The original cast of The Real World is reuniting for The Real World Homecoming: New York. The franchise’s return will be part of the launch of the rebranded CBS All Access streaming service which is transforming into Paramount+ on March 4, 2021.
“The Real World is credited with creating the Reality TV genre and was one of the first series to tackle important and yet unrepresented topics such as LGBTQ, race, gender, HIV/AIDS and religion,” stated Chris McCarthy, President of MTV Entertainment Group. “With Paramount+ being the home to so many global reality hit franchises it seems only fitting to bring back the franchise and cast that started it all for the launch.”
The Real World Homecoming: New York special docuseries will star Becky Blasband, Andre Comeau, Heather B. Gardner, Julie Gentry, Norman Korpi, Eric Nies, and Kevin Powell.
Paramount+ released the following description of what TRL fans can expect from the upcoming Homecoming reunion:
Created for MTV by Jonathan Murray and the late Mary-Ellis Bunim of Bunim/Murray Productions, The Real World helped shape a generation and sought to spotlight culturally resonant stories like never before — including one of the first LGBTQ+ relationships documented on a TV series, the first televised same-sex commitment ceremony, and its unforgettable portrayal of Pedro Zamora’s battle with HIV.
In the multi-episode docuseries, the original seven strangers will revisit the shocking moments and explosive issues that transpired during the historic season and discuss how they parallel in today’s social climate. After spending decades apart, viewers will reconvene with the New York housemates to find out how the series transformed their lives since the cameras stopped rolling and to find out, once again, what happens when they stop being polite… and start getting real.
Celebrated for its diverse casting and honest portrayal of contemporary young adulthood, The Real World illustrated a simple yet powerful idea of connecting people from widely divergent backgrounds to find common ground on the issues that divided them and generated conversations that reverberated loudly through media and youth culture.
Just when Hope and Landon seemed to be in a good place in The CW’s Legacies season three episode four, he disappeared. Episode five – “This Is What It Takes” – will find Hope doing everything possible to get him back. “This Is What It Takes,” directed by Brett Matthews from a script by Darren Grant and Jeffrey Hunt, will air on February 18, 2021 at 9pm ET/PT.
The cast includes Danielle Rose Russell plays Hope Mikaelson, Jenny Boyd is Lizzie Saltzman, Kaylee Bryant is Josie Saltzman, Quincy Fouse plays Milton “MG” Greasley, and Aria Shahghasemi stars as Landon Kirby. Peyton Alex Smith is Rafael, Chris Lee is Kaleb, Leo Howard is Ethan Mac, Ben Levin is Jed, and Matthew Davis plays Alaric Saltzman.
“This Is What It Takes” Plot: FACING REALITY — After one of their own goes missing, Alaric (Davis) suggests Hope (Russell) turn to the therapy box, which thrusts her into a twisted game set in a summer camp slasher flick. Meanwhile, Lizzie’s (Boyd) attempt to spend some time with MG (Fouse) doesn’t go quite as planned, and Josie (Bryant) makes a big decision about her future.
Set in The Salvatore Boarding School for the Young & Gifted, and within The Vampire Diaries universe, Legacies tells the ongoing story of a new generation of supernatural students as they learn what it means to be special in a society that wouldn’t understand their gifts.
In season two, Hope Mikaelson returned to a world that had forgotten she ever existed and reunited with her former Headmaster, Alaric Saltzman. Working together, Hope and Dr. Saltzman ultimately rejoined The Salvatore School to lead their Super Squad of powerful vampires, witches and werewolves, including Lizzie & Josie Saltzman, MG, Rafael, and Kaleb and even a Phoenix, her true love Landon, into battle against a dizzying horde of fantastic and deadly monsters birthed from the Malivore Pit … and their old nemesis, The Necromancer, who was determined to resurrect Malivore.
As season three begins, Hope has risked everything to pull her friends back from the brink of a monstrous prophecy that threatened to doom them all. But when a heartbreaking loss shatters her whole world, Hope Mikaelson will be forced to fight fate itself.
Micki’s law enforcement skills were showcased on The CW’s Walker season one episode four and her relationships with both Walker and Trey were fleshed out much more. Up next, episode five – “Duke” – directed by Steve Robin from a script by Bret VandenBos and Brandon Willer. “Duke” will air on February 18, 2021 at 8pm ET/PT.
