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Joe Otterson TV ReporterThe Hulu series “The Dropout,” which will tell the story of Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, has locked in an impressive lineup of guest stars.William H. Macy, Laurie Metcalf, Elizabeth Marvel, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Kate Burton, Stephen Fry, Michel Gill, Michael Ironside, Bill Irwin, and Josh Pais have all joined the show.

Hulu has set a stellar recurring cast for The Dropout, its upcoming limited series about the rise and fall of Elizabeth Holmes and her company, Theranos. William H. Macy, Laurie Metcalf, Elizabeth Marvel, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Kate Burton, Stephen Fry, Michel Gill, Michael Ironside, Bill Irwin and Josh Pais join Amanda Seyfried in the series from Liz Meriwether, Seachlight Television and Disney Television Studios’ 20th Television. Production is scheduled to begin this summer.

deftly handled the ups and downs of America’s favorite working-class family over the course of a standout third season and brought things to a close with an eventful finale. In a conversation with ET, executive producers Bruce Helford and Dave Caplan break down the episode, “Two Proposals, a Homecoming and a Bear,” and what it means for the likes of Dan (John Goodman), Darlene (Sara Gilbert) and D.J.

ABC’s top comedy series The Conners will be back for a fourth season.

EXCLUSIVE: Actor and stand up comedian Sebastian Maniscalco has been set by Romano to join the untitled dramedy that Romano is directing from a script Romano wrote with Mark Stegemann. Romano first met Maniscalco when they did Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman together. Romano stars with Laurie Metcalf and ICM Partners is selling distribution.

“The Conners” has continued to be ABC’s most-watched comedy, and negotiations are reportedly underway to bring the Roseanne-free “Roseanne” spinoff back for a fourth season.

The ABC series The Conners is nearing a season four renewal and the four lead cast members are all looking to receive big pay raises!

EXCLUSIVE: Once again, ABC’s renewal of its top comedy series, The Conners, hinges on making new deals with the main cast. And once again, that hurdle has been overcome.

tackles intense and poignant issues with love, humor, heart, perseverance and family. Wednesday’s back-to-back episodes, “An Old Dog, New tricks and a Ticket to Ride” and “A Fast Car, a Sudden Loss and a Slow Decline,” revolving around Becky’s sobriety are no different.

NEW YORK -- Laurie Metcalf smiles and laughs when she thinks of her character Jackie and her assorted misadventures on the “Roseanne” spinoff, “The Conners.”Dating back to her introduction in Roseanne Barr’s 1988’s sitcom, Jackie has reinvented herself many times over.

EXCLUSIVE: Ray Romano has set an April 19th start date in New York City for an untitled dramedy he’ll direct and star in alongside Laurie Metcalf (The Conners). Romano has written the script with Mark Stegemann.

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticMorgan Freeman, Laurie Metcalf, John Malkovich, Zachary Quinto, Vanessa Williams, David Alan Grier, Elizabeth Ashley, Matthew Broderick, Lucas Hedges and Paul Mescal are among the actors who’ll take part in a benefit series of new, livestreamed stage reading productions of works by such major playwrights as Gore Vidal, David Mamet, Kenneth Lonergan and Donald Margulies.Producer Jeffrey Richards announced the new line-up of the weekly Spotlight On Plays,

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterThe Conners are coming back! And as we see in the new promo below, ABC’s favorite irreverent family are responsibly practicing social distancing and staying safe during the pandemic — or should I say, “fan-demic” — the best way they can: by watching TV, drinking beer, blaming everything on the government and lots of laughs.

Every Tuesday, discriminating viewers are confronted with a flurry of choices: new releases on disc and on-demand, vintage and original movies on any number of streaming platforms, catalog titles making a splash on Blu-ray or 4K. This weekly column sifts through all of those choices to pluck out the movies most worth your time, no matter how you’re watching.

“Frozen the Musical” will close on Broadway, Disney announced Thursday, making it the biggest theatrical demise caused by the coronavirus pandemic so far.

By Nellie Andreeva

The Broadway revival of the classic play Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf has officially closed after playing just nine preview performances.

By Greg Evans

An usher who worked at two Broadway theaters has tested positive for COVID-19, or coronavirus, the New York Times reported on Wednesday (March 11).

Coronavirus is driving one Broadway’s most prolific producers to drastically slash ticket prices for several big shows.

Don't expect to see Laurie Metcalf holding court at Sardi's after performing in one of the most anticipated shows of the spring Broadway season, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? That's not just because the Broadway-adjacent bistro hasn't been cool since the 1980s. Metcalf prefers to spend her free time holed up in whatever apartment producers have rented for when she's on the stage in New York.