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Medical dramas are all the rage these days, as is evident by the recent premiere of the Noah Wyle hit The Pitt over on Max, and the continued success of Grey's Anatomy on ABC. Now Fox is looking to get in on the action with its latest, Doc, and so far, it appears as if the network has a smash hit on its hands, as the debut episode of the Barbie Kligman creation was the network's best series debut in five years.

Per Deadline, Doc delivered the best debut for a series on Fox since 9-1-1: Lone Star in 2020, with the first episode watched by 2.2 million people. That’s not what’s most impressive, however, as in its first 11 days, Doc saw a 609% increase over its live plus same-day audience to rake in 15.6 million cross-platform viewers. The second episode on Jan. 14 proved even more successful than the first,...

Doc is premiering tonight!

The new medical drama TV show debuts at 9 p.m. Et on Fox.

You can also watch it on Hulu. Episodes of the series will be available to stream on Hulu the day after their Fox broadcast date Plus, you can access Fox on live TV streaming platforms like Sling TV, Fubo and Hulu with Live TV.

The show is inspired by a true story and based on the hit eponymous Italian drama series, and stars Molly Parker (House of Cards) as hard-charging, brilliant Chief of Internal Medicine Dr. Amy Larsen, who suffers a brain injury that erases the last eight years of her memory.

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Here’s a plot summary, via Fox: “After a late-night car crash results in severe head trauma, Amy wakes up from surgery with no recollection of the patients she’s treated, the colleagues she’s...

Stars: Kellen Raffaelo, Chris Galust, Lauren Benanti, Dylan McTee, Sam Duncan, Michael Boatman, Mariel Molino | Written and Directed by Tyler Chipman

A young boy witnesses the suicide of his father, and the appearance of the cowled, faceless figures that come to claim his soul. It’s a nightmare that plagues twenty-year-old Ryan who has recently lost his father to suicide. Nightmare is a term that could be applied to his waking life as well.

His mother Renee has buried herself in her work and his older brother Jason has gone off to college and has not returned. That leaves Ryan to take care of his younger sibling James while also attending classes, working, and seeing his therapist Dr. Huston and finding time for his girlfriend Alex.

It’s been hard for him to juggle all of these responsibilities, and now he faces another challenge. His brother has left school under...

Exclusive: Premeditated Productions, the newly launched shingle of powerhouse Entangled publisher Liz Pelletier and Sherryl Clark, the film veteran known for posts at the likes of Crooked Highway and Bad Robot, has hired seasoned television exec Julie Jarmon as SVP, TV.

Now responsible for overseeing all aspects of Premeditated’s TV business, under the company’s Amazon MGM Studios-based first-look deal, Jarmon brings a wealth of experience to the company with more than 15 years in scripted programming and development, including numerous high-profile series with premium producers and fresh voices across the TV landscape. In her last position as Senior Vice President and Head of Scripted Development for Disney’s Freeform, she oversaw more than 50 drama, comedy, and animation projects, including Praise Petey, Everything Is Trash, and The Watchful Eye. Prior to Freeform, she served as Vice President, Scripted Development at The CW.

“Julie is a rising star with incredible relationships,...

Although its no news that NCIS: Origins focuses on the early days of Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs (Austin Stowell) career, one special character also plays a major role in the prequel series narrative and who impacts Gibbs in the long run. That character is Special Agent Cecilia Lala Dominguez, played by Mariel Molino, who recently sat down with TVLine to break down her characters connection to the Nis newcomer.

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Mariel Molino is set to join the NCIS world as she will co-star as Special Agent Lala Dominguez in the new prequel spinoff series NCIS: Origins.

She is set to be the female lead opposite Austin Stowell's young Leroy Jethro Gibbs as they will partner in several investigations alongside the other members of their ragtag team.

Who is NCIS: Origins' Mariel Molino?

Before getting cast for a major role in NCIS: Origins, Molino starred in several films and TV shows across the United States and Latin America.

According to her IMDb page, her love for acting started at a young age when she was doing theatre. She studied at Hb Studio in New York City and Anthony Meindl's Actor's Workshop in Los Angeles.

American audiences may recognize her for starring in the Freeform...

While some may just be getting in the fall and spooky season spirit, Hallmark has planned past the pumpkins and even Thanksgiving turkey for its Christmas slate.

The network’s annual “Countdown to Christmas” lineup has been organized, with 47 all-new original movies across the Hallmark Channel, streamer Hallmark+’s “The Very Merry Holiday Collection” and Hallmark Mystery’s “Miracles of Christmas”.