In addition to Jared Padalecki as Cordell Walker, the season one cast includes Kale Culley (Me, Myself and I) as August, Violet Brinson (Sharp Objects) as Stella, Keegan Allen (Pretty Little Liars) as Liam, Molly Hagan (Herman’s Head) as Abeline, and Mitch Pileggi (The X-Files) as Bonham. Coby Bell (The Gifted) plays Captain Larry James, Lindsey Morgan is Micki, and Jeff Pierre (Once Upon a Time) plays Trey Barnett.
“Duke” Plot: WALKER’S PAST COMES BACK TO HAUNT HIM – When his past unexpectedly collides with his present life, Walker (Padalecki) is forced to resume his undercover identity to keep his family safe. Micki (Morgan) gets caught up in Walker’s old case while August (Culley) threatens to blow his father’s cover.
Trey (Pierre) starts his new job.
The Plot, Courtesy of The CW:
Walker stars Jared Padalecki as Cordell Walker, a widower and father of two with his own moral code, who returns home to Austin after being undercover for two years, only to discover there’s harder work to be done at home. He’ll attempt to reconnect with his creative and thoughtful son (Culley) and his headstrong, somewhat rebellious teenaged daughter (Brinson) and navigate clashes with his family – an ADA brother (Allen) who stepped in during Walker’s absence, his perceptive mother (Hagen) and his traditional rancher father (Pileggi).
Walker’s former colleague is now his Ranger Captain (Bell). Walker finds unexpected common ground with his new partner (one of the first women in Texas Rangers’ history) played by Lindsey Morgan, while growing increasingly suspicious about the circumstances surrounding his wife’s death.
CBS’s FBI: Most Wanted will return from a three-week break with season two episode seven, “Winner.” Directed by Eric Laneuville from a script by Wendy West and Spindrift Beck, episode seven marks the debut of Jen Landon in her recurring role as Tali’s horseback riding instructor, Sarah Allen.
“Winner” will air on Tuesday, March 2, 2021 at 10pm ET/PT.
Julian McMahon stars as Supervisory Special Agent Jess LaCroix, Kellan Lutz plays Special Agent Kenny Crosby, Roxy Sternberg is Special Agent Sheryll Barnes, Keisha Castle-Hughes is Special Agent Hana Gibson, and Nathaniel Arcand plays Special Agent Clinton Skye.
Episode seven’s guest cast includes William Mapother, Brooke Smith, Mary Bacon, Jeremy Bright, Lee Hubilla, and Angela Reed. Byron Clohessy, Christopher Gerson, Mhari Sandoval, Peter Louis Shaw, John Pope, Acei Martin, David Harrell, and Ronda Swindell also guest star in “Winner.”
“Winner” Plot: After a suspect escapes trial and goes on a murder spree, the team partners with his bail bondsperson, Jackie (Amy Carlson), in order to track him down. Also, Jess continues to struggle with moving forward in his love life.
The Season 2 Plot, Courtesy of CBS:
From Emmy Award winner Dick Wolf and the team behind FBI and the Law & Order brand, FBI: Most Wanted is a high-stakes drama that focuses on the Fugitive Task Force, an elite unit that relentlessly pursues and captures the notorious criminals on the Bureau’s Most Wanted list. Led by Supervisory Special Agent Jess LaCroix, an expert tracker and profiler with a complicated past, the team includes: Special Agent Sheryll Barnes, a former NYPD detective and forensics expert who is raising a child with her new wife; Special Agent Clinton Skye, the spiritual glue of the team and surveillance guru who was recruited by his brother-in-law, Jess; Special Agent Hana Gibson, a gifted millennial computer whiz with a sharp wit and mad hacking skills; and Special Agent Kenny Crosby, a young Army vet and brash Oklahoma farm boy who specializes in weapons and tactics.
Always in the field and always on the run, FBI: Most Wanted is a weekly adrenaline shot about the thrill of the chase.
Zeeko Zaki as Special Agent Omar Adom Zidan and Missy Peregrym as Special Agent Maggie Bell in ‘FBI’ season 3 episode 7 (Photo: Michael Parmelee / 2020 CBS Broadcasting, Inc)
CBS’s FBI is taking a three-week break between new episodes and will return on March 2, 2021 with season three episode seven. Directed by Carlos Bernard from a script by Andy Callahan, episode seven finds the team hunting for a shooter.
Missy Peregrym and Zeeko Zaki lead the cast as Special Agent Maggie Bell and Special Agent Omar Adom ‘OA’ Zidan. Jeremy Sisto stars as Assistant Special Agent in Charge Jubal Valentine, Alana De La Garza is Special Agent in Charge Isobel Castille, and John Boyd plays Special Agent Stuart Scola.
