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Few TV shows that premiered this summer have absurdist verve of “Praise Petey.” The new animated series on Freeform follows Petra “Petey” St. Barts, a wealthy NYC socialite who inherits a small town called New Utopia from her recently deceased father, realizes her Dad was a cult leader, and discovers all of New Utopia’s residents are brainwashed to follow her.

“Praise Petey,” premiering July 21 (10 p.m.) on Freeform.Annie Murphy headlines the series as Petey, a millennial “It Girl” who, through a series of events, takes command of New Utopia, a small-town cult started by her hedonistic late father (Root). He, in turn, left behind a trove of weird, oft-touching life-lesson videotapes to help guide his daughter on her newfound journey — and looms large over the season arc.The all-star cast includes Christine Baranski, Paget Brewster, Kirsey Clemons, John Cho and Amy Hill.The series, created by Anna Drezen (“Saturday Night Live”), counts among its executive producers Mike Judge and Greg Daniels — co-creators of Fox’s beloved animated series “King of the Hill” (1997-2009), on which Root played sad-sack Army barber Bill Dauterive, pal/drinking buddy of Texas propane salesman Hank Hill (Judge).“He was the first one to contact me [about ‘Praise Petey’],” Root said of Judge.

, Annie Murphy has become a go-to fixture on television, with roles on, and season 6 of. Now, she's getting animated as the lead of Freeform's first adult animated series, . Ahead of its July debut, ET has the exclusive first, full-length trailer for, which stars Murphy as the voice of Petey, a New York City It Girl whose well-curated life comes crashing down.

Chiara [Aurelia],” Gluck, 22, told The Post. “She’s phenomenally talented, and I’m a bad friend because I actually didn’t watch the show until I booked the job!“While I was watching [Season 1], I was like ‘This is good. Oh wow, I can see why everyone is praising Chiara and [why] she’s nominated for awards.’ When I got to the last episode, I genuinely was like ‘Oh my lord, what a great twist! This is awesome!’’” The first season of “Cruel Summer” was Freeform’s most-watch debut ever, snaring nearly 4 million viewers.

is back for another explosive season, and ET is exclusively premiering a first look at what's to come.In ET's exclusive trailer, Mariana struggles with survivor's guilt after Evan was shot trying to help her, Joaquin (Bryan Craig) and his sister, Jenna, escape Silas's farm compound to get the latter out safely. Although the incident brought back Callie and their moms, Stef and Lena, to rally around Mariana as she struggles with fallout from Jenna's escape, the remorse threatens to overwhelm her.«I wish it was me,» Mariana tells her sister as Evan languishes in a medically induced coma.

RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network). Abusers use manipulative tactics, targeting vulnerable victims to emotionally or physically separate them from loved ones by gaining their trust through attention, gifts or sharing “secrets,” according to RAINN. These tactics are most often used by someone in a victim’s closest circle — family, friends or authority figures like teachers, coaches or mentors and can be particularly difficult to recognize.

The Johnsons are back! Fans may have said goodbye to  after its series finale in April, but a new chapter for the fictional family kicks off with season five of its Freeform spinoff, , and ET is exclusively premiering the new chapter's trailer.Franchise star Marcus Scribner has officially joined his TV sister, Yara Shahidi, on the spinoff, reprising his role as Andre Johnson Jr. (aka Junior) as he embarks on his own journey to being «grown,» and we can tell from the trailer that it's going to be a trip.Sibling shenanigans ensue as Junior adapts to leaving behind the «real world» of a 9-5 to attend Cal U, which entails making his connections as a freshman on campus.

Maia Mitchell has ended her run on Freeform’s. At the end of the «Kiss Me and Smile For Me» episode, which was the second episode of season 4 and aired on Wednesday, Callie Adams Foster got her happy ending as she boarded a plane to Washington, D.C., leaving the Coterie in Los Angeles to begin her dream job at the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). After several tearful goodbyes from her sister, Marianna Foster (Cierra Ramirez), their moms, Stef and Lena Foster (Teri Polo and Sherri Saum), and brother Jude Foster (Hayden Byerly), it was time for Callie to set off on her new adventure -- but not before being greeted by one more familiar face.

The Cal U crew is back for the remainder of their senior year, and it looks like the shenanigans are in full swing! Freeform dropped the trailer for part two of 's fourth season, and it picks up exactly where fans left off in the September midseason finale, «You Beat Me to the Punch.»The group of eight (still missing is Halle Bailey's Skye as the actress was filming Disney's live-action adaptation of overseas) must deal with the fallout of the explosive events during the luau. Aaron must take accountability for his volatile actions at the party as Zoey finds herself in a familiar position, caught between Luka and Aaron as she attempts to juggle her love life and career in fashion.

Malika's relationship status has taken a turn from couple goals to «it's complicated.»returns for the second half of season 3 on Wednesday, and only ET exclusively premieres a sneak peek from the midseason premiere.

