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Who plays Annie in Hallmark Channel’s new movie Debbie Macomber’s Joyful Mrs. Miracle? That’s Rachel Boston and here’s everything you need to know about her!

The 42-year-old actress, who got her big break on the NBC series American Dreams, has been making Hallmark movies for years.

You might also recognize Rachel from her roles in shows like Seal Team, Witches of East End, and Showtime’s Kidding. She also appeared in movies like 500 Days of Summer and Ghosts of Girlfriends Past.

So, what do you need to know about Rachel‘s personal life?

Keep reading to find out more…

Rachel is married to private chef Tolya Ashe and they share a daughter named Grace. Her bio on Hallmark’s website says, “When they’re not reading, learning and traveling together, they split their time between Tennessee and Los Angeles.”

While Rachel has shared some photos with Tolya over the years,...

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Agatha All Along is a dark fantasy comedy-drama series created by Jeff Schaffer. Based on the Marvel Comics characters of the same name, the Disney+ series serves as a spin-off to the WandaVision series it is set three years after the events of WandaVision and it follows the story of Agatha as she comes out of her mystical coma that Wanda put her in and now she is being hunted by a group of witches as she goes on an adventure to find the legendary Witches’ Road with the help of a goth teen and some other witches. Agatha All Along stars Kathryn Hahn in the lead role with Joe Locke, Debra Jo Rupp, Aubrey Plaza, Sasheer Zamata, and Ali Ahn starring in supporting roles. So, if you loved the fantastical elements, witchy vibes, and compelling characters in...

Much to the confusion of Tom Selleck fans everywhere, production company Awesomeness is developing a new TV show about vampires called — wait for it — Blue Bloods.

The series, which does not yet have a network attached, is based on Melissa De La Cruz’s best-selling Blue Bloods books, which are set in a version of New York City that is ruled by an elite group of immortal vampires, our sister site Deadline reports. Jacquie Walters is on board as writer and executive producer.

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Exclusive: Awesomeness has launched development on Blue Bloods (wt), a series adaptation of the best-selling same-name book series from Melissa de la Cruz, for which Jacquie Walters will serve as writer and executive producer.

Additional executive producers of the series will include Richard Abate and Katie Newman Krandel for 3 Arts Entertainment, Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Jeremy Bell, Sarah Jones and DJ Goldberg for The Gotham Group, and De La Cruz.

In the universe of Blue Bloods, New York City is secretly ruled by an elite class of immortal vampires. But when one of their own disappears, they are faced with an existential threat: an ancient and evil breed of vampire has returned. Amidst this chaos, 17-year-old Sky, the first half-human-half-vampire, faces her own challenges as a newcomer to the prestigious Duchesne Institute. Previously exiled from the Blue Bloods,...

Amazon Prime Video has ordered a drama series based on the comic book “El Gato Negro” by Richard Dominguez, Variety has learned.

The series, currently titled “El Gato,” will be shot in both English and Spanish. Diego Boneta is attached to star, with Eric Carrasco adapting the comic book for the screen.

“Sharing ‘El Gato’ with audiences around the world is a dream come true,” says Boneta. “This has been a passion of mine since I started Three Amigos. Eric Carrasco and the entire team have built a character and universe that honors the super hero genre and still feels completely epic and original. It is an absolute honor to play Frank and produce this with my amazing partners at Amazon, MGM, and all other producers on this epic story. Get ready for a wild ride.”

In the series, Boneta will star as Frank Guerrero. The official description states that...

Diego Boneta is set to lead the newly greenlit bilingual series El Gato (w/t), based on the comic book series El Gato Negro by Richard Dominguez. Production is anticipated to begin this spring in Mexico.

Boneta was previously attached to a project based on the same comic book titled El Gato Negro: Nocturnal Warrior from MGM Television and Mark Burnett in 2019 that stalled.

In El Gato, Boneta will play Frank Guerrero, the black sheep of his family, who finds himself at the center of a vast conspiracy when he discovers his father was the titular ‘70s vigilante. Frank, who returns home to Mexico after the death of his father and finds himself neck-deep in a nest of vipers – his estranged family – who are vying for control of his father’s business empire.

