Deadline reports that Scottish actor Dougray Scott is in negotiations to play a lead in Netflix’s upcoming original series, Hemlock Grove. Based on Brian McGreevey’s recently published gothic novel, the 13-episode series centers around the murder of a young girl in a ravaged Pennsylvania steel town called Hemlock Grove.
Deadline Hollywood reports that Fox has renewed three more series for an additional season: the young adult comedy New Girl, musical comedy Glee and family comedy Raising Hope for a second season, fourth season and third season, respectively.
NBC’s Grimm and ABC’s Castle have cast guest stars for their season finale. Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio (Law & Order: Criminal Intent) will guest star in the season finale of Grimm.
After the first season and the many events that arguably looked more like preparatory steps, the new season premiere of Game of Thrones felt like a positioning of the pieces. It paved the way for “The Night Lands,” an episode in which the game of thrones seems to have truly begun. Whether it was Daenerys Targaryen receiving a message from a rival Dothraki Khal, or Tyrion making his way into the politics of King’s Landing, or even Theon Greyjoy’s trip to the Iron Islands, the episode seemed to show the first open moves toward the clash of kings.
“Everything In Its Right Place” was a rare non-cryptic title for an episode of Fringe about Agent Lincoln Lee defining his place in the world, something that was ultimately made possible because of the death of Captain Lee (alt-Lincoln), an event that struck Fauxlivia, but also opened a new door for her.
It’s evaluation time! The TGS crew are reflecting on their hard work, their dreams for the future and their plans to better themselves. 30 Rock delivers an episode that felt like old times. No worries, no over-the-top stories, not even a big guest star returning, just good old fun.
About a year ago, The New York Times published an utterly dismissive review of HBO’s Game of Thrones written by Ginia Bellafante, a female writer who, among other things, found the series lacking any appeal for women. Following the success of the show and, perhaps, the relative backlash generated by the article—including from female fans and writers—the Times’ review this year is clearly less disdainful, but is not quite conciliatory. Written by Neil Genzlinger, the review shares the same categorization of the typical audience of the show, the “Dungeons & Dragons types.” Even if at this point in the series that is a sweeping generalization, I believe it might be a sign of troubles to come.
