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A funny thing happened while I looked for ’90s shows that could use a modern reboot. I got stuck in the 2000s when some of my favorite shows aired, and I realized that every show I wanted to be rebooted was in the genre category.

If you know me, that probably isn’t much of a surprise, but the sheer volume of genre shows that were created and failed to take hold is surprising even to me, who watched them. And the casts? Some of the best.

In my mind, the key to a modern reboot is that the shows need to have received short shrift in some way, whether the timing was all wrong or the show never lived up to its premise. Today’s genre shows that have succeeded could be storytelling models for reboots. Here are the shows that fit that bill.

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For a show about outer space, SyFy's "Resident Alien" sure grounds itself with some beautiful scenery. The sci-fi comedic drama stars "Firefly" alum Alan Tudyk as Harry, an alien that crash-landed on earth with a mission to kill its people. Instead, Harry became a medical examiner, became besties (and maybe then some) with local human Asta (Sara Tomko), and faced off against some freaky, powerful aliens called the Greys.

All of this happens against the backdrop of Patience, Colorado, a fictional small town with scenic views and nearby wilderness areas. In real life, though, the team behind "Resident Alien" found their version of Patience in a different small town – and a different country. Before the quirky show returns for its fourth season, which will air on USA Network, it's worth brushing up on all the stunning filming locations that help make "Resident Alien" unique.

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Kate Cassidy was a well-known name in the halls of The CW, first appearing in Supernatural, and then going on to be an important character in The Arrow with The CW’s DC block. However, the actor’s departure from Supernatural yielded a show that not many know, but those who do, love it to bits.

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Katie Cassidy had some fond memories on the set of Supernatural, but the actress found her character being stalled. While Eric Kripke said that they simply could not afford Cassidy anymore, the actress provided a slightly different story.

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Despite having a great time on the show, Katie Cassidy decided that she needed to move on from the project. While Eric Kripke told outlets that it was because the show simply could not afford her anymore,...

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Hallmark favorite actress Jessica Lowndes has been missing from the network for a couple of years while in an exclusive contract with Great American Family. However, the good news is that Jessica is back on the feel-good network with the new, original movie, Happy Howlidays.

To keep things interesting, however, the male lead in the movie is currently a mystery. This is because the unknown hunk was the winner of the Finding Mr. Christmas reality show, hosted by Jonathan Bennett. Read on to find out what we do know so far about this upcoming Christmas movie.

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Fur-face lovers will certainly enjoy this last movie in Hallmark’s Countdown to Christmas 2024. However, besides the cute dogs, this movie sees the return of...

This post contains spoilers for "Harper's Island."

The horror anthology model is pretty commonplace in our current landscape, its core appeal lying in shifting tones and narrative motivations, along with a ton of variety to offer. Anthologies are not a brand-new phenomenon, as their enduring popularity can be traced back to shows like "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" or Rod Serling's "Twilight Zone" series, proving that even the earliest days of network television held space for such a format — on the condition that the show could sustain good ratings. When "Harper's Island" premiered on CBS in April 2009, it was marketed as a horror/slasher series that would go on to follow the anthology format in the second season, replete with new characters and a fresh setting. Unfortunately, these plans did not come to pass, as the 13-part limited event received dwindling ratings as the episodes progressed — with a season-wide average of...

It's a time-tested clich that horror projects aren't always appreciated a first. Oftentimes, they're just a little too ahead of their time. And while they go on to develop a cult following years later, it's usually too late to save and revive them.

That's especially true for many horror television shows. While some were overshadowed by flashier projects, others simply didn't find their right audience at te time. Others had big legacies they were compared against and so it wasn't until looking back that their own geniuses were appreciated for what they are. But in this age of reboots and revivals, perhaps there's hope for at least one horror TV gem to find its way back with new stories.

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Harper's Island was canceled after one season, but its unique approach to a slasher series still resonates 15 years later. The series thrived on suspense and red herrings, boasting a large cast of suspects and engaging plot twists. Despite being ahead of its time, Harper's Island could have been a massive hit with better marketing and a different network placement.

CBS canceled beloved slasher series Harper's Island after a single season, but it still holds a special place in my heart 15 years later because it deserves a resurrection. Slasher series rarely work because sustaining viewer interest week-to-week is tough when answers aren't forthcoming. A slasher series needs convincing kills and plots that can be told over a longer arc and offer insight into the characters and their machinations. This particular series excelled because it had 25 suspects from the get-go, meaning there was no shortage of drama.

The series benefited from a picturesque setting,...