The 15th iteration of the Hallmark Channel’s festive slate kicks off on October 18 on the Hallmark Channel with all-new movies every Friday, Saturday and Sunday at 8 p.m. on the Hallmark channel and Thursdays at 8 p.m. on Hallmark Mystery, with a Wednesday 8 p.m. launch Thanksgiving week. Find the full schedule to satisfy all holiday needs below:

Friday, October 18: ’Twas the Date Before Christmas

Stars: Robert Buckley (Chesapeake Shores), Amy Groening (The Santa Summit)

Saturday, October 19: Holiday Crashers

Stars: Lyndsy Fonseca (Nikita), Daniella Monet (Baby...

ABC Family Freeform has had some very successful scripted shows -- and a lot more of the less successful kind. Which are your favorites? Which of the current TV series will be cancelled or renewed for another season? Stay tuned!

Scripted Freeform shows listed: Alone Together, Baby Daddy, Beyond, The Bold Type, Chasing Life, Cruel Summer, Dead of Summer, Everything's Gonna Be Okay, Everything's Trash, Famous In Love, The Fosters, Good Trouble, Grown-ish, Guilt, Kevin from Work, Marvel's Cloak & Dagger, Melissa & Joey, Motherland: Fort Salem, Mystery Girls, Party of Five, Pretty Little Liars, Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists, Ravenswood, Recovery Road, Shadowhunters, Single Drunk Female, Siren, Stitchers, Switched at Birth, Twisted, The Watchful Eye, and Young & Hungry.

Updated with the latest ratings for Grown-ish.

There's a lot of data that Freeform execs look at when...

NCIS: Origins focuses on a young Leroy Jethro Gibbs in the 1990s. The prequel has added Kyle Schmid to the cast as a young Mike Franks, Gibbs' partner. Kyle Schmid is known for his roles in Six and Copper.

NCIS: Origins has found its Mike Franks. The upcoming show is a prequel to NCIS following the early years of Leroy Jethro Gibbs, the character originated by Mark Harmon, who will be returning as narrator. Mike Franks (Muse Watson) was a character who made quite a few appearances on the original show, as he was the mentor and former partner to Gibbs. While Franks was killed toward the end of season 8, he still made further appearances via flashbacks and daydreams through season 15.

Per Deadline, a young Mike Franks has been cast for the NCIS: Origins prequel. Kyle Schmid will be joining the cast, playing the younger version of Watson's iconic role.

Kyle Schmid is joining the NCIS franchise!

The 39-year-old has just been cast as a lead, playing young Mike Franks in the upcoming prequel NCIS: Origins, Deadline reports.

Mike Franks was previously portrayed by Muse Watson on the original, flagship series.

Keep reading to find out more…

The upcoming prequel series will start in 1991, years prior to the events of NCIS and follows a young Leroy Jethro Gibbs, narrated by Mark Harmon. In the series, Gibbs starts his career as a newly minted special agent at the fledgling NCIS Camp Pendleton office where he forges his place on a gritty, ragtag team led by NCIS legend Mike Franks.

According to Deadline, “Special Agent Mike Franks is a proud Texan who all but showers in his cowboy boots and sports a perfectly coiffed mustache that’s as thick as his skin. As showcased on NCIS, Franks is a born leader with...

Fox is rounding out the cast of its international drama series “Murder in a Small Town.”

James Cromwell, Stana Katic, Mya Lowe, Savonna Spracklin, Aaron Douglas, and Fritzy-Klevans Destine have all joined the series. Cromwell and Katic will appear in guest star roles, while the other four will be recurring guest stars.

Full character descriptions can be found below.

The new cast members joins previously announced series leads Rossif Sutherland and Kristin Kreuk in the show, which is based on the nine-book Karl Alberg novel series by L.R. Wright. The show, to which Fox has acquired the U.S. rights, is slated to premiere during the 2024-2025 broadcast season and will be shot in British Columbia. It marks Fox’s first scripted series co-produced with an international studio.

Per the official description, the show follows Karl Alberg (Sutherland), “who moves to a quiet Pacific Northwest coastal town to soothe a...

NCIS: Origins has added a female lead to its cast. Mariel Molino joins the previously cast Austin Stowell.

The new NCIS spin-off series will follow the early days of Leroy Jethro Gibbs (Stowell) as he starts his career as a special agent at the Nis Camp Pendleton office. The original Gibbs, Mark Harmon, is returning to the franchise to narrate the series.

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The NCIS: Origins cast has revealed its lead actress.

This new NCIS prequel series will debut in the fall of 2024 and has slowly revealed its cast members.

NCIS: Origins will feature a younger Leroy Jethro Gibbs and Mike Franks as their partnership begins.

CBS has announced that the new series will air in the fall, possibly giving the network three NCIS shows in primetime.

Mark Harmon, who played Gibbs for years on NCIS, is attached to this prequel show as narrator and an executive producer.

