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The Knight and Day cast featured some recognizable faces as NCIS featured a new episode on Monday night.

The episode began with a defense billionaire named Freddie Martin (Travis Schuldt) having an affair with a woman named Sheila (Alisa Allapach).

Intruders descend upon the apartment, leading to Freddie shooting one of the assailants. The NCIS team is interviewing the couple as his wife, Melinda Martin (Brianna Brown), arrives.

They discover that it was a kidnapping attempt rather than a robbery and that Melinda was the target. Later, we learn that Melinda’s real name is April Day, and she has been hiding from the Kansas City mob.

April was dating the son (Jason Marino) of the mob boss (Carla Marino), and they were fleeing because she was pregnant and he wanted nothing to do with the family business.

Jason was killed after being hit by a car, and April gave...

Lost Women and Feds are both returning with second seasons. Investigation Discovery has renewed both true crime shows from Octavia Spencer. Formerly titled Lost Women of Highway 20, the anthology series Lost Women's second season will revolve around the murder of a pair of women in Alaska and follow the search for their killer.

Investigation Discovery revealed more about the shows’ renewals in a press release.

Leading true crime network Investigation Discovery announced today that it would continue its partnership with Academy Award(R) winner Octavia Spencer, her production company Orit Entertainment, and October Films with the renewal of true crime docuseries' Lost Women and Feds. Marking a new installment in the Lost Women franchise, this season will focus on the brutal murders of two Alaska Native women and the shocking investigation that led authorities to capture their sadistic...

Prime Video’s Young Sherlock series is bolstering its ensemble with a Hollywood heavyweight.

Colin Firth will play Sir Bucephalus Hodge in the upcoming series from veteran director Guy Ritchie, our sister site Deadline reports. Additional character details have not yet been revealed.

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Investigation Discovery is doubling down on its true-crime efforts with the help of Octavia Spencer.

The Warner Bros. Discovery-owned cable network has renewed Lost Women and Feds, which are both produced by the Oscar winner, for second seasons. They are produced by Spencer’s Orit Entertainment and October Films.

Both shows launched in November 2023.

Feds takes viewers inside America’s most elite crime fighting agency, the FBI. It will feature exclusive interviews with agents and will detail high-profile, dangerous and unusual cases as told by agents, informants, undercover operatives and victims.

Meanwhile, the second season of Lost Women will focus on the brutal murders of two Alaska Native women and the investigation that led authorities to capture their killer.

The three-part series will explore the murders of Veronica Abouchuk and Kathleen Jo Henry, two Indigenous women who were killed in 2018 and 2019, and will chronicle the events leading up to the arrest of Brian Steven Smith.

Oscar winner Octavia Spencer has earned second seasons for the true crime Lost Women franchise and the FBI docuseries Feds from Investigation Discovery.

The first seasons of Lost Women of Highway 20 and Feds premiered on ID in November 2023, and currently stream on Max. The renewals spring from a production deal between Spencer’s Orit Entertainment, October Films, discovery+ and ID, the true crime network.

The next cycle of the Lost Women franchise will focus on the brutal murders of two Alaska indigenous women, Veronica Abouchuk and Kathleen Jo Henry, and the investigation that led authorities to capture and convict their sadistic killer, Brian Steven Smith. In addition, a new season of Feds will continue to take viewers inside America’s most elite crime fighting agency, the FBI.

Spencer will executive produce both series and narrate the latest Lost Women franchise series. “Our ongoing partnership with ID and October Films is...

Jason Sarlanis knows that for some people, the Investigation Discovery network has stood for one thing: murder mysteries, frequently gruesome in nature and usually told in self-contained hourlong episodes. But with the success of docuseries “Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV,” that perception is quickly changing.

“It has been a fundamental shift for us,” says Sarlanis, who is president of TNT, TBS, TruTV and Hln in addition to ID. “It has brought a spotlight back to all the other things that are outside of the lane of what people expect an ID show to be.”

Those include recent limited series like “The Curious Case of Natalia Grace” and “Jared From Subway: Catching a Monster,” as well as partnerships with producers Octavia Spencer (whose output for the network includes docuseries “Lost Women of Highway 20” and “Feds”) and Michael Bay.

ID just made waves with the Kevin Spacey two-part documentary “Spacey Unmasked,...

NewsNation anchor Ashleigh Banfield is set to host this year’s Clue Awards, which will take place on June 1 in Nashville, Tenn., during the annual CrimeCon event. The ceremony, which announced this year’s nominees on Thursday, will also air live on the Law&Crime Network and stream on that channel’s social platforms.

