Mark Duplass, Logan Miller, Hari Nef, Pablo Castelblanco, Michael Sturgis, and Kenton Chen in ‘Room 104’ (Photo by Tyler Golden/HBO)
HBO’s confirmed the half-hour anthology series Room 104 will be ending with its upcoming fourth season. The network will launch the final season on July 24, 2020 with new episodes airing on Fridays at 11pm ET/PT.
Room 104 was created by siblings Mark and Jay Duplass and debuted in July 2017. Mark Duplass wrote and directed episodes in season four and serves as an executive producer. Additional season four directors include Karan Soni, Ross Partridge, Jenée LaMarque, Mel Eslyn, Lauren Budd, Natalie Morales, Patrick Brice, Julian Wass, and Sydney Fleischmann. Jenée LaMarque, Lauren Parks, Mel Eslyn, Lauren Budd, Bryan Poyser, and Julian Wass were season four writers.
Hari Nef, Logan Miller, Jillian Bell, Jon Bass, Dave Bautista, Melissa Fumero, Vivian Bang, Finn Roberts, Adam Shapiro, Breeda Wool, and Kevin Nealon guest star in the final season. The guest cast also includes Erinn Hayes, Ron Funches, Sadie Stanley, Shannon Purser, Kendra Carelli, Benjamin Papac, Alison Jaye, Tim Granaderos, and Oliva Crocicchia.
In addition, Harvey Guillen, Gary Cole, Linda Lavin, Jennifer Kim, Kevin McKidd, Desean Terry, Suzanne Nichols, Leonardo Nam, Lily Gladstone, Jordyn Lucas, Natasha Perez, Jake Green, Ntare Mwine, Rebecca Hazlewood, and Susan Park guest star.
Season 4 Details, Courtesy of HBO:
“The late-night, half-hour anthology series returns with 12 new episodes, each telling a unique and unexpected tale of the characters who pass through a single room of a typical American chain motel. While the setting stays the same, every episode of the series features a different story, with the tone, plot, characters, and even the time period, changing with each installment.
Exploring a variety of genres, from dark comedy to sci-fi, to the series’ first-ever animated episode and original songs, this season will continue to surprise viewers week to week. The premiere episode will be the first time in the series that Mark Duplass stars, writes, directs, and performs original music.
Stories and characters featured in season four include: an estranged performer giving a one-night-only performance; a woman battling her dark past with addiction; a dollhouse; transporting back in time; and more. Providing one last glimpse into the lives of the guests in Room 104, the final season of the genre-bending, and risk-taking anthology proves to be another showcase of writing, performing, and directing.”
How to Get Away with Murder promises all will be revealed with the explosive series finale airing May 14, 2020 at 10pm ET/PT. Season six episode 15, “Stay,” was directed by Stephen Cragg from a script by Pete Nowalk.
The cast is led by Oscar winner Viola Davis as Professor Annalise Keating. Billy Brown plays Detective Nate Lahey, Jack Falahee is Connor Walsh, Aja Naomi King is Michaela Pratt, Matt McGorry is Asher Millstone, and Karla Souza is Laurel Castillo. The cast also includes Charlie Weber as Frank Delfino, Liza Weil as Bonnie Winterbottom, Conrad Ricamora as Oliver Hampton, Rome Flynn as Gabriel Maddox, and Amirah Vann as Tegan Price.
Episode 15 guest stars include Cicely Tyson as Ophelia, Alfred Enoch as Wes Gibbins, Esai Morales as Jorge Castillo, Laura Innes as Governor Lynn Birkhead, and William R. Moses as Agent Lanford.
“Stay” Plot – Annalise discovers there’s a surprise witness that threatens her case. Meanwhile, Connor tries to persuade the K3 to go along with a new plan. Elsewhere, a lie between Frank and Bonnie threatens their relationship as Annalise’s killer is finally revealed on the series finale.
The Final Season Plot:
After Annalise’s class action victory in the Supreme Court, Michaela, Connor, Asher and Laurel move on to the next chapter of their lives. This season, a new mystery involving one of their own will unfold, as relationships are fractured and new secrets are exposed.
Viola Davis in ‘How to Get Away with Murder’ season 6 episode 15, the series finale (ABC/Raymond Liu)Viola Davis and Amirah Vann in the “Stay” episode (ABC/Jessica Brooks)Cicely Tyson, Amirah Vann, and Liza Weil in the series finale (ABC/Raymond Liu)Viola Davis, Amirah Vann and Liza Weil in season 6 episode 15 (ABC/Jessica Brooks)Conrad Ricamora in season 6 episode 15 (ABC/Eric McCandless)Jack Falahee and Aja Naomi King in season 6 episode 15 (ABC/Eric McCandless)
Fuller House is wrapping up with a fifth and final season premiering on Netflix on June 2, 2020. Judging by the just-released trailer, the upcoming season – which includes a huge wedding – promises to put fans through the emotional wringer.
