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“The Originals” to End After Season 5
The CW supernatural drama The Originals will end after its upcoming fifth season, showrunner Julie Plec announced Thursday ahead of the show’s Comic-Con panel.
HBO has released the first photo of its adaptation of Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, featuring the first look at Michael B. Jordan and Michael Shannon in character as firemen.
Lena Dunham will join Season 7 of American Horror Story, creator and showrunner Ryan Murphy announced Wednesday. The news comes a day ahead of the reveal of the title of the upcoming installment of the FX horror anthology series. Billie Lourd and Billy Eichner are also joining the franchise in Season 7.
Suranne Jones has been set to star in new drama series Gentleman Jack from HBO and BBC One, the companies announced Wednesday. The actress will play the role of Anne Lister.
HBO is staying in business with Game of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, picking up new series Confederate from he duo. The series takes place in an alternate timeline, where the southern states have successfully seceded from the Union, giving rise to a nation in which slavery remains legal and has evolved into a modern institution.
Ian Anthony Dale, Meaghan Rath and Beulah Koale have been added as series regulars in Season 8 of CBS’ Hawaii Five-0. The move comes on the heels of two original cast members, Daniel Dae Kim and Grace Park, leaving the show after they could not come to terms with the show on new contracts.
Ahead of its annual San Diego Comic Con panel, AMC has unveiled the Season 8 premiere date for The Walking Dead. Rick and the gang will return to try to survive another year on Sunday, October 22.
Universal Cable Productions has unveiled its slate of new in-development projects, including adaptations of The Raven Boys, Sand, Lord of Light and other new programming.
Husband and wife producing partners Mara Brock Akil and Salim Akil have sold dramedy series LOVE IS ___ to Oprah Winfrey’s OWN Network. The Akils will create and executive produce the series through their Akil Productions banner with Mara Brock Akil also serving as showrunner. 
Starz has released the first trailer for Season 3 of OUTLANDER, teasing a rough road ahead for star-crossed lovers Jamie and Claire.
The Tracking Board has resumed production on Season 8 several days after the death of stuntman John Berbecker. Production had been shut down last week following the accident which ultimately cost the veteran stuntman his life.
Ed Sheeran is getting animated for his next TV gig following a much-hyped cameo on Sunday night’s premiere of Game of Thrones. The British singer will next appear on an episode of The Simpsons, and we have the first photo of his animated character Brendan, who attracts the eye of Lisa Simpson.
USA has released the first photo from Season 3 of Mr. Robot, revealing the fate of Rami Malek’s character Elliot, whose life was left in limbo in the Season 2 finale.
The Game of Thrones Season 7 premiere just ended, which means only one thing: Time to look forward to next week’s episode.
Game of Thrones has finally returned to our TV screens, and the Season 7 premiere wasted no time in setting up all our major players for the all-out war about to come.
HBO has released the first look photo of Al Pacino in character as Joe Paterno, in Barry Levinson’s HBO biopic of the late Penn State coach.
Another season of Game of Thrones is upon us, which means it’s time to remind yourself of where we left off with all the complicated alliances and rivalries in Westeros. Don’t worry, we got you covered with this rundown of exactly where the battle lines have been drawn.
BBC has revealed the identity of the thirteenth iteration of Doctor Who: Jodie Whittaker, who becomes the first woman to ever play the iconic role.
BBC will announce the 13th titular Doctor Who on Sunday afternoon, following the conclusion of the Wimbledon Men’s Final match, the company revealed Friday.
Nominations were announced Thursday morning for the 2017 Emmy Awards. Veep star Anna Chlumsky and SWAT star Shemar Moore did the honors at the Wolf Theater in Los Angeles.
Anna Chlumsky and Shemar Moore are set to announce the nominees of the 2017 Emmy Awards live on Thursday morning a 8:30 a.m. PST.
Jerry Bruckheimer Television has signed a three-year overall deal with CBS TV Studios. The move comes more than a year after the super-producer ended a 15-year contract at Warner Bros. TV.
TNT has renewed its new Niecy Nash drama Claws for a second season. The show currently airs Sunday nights at 9 p.m. and Season 2 will premiere in 2018.
Fox has set a crossover event for the season premieres of Empire and Star this fall, bringing the two Lee Daniels musical dramas into the same universe on Wednesday, September 27.
The actress is the star of CBS’ Elementary and is also a multi-hyphenate who has already directed multiple episodes of that series. Luke Cage stars Mike Colter and is currently in production.
Westworld has added The Leftovers alum Katja Herbers as a new series regular for Season 2, The Tracking Board as confirmed. Herbers will play a new character named Grace, described a seasoned guest in the titular theme park whose latest visit comes at the park’s darkest hour.
HBO is giving Steven Spielberg the documentary treatment. The feature-length doc Spielberg will seek to examine Spielberg’s filmography in depth and reveal how his experiences fed his work and changed it over time.
Another Droughtlander is about to come to an end. Starz has set Sunday, September 10 at 8 p.m. ET as the premiere date for Season 3 of Outlander, the premium cable network announced Tuesday.
Mad Men alum returns to TV in series poised to debut midseason.