Hernandez, Andrea Navedo, Veronica Ngo, Alex Meraz, Margaret Cho, Brad William Henke, Dawn Oliveri, and Kenneth Choi. Bright will be released in select theaters and on Netflix beginning December 22, 2017.
The Plot: Set in an alternate present-day, this action-thriller directed by David Ayer follows two cops from very different backgrounds (Ward, a human played by Will Smith, and Jakoby, an orc played by Joel Edgerton) who embark on a routine patrol night that will ultimately alter the future as their world knows it. Battling both their own personal differences as well as an onslaught of enemies, they must work together to protect a thought-to-be-forgotten relic, which in the wrong hands could destroy everything.
The CW’s Legends of Tomorrow season three episode two opened with Nate lost in his memories of his time with Amaya and with Ray super excited about his new technology for rapidly decreasing and increasing the size of objects. More pressing matters intruded on the Legends when Ray revealed he had data on the hundreds of anachronisms they created when they broke time. They need to figure out which one to fix first and when Ray mentioned the food on the Titanic, Victor Garber (who had a supporting role in the blockbuster film) declared he’s never setting foot on that ship again! Instead, the group decided to do something they believed would be easy: visit P.T. Barnum’s Circus in Wisconsin 1870.
At the circus, the anachronism they were tasked with hunting down turned out to be a saber-toothed tiger which was bad news for Ray who’s allergic to cats and who also made the situation worse by increasing the tiger’s size instead of shrinking him. The Legends had no idea how to handle a large cat and had to turn to Amaya for assistance fixing the problem.
In season three episode three, the Legends travel into the future and meet up with Zari (Tala Ashe). Directed by Mairzee Almas from a script by James Eagan and Ray Utarnachitt, “Zari” is set to air on October 24, 2017.
The season three cast includes Brandon Routh as Ray Palmer/Atom, Dominic Purcell as Mick Rory/Heat Wave, Franz Drameh as Jefferson “Jax” Jackson/Half of Firestorm, Victor Garber as Professor Stein/Half of Firestorm, Caity Lotz as Sara Lance/White Canary, Nick Zano as Dr. Nate Heywood/Steel, Maisie Richardson-Sellers as Amaya Jiwe/Vixen, and Tala Ashe as Zari Adrianna Tomaz.
The “Zari” Plot: OUTLAWS — When Sara (Lotz) receives a distress call from their “befriended” agent at the Time Bureau, she learns that they have been tasked with going to the future to capture a rogue time traveler. Unfortunately, the Legends make things worse by trying to protect an outlaw named Zari (Ashe), to hopefully lure in the time traveling assassin. Meanwhile, Stein (Garber) tries to diagnose Amaya’s (Richardson-Sellers) condition, but Nate (Zano) discovers an unusual treatment that Amaya begrudgingly agrees to.
The cast of ‘UnREAL’ season 3 (Photo Courtesy of Lifetime)
Lifetime’s critically acclaimed UnREAL returns for its third season on February 26, 2018 starring Caitlin FitzGerald, Shiri Appleby, Constance Zimmer, Bart Edwards, Alex Hernandez, Adam Demos, and Alex Sparrow. The network confirmed the third season premiere date and released a new trailer for the upcoming season of the award-winning series created by Sarah Gertrude Shapiro and Marti Noxon.
In addition, it was announced Constance Zimmer will be making her directorial debut during season three.
The third season will also feature fan favorites Craig Bierko, Josh Kelly, Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman, and Genevieve Buchner. New to the cast for season three are Brandon Jay McLaren (Ransom) as on-set psychologist, Dr. Simon; Kassandra Clementi (Hatfields and McCoys) as Chet’s new girlfriend, Crystal; Chelsea Hobbs (Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce) as talented new camera assistant, Charlie; and Jaime Callica (Wayward Pines) as Xavier, a dancer and Jay’s love interest.
The popular dramatic series is executive produced by Sarah Gertrude Shapiro, showrunner Stacy Rukeyser, Robert M. Sertner, Sally DeSipio, Peter O’Fallon and David Solomon. Lifetime’s already greenlit a fourth season which begins shooting this month in Vancouver.
The Plot: Caitlin FitzGerald (Masters of Sex, Rectify) takes the reins as Everlasting’s female “suitress,” Serena. Determined to have her pick of eager male suitors, Serena will face off with Everlasting’s queen bees, producers Rachel Goldberg (Appleby) and Quinn King (Zimmer) who are shaking things up, all for the sake of ratings. The ladies will be tempted more than ever when they’re surrounded by hot new suitors including Bart Edwards (Peep Show), Alex Hernandez (Chicago Med), Adam Demos (Aboriginal Heart), and Alex Sparrow (Dancing with the Stars).
The cast and crew of ABC’s ‘Roseanne’ revival (ABC/Adam Rose)
ABC’s released the first official photo from the revival of the award-winning sitcom, Roseanne. The photo shows the cast – Laurie Metcalf (‘Jackie’), Roseanne Barr (‘Roseanne’), Michael Fishman (‘D.J.’), Sarah Chalke, Lecy Goranson (‘Becky’), John Goodman (‘Dan’), Sara Gilbert (‘Darlene’), and Ames Mcnamara – along with Tony Hernandez (Executive Producer),John Pasquin (Director), Jayden Rey Bruce Helford (Executive Producer), Whitney Cummings (Executive Producer), and Sid Youngers (Co-Executive Producer) gathered for the first table read of the show’s premiere episode. ABC also revealed the new season of the series will kick off with an episode titled “Twenty Years to Life.”
The first photo was released just a day prior to the 29th anniversary of Roseanne‘s first episode back in 1988. The revival’s eight new episodes will air in 2018.
Roseanne is executive produced by Roseanne Barr, Sara Gilbert, Tom Werner, Bruce Helford, Whitney Cummings, and Tony Hernandez.
Series Details, Courtesy of ABC: “When it premiered on ABC, the series broke new ground for its realistic portrayal of a working-class family, the Conners, barely scraping by in the fictional town of Lanford, Illinois. It also dominated the ratings as one of the highest-rated television series on the air for its near-decade run. A comedy about ordinary people who faced day-to-day survival with a sense of the absurdity of it all, the inimitable Roseanne was its epicenter. Lauded for its humor, relevance, warmth and honesty, the Conner family will continue to deal with the economic challenges of living pay check to pay check in 2018.”