But Frank’s grief is interrupted when he learns his only inheritance,...

Who plays Jen in the Hallmark Channel movie Field Day? That’s Rachel Boston and here’s everything you need to know about her!

The 41-year-old actress, who got her big break on the NBC series American Dreams, has been making Hallmark movies for years.

You might also recognize Rachel from her roles in shows like Seal Team, Witches of East End, and Showtime’s Kidding. She also appeared in movies like 500 Days of Summer and Ghosts of Girlfriends Past.

So, what do you need to know about Rachel‘s personal life?

Keep reading to find out more…

Rachel is married to private chef Tolya Ashe and they share a daughter named Grace. Her bio on Hallmark’s website says, “When they’re not reading, learning and traveling together, they split their time between Tennessee and Los Angeles.”

While Rachel has shared some photos with Tolya over the years,...

Shawna Trpcic, the Emmy-nominated costume designer who worked on the Star Wars series The Mandalorian, The Book of Boba Fett and Ahsoka, has died. She was 56.

Trpcic died suddenly of an unknown cause in Palm Desert on Wednesday, her daughter, Sarah, told The Hollywood Reporter.

“Shawna was one of Hollywood’s pre-eminent science fiction costume designers — a creative force, a trusted collaborator and all-around delightful person for her friends and colleagues,” her rep Tim Kressman, an agent at Gersh, said. “She was a beloved member of the Star Wars/Lucasfilm family as well as the community of costume designers and the Costume Designers Guild.”

He added, “Shawna was a dear friend and a dream client to work with.”

Born on Oct. 18, 1966, in Artesia, California, Trpcic initially wanted to be a truck driver in high school, but she had an art teacher who inspired her to pursue being an artist. She...

Updated, 9:10 Am: The Atx TV Festival has announced some additions to its Season 12 lineup. Caitriona Balfe and Sophie Skelton will join creatives for the “Women of Outlander” panel. Also scheduled is “State of the Union: A Conversation with TV’s Leaders” panel featuring creative presidents from Paramount, Universal and NBCUniversal. Tony Gilroy of Disney+’s Andor will join writer Beau Willimon for a conversation about the series’ first season. Additional programming will include Fox’s HouseBroken, Prime Video’s The Ride, FX Networks Mayans M.C. and a “Leading Ladies of Prime Video” panel with Justina Machado, Emeraude Toubia and Gloria Calderón Kellett, among others.

Previous, April 23: The world premiere of FX’s Justified: City Primeval is among the events scheduled for Opening Night of Season 12 of the Atx TV Festival, which runs June 1-4 in Austin.

From showrunners/executive producers Dave Andron and Michael Dinner based on...

The Atx TV Festival has unveiled its full lineup for Season 12, featuring an array of TV show premieres, panels, and special guests, including a first-look panel with the cast and creatives from Outlander and a reunion retrospective with creatives to celebrate Dawson’s Creek‘s 25th anniversary. The Dawson’s Creek 25th Anniversary Screening and Conversation are slated to give fans a chance to relive the seminal pilot episode on the big screen, followed by a look back at the iconic teen drama with the creatives behind the series. Confirmed panelists include writers/producers Liz Tigelaar, Rina Mimoun, Gina Fattore, Anna Fricke, Maggie Friedman, and moderator Julie Plec, with additional panelists to be announced soon. In celebration of “World Outlander Day” on June 1, the festival’s Opening Day will feature a conversation with the cast ...

Atx TV Festival has announced several additions to its already-packed slate for the annual event being held in Austin, Texas.

Beginning on Thursday, June 1 and running through Sunday, June 4, the festival will host premiere screenings, Q&As, panel conversations and more, including a 25th Anniversary screening of Dawson’s Creek. The reunion’s confirmed panelists include writers/producers Liz Tigelaar (Tiny Beautiful Things, Little Fires Everywhere), Rina Mimoun (Mistresses, Everwood), Gina Fattore (Dare Me, Parenthood), Anna Fricke (Walker, Being Human), Maggie Friedman (Firefly Lane, Witches of East End) and moderator Julie Plec (The Vampire Diaries, The Originals), with additional panelists to be announced soon.