As part of the event, John Walsh will be honored with the “crimefighter of the year” award for his work on “America’s Most Wanted” as well as his help in creating the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Last year’s recipients, the Gabby Petito Foundation, will present Walsh with his honor.

Presenters at the event will include “CSI” franchise creator Anthony Zuiker and Chris Hansen. among the roster of presenters.

As for this year’s “America’s Greatest Detective” award finalists include sonar technology investigative specialists Sandy and Gene Ralston; US Marshals Services Liaison with Ncmec,...

Creator Alexi Hawley expressed regret on Saturday about the cancellation of The Rookie: Feds, an ABC procedural that he said was a victim of economics and “consolidation in the industry.”

While appearing on the dais for The Rookie at the Television Critics Tour, Hawley, who created Feds with Terence Paul Winter, said some people tried to blame the show’s demise on the strike but “it’s a bigger conversation than that.” The ratings for The Rookie: Feds were modest but were trending in a positive direction before the series starring Niecy Nash-Betts was canceled after one season in November.

“A lot had to do with the forces that led to strike … the consolidation of the industry, the economic impact of the streaming wars have had on different companies,” Hawley said. “I do feel it was not a creative decision. It was a business decision. I can’t argue with that.

The Rookie: Feds and The Good Doctor spinoff, The Good Lawyer, will not move forward at ABC as the network canceled both projects. Following its first season run The Rookie: Feds will not be back, and The Good Lawyer will not make it to air after initially being teased in a trailer earlier this year. As fans of The Rookie: Feds know, the series starring Niecy Nash-Betts is a spinoff of Alexi Hawley‘s The Rookie which is led by Nathan Fillion. Premiering in 2022, Feds was first teased on the flagship series when Nash-Betts’ Simone Clarke was introduced in a two-part event during the fourth season of The Rookie. (Credit: ABC/Raymond Liu) Similar to Fillion’s Officer John Nolan, Simone Clarke was the oldest rookie in the FBI Academy when she was introduced to audiences. Co-created by Hawley and Terence Paul Winter, they also executive produced Feds alongside Nash-Betts,...

With the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes over, ABC is looking ahead to 2024, and sadly, it's bad news for fans of The Rookie Feds and The Good Lawyer.

The network confirmed late Thursday that The Rookie: Feds had been canceled after a single season, while The Good Doctor spinoff would not be getting a formal series order.

The news for both projects is a bit of a surprise, but given the network's now-stacked midseason slate, these kinds of decisions are expected in the coming weeks.

The Rookie: Feds launched last fall on ABC to a tepid response and middling ratings.

Niecy Nash headlined the spinoff, which was paired with The Rookie at midseason, leading to some of both shows best numbers.

The series also benefited from a robust digital footprint, signaling that while there was interest in the show, many of the viewers weren't interested in watching live.

But the two-punch...

Two spinoff series at ABC have met their fate on the network.

The Rookie: Feds and The Good Lawyer were both first introduced on their respective flagship shows, The Rookie and The Good Doctor.

While Feds aired one season so far, The Good Lawyer only had a backdoor pilot and was not yet picked up to series, and now we know whether or not ABC will continue with the spinoffs.

Get the scoop inside…

Per Variety, ABC has decided not to renew the Niecy Nash-starring The Rookie: Feds, and they have also decided not to pickup The Good Lawyer, which was to star Kennedy McMann and Felicity Huffman.

The news comes less than a day after the SAG-AFTRA strike came to an end following a historic 118 days on the picket lines.

If you missed it, five other shows have been canceled by ABC in 2023, while many have been renewed…...

ABC has firmed up its post-strike needs.

The Disney-owned broadcast network has canceled The Rookie: Feds and opted to pass on The Good Doctor spinoff, The Good Lawyer.

Both shows had been on hold since May as ABC, like other networks, took a wait-and-see approach to its needs once both the actors and writers strikes concluded.

With actors poised to join writers back at work in the coming days, ABC now has a firm picture of its schedule for what remains of the 2023-24 broadcast season. The Writers Guild and SAG-AFTRA strikes wiped out the September start and with production expected to resume in the coming weeks, ABC ultimately had no need for a second season of Feds, starring Niecy Nash-Betts. The series, like the already renewed flagship, is a co-production between Disney’s ABC Signature and outside studio Entertainment One.

