If you happen to drag yourself out of bed before noon on a Saturday and tune your TV set to a broadcast network, you might notice something missing. Specifically, what you’d recognize as a traditional Saturday morning cartoon.
We were warned that the CW treatment of the beloved Archie comics would be “surprising and subversive,” but some of the new series’ plot points revealed at their upfront are pretty grim. For starters, Archie is Pacey Wittering it up with music teacher, Ms. Grundy.
Luke Perry—who was once caught in his own Betty and Veronica situation with Kelly and Brenda as Dylan McKay on 90210—has been cast as Archie Andrew’s dad Fred on the CW’s sexy adaptation of the Archie comics, Riverdale.
It might be difficult to imagine anyone resisting those hallowed, desperate lines—“it wasn’t over; it still isn’t over”—but apparently Hollywood men were not enthused by the prospect of depicting Noah in Nicholas Sparks’s The Notebook.
MADtv, the sketch comedy series that ran from 1995 to 2009 on Fox and launched the careers of Keegan-Michael Key, Alex Borstein and Ike Barinholtz, will return for a 20th anniversary special reuniting many of its cast members.
Despite a title and a marketing campaign that threw some off at first, the CW’s new show Crazy Ex-Girlfriend is much more than it appears. It’s the story of high-strung attorney named Rebecca who, on a whim, quits her job in New York to move to a small town in California after a run-in with her camp boyfriend. With…
Monday night’s episode of Jane the Virgin was pretty intense: Jane, Michael and Rafael continued to play their relatively boring game of “who will get Jane even though she’s like a month out from having a baby and would probably be too exhausted to even think about getting into a relationship,” Petra dealt with her…
The CW is developing a one-hour drama, ZE, about a transgender teen. The show, from the producer of the Academy Award-winning film Milk, will focus on a Texas teenager who begins transitioning into living as a boy.
Lauren Graham and Ellen Degeneres are teaming up to produce a show for CW together. Oy with the poodles already! (Sorry for the horrible and not at all topical Gilmore Girls reference right there.)
Mary, Queen of Scots — also known as Mary Stuart or Mary I Of Scotland — was executed at the age of 25 44, but before that, she was queen regnant of Scotland and then queen consort of France. Now she's being brought back to life in Reign, a new series on the CW, home of Gossip Girl and The Carrie Diares.
If you're on the fence about The Carrie Diaries (and/or if you've been snoozing on it and you'd like to catch up), I've put together a thorough mega-recap of the entire first season so far.
Sherwood is a new hour-long CW series in development that's based on the story of Robin Hood — but with a young woman in the lead role. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the show will be set in 1072 England and "revolves around a young noblewoman who sets out to free her serf boyfriend, who has been wrongfully…
Game of Thrones is the best — seriously, it's my favorite show on television these days — but it is pretty soapy. Warring families, forbidden relationships, crazy outfits that involve layers and layers of fur — really, none of that stuff would be out of place on a CW Gossip Girl-esque drama. Add a slow indie song,…
Last week, we wondered whether legislators who conflate RU-486 and emergency contraception are deliberately misleading or just really ignorant. Sure, vaginas are mysterious, bewildering flowers, but the morning after pill prevents pregnancy shortly after unprotected sex while the abortion pill actually causes…
Here it is: the first official photo of AnnaSophia Robb all dressed up as young Carrie Bradshaw for the Sex and the City prequel, The Carrie Diaries, which will soon be coming to the CW for our entertainment and/or torture. She's certainly got the beginnings of Carrie's wild hair and her penchant for high heels, but…
Hunger Games mania might be about to reach a fevered pitch, but when that dies down we have something new to look forward to. It's just been announced that the devilishly handsome William Moseley, whom you may recognize as Peter Pevensie in the Chronicles of Narnia films, has been cast as Aspen in the CW pilot The…
How many Carrie Bradshaw's does the world need? Well, apparently at least two, according to the CW, who is airing The Carrie Diaries, a prequel to Sex and the City, which we will probably find enjoyable despite ourselves. It will feature a teenage Carrie B. living it up in 1980s Manhattan, and she'll be played by…
Buffy The Vampire Slayer ended its run in 2003, and since then, there's been a Sarah Michelle Gellar-shaped hole in American televisions. This fall, SMG returns to the small screen in Ringer, a weird and complicated thriller we're ridiculously excited about.
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