Netflix has also unveiled the official poster for the new season as well as a few new photos.
The cast of season five includes Candace Cameron Bure as D.J. Tanner-Fuller, Jodie Sweetin as Stephanie Tanner, Andrea Barber as Kimmy Gibbler, Juan Pablo Di Pace as Fernando, and Soni Nicole Bringas as Ramona. Michael Campion plays Jackson, Elias Harger is Max, Dashiell and Fox Messitt Twins are Baby Tommy, Scott Weinger is Steve Hale, John Brotherton is Matt Harmon, and Ashley Liao plays Lola.
The Plot:
In Fuller House, life can take you in unexpected directions and also into familiar territory when D.J. Tanner-Fuller finds herself living in her childhood home with younger sister and aspiring musician Stephanie Tanner and DJ’s lifelong best friend/fellow single mother Kimmy Gibbler.
In Fuller House‘s fifth and final season, the Tanner childhood house is fuller than ever with DJ’s three boys, Stephanie’s new baby, and Kimmy’s feisty family as the she-wolf pack prepares for a triple wedding and celebrates all of the memories that have led them there.
The future’s uncertain but it’s not a huge leap to assume this year’s Fourth of July celebrations will look drastically different than previous years. There’s a possibility many of us will still be avoiding crowds and opting for events and distractions closer to home. The Walt Disney Company, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jeffrey Seller and Thomas Kail have come up with one such distraction from what’s quickly become a real-life version of the Upside Down: checking out the filmed production of the award-winning musical, Hamilton.
Hamilton the film will premiere earlier than anticipated on Disney+. The 11-time Tony Award winning musical will launch on July 3, 2020 on the subscription streaming service.
This film was shot during a 2016 producton of Hamilton at the Richard Rodgers Theatre on Broadway featuring the original cast. The production includes Tony Award winners Lin-Manuel Miranda as Alexander Hamilton, Daveed Diggs as Marquis de Lafayette/Thomas Jefferson, Renée Elise Goldsberry as Angelica Schuyler, and Leslie Odom, Jr. as Aaron Burr. Tony Award nominees Christopher Jackson is George Washington, Jonathan Groff is King George, Phillipa Soo is Eliza Hamilton, Jasmine Cephas Jones is Peggy Schuyler/Maria Reynolds, Okieriete Onaodowan is Hercules Mulligan/James Madison, and Anthony Ramos plays John Laurens/Philip Hamilton.
Carleigh Bettiol, Ariana DeBose, Hope Easterbrook, Sydney James Harcourt, Sasha Hutchings, Thayne Jasperson, Elizabeth Judd, Jon Rua, Austin Smith, Seth Stewart, and Ephraim Sykes are also featured.
“No other artistic work in the last decade has had the cultural impact of Hamilton—an inspiring and captivating tale told and performed in a powerfully creative way. In light of the extraordinary challenges facing our world, this story about leadership, tenacity, hope, love and the power of people to unite against the forces of adversity is both relevant and impactful,” stated Robert A. Iger, Executive Chairman of The Walt Disney Company. “We are thrilled to bring this phenomenon to Disney+ on the eve of Independence Day, and we have the brilliant Lin-Manuel Miranda and the team behind Hamilton to thank for allowing us to do so more than a year before planned.”
Tommy Kail directed the film and serves as a producer on the film production with Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jeffrey Seller.
“I’m so proud of how beautifully Tommy Kail has brought Hamilton to the screen. He’s given everyone who watches this film the best seat in the house,” said Lin-Manuel Miranda. “I’m so grateful to Disney and Disney+ for reimagining and moving up our release to July 4th weekend of this year, in light of the world turning upside down. I’m so grateful to all the fans who asked for this, and I’m so glad that we’re able to make it happen. I’m so proud of this show. I can’t wait for you to see it.”
Disney describes the film as “leap forward in the art of ‘live capture’ which transports its audience into the world of the Broadway show in a uniquely intimate way. Combining the best elements of live theater, film, and streaming, the result is a cinematic stage performance that is a wholly new way to experience Hamilton.”
Aisha Tyler directs and Roswell‘s Jason Behr returns for a guest starring appearance on The CW’s Roswell, New Mexico season two episode nine. “The Diner” begins with Walt refusing to discuss his past, even though Michael (Michael Vlamis) and Isobel (Lily Cowles) really deserve to know about what happened all those years ago. He gives in when beer is offered as a bribe.