The Good Lawyer, meanwhile, was a back-door pilot of...

On Wednesday, November 15, 2023, at 10:01 Pm, Investigation Discovery invites viewers to delve into the second episode of “Feds” titled “Prescription for Death.”

This factual series explores the chilling world of criminal activities within the jurisdiction of federal law enforcement agencies. In “Prescription for Death,” the focus shifts to South Florida, where an alarming and sinister trend unfolds. Real doctors are implicated in prescribing lethal opioids in quantities that defy logic. The episode is set to uncover a criminal empire operating in plain sight, and FBI Special Agent Jennifer Turner is at the center of the investigation.

Agent Turner’s mission is to dismantle this operation and bring those responsible to justice, but she has just one opportunity to get it right. The stakes are high, and the challenge is immense as she confronts this grave threat to public safety.

Tune in to Investigation Discovery for a riveting account of this...

On Wednesday, November 1, Investigation Discovery (ID) hosted a special event at Nya Studios West in Los Angeles for their upcoming series “Lost Women of Highway 20” from executive producer Octavia Spencer. The evening consisted of an advance screening of the first installment of the docuseries, followed by a fireside chat with Spencer and Paula Zahn, host of ID’s “On the Case with Paula Zahn.” Spencer also shared a sneak peek of another ID project, “Feds,” showcasing unprecedented access to active-duty FBI agents.

“When I was a kid I read mystery books because I’m dyslexic,” the Oscar winner told Zahn. “My teacher introduced mysteries to me to keep me engaged with narratives. There was a natural progression as I got older to read thrillers. At 11, I saw this little yellow book with red, fluffy writing called ‘Helter Skelter’ and I thought, ‘This looks like it’s gonna be a great book!

On Wednesday, November 8, 2023, at 11:00 Pm, Investigation Discovery will premiere Season 1, Episode 1 of “Feds” titled “Kidnapped.” This captivating series kicks off with a high-stakes story.

In this episode, a chilling kidnapping case unfolds in rural Illinois, sparking the urgent involvement of FBI agents. Larry and Connie Van Oosten are at the center of this distressing incident, and the race is on to find them before it’s too late.

As the agents delve into their investigation, the truth behind the abductions begins to emerge, sending shockwaves through the small town. The story takes unexpected twists and turns, keeping viewers on the edge of their seats.

“Feds” is a show that offers an inside look into the dedicated work of FBI agents as they tackle complex cases like kidnappings, showcasing their unwavering commitment to justice.

Tune in to Investigation Discovery at 11:00 Pm to watch the premiere episode of “Feds,” and...

Octavia Spencer and Investigation Discovery have joined forces for two new true crime series. Feds and Lost Women of Highway 20 will arrive on the cable channel in November.

Feds will take viewers behind the scenes at the FBI. As for Lost Women of Highway 20, the series dives into a pattern of disappearances of multiple women along a stretch of Highway 20.

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ID’s set a November 5, 2023 premiere date for Lost Women of Highway 20, a three-part true crime documentary series executive produced by Oscar winner Octavia Spencer (The Help). The docuseries marks the first project to air under Spencer’s deal with Investigation Discovery. Spencer’s partnership with ID also includes the six-part series FBI debuting on November 8th at 10pm Et/Pt.

All episodes of Lost Women of Highway 20 will drop on November 5, while new episodes of FBI will air on Wednesdays following its November 8th premiere.

“As an avid fan of true crime, to now be partners with ID and October Films is a dream,” stated Octavia Spencer when the partnership was announced. “Everyone at Orit Entertainment is committed to shedding light on the most fascinating cases and crime stories with a unique perspective. We are thrilled to launch our collaboration with Highway 20, an incredible series of cases that took place over decades,...

In a collaboration between Investigation Discovery (ID) and Academy Award-winning actress/producer Octavia Spencer, comes two new true crime docuseries, Lost Women Of Highway 20 and Feds. Narrated by Spencer herself, Lost Women Of Highway 20 is a gripping new six-part series that takes an in-depth look inside the FBI, and offers unprecedented access to active-duty agents. The docuseries kicks off with the mysterious disappearance of 13-year-old Rachanda Pickle in 1990. As detectives delve into her case, they uncover a chilling trail of missing and murdered women that stretches back for decades along Oregon’s US Highway 20. Even more disturbing is that the perpetrator evades capture, hiding in plain sight. This documentary is set to delve deep into the case, raising poignant questions about society’s treatment of women, both in the past and today. Meanwhile, Feds is a six-part series offering an unprecedented look inside the FBI, taking viewers into...

