Browsing: Starred

Before he terrorized audiences as Pennywise the Dancing Clown in both cinematic chapters of “It” (and later, HBO’s “It: Welcome to Derry” — which just got renewed for a second season), Swedish actor Bill Skarsgård scored his first English-language horror genre role on American TV. That role was in “Hemlock Grove,” one of the first…

Because she’s best known for the string of acclaimed John Hughes movies she starred in during the 1980s, it’s easy to forget that Molly Ringwald has also plied her trade on the small screen several times over the years. Her first television project of note is now recognized as one of the best Stephen King…

Jada Pinkett Smith has appeared in “The Matrix” series since the first sequel, “The Matrix Reloaded.” “The Matrix” fans should be familiar with her face, considering her reprisal of Niobe in the following films, “The Matrix Revolutions” and “The Matrix Resurrections.” However, some might not realize she also voiced her character in the first video game…

Alyson Hannigan famously played a witch in “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” but Willow Rosenberg was not the actress’s first on-screen brush with the supernatural. She starred in a short-lived, now-forgotten sitcom where she played a teenager whose dad hired a housekeeper who was secretly a witch.

Does a good boy make for a good TV show? Sometimes! There have been dogs on the small screen for decades, and a few of these pooch programs are among the most beloved TV series ever to air. These are five of the best shows that starred dogs, ranked.

More than 100 actors appeared on “L.A. Law” over the course of eight seasons, yet only a select few showed up in every single episode. From 1986 to 1994, the series aired 171 episodes on NBC, following a prestigious Los Angeles-based law firm: McKenzie, Brackman, Chaney and Kuzak.

Hayden Panettiere attends amfAR Gala Los Angeles 2022 at Pacific Design Center on November 03, 2022 in West Hollywood, California. Jon Kopaloff/hide caption

Hayden Panettiere, star of popular television series including “Heroes” and “Nashville,” has died. She was 36

Though he’ll always be best known as The Skipper from “Gilligan’s Island,” Alan Hale Jr. is somewhat of Western legend. Simply by dint of coming to prominence at a time when the genre was the most popular form of entertainment, Hale Jr. was as familiar with the Old West as any Western icon. In fact,…