Episode seven guest stars include James Vincent Meredith, Narci Regina, Alex Morf, Kate Villanova, Benja K. Thomas, and Kate MacCluggage. Alex Michael Stoll, Anne-Marie Cusson, Marsha Regis, Douglas Rees, Daniel Martin, and Joshua James Dye also guest star.
“Discord” Plot: As the team hunts a killer who is fatally shooting seemingly unrelated targets, an experience on the job has new agent Tiffany Wallace (Katherine Renee Turner) examining the tension between her career as an FBI special agent and the responsibility she feels to her community as a Black woman.
FBI is a fast-paced drama about the inner workings of the New York office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. This elite unit brings to bear all their talents, intellect and technical expertise on major cases in order to keep New York and the country safe.
Born into a multigenerational law enforcement family, Special Agent Maggie Bell commits deeply to the people she works with as well as those she protects. Her partner is Special Agent Omar Adom ‘OA’ Zidan, a West Point graduate via Bushwick who spent two years undercover for the DEA before being cherry-picked by the FBI. Overseeing them is Special Agent in Charge, Isobel Castille, who operates under intense pressure and has undeniable command authority.
The team also includes Assistant Special Agent in Charge Jubal Valentine, the nerve center of the office whose ability to easily relate to and engage with both superiors and subordinates makes him a master motivator. Newest to the team – and the FBI – is smart and outspoken Special Agent Tiffany Wallace, who spent six years with the NYPD and is now partner to Special Agent Stuart Scola, an Ivy League-educated Wall Streeter-turned-FBI agent. These first-class agents tenaciously investigate cases of tremendous magnitude, including terrorism, organized crime, and counterintelligence.
Narci Regina as Laila Thomas and Katherine Renee Turner as Special Agent Tiffany Wallace in season 3 episode 7 (Photo: Michael Parmelee / 2020 CBS Broadcasting, Inc)John Boyd as Special Agent Stuart Scola, Missy Peregrym as Special Agent Maggie Bell, Katherine Renee Turner as Special Agent Tiffany Wallace and Zeeko Zaki as Special Agent Omar Adom Zidan in season 3 episode 7 (Photo: Michael Parmelee / 2020 CBS Broadcasting, Inc)Narci Regina as Laila Thomas, Katherine Renee Turner as Special Agent Tiffany Wallace, James Vincent Meredith as Damian Thomas and John Boyd as Special Agent Stuart Scola in season 3 episode 7 (Photo: Michael Parmelee / 2020 CBS Broadcasting, Inc)Zeeko Zaki as Special Agent Omar Adom Zidan and Missy Peregrym as Special Agent Maggie Bell in season 3 episode 7 (Photo: Michael Parmelee / 2020 CBS Broadcasting, Inc)Jeremy Sisto as Assistant Special Agent in Charge Jubal Valentine in season 3 episode 7 (Photo: Michael Parmelee / 2020 CBS Broadcasting, Inc)
TBS just released the official trailer for the upcoming new season of Wipeout, the competition series in which players race around an extreme obstacle course that features gigantic red balls. The edgier re-imagined version of the popular series will be hosted by John Cena (Fighting With My Family) and Nicole Byer (Nailed It!), with Camille Kostek on board as the field host.
The upcoming season will premiere on Thursday, April 1, 2021 at 9pm ET/PT.
“Wipeout is the show that quarantine has been begging for…it has something for everyone in the family,” stated Corie Henson, EVP/Head of Unscripted Development, TNT, TBS, truTV. “John and Nicole are the best pairing of 2021 and together with Camille, they bring the perfect balance of wit and cheerleading. We’ve created an edgier version of the original that fuses extreme athleticism with laugh-out-loud moments that fans of the show will be talking about long after the episode airs.”
The 2021 season is produced by Endemol Shine North America, with John Cena, Sharon Levy, DJ Nurre, Shyam Balsé, and Keith Geller executive producing. Series creator Matt Kunitz is the showrunner and also executive produces.
A scene from the new season of ‘Wipeout’ (Photograph by Endemol Shine)
Wipeout Details, Courtesy of TBS:
The all-new 20-hour series takes viewers on a white-knuckle ride, featuring new course elements that will push contestants’ athleticism, endurance and determination to even greater extremes as they fight to win the grand cash prize.
The new season of Wipeout will feature new format twists and elements that will push the athleticism and willpower of each contestant pairing to even greater extremes, all while delivering more than a few epic fails. Each game has been designed into three rounds and now features a jaw-dropping, three-stage, obstacle course consisting of multiple strategy and decision points designed to test the stamina of the competitors.