As TV academy voters fill out their 2023 Emmy Awards nominations ballots, they will have to consider 163 shows for Best Drama Series. This is only down by eight compared to last year. After six years of not having to limit their choices in any categories, members can now not let their selections exceed the number of eventual nominations for a given award, which will be eight in this case.

2020 and 2022 champ “Succession” is in the hunt for its third win in this category and will potentially only have to fend off two of its seven rivals from last year. “Better Call Saul” and “Yellowjackets” returned in time to meet the eligibility window of June 1, 2022 to May 31, 2023, while “Euphoria,” “Severance,” “Squid Game,” and “Stranger Things” did not. The last remaining 2022 contender, “Ozark,” officially finished its four-season run last April. Also back in the running are former winners “The Handmaid’s Tale” (2017) and “The Crown” (2021).

Remember,...

Hours after NBC made decisions on the bulk of its bubble comedy fare, ABC has passed on nearly all of its remaining pilots.

The Disney-backed broadcaster has passed on dramas The Hurt Unit and Judgment as well as comedies Keeping It Together (formerly Drop-Off) and Public Defenders, sources tell The Hollywood Reporter. Of the four drama and two comedy pilots that ABC developed this season, only the Good Doctor spinoff, The Good Lawyer, remains in contention. (Kaitlin Olson drama High Potential was previously ordered to series.)

Also remaining on the bubble are comedy Home Economics (awaiting word on a fourth season) and The Rookie spinoff, Feds (awaiting word on season two). Sources say producers ABC Signature is expected to shop medical drama The Hurt Unit, which counts Ben McKenzie and Michelle Ortiz among its cast.

Reps for ABC declined comment.

The decisions come as options on the cast for pilots...

It's rare for ABC to keep shows on the bubble into the summer, but fans of The Rookie: Feds are pondering the future of the Niecy Nash drama series.

In a new interview with TV Line, Nash revealed that she's still in the dark about whether the beloved series will return for a second.

"I haven't heard anything, I'm the same as you. I'm a lady in waiting," the Scream Queens alum told the outlet.

"I don't know the fate of that show."

"But I do know that in the same article I read that said that it was on the bubble, it also said that I was one of the most sought-after actresses at this time," the 53-year-old added.

"So we'll see. But I love my job at Rookie: Feds."

"I love the people that I work with, so being able to do another season of it would be like heaven to me.

The Rookie: Feds is one of only two ABC shows still fretting over their fates, after the network announced a slew of renewals earlier this month. Does star Niecy Nash have any fresh intel?

A spinoff of The Rookie, Feds was strong out of the gate last September, enjoying strong delayed-playback gains and earning a full-season order after just three outings.

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It may be hard to believe, but the 2022-2023 broadcast season is already almost over. With finales coming up shortly — most will air in May, though we’ve already gotten some earlier this year, in January — networks are starting to announce their plans for their shows. We already know when three will be saying goodbye for good. Plus, several are getting two-parters (some on the same night). Check out all the finale dates for the 2022-2023 season below, and keep checking as we’ll be updating it as more are announced. Thursday, March 30 10:00 p.m.: Alaska Daily (Season 1 Finale)(ABC) Monday, April 3 10:00 p.m.: Quantum Leap (Season 1 Finale)(NBC) Friday, April 28 8:00 p.m.: Grand Crew (Season 2 Finale)(NBC) Wednesday, April 19 9:00 p.m.: Abbott Elementary (Season 2 Finale)(ABC) Tuesday, May 2 8:00 p.m.: The Rookie (Season 5 Finale)(ABC) 9:00 p.m.:...

That's one way to do a season (series?) finale.

Simone hit 49 on The Rookie: Feds Season 1 Episode 22, but FBI business doesn't care about such milestones as the team trying to solve the mystery of a buried FBI agent.

Everyone tried to get out of attending Simone's party while Brendon went all out on the gift-giving, causing Antoinette to be concerned.

For a season finale, it disappointed in more ways than one.

The episode's promo promised an insane hour filled with thrilling scenes after an FBI agent would come out of his grave, and elsewhere Simone and Carter would find themselves next to a nuclear bomb.

That's the problem with false advertising.

I understand baiting people to tune in, but it's not fun with the crossovers and these baits that may just as well be poisoned.

Most of the storylines felt truncated. There would be a build-up and then a sudden...

Well, this one's a shocker.