Exclusive: Bestselling author Melissa de la Cruz’s YA fantasy novel The Ring & The Crown is getting a series adaptation for Disney+ from 20th Television, The Gotham Group and 3 Arts Entertainment, along with Disney Branded Television.

Written by veteran showrunners Aaron Harberts and Gretchen J. Berg (Our Kind of People), the series, now in development, is set in an Arthurian world in which magic exists. It centers on Princess Marie-Victoria, the heir to the mightiest empire in the world, who is being forced into a political marriage, and her dear friend Aelwyn Myrddyn, the bastard daughter of Merlin, who is being forced into service of the crown. The Annual London Season is just beginning, and as noble families from across the globe are gathering to flaunt their wealth and magic at lavish parties, behind the scenes, Marie-Victoria, Aelwyn, and others are making moves to secure political power, true love,...

Jenna Dewan is currently appearing on ABC's The Rookie and The CW's Superman & Lois.

The beloved star will also be returning to Lifetime.

The cabler announced this week a two-picture deal with the entertainer to star in, and executive produce two new movies for Lifetime.

The projects are currently in development, and one will be a film for the for the network's annual It's a Wonderful Lifetime holiday movie slate.

Dewan previously starred in the series Witches of East End and highly rated movies She Made Them Do It and Fab Five: The Texas Cheerleader Scandal for the network.

Dewan will produce through her company, Everheart Production, alongside executive Kyle McNally.

"We are thrilled to have Jenna return to Lifetime's air, but even more so, we are excited to have her step into a Broader Focus behind-the- camera role to executive produce the projects," said Tanya Lopez, EVP Scripted Content,...

American Horror Stories‘ first season is ending where it all began.

Series creator Ryan Murphy on Tuesday confirmed that the anthology’s season finale (“Game Over”) will once again take us back to the iconic Murder House, where we’ll encounter some famous faces — including a few American Horror Story favorites.

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Jenna Dewan is stepping and clarifying that she wasn't "slamming" ex Channing Tatum during a recent interview.  On Monday, Aug. 2, The Resident actress spoke on the Dear Media podcast Dear Gabby about the postpartum struggles she experienced after giving birth to the couple's daughter, Everly, in 2013. Jenna, 40, said she resumed filming the show Witches of East End in Canada just weeks after giving birth. Her husband at the time, Channing "wasn't available" to join since he was working on another project elsewhere.  "And I had a lot of postpartum anxiety I would say," she said at one point. "It was like, I just never...

Netflix’s stroll down Firefly Lane will continue: The Katherine Heigl-Sarah Chalke drama has been renewed for a second season, to debut in 2022.

The series’ inaugural 10-episode season bowed in early February to mixed reviews.

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Based on the novel of the same name by bestselling author Kristin Hannah (who serves as co-executive producer on...

Is The Rookie heading for a wedding? Might A Million Little Things leave you screaming? Who is gone from Chicago Fire? Read on for answers to those questions plus teases from other shows.

Any news on whether The Rookie‘s Wopez wedding will be taking place this season, or is that something we’ll have to wait to see in Season 4? (And since we’re on the subject: How is it looking for a renewal?) — Lexie

As you have since gleaned from the finale promo, Angela and Wes’ wedding day is suddenly upon us in this Sunday’s finale, though...

Firefly Lane topped Nielsen’s U.S. streaming rankings for the week of February 1 to 7, with WandaVision recording its best week yet in terms of total viewing.

With 1.3 billion total minutes of viewing for its 10 episodes, Firefly Lane was the only title north of the 1 billion mark for the week. Based on the novel by Kristin Hannah, the drama stars Katherine Heigl and Sarah Chalke. It is created and executive produced by Maggie Friedman, who is known for shows like Witches of East End.

