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SPOILER ALERT: The story includes details about Thursday’s series finale of iZombie on the CW. The CW’s iZombie on Thursday tied up several loose ends with a surprisingly happy bow in its finale last night, when the series created by Diane Ruggiero-White and Rob Thomas and starring Rose IcIver wrapped its five-season…

The CW’s The Lost Boys pilot did not make the cut to series in May but the network kept the project alive, ordering a retooled pilot. “The writer, Heather Mitchell, is doing a rewrite on the script right now, we have gotten through the notes process,” the project’s executive producer Rob Thomas told Deadline at TCA on…

For a show that only aired for three seasons, Veronica Mars has had a remarkable staying power. Seven years after the drama starring Kristen Bell ended its three-season run on UPN and the CW, it was brought back as a feature with the help of fans via crowdfunding. Five years later, a fourth season was released on Hulu…

The “Marshmallows” came out to a packed Paramount Theatre for a conversation with Veronica Mars creator Rob Thomas and cast members Enrico Colantoni, Jason Dohring and Percy Daggs III.  But before they stepped out on to the stage to talk about the revival on Hulu (all eight episodes will drop July 26 while Thomas…

EXCLUSIVE: The eighth season of the ATX Television Festival continues to add to its extensive slate of programming with a reunion of the FX comedy The League. The fest, which takes place in Austin June 6-9, also announced guests for the previously announced panel for Hulu’s Veronica Mars as well as the closing night…

Fans of Veronica Mars — or “marshmallows” as they are affectionately called — are chomping at the bit for Hulu’s upcoming revival of the popular series which ran three seasons in the mid-’00s. But while they wait for season four to make it’s way to the streaming platform, the cast is keeping fans satisfied with photos…

Some familiar faces will be joining Kristen Bell in Hulu’s upcoming Veronica Mars revival with series alums Jason Dohring (Logan), Francis Capra (Weevil), Percy Daggs III (Wallace) and David Starzyk (Richard Casablancas) all returning for the eight-episode series. “Here's who we have booked for the #VeronicaMars…

ABC has given a script commitment with penalty to a half-hour single-camera comedy starring comedian Trae Crowder, known for his stage persona the Liberal Redneck. Inspired by Crowder's life, the project hails from Warner Bros. TV and Rob Thomas' studio-based Spondoolie Productions. The untitled Trae Crowder Project…

The CW has put in development Criminal Magic, an hourlong drama from iZombie writer Graham Norris, creator/executive producer Rob Thomas and executive producers Danielle Stokdyk and Dan Etheridge. Written/executive produced by Norris based on the novel A Criminal Magic by Lee Kelly, Criminal Magic is described as The D…

EXCLUSIVE: As the CW is preparing to bid farewell to The Vampire Diaries, the network is eyeing a successor — another vampire drama based on a well-known property from a top TV creator. The CW has landed The Lost Boys, a series adaptation of the iconic 1987 Warner Bros horror comedy movie, from Veronica Mars and iZombi…

iZombie creator Rob Thomas is backing two young writers on his sophomore series for a new genre drama project at the CW. Tempest, written by Graham Norris and Deirdre Mangan, centers on a young woman living in a utopian spaceship. When she finds out the ship is secretly powered by slaves, she becomes enmeshed…

iZombie co-creator/executive producer Rob Thomas has signed a two-year overall deal with Warner Bros. TV, the studio behind the midseason CW drama, which has been renewed for a second season. Under the pact, Thomas will continue to executive produce the quirky, comic book adaptation alongside fellow…