It's senior year for the characters of , and big changes are happening. The finish line is in sight for Zoey Johnson and company, but there are plenty of bumps in the road that'll keep everyone on their toes. Yara Shahidi's Zoey has returned to Cal U from her adventures on the road as a professional stylist and she and Aaron are  in sync, romantically. But the same can't be said for the rest of the crew.

Jessica Biel and takes place over three summers in the 1990s, following mousy Jeanette Turner (Aurelia) and popular Kate Wallis (Olivia Holt). During the show’s arc, Kate mysteriously disappears, while Jeanette progresses from wallflower to popular girl to hated outsider — seemingly stealing Kate’s life while she’s gone (including her friends and boyfriend).

A worse teen crime drama than “Cruel Summer” would play to conventions and pit the high school archetypes such as the spoiled mean girl against the nerdy, innocent girl, with no real estate between them for character growth. But the new Freeform series, created by Bert V.

Jessica Biel (“The Sinner”), takes place over the course of three summers (1993-95).

Australian comedian Josh Thomas (“Please Like Me). It follows neurotic gay thirtysomething entomologist Nicholas (Thomas) who unexpectedly finds himself assuming guardianship over his teen half-sisters: the musically gifted Matilda (Cromer) who is autistic, and her spunky younger sister Genevieve (Maeve Press), an aspiring stand-up comedian. “Working with Josh’s huge personality and being around him has definitely helped me understand sarcasm better,” said Cromer.

coronavirus pandemic.“On a global level, this is such a unique moment for everyone,” Robinson, 32, told The Post. “We wanted to be able to time-capsule it, in a way.

EXCLUSIVE: Freeform has ordered an election-themed series hosted and executive produced by Kal Penn.The untitled project, from Michael Davies’ Embassy Row, is described as a smart, irreverent unscripted comedy series that explores issues and topics relevant to Millennial and Gen Z voters.The series was created by Penn and Romen Borsellino, who also serve as executive producers with Dan Spilo as well as Michael Davie and Julia Cassidy of Embassy Row.Penn and Borsellino met in 2007 when Penn

Leslie Odom Jr. is searching for “Love in the Time of Corona”: The “Hamilton” and “Smash” vet will star in Freeform’s limited event series, alongside his real-life wife Nicolette Robinson (“The Affair”), both of whom will also serve as executive producers.Also joining the cast are Tommy Dorfman (“13 Reasons Why”), Rainey Qualley (“Mad Men”), Gil Bellows (“Patriot,” “Ally McBeal”), Rya Kihlstedt (“The Bold Type,” “Charmed”), Ava Bellows (“This Too Shall Pass”) and L.

Freeform is the latest network to lean into coronavirus-inspired programming. 

In order to promote health and safety guidelines in the wake of the novel coronavirus, Freeform is launching a multi-platform social distancing campaign called #StayTheFFHome, Variety has learned exclusively.

Witches, despite their increasingly glamorous status in pop culture, have long been symbolic of people’s preconceived notions and fear of othered people, particularly women who deign to seize their own power (literal or otherwise). Women suspected of witchcraft and women who practice witchcraft have met terrible ends as they fought for the right to be taken seriously on their own terms, and for their lives.

Freeform’s new witch drama “Motherland: Fort Salem” imagines an alternate universe where witches play a major role in American government.

Freeform’s forthcoming Valentine’s Day film, “The Thing About Harry,” is an earnest romantic comedy that follows high school enemies who are forced to share a ride to their hometown to attend a friend’s engagement party, only to have car trouble, bond overnight in a motel, and come out the other side with complicated feelings about each other.

As a queer love story backed by Disney, as well as the first original Valentine’s Day film for Freeform, there are sure to be many eyes on “The Thing About Harry.”

Freeform president Tom Ascheim laid out what he called the network’s “four-part formula for longevity and maybe gentle world domination” during an executive session at the Television Critics Association winter press tour on Friday.

Freeform has picked up the drama “Last Summer” to series, it was announced Friday at the Television Critics Association winter press tour.

Freeform has renewed comedy “Grown-ish” for a fourth season, a day after its season 3 premiere, and drama “Good Trouble” for a third. The pickup announcement was made at the network’s Television Critics’ Association press tour day.

One of the hallmarks of Josh Thomas’ particularly spiky and sympathetic sense of humor is how he takes a situation we’ve seen unfold on TV before and makes the bold choice to let his characters react like actual human beings. On his semi-autobiographical comedy “Please Like Me,” people struggled through depression and their gnarled feelings with such candor that it felt both jarring and revelatory.

Australian comedian Josh Thomas was just 17 when he won the competition at the Melbourne Intl. Comedy Festival — and just 25 when, in 2013, he created and starred in “Please Like Me,” nominated for five Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts awards during its four-season run.