The series’ iconic big balls also make a return, bringing many laughs and surprises along the way for fans.
Kevin walked off the set, despite the fact he was minutes away from doing a scene with Robert De Niro, on NBC’s This Is Us season five episode seven. Madison went into labor early and Kevin was determined not to let her go through the delivery of their twins all alone. Unfortunately, a random car accident and the need to do the right thing and help a stranger threw a monkey wrench in his plans. Fortunately, Randall and Beth stepped up and kept Madison company via a phone call.
Up next, season five episode eight – “In The Room.” Episode eight will air on February 16, 2021 at 9pm ET/PT.
Season five cast includes Mandy Moore as Rebecca, Milo Ventimiglia as Jack, Justin Hartley as Kevin, Sterling K. Brown as Randall, and Chrissy Metz as Kate. Susan Kelechi Watson plays Beth, Chris Sullivan stars as Toby, and Caitlin Thompson is Madison.
“In The Room” Plot: The Pearsons navigate huge family milestones together, from a distance.
This Is Us Series Description, Courtesy of NBC:
Everyone has a family. And every family has a story. This Is Us chronicles the Pearson family across the decades: from Jack (Ventimiglia) and Rebecca (Moore) as young parents in the 1980s to their kids (the big three), Kevin (Hartley), Kate (Metz) and Randall (Brown) searching for love and fulfillment in the present day along with Toby (Sullivan) and Beth (Kelechi Watson). This grounded, life-affirming dramedy reveals how the tiniest events in our lives impact who we become, and how the connections we share with each other can transcend time, distance, and even death.
Justin Hartley as Kevin in ‘This Is Us’ season 5 episode 8 (Photo by: NBC)Caitlin Thompson as Madison in season 5 episode 8 (Photo by: NBC)Mandy Moore as Rebecca inseason 5 episode 8 (Photo by: NBC)Milo Ventimiglia as Jack in season 5 episode 8 (Photo by: NBC)Parker Bates as Kevin, Mackenzie Hancsicsak as Kate, and Lonnie Chavis as Randall in season 5 episode 8 (Photo by: NBC)
Disney+’s High School Musical: The Musical: The Series season two has added Andrew Barth Feldman (Broadway’s Dear Evan Hansen, Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical) and Asher Angel (Andi Mack, Shazam!) in guest-starring roles. According to the official announcement, Feldman will play a French exchange student named Antoine. Angel’s set to play Jack, a character described as a “charming, smooth-talking student with wanderlust.”
“The cast and I are excited for fans to see how Andrew and Asher expand our East High cinematic universe,” stated creator and executive producer Tim Federle (Ferdinand).
Season two will feature recurring guest stars Derek Hough (Dancing with the Stars) as Zack, the new drama teacher at East High’s rival high school, who returns to Salt Lake after a successful acting career in New York City; Roman Banks (Dear Evan Hansen) as Howie, a high school junior who works after school as a delivery guy for Big Red’s family’s pizza shop, Salt Lake Slices; and Olivia Rose Keegan (Days of Our Lives) as Lily, an energetic East High student whose sweetness masks her highly competitive nature.
Olivia Rodrigo, Joshua Bassett, Matt Cornett, Sofia Wylie, Larry Saperstein, Julia Lester, Dara Reneé, Frankie Rodriguez, Joe Serafini, Mark St. Cyr, and Kate Reinders are season two regulars. Rodrigo and Bassett penned new solos for the upcoming season.
Season two is currently shooting in Salt Lake City.
The Plot, Courtesy of Disney+:
In season two, the East High Wildcats, who are preparing to perform Beauty and the Beast as their spring musical, face off against rival school North High to win a prestigious and cutthroat student theater competition. Wigs are snatched, loyalties are tested, and ballads are belted.
The Good Doctor star Freddie Highmore gets involved in a heist in the action drama, The Vault, which just debuted a new official trailer. Directed by Jaume Balagueró, the R-rated thriller is set to open in select theaters as well as on digital and On Demand on March 26, 2021.
In addition to Freddie Highmore, the cast includes Astrid Bergès-Frisbey, Sam Riley, Liam Cunningham, Jose Coronado, Luis Tosar, Emilio Gutiérrez Caba, Axel Stein, Daniel Holguín, and Famke Janssen.
Rafa Martínez, Andrés Koppel, Borja Glez. Santaolalla, Michel Gaztambide, and Rowan Athale wrote the screenplay.
