Tag: CBS

  • Jared Padalecki to Star in New Version of Walker, Texas Ranger

    Jared Padalecki to Star in New Version of Walker, Texas Ranger

    It looks like Walker is going to kick his way back to the small screen. Deadline reports that a reboot of the iconic 1990s Chuck Norris TV series Walker, Texas Ranger in development, with Supernatural star Jared Padalecki to play the titular character (alongside a female partner) and either the original show’s home network, CBS,…

  • The Stand Casts Some More Survivors

    The Stand Casts Some More Survivors

    The Boulder Free Zone just got some new inhabitants as the cast for the CBS All-Access adaptation of Stephen King’s magnum opus The Stand has added some important players. First, on this morning’s episode of The View – on which King was a guest – host Whoopi Goldberg announced that she’ll be playing Mother Abigail,…

  • ViacomCBS Has Big Plans for Star Trek and Mission: Impossible

    ViacomCBS Has Big Plans for Star Trek and Mission: Impossible

    As another big Hollywood merger looms, we could see more multi-platform franchises in the near future. Once Viacom – which owns Paramount – and CBS are one, all elements of Star Trek will be owned by one mega-corporation, meaning there will be no more rules about which characters can be used where; the shows and…

  • Comic-Con 2019: Star Trek: Picard Trailer Beams Down

    Comic-Con 2019: Star Trek: Picard Trailer Beams Down

    CBS made it so at Comic-Con today when they released the full trailer for the latest series in the long-running science-fiction franchise, Star Trek: Picard. The plot of the new show has been a mystery (and the teaser, which took place in a vineyard, didn’t exactly get people’s hearts pumping), but the new Star Trek:…

  • Why I’m Excited: Picard TV Series

    Why I’m Excited: Picard TV Series

    I have always had a special relationship with Star Trek. From the time I was eight – and maybe even before that – I would go to all the Star Trek movies with my dad and grandpa. One of my earliest memories is watching Insurrection in the theaters and laughing as Data asked Riker if…

  • George Eads Exits MacGyver

    It looks like George Eads and CBS are parting ways. THR is reporting that Eads briefly walked off the set of MacGyver in October after an altercation, and the producers have decided to let him out of contract; Eads has agreed to continue filming through December, and insiders are saying he won’t be killed off and may…