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Freeform
overnights
July 31, 2023
Cruel Summer
Season-Finale Recap: Brent, Interrupted
We regret riding for Isabella the entire season.
By
Kathleen Walsh
overnights
July 24, 2023
Cruel Summer
Recap: Don’t Speak
The penultimate episode is essentially
Cruel Summer (Luke’s Version).
By
Kathleen Walsh
overnights
July 17, 2023
Cruel Summer
Recap: Teenage Dirtbag
What exactly is the plan here, girls?
By
Kathleen Walsh
overnights
July 10, 2023
Cruel Summer
Recap: Partying Like It’s 1999
Things are finally happening on
Cruel Summer: Girlz Rule Boys Drool Edition.
By
Kathleen Walsh
overnights
July 3, 2023
Cruel Summer
Recap: Hot-Girl Summer
So the douche gene didn’t skip Luke after all.
By
Kathleen Walsh
overnights
June 26, 2023
Cruel Summer
Recap: Spy Kids
Megan has a promising future career as a Girl Boss Scammer.
By
Kathleen Walsh
overnights
June 19, 2023
Cruel Summer
Recap: Let’s Go, Girls
This whole episode really could have been an email.
By
Kathleen Walsh
overnights
June 12, 2023
Cruel Summer
Recap: Beware the Nice Guy
The men in this show continue to reveal themselves to be the worst.
By
Kathleen Walsh
overnights
June 6, 2023
Cruel Summer
Recap: Sex, Lies, and Revenge Porn
Why isn’t the sheriff more interested in solving the case of the Christmas revenge porn?
By
Kathleen Walsh
overnights
June 5, 2023
Cruel Summer
Season-Premiere Recap: What Did Megan Do Last Summer?
The classic love triangle gets turned on its head in the best way. Plus, all the Y2K slang!
By
Kathleen Walsh
let it grow
June 3, 2023
Grown-ish
’s Celebrity Guest-Star List Just Keeps Growing
Omarion, Kelly Rowland, and more are booked for the show’s upcoming final season.
By
Jennifer Zhan
trailer mix
June 30, 2022
Everything’s Trash
but Phoebe Robinson’s New Show Looks Great
“There’s no condom for your heart,” so you may catch feelings.
By
Rebecca Alter
pilot pick ups
June 28, 2022
Freeform’s
AZNBBGRL
Finds Its Baby Girls
From
The Flight Attendant
’s Natalie Chaidez and
Wu-Tang: An American Saga’s
Dinh Thai.
By
Alejandra Gularte
we’re far from the shallow now
May 11, 2022
Teal Swan Documentary Will Usher in the Summer of Cults
The Deep End
airs on Freeform as part of its new docuseries slate.
By
Morgan Baila
tv review
Jan. 20, 2022
Single Drunk Female
Is a Jarringly Light Portrait of Alcoholism and Addiction
The Freeform series’ zealous devotion to buoying the inherent darkness of its subject matter means it fails to take any real risks.
By
Roxana Hadadi
the industry
July 6, 2021
Cruel Summer
Creator Reportedly Left in 2020 After Cruel Summer With Freeform
The show’s second season will move ahead without Bert V. Royal.
By
Justin Curto
chat room
June 30, 2021
The Bold Type
’s Meghann Fahy on Getting Her Ending Rewritten ‘the Night Before’
“I remember getting that phone call and was like,
What?!
I was truly shocked.”
By
Devon Ivie
renewals
June 15, 2021
Cruel Summer
Renewed for Second, Crueler Summer
Just in time for the thriller’s season finale.
By
Zoe Haylock
emergency discussion
May 13, 2021
What’s Going on With
Cruel Summer
?
Halfway through the season, it’s time to discuss the Freeform ratings juggernaut.
By
Brennan Carley
and
Justin Curto
fashion du jour
Jan. 27, 2021
The Bold Type
Shutters After 5 Seasons
But dot-com is forever.
By
Devon Ivie
got a secret
Sept. 2, 2020
A
Pretty Little Liars
Reboot Is Coming
—A
That was fast.
By
Devon Ivie
backstories
Aug. 21, 2020
How to Make a Coronavirus Rom-com in Isolation
Love in the Time of Corona
director Joanna Johnson breaks down what went into remotely filming the miniseries’ cast in their own homes.
By
Lisa Liebman
trailer mix
Aug. 4, 2020
Mask Up and Watch the Trailer for Freeform’s Inevitable Coronavirus Rom-com
Love in the Time of Corona
? You bet!
By
Devon Ivie
spoilers
July 16, 2020
The Bold Type
Made a Last-Minute Finale Change
The episode aired one day after star Aisha Dee called out the show for writing her character into a romance with a “privileged conservative woman.”
By
Madison Malone Kircher
scarlet dot com
July 16, 2020
The Bold Type
’s Aisha Dee Calls For More Diverse Storytelling, Less Kat and Ava
“What would Kat do?”
By
Zoe Haylock
roundtables
June 11, 2020
The Women of
The Bold Type
Find It As Unrealistic As You Do
Talking with the show’s leading trio about the media industry, quarantine, and boobs.
