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When "New Girl" ended in 2018 after seven seasons, it undoubtedly left a hole in people's hearts. Since 2011, people tuned into Fox every week to see what mishaps and misunderstandings Jessica Day (Zooey Deschanel) and her roommates would get into. There's no shortage of incredible "New Girl" episodes to watch, and if you go back, you may find new things to appreciate. Even if you don't, it's hard to get tired of watching an episode like "Background Check" where everyone's eccentricities are dialed up to 11.

Naturally, you may be ready to fill said heart-hole with something new yet oddly similar. "New Girl" is far from the only sitcom about a group of friends figuring out what to do in life while getting into copious high jinks. Or maybe you want something with a quirky female lead who's prone to burst into song. There can only ever be one "New Girl," but...

Compliance (2012) directed by Craig Zobel, features an ensemble cast led by Dreama Walker as Becky, Ann Dowd as Sandra, Pat Healy as Daniels, Philip Ettinger as Kevin, Ashlie Atkinson as Marti, and Stephen Payne as Harold. Compliance starts like any other thriller, slow and measured but when it picks up, it transforms into something entirely unexpected. The concept of prank calling in cinema isn’t new, but this film handles it in a way that becomes the true highlight of the story. Everything whether it’s the cast, the theme, or the storyline is restrained and purposeful, delivering a film that spans just 90 minutes. The film follows the story of Becky, an innocent and naive employee who becomes victim of a prank call.

The movie opens with the employees, led by Sandra, gathering for a morning meeting before the store opens. It’s going to be a busy day because it’s the weekend,...

It wasn't great to be a Millennial at the top of the 2010s. Not that other folks were having a ball, but by then people of that generation had spent a solid decade growing rapidly disillusioned with the state of the world upon coming of adult age. They and millions of others had also barely gone through the worst economic recession in the lifetimes of practically anyone still alive today. Plus, on top of somehow being both broke and utterly reckless spenders (or so the "Millennials are killing [Insert Name of Industry]" think-piece cottage industry at the time would have you believe), most of them were still in their early to mid-20s, which is a trying age for anyone who's ever lived.

So, naturally, we did what we always do when we're suffering: looked for opportunities to mock our deeply privileged lives of woe.

Television writers seemed particularly eager to play the world's...

Having a favorite show canceled feels a bit like getting the rug pulled from underneath, or having a movie cut off half an hour before the end. Just as the characters become familiar, and just as the story starts to get more layered and interesting, they're unceremoniously taken away. It stings even more if the TV show ends on a cliffhanger, or a promising future setup.

Nowadays, if a show on a streaming service doesn't get the desired streaming numbers in the first week, it's likely it won't get a second season; Netflix is a particular scourge of shows canceled too soon. Official social media accounts get flooded by fans pleading for their series to get picked back up, and petitions are promptly written up. My Lady Jane and Kaos are some of the more recent casualties of this brutal trend, leading to infuriating cliffhangers. There have been shows that...

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This December, Netflix is bringing you a lot of entertainment, from the highly anticipated second season of Squid Game to a thrilling action thriller film titled The Carry-On. However, for the purposes of this article, we are only including the films that are coming to Netflix this month and have an 89% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score. So, check out the five best films that are coming to Netflix in December 2024 with an 89% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score.

Zero Dark Thirty (December 1) Rotten Tomatoes Score: 91% Credit – Sony Pictures

Zero Dark Thirty is a political action thriller film directed by Kathryn Bigelow from a screenplay by Mark Boal. The 2012 film follows a CIA analyst and her team as they try to track down an infamous terrorist leader responsible for a grave terror attack on the United States. Zero Dark Thirty stars Jessica Chastain,...

After watching Jeremy Saulnier's Rebel Ridge, many viewers might look for similar action thrillers that feature badass protagonists. Fortunately, even though Rebel Ridge brings a unique spin on the action genre's tropes, audiences can find many films that revolve around similar themes. One of these films was even directed by Jeremy Saulnier himself almost a decade before Rebel Ridge.

Set in a fictional town, the Netflix action movie hooks viewers with its opening scene, where two police officers ram an ex-Marine's bicycle and seize his money via civil forfeiture. Since the former Marine, Terry Richmond, intended to use the money to bail his cousin out of prison, he sets out on a torrid legal journey to get his money back before resorting to extreme measures. Like Jeremy Saulnier's other movies, Rebel Ridge never leaves a dull moment with its action and drama. Not all filmmakers can match Saulnier's directorial forte,...

Don’t Trust the B— in Apartment 23 star Krysten Ritter has a candid explanation for why the cult-favorite comedy was canceled. Debuting in April 2014 on ABC, the intriguingly titled sitcom followed Chloe, a party girl who routinely asks her roommates for payment up front and then starts to behave wildly until they leave. One roommate, June (Dreama Walker), proves more difficult to drive away. The series, which also featured Dawson's Creek alum James Van Der Beek as a fictionalized version of himself, got positive reviews and developed a loyal following. But it was canceled after only two seasons.

