Ross Partridge has been cast opposite Winona Ryder in Netflix’s supernatural period drama Stranger Things. Described as a love letter to the '80s classics that captivated a generation, Stranger Things is set in 1980 Indiana, where a young boy vanishes into thin air. As friends, family and local police search for…

Stephanie Sigman (Spectre) has booked a recurring role in the second season of ABC drama series American Crime. She’ll play Monica Ava, an administrator at an Indianapolis public school whose loyalties and values are put into conflict as she's faced with systemic bias within the school system. Sigman joins returning…

Nothing says season finale like a wedding, a reunion, a bomb and a helicopter. Hawaii Five-O had all that and more last night. Wrapping up its fifth cycle and with no official word on if it's coming back, the 50th state cop show went large with a double shot – and it was on target, kind of. In its regular slot of 9…

There was no NCAA Tournament on last night but the first night of Passover and Good Friday saw CBS score nonetheless. On a primetime where adults 18-49 usage was down 5% from last week, the network took the top spot in both the key demo with a 1.2/5 rating and in total viewers with 8.579 million watching. Dipping 7%…

There were good deeds and gifted programs on ABC's comedies last night and some nice upticks too. Last Man Standing (1.3/4) and Cristela (1.0/4) were up 8% and 11% respectively among adults 18-49. A welcome change from the even and the drop the former and the latter were hit with on February 20 from the week before. LS…

The broadcast scripted series kicked off their return to originals after a holiday break last night with CBS Friday dramas Hawaii Five-0 (1.4 in adults 18-49) and Blue Bloods (1.4) leading the way. Both were up double digits from their most recent originals on December 12: Hawaii was 27% higher, while Blue Bloods…

On a relatively quiet primetime, Friday remarkably saw no holiday specials and a number of declines and dips for regular scheduled programming. The exception to that trend was NBC's fantasy dramas. With a lead-in of Dateline (1.3/5), which was even with its last original, Grimm (1.3/4) had an 8% rise. That result is…

It was a Friday of drama, comedy and reality and at least right off the bat, comedy and reality tied – at least one unscripted show that is. Back for a fourth season, Last Man Standing (1.2/5) kicked off ABC's Friday with a time slot dead heat victory. While down 20% among adults 18-49 from its half-hour Season 3…

Greg Ellis has been tapped for a multi-episode arc on Season 5 of CBS' Hawaii Five-O. Ellis will play an antique book shop owner who Jerry (Jorge Garcia) believes is running a major counterfeiting money operation on O'ahu. Ellis, repped by Jane Berliner at Authentic, appeared as Lt. Commander Groves in the Pirates Of T…

In a case that had as many ups and downs as the tide off the coast of the 50th state, CBS and the estate of Hawaii Five-0 creator Leonard Freeman were handed a victory today in the $100 million lawsuit by talent agent George Litto. "The Court grants judgment in favor of CBS and the Freeman Parties with respect to the…

The third Friday of this year's May Sweep brought no shortage of finales on CBS. In fact the most watched network of the night (9.29 million) was nothing but finales as Unforgettable (0.8/4), Hawaii Five-0 (1.3/4) and Blue Bloods (1.4/5) all wrapped up their latest seasons. The big winner was the Season 4 end of the…

EXCLUSIVE: Hawaii Five-0 showrunner Peter Lenkov has signed a new overall deal with CBS Television Studios, the studio behind the CBS crime drama. Under the two-year pact, he will continue as executive producer/showrunner on the Hawaii Five-0 reboot, which he developed and co-wrote with Alex Kurtzman and Bob Orci and…