But will NCIS fans tune in to watch a show that features a Gibbs actor who doesn’t look much like Mark Harmon?

New NCIS: Origins casting news

It was previously revealed that actor Austin Stowell will play the younger Gibbs.

Mariel Molino has joined the NCIS: Origins cast, and she will star opposite Austin.

Mariel plays Special Agent Lala Dominguez. She is a former...

The “NCIS” prequel series at CBS has added Mariel Molino to its cast, Variety has confirmed.

Malino joins previously announced series lead Austin Stowell in the series, which is titled “NCIS: Origins.” The series was originally ordered at CBS in January with plans to launch during the 2024-2025 broadcast season. Mark Harmon, who played Gibbs for nearly two decades in the mothership series, will serve as the show’s narrator and executive producer.

“NCIS: Origins” is set in 1991. The official description states, “Gibbs (Stowell) starts his career as a newly minted special agent at the fledgling Nis Camp Pendleton office where he forges his place on a gritty, ragtag team led by NCIS legend Mike Franks.”

Molino will play a new character in the “NCIS” universe named Special Agent Lala Dominguez. She is described as “a former Marine who navigates her 1990s male-dominated field with a steely resolve and a dark sense of humor.

Exclusive: Mariel Molino has been tapped as the female lead opposite Austin Stowell in CBS‘ Young Gibbs drama NCIS: Origins, a prequel to the venerable procedural, which has a straight-to-series order for the 2024-2025 broadcast season.

Narrated by Harmon, the CBS Studios-produced show begins in 1991, years prior to the events of NCIS, and chronicles Leroy Jethro Gibbs’ younger years. In the prequel, Gibbs (Stowell) starts his career as a newly minted special agent at the fledgling Nis Camp Pendleton office where he forges his place on a gritty, ragtag team led by NCIS legend Mike Franks.

Molino will play Special Agent Lala Dominguez, a former Marine who navigates her 1990s male-dominated field with a steely resolve and a dark sense of humor. When a tormented Leroy Jethro Gibbs joins her team, the ensuing story between these two enigmatic outsiders is filled with sparks and turns that will keep the audience guessing.

Freeform has run out of praise for Praise Petey.

The Disney-owned cable network has canceled the adult-leaning animated comedy fronted by Schitt’s Creek alum Annie Murphy after a single season.

Series creator Anna Drezen (Saturday Night Live) broke the news with a heartfelt post on social media, writing: “I have heard that making a non-ip show during covid that premieres during a double strike in the dead of summer was not ideal for viewership.” She notes that the show is still available to stream on Hulu “as of right now,” indicating that there could be plans for the show to be removed from the platform as Disney looks to cut costs by another $2 billion.

Freeform ordered the series, which was exec produced by animation kings Mike Judge and Greg Daniels, in December 2021 as head of originals Jamila Hunter planned to push the younger-skewing cable network into animation with the...

Network: Freeform

Episodes: 10 (hour)

Seasons: One

TV show dates: January 30, 2023 -- March 27, 2023

Series status: Cancelled

Performers include: Mariel Molino, Warren Christie, Kelly Bishop, Amy Acker, Jon Ecker, Lex Lumpkin, Henry Joseph Samiri, and Aliyah Royale.

TV show description:      

A mystery thriller series, The Watchful Eye TV show was created by Julie Durk.

The story follows Elena Santos (Molino), a bright and savvy young woman hired as the live-in nanny to a wealthy widower and his young son. When Elena moves into The Greybourne, a landmark Manhattan apartment building, she quickly learns about the complex politics among its wealthy inhabitants and a history riddled with mystery and tragedy. Luckily, Elena is more than equipped to handle anything that comes...

Elena may be over her head in the first season of The Watchful Eye TV show on Freeform. As we all know, Nielsen ratings typically play a big role in determining whether a TV show like The Watchful Eye is cancelled or renewed for season two. Unfortunately, most of us do not live in Nielsen households. Because many viewers feel frustrated when their viewing habits and opinions aren't considered, we invite you to rate all of the first season episodes of The Watchful Eye here. *Status Update Below.

A Freeform mystery thriller series, The Watchful Eye TV show stars Mariel Molino, Warren Christie, Kelly Bishop, Amy Acker, Jon Ecker, Lex Lumpkin, Henry Joseph Samiri, and Aliyah Royale. The story follows Elena Santos (Molino), a bright and savvy young woman hired as the live-in nanny to a wealthy widower and his young son. When...

Freeform's original scripted shows typically air on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday nights. Now, the cable channel is branching out and scheduling The Watchful Eye on Monday evenings. Will the audience find it, or do timeslots not even matter anymore? Will The Watchful Eye be cancelled or renewed for season two? Stay tuned. *Status Update Below.