In an interview on the Inside of You with Michael Rosenbaum podcast, Ritter discussed why ABC canceled Don’t Trust the B—. Ritter mentions several factors, naming the show's scheduling first and describing it as being "dragged around by a sh–t-smeared dog." The actor also said that the show was "edgy". Still,...

Netflix‘s true-crime documentary Don’t Pick Up the Phone follows the story of a mysterious caller impersonating the police to provoke fast-food managers to strip search and assault employees accused of theft. The news surrounding these sick and twisted phone calls inspired fictionalized retellings of the hoax, leaving many viewers just as shocked and appalled.

If you enjoy true crime shows and documentaries, here are some things you’ll want to watch after Don’t Pick Up the Phone:

A shot from Netflix’s Don’t Pick Up the Phone trailer | Netflix via Youtube The 2012 film ‘Compliance’ based on the events

In 2012, Compliance premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, starring Ann Dowd, Dreama Walker, Pat Healy, and Bill Camp. Available on Amazon, the movie is largely based on one of the incidents described in Don’t Pick Up the Phone that occurred in Mount Washington, Kentucky, in 2004.

Like the three-part Netflix documentary,...

People say never to judge a book by its cover, but when it comes to TV shows, sometimes it's just as important not to judge them by their titles. "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," for example, doesn't exactly sound like the groundbreaking and celebrated hero's journey that it is. Other shows like "Selfie," "Cougar Town," and the eventually mercifully renamed "Scrotal Recall" (it's called "Lovesick" now) are also way better than their titles would lead one to believe.

The same is true of 2012's short-lived ABC comedy "Don't Trust the B----- in Apartment 23," an outrageous, surreal, fast-paced sitcom starring Krysten Ritter, Dreama Walker, James Van Der Beek, and Eric Andre. Whereas some other titles oversell the wackier aspects of the shows in question, though, "Don't Trust the B" simply can't be tamed or contained by something as simple as a title.

This show by Nahnatchka Khan is an even wilder...

Ann Dowd leads our Oscar odds for her powerhouse performance in “Mass” as the mother of a school shooter. Bleecker Street releases this intense drama on October 8. The Emmy winner (“The Handmaid’s Tale”) is the early favorite to win Best Supporting Actress, according to the combined predictions of thousands of Gold Derby readers. If she does win, it would be a fitting end to a story almost 10 years in the making. Back in 2012 she had to finance her own Best Supporting Actress campaign for her role in the indie film “Compliance.” Better late than never.

“Compliance” premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2012, which was followed by a release to general audiences that August. The film starred Dreama Walker as a fast-food employee and Dowd as her manager, who is tricked by a prankster over the phone into cruelly tormenting the employee. Dowd’s performance was acclaimed, but its distributor,...

Shudder has had excellent content offerings for horror fans all month long, and they're not done yet! Today, they officially announced ShudderFest, their virtual event that will take place all day on Halloween! We have the full schedule of virtual events, that include Tony Todd, Robert Englund, a secret screening, and much more!

October 27, 2020 — New York, NY — Staying home for Halloween this year? Fear not: Shudder, AMC Networks’ premium streaming service for horror, thriller and the supernatural, is bringing the holiday to you with ShudderFest, a horror celebration you don’t need to leave the house to attend. This incredible day-long virtual event will feature panels, presentations, conversations and screenings led by legendary genre icons, fan-favorite musicians, and acclaimed directors, writers, and producers, free to all and available anywhere in the world via the shudderfest.com website.

Highlights of the event include a virtual hang with “horror royalty” including genre...

Thanks to the critical, box office and award-winning success of writer/director Quentin Tarantino's "Once Upon A Time In... Hollywood", actor Brad Pitt who plays movie stunt double, bodyguard 'Cliff Booth' in the film, is open to reprising his character for an extended episode, 'streaming mini-series', featuring new content and character backstories:

"...I look at a mini-series where you can spend much more time on characters and story and explore angles you don't always get to do in films", said Pitt. 

"So much of these films end up on the cutting room floor because they just don't fit in that box. 

"That's why I think it's interesting that Tarantino previously took 'Hateful Eight' and ostensibly repurposed it as a three-part series. It's almost the best of both worlds. 

"You have the cinema experience that exists, but you can actually put more content into the series format."

"...in 'Once Upon A Time In.

Taryn Manning, Jonathan Lipnicki, Dreama Walker, Lynn Chen, and comedian Jordan Carlos are set to star in Pooling To Paradise, an indie comedy directed by Roxy Shih. Written by Caytha Jentis, the film follows four millennial strangers who take a ride-share pool on a road trip to Paradise, Nevada. Each at a crossroads in their lives, the trek gives them all an unexpected, deep connection that changes the course of their futures. Jentis and Angela Pedraza are producing the project. Executive producers are Linda Evans and Nina Warren. Manning is repped by Innovative Artists and Avalon Management; Lipnicki by Rafterman Media and Felker Toczek Suddleson Abramson; Walker by The Gersh Agency and Stone Genow Smelkinson...