Liz (Jeanine Mason) is absorbed in her research on alien and human DNA and the possibility of curing human illnesses when her dad calls informing her she has to cover a shift at the diner.
Max (Nathan Parsons) seems to come to with Sheriff Valenti (Rosa Arredondo) pointing a flashlight in his face. We left Max and Charlie in a hotel parking lot engulfed in a bright light at the end of episode eight, and now he’s alone and wondering what happened to Charlie. Valenti demands he stand and places him in cuffs.
Liz cooks up a burger for Kyle (Michael Trevino) and his date, Steph, who recognizes Liz as the woman she caught making out with him in a closet at the hospital. Kyle tries to explain but Steph thinks maybe he arranged to bring his ex along on their first date which is taking place after hours at the Crash Down Café. Liz is super friendly and even offers to serve them drinks from her dad’s private stash.
Still, Steph’s a little unnerved by the whole setup – as anyone would be.
Kyle excuses himself to speak to Liz. He explains Steph is sick, but he’s not supposed to know. He snooped on her medical records and after a short discussion on ethics, Liz thinks maybe Kyle should come clean and tell Steph what he knows. Kyle’s not so sure.
Liz then admits her own little secret; she’s been busy doing research in the lab and hasn’t told Max. She claims she doesn’t want to stress him out. Kyle suggests she stop experimenting on alien DNA but Liz won’t let it go. She believes Max came from a planet similar to Earth yet he never gets sick. Maybe his people have developed immunities to human diseases which means alien DNA could be used to create vaccines.
Liz excuses herself to work on her research, turning down the lights and turning on the jukebox. Kyle’s first date’s going well until he admits he knows she’s sick. Steph gets pissed and thinks it’s a pity date. She storms out and Liz returns, concerned about the yelling.
Liz is convinced she can help Steph but Kyle’s worried about this path Liz is taking. He reminds her she’ll be risking the world learning about Max, Michael, and Isobel if she doesn’t stop this now.
They’re still arguing when Isobel arrives, angry that Kyle screwed them over and got Max in trouble.
Walt, Michael, and Isobel have a drink at The Wild Pony as Walt explains his backstory. He didn’t have any parents and as a kid he ran away to Roswell. He tried to get a job mopping floors at a diner but they didn’t want him. He lucked into a job with Bronson (Gaius Charles) on the farm and he loved being there.
He remembers the night the women arrived and how he and Bronson gave them their names. The foursome became a family and Bronson fell in love with Louise (Cassandra Jean Amell). A year passed and he wanted to take her to the fair to show off the pumpkin launcher they built. Nora (Kayla Ewell) squashed that idea because they needed to remain out of sight.
Bronson was a good man but Nora was firm in her belief that they couldn’t risk being out and about in the town. Bronson knew Nora was building something – a time machine, spaceship, something important – but she wouldn’t say what. Bronson was hurt by Nora’s insistence they stay hidden and by the fact he couldn’t take Louise out dancing.
“I protect Louise because only Louise can protect the child,” said Nora.
Still, Bronson begged for Nora to come to the fair and let Louise hear music before they had to leave this planet. (Apparently, there wasn’t any music on their planet.) Walt also begged for them to go to the fair.
Michael interrupts Walt’s story convinced there’s no way Walt actually remembers any of this. Walt, incensed, swears he does because of what happened soon after that.
Walt was at the diner selling a pie when he overheard a soldier talking to Tripp (Jason Behr). The soldier, Tripp’s brother Harlan, pointed out Nora’s photo in the paper taken at the fair, angry the aliens had been in town for the past year right under their noses. Walt heard Tripp say they would raid the farm in two days and that they wouldn’t show any mercy.
Walt recalls Nora wanted to leave the next day but he begged for one final day together. “She caved. She always caved,” says Walt.
Michael’s heard enough and doesn’t want a blow-by-blow of the “Tripp Manes leading a massacre” story. However, Isobel wants Walt to finish his story. She wants to know how her mother died.
Walt explains they saw the soldiers approaching and Nora hid him in a crate. She tucked a note in his shirt and said, “X marks the spot.”
Bronson was the first to die when he tried to plead with Tripp that the women were just people. Tripp looked upon them as the enemy and shot Bronson. Walt remained in hiding but heard the screaming and all the gunshots. A bullet injured his eye, causing him to lose his vision. The crate had a secret exit built in that led out to the back of the farm. Walt escaped while Nora and Louise put up what he describes as a helluva fight.
