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André Braugher has joined Universal-Annapurna-Plan B’s feature adaptation of New York Times bestseller She Said about Pulitzer Prize winners Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey’s investigative journalism into movie mogul Harvey Weinstein’s history of sexual assault, which led to his conviction. The Brooklyn Nine Nine star…

The Oscar-nominated 2002 animated feature Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron begat the Emmy-winning 2017 Netflix cartoon series Spirit: Riding Free, which now has begotten the animated feature Spirit Untamed. DreamWorks has a way of maximizing potential of its various properties by turning them into franchises one way…

André Braugher has been cast opposite the previously announced Debra Messing in the Roundabout Theatre Company’s upcoming Broadway production of Noah Haidle’s play Birthday Candles. Also newly announced for the production Enrico Colantoni (Veronica Mars, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood) in his Broadway debut…

“On the streets of the city, there are those who commit crimes and there are those who stop them.” Sounds like the serious, sober opening for a Dick Wolf police procedural, right? No, NBC marketers would tell you, but thanks for playing our game. Ripped from the headlines — or, rather, the opening titles of a Law & Ord…

Detective Jake Peralta (Andy Samberg) of Brooklyn Nine-Nine is finally living out his dreams of becoming an action hero. In one of the new trailers for the sixth season of the Fox-turned-NBC comedy, Peralta goes full John McClane to save the day…sort of. The new trailer is one of three that will debut today — with one…

It’s the end of the road at Fox for Brooklyn Nine-Nine, the network’s cult cop comedy starring Andy Samberg and Andre Braugher, which was the only remaining Fox comedy series from an outside studio, Universal TV. Brooklyn Nine-Nine also was the highest-rated live-action comedy series on Fox this season with a 1.3…

It was quite a sterling moment, indeed, for This Is Us star Sterling K. Brown, as he accepted his second consecutive Emmy tonight at the Microsoft Theater. Following his breakout turn as attorney Christopher Darden—Marcia Clark’s right-hand man—in Ryan Murphy’s The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story, Brown…

Andy Samberg and the gang in Brooklyn’s 99th Precinct will be back. Fox has picked up a fifth season of its Golden Globe-winning comedy series Brooklyn Nine-Nine. The show, which is coming off its best-reviewed season, has been a good utility player and was expected to return. The renewal leaves veteran comedy New Girl…

This is one category for Emmy lead actors that seems to draw a lot of repeat contenders, and that is true again this year for the likes of Don Cheadle, Louis C.K., Matt LeBlanc and William H. Macy, who all are back to try for a first win. That task just got a bit easier because shockingly missing from the list is The B…

The Primetime Emmys showed substantial progress this year in recognizing African-American thesps, who received 18 nominations across all acting categories — easily eclipsing last year’s record high of 11 noms. The best actress, drama category set a first-time record with two African-American nominees: Viola Davis from…

The following are short interviews from AwardsLine’s dialogue section. Kerry Washington is nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for ABC’s Scandal. She also was nominated last year.   AWARDSLINE: Scandal has crushed it social media-wise. How important has Twitter been to its success? KERRY WASHINGTO…

Schedule changes and lack of certain Primetime Emmy noms doesn’t keep Brooklyn Nine-Nine down. Co-creators Mike Schur and Dan Goor, EP David Miner, and the cast gathered on the CBS Radford lot today to give the TCA corps a look at their urban work environment and provide some insight into Season 2. With Brooklyn now…