Spoiler Alert: Do not read if you have not yet watched “Slashdance,” the third episode of “American Horror Story: 1984.”

When last we left our intrepid “American Horror Story: 1984” camp counselors, they had split into two groups and each seemed to be facing one of the killers at their respective doors. However, nothing is ever as simple as it appears on “American Horror Story!” In this case, it turned out that the Night Stalker (Zach Villa) was at the infirmary, but it was not Mr. Jingles himself (John Carroll Lynch) but rather a couple of local teenagers donning Mr. Jingles masks who were attempting to terrorize the about-to-be-reopened camp.

That’s right, in this town kids pull pranks on local businesses on the anniversary of the Camp Redwood massacre. Two of them threw a bag of human feces into the cabin and proceeded to celebrate their cleverness — until the real Mr.

Thanks to the critical and box office success of writer/director Quentin Tarantino's "Once Upon A Time...In Hollywood", actor Brad Pitt aka movie stunt double, bodyguard 'Cliff Booth' in the new film, is open to reprising his character for an extended episode, 'streaming mini-series', featuring new content and character backstories as a complement to the film:

"...I look at a mini-series where you can spend much more time on characters and story and explore angles you don't always get to do in films", said Pitt. 

"So much of these films end up on the cutting room floor because they just don't fit in that box. 

"That's why I think it's interesting that Tarantino previously took 'Hateful Eight' and ostensibly repurposed it as a three-part series. It's almost the best of both worlds. 

"You have the cinema experience that exists, but you can actually put more content into the series format.

James Van Der Beek is one of the 12 celebrities on “Dancing with the Stars” Season 28, but this won’t be his first time on the show. Sort of.

Remember “Don’t Trust the B—- in Apartment 23”? The short-lived ABC sitcom that ran from two seasons on which the “Dawson’s Creek” alum played a vain, narcissistic version of himself? Yeah, well, that James Van Der Beek was on “Dancing.” In the “Apartment 23” Season 1 finale, which aired in May 2012, James is cast on “Dancing” and develops a heated rivalry with Dean Cain after he learns that the former Superman has a larger dressing room.

The storyline carried over into Season 2, and Karina Smirnoff, who at the time had just won Season 13 of “Dancing” with J.R. Martinez, guest-starred as Dean’s partner. James wasn’t partnered with a real “Dancing” pro on the show, but rather the fictional Angie Beckencort (Missi Pyle), who was not great,...

Take a look at more footage from writer/director Quentin Tarantino's $90 million mystery crime feature "Once Upon A Time... in Hollywood":

"...set in 1969, drunken, chain-smoking, TV actor 'Rick Dalton' (Leonardo Di Caprio) and his personal stunt double 'Cliff Booth' (Brad Pitt)...

"...embark on an odyssey to make a name for themselves in the film industry while living next door to young actress 'Sharon Tate' (Robbie).

Cast also includes Luke Perry as 'Scott Lancer', Timothy Olyphant as 'James Stacey, Dakota Fanning as 'Squeaky Fromme', Al Pacino as 'Marvin Schwarzs', Emile Hirsch as 'Jay Sebring', Damian Lewis as 'Steve McQueen', Margaret Qualley as 'Pussycat', Samantha Robinson as 'Abigail Folger', Rumer Willis as 'Joanna Pettet', Austin Butler as 'Tex', Rebecca Gayheart as 'Billie Booth', Bruce Dern as 'George Spahn', Clifton Collins Jr. as 'Ernesto The Mexican Vaquero',...

Sneak Peek more new footage, plus images from "Kill Bill" writer/director Quentin Tarantino's $90 million budgeted mystery crime feature "Once Upon A Time... in Hollywood", starring Margot Robbie as 'Sharon Tate' opening in North America July 26, 2019:

"...set in 1969, stuttering TV actor 'Rick Dalton' (Leonardo Di Caprio) and his personal stunt double 'Cliff Booth' (Brad Pitt)...

"...(supposedly influenced by stunt performer Donald 'Shorty' Shea who was killed by the 'Manson Family')...

"...embark on an odyssey...

"...to make a name for themselves in the film industry...

"...while living next door to young actress 'Sharon Tate' (Robbie).

Among the ensemble cast, actors also include Luke Perry as 'Scott Lancer'...

...Timothy Olyphant as 'James Stacey'...

...Dakota Fanning as 'Squeaky Fromme', Al Pacino as 'Marvin Schwarzs'...

..Emile Hirsch as 'Jay Sebring', Damian Lewis as 'Steve McQueen'...

...Margaret Qualley as 'Cat'...

...Samantha Robinson...