An integral aspect of the best horror movies is mystery, a foreboding question that lingers throughout the story as viewers are not only horrified by what horrible things are happening to these characters, but also by the masked assailant committing these atrocities. A perfect illustration of how a project can merge its horror and mystery elements is Harper's Island, a limited series created by Ari Schlossberg that terrified audiences when it premiered on CBS in 2009.

The slasher mash-up Freddy vs. Jason just celebrated its 20th anniversary six months ago, and now we have some very sad news to share about one of its cast members: Chris Gauthier, who played the Jason victim Shack in the film, has passed away at the age of 48. Variety reports that Gauthier passed away suddenly and unexpectedly from “an unspecified short illness”.

In addition to Freddy vs. Jason, where his character was felled by a flaming machete thrown by Jason during the cornfield rave sequence, Gauthier’s acting credits included 40 Days and 40 Nights, Insomnia, Agent Cody Banks, Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed, Dead Like Me, Riding the Bullet, Stargate: Atlantis, Masters of Horror (where he had a role in John Carpenter’s Cigarette Burns), The Butterfly Effect 2, Stargate: The Ark of Truth, Supernatural, Space Buddies, Watchmen, Harper’s Island, Sanctuary, Beyond the Black Rainbow, Iron Golem, Smallville, Continuum, Eureka, R.L. Stine’s The Haunting Hour,...

Best known to horror fans for playing the memorable character “Shack” in 2003’s horror movie mashup Freddy vs. Jason, actor Chris Gauthier has passed away at the age of 48.

The actor died on February 23 from an “unspecified short illness,” Variety reports.

Chris Gauthier has over 100 film and television acting credits on his resume dating back to 2000, with his film work also including 40 Days and 40 Nights, Insomnia, Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed, Riding the Bullet, The Butterfly Effect 2, The Sandlot: Heading Home, Watchmen, Beyond the Black Rainbow, Monster Trucks, and The Christmas House.

On the small screen, Gauthier appeared in countless television shows including “Dead Like Me,” “Bionic Woman,” “Supernatural,” “Harper’s Island,” “Sanctuary,” “Smallville,” “Eureka,” “R.L. Stine’s The Haunting Hour,” “Psych,” “iZombie,” and “Once Upon a Time.”

Chris Gauthier also appeared on Showtime’s horror anthology series “Masters of Horror,” notably playing a character in John Carpenter’s Season 1 episode,...

Actor Chris Gauthier, who played Smee in the hit TV series Once Upon a Time, has died.

Per TVLine, Chris Gauthier passed away on Feb. 23, and his death was confirmed by his talent agency, TriStar Appearances/Event Horizon Talent. While a specific cause wasn't named, Gauthier's manager said that the actor "passed suddenly and unexpectedly following a short illness." He was 48 years old.

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We can confirm that our dear friend and client, Chris Gauthier, passed away on Friday morning, February 23, at the age of 48,” reads a statement fro Gauthier's agency. “As a beloved Vancouver-based character actor, Chris shared his talents with so many of us both on television and in film. His loss is felt not just by his fans but by those of us who were lucky enough to know him more personally. On behalf of his family, we do ask for privacy during this time so...

Chris Gauthier, a Canadian actor known for “Once Upon a Time,” “Smallville” and “Eureka,” died on Feb. 23 from an unspecified short illness, according to his management. He was 48.

In a statement posted to Facebook, TriStar Appearances’ Chad Colvin confirmed the news: “When his wife reached out to me yesterday with the news, I wept tears of disbelief for hours. It’s taken me til now to fully mentally and emotionally steel myself to write this.”

“Chris was the literal textbook definition of a character actor. You may not have known his name but you knew his face, you knew his voice, and you knew that if he was onscreen, you were in for a helluva ride. Whether he was standing toe-to-toe against Clark Kent on ‘Smallville’ as the Toyman (pictured), tormenting Dean on ‘Supernatural,’ on deck with Hook as Smee in ‘Once Upon A Time’ or in guest roles in...

Chris Gauthier, an English-born Canadian actor whose TV credits included Once Upon a Time and Eureka, died on Feb. 23 at age 48. His management said he died from an unspecified short illness.

“We can confirm that our dear friend and client, Chris Gauthier, passed away on Friday morning, February 23, at the age of 48,” said a statement from TriStar Appearances/Event Horizon Talent. “His loss is felt not just by his fans but by those of us who were lucky enough to know him more personally. On behalf of his family, we do ask for privacy during this time so that they are able to grieve properly.”

