‘The X-Files’ reboot adds Robbie Amell and Lauren Ambrose

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The X-Files reboot adds Robbie Amell and Lauren Ambrose

The alums of The Flash and Six Feet Under will play, respectively, the smart and smooth Agent Miller and the sharp and confident Agent Einstein. They make their first appearance in the fourth episode.


Smash
’s Megan Hilty and Mad Men’s Aaron Staton join Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce

Homeland’s Maurey Sterling also joins newbies Retta from Parks and Rec and Mark Valley on Season 2 of the Bravo series.


True Detective
isn’t the only acclaimed show that imploded in Season 2

Revenge, Desperate Housewives and Twin Peaks are among the well-known shows that suffered sophomore slumps.

Stephen Colbert is in a bit of a bind in his second Lunch with Stephen episode

The Late Show host wants you to keep quiet about the bag of cash he found.


BBC America’s The Last Kingdom debuts Oct. 10

Check out the poster for the Game of Thrones-like epic historical drama based on Bernard Cornwell’s best-selling The Saxon Stories.


Watch JK Simmons play an inappropriate grandpa in an SNL cut-for-time sketch

Michael Che wrote the sketch about Simmons as a grandpa who’s stuck in another era. PLUS: See Jay Pharoah’s Showtime special trailer.