Dancing With the Stars is staging a comeback to ABC.

The hit reality series was famously banished to Disney+ with a two-season order in 2022.

Now, the competition for the Mirrorball trophy will continue on ABC.

Vulture first reported the news, but ABC and Disney have yet to comment.

There's a good chance the decision won't be officially announced until the network reveals its fall schedule later this month.

Still, it's quite the turn of events considering the decision was made to shift the show to streaming in what can only be described as a sign of the times.

When Dancing With the Stars left ABC, it was still a strong performer, and the series' return to the network raises many questions about the state of the network's bubble dramas.

ABC picked up 9-1-1 after Fox canceled it this week, so both shows join the previously renewed Abbott Elementary,...

Though it has been 30 years since the siege of Mount Carmel in Waco, Texas, there’s still an interest surrounding David Koresh’s Branch Davidian cult. With the release of Netflix‘s Waco: American Apocalypse, many people want to learn as much as they can about the 51-day siege where 86 people died. Here are 22 shows and podcasts covering the siege at Waco to stream after you’ve watched the three-part documentary Waco: American Apocalypse.

David Koresh | Netflix Podcasts covering the siege at Waco

For those interested in learning more about David Koresh, Mount Carmel, and the siege at Waco, the BBC created an entire podcast around the subject. End of Days unpacks the multi-faceted Branch Davidian group in an eight-episode podcast.

Several other podcasts have touched on the topic of Waco, too. Listen to those episodes below:

Not Another True Crime Podcast: “The Waco Siege And The Branch Davidians” Jimmy Akin...

Are you ready to say goodbye to your favorite ABC shows?

We know the feeling.

As the days draw longer, it means that summer TV is on the way, and unlike the golden years of broadcast TV, there won't be much on the air in a few months.

The broadcast networks tend to bring their scripted offerings to a halt for a few months in favor of cheaper reality TV.

While many of ABC's shows are ending for the season, two have already been confirmed to be ending for good.

Just weeks after the network confirmed The Goldbergs would end its 10-season run, we have a finale date.

The show will go out on Wednesday, May 3, at 8:30–9 p.m. Et.

It's a shame we're not getting a retrospective special to commemorate such a popular series, but here we are.

That same night, A Million Little Things wraps its five-season run.

Amblin Partners has secured the film rights to “Confessions in B-Flat,” with Academy Award-winning actor and producer Octavia Spencer, four-time Oscar-nominated producer Kristie Macosko Krieger and Aimee Carpenter set to produce.

The 2020 novel, from Essence bestselling author Donna Hill, tells an emotional love story set amid the Civil Rights Movement, following two young people, Anita and Jason, who meet and fall in love despite their clashing political beliefs.

Maya Dunbar is adapting the book for the screen.

Spencer is producing the adaptation via her Orit Entertainment production company, with Carpenter producing under her Marcy Place Productions banner. Executive producers are Brian Clisham and Tara Taylor, with Liz Pelletier serving as co-producer. Jeb Brody, Amblin Partners’ president of production, and Mia Maniscalco, SVP of creative affairs, will oversee the project for the studio.

Hill is an American author of romance, mystery and women’s fiction, who has over 90 titles in print...

ABC's The Good Doctor franchise could be expanding with The Good Lawyer.

The network will air the backdoor pilot for the spinoff on Monday, March 13, at 10 p.m.

ABC unveiled the official trailer for the special event on Monday, and it looks like an exciting entry in the franchise.

It will introduce viewers to Kennedy McMann and Felicity Huffman.

The backdoor pilot finds Dr. Shaun Murphy seeking legal representation to help with his case.

He puts his faith in Joni DeGroot (McMann), a young woman with obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Joni is described as "the brilliant, funny, and self-aware lawyer who is relatively new to her prestigious law firm when she takes Shaun's case."

"Living with Ocd, Joni has never wanted to be treated differently. While her symptoms take a toll on her personal and professional life, her attention to detail allows her to see cases through a different lens."

Huffman plays Janet Stewart,...

ABC’s drama Will Trent put up decent on-air numbers for its series premiere and scored solid gains over seven days of delayed viewing. The show’s audience has mushroomed, however, with additional time and multiplatform viewing.

Including three repeats and their attendant delayed viewing, the premiere of Will Trent has pulled in 18.1 million viewers and a 2.64 rating among adults 18-49 across all platforms over its first five weeks. That’s more than five times bigger than the on-air total for its first airing (3.61 million) and a more than sixfold increase in the 18-49 rating (from 0.38 initially).