“Rest in Peace Chris! Heartbroken!” said an Instagram post by Colin O’Donoghue, aka Once Upon a Time‘s Hook, who played Gauthier’s William Smee character’s captain on the show. “My love and thoughts go out to [wife] Erin and the boys! You will be missed brother!

Chris Gauthier has sadly passed away.

The English-born Canadian actor died on February 23 at the age of 48, his talent agency TriStar Appearances/Event Horizon Talent told TVLine in a statement.

“We can confirm that our dear friend and client, Chris Gauthier, passed away on Friday morning, February 23, at the age of 48. As a beloved Vancouver-based character actor, Chris shared his talents with so many of us both on television and in film. His loss is felt not just by his fans but by those of us who were lucky enough to know him more personally. On behalf of his family, we do ask for privacy during this time so that they are able to grieve properly,” the statement reads.

He was known for many TV roles, including Once Upon a Time (as Smee) and Eureka.

He also starred in Supernatural as the paranoid shapeshifter-hunting Ronald Reznick, Harper’s Island, Sanctuary, Smallville,...

Chris Gauthier, an English-born Canadian actor whose wide variety of TV credits included Once Upon a Time (as Smee) and Eureka, died on Feb. 23, at age 48.

“We can confirm that our dear friend and client, Chris Gauthier, passed away on Friday morning, February 23, at the age of 48,” reads a statement from TriStar Appearances/Event Horizon Talent to TVLine. “As a beloved Vancouver-based character actor, Chris shared his talents with so many of us both on television and in film. His loss is felt not just by his fans but by those of us who were lucky enough to know him more personally.

For the longest time, people sought out films at the movie theater to be scared out of their minds.

These 13 TV shows prove that television can be scary, too.

We're willing to bet at least one of them will raise the hairs on the back of your neck!

1. The X-Files (Fox) From aliens to conspiracies to so much more, the truth is out there. So is the fear factor. After a recent rewatch, what was the most terrifying about The X-Files was how much of the series leaned heavily into the government's actions (or inaction). The aliens seemed like pussycats by comparison. You can watch the full series on Hulu. (Photo Credit: Key art courtesy of Fox) 2. The Walking Dead (AMC) Zombies. Blood. Violence. Death. Who knew at the beginning of the franchise that the really terrifying aspect would be the humans left among the dead? There's nothing worse than an intelligent monster,...

Slasher movies have been around for decades, and they excel because you have a group of people stalked by a killer, only to have the story end within 90 minutes.

Slashers on TV take things in a different direction, with the story being told over a longer arc.

That doesn't always work, but some slashers have delivered on their promise.

Because we're TV Fanatics, we've rounded up some of the best slashers to hit the small screen.

Check them out below.

Slasher

Slasher has had many homes during its time on the small screen.

It started its life on Chiller before moving to Netflix and currently airs on Shudder, where it enjoys continued success.

It promised lots of death and questions about the killer's identity.

It lived up to that promise.

However, we'd be remiss if we didn't recommend the original season and Guilty Party.

They're old-school slashers, whereas the following...

While some television shows arrive at the perfect time, others are destined to be forgotten because they aired a little too early for mainstream appreciation. In recent decades, many underrated television shows have been reappraised by critics and viewers alike. While Arrested Development and Firefly were critical darlings through their original runs, both shows barely made any impact on the cultural zeitgeist. However, in the years since they ended, cult hits like these two shows received their flowers as showrunners, writers, and reviewers praised their prescient work. In Arrested Development's case, this even left to a Netflix revival.

As such, it is tough to call these shows “underappreciated.” While they may have been missed by audiences upon their initial release, Firefly’s impact and Arrested Development’s influence on the sitcom genre are both pretty considerable a few decades later. Underappreciated is a more accurate term for shows that...

This week on Fox’s Accused, it is Being Human and Hawaii Five-0 alum Meaghan Rath‘s turn to enter the newly renewed anthology series’ fray.

In “Morgan’s Story” (airing Tuesday at 9/8c), Rath plays the titular wife, mom and school teacher, who after a brush with death decides to end her marriage to Jason (Covert Affairs‘ Christopher Gorham), a high-strung Wall Street player with whom she has been living quite comfortably off his inheritance.

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It’s now patently clear that NCIS: Los Angeles‘ gruff Admirable Kilbride will sort out some things from his past before the CBS drama wraps its 14-season run on May 14.

Previously, TVLine told you that Marilu Henner will guest-star in the Sunday, Feb. 26 episode of the high-octane drama as Elizabeth, ex-wife of Gerald McRaney’s Kilbride. In said episode, Elizabeth visits her onetime husband to ask him to think about reconnecting with their son, from whom Hollace is known to be estranged.