WandaVision, on Disney+, notched a series high with 589 million of viewing across five half-hour episodes. It was the lone non-Netflix entrant in the top 10. Because of the Disney release pattern, episodes have rolled out weekly after the first two appeared at the same time on January 15. As with The Mandalorian, the release strategy has allowed the Marvel show to gradually build audience and buzz. While it ranked No.

On the surface, the story and theoretical appeal of Netflix’s new drama Firefly Lane seem clear. It is a decades-spanning tale of female friendship, meant to inspire laughter and lunges for the tissue box in equal measure, as it follow two women who both envy and complete each other. And it puts together a pair of seasoned TV stars: Katherine Heigl as Tully, the glamorous and confident one, and Sarah Chalke as the more modest and meek Kate. Adapted by Maggie Friedman (Witches of East End) from the bestselling novel by Kristin Hannah,...

I’d love to say that I was wowed by Netflix’s series adaption of Kristin Hannah’s novel, Firefly Lane (dropping Wednesday, Feb. 3). Truth be told, I dive into every show that I’m tasked with reviewing hoping the same thing — to be dazzled, stunned, impressed.

I was none of those things. There was nothing there that we haven’t seen before, done smarter, more wittily and incisively, simply better.

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Netflix has released the first trailer for its series adaptation of “Firefly Lane,” starring Katherine Heigl and Sarah Chalke as lifelong best friends.

Based on the New York Times bestseller by Kristin Hannah, the 10-episode series tells the story of two inseparable best friends and their enduring, complicated bond, spanning four tumultuous decades. Here is the full series description:

The greatest love story of all can be between friends. When unlikely duo Tully (Katherine Heigl) and Kate (Sarah Chalke) meet at age fourteen, they couldn’t be more different. Tully is the brash and bold girl you can’t ignore, while Kate is the mousy shy girl you never notice. But when a tragedy brings them together, they are bonded for life — forever inseparable best friends. Together they experience thirty years of ups and downs — triumphs and disappointments, heartbreak and joy, and a love triangle that strains their friendship. One...

If you’ve spent any time at all in Stars Hollow, the plot of Netflix’s new series Ginny & Georgia might sound kind of familiar.

The streamer released a series of first-look photos for the hour-long dramedy on Thursday, along with a premiere date: The 10-episode freshman season will debut Wednesday, Feb. 24. Ginny & Georgia stars Antonia Gentry (Raising Dion) as Ginny, an awkward 15-year-old girl who often feels outshined by her vivacious 30-year-old mom Georgia, played by Brianna Howey (Batwoman, The Exorcist). Do you hear that, too, Gilmore Girls fans? Yep, we’re definitely sensing some Lorelai-and-Rory vibes here.

Exclusive: New York Times bestselling author Melissa de la Cruz (Disney’s The Descendants series) has again teamed with Brad Krevoy’s Motion Picture Company of America to adapt The Thirteenth Fairy, the first installment in her The Chronicles of Never After middle-grade series, into a television movie.

The Thirteenth Fairy was published earlier this month by Macmillan to rave reviews. It tells the story of middle schooler Filomena Jefferson-Cho after she is followed home one day by Jack Stalker, the hero from her favorite book series, and magically slips into the fictional world she’s spent so long daydreaming about. A world of evil fairies and beautiful princesses, sorcerers and slayers, and lurking evil, Filomena must find the truth behind the fairytales and set the world back to rights before the cycle of sleep and destruction begins once more.

De la Cruz and Mpca are currently working on Christmas...

Katherine Heigl and Sarah Chalke are wigging out in the latest teaser trailer for their decades-spanning new Netflix drama Firefly Lane.

Based on the novel of the same name by bestselling author Kristin Hannah (who serves as co-executive producer on the 10-episode series), Firefly Lane — which will premiere Feb. 3 — proposes that “the greatest love story of all can be between friends.”

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“When unlikely duo Tully (played...

Exclusive: TNT’s Animal Kingdom has added Anthony Konechny to the cast in a recurring role.

Konechny, who has acted in Supergirl, Witches of East End and Fifty Shades of Grey, will appear in the show’s fifth season as a younger version of Denis Leary’s Billy.

