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Tonight’s Reasonable Doubt on Investigation Discovery looks into whether David Johnson, who was convicted of murdering a man at a New Year’s Eve party in 2008 in Wright City, Missouri, is actually innocent. The episode, named Guilt by Association, captures Johnson’s family members insisting the convict was only a naïve teenager who happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. Johnson is said to have gone to the party with his brother Matthew and a third individual, a man named Matthew Marshall. A friend had apparently called them saying she didn’t like the way she was being treated at the party,...read more...

Don’t feel insecure if you find yourself intermittently hitting the “pause” button to relieve the sense of nameless dread that creeps in during any given episode of The Night Of.

With only one episode left of HBO’s methodical, meticulous summer crime thriller, I find I’m often overcome by the urge to take a break and refill my wine glass or breathe into a paper bag or just gently rock back and forth, my hands around my knees, chanting the word “Mommy.”

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Recently, ABC served up the new, official synopsis/spoilers for their upcoming "Mistresses" episode 11 of season 3. The episode is entitled, "Guilt By Association," and it turns out that we're going to see some pretty high drama and interesting stuff go down as Karen confesses her pregnancy to Vivian and Alec. April lands in hot water with Blair, and more! In the new, 11th episode press release: Guilt Complicates Everything. Press release number 2: April's guilt about Daniel will lead to trouble in her relationship with Blair which ultimately brings her closer to Lucy. Karen will tell Alec and Vivian about the baby and despite Alec's initial shock there seems to be some hope that they can form a modern kind of family until Vivian staggers Karen with the news of her own. Daniel's mysterious tape is going to turn out to be surveillance from the neighbor's camera which proves to complicate matters for Calista.

Turner’s upfront next week will feature a familiar face. The Closer star Kyra Sedgwick is returning to TNT‘s lineup, this time as a producer. The cable network has picked up to series pilot Proof, a supernatural medical drama executive produced by Sedgwick in her TV series producing debut. Also ordered to series is the 1960s cop drama Public Morals, written, directed by and starring Ed Burns, which counts Steven Spielberg among its executive producers. Both projects, which had been clear frontrunners, have received 10-episode orders for 2015 debut. Of TNT’s other drama pilots, there is discussion about possibly retooling Agent X starring Sharon Stone, while Guilt By Association is not going forward. Written by Rob Bragin, Proof stars Jennifer Beals as a skeptical, hard science, female surgeon who’s struggled with family issues including a tragic death. She is persuaded to investigate cases of reincarnation, out-of-body experiences, hauntings...

Updated: Tom Everett Scott (Southland) and Niall Matter (Watchmen) have landed series regular roles on TNT’s drama pilot Guilt By Association, from former prosecutor Marcia Clark, on whose book the project is based, and Dee Johnson. The project centers on Rachel Knight (Julia Stiles), a talented, unorthodox and impulsive Deputy Da in the La County District Attorney’s office who sometimes operates outside the law in order to uphold it. Scott will play Eric Northup, the Head Deputy of the Special Trials Unit. Matter, repped by Gersh, Thruline and Play Management in Canada, will play police Lt. Graden Hales, who is Detective Bailey Keller’s (Elisabeth Röhm) boss. Scott, with Paradigm and John Carrabino Management, currently recurs on CW’s Beauty & The Beast and previously appeared on Sons Of Anarchy and Law & Order. Matter’s TV credits include Arctic Air, Motive, Primeval: New World and Eureka. Related: 2014 TNT Pilots...

Exclusive: Jennifer Beals is set as the lead in the TNT pilot Proof, a supernatural medical drama executive produced by Kyra Sedgwick. Written by Rob Bragin and directed by Alex Graves, Proof centers on Dr. Kathryn Russo (Beals), a skeptical, hard-science, brilliant female surgeon with a caustic edge who has been struggling with the devastating loss of her teenage son and a growing estrangement from her surviving daughter. She is persuaded to investigate cases of reincarnation, out-of-body experiences, hauntings — all of it looking for verifiable proof to answer one of life’s greatest questions: Is death truly the end, or is there something else beyond? Sedgwick exec produces with Jill Littman, Tom Jacobson, Bragin and Graves. The L Word alumna Beals, repped by Apa, Untitled and Patti Felker, also was pursued for broadcast pilots this season. She previously starred in Fox’s Chicago Code. She also co-created and is executive producing Laughs Unlimited,...

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Timbaland will write and produce music for Empire, the hip-hop music drama from Lee Daniels and Danny Strong.

There seems to be plenty of strong reactions to last night‘s How I Met Your Mother, fueling a certain fan theory about how the series ends. I’m still rooting for the show ending in divorce, that’s the only way I can justify the way they’ve made Ted such a jerk this season.