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Florence Pugh has established herself as one of our most compelling actresses in a relatively short period of time, with awards-worthy performances in movies like "Little Women" and "Midsommar." But it's not just "Don't Worry Darling" that will give Pugh the spotlight this year as she is also headlining "The Wonder" for Netflix, which looks to be an atmospheric, mystery-filled thriller set in the 1800s just to add to the whole thing.

What happens when a nurse is brought in to investigate a young girl who won't eat during a time when people are generally hyper-religious and not far removed from famine? Things get creepy. Let's have a look.

The Wonder Trailer Brings The Mysterious, Creepy Vibes

Having not seen the film, the vibes I'm getting ring closer to "The Witch" or perhaps something like "It Comes at Night." Atmospheric horror/thriller vibes, rather than something packed with jump scares.

(Welcome to TV, Interrupted, a series where the /Film team remembers, eulogizes, and makes a case for the revival of TV shows we loved that were canceled far too soon.)

"And Then There Were None" knockoffs are everywhere. The classic Agatha Christie novel was published in 1939, and the murder mystery genre has never been the same since. And while Christie's novel wasn't exactly a slasher (its party guests are mostly killed off-page) it's undoubtedly a touchstone for horror's goriest genre as well. People reveal their true selves under tremendous pressure, so the idea of putting a group of disparate strangers in one...

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Exclusive: CAA has signed NAACP Image Award winner Nichelle Tramble Spellman for representation in all areas.

Tramble Spellman created and serves as showrunner and executive producer for Apple TV+’s Truth Be Told. Last year Tramble Spellman received the NAACP Image Award for outstanding writing in a drama series prize for her work on Truth Be Told. The series, currently in production on season 2, stars Octavia Spencer and Kate Hudson.

Previously, Tramble Spellman spent three seasons as producer on CBS’ Emmy-winning The Good Wife, and on FX’s Justified and Snowfall. Her additional writing credits include Mercy, Harper’s Island and Women’s Murder Club.

Tramble Spellman and her husband, writer and producer Malcolm Spellman (The Falcon and the Winter Soldier), also launched their company The 51 with a first-look production deal at HBO. The 51 is developing numerous projects focused on amplifying underrepresented voices.

She continues to be repped by Dianne Fraser at...

Jared Padalecki’s upcoming Walker series has nabbed yet another CW vet: Matt Barr (Valor, Hellcats) will recur as the titular Cordell’s best friend, Hoyt, EW.com reports. The character is described as “Hill Country’s Han Solo” and a “Lonestar lothario” who finds himself on the opposite side of the law from his pal.

The reboot of Chuck Norris’ Walker, Texas Ranger stars Supernatural vet Padalecki as “a widower and father of two with his own moral code who returns home to Austin after being undercover for two years, only to discover there’s harder work to be done at home,...

Exclusive: Longtime Marvel TV executive Karim Zreik has joined Phil Lord and Chris Miller’s Lord Miller production company as EVP of Television. He will lead the banner’s television team, which includes VP of Television Aubrey Lee, in developing live-action and animated projects and championing new voices for network, cable and streaming platforms.

The well liked Zreik will spearhead the programming slate under Oscar-winning writers/directors/producers Lord and Miller’s big five-year overall deal with Sony Pictures Television which calls for Lord Miller to develop live-action and animated shows, including a suite of TV series based on Sony’s Universe of Marvel characters, which had been a priority for Spt.

Zreik’s extensive Marvel TV background makes him a suitable partner to the Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse duo in plotting a Marvel programming strategy.

He joins Lord Miller after twenty-five years with the Walt Disney Co., most recently...

Although there has still been no official announcement, each day it seems more likely that the Valor TV show has been cancelled by The CW. Last week, star Christina Ochoa joined the cast of an ABC pilot, A Million Little Things. Now her male counterpart, Matt Barr, has followed suit. The veteran of the cancelled horror series, Harper's Island, is joining a new pilot on The CW: Skinny Dip. We say this without judgement: from the description, Skinny Dip sounds much more up The CW's alley than Valor ever did.A CW military drama, Valor stars Ochoa, Barr, Charlie Barnett, Corbin Reid, W. Trè Davis, Nigel Thatch, and Melissa Roxburgh. The story centers on the Shadow Raiders, a crack unit of U.S. Army helicopter pilots. After Jimmy Kam (Davis) disappears during a top-secret mission to Somalia, only the two safe returnees...

