Freeform Renews SIREN For Second Season + New Series Announcements
by Macon Prickett - May 15, 2018 Freeform President Tom Ascheim and Executive Vice President of Programming and Development Karey Burke will unveil today the new and returning projects for The Walt Disney Company's young adult cable network at the combined Disney|ABC Television's presentation for the national advertising community ...
Forest Whitaker To Star In New Epix Scripted Drama GODFATHER IN HARLEM
by Tori Hartshorn - April 25, 2018 According to The Hollywood Reporter, Forest Whitaker has signed on to star in the new straight-to-series scripted drama GODFATHER IN HARLEM. The new EPIX show got a 10 episode order. In addition to starring in, Whitaker will also executive produce. Read more about the news from The Hollywood Reporte...
VH1's Annual Mother's Day Special DEAR MAMA: A LOVE LETTER TO MOMS to Premiere 5/7
by Tori Hartshorn - April 04, 2018 VH1 today announced its annual 'Dear Mama: A Love Letter to Moms' will premiere on Monday, May 7th at 9 PM ET/PT. Emmy(R) and Golden Globe(R) nominee Anthony Anderson will return as host for the third time alongside VH1 fan favorite, actress, and New York Times best-selling author La La Anthony....
Aspire Set to Premiere All New Episode of Interview Series IDOLS, ICONS + INFLUENCERS
by Macon Prickett - March 22, 2018 Aspire, the network that reflects, shares and celebrates the experiences of black culture and urban lifestyle, announced today that its second episode of Idols, Icons + Influencers will premiere Sunday, March 25 at 8 p.m. ET. Done in partnership with ABFF Studios, the television and production arm o...
A WRINKLE IN TIME Motion Picture Soundtrack To Be Released March 9
by Macon Prickett - February 21, 2018 Walt Disney Records is set to release the digital version of the original motion picture soundtrack to Disney's “A Wrinkle in Time,” from visionary director Ava DuVernay on March 9th as the film opens in theaters nationwide....
Lin-Manuel Miranda Will Join Oprah Winfrey for SUPER SOUL CONVERSATIONS at Harlem's Apollo Theater
by Nicole Rosky - January 31, 2018 Oprah Winfrey hosts “Oprah's Super Soul Conversations,” a live event featuring inspiring thought leaders, modern day influencers and social game changers as they discuss the current climate in our culture, on Wednesday, February 7 at 12:30 p.m. ET at Harlem's World-Famous Apollo Theater....
Oprah Tells Lin-Manuel That She Will Not Run for President at SUPER SOUL CONVERSATIONS
by A.A. Cristi - February 07, 2018 Oprah Winfrey hosts "Oprah's Super Soul Conversations," a live event featuring inspiring thought leaders, modern day influencers and social game changers as they discuss the current climate in our culture, on Wednesday, February 7 at 12:30 p.m. ET at Harlem's World-Famous Apollo Theater....
ABC's Crime Drama TAKE TWO Starring Rachel Bilson and Eddie Cibrian, Premieres 6/21
by Tori Hartshorn - May 14, 2018 ABC's “Take Two,” the network's newest procedural crime series starring Rachel Bilson (“Hart of Dixie,” “Nashville”) and Eddie Cibrian (“CSI: Miami,” “Rosewood”), is set to premiere THURSDAY, JUNE 21, at 10 p.m. EDT....
Freeform Presents the World Premiere Watch Party of 'Marvel's Cloak & Dagger' at South by Southwest
by Tori Hartshorn - February 28, 2018 Freeform, Disney's young adult television network, today announced “Marvel's Cloak & Dagger” will have its world premiere watch party during South by Southwest (SXSW) in Austin, Texas, on March 11, as partner programming. The premiere will mark Freeform and Marvel Television's first presence at SXSW...
Freeform's BLACK-ISH Spin Off Gets New Name; Casts 3 New Series Regulars
by A.A. Cristi - August 02, 2017 Freeform, Disney's young adult television and streaming network, adds three series regulars to “grown-ish,” a spin-off of ABC's award-winning hit series “black-ish,” starring breakout star Yara Shahidi as Zoey Johnson, from ABC Signature Studios. The 13-episode, single-camera comedy will start produ...
MTV Announces Categories & Nominees for the 2018 MTV Movie & TV Awards
by Macon Prickett - May 03, 2018 MTV today announced the categories and nominees for the 2018 'MTV Movie & TV Awards,' hosted by Tiffany Haddish, that celebrate the actors, stories and moments that drove pop culture in the last year. The show will once again feature non-gendered categories - a change that marked an industry-first h...
VIDEO: See Lin-Manuel Miranda and Oprah's Full Chat from SUPER SOUL SUNDAY
by A.A. Cristi - April 09, 2018 Oprah Winfrey hosts 'Oprah's Super Soul Conversations,' a live event featuring inspiring thought leaders, modern day influencers and social GAME CHANGERS as they discuss the current climate in our culture. Lin-Manuel Miranda recently sat down with the media icon as part of the series at the historic...
