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Ken Burns Turns His Lens on Renaissance Man Benjamin Franklin in Two-Part PBS Documentary Series

Features TV Features By Judy Sloane|April 4, 2022 |0

By JUDY SLOANE Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Ken Burns’ new documentary, “Benjamin Franklin,” spotlights one of the most consequential figures in American history. Statesman, scientist, inventor, writer and publisher, this Founding Father signed both the Declaration of Independence and the United [...]

Elle Fanning Plays Infamous Cyber-bully in Hulu’s ‘The Girl from Plainville’

Features TV Features By Judy Sloane|March 26, 2022 |0

By JUDY SLOANE Front Row Features Hulu’s new limited series “The Girl from Plainville” is inspired by the 2017 true story of Michelle Carter’s unprecedented texting-suicide case. Based on an “Esquire” article of the same name written by Jesse Barron, the series explores the relationship between M [...]

Anne Hathaway, Jared Leto Play Failed Entrepreneurs in Apple TV+ Limited Series ‘WeCrashed’

Features TV Features By Judy Sloane|March 14, 2022 |0

By JUDY SLOANE Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Based on the successful Wondery podcast, “WeCrashed” comes from the co-writers, executive producers and co-showrunners, Lee Eisenberg and Drew Crevello. The eight-episode limited series tells the fascinating story of the downfall of WeWork, and stars Ac [...]

EXCLUSIVE: Zainab Johnson and Kevin Bigley Boot Up for Another ‘Upload’ Season

TV Features By Chris Trondsen|March 11, 2022 |0

By CHRIS TRONDSEN and PETERSON GONZAGA Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD— For many actors, it’s exciting to know that a second season of their show is picked up. Zainab Johnson and Kevin Bigley of the Prime Video sci-fi series “Upload,” were excited to finally share their thoughts on the new season of [...]

Samuel L. Jackson Pays Tribute to Alzheimer’s Victims in Apple TV+ Limited Series

TV Features By Judy Sloane|March 10, 2022 |0

By JUDY SLOANE Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—In 2010, best-selling author Walter Mosley published his acclaimed novel, “The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey.” Now, his adapted screenplay of the book is a new Apple TV+ limited series starring Samuel L. Jackson (“Avengers” franchise, “Glass.”) The six-epis [...]

A Friendship Turns Deadly in Limited Series on NBC Starring Renee Zellweger

TV Features By Judy Sloane|March 3, 2022 |0

By JUDY SLOANE Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—The true crime story of Pam Hupp was investigated on “Dateline NBC,” becoming one of the show’s most popular subjects. It went on to become a successful podcast in 2019, being downloaded more than 20 million times. Now, it’s the subject of an NBC limite [...]

Hilary Duff Stars in ‘How I Met Your Father’ in Parallel Timeframe to Hit Series

Features TV Features By Judy Sloane|January 17, 2022 |0

By JUDY SLOANE Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—In 2005, CBS premiered “How I Met Your Mother,” a sitcom starring Josh Radnor, Alyson Hannigan and Neil Patrick Harris. An instant hit with viewers, it ran for nine seasons. Now, Elizabeth Berger and Isaacs Aptaker, writers and executive producers on “T [...]

Broadway’s Kaci Walfall Headlines Ava DuVernay ‘Naomi’ Series on The CW

Features TV Features By Judy Sloane|January 11, 2022 |0

By JUDY SLOANE Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Based on the comic book of the same name by Brian Michael Bendis and David F. Walker, The CW’s “Naomi” follows a comic book-loving teenager portrayed by Kaci Walfall (“Power,” “The Lion King” on Broadway.) When a supernatural event occurs in her hometow [...]

EXCLUSIVE: Martha Millan Ready to Clean Up Hollywood Through Representation

Features TV Features By Peter Gonzaga|January 7, 2022 |0

By CHRIS TRONDSEN and PETERSON GONZAGA Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—As an actress of Filipino descent, Martha Millan dreamed of playing a character who is Filipino. Throughout this Filipino-Australian’s acting career, she’s been cast as Latino characters and Asian characters, but never Filipino. [...]

Jill Scott and Barry Watson Answer a Higher Calling for ‘Highway’ Reimagining

Features TV Features By Judy Sloane|November 3, 2021 |0

By JUDY SLOANE Front Row Features HOLLYWOOD—Michael Landon’s popular TV series “Highway to Heaven” ran from September 1984 to August 1989. Now Lifetime has updated the drama in a new format of two-hour event movies starring Jill Scott and Barry Watson. Scott, a three-time Grammy Award-winning sin [...]