The soldiers shot everyone who was on the farm that night including other innocent farmers and neighbors who came to find out what was happening. He recalls running past Louise’s dead body as he fled from the massacre.
Walt was the only one who survived. He made it pretty far from the farm and watched as a massive explosion rocked the area.
Michael can’t believe Walt didn’t tell anyone he saw the ship explode. Walt explains he had no idea what it was that blew up and he left town immediately. He didn’t want to ever return but did so because he needed to follow the map Nora stuffed in his pocket.
The map led him to their pods. He watched over the pods for years and then all of a sudden they were gone. Isobel thanks him for sharing his story and he pats her hand. “Louise was a firecracker, honey, just like you,” he says. “That’s why we all fell for her so hard.”
After Walt leaves, Michael reveals he’s convinced his mom sacrificed herself for Max – the healer/savior. Walt had said Louise protects “the child” not children, and Michael is sure that child is Max. Isobel’s so over her brother’s jealousy. “We both know the universe tilts in Max’s direction,” says Michael. “We were just along for the ride.”
As they’re talking Isobel hears Max’s voice telling her he needs help. Instead of telling Michael what she heard, she claims she needs to leave to process this new information.
Meanwhile, Alex (Tyler Blackburn) cleans up his dad’s pills and booze. When his dad joins him, Alex asks about Tripp – a relative he’s never mentioned.
A flashback shows a young Jesse meeting Uncle Tripp in the diner. Tripp’s about to share a secret and Jesse guesses it’s about the 1947 UFO crash. Before they can go into the details, Jesse’s dad arrived and sent him home.
Jesse explains his father believed an alien seduced Tripp and was able to get her ultimate revenge on their family. Jesse passes Alex a paper with alien symbols. Tripp slipped it to him under the table at the diner all those years ago. Jesse has no idea what the symbols mean.
Michael texts Alex but then is genuinely surprised when Alex actually shows up.
Sheriff Valenti has Max in cuffs in the back of her squad car when she replies to the radio saying it was just a false alarm at the hotel where she picked up Max. Max is confused as to why he’s in custody and even further confused when she takes him into a café and questions him over coffee. She demands to know if he was really in Mexico when Noah died. Max claims he was. Valenti admits she likes him but thinks maybe he snapped, given that he has a traumatic past, and did something he doesn’t want to admit to.
Max disagrees with the traumatic past assessment and Sheriff Valenti rattles off his history. She knows he was abandoned naked in the desert when he was seven. She then reveals she’s the deputy who received the call and ultimately she became obsessed with his case. She was determined to find the scumbag who did that to three little kids.
Max says he and Isobel didn’t show signs of being abused, but Valenti reveals that at the group home he was screaming and drawing on walls. Michael tried to calm him down and snatched the crayon from Max. When the Evanses came to adopt kids, it was Michael holding the crayon. They left him behind and adopted Max and Isobel instead, believing Michael had problems.
Max is becoming increasingly agitated as they talk. He tries to convince Valenti she’s wrong but while he’s doing so, he bends a utensil in half. That sort of proves her point.
Next, Valenti explains she’s seen footage of Mimi DeLuca getting out of the back of a hunting van. That same van was seen 100 yards from where Cameron’s car was abandoned. And, the van was at the hotel where she found Max and where Charlie went missing.
Max agrees he fits the profile of a kidnapper but he claims she can’t place him at the other scenes. Valenti is relentless, laying out her case. She knows he had a sexual relationship with Cameron, has rage issues, and he has knowledge of how to pull off a kidnapping.
Sheriff Valenti drops a bombshell – his passport was never marked crossing into Mexico.
She reads him his rights and while doing so he uses his powers to send a message to Isobel asking for help.
Isobel’s waiting at the station flirting with a cop when Sheriff Valenti drags Max in. Isobel attempts to use her powers to get inside Valenti’s mind and place the idea she doesn’t want to arrest Max in her head. She starts the process and then falls to the floor. She’s only out for a second and then quickly sits up, claiming to be a fainter and assuring them she’s fine.
And now we finally learn why she charged into the Crash Down Café earlier in the episode. “Do you want to tell Liz how you royally boned us, Kyle, or should I?” she asks. Liz and Kyle are both confused and Isobel explains Sheriff Valenti arrested Max for something – it could be kidnapping, murder, or kicking puppies. But when Isobel tried to use her Jedi powers, they didn’t work.
Kyle confesses he stole yellow pollen from the lab and put it in the perfume he gave his mom for her birthday. He needed to stop her from the alien investigation she was tracking. However, now she’s got Max under arrest for killing Noah.
Kyle reminds them Max did kill Noah. He’s not going to mess up her mind to convince her otherwise. But he thinks he may have a solution.