There are a few military shows premiering on TV this fall, but The CW's Valor is setting itself apart with an underlying conspiracy.

Matt Barr (Harper's Island) and Christina Ochoa (Blood Drive) star in the new series as Captain Leland Gallo and Warrant Officer Nora Madani, elite helicopter pilots

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With the Scream TV series back on air and Scream Queens season 2 on its way, we look at the rules of making successful slasher TV...

Warning: contains mild spoilers for MTV's Scream season one.

"Think about it," says Noah Foster in the pilot episode of MTV's Scream. "Girl and her friends arrive at the dance, the camp, the deserted town, whatever. Killer-with-a-gimmick takes them out one-by-one. Ninety minutes later, the sun comes up as the girl sits in the back of the ambulance watching her friends' bodies being wheeled past. Roll credits."

It's an awkward piece of self-aware dialogue but also a fair, if simplistic, summation of what a slasher movie is. Like a musical or a rom-com the slasher genre is one hardwired to hit the same familiar beats each time around and, like a musical or a rom-com, audiences keep coming back for more.

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Still the best-selling novelist of all time with over two billion books sold (beaten only by the Bible and Shakespeare), Dame Agatha Christie's singularly most famous mystery is set to get another film adaptation.

"The Imitation Game" director Morten Tyldum has been hired to helm a new film version of "And Then There Were None" which 20th Century Fox has just acquired the feature film rights to.

Eric Heisserer ("The Thing," "Final Destination 5") has been hired to pen the script for the new version which Shawn Levy, Dan Levine, Dan Cohen and Hilary Strong will produce. The new one which reportedly boasts a "take that got the Christie estate excited."

The story follows ten strangers who are invited to an isolated island for a dinner party at the behest of a mysterious host. It's soon revealed they have been cut off from the mainland, and one of the...

MTV today announced that it has picked up its hit series Scream with Dimension Television for a second season. More than 21 million viewers have tuned in to the debut season of Scream on-air and the series has generated another 7.9 million streams across platforms. Additionally, Scream has averaged 60% increases in L+3 over L+Sd ratings week to week. Here's what MTV Executive Vice President of Series Development and Head of Scripted Programming, Mina Lefevre had to say in a statement.

"It has been a wonderful experience working with Bob Weinstein and his team who are such connoisseurs of this genre and we are thrilled by how our viewers have responded to the reinvention of Scream. We look forward to another season filled with suspense, horror and more twists and turns."

The horror TV series is set in the sleepy town of Lakewood, where a gruesome murder sets off a chain of horrific events.

Despite scepticism from fans of the franchise, MTV's Scream series honours the first rule of remakes: don't eff with the original...

The Scream franchise is deservedly adored by cinemagoers and critics, and widely considered to be one of the best horror films to come out of the back end of the 90s. You can certainly see why, with Kevin Williamson's tack-sharp script packed with zingers, its overall clever subversion of the genre, a sterling central performance from Neve Campbell and an undercurrent of cheeky fun. The third act is still, to this day, a triumphant blend of humour, (literally) knife-edge tension and genuine scares.

Few horror movies have achieved what Scream did. Or, to give it its dues, what Scream 2 also did. The sequel to Wes Craven's original hit could have been a messy affair but it achieved an improbable feat: it was just as fun and spooky as the first.

To coincide with Agatha Christie's 125th anniversary, BBC One and Lifetime are teaming up for an all-star mini-series based on arguably the Grand Dame of mystery's most famous work - "And Then There Were None".

Set on the eve of World War Two, the story follows ten strangers with dubious pasts who are lured to an isolated rock near the Devon coast in southern England. Cut off from the mainland, their host is mysteriously absent.

A recording starts with each accused of a terrible crime. As each member of the party starts to mysteriously die one-by-one every few hours, the survivors realise one of them is a killer and start to turn on each other.

This time out the ensemble will be: Charles Dance ("Game of Thrones"), Sam Neill ("Jurassic Park"), Toby Stephens ("Black Sails"), Aidan Turner ("The Hobbit"), Miranda Richardson ("Harry Potter"), Anna Maxwell Martin ("The Bletchley Circle...

MTV's bringing some scares to San Diego, offering two horror genre panels for fans to attend at this year's Comic-Con: a Scream: The TV Series panel on Friday, July 10th, and a Kevin Smith-moderated Teen Wolf panel on Thursday, July 9th.

Press Release: "Santa Monica, CA (June 25, 2015) – MTV will take San Diego Comic-Con by storm with the return of Comic-Con favorite and hit drama series “Teen Wolf” for the sixth time and convention debuts of highly-anticipated shows “Scream: The TV Series” and “The Shannara Chronicles.”