Carla Frankenbach will write Animal Kingdom season 5, with Loren Yaconelli set to direct. John Wells, Daniele Nathanson, Erin Jontow, David Michod and Liz Watts executive produce the upcoming TNT drama season.

Konechny’s additional credits include Almost Human, 2 Hearts, Noelle and X-Men: Apocalypse. He is repped by Robert Stein Management/Global Artists in US; and Play in Canada.

Teenage besties stay by each other’s side over the course of decades, and even during the darkest hours, in the first teaser trailer for Netflix’s Firefly Lane adaptation starring Katherine Heigl and Sarah Chalke.

Three first photos were also release on Wednesday morning, featured below.

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Based on the novel of the same name by bestselling author Kristin Hannah (who serves as co-executive producer on the 10-episode series...

For Seal Team‘s deployment to J-Bad, Bravo 6 pulled double duty, as cast member Max Thieriot also stepped behind the camera to direct his first episode of the CBS drama.

Having years ago helmed an episode of Bates Motel (where he played Norman’s half-brother Dylan), Thieriot tells TVLine that doing same for Seal Team was something he discussed when first enlisting with the high-octane drama. “Finally, the opportunity came up this season,” he shares. “They were like, ‘Hey you got [Episode] No. 17,’ and I was like, ‘Ok!’

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Seal Team‘s Sonny is about to be dealt a blow after nearly trading blows with a poser at a posh bar, as seen in this exclusive sneak peek.

When last we tuned in, Sonny (played by Aj Buckley) and Full Metal (and apparently also Trent!) had unexpectedly turned up at the bar where Clay was hanging out with Rebecca and some D.C. biggish-wigs. When Sonny caught wind that some pretty boy was regaling ladies with his faux Seal status, he did what Clay wouldn’t and entrapped the bro in his lies. Verbal push then came to shove,...

IMDb TV, the free, ad-supported streaming service owned by Amazon, has acquired rights to more than 20 scripted TV titles controlled by Disney’s Direct-to-Consumer & International division.

The roster of shows whose free streaming rights are going to IMDb includes Desperate Housewives, My So-Called Life, White Collar and The Glades, among many others. In the coming months, Lost, Malcolm in the Middle and Ally McBeal will start streaming on IMDb, with Lost and Malcolm having the Amazon platform as their exclusive free streaming home.

In conjunction with the 10th anniversary of the Lost finale on ABC, all 121 episodes of Lost will start streaming on May 1. All 112 episodes of Ally McBeal will be available on April 1 and all 151 episodes of Malcolm in the Middle will hit the platform on June 1.

The other titles heading to IMDb TV in the deal are Army Wives, Boston Legal, Graceland, L.A. Law, Legends, Lie to Me,...

Exclusive: Rachel Boston and Tim Chiou (iZombie) are set for recurring roles on the third season of CBS’ military drama series Seal Team.

Starring David Boreanaz, Seal Team follows the professional and personal lives of the most elite unit of Navy SEALs as they train, plan and execute the most dangerous missions that our country can ask of them.

Boston plays Hannah, Sonny’s (Aj Buckley) childhood best friend. Confident and quick-witted, she inspires Sonny to face his past and right old wrongs.

Chiou will portray Michael ‘Dirty Mike’ Chen, a seasoned, hard-charging Seal Team operator who loves the life of a warfighter. Independent and resistant to society’s norms, he is a bit of a wildcard who pushes Bravo Team’s buttons.

In addition to Boreanaz and Buckley, Max Thieriot, Neil Brown Jr., Toni Trucks, Jessica Paré and Judd Lormand also star.

Spencer Hudnut,...

Exclusive: New York Times bestselling author Melissa de la Cruz, has signed a second writing and producing deal with Brad Krevoy’s Motion Picture Company of America for two Hallmark Channel Christmas movies to air in 2020.

Christmas in Angel Falls 3, with Rachel Boston and Paul Greene reprising their roles, will continue the story of an angel who falls in love with a mortal and gives up her wings. Christmas at Mansfield Park is the third of de la Cruz’s Jane Austen-themed Christmas movies.