Over at The Wild Pony, Michael’s laying out what he knows about his mom sacrificing herself for Max. Alex listens patiently and then offers his own theory. He thinks Tripp and Nora were working together and had a genuine connection. Alex thinks it’s even possible Tripp was warning Walt at the diner, aware the kid was listening in.
A flashback shows the soldiers preparing for the raid one night earlier than planned. Tripp was unaware of the change of plans until he saw them getting ready. Harlan was in charge and moved it up, claiming the men were ready.
Once they got to the farm, it wasn’t Tripp who shot Bronson. Instead, Harlan came in from the rear of the barn and shot Bronson in the back. Harlan confronted Tripp about hesitating, and Tripp claimed Nora got into his head again.
Tripp joined the men holding Nora outside the barn. He turned and shot a lantern, setting the barn on fire. Louise and Nora exchanged a smile right before Louise was shot running from the barn.
Alex believes Tripp knew Nora wanted Louise protected. Michael reminds him she died and that Nora – his mom – was taken to Caulfield to be experimented on. Michael doesn’t think any of this really matters anyway since everybody’s dead. They can never possibly know the truth.
Kyle arrives at the station and asks Joe, the officer on duty, for a minute with Max. Kyle tells Max he thinks his mother needs some of the truth…but maybe not all of it. Their talk’s interrupted by Kyle’s mom who wants his assurance he’s not involved with Max’s problems.
Kyle claims Max has an alibi for Mimi and Jenna. “I had a heart problem, Sheriff,” says Max, revealing the large wound on his chest. “I was unconscious when Mimi and Cam went missing.”
He explains he didn’t tell her because he wanted to continue to be a force for good and make her proud.
Kyle confirms everything Max said was true.
Isobel’s still at the diner hanging out with Liz (she’s even filling Liz’s ketchup bottles) when Alex joins them. Alex reveals his uncle had a favorite booth and Liz points out one that the teenagers love because of how the light hits it in the afternoon. (It’s great for selfies.)
They look around the booth and Alex is searching for something out of place that no one would notice. Liz spots an X carved into a brick on the wall. She easily pries it out and withdraws a dusty envelope. It’s a photo of Isobel’s mom and Isobel becomes emotional pointing out how pretty her mom was. But then Isobel notices her mom is older in the picture than she should have been. She survived the raid!
“Thank you Tripp” is written on the back of the photo next to the three circle thing Max draws. This confirms for Alex that Tripp was helping not hunting the aliens.
Alex is unaware his dad is listening in to this conversation via his phone. Jesse leaps up and heads out, after briefly returning to grab the cane that he doesn’t actually need to get around.
Max is released from jail but before he leaves, he tells Valenti there are 14 murders in the county that he thinks Noah’s responsible for. He also explains Noah violated, abused, and used his sister for 10 years. He believes Noah deserved the bolt of lightning that killed him.
Walt and Michael have a heart-to-heart and Walt reveals that twice he attempted to adopt Michael. They wouldn’t let him but he kept watch even after being turned down. That year with Nora and Louise was apparently the best time of his life.
Michael breaks down and cries after Walt leaves.
Max meets Liz at the diner and after a reunion hug, he admits he believes Charlie was abducted by aliens. They kiss before Max heads home to catch up on some sleep.
Liz spots the milkshake Steph was sipping. She places the straw in a baggie. (That sound you heard at the end of the episode was thousands of Roswell, New Mexico fans telling her to leave it alone!)
CBS All Access declined to renew the anthology series Tell Me a Story after two seasons and DC Universe didn’t pick up a second season of Swamp Thing. However, we haven’t seen the last of either as The CW has just picked up the completed seasons of both shows to help bulk up their primetime lineup.
Tell Me a Story and Swamp Thing will make their network television debuts on The CW, but the premiere dates have not yet been announced. The network’s also picked up the dramatic series Coroner and the half-hour comedy Dead Pixels, both of which will be making their US network debuts. All four just-announced acquisitions will also ultimately be available on the network’s free streaming platforms.
Swamp Thing season one stars Crystal Reed, Virginia Madsen, Andy Bean, Henderson Wade, and Derek Mears. Maria Sten, Jeryl Prescott, Jennifer Beals, and Will Patton also star in the series based on DC characters created by Len Wein and Bernie Wrightson. James Wan, Mark Verheiden, Gary Dauberman, Michael Clear, and Len Wiseman executive produced.
Swamp Thing followed “Dr. Abby Arcane (Reed) as she investigates what seems to be a deadly swamp-born virus in a small town in Louisiana but when a mysterious creature emerges from the murky marsh, she finds herself facing the nightmares of a supernatural world where no one is safe.”
