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EXCLUSIVE: ICM Partners has signed Danielle Campbell, who currently stars as Kayla Powell on the CBS All Access thriller, Tell Me A Story. The Chicago native first broke out on TV with a five episode-guest starring role on Fox’s Prison Break and soon followed with a starring role in the Walt Disney feature Prom. On CW…

There was a lot of love and bookending for the end of The Originals (0.3/1) last night as The Vampire Diaries spinoff closed out five seasons with a bit of bite. Matching its ratings result among adults 18-49 of last week, the New Orleans-set supernatural show pulled off the increasingly rare feat of being even with…

SPOILER ALERT: This post contains details from tonight’s episode of The Originals. The time has come. The Originals has bitten its last neck, howled at its last full moon and cast its last spell. Wednesday night marked the series finale of the popular supernatural Vampire Diaries spin-off series and there definitely…

Facing a lot of encores on the rest of the Big 4 and the CW last night, Fox was served up another Wednesday primetime ratings victory by Gordon Ramsay. Both MasterChef (0.9/4) and the second week of Gordon Ramsay's 24 Hours to Hell and Back (1.0/4) were down a tenth from their June 13 airings. However, the simmer…

The beginning of the NBA Finals tonight on ABC and the fourth consecutive face-off between the Golden State Warriors and the Cleveland Cavaliers will undoubtedly dominate the Big 4 but last night belonged to another warrior. The highest rated and third most watched (5.35 million) show of an Empire-less Wednesday, Ameri…

A special Wednesday The Voice (1.4, 8.24M) gave Empire (1.7, 5.32M) and Survivor (1.6, 7.70M) a run for their ratings, and landed in the No. 1 spot for the night in total viewers, propelling NBC’s  nightly win in that metric. Fox’s Empire maintained its rule over the demo. Basking in the Voice lead-in boost, Law & Orde…

After Life Sentence hit another Live+same day low this week, the CW has decided to move the dramedy to Fridays, a move the network also recently applied to Life Sentence‘s predecessor in the post-Riverdale Wednesday 9 PM slot, Dynasty. The Originals, originally slated to return on April 20 and air its final season on…

The Vampire Diaries and The Originals showrunner Julie Plec, the CW and Warner Bros. TV are firming up their plans for a potential new series in The Vampire Diaries/The Originals universe centered around the character of Hope Mikaelson, the tribrid daughter of Niklaus Mikaelson and Hayley Marshall-Kenner. TVD/The Origi…

The CW has firmed up its schedule for the rest of the 2017-18 season, slating new comedy Life Sentence and returning dramas iZombie, The 100 and the final season of The Originals. The announcement was made at the top of the CW’s TCA presentation today. As part of the plans, the Dynasty reboot, which has performed…

Film and television production in Georgia has ground to a halt as Hurricane Irma continues to wreak havoc on the state, where the governor has expanded Sunday's state of emergency to include all 159 counties. Production on AMC's The Walking Dead and two of Marvel's features shooting at Pinewood Studios – Avengers 4…

The CW president Mark Pedowitz said today that even though The Originals is ending next season, there are early talks with creator Julie Plec about a spinoff series, one that would center around the character of Hope Mikaelson, the tribrid daughter of Niklaus Mikaelson and Hayley Marshall-Kenner. “There’s been many…

Just after confirming that the upcoming season of The Originals will be the last, creator-showrunner Julie Plec and cast members hit the Comic Con stage one final time and gifted fans with a first look at what’s to come in Season 5. The video begins with a recap of events from previous seasons, which includes…