With May sweeps in full bloom, there have been a number of finales peppered around the Big 4 the past week and last night was no exception. However, as Blue Bloods (1.3/5) ended its fifth season on Friday, there was also a debut on the primetime landscape too with ABC's Beyond The Tank (1.5/6) at 9 PM. Once again, the…

It was a night of endings, beginnings and a dip in primetime TV usage on Friday. With the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs as competition and a 4% slip among adults 18-49 in overall usage from last week, there was also a bit of some things remaining the same with ABC topping the night among adults 18-49 for the…

EXCLUSIVE: Skins and Gossip Girl actress Sofia Black-D’Elia has been cast opposite Jack Huston, Morgan Freeman, and Toby Kebbell in Ben-Hur, which Timur Bekmambetov is directing for MGM and Paramount Pictures. The historical epic chronicles the blood feud between Judah Ben-Hur (Huston) and Messala that erupts when…

The CW describes its midseason apocalyptic drama The Messengers thusly: When a mysterious object plummets to Earth, the blinding explosion it causes sends out a shock wave that instantly connects five strangers who awaken after the pulse with extraordinary gifts they can barely believe. Most mysterious of all is a figu…

CW’s Tuesday will be a comic-book-themed night in midseason when Rob Thomas‘ iZombie makes its debut March 17 following breakout freshman The Flash at 8 PM. iZombie will displace veteran Supernatural, which will be on the move yet again, to the post-Arrow Wednesday 9 PM slot starting March 18, following the…

Ashley Hinshaw has been tapped for an arc on the upcoming second season of HBO's True Detective, which revolves around three police officers (Colin Farrell, Taylor Kitsch, Rachel McAdams) and a career criminal (Vince Vaughn) who must navigate a web of conspiracy in the aftermath of a murder. She’ll play a troubled…

Adam Campbell (Mixology) has been tapped for a recurring guest arc in NBC comedy series Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, from Tina Fey and Robert Carlock. It stars Ellie Kemper as the wide-eyed Kimmy who, after 15 years of living in a cult, decides it's time to reclaim her life and heads to New York. Campbell, repped by ICM…

Married acting duo Patrick Fischler and Lauren Bowles have booked recurring series gigs — Lost and Mad Men alum Fischler is joining Showtime dramedy Shameless, and Bowles, who is wrapping her series regular role on True Blood, has boarded new CW drama The Messengers. Fischler, repped by Abrams and Main Title, will…

After guest-starring in the pilot, Craig Frank (Mixology) has been promoted to a series regular in CW’s thriller The Messengers, from writer/co-exec producer Eoghan O'Donnell and exec producer Basil Iwanyk. In it, when a mysterious object crashes down to earth, a group of seemingly unconnected strangers die from the…

The CW split its new series orders between sister studios Warner Bros TV and CBS TV Studios, with two pickups for each. That includes DC Comics-themed The Flash, from Greg Berlanti and Andrew Kreisberg, and iZombie, from Rob Thomas and Diane Ruggiero, produced by Warner Bros TV, and soap Jane The Virgin, from  Jennie…

Tracey Ullman (The Tracey Ullman Show) has signed on to CBS' single-camera comedy pilot Good Session, opposite James Roday and Rich Sommer. Written by John Hamburg and Matt Miller and directed by Hamburg, the project revolves around a happy couple, Joel (Roday) and Lindsay (TBD), who go to a therapist to help them…

Diogo Morgado, who portrays Jesus in the feature Son Of God and its predecessor, miniseries The Bible, will be playing another kind of messenger in a CW pilot. Morgado has been cast as one of the leads in ensemble drama The Messengers, from writer/co-exec producer Eoghan O’Donnell and exec producer Basil Iwanyk. In…