Tell Me a Story reimagines classic fairy tales, with season one incorporating themes from The Three Little Pigs, Little Red Riding Hood, and Hansel and Gretel. Season two retold the stories of Beauty and the Beast, Sleeping Beauty, and Cinderella.
The season one ensemble includes James Wolk, Billy Magnussen, Dania Ramirez, Danielle Campbell, Dorian Missick, Michael Raymond-James, Davi Santos, Sam Jaeger, Zabryna Guevara, Paul Wesley, and Kim Cattrall. Wesley and Campbell returned in different roles for the second season.
Writer Kevin Williamson created the series and executive produced season one with Aaron Kaplan, Dana Honor, and Liz Friedlander. Season two was executive produced by Williamson, Kaplan, Honor, and Michael Lohmann.
Coroner is a CBC original drama starring Serinda Swan, Roger Cross, Lovell Adams-Gray, Kiley May, Tamara Podemski, Eric Bruneau, and Ehren Kassam. The CW offered this series description:
“Coroner is a character-driven one-hour drama about Dr. Jenny Cooper (Swan), a recently widowed, newly appointed coroner who investigates any suspicious, unnatural or sudden deaths in Toronto. Each death brings Jenny into a new arena in the city and sparks buzzworthy themes… Jenny taps into her intuition, as much as her intellect and heart, as she solves cases along with the help of Homicide Detective Donovan ‘Mac’ McAvoy (Cross), a man who isn’t afraid of challenging the status quo; pathologist Dr. Dwayne Allen (Adams-Gray), his assistant River Baitz (May); and Alison Trent (Podemski), Jenny’s assistant who keeps it real.
And while Jenny solves mysterious deaths, she also deals with clinical anxiety, a teenage son, Ross (Kassam), who is still grieving the death of his father, and the prospect of starting a new relationship with the enigmatic Liam (Bruneau).”
Dead Pixels stars Alexa Davies, Will Merrick, and Sargon Yelda, with Jesse Armstrong, Sam Bain, Phil Clarke, and series creator Jon Brown (Succession, Veep) executive producing.
The Dead Pixels Plot: “Dead Pixels follows Meg (Davies), Nicky (Merrick) and Usman (Yelda) who are obsessed with the online fantasy game ‘Kingdom Scrolls.’ Meg would happily cut a date short to go home and defend Castle Blackfinger. Nicky thinks the miscasting of Vince Vaughn as Tanadaal in the ‘Kingdom Scrolls’ movie is an international outrage. And Usman has made a plywood lid for his child’s playpen, so he can play the game in peace. Oh, and Nicky definitely isn’t into Meg. That would be a cliché.”
CBS All Access’ reimagined The Twilight Zone will return for a second season on Thursday, June 25, 2020. All 10 episodes of season two will be available on June 25th to subscribers.
In addition to announcing the premiere date, CBS All Access unveiled a full season two trailer and a new poster.
The season two guest cast includes Morena Baccarin, Kylie Bunbury, Jenna Elfman, Ethan Embry, Sky Ferreira, Tavi Gevinson, Topher Grace, Tony Hale, Gillian Jacobs, David Krumholtz, and Thomas Lennon. Sophia Macy, Natalie Martinez, Joel McHale, Chris Meloni, Gretchen Mol, Paula Newsome, Billy Porter, Jimmi Simpson, Jurnee Smollett, Daniel Sunjata, and Damon Wayans Jr. are also featured in the upcoming season.
The new version of The Twilight Zone was created by Jordan Peele and Simon Kinberg. Peele and Kinberg serve as executive producers along with Win Rosenfeld, Audrey Chon, Alex Rubens, Glen Morgan, Carol Serling and Rick Berg. Peele will once again serve as host.
The Twilight Zone Details, Courtesy of CBS All Access:
“The original The Twilight Zone series premiered on Oct. 2, 1959 on CBS. It took viewers to another dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound, but of mind. The show became a worldwide phenomenon and sent fans on a journey into a wondrous land of imagination, and it continues to be an inspiration for pushing the boundaries of storytelling.
As an innovator of genre programming, The Twilight Zone explored humanity’s hopes, despairs, prides and prejudices in metaphoric ways to introduce audiences to tales of morality and present perspectives that are underserved in conventional television.
Executive producers Jordan Peele and Simon Kinberg’s modern re-imagining of the classic TV series continues the legacy of socially conscious storytelling. The series’ second season uses introspection and self-exploration to usher viewers into a dimension filled with endless possibilities.”