The Plot, Courtesy of Saban Films:
Freddie Highmore and Famke Janssen star in this globe-trotting, action-packed thriller following a high-risk heist. When an engineer (Highmore) learns of a mysterious, impenetrable fortress hidden under The Bank of Spain, he joins a crew of master thieves who plan to steal the legendary lost treasure locked inside while the whole country is distracted by Spain’s World Cup Final. With thousands of soccer fans cheering in the streets, and security forces closing in, the crew have just minutes to pull off the score of a lifetime.
The CW’s Riverdale season five episode four was the first full episode to be set after the seven-year leap forward in time which finds the old gang all grown up and off leading their own lives. Jughead’s a frustrated writer, Archie’s newly discharged from the military following an injury incurred during a firefight, and Veronica is unhappily married and her desires to be the she-wolf of Wall Street are being stifled.
Toni sings at the former La Bonne Nuit and also works as a high school guidance counselor, Kevin’s the school’s drama teacher, and Cheryl’s gotten weird. And Betty is an FBI trainee, putting her high school sleuthing skills to work for pay.
So, anyway, Archie’s back in Riverdale to handle ROTC recruiting duties and learns from Toni that Riverdale’s gotten even seedier since they graduated hospital. He and Toni decide the best option is to get the Scooby gang back together to try and set things right.
Up next, season five episode five, “The Homecoming.” Directed by Steve Adelson from a script by Michael Grassi, episode five will air on February 17, 2021.
The cast of season five includes KJ Apa as Archie Andrews, Lili Reinhart as Betty Cooper, Camila Mendes as Veronica Lodge, and Cole Sprouse as Jughead Jones. Madelaine Petsch is Cheryl Blossom, Marisol Nichols is Hermione Lodge, Mӓdchen Amick is Alice Cooper, Casey Cott is Kevin Keller, Mark Consuelos is Hiram Lodge, Skeet Ulrich is FP Jones, Charles Melton is Reggie Mantle, Drew Ray Tanner is Fangs Fogarty, and Vanessa Morgan plays Toni Topaz.
“Chapter Eighty-One: The Homecoming” Plot: THE FIGHT FOR RIVERDALE HIGH — Toni (Morgan), Alice (Amick), Archie (Apa) and Kevin (Cott) fight to keep Riverdale High’s doors open after learning that its budget had been cut by Hiram Lodge (Consuelos). Veronica (Mendes) gets creative when she discovers Chad (guest star Chris Mason) is having her followed.
Jughead (Sprouse) starts a new job after debt collectors show up in Riverdale.
Season 5 Description, Courtesy of The CW:
The fourth season of Riverdale began with a funeral and tribute to Archie’s late father, the beloved Fred Andrews (Luke Perry). Throughout the season, Archie (KJ Apa) tried to live up to his father’s memory by mentoring youths at his Community Center with the help of his pals Reggie and Munroe Moore. But the shadow of that tragedy loomed over Archie—and only darkened when Fred’s brother Frank arrived, bringing unforeseen complications with him, much to the chagrin of Archie’s mother (Molly Ringwald).
Meanwhile, after Betty saved her mom and sister from the Farm cult, she joined her brother Charles’s Junior F.B.I. Training Program. Veronica found herself locked in a season-long battle with her father Hiram and half-sister Hermosa over her burgeoning maple rum business. And, at the urging on FP, Jughead enrolled in a new school, Stonewall Prep, only to be caught up in a mystery that involved his grandfather, the secret author of a series of teen detective novels called “The Baxter Brothers.” His classmates turned out to be killers—and it was up to Betty and Jughead (pretending to be dead) to solve the murder of…Jughead Jones!
At Thistlehouse, Cheryl was trapped in a gothic nightmare, fighting her demons, literal and metaphoric, with the loving support of her girlfriend Toni. She finally put her brother Jason to rest while maintaining her control over the Vixens as resident HBIC against Principal Honey (Kerr Smith). Kevin got dragged into an illicit tickle scheme, but still found time to put on a Variety Show with hit songs from Hedwig and the Angry Inch.
And throughout the season, disturbing unmarked videotapes kept appearing on our characters’ doorsteps, ensuring that there would be one more mystery to solve.
Season five of Riverdale will begin with our characters’ final days as students at Riverdale High. From an epic Senior Prom to a bittersweet Graduation, there are a lot of emotional moments and goodbyes yet to come — with some couples breaking up, as everyone goes their separate ways to college — or elsewhere. Then, we will redock with our gang as young adults, all returning to Riverdale to escape their troubled pasts. And life — and romance — will only be more complicated now that they’re in their twenties…
