The Hallmark Channel has renewed The Chicken Sisters for a second season. Production begins today in Vancouver on the series that stars Schuyler Fisk (Amanda), Genevieve Angelson (Mae), Lea Thompson (Nancy) and Wendie Malick (Gus). The series about a restaurant rivalry is an adaptation of KJ…

SPOILER ALERT: This post contains spoilers for The Chicken Sisters finale. Adapted from KJ Dell'Antonia's book, The Chicken Sisters, which was a Reese's Book Club pick in December 2020, Hallmark's eight-part series of the same name aired its finale on Hallmark+, becoming one of the first…

Back to the Future star Lea Thompson reflected on her time participating in Dancing With the Stars with pro dance partner Artem Chigvintsev, whom she described as “intense,” alluding to the disrespectful way he would speak to her. “It was hard working with him because it was his first year and…

There will be no second season for The Spencer Sisters. CTV has opted not to pick up a second season of the Canadian drama series starring Lea Thompson and Stacey Farber. A rep for Canada’s CTV Television Network confirmed to Deadline that “a second season of The Spencer Sisters has not been…

More than 37 years after the release of the original Back To The Future film, stars Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson and Tom Wilson reunited over the weekend at Fan Expo Portland. Thompson, who played the role of Lorraine in the franchise’s first two films, shared a selfie on…

EXCLUSIVE: Lea Thompson (Back to the Future) and Stacey Farber (Virgin River, Degrassi: The Next Generation) will play mother and daughter in CTV and eOne's lighthearted Canadian procedural series The Spencer Sisters. Created by Alan McCullough (Private Eyes, Rookie Blue), the 10-episode series centers on…

Eva Longoria has signed on to star opposite Matt Walsh in the comedy Unplugging, replacing previously attached actress Isla Fisher. Lea Thompson, Keith David, Nicole Byer and Al Madrigal have also been added to the cast of the film, which will mark the feature directorial debut of film editor Debra…

Twenty-five years after the first Caroline In The City episode was taped, the cast headed by Lea Thompson will reunite to read the pilot script and chat with Stars In The House hosts and viewers tomorrow night. The reunion was announced today by Stars hosts and exec producers Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley…

Set in the suburbs of the midwest, Dinner In America follows aggro punk rocker Simon (Kyle Gallner), who is on the run from the police. He meets the eccentric Patty (Emily Skeggs) who offers him a place to hide, not realizing he is the lead singer of her favorite band.  As a result, he ends up “hijacking” the…

Veronica Mars star Jason Dohring is set as one of the leads in the ensemble indie film, You Are Here, along with Lea Thompson (The Year of Spectacular Men), William Baldwin (Northern Rescue), Peter Vack (Someone Great), Anna Popplewell (The Chronicles of Narnia films), Jacqueline Byers (Roadies), and Cathryn…

Great Scott! Back to the Future stars Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, and Thomas Wilson reunited in 2018 to give a boost of nostalgia for fans at the Fan Expo in Boston this weekend. It’s been 33 years since the Robert Zemeckis-directed time-traveling sci-fi comedy was released in theaters. The…

In her return to comedy series two decades after her starring turn on NBC’s Caroline in the City, Lea Thompson has been tapped for a meaty series-regular role in Our People, Fox’s culture clash single-camera comedy pilot from Lee Daniels and Modern Family executive producer Vali Chandrasekaran. The project from…