Rainn Wilson’s found himself in a new office. Sort of. The actor, who appeared on over 200 episodes of The Office, is moving into a police precinct thanks to Backstrom, his dark, funny new series premiering January 22 on Fox.  On the show, Wilson plays a cop with a gift for solving crimes ... More

When The River came across the pond, most of the London production of playwright Jez Butterworth’s latest work—including leading man Dominic West—was left behind. That wasn’t the case for Laura Donnelly. The Irish-born actress has the distinction of being the only player to appear in the show in London and on Broadway, ... More

When Empire, the new series from Lee Daniels, premieres on Jan. 7, it’ll be not only something to watch, but something to listen to. The Fox series brings viewers into the world of Lucious Lyon, a ferocious hip-hop mogul whose fading health means major changes for his entire operation. ... More

On the surface, an orchestra is a thing of beauty. It’s a well-oiled machine made of highly trained cogs all working together to churn out some of the world’s most listenable music. Behind the scenes, well, that’s a different story. On Amazon’s new series Mozart in the Jungle—premiering December ... More

Rosemarie DeWitt was too happy to play sad. As a new mother, the actress found it difficult to conjure the demons required to become Rachel Coulson, the depressed New England mother she portrays in Olive Kitteridge, the recent HBO miniseries.  “The tricky thing about my character was that she ... More

In the new Starz series The Missing, Frances O’Connor plays one character in two ways. In the 2006 version of Emily Hughes, O’Connor portrays a woman on vacation with her husband and young son; in the 2014 version, O’Connor’s character is attempting to get on with her life eight ... More

When Naomi Grossman showed up to her initial audition for a role in American Horror Story, she had no idea that it would change her life. “For all I knew, it was a glorified extra role,” said Grossman. Now, the talented actress, who plays Pepper in the cult-favorite show, has ... More

Each week on How To Get Away With Murder, ABC’s Thursday night legal-thriller juggernaut, audiences learn a bit more about a heinous crime that’s been committed and a whole lot more about the show’s intriguing, alluring cast of characters. A standout among these newcomers—all of whom play lawyers or law students working for Viola ... More

Some of the U.S. government’s most closely guarded secrets will never be known by civilians. Others end up on network TV. On NBC’s new series State of Affairs, a cast lead by Katherine Heigl portrays a crack group of CIA analysts whose job is to brief the president on the ... More