Sneak Peek more new images from "Kill Bill" writer/director Quentin Tarantino's $90 million budgeted, 2 plus hours mystery crime feature "Once Upon A Time in Hollywood", starring Margot Robbie and Brad Pitt, opening in North America July 26, 2019:

"...set in 1969, a faded TV actor (Leonardo Di Caprio) and his personal stunt double (Brad Pitt)...

"...embark on an odyssey...

"...to make a name for themselves in the film industry, while living next door to young actress 'Sharon Tate' (Robbie).

Among the ensemble cast, actors also include Luke Perry as 'Scott Lancer'...

...Timothy Olyphant as 'James Stacey'...

...Dakota Fanning as 'Squeaky Fromme', Al Pacino as 'Marvin Schwarzs'... 

..Emile Hirsch as 'Jay Sebring', Damian Lewis as 'Steve McQueen'...

...Margaret Qualley as 'Kitty Kat', Samantha Robinson as 'Abigail Folger', Rumer Willis as 'Joanna Pettet'...

...Austin Butler as 'Tex', Rebecca Gayheart as 'Billie Booth',...

1984: All My Children's Erica was curious about Adam's first wife.

1990: General Hospital's Frisco planned a surprise for Felicia.

1994: Days of our Lives' Alice found Tom dead in their bedroom.

2003: The Young and the Restless' Jill tried to stop a wedding."History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into different and unexpected images."

― Anselm Kiefer

"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.

On this date in...

1963: James Pritchett made his first appearance on NBC soap opera The Doctors. He played a corporation president running away and having a broken back that brought me to the hospital. Pritchett returned to The Doctors on July 9, 1963, as Dr.

Take a look at the entire Cannes press conference for "Kill Bill" writer/director Quentin Tarantino's upcoming mystery crime feature "Once Upon A Time in Hollywood", including Tarantino, Margot Robbie, Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio:

"...a faded TV actor and his personal stunt double...

"...embark on an odyssey...

"...to make a name for themselves in the film industry...

Among the ensemble cast, actors also include the late Luke Perry as 'Scott Lancer'...

...Brad Pitt as 'Cliff Booth', Timothy Olyphant as 'James Stacey'...

...Dakota Fanning as 'Squeaky Fromme', Al Pacino as 'Marvin Schwarzs'... 

..Emile Hirsch as 'Jay Sebring', Damian Lewis as 'Steve McQueen'...

...Margaret Qualley as 'Pussy Cat'...

...Samantha Robinson as 'Abigail Folger', Rumer Willis as 'Joanna Pettet'...

...Austin Butler as 'Tex', Rebecca Gayheart as 'Billie Booth', Bruce Dern as 'George Spahn'...

...Clifton Collins Jr. as 'Ernesto The Mexican Vaquero'.

From RedBand.Ca, Sneak Peek new restricted 'red band' footage from "Kill Bill" writer/director Quentin Tarantino's upcoming mystery crime feature "Once Upon A Time in Hollywood", plus take a look at more international movie posters within the film showcasing 'Rick Dalton' (Leonardo DiCaprio), screening May 21, 2019 at Cannes and opening in North America July 26, 2019:

"...a faded TV actor and his personal stunt double...

"...embark on an odyssey...

"...to make a name for themselves in the film industry...

Among the ensemble cast, actors also include the late Luke Perry as 'Scott Lancer'...

...Brad Pitt as 'Cliff Booth', Timothy Olyphant as 'James Stacey'...

...Dakota Fanning as 'Squeaky Fromme', Al Pacino as 'Marvin Schwarzs'... 

..Emile Hirsch as 'Jay Sebring', Damian Lewis as 'Steve McQueen'...

...Margaret Qualley as 'Pussy Cat'...

...Samantha Robinson as 'Abigail Folger', Rumer Willis as 'Joanna Pettet'.

Sneak Peek more images from "Kill Bill" writer/director Quentin Tarantino's upcoming mystery crime feature "Once Upon A Time in Hollywood", including fictitious international movie posters within the film showcasing 'Rick Dalton' (Leonardo DiCaprio), screening May 21, 2019 at Cannes and opening in North America July 26, 2019:

"...a faded TV actor and his personal stunt double...

"...embark on an odyssey...

"...to make a name for themselves in the film industry...

Among the ensemble cast, actors also include the late Luke Perry as 'Scott Lancer'...

...Brad Pitt as 'Cliff Booth', Timothy Olyphant as 'James Stacey'...

...Dakota Fanning as 'Squeaky Fromme', Al Pacino as 'Marvin Schwarzs'... 

..Emile Hirsch as 'Jay Sebring', Damian Lewis as 'Steve McQueen'...

...Margaret Qualley as 'Kitty Kat'...

...Samantha Robinson as 'Abigail Folger', Rumer Willis as 'Joanna Pettet'...

...Austin Butler as 'Tex', Rebecca Gayheart as 'Billie Booth',...