De la Cruz and Mpca previously worked on four Christmas movies for the Hallmark Channel including Christmas in Angel Falls, Angel Falls: A Novel Holiday, Pride and Prejudice and Mistletoe (based on de la Cruz’s novel published by St. Martin’s Press) and Sense, Sensibility and Snowmen.

Mpca has also optioned and is developing de...

Netflix is almost ready to push play on Soundtrack. The streaming service on Tuesday released the first trailer for its upcoming musical drama, which “looks at the love stories connecting a diverse, disparate group of people in contemporary Los Angeles through the music that lives inside their hearts and minds,” according to the show’s official logline.

Some of those hopeless romantics include characters played by Callie Hernandez (Graves), Paul James (The Path), Jenna Dewan (Witches of East End), Campbell Scott (House of Cards) and Madeleine Stowe (Revenge). The series was created by Josh Safran (Gossip Girl, Smash).

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It certainly takes two to tango — and Jenna Dewan will help them get acquainted.

Dewan has been tapped to host Flirty Dancing, an upcoming dating series at Fox, TVLine has learned.

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The Queen in the North just can’t escape winter, it seems.

Game of Thrones‘ Sophie Turner will play a passenger involved in a plane crash on a snowy mountain in Survive, Quibi announced Monday.

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The newly greenlit thriller also will star Corey Hawkins (24: Legacy, Straight Outta Compton) as Paul, who also is on the...

1975: Ryan's Hope's Jack visited Sister Mary Joel.

1984: Santa Barbara's Jade ran into David Hasselhoff.

1986: Another World's Reginald had a fire started to stop a story.

2003: The Young and the Restless' John punched Victor."History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into different and unexpected images."

― Anselm Kiefer

"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.

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1941: On radio soap opera Life Can Be Beautiful, "Chichi" Conrad (Alice Reinheart) coped with heartbreaking news.

1967: CBS aired the first color broadcast of The Secret Storm.

1972: The Edge of Night began airing at 2:30 p.m. Et, moving from its usual 3:30 p.

Sarah Chalke is scrubbing in as Katherine Heigl’s Bff.

The Scrubs/Roseanne vet has been tapped as the co-lead in Firefly Lane, Netflix’s 10-episode series adaptation of Kristin Hannah’s best-selling book, TVLine has learned.

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Firefly Lane centers on two inseparable best friends — legendary talk show host Tully (Heigl) and the awkward and shy Kate (Chalke) — and tracks their enduring, complicated bond...

Former “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Suits” star Katherine Heigl has been cast as one of the leads in Netflix’s upcoming series adaptation of Kristin Hannah’s novel “Firefly Lane.”

Heigl will play the role of Tully Hart, who is described as a magnetic, ambitious and fiercely loyal woman. The show revolves around Tully and Kate, who meet as young girls and become inseparable best friends through 30 years of ups and downs, successes and failures, depression and disappointments. However, when an unthinkable betrayal breaks them apart, the pair goes their separate ways and it’s unclear whether they will ever be able to reconcile.

The actress is also coming on board as an executive producer, alongside Stephanie Germain and Lee Rose. Maggie Friedman will write, showrun and executive produce the 10-episode series. Original author Hannah serves as a co-executive producer. Friedman was previously a writer-producer on “Dawson’s Creek,” “Witches of East End,...

Katherine Heigl is headed to Netflix by way of Firefly Lane. The Grey’s Anatomy vet has signed on to star in and exec-produce Netflix’s 10-episode series adaptation of Kristin Hannah’s best-selling book, TVLine has learned exclusively.

Firefly Lane centers on two inseparable best friends and tracks their enduring, complicated bond over the course of four decades.

Heigl, who is currently wrapping up a two-season stint on USA Network’s soon-to-include Suits, will play Tully Hart, a magnetic, ambitious, reckless and fiercely loyal force of nature. Still bearing the scars of a traumatic childhood, Tully is, per the official character description,...

1983: Gh's Robert & Holly made love.

