Melissa

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LUCIFER: Tom Ellis teases season 3 song & dance

We caught up with Lucifer star Tom Ellis at Comic Con in July, sporting a stylish t-shirt made by the show’s crew and ready to spill the beans on…singing and dancing? Yep, Lucifer is going undercover in a Las Vegas spectacular, complete with showgirls who will look awfully familiar. Press play below to hear scoop on season 3, and just …

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WILL & GRACE: “Eleven Years Later” Roundtable

Will and Grace and Jack and Karen are back! The revival of NBC’s hit series, which originally ran from 1999-2006, returned with high hopes from fans wondering if it would still be relevant eleven years later. Join Leah, Lisa, and Mel as they discuss the premiere. So the big question: eleven years later, during the age of Peak TV, does …

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KILLING EVE: Sandra Oh & Jodie Comer Face Off

BBC America announced today that Jodie Comer has been cast as a co-lead in the upcoming thriller series Killing Eve. Her co-star? Sandra Oh. Based on the novellas by Luke Jennings, Killing Eve centers on two women: Eve (Oh) is a bored, whip-smart, pay-grade security services operative whose desk-bound job doesn’t fulfill her fantasies of being a spy. Villanelle (Comer) is …

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How Will Elektra Factor Into The Defenders?

With the recent release of Wonder Woman, and the success it’s having with critics and audiences, it looks like it’s a good time to be a girl in the world of superhero movies. There was a lot riding on the first female-fronted superhero picture of the modern era, and it’s refreshing to see the film rising to the challenge. In …

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LUCIFER: “Sympathy for the Goddess” and a new favorite son

Tonight is the season final of Lucifer, and hopefully we’ll soon know the answer to whether or not all this “we gotta get back to Heaven for REASONS” scheming and conflict has been worthwhile.  Before we get to that, let’s revisit the penultimate episode with our roundtable discussion of “Sympathy for the Goddess”. Clearly lying isn’t the goddess’s strength. But …

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PSYCH: The Gift That Keeps On Giving!

Psych fans must have been awfully good this year. Or last year. Or something. Because USA Network announced today that we’re getting a brand spankin’ new Psych Christmas movie! This December brings a true holiday miracle. Wait for iiit… https://t.co/4gruBY4ixG#PSYCHTheMovie pic.twitter.com/f480FScwYs — Psych_USA (@Psych_USA) May 8, 2017 Here’s what we know so far: The movie was co-written by Steve Franks …

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Hidden and Patient: The White Princess is no shy rose

A show like The White Princess presents a unique challenge when it comes to advance reviews – none of the major plot points are spoilable because you can find them in history books or Wikipedia (not to mention the novel itself, penned by Philippa Gregory). But for the most part those historical accounts are from the male perspective. Men were making …

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THIS IS US: “Moonshadow” Marks the End of a Masterful First Season

This Is Us brought its remarkable first season to an end this week with another solid episode. Join Melissa and Ange as they discuss this intense hour and reflect on the season as a whole. Melissa: The final episode of the season focused on Jack and Rebecca – their coming together in the beginning and, perhaps, the beginning of them …

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UGLY BETTY Reunion at SUPERSTORE!

We’re getting a mini-Ugly Betty reunion in next week’s episode of Superstore. In the episode titled “Integrity Award”, Amy returns to her childhood home to help her mom and dad move, with Tony Plana once again playing America Ferrera’s father. The duo played father-and-daughter for four seasons on Ugly Betty (which I rewatched a couple summers ago; it holds up …

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THIS IS US: “Memphis”, Music, Love & Loss

We knew it was coming, but that didn’t make it any easier. Melissa and Ange discuss this week’s inevitable and heartbreaking episode of This Is Us. Melissa: We lost William this week. There were tears, of course. Randall cradling William’s face at the end, like Jack did for Randall when he was scared and anxious, that broke me. Ange: What an …

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