A mystery thriller series, The Watchful Eye TV show stars Mariel Molino, Warren Christie, Kelly Bishop, Amy Acker, Jon Ecker, Lex Lumpkin, Henry Joseph Samiri, and Aliyah Royale. The story follows Elena Santos (Molino), a bright and savvy young woman hired as the live-in nanny to a wealthy widower and his young son. When Elena moves into The Greybourne, a landmark Manhattan apartment building, she quickly learns about the complex politics among its wealthy inhabitants and a history riddled with mystery and tragedy. Luckily, Elena is more than equipped to handle anything...

Freeform's scripted roster just took a hit.

The cable network has canceled Single Drunk Female and The Watchful Eye, according to Deadline.

Even worse: all episodes of both series are being removed from Hulu today, meaning that they'll only be available to purchase via iTunes and Amazon.

Single Drunk Female Season 1 was a massive hit for Freeform and Hulu, where it garnered strong viewership on streaming, but the buzz seemingly faded by the time Single Drunk Female Season 2 debuted earlier this year.

The second season launched in April and picked up with Sam a year and a half into her sobriety journey and finally feeling "like she has a life worth celebrating," the logline states.

"However, Sam quickly learns that sometimes life has other plans for her."

"Sam must figure out how to effect change where she can, sit in her discomfort when she can't, and maybe even enjoy the ride.

Elena is out of a job, thanks to Freeform. The cable channel has cancelled The Watchful Eye so it won't be returning for a second season. The first season's 10 episodes finished airing in March

A mystery thriller series, The Watchful Eye TV show stars Mariel Molino, Warren Christie, Kelly Bishop, Amy Acker, Jon Ecker, Lex Lumpkin, Henry Joseph Samiri, and Aliyah Royale. The story follows Elena Santos (Molino), a bright and savvy young woman hired as the live-in nanny to a wealthy widower and his young son. When Elena moves into The Greybourne, a landmark Manhattan apartment building, she quickly learns about the complex politics among its wealthy inhabitants and a history riddled with mystery and tragedy. Luckily, Elena is more than equipped to handle anything that comes her way on her own terms. Elena works...

Freeform is done following the sober adventures of Single Drunk Female, cancelling the comedy after two seasons, our sister site Deadline reports. Additionally, the network has axed the the psychological thriller The Watchful Eye after just one season.

What’s more, all episodes of both series will be removed from Hulu on Saturday, July 1 (but still available to buy via iTunes and Amazon).

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“Single Drunk Female” and “The Watchful Eye” have both been canceled at Freeform, Variety has confirmed.

Season 2 of the comedy, which was released in April, picked up with Samantha Fink, who finally feels like she has a life worth celebrating now that she has a year and a half of sobriety under her belt. However, Sam quickly learns that sometimes life has other plans for her. She’s forced to figure out how to effect change where she can, sit in her discomfort when she can’t, and maybe even enjoy the ride.

Sofia Black-d’Elia, Ally Sheedy, Sasha Compere, Lily Mae Harrington, Garrick Bernard, and Ian Gomez starred. Busy Phillips (“Cougar Town”), Ricky Velez (“The King of Staten Island”), Charlie Hall served as recurring guests on the season with guest star Molly Ringwald.

“Single Drunk Female” was executive produced by creator Simon Finch, Jenni Konner, Daisy Gardner, John Riggi, Phil Traill,...

Freeform is shedding a pair of scripted originals.

The Disney-owned cable network has canceled sophomore comedy Single Drunk Female and rookie drama The Watchful Eye.

The news comes four months after Disney’s Dana Walden shuffled her executive ranks and gave oversight of Freeform to Simran Sethi, the ABC development executive who previously headed up originals for the younger-skewing broadcast network with former Freeform president Tara Duncan now exclusively focused on the Onyx Collective studio.

Single Drunk Female starredSofia Black-d’Elia, Ally Sheedy, Rebecca Henderson, Sasha Compere, Lily Mae Harrington and Garrick Bernard and hailed from creator Simone Finch (The Connors) and exec producer Jenni Konner (Girls). The show was produced in-house by Disney’s 20th Television, where Konner is based with an overall deal.

The Watchful Eye, meanwhile, ran for one season on Freeform and starred Mariel Molino in the thriller about a young nanny who goes to work...

Freeform is making some changes.

The Disney-backed network has canceled Single Drunk Female and The Watchful Eye.

Single Drunk Female has run for two seasons on the network and The Watchful Eye has been axed after one season.

Single Drunk Female follows 20-something alcoholic Samantha Fink (Sofia Black-d’Elia) who, after a public flame-out at a New York media company, is forced to seize the only chance she has to sober up and avoid jail time: moving back home with her overbearing mother, Carol (Ally Sheedy). Back in Greater Boston, Samantha sets out on a path to move past her worst self and figure out her best self. Kinda.

