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Meredith Averill
Meredith Averill is an American television writer and producer. Born in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, Averill graduated from New York University with a degree in screenwriting. Career Averill began her career as an assistant to TV writer/producers André Nemec and Josh Appelbaum, then became a writer for the ABC Family mini-series '' Samurai Girl'', ABC's ''Life on Mars'' and ABC's '' Happy Town''. Averill then spent three years on CBS's ''The Good Wife'' as a writer and producer. In May 2013 she signed an overall deal with CBS Television Studios, where she was the creator and executive producer of The CW science fiction teen drama ''Star-Crossed''.Daniel Doperalski"10 TV Writers to Watch" ''Variety'', June 11, 2013. After Star-Crossed's cancellation, she then went on to work as a Co-Executive Producer for the CW's ''Jane the Virgin'' and CBS's ''Pure Genius''. She served as the co-showrunner/executive producer for Netflix's series ''The Haunting of Hill House''. In 2018, Averill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pottsville, Pennsylvania
Pottsville is the county seat of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 13,346 at the 2020 census, and is the principal city of the Pottsville, PA Micropolitan Statistical Area. The city lies along the west bank of the Schuylkill River, south of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, Wilkes-Barre. It is located in Pennsylvania's Coal Region. Pottsville is located west of Allentown, Pennsylvania, Allentown, northwest of Philadelphia, and west of New York City. History Early settlement Charles II of England, Charles II granted the land that would eventually become Pottsville to William Penn. This grant comprised all lands west and south of the Delaware River and the Schuylkill; the site of Pottsville was originally in Chester County, Pennsylvania, Chester County. When the legislative Council, on May 10, 1729, enacted the law erecting Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Lancaster County, which included all the lands of the Province lying westward of a straight line ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jane The Virgin
''Jane the Virgin'' is an American romantic comedy-drama and satirical telenovela developed by Jennie Snyder Urman. The series premiered October 13, 2014, on The CW and concluded on July 31, 2019. It is a loose adaptation of the Venezuelan telenovela ''Juana la virgen'' created by Perla Farías. It stars Gina Rodriguez as Jane Gloriana Villanueva, a devout 23-year-old Latina virgin who becomes pregnant after an accidental artificial insemination by her gynecologist. It parodies common tropes and devices in Latin American telenovelas. ''Jane the Virgin'' received critical acclaim, particularly for its writing and Rodriguez's performance. At the 72nd Golden Globe Awards, ''Jane the Virgin'' was nominated for Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy and Gina Rodriguez won Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy. The show received a Peabody Award in 2014 and was also selected as one of the top 10 television programs of 2014 by the American Film Institute. Begin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Netflix
Netflix, Inc. is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service and production company based in Los Gatos, California. Founded in 1997 by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph in Scotts Valley, California, it offers a film and television series library through distribution deals as well as its own productions, known as Netflix Originals. As of September 2022, Netflix had 222 million subscribers worldwide, including 73.3 million in the United States and Canada; 73.0 million in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, 39.6 million in Latin America and 34.8 million in the Asia-Pacific region. It is available worldwide aside from Mainland China, Syria, North Korea, and Russia. Netflix has played a prominent role in independent film distribution, and it is a member of the Motion Picture Association (MPA). Netflix can be accessed via web browsers or via application software installed on smart TVs, set-top boxes connected to televisions, tablet computers, smartph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
VOX (German TV Channel)
Vox is a German free-to-air television channel launched on 25 January 1993 and owned by RTL Group. The channel mainly broadcasts documentaries and US series and movies. An integral part of the night program is the series ''Medical Detectives'' / ''Forensic Files'', which regularly gets very high ratings, sometimes up to 20%, which is rather unusual for the broadcaster. History VOX started transmitting on 25 January 1993, replacing Lifestyle. It competed with public television by broadcasting many live and informational programmes. The channel was originally owned by an assortment of German media companies: *UFA (Bertelsmann) – 24.9% *Westdeutsche Medienbeteiligungsgesellschaft (West German Media Holding Company) – 25.1% *Holtzbrinck-Verlag (Holtzbrinck Publishing House) – 14.5% *Warner Music Germany – 14.5% *Development Company for Television Program (DCTP) – 11% *Mittelständische Unternehmensbeteiligung (Middle Class Business Holdings) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gone (TV Series)
''Gone'' is an internationally co-produced police procedural crime drama television series created by Matt Lopez and produced by NBCUniversal International Studios. Based on Chelsea Cain's 2014 novel ''One Kick'', the series revolves around Kit "Kick" Lannigan (Leven Rambin), a child abduction survivor, who is recruited by FBI Agent Frank Novak (Chris Noth) for a special task force dedicated to solving missing persons cases. The supporting cast features Danny Pino as John Bishop, Andy Mientus as James Finley and Tracie Thoms as FBI Agent Maya Kennedy. Despite being produced by TF1 in France and RTL Television's sister network VOX in Germany, the series had its world premiere in Australia on Universal Channel on 13 November 2017. In France, the series premiered on TF1, beginning on 23 January 2018 and ending on 27 February 2018. In Germany, the series aired on VOX a day after the French broadcast. In the United Kingdom, the series premiered on Universal Channel on 19 March 2018. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Gothic (2016 TV Series)