For the first time in network history, MTV will be on-the-ground with its own branded booth, giving fans an all-new interactive experience when they hit the floor of the San Diego Convention Center. Fans will be treated to exclusive swag and the opportunity to meet and get autographs from a slew of MTV talent set to stop by.

In addition, MTV will once again sponsor the Sdcc wi-fi.

Netflix giveth and it taketh away. Though there are many new additions coming to the popular streaming service this July, many old classics are cycling out. Below, we've compiled every departing scripted series, as well as singled out a few you may want to check out before it's too late. You best get crackin' — 10 shows are gone as of July 1. Read More: 'Changeling,' 'Serena' and More on Netflix This July (Plus Indiewire's Picks) Leaving July 1: "Beauty and the Beast" Seasons 1-3 "Harper's Island" The Complete Series "Hawaii Five-o" (1968) Seasons 1-10 "Knight Rider" Seasons 1-4 Indiewire Pick: "Louis C.K.: Hilarious" (2009)Okay, so technically this isn't a TV show, but any fan of "Louie" is likely also a fan of Louis. "Hilarious" is exactly that — Louis' performance ended up winning Best Comedy Album at the Grammys and earned him two Primetime Emmy nominations. If you've caught up on all of.

Want to revisit "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" before "Terminator: Genisys" opens? Better do it before July 1, when Netflix says "Hasta la vista" to the 1991 sequel.

If you have a hankering to watch "Four Weddings and a Funeral," "Moonstruck," "Cast Away," or "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon," get on it, because those are also disappearing in July.

And start marathoning these TV classics before they go poof: "Leave it to Beaver," "Dragnet," "Mission: Impossible," "Hawaii Five-o," "Magnum P.I.," "Miami Vice," "Knight Rider," "Melrose Place" and "Wings." Also bid goodbye to the Stephen King miniseries "The Stand" (1994) and "The Langoliers" (1995).

Below is a complete list of the movies that Netflix is pulling from your streaming list. And, just so you're not left empty-handed, here's a list of what's new on Netflix in July 2015. (All titles and dates provided by Netflix and subject to change.)​

Leaving July 1

"Beauty and the Beast" Seasons 1-...

[As in years past, this week, I'm going to be glancing, night-by-night, at how the primetime schedules have changed after the network announcements at upfronts. I'll be looking at how the various changes will impact the ratings races on each night, as well as my own DVRing habits. Readers can chime in on how their own DVRs will be impacted. And yes, this brief series assumes that anybody still watches TV on their TVs. I'm old-fashioned. I'm also probably gonna ignore that I have a fancy new six-tuner DVR that means that I really don't have to make choices anymore. This will assume that I make choices for my own sanity.] Tuesday Nights 8:00 p.m.  ABC: "The Muppets"/"Fresh Off The Boat" CBS: "NCIS" The CW: "The Flash" Fox: "Grandfathered"/"The Grinder" NBC: "The Voice" 9:00 p.m. ABC: "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." CBS: "NCIS: New Orleans" The CW: "iZombie" Fox: "Scream Queens" NBC: "Heartbreaker" 10:00 p.m.  ABC: "Quantico" CBS: "Limitless" NBC: "Best Time Ever with Neil Patrick Harris"/"Chicago Fire" What's Changed: There were six half-hour comedies airing on Tuesday night at the start of last season and there are four half-hour comedies set to air on Tuesday nights this fall and there's no overlap between them. That's pretty remarkable if you think about it. Of last season's fall Tuesday comedies, "Mindy Project" has moved on to Hulu and "New Girl" is returning at midseason and the other four are dead. So it's no wonder that not only are networks doing new comedies on Tuesday,...

Fox announced the first part of its 2015-16 schedule on Monday (May 11) morning and even though the network has abandoned its annual tradition of revealing two separate schedules, what we already know is full of interesting tidbits. A few highlights before we get down to the night-by-night breakdown: *** "The X-Files" will return with a two night premiere starting after the Nfc Championship on Sunday, January 24. *** "New Girl" is being held for midseason and will air [virtually] uninterrupted in the spring. *** "Empire" will continue to air at 9 p.m., meaning this season's biggest ratings sensation won't be able to serve as a lead-in for anything new, though Fox hopes a halo effect will benefit "Rosewood." *** A Tuesday comedy block featuring Rob Lowe and John Stamos suggests a bit of a demographic shift for Fox. *** Oh and this next season of "American Idol" will be its last. But that's important enough for its own story.