Rebecca Henderson, Sasha Compère, Lily Mae Harrington and Garrick Bernard also star.

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The series comes from 20th Television and was created by Simone Finch, who executive produces along with Jenni Konner,...

We won’t get to see Mandy Patinkin’s adorable real-life marriage become a TV show after all.

Showtime has scrapped four series that were in the works, according to The Hollywood Reporter, led by Seasoned, a comedy based on Patinkin and his wife Kathryn Grody’s 43-year marital bond. The comedy, which was first announced last year and earned a six-episode series order at the network, was to star Patinkin and Grody and follow “the delightfully tumultuous relationship and life of a successful, gregarious, deeply committed, slightly insane married couple.”

More from TVLineSingle Drunk Female, The Watchful Eye Cancelled...

As TV academy voters fill out their 2023 Emmy Awards nominations ballots, they will have to consider 163 shows for Best Drama Series. This is only down by eight compared to last year. After six years of not having to limit their choices in any categories, members can now not let their selections exceed the number of eventual nominations for a given award, which will be eight in this case.

2020 and 2022 champ “Succession” is in the hunt for its third win in this category and will potentially only have to fend off two of its seven rivals from last year. “Better Call Saul” and “Yellowjackets” returned in time to meet the eligibility window of June 1, 2022 to May 31, 2023, while “Euphoria,” “Severance,” “Squid Game,” and “Stranger Things” did not. The last remaining 2022 contender, “Ozark,” officially finished its four-season run last April. Also back in the running are former winners “The Handmaid’s Tale” (2017) and “The Crown” (2021).

Remember,...

Exclusive: Audiences appear to be eagerly awaiting Season 2 of Freeform’s Cruel Summer.

In the 10 days since the trailer dropped on Freeform’s social media, it has amassed more than 24M views across Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat and YouTube.

It’s on track to become the network’s most-watched trailer ever, surpassing the total views over the same time period for Cruel Summer Season 1 as well as Freeform’s other thriller series, The Watchful Eye.

Watch the Cruel Summer Season 2 trailer above.

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“Fans have been eagerly awaiting season two of Cruel Summer and we are so happy to see them engaging with the new trailer,” said Simran Sethi, EVP, Programming and Content Strategy, ABC Entertainment and Freeform. “The imaginative creative team has outdone themselves with the new and intriguing mystery at the center of this next chapter.

Set during an idyllic Caribbean vacation, “Saint X” follows two Black resort employees assumed to be responsible for the mysterious disappearance of a college freshman, the source of racial injustice that seeps into every part of the show.

“The beautiful setting and the fun, murder mystery gives it this appearance of being one show, but underneath it, we have a great umbrella that we get to really talk about real issues,” executive producer Leila Gerstein told TheWrap. “It’s something that the writers and I talked about all the time and how we were going to handle all of it; it was really important to us for it to come through.”

At the center of the thriller series, which premiered April 26 on Hulu, is 19-year-old Alison, who returns from her first year of college at a crossroads as her equality studies spill into her family vacation on a luxurious island...

During his tenure as ABC’s head of entertainment, Paul Lee helped shepherd hits for the network including “Black-ish,” “Scandal,” and “How to Get Away With Murder,” but he missed having a free hand in content creation. He has that now, he told TheWrap’s Office With a View.

At Wiip, the production company behind HBO murder mystery “Mare of Easttown,” “our special sauce is that we can break the rules,” Lee said. “We can bring in voices that are more distinctive and different from those within their own studios.”

Lee co-founded the independent studio in 2018 with Matteo Perale, the former head of strategy and corporate development at CAA. Besides the Emmy-winning “Mare,” Wiip has also produced Amazon Prime Video’s hit YA series adaptation “The Summer I Turned Pretty” and HBO’s upcoming comedy series “White House Plumbers” with Woody Harrelson.

“We had a fantastic time at ABC. It...

Grown-ish is closing in on an end date at Freeform.

The basic cabler announced Wednesday that the previously announced sixth season will be the last for the Kenya Barris-created comedy.

The first half of Grown-ish Season 6 will premiere this summer, while the second half will be held for 2024.

"We've spent nearly a decade telling our stories through the -ish series, and to say it has been an amazing journey would be an understatement," Barris said in a statement announcing the news.

"To be able to watch Yara, Marcus and our entire Grown-ish family grow up in front of (and in many ways alongside) us over these past several years has been both a joy and an honor."

"From the stories we've told to the talent we've fostered and, most importantly, the memories made, I could not be more proud of everything we've accomplished and the -ish family I've been a part of.

Kenya Barris’ –ish universe is coming to a close.