Leaving out the rebroadcasts, the pilot episode has 11.2 million multiplatform viewers and a 1.94 rating in the key ad demographic over 35 days. Its seven-day audience, as measured by Nielsen (and not including streaming), was 6.57 million viewers and a 0.6 rating in adults 18-49. About 41 percent of the five-week audience, and more than two-thirds of its 18-49 rating,...

In the latest TV show ratings, there was a three-day tie for the nightly demo win, while CBS’ FBI easily copped Tuesday’s largest audience.

CBS | FBI (with 6.7 million total viewers and a 0.5 rating) dropped some eyeballs but was steady in the demo, while International (5.1 mil/0.3) and Most Wanted (4.6 mi/0.3) both dipped across the board.

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ABC | The Rookie (4 mil...

Update, 10:05 Am: ABC has pushed the midseason premiere date for Alaska Daily back one week from its original Feb. 23 date. The drama series starring Hilary Swank will return for the remainder of its first season at 10 Pm, Thursday, March 2, following Grey’s Anatomy. The network says the change was made to allow all five remaining new episodes to air in a row, which is possible with the new date.

Previous, Nov. 7: ABC on Monday revealed its midseason lineup, which includes a new Tuesday night block featuring The Rookie and its first-year spinoff The Rookie: Feds.

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In the latest TV ratings, with CBS in rerun mode: NBC’s Night Court, ABC’s The Rookie and Fox’s 9-1-1: Lone Star tied for the Tuesday demo win, while Night Court and The Rookie veritably tied for the night’s biggest audience.

NBC | Night Court slipped again, to 4.64 million total viewers and a 0.5 rating (read recap). American Auto (2.3 mil/0.3) in turn ticked down, while the newly renewed La Brea resumed Season 2 with series lows: 2.1 mil/0.2, then 2 mil/0.2 (read recap).

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Netflix is re-enlisting The Recruit.

The streaming service has handed out a second-season renewal to the spy drama starring Noah Centineo.

From creator/showrunner/exec producer Alexi Hawley, The Recruit spent five weeks on Netflix’s global top 10 list, reaching the charts in 88 countries following its Dec. 16 debut.

“I’m thrilled to dive back into the fun, funny, action-packed world of The Recruit. Seeing how invested our audience became in the show’s adventurous take on the spy world and Noah’s turn as Owen has been incredibly rewarding, and I can’t wait to turn it all up to ‘11’ in season two,” Hawley said.

The series hails from Entertainment One and counts Hypnotic’s Doug Liman, Gene Klein and David Bartis; P3 Media’s Adam Ciralsky and Charlie Ebersol as executive producers. Hawley, who serves as showrunner/creator on ABC’s The Rookie and its Feds spinoff, also exec produces.

In the latest TV show ratings, NBC’s Night Court led Tuesday in the demo, while CBS’ FBI dominated the night in total audience.

NBC | Night Court opened the night with 5 million viewers and a 0.7 demo rating, down 32 and 26 percent from its boffo, double-episode debut (which aired opposite an FBI rerun). American Auto‘s sophomore opener retained just 2.4 mil and a 0.4, matching its demo low.

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We thought things were starting to settle down as we approached the homestretch on The Bachelorette — and boy, were we way off.

After some pointless live filler with host Jesse Palmer, Tuesday’s “finale” (this is just Part One; the actual finale airs next Tuesday) takes us right back to that tense rose ceremony, with Zach abruptly pulling Rachel aside just as she’s about to hand out her two roses. He tells her their time in the fantasy suite “felt a little off,” and he felt like he was seeing “Bachelorette Rachel, not the real Rachel.” (Ouch.) “I did really love you,...

Oscar winner Octavia Spencer is set to executive produce Feds (working title), a six-part docuseries about the FBI, for ID and discovery+. The project is the second to be announced as part of Spencer’s multi-part deal with ID and discovery+, with her Orit Entertainment and October Films.

Feds (wt) will give viewers an inside look at America’s leading crime-fighting agency, the FBI, with exclusive access to active-duty FBI agents and details of high-profile and unusual cases as told by agents, informants, undercover operatives and victims. Featured investigations will range from infiltrating Ms-13 in Boston to taking down a multimillion-dollar drug empire in Florida. The series also uncovers looming tragedies that the FBI was able to thwart.