''American Gothic'' is an American mystery drama television series created by Corinne Brinkerhoff. CBS announced a 13-episode straight-to-series order on October 9, 2015. The show premiered on June 22, 2016. On October 17, 2016, CBS cancelled the series after one season. Plot The Hawthornes, an affluent Boston family, must redefine themselves following the discovery that their recently deceased patriarch could have been a serial killer. Suspicion arises that one of them may have been his accomplice. Cast and characters Main * Juliet Rylance as Alison Hawthorne-Price the bisexual eldest sister of the family who is running for mayor * Antony Starr as Garrett Hawthorne the mysterious prodigal eldest brother who has returned from a 14-year absence ** Micheal Doonan as Young Garrett Hawthorne * Justin Chatwin as Cameron "Cam" Hawthorne the younger brother, a cartoonist and recovering drug addict, and husband of Sophie and father of Jack * Megan Ketch as Tessa Ross the younger si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ABC Family
The American cable television, cable and satellite television network that is now known as Freeform (TV channel), Freeform was originally launched as the CBN Satellite Service on April 29, 1977, and has gone through several different owners (and six different name changes) during its history. This article details the network's existence from its founding by the Christian Broadcasting Network to its current ownership by The Walt Disney Company, which renamed ABC Family to Freeform on January 12, 2016. CBN Satellite Service The network was founded by Pat Robertson as the CBN Satellite Service (CBN Satellite Network), an arm of his television ministry, the Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN). When the channel launched on April 29, 1977, it became the first Cable television in the United States#Basic cable, basic cable channel to be transmitted via communications satellite, satellite from its launch and, effectively, the first national basic cable-originated network. Initially, the ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is an American commercial broadcast television network. It is the flagship property of the ABC Entertainment Group division of The Walt Disney Company. The network is headquartered in Burbank, California, on Riverside Drive, directly across the street from Walt Disney Studios and adjacent to the Roy E. Disney Animation Building. The network's secondary offices, and headquarters of its news division, are in New York City, at its broadcast center at 77 West 66th Street on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Since 2007, when ABC Radio (also known as Cumulus Media Networks) was sold to Citadel Broadcasting, ABC has reduced its broadcasting operations almost exclusively to television. It is the fifth-oldest major broadcasting network in the world and the youngest of the American Big Three television networks. The network is sometimes referred to as the Alphabet Network, as its initialism also represents the first three letters of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
October Road (TV Series)
''October Road'' is an American drama television series. It premiered on ABC on March 15, 2007, following ''Grey's Anatomy''. It follows Nick Garrett (played by former '' One Tree Hill'' star Bryan Greenberg) who, after a decade, returns to his hometown, the fictional Knights Ridge, Massachusetts. The show takes place in the same world as the 1996 movie '' Beautiful Girls''; both were written by Scott Rosenberg based on his life and friends.Rosenberg, Scott Guest Columnist Scott Rosenberg on October Road's True Story ''TV Guide'', March 3, 2008 The series is produced by ABC Studios and ''GroupM Entertainment''; the latter is a partnership of media agencies within WPP Group that financed the series in exchange for ABC network-wide advertising time. The show was created by André Nemec, Scott Rosenberg and Josh Appelbaum, who also serve as the series' executive producers. The second season of ''October Road'' premiered on Thursday, November 22, 2007 at 10:00PM Eastern/9:00PM ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aron Eli Coleite
Aron Eli Coleite (sometimes credited Aron Coleite) is an American comic book writer, television writer and producer best known for his work on the Netflix series '' Daybreak'', the NBC series ''Heroes'' and on the comic book series ''Ultimate X-Men''. Career Television work Coleite got his start in television serving as a co-producer on the first season of ''Heroes'' from 2006-07. He continued to work on the show through to the conclusion of its fourth and final season, eventually being promoted to co-executive producer. During this time he was credited with writing ten episodes. In 2012 he served as a writer and co-executive producer on the Steven Spielberg produced mockumentary thriller series '' The River'' at ABC. He wrote two episodes, including co-writing the series finale with Zack Estrin and Michael Green. In 2012, Coleite had a pilot called ''Trooper'' set up at TNT, which starred Mira Sorvino as an unconventional state trooper and was executive produced by Jerr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlton Cuse
Arthur Carlton Cuse (born March 22, 1959) is a screenwriter, showrunner, producer, and director, best known for the American television series ''Lost'', for which he made the ''Time'' list of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2010. Cuse is known for his groundbreaking cross-genre storytelling, pioneering work in interactive media, collaborative achievements, and mentorship of many screenwriters who went on to become showrunners of television series. Early life and education Cuse was born in Mexico City, Mexico, to American parents. His father was working in Mexico for Cuse's grandfather, who had a machine-tool manufacturing business.Interview with Carlton Cuse By Gregg Sutter (2010). Cuse's paternal grandfather was Latvian, of Baltic German heritage. After a few years in Mexico City, his parents moved to < ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