Black-ish spinoff Grown-ish will end with its previously announced sixth season on Freeform. In making the announcement Wednesday, the Disney-owned basic cable network said the final season will be split into two parts, with the first half airing at a date to be determined this summer and the final episodes airing sometime in 2024.

“We’ve spent nearly a decade telling our stories through the -ish series, and to say it has been an amazing journey would be an understatement,” Barris said in a statement announcing the news. “To be able to watch Yara, Marcus and our entire Grown-ish family grow up in front of (and in many ways alongside) us over these past several years has been both a joy and an honor. From the stories we’ve told to the talent we’ve fostered and, most importantly, the memories made,...

At the end of Episode 9 of “The Watchful Eye,” Matthew Ward is arrested by the police for the murder of his wife, Allie, aka Alice Greybourne Ward. Darcy has found something shocking on her father, Dick Ayres’s laptop. Elena’s mother, Ronnie, is out of prison and has reached out to Teo to find out about her daughter and what she is up to. Alex gets her hands on Morgan’s phone as well as Elena’s phone, which was stolen from the gala at James’s place. Elena has made a deal with Mrs. Charlotte Ivey, aka Ruby Greybourne: $5 million in return for the latter’s real birth certificate. Episode 10, the season finale, will bring everyone face-to-face with the truth behind the death of Allie Greybourne Ward and reveal all the secrets that the Winthrops have been trying to hide.

Spoilers Ahead

Murder Mystery

James locked Alex in...

“Extrapolations” star Matthew Rhys said his role as a ruthless real estate developer on Apple TV+’s climate change drama “stumped” him, saying that it was “depressing to play.”

“I think part of any actor’s job is going to justify what it is the character does — this character stumped me and I found it very difficult,” Rhys told TheWrap. “Ultimately, you can see the greed, you can see the opportunistic elements to him that wants to make money, but to see someone who is very aware of what the situation is, and yet still wants to exploit those opportunities, I found depressing to play.”

In the Apple TV+ drama series, Rhys plays Junior, an out-of-touch real estate developer who does the bidding of tech billionaire Nicholas Bilton (Kit Harrington), traveling via boat amid melted ice caps alongside his girlfriend, Hannah (Heather Graham), to scope out a site for a new casino.

The Watchful Eye‘s (season? series?) finale on Monday revealed who was behind Alice Greybourne Ward’s death, then turned another resident of the Greybourne building into a murderer.

After Darcy delivered a damning note written by Allie about how scared she was of what her husband Matthew might do to her, Scott arrested Elena’s employer-turned-paramour. Meanwhile, Elena’s mother was putting pressure on her daughter to finish the job and split Mrs. Ivey’s money with her or she’d take Elena’s brother away for good. But Mrs. Ivey argued that she couldn’t take out $5 million...

Note: The following contains spoilers from “The Watchful Eye” Season 1 Episode 10.

Freeform’s “The Watchful Eye” finale turned up the volume on the mystery plaguing the Greybourne as Elena finally reveals the identity of Allie’s killer, which she offers to Tory for a high price.

Upon learning that her husband, Dick, was responsible for Allie’s death, Tory (Amy Acker) gives him a poison-laced smoothie to compel a confession out of him with the promise of an antidote should he tell her the truth once and for all. On the edge of life and death, Dick comes clean to Tory and admits he gave Allie medication that induced suicidal thoughts, and when Allie took action to end her life, he did not prevent it. Though Tory delivers the life-saving antidote to Dic — after he claims he did what he did so that Tory might live a peaceful life without...

At the end of “The Watchful Eye” Episode 8, Elena finds out that Mrs. Charlotte Ivey is Ruby Greybourne. Thus, she plans to blackmail her to get the money she wants. Meanwhile, Ginny and Alex find out that James has been lying to them about his job. Episode 9 shows Elena making up her mind to leave the Greybourne once and for all. But is it really that easy? Considering all that has been going on with Elena, not really. Here’s a recap of Episode 9 of “The Watchful Eye.”

Spoilers Ahead

Change Of Plans

Elena is packing her things in her room in the attic. She is supposed to leave the Greybourne that very day. Roman is at the door, talking to her about what she plans to do next. She will do the deal with Mrs. Ivey, get her money, go to Mexico, find a place to stay, come back,...