MTV has revealed the first trailer for its upcoming Scream television series.

The network also announced that the spinoff will debut on Us screens on June 30.

Scream Wes Craven on TV show: 'If script is good it could be fun'

Bella Thorne plays Drew Barrymore's Casey in the show, although the film's famous masked Ghostface killer will not initially feature in the series.

Scream's small screen adaptation begins with a YouTube video going viral, which soon sparks a string of murders in a quiet town with a troubled past.

The trailer also offers a first look at Willa Fitzgerald as Emma Duvall, Bex Taylor-Klaus as Aubrey Jensen and Carlson Young as Brooke Maddox.

Wes Craven, who helmed all four Scream films, is also in the director's chair for the TV spinoff, which has been penned by Harper's Island writer Jill Blotevogel.

MTV has picked up ten episodes for the first season,...

Just weeks after CBS issued a pilot order for their Rush Hour TV series, National Treasure director Jon Turteltaub has signed on to direct the pilot. The filmmaker will also serve as executive producer alongside series creators Bill Lawrence and Blake McCormick. No cast members have been attached at this time, and it isn't known when the pilot will start production.

Bill Lawrence revealed last month that the show will center on the same types of characters as the Rush Hour movie franchise, except they will be "a little younger" and the show will feature a whole new story. The Rush Hour movies starred Chris Tucker as a cocky Lapd cop who is forced to team up with a by-the-book Hong Kong inspector (Jackie Chan). The original Rush Hour, which hit theaters in 1998, spawned the sequels Rush Hour 2 (2001) and Rush Hour 3 (2007).

Brett Ratner, who directed all three Rush Hour movies,...

With Halloween just around the corner, MTV revealed today that the network has issued a series order for their Scream TV show. The announcement came through MTV's official Twitter page, which comes with a phone number (310-461-4299) that allows fans to hear a pre-recorded message revealing the show will debut in October 2015. Take a look at the tweet, and check out the full message below, which is delivered by the iconic creepy Scream voice when you call the number.

MTV has officially picked up its TV series based on the "Scream" movies with a ten-episode order.

The network has also announced an October 2015 premiere date for the adaptation of the comedy/horror film franchise with Jill Blotevogel ("Harper's Island") serving as show runner.

Bex Taylor-Klaus, Willa Fitzgerald, John Karna, Connor Weil, Amadeus Serafini, Carlson Young, Tracy Middendorf and Joel Gretsch star.

Source: Deadline...

The upcoming Scream television series will not initially feature Ghostface.

There are no plans in place to bring the masked killer from the films to the small screen, according to Ghostface designer Rj Torbert.

"I had been in communication with The Weinstein Company regarding this, and they have informed me - that as of now and during the initial launch - that Ghostface is not involved in the new format," he said in a Q&A (via Ghostface.co.uk).

"They also indicated that because of this direction, it does not mean that Ghostface will not be involved at a later date."

Torbert added: "We believe Scream is Ghostface and Ghostface is Scream. However, while Ghostface is owned by Fun World, the Scream motion picture franchise is owned by The Weinstein Company, and it is their option to film a movie or TV show without Ghostface.

"Who knows what will...

Wilmington, Nc. I sit down with Matt Barr on the "Sleepy Hollow" set in Wilmington, Nc in late August without really knowing much about the actor's character, Noah Hawley. I know he's got Han Solo rogue swagger and a holstered firearm, but little else. The reports when Barr was cast described his character as a bounty hunter and then he was later described as an arms dealer, two descriptions with a potentially wide gulf between them. Nearly two months later, I've "acted" in a scene with Barr -- possibly appearing in Episode 8, until they decide to cut me out for reasons that I certainly won't begrudge -- and watched two episodes featuring Hawley and I'm still not sure I know all that much more. Hawley first popped up in the season's third episode and he returned in the fourth, both times on the trail of the same artifact Crane and Abbie were looking for,...

Some quick casting news is here for the upcoming MTV series based on the Scream franchise as THR is reporting that four more actors have signed on for active duty, one of whom will be replacing the previously announced Amy Forsyth.

Willa Fitzgerald will star as Emma Duvall, a classic beauty whose looks and popularity hide a natural shyness and intellectual nature. Her new life with the “in crowd” leaves her estranged from her childhood best friend, Audrey.

Emma is the lead in MTV’s "Scream" take and bears a resemblance to Neve Campbell’s tortured high school student Sidney Prescott in the 1996 feature film.