“A big part of my excitement about our partnership with ID was the opportunity to bring incredible stories to true crime fans from an entirely new perspective,” said Spencer. Feds (wt) is genuinely unique.

Octavia Spencer’s production company Orit Entertainment is set to produce a docu-series about the FBI titled “Feds.” Spencer will exec produce.

The docu-series, which is co-produced by October Films, will air on true-crime network ID and on Discovery+.

“Feds” (working title) is set to be a six-part production that will give viewers an insight into America’s best-known crime-fighting agency with exclusive access to active FBI agents and unusual and high-profile cases such as the infiltration of the Ms-13 gang in Boston to the take-down of a Floridian drug empire, as told by agents, victims and informants. Audiences will also get the inside story of close calls – where the agency was able to prevent tragedy with the help of specialized intel and undercover agents.

“A big part of my excitement about our partnership with ID was the opportunity to bring incredible stories to true crime fans from an entirely new perspective,...

ABC is poised to turn The Good Doctor into a full-blown franchise.

The network is developing The Good Lawyer, a female-led offshoot of the veteran medical drama from executive producers (and co-showrunners) David Shore and Liz Friedman. According to Deadline, which was first to report the news, two characters from the prospective offshoot will be introduced in a midseason episode of the mothership.

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ABC is the latest network to firm up its plans for the fall, and there are some huge changes.

Big Sky is on the move again.

The David E. Kelley thriller is leaving its Thursdays at 10 p.m. slot to move to Wednesdays at 10 p.m.

The series has not been performing well out of Grey's Anatomy this season, so it makes sense to use Grey's to power up a freshman entry.

The new Hilary Swank drama series Alaska is getting the 10 p.m. on Thursdays slot.

Station 19 will remain at 8 p.m. in one of the least surprising moves of the season.

A Million Little Things is being held for midseason.

The series has spent much of its run on the bubble, landing a surprise fifth-season renewal last week.

However, it is speculated the renewal is for one last season, and the delay to midseason should give the creatives...

Powerhouse Indicator moves forward to their fourth fancy box of noirs from the studio of Harry Cohn, six pictures stretching from the postwar boom to the end of the original classic noir era. This time around we have some notable directors, and a nice selection of stars — Dennis O’Keefe, George Murphy, Fred MacMurray, Kim Novak, Jean Simmons, Rory Calhoun and Richard Conte. Kim Novak makes her starring debut as a femme fatale; noir icon Richard Conte shines in a movie that marks a turn into a new kind of existential, paranoid thriller. And speaking of paranoid, we again get to lighten up with another selection of theme-appropriate Three Stooges shorts.

Columbia Noir #4

Region B Blu-ray

Powerhouse Indicator

1948-1957 / B&w + Color / 1:85 widescreen, 1:37 Academy / Street Date September 27, 2021 / available from Powerhouse Films UK / 49.99

Starring: Louis Hayward, Dennis O’Keefe; George Murphy; Fred MacMurray, Kim Novak; Jean Simmons, Rory Calhoun; Dennis O’Keefe,...

G. Gordon Liddy, the colorful chief operative in the Watergate scandal who went to prison for his crimes and later cut a wide swatch across pop culture as a talk show host and actor, has died. He was 90.

His son, Thomas P. Liddy, confirmed his death to the Washington Post, but did not provide a cause.

Liddy held many roles during his lifetime, including as a lawyer, FBI agent, talk show host and actor. However, he is best known as the chief operative in the Nixon administration’s White House Plumbers unit, which organized and carried out a burglary of the DNC headquarters in the Watergate building. The scandal rocked American politics and led to Nixon’s resignation from the presidency in 1974. Liddy was ultimately convicted of conspiracy, burglary, illegal wiretapping and refused to testify during the Senate committee hearing on the scandal. As a result, Liddy served over four years in prison.

Just a few weeks ahead of “The Boys” Season 2 finale, Amazon Prime Video revealed it had fast-tracked development on a spinoff series set at a superhero college run by Vought International. This untitled potential show will be based in part on the G-Men — a blatant parody of Marvel’s “X-Men” characters — from Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson’s “The Boys” comic book series, according to Eric Kripke.

“I would say it’s loosely inspired by an element of the comics, which is the G-Men. Part of the G-Men is there’s sort of an educational, college experience,” “The Boys” showrunner told TheWrap. “And we just used that as a jumping-off point, kind of similar to ‘The Boys,’ where we sort of take an initial notion and then we are going to run with it in our own weird direction.”