Director Quentin Tarantino continues to build his cast for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Damon Herriman (Justified) has been cast in the role of Charles Manson in the film and Rafal Zawierucha will play director Roman Polanski, Sharon Tate’s husband. Meanwhile, Danny Strong, Sydney Sweeney, Rumer Willis, Dreama Walker, Margaret Qualley, Costa Ronin, Victoria Pedretti and Madisen Beaty have been cast in the film as well. I can’t believe how massive this cast list is getting. I’m pretty sure that next week we’ll get a notice saying that everyone is in the film.

According to The Wrap, Rumer Willis will play British actress Joanna Pettet; "Walker plays actress and singer Connie Stevens and Ronin (The Americans) portrays Polish actor Voytek Frykowski, who was one of the victims of the Manson Family’s murder spree at Roman Polanski’s home on Cielo Drive." Qualley will take...

As controversy and conjecture lay the ground for a scenario wherein Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood destroys the thinkpiece industry, Film Twitter, and everything in their immediate, terrible vicinity, the writer-director’s been busy transforming Tinseltown for his late-60s drama centered on a TV actor (Leonardo DiCaprio) and stuntman buddy’s (Brad Pitt) attempt to enter the studio system, all the while living next door to Sharon Tate and Roman Polanski in the summer of 1969. Fittingly for his depiction of an era in which casts overflowed with big names and bit players, the ensemble is immense.

The recent headline-making additions are such: Maya Hawke, daughter of Ethan and Uma Thurman, as a fictional character, Flower Child; Lena Dunham as Manson member Catherine Louise “Gypsy” Share and bringer of skull-grinding discourse; Rumer Willis (another one-generation-removed reunion), Dreama Walker, Margaret Qualley, Costa Ronin, Victoria Pedretti, and Madisen Beaty...

The search for Quentin Tarantino’s Charles Manson is over. The Wrap confirms the director has cast Australian actor Damon Herriman as the infamous serial killer in his ninth feature, “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.” The casting news arrives as Tarantino is already well into production on the 1969-set movie, which is shaping up to be his penultimate effort if he sticks to his plan to retire after ten movies.

“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” stars Leonardo DiCaprio as a television actor trying to break into the film industry alongside his friends and stuntman, played by Brad Pitt. The characters live next door to Sharon Tate and Roman Polanski, played by Margot Robbie and Rafal Zawierucha. Tate and four others were murdered by members of the Manson Family cult on August 9, 1969.

Herriman is best known in the U.S. for playing Dewey Crowe on five seasons of the FX series “Justified.

Earlier today, Quentin Tarantino found his Roman Polanski in Rafal Zawierucha and now, the two-time Academy Award winner has finally filled the role we’ve all been waiting for: Charles Manson. According to Cinema Blend (H/T The Wrap), Damon Herriman, star of Justified and Incorporated, has landed the part of the infamous serial killer in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.

Currently, the extent of Herriman’s role is unknown, but, seeing as a majority of his work has taken place on the small screen, this will undoubtedly be the most significant production of which he’s ever been apart. Joining Herriman on the non-fiction side of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is Rumer Willis (Joanna Pettet), Dreama Walker (Connie Stevens) and Costa Ronin (Voytek Frykowski). Margaret Qualley (The Nice Guys), Madisen Beaty (The Fosters) and Victoria Pedretti have also come aboard.

Leonardo DiCaprio Shares First Pic From Once...

Quentin Tarantino is filling out the cast of his 1969-set “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” with rising stars Rumer Willis, Dreama Walker, Margaret Qualley, Costa Ronin, Damon Herriman, Victoria Pedretti and Madisen Beaty, TheWrap has learned.

Herriman, an Australian actor best known to American audiences for a recurring role on “Justified,” has been cast as Charles Manson — the notorious cult leader whose self-styled “family” committed multiple murders in the year when the movie takes place.

In addition, “Empire” star Rumer Willis plays British actress Joanna Pettet; Walker plays actress and singer Connie Stevens and Ronin (“The Americans”) portrays Polish actor Voytek Frykowski, who was one of the victims of the Manson Family’s murder spree at Roman Polanski’s home on Cielo Drive.

Also Read: Quentin Tarantino's Charles Manson Movie: How the Stars Compare to Real-Life Characters (Photos)

Qualley plays a character named Kitty Kat, Beaty portrays Katie and Pedretti is Lulu.

The new CBS series The Neighborhood could easily be an Odd Couple-esque sitcom in which two very different families live next door to one another, and hilarity ensues. The comedy about a white family moving into a predominantly black neighborhood will certainly go for laughs, but producers said at TCA today that they hope the show opens a dialogue as well.

Ep Jim Reynolds joined the TCA stage with star and exec producer Cedric the Entertainer, Max Greenfield, Beth Behrs, Tichina Arnold, Sheaun McKinney, and Marcel Spears to talk about the comedy and what they hope to achieve with it.