Netflix just announced 13 Reasons Why will launch its fourth and final season on June 5, 2020. The new season will consist of 10 one-hour episodes.
The premiere date announcement was accompanied by a one-minute emotional video of the cast during the table read for the final season.
The cast of season four includes Dylan Minnette as Clay Jensen, Alisha Boe as Jessica Davis, Brandon Flynn as Justin Foley, Miles Heizer as Alex Standall, Grace Saif as Ani Achola, Christian Navarro as Tony Padilla, and Ross Butler as Zach Dempsey. Devin Druid is Tyler Down, Timothy Granaderos is Montgomery de la Cruz, Anne Winters is Chloe, Deaken Bluman is Winston Williams, Tyler Barnhardt is Charlie St. George, and Austin Aaron plays Luke Holliday.
The cast also includes Inde Navarrette as Estela de la Cruz, RJ Brown as Caleb, Steven Weber as Principle Bowen, Brenda Strong as Mrs. Walker, Amy Hargreaves as Mrs. Jensen, Josh Hamilton as Matt Jensen, Mark Pellegrino as Deputy Standall, and Jan Luis Castellanos as Diego Torres.
Brian Yorkey created the series and serves as an executive producer along with Mandy Teefey, Kristel Laiblin, Selena Gomez, and Joy Gorman.
The Season 4 Plot Description:
In the series’ final season, Liberty High School’s Senior Class prepares for graduation. But before they say goodbye, they’ll have to keep a dangerous secret buried and face heartbreaking choices that could impact their futures forever.
A scene from ’13 Reasons Why’ season 3 (Photo Credit: Netflix)
A Look Back at Season 3:
Eight months after preventing Tyler from committing an unthinkable act at Spring Fling, Clay, Tony, Jessica, Alex, Justin, and Zach find ways to shoulder the burden of the cover-up together while helping Tyler move toward recovery. But when the aftermath of a tumultuous Homecoming game culminates in the disappearance of a football player, and Clay finds himself under police scrutiny, it’s up to a shrewd outsider to steer the group through an investigation that threatens to lay bare everyone’s deepest secrets.
The stakes are raised in this riveting third season of 13 Reasons Why, as the consequences of even the most well-intended actions can alter a life forever.
The CW’s Burden of Truth returns to the primetime schedule on Thursday, May 21, 2020 at 8pm ET/PT. Episode one, “Crawford Change,” was directed by James Genn from a script by Bradley Simpson.
The cast is led by Kristin Kreuk as Joanna Chang and Peter Mooney as Billy Crawford. Meegwun Fairbrother plays Officer Owen Beckbie, Anwen O’Driscoll is Taylor Matheson, Sera-Lys McArthur is Kodie Chartrand, Dayle McLeod is Kat Carmichael, and Paul Braunstein plays Sam Mercer.
“Crawford Chang” Plot – SEASON THREE PREMIERE – Now a couple with their own firm, Joanna Chang (Kreuk) and Billy Crawford (Mooney) face a tough verdict after disagreeing how to handle their first case. Looking for a break, Billy convinces Joanna to return to Millwood for a high school reunion. However, when an old friend from Joanna’s past suffers a devastating loss, Joanna is forced to face long-buried demons from her past.
The Season 3 Plot, Courtesy of The CW:
Burden of Truth is a serialized investigative drama about life-altering legal cases, the helpless plaintiffs searching for answers, and the boots-on-the-ground lawyers fighting incredible odds to deliver justice.
In season three, Joanna Chang and Billy Crawford are working together in their new boutique law firm, Crawford Chang, but they’re discovering that living and litigating together has its challenges. On a cathartic trip back to Millwood for a class reunion, an old friend, Kodie, turns Joanna’s life upside down when her children are removed by Millwood Family Services. Kodie believes she is the victim of a conspiracy and pleads for Joanna to help solve the case and bring her children back.
To help her friend, Joanna must dig into the dark underbelly of Millwood to unearth evidence of a cluster of child apprehensions. Joanna will take on an impossible-to-win case that will force her to confront a long-buried secret from her childhood that may threaten her relationship and partnership with Billy. After this case, nothing will be the same again.
Fox is adding two new dramas – Filthy Rich and neXt – to its fall primetime schedule. No other new series will premiere on the network until midseason when the comedy Call Me Kat and animated shows The Great North and Housebroken join the lineup.
Fox’s fall schedule will include season four of the ratings beast, The Masked Singer. New seasons of The Simpsons, Bless the Harts, Bob’s Burgers, Family Guy, and Masterchef Junior will also debut this fall.