Freeform Casts its Leads For the Paul Feig & Kim Rosenstock Comedy Pilot
by Macon Prickett - March 30, 2018 FREEFORM CASTS ITS LEADS FOR THE PAUL FEIG AND KIM ROSENSTOCK COMEDY PILOT...
MTV Announces Categories & Nominees for the 2018 MTV Movie & TV Awards
by Macon Prickett - May 03, 2018 MTV today announced the categories and nominees for the 2018 'MTV Movie & TV Awards,' hosted by Tiffany Haddish, that celebrate the actors, stories and moments that drove pop culture in the last year. The show will once again feature non-gendered categories - a change that marked an industry-first h...
Oprah Tells Lin-Manuel That She Will Not Run for President at SUPER SOUL CONVERSATIONS
by A.A. Cristi - February 07, 2018 Oprah Winfrey hosts "Oprah's Super Soul Conversations," a live event featuring inspiring thought leaders, modern day influencers and social game changers as they discuss the current climate in our culture, on Wednesday, February 7 at 12:30 p.m. ET at Harlem's World-Famous Apollo Theater....
Panel Announced for MARVEL'S CLOAK & DAGGER Freeform Summit
by Caryn Robbins - January 17, 2018 Freeform, Disney's young adult television network, announced today the latest additions to the Freeform Summit, a first-time event for the network, featuring a series of panel discussions addressing activism, social change, representation in television and various other important issues defining m...
Sylvester Stallone Passes On Helming CREED 2; Announces Director
by Caryn Robbins - December 12, 2017 Sylvester Stallone took to Instagram this week to announce that he will not be directing the upcoming CREED 2. Instead, the sequel will be helmed by newcomer Steven Caple, Jr....
Listen to New Chloe x Halle Song THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT
by Tori Hartshorn - January 03, 2018 According to Billboard, Chloe x Halle have dropped a new track THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT. This comes on the heels of their new Freeform show, GROWN-ISH....
Francia Raisa & More Join Cast of 'Black-Ish' Spinoff GROWN-ISH on Freeform
by Caryn Robbins - August 30, 2017 Freeform, Disney's young adult television and streaming network, has added two series regulars and two recurring characters to GROWN-ISH a spin-off of ABC's award-winning hit series “black-ish,”...
Freeform Releases its New Lineup Of TV And Movie Offerings for February 2018
by Tori Hartshorn - January 25, 2018 Freeform, Disney's young adult television and streaming network, will premiere brand new episodes of breakout comedies “grown-ish” and “Alone Together,” as well as fan-favorite series “The Fosters” and “Beyond.” Also in February, Freeform will celebrate the 80th Anniversary of the release of the bel...
KEVIN (PROBABLY) SAVES THE WORLD Star Jason Ritter Achieves World Record
by TV News Desk - October 09, 2017 At 11:48 a.m. EDT, live, on ABC's The View, it was declared by an official adjudicator that Jason Ritter, star of ABC's Kevin (Probably) Saves the World, achieved the GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS title for Most hugs given in one minute by an individual....
Freeform Releases Its New Lineup of TV and Movie Offerings for January 2018
by Tori Hartshorn - December 12, 2017 Freeform, Disney's young adult television and streaming network, will debut the premiere of grown- ish, on January 3, 2018 at 8:00 p.m. EST, in a special two-episode event. From the executive producer of ABC's Emmy-nominated black ish, comes grown-ish, a half-hour spinoff comedy tackling curre...
Photo Flash: Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Los Angeles Host Accessories for Success Scholarship Luncheon
by A.A. Cristi - April 23, 2018 Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Los Angeles (BBBSLA) held its annual Accessories for Success Scholarship Luncheon, on Sunday, April 22nd at the Beverly Wilshire, Beverly Hills and presented by City National Bank. The event honored three exemplary women, who have demonstrated outstanding leaders...
Netflix Acquires THE LAST SUMMER Starring Tyler Posey, K.J. Apa, Maia Mitchell, & More
by Macon Prickett - June 08, 2018 Netflix has acquired worldwide film rights to Gulfstream Pictures Production's The Last Summer, an ensemble romantic comedy with an all-star cast of young actors. The film will be directed by Bill Bindley....
Freeform Builds on Success as it Presented its 2018 Upfront as Part of the Combined Disney|ABC Television Presentation
by Macon Prickett - May 16, 2018 Freeform President Tom Ascheim and Executive Vice President of Programming and Development Karey Burke unveiled today the new and returning projects for The Walt Disney Company's young adult cable network at the combined Disney|ABC Television's presentation for the national advertising community at ... |