From soap star to DC Comics character. Jeff Branson (ex-Ronan Malloy, “The Young and the Restless”) has landed the recurring role of Master Jailer on CBS prime time series Supergirl.
Love and the dangerous world of drug trafficking intertwine in Telemundo’s newest telenovela, “La Querida del Centauro,” premiering January 12 at 10p.
It’s “Big Brother”, Telemundo style. The great sociological experiment known as “Gran Hermano” begins Sunday, January 10 at 8p, when host Giselle Blondet introduces the 14 housemates selected to live under one roof with more than 40 cameras and 90 microphones recording their every move — 24 hours a day for three months.
During the network’s portion of the Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour this morning, BET announced it has picked up a fourth season of its hit series “Being Mary Jane,” starring Gabrielle Union.
“All My Children’s” Alicia Minshew (ex-Kendall Hart) is heading to prime time. The actress has landed a starring role in the pilot “Holiday Shelter,” which begins filming January 11 in White Plains, NY.
Actor Michael Weatherly (ex-Cooper Alden, “Loving”) will be departing “NCIS” at the end of this season, the actor and CBS confirmed today. Weatherly, who is only one of four original actors to have appeared in all of the show’s near 300 episodes to date, portrays the widely popular Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo on the series.
“The Meredith Vieira Show” will conclude its two season run in May, host and executive producer Meredith Vieira announced today of her NBCUniversal Domestic Television Distribution based talk show. “I am so sorry to see our show come to an end after this season, but I am also incredibly proud of the work our staff has done and forever grateful to our supportive viewers,” she said in a statement. “We promise to spend our final weeks producing the best broadcast we know how. And have a blast doing so!”
Now that all the holiday festivities and an extended vacation period are over for millions across the land with the work week that begins tomorrow, why not prepare for the next wave of great television by taking an early sneak peek at Showtime’s new drama, “Billions”? Hey, you might even spot former “Days of our Lives” actor Daniel Cosgrove (ex-Aiden Jennings) in what looks to be a major story arc!
Although they played brother and sister on “One Life to Live,” actors Jessica Morris (ex-Jennifer Rappaport) and Jason-Shane Scott (ex-Will Rappaport) are anything but when they star in tonight’s premiere of “The Wrong Roommate” on LMN airing at 8:00 PM, ET.
Ben Higgins is the man looking for love when “The Bachelor” debuts on Monday, January 4 at 8:00 PM, ET/7:00 PM, CT. What can viewers expect from the show’s milestone 20th season? Higgins weighs in on the mind-blowing experience — from prepping for the gig, to his incredible pool of bachelorettes, to night one’s “Twilight Zone” moment.