The first season of L.A.’s Finest aired on Spectrum and will make its network television debut on Fox this fall. The police drama starring Jessica Alba and Gabrielle Union has already been renewed for a second season by Spectrum.
“The effects of this global health crisis leave no business unaffected. As a media company that prides itself on an entrepreneurial spirit and the focus that comes with doing fewer things better, we mobilized, swiftly creating an entirely new, original-programming lineup for the fall to share with our partners this upfront,” stated Charlie Collier, CEO, FOX Entertainment “In remote meetings with advertising and marketing partners over recent weeks, we sought to listen first and understand each partner’s unique concerns. Our primary goal is to help them back to business, so in turn, the message we’ve shared is one of relative stability on FOX, combining the best of primetime sports and entertainment with which to help our partners and their customers back to market.”
“Now, more than ever, consistency, results and stability take on an all new emphasis,” said Marianne Gambelli, President, FOX Ad Sales. “FOX is primed and ready for the fall with a great deal of stability across our entire programming lineup, featuring premium content that continually resonates with viewers, and the necessary scale that builds demand and produces results. During these uncertain times, we remain focused on the individual business needs of our partners and will continue to work with them to develop custom solutions with our unmatched offerings of assets to help drive their businesses forward.”
9-1-1, 9-1-1: Lone Star, Hell’s Kitchen, and Duncanville new episodes premiere midseason.
FOX FALL 2020 SCHEDULE
MONDAY
8:00-9:00 PM L.A.’S FINEST (network television debut)
9:00-10:00 PM NEXT (new series)
TUESDAY
8:00-9:00 PM COSMOS: POSSIBLE WORLDS (network television debut)
9:00-10:00 PM FILTHY RICH (new series)
WEDNESDAY
8:00-9:00 PM THE MASKED SINGER (new season)
9:00-10:00 PM MASTERCHEF JUNIOR (new season)
THURSDAY
7:30-8:00 PM ET/ FOX NFL THURSDAY PRESENTED BY VERIZON
4:30-5:00 PM PT
8:00-8:19 PM ET/ GMC KICKOFF SHOW
5:00-5:19 PM PT
8:20 PM-CC ET/ THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL PRESENTED BY BUD LIGHT PLATINUM
5:20 PM-CC PT
FRIDAY
8:00-10:00 PM WWE’S FRIDAY NIGHT SMACKDOWN
SATURDAY
7:00-10:30 PM FOX SPORTS SATURDAY
SUNDAY
7:00-7:30 PM NFL ON FOX
7:30-8:00 PM THE OT / FOX ENCORES
8:00-8:30 PM THE SIMPSONS (new season)
8:30-9:00 PM BLESS THE HARTS (new season)
9:00-9:30 PM BOB’S BURGERS (new season)
9:30-10:00 PM FAMILY GUY (new season)
neXt Plot:
From creator and executive producer Manny Coto (24: Legacy), executive producer Charlie Gogolak (This Is Us) and executive producers and directors John Requa and Glenn Ficarra (This Is Us), neXt is a propulsive, fact-based thriller about the emergence of a deadly, rogue artificial intelligence that combines pulse-pounding action with a layered examination of how technology is invading our lives.
The event series stars Emmy Award nominee John Slattery (Mad Men) as a Silicon Valley pioneer, who discovers that one of his own creations – a powerful A.I. – might spell global catastrophe. He teams up with a cybercrime agent (Fernanda Andrade) to fight a villain unlike anything we’ve ever seen – one whose greatest weapon against us is ourselves. The series also stars Michael Mosley, Jason Butler Harner, Eve Harlow, Aaron Moten, Gerardo Celasco, Elizabeth Cappuccino and Evan Whitten.
Filthy Rich Plot:
Filthy Rich is a southern Gothic family soap in which wealth, power and religion collide – with outrageously soapy results. When the patriarch (Emmy Award winner Gerald McRaney, This Is Us) of a mega-rich Southern family, famed for creating a wildly successful Christian television network, dies in a plane crash, his wife (five-time Emmy Award nominee and Screen Actors Guild and Golden Globe winner Kim Cattrall, Sex and the City) and family are stunned to learn that he fathered three illegitimate children, all of whom are written into his will, threatening their family name and fortune. With monumental twists and turns, Filthy Rich presents a world in which everyone has an ulterior motive – and no one is going down without a fight.
From writer/director Tate Taylor (The Help, The Girl on the Train), the series also stars Melia Kreiling, Aubrey Dollar, Corey Cott, Benjamin Levy Aguilar, Mark L. Young, and Olivia Macklin, with Emmy Award nominee Steve Harris and Aaron Lazar. Kim Cattrall also serves as a producer on the series.