The show is loosely based on executive producer Reynolds’ life when he moved into his current neighborhood. It stars Cedric the Entertainer as Calvin Butler, opinionated neighbor to Dave Johnson (Greenfield), the friendliest guy in the Midwest who moves his family to a a Los Angeles neighborhood where not everyone...

CBS’ “The Neighborhood” stars Cedric the Entertainer, Max Greenfield and Beth Behrs. CBS’ “Here Comes the Neighborhood” and “Welcome to the Neighborhood” — the upcoming sitcom’s previous titles — starred Cedric the Entertainer, Josh Lawson and Dreama Walker.

Yeah, there were a few titles changes and recastings on this one.

“The title change, I think it really was mostly about getting it to be as short and sort of punchy as possible, and as easy for recognition,” creator Jim Reynolds told TheWrap, during the sitcom’s panel at the Television Critics Association press tour Sunday. “And I believe one of the factors was not starting it with a W.”

Also Read: Beth Behrs Joins 'The Neighborhood' in CBS Show's Second Recasting Shakeup

When TheWrap asked if that’s because shows are listed in alphabetical order the executive producer confirmed, yeah, that’s why.

“As far as the recasting, we shot the initial pilot,...

CBS has released a promo for its upcoming comedy series The Neighborhood with the first footage of new cast members Max Greenfield and Beth Behrs.

The pilot was re-shot after the recasting of Greenfield and Behrs, who replaced Josh Lawson and Dreama Walker, who played the leads in the pilot.

Written by Jim Reynolds and directed by James Burrows, The Neighborhood hails from Kapital Entertainment and CBS TV Studios. It stars Cedric the Entertainer as Calvin Butler, an opinionated neighbor, when Dave Johnson (Greenfield), the friendliest guy in the Midwest, moves his family to a neighborhood in Los Angeles where not everyone looks like him or appreciates his extreme neighborliness. Behrs plays Dave’s wife Gemma.

Reynolds executive produces with Kapital Entertainment’s Aaron Kaplan and Dana Honor as well as Kapital-based producer Wendi Trilling via her TrillTV and Cedric and Eric Rhone of A Bird And A Bear Entertainment.

1984: All My Children's Erica was curious about Adam's first wife.

1990: General Hospital's Frisco planned a surprise for Felicia.

1994: Days of our Lives' Alice found Tom dead in their bedroom.

2003: The Young and the Restless' Jill tried to stop a wedding."All true histories contain instruction; though, in some, the treasure may be hard to find, and when found, so trivial in quantity that the dry, shrivelled kernel scarcely compensates for the trouble of cracking the nut."

― Anne Brontë in "Agnes Grey"

"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.

On this date in...

1963: James Pritchett made his first appearance on NBC soap opera The Doctors. He played a corporation...

One of the most promising new series of the 2018-19 season is recasting another lead role. 

Per Deadline, Two Broke Girls star Beth Behrs has been drafted in to replace Dreama Walker who appeared in the pilot. 

The news comes just weeks after it was announced that Max Greenfield is taking over the role Josh Lawson had in the pilot. 

Behrs will play Gemma on the series which follows "the nicest guy in the Midwest" who uproots his family and moves to one of the least desirable neighborhoods in Los Angeles. 

CBS ordered the show to series last month and it will join the rejigged Monday schedule which includes fellow newbies Happy Together and Magnum P.I. alongside veteran drama, Bull. 

Related: The Neighborhood Recast: Max Greenfield Takes Over Lead Role!

The network's Monday line-up took a big hit in the ratings on the night during the 2017-18 season, so it...

Beth Behrs has joined the upcoming CBS comedy series “The Neighborhood,” Variety has confirmed.

Behrs will take over the role originally played by Dreama Walker. She will play Gemma, the wife to Max Greenfield’s Dave. Greenfield himself joined the series in a recasting, taking over the role played in the pilot by Josh Lawson.

“The Neighborhood” is a multi-cam that follows Dave (Greenfield), the nicest guy in the Midwest, who moves his family into a tough neighborhood in L.A. where not everyone appreciates his extreme neighborliness. Cedric the Entertainer stars as Calvin, Dave’s new, opinionated neighbor.

The series also stars Sheaun McKinney, Tichina Arnold, Marcel Spears, and Hank Greenspan.

Behrs is perhaps best known for playing the co-lead on the CBS comedy “2 Broke Girls” opposite Kat Dennings. She also starred in one of Fox’s comedy pilots this year–“Culture Clash” from writer Vali Chandrasekaran and...

“The Neighborhood” is getting another new resident.

“2 Broke Girls” star Beth Behrs has been cast as the female lead opposite Max Greenfield and Cedric the Entertainer in CBS’ new sitcom, an individual with knowledge of the production tells TheWrap. Behrs will play Dave’s (Greenfield) wife Gemma, who was played by Dreama Walker in the pilot.