Virginia Madsen has joined the cast of NBC’s revised Babylon Fields pilot. Madsen’s career choices have been oddly hit-and-miss (anyone remember Scoundrels?) I’m hoping this is one of her better shows.

TBS has ordered a pilot of Clippers, a comedy from Will & Grace creators David Kohan and Max Mutchnick. The series follows a group who participated in different social circles in high school but now work together in a barber shop.

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Washington, March 5: Julia Stiles has been cast as the female lead in TNT's legal drama pilot 'Guilt by Association'.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, the 32-year-old American actress will be playing the role of Rachel, a talented deputy district attorney in the L.A. County District Attorney's Office who sometimes operates outside the law in order to uphold it.

The '10 Things I Hate About You' star took over the role after Neve Campbell dropped out of the drama, which is based on prosecutor Marcia Clark's book of the same name. (Ani)...

A little Carrie Mathison, a little Olivia Pope, a touch of Rust Cohle: We have big, beautiful hopes for Julia Stiles in the TNT drama pilot Guilt by Association. Based on a book by former O.J. Simpson prosecutor Marcia Clark, the show will feature Stiles as Rachel Knight, a "unorthodox and impulsive" deputy district attorney living in Los Angeles who doesn't play by the rules. Hmm ... we're trying to imagine a crime drama lead that does play by the rules. Nope, we can only picture Julia Stiles kicking in a boardroom door and hitting someone across the face with the California Penal Code.

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Julia Stiles ("Dexter," "10 Things I Hate About You") has scored the lead role in TNT's legal drama pilot "Guilt by Association", based on prosecutor Marcia Clark's book of the same name.

The show follows follows three women: deputy district attorney Rachel Knight (Stiles), Lapd detective Bailey Keller (Elisabeth Rohm) and prosecutor Toni Lacollette (Rose Rollins) -- each of whom end up embroiled in the same cases. [Source: The Live Feed]

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Virginia Madsen ("Sideways"), Ritchie Coster ("Luck") and Yul Vazquez ("Magic City") have joined NBC's drama pilot "Babylon Fields". The story centers on the dead rising again in Babylon, N.Y., where lives are regained, old wounds are reopened and families are restored -- for better or worse.

Madsen and Coster will play the parents of Cdc scientist Thomas (Kyle Schmid) who want him to stay in town. Vazquez will portray the town's chief of police. [Source: The Live Feed]

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Julia Stiles (the Bourne movie franchise) has been tapped for the lead in TNT‘s drama pilot Guilt By Association, from former prosecutor Marcia Clark, on whose book the project is based, and Dee Johnson. The project centers on Rachel Knight (Stiles), a talented, unorthodox and impulsive Deputy Da in the La County District Attorney’s office who sometimes operates outside the law in order to uphold it. Rachel relies on her cohorts — fashionable prosecutor Toni Lacollette (Rose Rollins) and tough-as-nails Detective Bailey Keller (Elisabeth Röhm) — for all things professional and personal. Driven by compassion but haunted by guilt, Rachel tackles the Special Trials Unit’s most difficult cases and does so with humor, an edge, and an “evidence is for pussies” attitude. When the suspicious death of a close colleague throws her own judgment into question, Rachel must rely on her connections and instincts to solve the case and clear her friend’s name.

Following a lengthy search, TNT's legal drama pilot Guilt by Association has cast its female lead. Dexter alum Julia Stiles has been tapped to star in the drama based on prosecutor Marcia Clark's book of the same name, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. Guilt by Association follows three women: deputy district attorney Rachel Knight,  Lapd detective Bailey Keller (Elisabeth Rohm) and prosecutor Toni Lacollette (Rose Rollins) -- each of whom end up embroiled in the same cases. Analysis: Can TNT Become the New AMC? Stiles will play Rachel, a talented deputy district attorney in the L.A. County District Attorney's

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Cee-Lo Green will announce that he is quitting The Voice when he sits for an interview on The Ellen Show today.

Doctor Who alum Karen Gillan has joined the ABC pilot Selfie. From Suburgatory creator Emily Kapnek, the series follows a woman obsessed with her fame on social media who gets the wrong kind of notoriety after a bad breakup turns into a viral video. From there, she has to rebuild her life and her reputation.

In disappointing news, Neve Campbell has quit the TNT pilot Guilt by Association. Deadline says Campbell had last-minute nerves about committing to a series. I was looking forward to seeing Neve Campbell return to TV.

Since putting “naked” in the title of a show worked so well for Discovery, VH1 is now developing a reality show with the working title Naked Dating. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the show will see people going...

The lead of TNT‘s drama pilot Guilt By Association is vacant again as Neve Campbell has pulled out. The former Party of Five star had agreed to do the pilot and her deal was seconds from closing when I hear she had a change of heart, feeling she wasn’t ready to jump back into series TV. Guilt By Association — from former prosecutor Marcia Clark, on whose book the project is based, and Dee Johnson – centers on Rachel Knight, a gutsy Deputy District Attorney in the Special Trials Unit of the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office who works closely with tough-as-nails female Lapd detective Bailey Keller (Elisabeth Rohm) and stylish female prosecutor Toni Lacollette (Rose Rollins), both of whom routinely crash at Rachel’s place.