The spinoff series will be executive produced by Kripke, Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg,...

"Do as I say, or we're both dead." Momentum Pictures has debuted a trailer for a new action comedy titled Welcome to Acapulco, made by Cuban filmmaker Guillermo Iván. The tropical crime plot involves a kid who ends up in landing Acapulco, Mexico instead of New Mexico. As soon as he lands, he finds himself on the run from high-powered criminals, deadly hitmen and the Feds, all looking for a mysterious package that he has allegedly smuggled through customs yet knows nothing about. Mike Kingsbaker stars as Matt Booth, and the cast includes Michael Madsen, William Baldwin, Bradley Gregg, Ana Serradilla, Ana Layevska, Zach Rose, Guillermo Garcia, Maria Elena Heredia, and Loris Curci. This looks ridiculous (and we've seen before anyway) but entertaining. Here's the first official trailer (+ poster) for Guillermo Iván's Welcome to Acapulco, from YouTube: Video game designer Matt Booth has one shot to save his career...

FBI executive producer and TV Godfather of the procedural said Sunday morning he was excited to be at TCA with a CBS show in “long, long time.” And by that, he was referring to the short-lived 1997 series Feds. But with FBI, Wolf brings a new look at the bureau that has been under attack by Donald Trump for obvious reasons. Even so, Wolf is looking to not politicize the new series which will debut on Sept. 20.

Wolf, who was joined on the stage by series stars Missy Peregrym, Zeeko Zaki, Ebonee Noel, and Jeremy Sisto, said that he has avoided politically-driven shows. “If you do that, 50% of the audience is pissed off from the first frame,” he said.

With FBI, Wolf said he fulfilled a dream, having been in close relationship to the bureau from a very young age. His uncle was in the FBI and he idolized him and the agents.

Throughout much of his career, James Spader has excelled at playing a type; and that type is specifically this: rich and arrogant, with a sense of condescension and an air of pretense. It’s not his fault; his wispy (or is that WASPy?) good looks and mellifluous voice initially offer little sympathy to the working class. But when he’s given an opportunity to play against this type, the results are exhilarating. Such is the case with Jack’s Back (1988), a clever thriller elevated by a terrific dual role performance from Spader. Come for Jack the Ripper; stay for James the Spaders.

Released by Palisades Entertainment Group in May, Jack’s Back only made back half of its million dollar budget at the box office and the critics were for the most part, unkind (with the exception of Siskel & Ebert, who liked it – go figure). But writer/director Rowdy Herrington...

I’m back! It’s been a long time and I apologise for that, moving house turned out to be a far far longer process than I anticipated or had been led to believe. Three weeks turned into six, six weeks turned into three months and now here we are.

Aside from the length of time it takes, moving house was a real eye opener in other areas too. Specifically in terms of how I inform you week on week of all of this wonderful content available to stream and then how you have to put up with lacklustre delivery from various ISPs. I was living in someone else’s house on a connection that was not my own, not wanting to name names but there is one of the big three ISP’s in the UK which boasts about having one of, if not the, fastest broadband delivery on...

I was going to write about the new Paul Feig film The Heat and the unfair weight put on female driven comedies to prove that yes, women are funny. In fact, when I heard of The Heat, the first thing that I thought was “Oh yeah, like Feds.” FEDs (Daniel Goldberg, 1988) is the only other time I can think of that the buddy-cop genre was populated by women. To be honest, I recall FEDs being pretty funny. It features Rebecca De Mornay and SNL alumus Mary Gross as FBI trainees who get dealt a tough case while completing their training and tests. Regardless, it was completely unfair for me to immediately compare it to the only other known female buddy cop movie out there. We’ve seen multiple iterations within the genre including interracial (Lethal Weapon), inter-jurisdictional (Bon Cop Bad Cop), international (Rush Hour), and even interspecies (Turner and Hooch) pairings.

Most of us have a TV or movie moment that brings tears (of emotion, not laughter) to the eyes. A selection of Den Of Geek writers confess to theirs right here...

Before we get going, we need to bring your attention to the following...

A note about spoilers: inevitably, each of the entries here reveals a plot point about the show or film concerned that you may not want to know. That's why, for this list, those headers are bright red. That way, it should make it a bit easier to know where to skip to if there's a particular entry you want to avoid

That sorted, here are the moments that have been moving the writers of Den Of Geek to tears over the years - and please add your own in the comments at the bottom!

Serenity

"I am a leaf on the wind. Watch how I-"

Firefly,...