1984: Dynasty's Fallon crashed her car.

1985: Days' Marlena met the new chief of police.

2006: Atwt's Luke Snyder came out to his parents."History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into d ifferent and unexpected images."

― Anselm Kiefer

"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.

On this date in...

1969: On Another World, Liz Matthews (Audra Lindley) left Bay City. Lindley, who took over the role as Liz on Another World's second episode, was leaving the show after 5 years. She returned on June 20th for one final appearance. Lindley would go on to star as Mrs. Roper in the hit ABC sitcom Three's Company.

After bringing in more than $365 million at the worldwide box office, it's no surprise that New Line Cinema is developing a sequel to The Nun, and it's being reported that Akela Cooper will write the screenplay.

Deadline reports that Cooper will write The Nun sequel for New Line. Since her first TV writing credit in 2012, Cooper has already become a notable scribe in the horror and sci-fi genres, writing for the TV series Grimm, Witches of East End, The 100, and American Horror Story, with a co-writing credit on 2018's haunted attraction horror film Hell Fest.

Plot details for The Nun sequel have yet to be revealed. Set in Romania circa 1952, the first film explored how the demon Valak—a supernatural nemesis of paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren—crossed over into our world and haunted a group of nuns living in an ancient monastery.

Gary Dauberman, writer of four...

The Case of the Estranged Father has been solved at The CW: The network’s Nancy Drew pilot has tapped Freddie Prinze Jr. to play Nancy’s dad, TVLine has learned.

Based on Carolyn Keene’s beloved novels, the potential drama series follows 18-year-old Nancy (newcomer Kennedy McMann) during the summer after her high school graduation. Though Nancy thought she’d be leaving her hometown for college, a family tragedy holds her back another year, and she finds herself embroiled in a ghostly murder investigation that unearths dark secrets.

Prinze Jr. will co-star as Carson Drew, a dynamic attorney...

Netflix has given a 10-episode series order to an adaptation of the novel “Firefly Lane” by author Kristin Hannah.

The series centers on Kate and Tully, best friends who meet as young girls and become inseparable throughout 30 years of ups and downs, successes and failures, depression and disappointments. When an unthinkable betrayal breaks them apart, the two women go their separate ways and it’s unclear whether they will ever be able to reconcile.

“No Tomorrow” and “Witches of East End” alum Maggie Friedman will serve as writer, showrunner and executive producer on the project.

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Stephanie Germain will also serve as executive producer, with Hannah aboard as co-executive producer.

“Firefly Lane” becomes Hannah’s third bestseller now in production, following “The Great Alone” and “The Nightingale” both of which are getting feature adaptations at TriStar Pictures. “Breaking Bad’s...

Netflix has put out a straight-to-series order for 10 episodes of “Firefly Lane,” Variety has learned.

Based on the novel of the same name by New York Times bestselling author Kristin Hannah, the show will revolve around Kate and Tully, two women who meet as young girls and become inseparable best friends through 30 years of ups and downs, successes and failures, depression and disappointments. However, when an unthinkable betrayal breaks them apart, the pair goes their separate ways and it’s unclear whether they will ever be able to reconcile.

“Firefly Lane” will represent the third adaptation of Hannah’s novels currently in production, with “The Nightingale” and “The Great Alone” both on the slate at TriStar Pictures. The latter is being directed by Emmy-winning “Breaking Bad” producer Michelle MacLaren.

Hannah will stay close to the show as co-executive producer, and Netflix has also brought Maggie Friedman on board as writer,...

Netflix has ordered 10 episodes of Firefly Lane, a drama series based on the bestselling novel by Kristin Hannah, from Maggie Friedman (No Tomorrow).

Written and executive produced by Friedman, who also serves as showrunner, Firefly Lane centers on Kate and Tully, who meet as young girls and become inseparable best friends throughout thirty years of ups and downs, successes and failures, depression and disappointments. When an unthinkable betrayal breaks them apart, the two women go their separate ways and it’s unclear whether they will ever be able to reconcile.

Friedman executive produces with Stephanie Germain. Hannah is co-executive producer.