Some TV news you should know... First, Vondie Curtis-Hall has been cast as a series regular on NBC's futuristic thriller pilot Tin Man, from writer Ehren Kruger, which centers on a robot played by Patrick Heusinger, who is accused of killing his creator. Curtis-Hall will play a veteran homicide detective who is brought in to investigate the murder. Second, Rose Rollins has been cast as a lead on TNT’s legal drama pilot Guilt By Association, which hails from former prosecutor Marcia Clark, who gained fame as the head prosecutor in the O.J. Simpson murder case. The series will be based on a book she wrote. Guilt By Association centers on a Deputy District Attorney in the...

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Jane Krakowski has found her next TV series, and it’s another one of those sitcoms about a fallen career woman. Krakowski has joined the pilot Dead Boss, a remake of a BBC series (the original featured Jennifer Saunders as a prison warden). The series follows an overachieving career woman who is wrongly accused of her boss’s murder. At first she’s certain the courts will uncover the truth of her innocence, but then she finds herself in prison.

EW has the first picture of David Tennant and Anna Gunn in the Fox’s upcoming Broadchurch adaptation, Gracepoint.

EW asked producer Michael Patrick King if cult hit The Comeback could ever come back for a second season, “Lisa [Kudrow] and I actually have had a couple of lunches lately where we’ve been missing Valerie and wondering where she’d be. That’s just a creative exploration Lisa and I are doing.

Neve Campbell is eyeing a return to TV.

The former Party of Five star is nearing a deal to star in TNT's drama from famed ex-prosecutor Marcia Clark, Deadline.com reports.

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Guilt By Association, which is based on Clark's book of the same name, centers on Rachel Knight (Campbell), a gutsy Deputy District Attorney in...

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Former Party Of Five and Scream star Neve Campbell is in final negotiations for the lead in TNT‘s drama pilot Guilt By Association. Elisabeth Rohm is set as one of the other two co-leads in the project from former prosecutor Marcia Clark, on whose book the project is based, and Dee Johnson. Guilt By Association centers on Rachel Knight (Campbell), a gutsy Deputy District Attorney in the Special Trials Unit of the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office who works closely with tough-as-nails female Lapd detective Bailey Keller (Rohm) and stylish female prosecutor Toni Lacollette (Rose Rollins), both of whom routinely crash at Rachel’s place. Rachel is an unorthodox investigator and litigator who breezily thinks “evidence is for pussies” and uses her instincts and her formidable intelligence to get to the bottom of colleague Jake Pahlmeyer’s shocking death. Bailey is more by-the-book and is uneasy when...

The L Word alumna Rose Rollins is set as one of the leads in TNT’s legal drama pilot Guilt By Association, from former prosecutor Marcia Clark, on whose book the project is based, and Dee Johnson. It centers on Rachel Knight, a gutsy Deputy District Attorney in the Special Trials Unit of the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office who works closely with tough-as-nails female Lapd detective Bailey Keller and stylish female prosecutor Toni Lacollette (Rollins), both of whom routinely crash at Rachel’s place. Rollins is with Innovative, Elevate Entertainment, and Stone, Meyer. Jamey Sheridan, who played the Vice President on Homeland, is taking on another member of the government elite next. Sheridan has been cast in TNT’s action-drama pilot Agent X, starring Sharon Stone. Penned by William Blake Herron, it centers on America’s first female Vice President, Natalie Maccabee (Stone), and her secret weapon,...

Exclusive: The Closer star/executive producer Kyra Sedgwick is back at TNT with another female-centered procedural drama project, this time strictly behind the camera. The cable network has given a pilot order to Proof, a supernatural medical drama executive produced by Sedgwick. Additionally, TNT has greenlighted a legal drama pilot co-written by Marcia Clark, the lead prosecutor in the O.J. Simpson trial, and Nashville showrunner Dee Johnson. Written by Rob Bragin (Greek), Proof centers on a skeptical, hard science, female surgeon who’s struggled with family issues including a tragic death. She is persuaded to investigate cases of reincarnation, out-of-body experiences, hauntings — all of it looking for verifiable proof, to try to answer one of life’s greatest questions: Is death truly the end, or is there something … beyond?. Bragin and Sedgwick executive produce with her manager Jill Littman and producer Tom Jacobson (Ladykillers). There are no plans for Sedgwick to star.

The Turner networks' upfront presentation to advertisers in New York City didn't have much in the way of news, but did reveal TNT plans to finally premiere Frank Darabont's "Lost Angels" (starring Jon Bernthal of "The Walking Dead" and formerly known as "L.A. Noir") in late 2013 and TBS is developing a reality show starring Oscar-winning "Juno" writer Diablo Cody.