The Watchful Eye Season 1 Episode 8 Episode Description And Spoilers The Watchful Eye Season 1 Episode 8 Photos Spellbound – Mar. 13 (10:00-11:00 p.m. Est) – Episode #1008 – “Spellbound” Elena makes a big decision about her future, and a shocking revelation about Jocelyn’s history at The Greybourne is revealed. s01e08 1×08 1.08 s1e8 the watchful eye episode The Watchful Eye Series Premiere, Monday Jan. 30th on Freeform Streaming next day on Hulu “The Watchful Eye” follows Elena Santos, a young woman with a complicated past, maneuvering her way into working as a live-in nanny for an affluent family in Manhattan. She quickly learns that everyone in the mysterious building has deadly secrets and ulterior motives. What they don’t know, however, is that Elena has some shocking secrets of her own. “The Watchful Eye” cast is led by Mariel Molino (“Promised Land”), who plays Elena Santos, a bright, savvy young woman hired as...

After the “Good Trouble” Season 4 finale left viewers reeling after dramatic cliffhanger, the new teaser for Season 5 sees the Coterie recovering from the tragic incident with the unanswered question: who got shot?

“Someone that you care about got shot,” a voice echoes as several familiar faces, most notably Maia Mitchell (Callie), return to the Coterie in the wake of the shooting. As the yet to be revealed victim undergoes care at the hospital, the series also brings back “The Fosters” staples Stef Foster (Teri Polo) and Lena Adams (Sherri Michelle Saum).

“I don’t know what to say,” Gael says in the teaser as the friends solemnly gather around their kitchen table while Davia asks, “Do you think they’re gonna make it?”

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Season 5 picks up from the Season 4 finale,...

The Watchful Eye Season 1 Episode 7 Episode Description And Spoilers The Watchful Eye Season 1 Episode 7 Photos Out Like A Light – Mar. 6 (10:00-11:00 p.m. Est) – Episode #1007 – “Out Like a Light” A blackout at The Greybourne traps Elena, Roman, Bennet, Ginny and Kim in the attic. Tory and Matthew grow closer. Alex makes a disturbing connection. s01e07 1×07 1.07 s1e7 The Watchful EyeSeries Premiere, Monday Jan. 30th on Freeform Streaming next day on Hulu “The Watchful Eye” follows Elena Santos, a young woman with a complicated past, maneuvering her way into working as a live-in nanny for an affluent family in Manhattan. She quickly learns that everyone in the mysterious building has deadly secrets and ulterior motives. What they don’t know, however, is that Elena has some shocking secrets of her own. “The Watchful Eye” cast is led by Mariel Molino (“Promised Land”), who plays Elena Santos, a bright,...

Note: The following contains spoilers for “The Watchful Eye” episode 5.

Freeform’s “The Watchful Eye” dives deeper into the mysterious depths of the Greybourne and its residents in its fifth episode, when several well-kept secrets spill out during a day laden with emotion and turmoil and as the family commemorates Allie’s birthday.

While a thick tension goes unsaid between Matthew and Tory for the first half of the series, as Tory reminisces on her and Allie’s childhood memories with Matthew, Tory reveals she and Matthew were involved in a some sort of romantic entanglement before Allie and Matthew were married — a bombshell that felt “delicious and messy” to EP Emily Fox.

“We had always felt like there was some tension between Matthew and Tory that required an explanation,” Fox told TheWrap, adding that Allie and Matthew likely met as a result of their relationship, and began dating after...

Screen Rant is pleased to present an exclusive clip from this week's episode of The Watchful Eye. The Freeform mystery series combines thriller elements with a supernatural tone, focusing on an eerie building owned by the Greybourne family that appears to attract bad luck and tragic endings. When the sweet yet sinister Elena Santos (Mariel Molino) becomes a nanny in order to make her way into the Greybourne and steal a ruby, she finds herself facing forces with plans more malevolent than her own.

The Watchful Eye also stars Warren Christie (who recently made a splash in the short-lived Batwoman series) as Matthew Ward, the widower of Greybourne descendant Allie and Elena's new boss. Person of Interest's Amy Acker has also joined the cast as Allie's sister Tory, whose animosity towards Elena is less about suspicion and more a matter of pure jealousy. Finally, The Walking Dead: World Beyond's Aliyah Royale plays fellow nanny Ginny,...

The Freeform original series The Watchful Eye follows Elena Santos (Mariel Molino), a young woman with ulterior motives that lead her on a path to working as live-in nanny for an affluent family in Manhattan. Once inside the Greybourne, she realizes that everyone in the building has secrets of their own, and staying focused on her plan might end up being a lot more challenging than she ever could have imagined.

One of the pleasures of a TV festival is bringing people who love television — and work in it — together in one place. After two years of holding a virtual event due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Atlanta-based festival is back in person to connect students and fans with talent from both above- and below the line. The 2023 festival will take place Feb. 9-11.

“We are so excited to be back on the ground in Atlanta for this year’s Scad TVfest, offering our students and patrons the opportunity to engage with some of the most creative and successful people in the television industry through screenings, master classes, panels and more. We are proud to premiere some amazing new TV shows and, of course, shows shot in Georgia,” says Christina Routhier, executive director.

