Television
HBO’s original series about the post-Katrina lives of residents in the Treme neighborhood of New Orleans is back for a third season. The network released an extended preview of the upcoming season ahead of its fall debut. Featured in the teaser are Rob Brown, Clarke Peters, Khandi Alexander, Wendell Pierce and Jon Eyez. Treme returns Sunday, Sept. 23 at...
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The brand spanking new trailer for the upcoming third season of AMC’s The Walking Dead just hit the net . Viewers get a proper first look at samurai sword-wielding heroine Michonne (played by Danai Gurira) and are reintroduced to T-Dogg (IronE Singleton) in the horrifying new footage. The group realizes they may have bitten off more than they can...
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Another black guy is coming to the vampire town of Mystic Falls. Todd Williams has been added to the Season 4 cast of CW’s The Vampire Diaries in a recurring role. Williams will play Connor, “a mysterious and powerful new vampire hunter, ” reports EW.com. In a season 4 press release, the network describes a new villain intent on destroying the bond Elena and her friends have with...
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Trai Byers, best known for his role on the now-canceled ABC soap All My Children, has joined the cast of CW’s 90210 in a recurring role. According to Zap2It, Byers will play” Alec, an Ivy League hotshot, tech-savvy guy who also happens to be Max’s (Josh Zuckerman) business partner.” His character is also described as “fiercely protective and much more...
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Comedian Anthony Anderson and former The Cosby Show actress Tempestt Bledsoe return to the small screen this fall in a new primetime family sitcom about three fathers (two white, one black) who struggle to hold onto their youth while raising their young children. The actors told the Associated Press that their characters would show positive images of black families....
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Good news! Leslie Odom Jr. has been promoted to a series regular on NBC’s hit musical drama Smash. Odom, who had a heavily recurring role during the first season as Sam, a love interest for Tom Levitt (Christian Borle), will return for the second season in a beefier role. Smash, the scripted musical drama series about the makers of...
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