The recasting is the second “The Neighborhood” (previously “Welcome to the Neighborhood”) has seen since it was picked up by CBS, as Greenfield took over for Josh Lawson, who played Dave — the nicest guy in the Midwest who moves his family into a Los Angeles neighborhood where not everyone appreciates his extreme neighborliness — in the pilot.

Also Read: Max Greenfield to Replace Josh Lawson in CBS' 'The Neighborhood' Recasting

Cedric leads the cast as Calvin Butler, an opinionated neighbor.

The multi-cam hails from CBS Television Studios and is written and executive produced by Jim Reynolds.

CBS is making another major change to The Neighborhood, tapping 2 Broke Girls‘ Beth Behrs to replace Dreama Walker as the sitcom’s new female lead, TVLine has learned. The recasting comes roughly a month after New Girl‘s Max Greenfield was hired to succeed Josh Lawson (House of Lies) as the male co-lead (opposite Cedric the Entertainer).

The decision to revamp the husband-and-wife characters now played by Greenfied and Behrs was made for creative reasons. CBS scooped up Behrs after her Fox comedy pilot, Our People, failed to snag a series order last month.

In The Neighborhood, Greenfield’s Dave...

Former 2 Broke Girls star Beth Behrs is returning to CBS. She has been tapped as a female lead opposite Max Greenfield and Cedric the Entertainer in the network’s new comedy series The Neighborhood, from Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment and CBS TV Studios.

Behrs will play Dave’s ( Greenfield) wife Gemma. She replaces Dreama Walker who played the role in the pilot. It is the second part to be recast after the pilot was picked up to series along with Dave, who was originally played by Josh Lawson.

Written by Jim Reynolds and directed by James Burrows, in The Neighborhood, Cedric the Entertainer stars as Calvin Butler, an opinionated neighbor, when Dave Johnson (Greenfield), the friendliest guy in the Midwest, moves his family to a neighborhood in Los Angeles where not everyone looks like him or appreciates his extreme neighborliness.

Behrs’ Gemma, married to Dave (Greenfield), accepts a teaching...

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The Neighborhood looks like a hoot. 

CBS has released the first trailer for the series which stars Cedric the Entertainer, Max Greenfield, Tichina Arnold, Sheaun McKinney, Marcel Spears, Dreama Walker and Hank Greenspan. 

The premise follows the Johnson family who moves to a deprived Los Angeles neighborhood and find themselves scrutinized because of how nice they appear to be. 

In the trailer alone, you can see Cedric's Calvin up in arms at the way Johnson family patriarch, Dave speaks to him. 

The trailer includes Josh Lawson as Dave Johnson, but there was a recast after the show landed a series order at CBS and New Girl's Max Greenfield will assume the role. 

If first impressions are everything, then The Neighborhood has a lot going for it. The cast alone is great, and most of them have roots in the world of comedy. 

The Neighborhood will be the new anchor...

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So, their Monday lineup brings us 3 new shows starting with, The Neighborhood. Cedric the Entertainer stars as an opinionated neighbor in a comedy about what happens when the friendliest guy in the Midwest moves his family to a neighborhood in Los Angeles where not everyone looks like him or appreciates his extreme neighborliness. When Dave Johnson (Max Greenfield) and his family arrive from Michigan, they’re unfazed that their new dream home is located in a community quite different from their small town. However, their opinionated next-door neighbor, Calvin Butler (Cedric the Entertainer), is wary of the newcomers, certain...

We hope you’re not tired of trailers, as at its upfront presentation at Carnegie Hall on Wednesday, CBS unveiled the first look at its upcoming series for next season.

Below, our readers can check out the official previews and descriptions for all of CBS’ new shows, including its “Murphy Brown” revival, “The Neighborhood,” (pictured) “Happy Together” and “F.B.I.”

To find out when you can watch these shows, check out the schedule here.

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“Murphy Brown”

In a revival of the 1988 sitcom, Murphy Brown (Candice Bergen) returns to a world of cable news, social media, fake news and a very different political and cultural climate.

The cast includes Candice Bergen, Faith Ford, Joe Regalbuto, Grant Shaud, Jake McDorman and Nik Dodani

Original series creator Diane English will write and executive produce.

CBS has released the first trailers for their upcoming fall shows following the release of their 2018-2019 fall schedule on Wednesday.

Of the trailers released today, dramas “Magnum Pi,” “FBI,” and “God Friended Me” as well as comedies “The Neighborhood,” “Happy Together,” and the revival of “Murphy Brown” will launch this fall. Dramas “The Code” and “The Red Line” and comedy “Fam” will debut at midseason.

Watch the trailers and read the official series descriptions below. All times are Et.

“The Neighborhood”–Mondays at 8 p.m.