Friedman also has Maybe You Should Talk To Someone, a drama series project based on writer and therapist Lori Gottlieb’s upcoming memoir, with Eva Longoria and 20th Century Fox TV producing, set up at ABC with a script commitment plus penalty. Friedman recently served as executive producer on the CW’s No Tomorrow.

Netflix's latest drama series pickup puts the streamer in business with a prolific best-selling novelist.

The company has ordered Firefly Lane, based on Kristin Hannah's novel of the same title. The 10-episode series will track the friendship between two women over the course of 30 years.

Maggie Friedman (Witches of East End, No Tomorrow) will serve as writer, showrunner and executive producer alongside Stephanie Germain. Hannah is a co-executive producer.

Firefly Lane follows Kate and Tully, who meet as young girls and become inseparable best friends throughout 30 years of ups and downs, successes and failures, depression and disappointments. When ...

It may feel like Alice Cooper is in over her head on Riverdale, but if you look back at Madchen Amick‘s collective TV roles, you’ll realize that she’s faced far worse than the Gargoyle King.

We’re talking about someone who explored outer space on Star Trek: The Next Generation, was attacked by a vampire on American Horror Story, survived two trips to Twin Peaks and literally went to hell on Witches of East End. (And that last one required her to die nine separate times. … Sorry, did I mention she was also a cat?) In other words,...

Exclusive: Disney won a bidding war for 29 Dates, the new Ya book written by The New York Times‘ bestselling author Melissa de la Cruz. The project is being fast-tracked for the studio’s streaming service, Disney+. The Gotham Group, which just wrapped Stargirl for the streaming platform, will produce this project. The book will be published December 18 by Inkyard Press/Harlequin, a division of HarperCollins.

The story centers on a Korean exchange student who moves to the United States. Sixteen-year old Jisu Kim struggles against the academic pressure exerted by her ambitious parents, who also set her up on a number of seon (matchmaker) dates to meet appropriate young men from Seoul to San Francisco. The book has been compared to Jenny Han’s To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before and lauded for its depiction of characters from a range of ethnicities as well as its accurate cultural details of Korean life,...

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This week on The Good Doctor, Claire’s college roommate makes an unusual request, while Shaun and Morgan’s patient bargains with his brother over life and death.

Let us begin with Claire’s friend Kay (Witches of East End‘s Rachel Boston), who’s dying of Stage 4 ovarian cancer. She has a month to live, and Claire wants to make sure that she’s as comfortable as possible. And so she approaches Melendez and Park about operating on Kay. She recommends a surgery to remove a tumor that’s been...

Academy Award nominee Virginia Madsen is ready to do the Swamp Thing.

Based on characters from DC Comics which were created by Len Wein and Bernie Wrightson, the 2019 DC Universe streaming service release follows Abby Arcane (Gotham‘s Crystal Reed) as she investigates what seems to be a deadly swamp-born virus in a small town in Louisiana, only to discover that the swamp holds mystical and terrifying secrets. When unexplainable and chilling horrors emerge from the murky marsh, no one is safe.

Our sister site Deadline reports that Madsen will play Maria Sunderland, a woman of privilege who finds herself...

ABC has handed a script commitment with penalty to Maybe You Should Talk To Someone, a drama series project based on writer and therapist Lori Gottlieb’s upcoming memoir, from Maggie Friedman (No Tomorrow), Eva Longoria and 20th Century Fox TV where Longora’s UnbeliEVAble has a deal.

Penned by Friedman, Maybe You Should Talk To Someone is described as an addictive character drama about a gifted therapist, accustomed to helping other people navigate their messy lives, who finds herself facing a crisis in her own life. We follow her, her family and her diverse slate of clients as they confront the often poignant and at times hilarious ups and downs of family, friendship, romance, work, parenting, growing up, growing old, and what it means to be human.

Friedman executive produces with Longoria and Ben Spector via UnbeliEVAble. Gottlieb serves as producer.

This is UnbeliEVAble ‘s second sale at ABC this season via 20th TV.