‘Shining Vale’: Alysia Reiner Joins Starz’s Horror Comedy Series As Recurring

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVJudith Light has joined the cast of Starz’ upcoming horror comedy “Shining Vale” in a guest-starring role.The show, which is currently in production in Los Angeles now, follows a dysfunctional family that moves into a house in which terrible atrocities have taken place.

Judith Light is set for a key role opposite Courtney Cox in Starz’s horror comedy series Shining Vale. Greg Kinnear and Mira Sorvino also star in the series from Trial & Error co-creator Jeff Astrof and Divorce creator Sharon Horgan. Lionsgate and Warner Bros. Television co-produce the series in association with Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment, Astrof’s Other Shoe Productions as well as Horgan and Clelia Mountford’s Merman.

Alesha Dixon stood out from the crowd as she attended the wedding of her Britain's Got Talent co-star Ant McPartlin's wedding in Hampshire on Saturday.  The singer, 42, looked incredible in a statement one-shouldered pink ruffle dress which showcased her long legs.

The queen is about to reign again. Hulu has released a new trailer for season two of their Russian monarchy comedy series, “The Great,” and announced the celebrated would return this fall.

EXCLUSIVE: Neil Patrick Harris is returning to comedy series television in a big way. The former How I Met Your Mother star has been tapped as the lead in Uncoupled, Netflix’s new comedy series created and executive produced by Younger and Emily In Paris creator/executive producer Darren Star and longtime Modern Family executive producer Jeffrey Richman.

EXCLUSIVE: Justice Leak (For All Mankind) is set for a key recurring role opposite Michael Stuhlbarg in The Staircase, HBO Max’s limited series drama adaptation based on Jean-Xavier de Lestrade’s true-crime docuseries.

Get ready for a trip cottage country.

EXCLUSIVE: We’ll be seeing more of André the Giant on Young Rock. Matthew Willig, who recurred as the character on the first season, has been promoted to series regular for Season 2 of Dwayne Johnson’s NBC comedy series inspired by his life. The series comes from Johnson and Fresh Off the Boat creator/executive producer Nahnatchka Khan.

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has set the cast for Hard Cell, the streamer’s women’s prison mockumentary created by Doctor Who actress Catherine Tate.

EXCLUSIVE: James D’Arcy (Homeland, Dunkirk) and Ellyn Daniels (Funny Girls) are starring in an off-the-shelf comedy series from Burn These Words, a new UK production outfit established by former advertising executive Will O’Connor.

She’s Gotta Have It alumna DeWanda Wise is set as a lead opposite Shailene Woodley in Three Women, a Showtime hourlong series based on the No. 1 nonfiction bestseller by Lisa Taddeo, who is adapting her book. Principal photography is set to begin in the fall.

Alexa Swinton (Old, Billions) has joined the cast of the Sex and the City revival in the role of Rose Goldenblatt, Deadline has confirmed.

ABC Signature Executive Director, Comedy Development Amanda Barclay is leaving the Disney TV studio to join Netflix as Director in the streamer’s Original Series, Comedy team led by Tracey Pakosta. She replaces Robert Prinz, Director of Original Series, Comedy, who is leaving the company.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterJai Courtney has been cast in the Amazon series “The Terminal List” opposite Chris Pratt, Variety has learned.The series follows James Reece (Pratt) after his entire platoon of Navy SEALs is ambushed during a high-stakes covert mission. Reece returns home to his family with conflicting memories of the event and questions about his culpability.

EXCLUSIVE: Longtime ABC Studios/ABC Signature development executive Lisa Lang McMullen is leaving Disney after 12 years for Netflix where she will serve as Director on the Drama Development team run by Jinny Howe.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterMichael Chernus has signed on to star alongside Rachel Weisz in the “Dead Ringers” series currently in the works at Amazon.The series was announced at the streaming service in August 2020 with a straight-to-series order. It is a modern update of the 1988 David Cronenberg film of the same name.

Lana Condor is set to star in a new half-hour action-comedy series in early development at Hulu, a rep for Condor confirms to ET.

Sandra Oh is an actress with one eclectic career. Of course, she’s probably best known for her roles in the series “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Killing Eve,” but over the years, she’s done everything from comedies to dramas to animated features and superhero TV series (you really should watch “Invincible” on Amazon Prime Video, by the way).

When the dust settled on the Emmy nominations announcement Tuesday morning, Sony Pictures Television Studios found themselves with nominations in three top series categories, an expected 10th Outstanding Reality/Structured Reality Series nomination for ABC veteran Shark Tank, and surprise nominations for Netflix’s Cobra Kai as Outstanding Drama Series and Amazon’s The Boys as Outstanding Drama Series. (Sony scored an additional drama series nom for Left Bank’s The Crown.)