By
Madison Malone Kircher
corona content
May 7, 2020
Freeform Orders the Inevitable Quarantine Rom-Com
Love in the Time of Corona
As if we weren’t suffering enough.
By
Zoe Haylock
cancellations
Apr. 17, 2020
Party of Five
Reboot Canceled at Freeform After One Season
The show’s first season finale aired on March 4.
By
Halle Kiefer
tv review
Jan. 7, 2020
Party of Five
Is Both Sweetly Nostalgic and Bracingly Current
The ’90s drama about a family of orphans has inspired a modern-day retelling for the age of ICE that’s more poignant and thoughtful than most reboots.
By
Jen Chaney
trailer mix
Nov. 20, 2019
Everything’s Gonna Be Okay
Trailer:
Please Like Me
’s Josh Thomas Returns to TV
Premiering January 16 on Freeform.
By
Jackson McHenry
cancellations
Sept. 27, 2019
Pretty Little Liars
Spinoff
The Perfectionists
Canceled After One Season
This has the Professor’s fingerprints all over it.
By
Halle Kiefer
chat room
July 30, 2019
Pose
’s Hailie Sahar on Finding Lulu’s Humanity in the Wake of Tragedy
“I’m happy that people mourned for Candy, hopefully that will ignite something in their hearts to stand up and protect trans people’s experiences.”
By
Maria Elena Fernandez
q&a
May 22, 2019
The Perfectionists
’ Writers Talked ‘a Lot’ About the Stanford Prison Experiment
“We research a lot about these psychological experiments,” showrunner I. Marlene King explained.
By
Devon Ivie
yay!
May 14, 2019
Party in the Fashion Closet, Because
The Bold Type
Got Renewed for Season 4
Publish it on the dot-com.
By
Devon Ivie
trailer mix
May 14, 2019
Freeform’s
Party of Five
Reboot Trailer: Deportation, Not Death
Another remake to look forward to.
By
Devon Ivie
q&a
Mar. 20, 2019
Sasha Pieterse and Janel Parrish Are
The
Perfectionists’
‘Old Married Couple’
“The more you watch it, the more you’ll see it.”
By
Devon Ivie
reboots
Feb. 4, 2019
The New
Party of Five
Is Officially Moving Into Freeform
A 10-episode first season has been ordered.
By
Jordan Crucchiola
in development
Jan. 15, 2019
Jenna Fischer Developing
National Parker
Comedy at Freeform
She’ll play a New Yorker who leaves the city to become a park ranger in Alaska.
By
Megh Wright
cheat sheet
Jan. 7, 2019
Good Trouble
101: What to Know If You Didn’t Watch
The Fosters
Before the new spinoff debuts, get to know Callie, Mariana, and the other assorted Adams Fosters who may show up in Los Angeles.
By
Maggie Fremont
tis the season
Nov. 26, 2018
The War for Christmas TV Is More Competitive Than Ever
As the battle for Christmas viewers grows ever more intense, a few cable networks are going all-in on Yuletide stunts.
By
Josef Adalian
the industry
Oct. 21, 2018
Bella Thorne Says Freeform Was Quite the Network Bully
She was referred to as “ugly” many times.
By
Devon Ivie
the industry
Sept. 26, 2018
AMC Nabs Christmas Classics As the War for Holiday TV Audiences Heats Up
The cable network snagged
Elf
,
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
, and
The Polar Express
away from Freeform.
By
Josef Adalian
fashion du jour
Aug. 7, 2018
How
The Bold Type
Transformed Its Fashion Closet Into a ‘Secret Little World’
“It’s a place for them to sneak away and talk and gather,” the show’s production designer explained.
By
Devon Ivie
marvel
Aug. 2, 2018
Cloak & Dagger
Showrunner Joe Pokaski on What to Expect in Season Two
And the alternate Stan Lee cameo that almost happened.
By
Abraham Riesman
the marvel universe
July 29, 2018
Marvel’s Runaways
Goes From Hulu to Freeform
The show will air its first episode on broadcast television August 2.
By
Anne Victoria Clark
overnights
July 20, 2018
Cloak & Dagger
Recap: We’re All on Our Own
The past catches up with the heroes in an episode that again reveals how central New Orleans is to the series.
By
Bryan Washington
life-size 2
July 9, 2018
Tyra Banks Gets Her
Life-Size 2
Human Co-Star and It’s Not Lindsay Lohan
Francia Raisa famously donated her kidney to save Selena Gomez’s life.
By
Dee Lockett
overnights
June 28, 2018
Marvel’s Cloak & Dagger
Recap: I Know What You Did
Tandy’s investigation into Roxxon deepens as Tyrone learns that his powers don’t always help his basketball game.
By
Bryan Washington
overnights
June 26, 2018
The Bold Type
Recap: A Good Triangle
Jane’s latest prospect might be too good to be true.
By
Maggie Fremont
overnights
June 21, 2018
Cloak & Dagger
Recap: Maybe It Was Your Heart, Maybe It Was Nothing
The villains are coming, but the biggest opposition that Cloak and Dagger face is the world itself.
By
Bryan Washington
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