Bex Taylor-Klaus, who has been recurring on The CW’s "Arrow" as DC Comics character Sin and whose credits also include "The Killing" and "House of Lies," will replace Forsyth in role of Audrey, the daughter of a Lutheran pastor. She’s described as an...

MTV and Dimension TV announced today that Jamie Travis (For a Good Time, Call... and Faking It) will direct the highly anticipated Scream pilot and that it has cast Willa Fitzgerald (Alpha House, Royal Pains), Amy Forsyth (Torment, Reign), John Karna (Premature, The Neighbors), Carlson Young (Key & Peele, Kroll Show) and Amadeus Serafini for key roles in the pilot.

Here's what Susanne Daniels, President of Programming for MTV, had to say about the casting in a statement.

"We are excited to be in business with the formidable Weinstein brothers. Scream is an iconic franchise, and MTV is the perfect network to bring this consistently surprising film to life on television."

Bob Weinstein, Co-Chairman of The Weinstein Company and Dimension Films, had this to say in his statement.

"Scream has been one of our largest and most treasured franchises at Dimension and we are thrilled to embark on the next chapter...

The cast has officially been announced for MTV's "Scream," the upcoming pilot for a TV series version of the classic horror/comedy franchise created by Kevin Williamson and Wes Craven.

Willa Fitzgerald ("Royal Pains") will lead the cast as the shy, smart and beautiful Emma Duvall. Joining her is Amy Forsyth ("Reign") as Audrey Jensen, a Lutheran pastor's daughter and wannabe filmmaker; and John Karna ("The Neighbors") as Noah Foster, a creative computer genius and pop culture aficionado.

There's also Carlson Young ("The Kroll Show") as Brooke Maddox, a popular and charismatic leader type whose sometimes sweet and sometimes has ferocious sex appeal; and there's newcomer Amadeus Serafini as Kieran Wilcox, the mysterious new kid in town with a dark side and a tough exterior.

Jamie Travis ("For a Good Time, Call...") directs the pilot which was penned by Jay Beattie and Dan Dworkin ("Criminal Minds," "Revenge"). Jill Blotevogel ("Harper's Island...

It's been five years since CBS premiered Harper's Island, and in the words of another famous island inhabitant, "We have to go back!" A woefully underrated horror murder mystery, the 13-episode series, which is available on Netflix, follows a group of family and friends that heads to the titular locale for a destination wedding, only to learn that there's a killer among them. At least one character gets whacked each episode, always in spectacular fashion. It was awesome, and it got the shaft (no pun intended). CBS canceled the show after moving it from Thursdays to Saturdays, natch, but if they know what's good for them, they'd bring back the dead.

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Casting has begun on MTV's series adaptation of the Wes Craven horror franchise "Scream," and today new details about it have emerged via a leaked casting call.

Jill E. Blotevogel ("Ravenswood," "Harper's Island") penned the pilot in which a viral Youtube video triggers a murder that brings a town's troubled past to the surface. There are four main characters:

Harper Duval

A 16-year-old beauty who is in with the popular crowd, though is a bit too introverted and smart to truly be one of them. She regrets drifting away from former best friend Audrey.

Audrey Jesen

Harper's former friend, daughter of a Lutheran pastor, she's an artsy loner who is bi-curious and dreams of being a filmmaker.

Noah Foster

Audrey's closest friend, a tech genius with an encyclopedic knowledge of movies, TV, books and apps. He's the show's comic relief.

Margaret "Maggie" Duval

Harper's mother and the town's medical examiner...

What have we known about the "Scream" television series to date? Well, Wes Craven has been circling the director's chair for the forthcoming MTV production. He's been rumored to be involved since last year. Jay Beattie and Dan Dworkin were brought in to script the pilot, however, according to TVLine , Jill Blotevogel ( Harper's Island , Eureka ) is apparently the writer responsible now. The outlet adds the proposed series "kicks off with a YouTube video going viral, which will have adverse repercussions for teenager Audrey and seemingly serve as the “catalyst for a murder that opens up a window to [her] town’s troubled past." They've added some character breakdowns as well! - Harper...

What have we known about the Scream television series to date? Well, Wes Craven has been circling the director's chair for the forthcoming MTV production. He's been rumored to be involved since last year. Jay Beattie and Dan Dworkin were brought in to script the pilot, however, according to TV Line, Jill Blotevogel (Harper's Island, Eureka) is apparently the one responsible now. The outlet adds the proposed series "kicks off with a YouTube video going viral, which will have adverse repercussions for teenager Audrey and seemingly serve as the “catalyst for a murder that opens up a window to [her] town’s troubled past." They've added some character breakdowns as well!

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