Scad president and founder Paula Wallace adds, “This year, Buffy, Darryl, and Jamie Dutton star in the greatest show about television: Scad TVfest!

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A mystery thriller series airing on the Freeform cable channel, The Watchful Eye TV show stars Mariel Molino, Warren Christie, Kelly Bishop, Amy Acker, Jon Ecker, Lex Lumpkin, Henry Joseph Samiri, and Aliyah Royale. The story follows Elena Santos (Molino), a bright and savvy young woman hired as the live-in nanny to a wealthy widower and his young son. When Elena moves...

“The Watchful Eye” plunges viewers into the depths of a haunted Manhattan apartment building as live-in nanny Elena (Mariel Molino) seeks a hidden treasure unbeknownst to the wealthy widower (Warren Christie) who employs her.

For the pacing of the reveals concerning both Elena and The Greybourne and its residents, showrunner Emily Fox says she drew from “The White Lotus” and “Mare of Easttown” for the Freeform thriller’s “slow burn” mystery.

“You always have to figure out how many cards to turn over in each episode to make it intriguing enough that people will want to come back and find out the answer, but not make it so complicated,” Fox told TheWrap. “We took a lot of inspiration from shows like ‘The White Lotus’ and ‘Mare of Easttown’ and some of these other slow burn mysteries where a lot happens that doesn’t necessarily solve your big mystery, but which takes interest you closer,...

Coming from a background in Spanish physical comedy, Mariel Molino, who plays a nanny with a sinister secret in Freeform’s new Hitchcockian thriller series “The Watchful Eye,” faced a “learning curve” while filming ominous scenes as she transformed big movements into small specifics full of nuance and imagination.

“Everything that you think you might have to play up, actually, you have to be a lot more small about and you have to be more specific and nuanced,” Molino told TheWrap. “I really learned to trust my instinct and my imagination … and use the camera as my co-star because a lot of the scenes were me alone and me reacting to a sound that wasn’t there, or a person that is not there.”

The new Freeform series, which premiered Jan. 30, follows Elena (Molino), a live-in nanny to a wealthy widower (Warren Christie) who moves into a mysterious Manhattan building riddled with old money,...

Pull out your magnifying glass and get ready to do some sleuthing, because Freeform's new mystery series is about to take you on a wild ride.

"The Watchful Eye" premiered on Jan. 30, and it follows Elena Santos (played by Mariel Molino), a young woman with a mysterious past who weasels her way into working as a live-in nanny for an affluent family at The Greybourne in Manhattan. However, Elena soon learns that she isn't the only one keeping secrets (though she seems very equipped to handle anything that comes her way).

In addition to Molino, the thriller series also stars Warren Christie as Matthew, a wealthy architect who is dealing with the grief of his wife's recent death; Henry Joseph Samiri as Matthew's son, Jasper; Amy Acker as Matthew's sister-in-law, Tory; Jon-Michael Ecker as Elena's boyfriend, Scott; and Kelly Bishop as Mrs. Ivey, a lifelong resident of The Greybourne.

Given that the show just premiered,...

Careful, they’re watching. No one is safe from stolen glances and hidden stares in the new Freeform original series, The Watchful Eye. A mystery thriller series that centers on a grisly murder, it promises to be one of winter’s juiciest new binges. If you’re growing frigid from the snow and cold winds of winter, grab a blanket and cozy up to the fiery new series. The thriller is created by Julie Durk. Durk also co-executive produces alongside Ryan Seacrest (American Idol), Nina Wass (Insatiable), Andrea Shay (Insatiable), and Jeffrey Reiner (The Affair). Taking a formulaic mystery whodunit and giving it a makeover by dressing it to the nines with a haunted, posh apartment complex and sinful tenants, The Watchful Eye is all smoke and mirrors. Mariel Molino (Promised Land) stars in the series as Elena Santos, a complicated woman with secrets of her own as she infiltrates The Greybourne,...

Spoiler Alert! This post contains details from the first two episodes of Freeform’s The Watchful Eye.

The layers are beginning to peel back on the mystery in Freeform‘s latest thriller series, The Watchful Eye.

The first two episodes debuted Monday, introducing viewers to Elena Santos (played by Mariel Molino), a young woman with a complicated past, maneuvering her way into working as a live-in nanny for an affluent family in Manhattan after the child’s mom dies from falling off the ledge of the Greybourne, the building they live in. At the behest of the woman’s aunt, played by Kelly Bishop, Elena is trying to get to the bottom of the mystery, only to discover the mysterious building she now lives in has deadly secrets and ulterior motives.

As the episodes unfold, it becomes clear that Elena has some shocking secrets of her own — and her own...