After four seasons, Laura Linney bids farewell to Cathy Jamison, her alter ego for 40 episodes on Showtime's The Big C, which over the course of its run put the spotlight on the courageous struggles of those who have faced cancer and the loved ones sharing in the journey.
The final Sunday of the 2012-13 TV season brought an easy win for ABC, driven by a boosted Billboard Music Awards. With Fast National returns giving the show a 3.6 rating among adults 18-49 before time zone adjustments, its up 33 percent from last year's finals (2.7 adults. The three-hour show, put on by The Hollywood Reporter sister publication, also averaged 9.5 million viewers. Adding in a new America's Funniest Home Videos (up three tenths to a 1.8 adults), ABC averaged a 3.1 rating with adults 18-49 and 8.9 million viewers.
From Dexter executive producer Daniel Cerone, Motive doesn't focus on the search for the suspect. Instead, the beginning of each episode identifies the victim and the killer, with the question of why the crime was even committed serving as the main mystery.
Leading the way is Detective Angie Flynn (Kristin Lehman), a single mother and proven asset to the department, along with her partner Detective Oscar Vega (Louis Ferreira). The team also includes quirky medical examiner Dr. Betty Rogers (Lauren Holly), Staff Sergeant Boyd Bloom (Roger Cross) and rookie Detective Brian Lucas (Brendan Penny).
"It's just a simple change that makes it completely different," Holly, best known as Jenny Shepard on NCIS, tells The Hollywood Reporter. "It's almost amazing that it's not done all the time, but I'd like to think that it's almost a little old school. It reminds me of a show like Columbo."
After a year of growth, Felicia Day's Geek & Sundry is expanding.
Day's YouTube channel is launching its own talent incubator with the Multi-Channel Network, which launches Monday, May 20, with eight personalities. The Geek & Sundry Vlogs Channel will focus on supporting 20 vloggers with Day and producer Jenni Powell serving as mentors. Each vlogger will receive support from Geek & Sundry and a per-video stipend.
MTV’s hit drama returns this summer for its third season, bringing a whole new cast of characters along with it. Picking up four months after the event of season two’s shocking finale – in which Jackson was transformed into a werewolf and Peter Hale was resurrected from the grave – the season three premiere finds Scott McCall, Stiles, Lydia and Allison beginning their junior year of high school, blissfully unaware of the dangers lurking right around the corner.
The next Star Wars installment won't hit theaters until 2015, but a new animated television series is headed to the small screen next year.
Disney has greenlighted Star Wars Rebels, which will launch in fall 2014 as a one-hour special on Disney Channel before debuting as a full-fledged TV series on Disney XD, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. Production has already begun.
[Warning: spoilers ahead for Sunday’s episode of Game of Thrones, “Second Sons”]
The Lannisters sure know how to throw a wedding.
Tyrion (Peter Dinklage) and Sansa's (Sophie Turner) big day included threats of rape, promises of murder and talk of impregnating the poor 14-year-old bride. This all set the stage for Tyrion to risk his life by directing one amazing zinger at Joffrey (Jack Gleeson). But first, the background.
Host Ben Affleck and musical guest Kanye West closed out another season of Saturday Night Live this weekend. The episode did not come near the season highs reached with Justin Timberlake in March, it was on par with last year's ender.
Ben Affleck used his Saturday Night Live opening monologue to tackle his other big live TV moment of the year.
During his acceptance speech for Argo's best picture win, Affleck left viewers scratching their heads when he thanked wife Jennifer Garner by waxing philosophical about how much "work" their marriage is.
ABC topped the last Friday of the 2012-13 season with an average 1.5 rating among adults 18-49 and 5.7 million viewers. Back-to-back episodes of Shark Tank earned 1.2 and 1.9 ratings in the key demo, with the 9 p.m. season finale up a tenth of a point from last week and 19 percent from last year's closer. 20/20 (1.5 adults) dropped two tenths of a point at 10 p.m.
