Kellie Freeze, Author at StayTuned Magazine

Alison Sweeney Talks “Peach Cobbler” & Her Message For Fans

January 10, 2016 Kellie Freeze

Alison Sweeney returns as Hannah Swenson in another juicy mystery for Hallmark Movies & Mysteries. “Peach Cobbler is our third installment of the Murder She Baked series,” says Sweeney. “I love producing it, and I love starring in this really wonderful series where people feel good, and they get the chance to have fun and watch Hannah solve these mysteries. It’s fun and female empowering.” Sweeney sets up the tasty tale. “This time, something happens too close for comfort for Hannah and she’s gonna have to deal with the fact that all of a sudden, she better be clever and curious and solve […]

Meet The Motley Crew of DC’s Legends of Tomorrow

January 10, 2016 Kellie Freeze

Up next in The CW’s presentation at the Television Critics Association winter press tour, is the huge ensemble drama (the panel takes up two rows of almost the entire stage!) DC’s Legends of Tomorrow. In the superhero saga from The Flash/Arrow universe, an elite team of 8 heroes and villains travels through to time to stop mega-villain, Vandal Savage. As they travel through time, they have the power to change the world, and perhaps their own fates. The superhero series premieres Thursday, Jan. 21 at 8pm ET/PT on The CW. Brandon Routh plays the eager hero, Ray Palmer/The Atom. The […]

The CW New Programming Dares To Defy

January 10, 2016 Kellie Freeze

This morning at the Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour, the President of The CW, Mark Pedowitz, talked about the network’s 2015 successes and gave a preview of things to come in 2016. In 2015, the network introduced several new series including iZombie and Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. As the networks looks to its future, it looks very comicbook-y. Maybe “The CW” is short for “The Comic World.” Vixen will be returning on The CW seed, in the animated series, the actress who plays Vixen, Megalyn Echikunwoke, will be airing this season on Arrow (episode 15 or 16). Kevin Smith will be […]

Secrets and Lies Season 2: Other Than Juliette Lewis, It’s All Different

January 9, 2016 Kellie Freeze

Will Detective Andrea Cornell find justice in Season 2? Don’t worry, Secrets and Lies fans, at the Television Critics Association (TCA) Winter Press Tour, series executive producer Barbie Kligman assures that Cornell “Will find justice,” in Season 2. The crime anthology returns with a new cast, and new location and a new murder. ABC has not yet announced a premiere date for Season 2 of Secrets and Lies. After you wipe a tear because Ryan Phillipe won’t be on this season, know that “Everything about this season is different,” says Juliette Lewis, saying she’s intrigued by the new cast, and this season’s […]

Twists And Turns Abound In ABC Mid-Season Slate

January 9, 2016 Kellie Freeze

ABC Executive Session This afternoon, Paul Lee President of ABC Entertainment Group spoke about the new winter offerings of ABC, including new series and several returning anthologies. He also discussed the fate of several current series. -First off, Lee gushed about his love of Quantico and boasts “We have seen Quantico growing week-on-week-on-week.” When asked about how the series can sustain the intrigue, suspense and success, Lee says Josh Schwartz (The OC, Gossip Girl), “has legs for the back half of the season… and beyond. Many twists and turns on that show.” -Lee calls the 10-part saga Of Kings & […]

Hulu’s Dynamic New Dramas Star Aaron Paul & James Franco

January 9, 2016 Kellie Freeze

This morning at the Television Critics Association’s winter press tour, Craig Erwich, head of content for Hulu discussed how the streaming service is adding to its ever-growing media library and increasing its original programming stable with several intriguing new projects. First, he announced that Hulu is becoming the streaming home of Viacom properties, and will be adding new series like Last Man on Earth and Fear the Walking Dead. He announced a new distribution deal with Epix as well as an agreement with Sony, which will add all episodes of series including The Shield, Party of Five, Dawson’s Creek and […]

Jane Lynch is Heaven Sent in “Angel From Hell”

January 7, 2016 Kellie Freeze

Less than a year after the end of Jane Lynch’s Emmy-winning turn as sweatsuit-wearing Sue Sylvester on FOX’s Glee, the comedy genius returns to scripted comedy (Lynch is also slays on Hollywood Game Night and hosting Wednesday’s Peoples Choice Awards) as a sublimely flawed guardian angel in CBS’ Angel From Hell. In the half-hour comedy, Lynch stars as Amy, a woman claiming to be the guardian angel of a neurotic doctor named Allison (Maggie Lawson). Amy offers Allison unsolicited advice and when the guidance works, the duo form an unlikely friendship and Amy integrates herself into Allison’s life — though Allison isn’t […]

First Look: Freeform’s Shadowhunters

January 7, 2016 Kellie Freeze

Freeform (formerly ABC Family) starts the new year with the premiere of a dark and complex fantasy drama based on The Mortal Instruments, the blockbuster young adult book series by Cassandra Clare. Shadowhunters, a sexy, action-packed fight between good and evil, follows the saga of 18-year-old Clary Fray as she discovers that she comes from a long line of Shadowhunters — human/angel hybrids who hunt demons. This new discovery throws Clary into a dark and dangerous new world where she finds herself living among faeries, warlocks, vampires and werewolves. Katherine McNamara (Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials, The Fosters) stars as […]

David Duchovny And Gillian Anderson On “The X-Files”: The Truth Is In Here

January 4, 2016 Kellie Freeze

The statement “absence makes the heart grow fonder” certainly rings true in the case of The X-Files. The groundbreaking sci-fi horror drama went off the air in May 2002 and spawned two films — one in 1998 and a second in 2008 — but the return of the beloved series has garnered so much fan love that it has turned into one of TV’s most anticipated events of the winter. “I think of it as a 13-year commercial break,” series creator Chris Carter said in a statement. “The good news is, the world has only gotten that much stranger, a […]

Tonight! Mariah Carey Directs And Stars In “A Christmas Melody”

December 19, 2015 Kellie Freeze

Mariah Carey’s music is an integral part of holiday season, and now the Christmas chanteuse is gifting her talents to Hallmark’s most musical holiday film. The singer/actress is directing her first film, the aptly named A Christmas Melody, premiering Saturday on Hallmark Channel. The film stars Lacey Chabert as Kristin, a young fashion designer who shutters her big-city boutique and moves back to her hometown with her daughter (singing sensation Fina Strazza, of Broadway’s “Matilda”) in tow. The duo face a tumultuous adjustment to small-town life, further complicated by Kristin’s high-school nemesis (Carey). But the plucky family braves each challenge […]