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‘Walking Dead’s’ Sonequa Martin-Green Discovers the Heavens in New ‘Star Trek’ Series

Features TV Features By Judy Sloane|September 14, 2017 |0

By JUDY SLOANE Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Fifty years after Gene Roddenberry’s groundbreaking sci-fi series “Star Trek” premiered, a new chapter begins with “Star Trek: Discovery.” Set during wartime 10 years before the original TV series’ time period, the series is populated with [...]

Freddie Highmore Goes from Life Taker to Life Saver on ‘The Good Doctor’

Features TV Features By Judy Sloane|September 13, 2017 |0

By JUDY SLOANE Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—British actor Freddie Highmore portrayed the iconic killer Norman Bates in the TV series “Bates Motel” for five years. Now he gets to redeem himself by saving lives as a young autistic surgeon with savant syndrome in ABC’s new drama “The Good Doctor.” H [...]

Time Traveling Drama ‘Outlander’ Returns for Third Season

Features TV Features By Judy Sloane|September 5, 2017 |0

By JUDY SLOANE Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—The wait is over for the devoted, patient fans of “Outlander,” the popular time-travel drama, based on Diana Gabaldon’s successful novels. The third season returns to Starz on Sunday Sept. 10 at 9 p.m. The first season was set in 1945 when married Briti [...]

Seth MacFarlane Boldly Goes Where Sci-Fi Shows Used to Go in New Series

Features TV Features By Judy Sloane|September 5, 2017 |0

By JUDY SLOANE Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Seth MacFarlane (“Ted, “Family Guy”), creator/writer/executive producer and star of Fox’s “The Orville,” wants viewers to know the series is not a spoof of the classic sci-fi series “Star Trek,” but it is an homage to the franchise. The live-action spac [...]

Gwendoline Christie Trades Armor for a Badge in ‘Top of the Lake: China Girl’

Features TV Features By Judy Sloane|August 30, 2017 |0

By JUDY SLOANE Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Proudly standing 6-foot-3-inches tall, British actress Gwendoline Christie has portrayed an array of unique characters, notably loyal warrior/protector Brienne of Tarth on “Game of Thrones,” and Captain Phasma, one of the main antagonists in “Star Wars: [...]

Executive Producer Jeph Loeb Talks ‘Marvel’s Inhumans’

Features TV Features By Angela Dawson|August 27, 2017 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—”Marvel’s Inhumans,” debuting on IMAX screens Friday, Sept. 1 and premiering exclusively on ABC on Sept. 29, tells the story of the Inhumans royal family after they are splintered by a military coup. Some escape to Hawaii, where the [...]

Jane Lynch for the Win on ‘Hollywood Game Night’

Features TV Features By Angela Dawson|August 9, 2017 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—For five seasons, veteran comedy actress Jane Lynch has hosted NBC’s “Hollywood Game Night,” in which celebrities compete for charity alongside civilian contestants vying to win as much as $25,000. The blond, statuesque actress describes the fun-fille [...]

Military Matters on NBC’s ‘The Night Shift’

Features TV Features By Angela Dawson|August 8, 2017 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—What distinguishes NBC’s “The Night Shift” from other current medical dramas is its frequent storylines about military vets and the particular crises they face upon their return to civilian life. In Thursday’s episode of the show, titled “Keep the Fai [...]

Versatile Paul Bettany Has Explosive Role in ‘Manhunt: Unabomber’

Features TV Features By Judy Sloane|July 28, 2017 |0

By JUDY SLOANE Front Row Features BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.—British actor Paul Bettany has had an eclectic career, with his amusing performance in 2001’s “A Knight’s Tale”, to his dramatic turns in “A Beautiful Mind” (2001) and” Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World” (2003), not forgetting [...]

Vampires, Psychics, Tigers and More Populate Quirky NBC Series

Features TV Features By Angela Dawson|July 25, 2017 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—NBC’s new supernatural series, “Midnight, Texas,” scored a respectable 3.6 million viewers on its July 24 premiere. Based on Charlaine Harris’ popular book trilogy, the series, which airs Mondays at 10 p.m./9C, is set in a remote West Texas town popul [...]