TNT already made most of its notable programming decisions -- renewing "Dallas" and "Boston's Finest," cancelling "Southland" and "Monday Mornings" and ordering "The Last Ship" and "Legends" -- ahead of the upfronts.

But both TNT and TBS unveiled a laundry list of shows in development that may or may not ever see the light of day as pilots, let alone series.

Among those titles at TNT:

- "Portal House" executive produced by Steven Spielberg, about a group of young scientists who "stumble upon a portal into the time-space continuum"

- An update of classic P.

TBS and TNT announced on Wednesday that they are about to become the first national networks to live stream on-air content across multiple platforms 24/7.

The networks made the announcement during TNT and TBS's annual upfront presentation in New York, noting that their content will be streamed through their websites and a pair of newly created apps: Watch TNT and Watch TBS.

"Starting this summer, subscribers will be able to watch TBS and TNT live –- anytime, anywhere, on multiple devices," Steve Koonin, president of Turner Entertainment Networks, told the upfront audience. Additional platforms for TBS and TNT's live streaming will be added by the end of the year.

TNT's coverage of the NBA games, TBS's coverage of Major League Baseball and both network's coverage of the Ncaa will be available for live streaming as well.

Audiences will soon have the opportunity to watch some new content from some...

We already know TNT is bringing Sean Bean, Eric Dane, and the mind of Frank Darabont back to our TVs, but at today’s Turner Upfront, TNT and TBS announced some more big names developing potential shows for the networks — including Steven Spielberg, Sylvester Stallone, Steve Carell, Jamie Foxx, Elizabeth Banks, Diablo Cody, Denis Leary, Dick Wolf, and Nicholas Sparks. The loglines:

TNT Scripted Series:

• Portal House: This project is the story of a group of young scientists who, while investigating what they believe to be a haunted house, stumble upon a portal into the time-space continuum. Things then take...

Henry's relationship with Gavin threatens to derail his career. Jane learns more about Nona. And Annie turns to Gavin for help in dealing with Kandinsky.

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Henry's boss, Commissioner Pike (Jose Zuniga), and an assistant district attorney suspect Henry is feeding Gavin inside information to give him an advantage in his business dealings. Henry maintains his innocence. Henry is given the opportunity to clear his name if he uses his friendship with Gavin as a way to procure documents that could guarantee the tycoon goes to jail. When Henry refuses, his is given a day to think about it. "We don't want to ruin you," says Pike.

A film 'replete with the visual and linguistic trappings of imprisonment' is let down by its creaky special effects

The Birds starts out in a pet shop with birds in their cages; it ends with humans besieged in their home with windows and doors boarded up so that no birds (or light) can get in.

From the outset, the film is replete with the visual and linguistic trappings of imprisonment. In the pet shop where they meet, randy Rod Taylor tells mischievous Tippi Hedren she "should be behind bars". The man in the general store who gives her advice on how to get to Bodega Bay, where Rod lives with his sister and widowed mum (Jessica Tandy), works behind some kind of cage. The harbour from which Tippi sets sail is lined with lobster nets and traps. And the women are variously imprisoned by the feminine necessities of heels too high to run in,...

Ok, we'll admit it: Women can be catty. And this can prove an obstacle for genetically blessed starlets trying to garner a loyal female following — unless you're Rachel McAdams, that is.

In this murky era of botched Botox and Twitter wars, McAdams -- now starring in Woody Allen's "Midnight in Paris" -- is one of Hollywood's few leading ladies whose appeal remains crystal clear. Men want to date her. Ladies want to be her. And everyone wants to know her.

So what makes this 31-year-old star shine so brightly? Our top nine reasons the ladies love Rachel McAdams:

1. She's Classy

A little class goes a long way baby, and we're hard-pressed to think of any young actress who can hold a candle to McAdams in this regard. Think about it: Can you recall a single picture you've seen or interview you've read in which she looks or sounds anything less than completely poised?...

Dennis Nishi Marcia Clark at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books

Best known as the head prosecutor in the O.J. Simpson murder trial in 1995, Marcia Clark left her 14-year career at the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office to explore other opportunities, including becoming a writer. She co-authored her experiences involving the Simpson case in “Without a Doubt” in 1998 and has since worked as a consultant, spokesperson and writer for several television shows. Her first novel “Guilt by Association...

Rachel Maddow wants to get to the bottom of the controversial Arizona Immigration bill and will stop and no length to do it. Last night she had on Dan Stein, the president of Federation for American Immigration Reform (Fair) for what became a heated debate about underlying charges of racism. Maddow brought up individuals tied to Fair who appear to have made racially insensitive comments. Stein protested emphatically "Guilt by association!"...