The Neighborhood stars Cedric the Entertainer as an opinionated neighbor in a comedy about what happens when the friendliest guy in the Midwest moves his family to a neighborhood in Los Angeles where not everyone looks like him or appreciates his extreme neighborliness. When Dave Johnson (Max Greenfield) and his family arrive from Michigan, they’re unfazed that their new dream home is located...

“New Girl” alum Max Greenfield has been cast in the recently-ordered CBS comedy “The Neighborhood,” formerly known as “Welcome to the Neighborhood.” He will take over the role originally played in the pilot by Josh Lawson.

“The Neighborhood” is a multi-cam that follows Dave (Greenfield), the nicest guy in the Midwest, who moves his family into a tough neighborhood in L.A. where not everyone appreciates his extreme neighborliness. Cedric the Entertainer stars as Calvin, Dave’s new, opinionated neighbor.

In addition to Cedric and Greenfield, it stars Sheaun McKinney, Tichina Arnold, Dreama Walker, Marcel Spears, Hank Greenspan.

Greenfield has played Schmidt on Fox’s “New Girl” for its entire seven season run, with the series finale of that show set to air tonight. Greenfield is also known for his collaborations with Ryan Murphy in both “American Crime Story” and “American Horror Story.”

He is repped by Wme and Untitled Entertainment.

Max Greenfield is charting a new course.

With New Girl signing off this season, the actor has been tapped to replace Josh Lawson in CBS' newly ordered comedy series The Neighborhood, which is the new title for the former Welcome to the Neighborhood.

The multicamera comedy from Big Bang Theory writer Jim Reynolds revolves around the nicest guy in the Midwest who moves his family into a tough neighborhood in L.A. where not everyone appreciates his extreme neighborliness. Cedric the Entertainer, Tichina Arnold and Dreama Walker star in the CBS Television Studios series from Aaron Kaplan's Kapital Entertainment....

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Sometimes, you just want to be entertained. The Tiffany Network knows this, and they've got just the man for the job. CBS has ordered the Welcome to the Neighborhood TV show, starring Cedric The Entertainer, with a start date Tbd. The actor and comedian, who can also be seen in Tracy Morgan's new TBS comedy, The Last Og, will also executive produce with writer Jim Reynolds, late of the cancelled TV series 9Jkl.A CBS multi-camera sitcom, Welcome to the Neighborhood stars Josh Lawson as "the nicest guy in the Midwest." He and his family move to a tough Los Angeles neighborhood, right next door to Cedric's character, Calvin. The comedy also stars Sheaun McKinney, Tichina Arnold, Dreama Walker, Marcel Spears, and Hank Greenspan. Read More…...

CBS has pulled the trigger on two new multi-camera comedy series for the 2018-2019 season.

The network on Wednesday handed out series orders to Cedric the Entertainer‘s Welcome to the Neighborhood as well as an untitled comedy starring Damon Wayans, Jr.

Cedric the Entertainer's comes from a script written by The Big Bang Theory scribe, Jim Reynolds. It follows “the nicest guy in the Midwest” who uproots his family and moves to a neighborhood in L.A. that is not one of the most desirable ones.

The cast also includes Sheaun McKinney, Tichina Arnold, Dreama Walker, Marcel Spears and Hank Greenspan.

Meanwhile, Damon Wayans Jr. will stay in the world of comedy with a brand new series. It currently has no title, but it centers on a middle-aged couple who start to think about their younger years when a pop star moves in with them.

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CBS has given out its first series order from its pilot crop for the 2018-2019 season.

The broadcaster has ordered the multi-camera comedies “Welcome to the Neighborhood” and the untitled Damon Wayans Jr. project to series. Both projects are produced by CBS Television Studios.

“Welcome to the Neighborhood,” formerly “Here Comes the Neighborhood,” follows the nicest guy in the Midwest, who moves his family into a tough neighborhood in L.A. where not everyone appreciates his extreme neighborliness.

It stars Cedric The Entertainer, Josh Lawson, Sheaun McKinney, Tichina Arnold, Dreama Walker, Marcel Spears, Hank Greenspan.

Cedric will also executive produce along with Eric Rhone via their A Bird And A Bear Entertainment. Jim Reynolds serves as writer and executive producer. Aaron Kaplan of Kapital Entertainment, Dana Honor, and Wendi Trilling will also executive produce. James Burrows will executive produce and direct the pilot.

Cedric signed a development deal with CBS back in September.

After coming under fire in recent years for its lack of diversity in its primetime programming, CBS is putting its money where its mouth is by ordering a pair of multi-camera sitcoms featuring African-American leads. The Eye net on Wednesday handed series orders to Cedric The Entertainer‘s Welcome to the Neighborhood as well as an untitled comedy starring Damon Wayans, Jr. (New Girl, Happy Endings). [pmc_inline_gallery]

Welcome to the Neighborhood centers on “the nicest guy in the Midwest” (played by House of Lies‘ Josh Lawson) who moves his family into a tough neighborhood in L.A., where not everyone appreciates his extreme neighborliness.