With both the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes coming to an end, the winter TV schedule is overflowing with highly anticipated premieres and returns — but some shows are still delayed, and others will have shortened seasons. Fans of Abbott Elementary looking forward to more episodes of the sitcom will be in for a bit of a surprise. Production on season 3 was initially put on pause as the writers and actors unions negotiated for fair pay with the major studios. Despite both strikes coming to an end in fall 2023, creator and star Quinta Brunson confirmed that the work stoppages played a role in a small ..read more

With both the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes coming to an end, the winter TV schedule is overflowing with highly anticipated premieres and returns — but some shows are still delayed, and others will have shortened seasons. Fans of Abbott Elementary looking forward to more episodes of the sitcom will be in for a bit of a surprise. Production on season 3 was initially put on pause as the writers and actors unions negotiated for fair pay with the major studios. Despite both strikes coming to an end in fall 2023, creator and star Quinta Brunson confirmed that the work stoppages played a role in a small ..read more

Courtesy of Erik Jensen/Instagram The Walking Dead star Erik Jensen is fighting for his life after being diagnosed with colorectal cancer. The actor, 53, has stage 4 cancer, according to a GoFundMe page created by his wife, Jessica Blank. Stage 4 means the disease is in an advanced state and has spread to different areas of his body. The diagnosis comes after Jensen survived a brain aneurysm early in 2022. Jensen appeared in season 5 of The Walking Dead as recurring character Dr. Steven Edwards and his credits also include The Equalizer, The Blacklist, and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit ..read more

The Walking Dead/YouTube The Walking Dead fans are about to get the reunion they’ve been waiting for.  TWD stars Andrew Lincoln and Danai Gurira surprised fans at Comic-Con in 2022 to announce that The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live was officially on its way. The six-episode limited series — which will air on AMC — catches up with Rick Grimes (Lincoln) and Michonne (Gurira) after they both exited the OG series in seasons 9 and 10, respectively.  “We … have been cooking something up for you all because we missed you and we owe you the conclusion of this story of Rick and Michonne,” G ..read more

Amid the WGA and SAG strikes, the fall TV schedule is in for a shakeup with both new and returning shows. Hulu’s The Other Black Girl explores Nella’s (Sinclair Daniel) journey as the only Black woman at a New York City publishing firm. She gets excited when Hazel (Ashleigh Murray) arrives before quickly starting to question the newcomer’s intentions following several strange occurrences. Murray previously discussed her interest in exploring different roles after playing a high school student on The CW’s Riverdale and Katy Keene. “It’s so wonderful because I’ve always been a very mature person ..read more

Always growing. Since The Walking Dead premiered on AMC in 2010, viewers have been looking forward to all the different takes on the zombie apocalypse. The horror series, which is based on a comic book series written by Robert Kirkman, introduced fans to a group of survivors. Their attempts to stay alive during the constant threat of attacks from zombies captured people’s attention for nearly a decade. In November 2022, The Walking Dead came to an end — but not before using its finale to set up the future of the franchise. The last episode ended in a hopeful place as the Commonwealth entered a ..read more

Not ready to say goodbye! Every year TV series inevitably come to an end, but that doesn’t mean it’s easy to let our favorite characters go. After a rocky few years of facing filming delays and premiere pushbacks amid the 2020 and 2021 COVID-19 pandemic, the 2022 television slate came out swinging. Fan favorites such as Grace and Frankie, This Is Us and The Walking Dead all prepared to bid farewell to viewers, even though many TV lovers weren’t ready for the end. “We are both delighted and heartbroken that Grace and Frankie will be back for its seventh, though final, season. We’re so grateful ..read more

Forever in viewers’ hearts. Whether it’s drama, comedy or something in between, TV show writers have never been afraid to surprise audiences with a memorable character death. Back in March 1975, M*A*S*H became a TV death pioneer when Lieutenant Colonel Henry Blake (McLean Stevenson) died in the season 3 finale. The character was headed home after being honorably discharged from the army, but before he could make it, he was killed by enemy fire. The death was so unexpected that series producers Gene Reynolds and Larry Gelbart received more than 1,000 letters from irate fans. CBS, the network th ..read more

Swoon alert! After keeping their relationship under wraps for years, Hilarie Burton and Jeffrey Dean Morgan started shouting their love for each other from the social media rooftops. The couple were introduced by Morgan’s Supernatural costar Jensen Ackles, who is married to Burton’s former One Tree Hill castmate Danneel Harris. “I happened to be single and Jensen said, ‘I’ve got a girl you should meet,’” Morgan recalled to HuffPost in 2015. “So I went to a bar and I met Hilarie at a bar with Jensen and Danneel, and the rest is history. … We ended up back at my house drinking shots of tequila ..read more

It’s never easy to say goodbye, even if it’s a television goodbye. While no TV show can last forever – well, Law & Order: SVU is in the running – the cast doesn’t always stay as long. Many actors choose to leave after their contracts end. Some give the networks a lengthy heads-up, while others just seem to up and vanish, leaving the writers to scramble (see below!). Regardless, the show must go on. One of the most talked about exits was in May 2017, when Sophia Bush decided to leave Chicago P.D. after season 4. She played the lead role of Detective Erin Lindsay on the NBC drama and was wri ..read more