'Ladies of the Lake' Season 2 Now Streaming on Amazon

Indie Series Award winner Arianne Zucker is front and center in the second season of Ladies of the Lake, now streaming on Amazon, and the digital drama is more enthralling than ever.

Jessica Morris and Marie Wilson return as Crystal Amhurst and Morgan Firestone, the remaining Ladies of the Lake who are facing the consequences of getting away with murder. Both characters are more relatable in the new episodes. Zucker's Lisa Roth (Clara in Season 1) has infiltrated the group and is now living with Crystal. Her outstanding performance turns the hellbent on revenge guest-starring role into a strong but sympathetic leading lady. Joining the fun are General Hospital's Kathleen Gati as Crystal's mother, Margaret Cranston; GH's Marc Anthony Samuel as Clara's husband, Teddy DuPree; and Days of our Lives' Robert Scott Wilson as Clara's step-brother, Ethan Wyatt. Gati brings the comedy, while Samuel and Wilson add the sexy and intensity to the mix. Jillian Clare and Amanda Corday are back as Cassidy Montgomery and Maddie Firestone.

Guest stars Patrika Darbo, Eric Martsolf, Melissa Archer and Nadia Bjorlin are all hilarious.

Overall, the story works better this time around, and the show is edge-of your-seat fascinating throughout. If you liked Season 1, you will love Season 2.

Be sure to check out Season 2 of Ladies of the Lake: Return to Avalon on Amazon now (free for AmazonPrime members).

'Tainted Dreams' Season 2 Arrives December 21 on Amazon

Romance, intrigue, manipulation…and a little bit of humor. That's just a taste of what’s to come as the second season of the Emmy-nominated series Tainted Dreams kicks off, and fans finally get resolution from last season's gripping cliffhanger. Beginning December 21st, the next chapter of Sonia Blangiardo's Tainted Dreams, the soap behind a soap, will be available for streaming on Amazon and Amazon Prime.

The series, which was nominated for five 2017 Daytime Emmys, follows the behind-the-scenes drama of a fictitious soap opera titled Painted Dreams and features a very unique cast composed of classic soap opera fan favorites, reality personalities and stage stars. Creator and executive producer Sonia Blangiardo has served as a producer/director on five iconic soaps, including All My Children, One Life to Live, As the World Turns, General Hospital, and currently Days of our Lives. The show is based on the real-life dramedy she has lived and seen both on and off screen in her 25 years in soaps.

The first season is currently streaming on Amazon. The full cast for both seasons includes Alicia Minshew (Angelica), Michael Lowry (Jordan), Austin Peck (Max), Terri Ivens (Kassandra), Walt Willey (Gregory), Kelley Menighan (Veronica), Grant Aleksander (Adam), Bobbie Eakes (Courtney), Natalia Livingston (Liza), Marnie Schulenburg (Peyton), Nathan Purdee (Ethan), Colleen Zenk (Sofia), James DePaiva (Eddy), Tonja Walker (Tina), Ilene Kristen (Vivian), and the late Larkin Malloy (Henry). It also taps into the Reality TV world with stars Jessie Godderz (Dylan) of Impact Wrestling and Big Brother fame and Dina Manzo (Alessandra) of The Real Housewives of New Jersey, as well as a very talented Off-Broadway supporting cast, including Anthony Wilkinson (Anthony) of the My Big Gay Italian franchise. Lindsay Harrison is the writer.

Blangiardo says she is "excited to take everyone along these characters' journeys in Season 2, as they evolve and deal with ever increasing professional and personal turmoil."

John Stamos 'General Hospital' Inspired Drama Lands at Amazon

Amazon has landed for development a drama series project from John Stamos and producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron (Hairspray Live), which chronicles the fame and excess of daytime soaps in the 1980s. Universal TV, where Zadan and Meron are under a deal for series and live events, is the studio.

The untitled drama, originally set up at Uni TV a year ago, is inspired by the experiences of Stamos, whose acting career was launched in 1982 when, at the age of 18, he landed the role of Blackie Parrish on the ABC daytime drama General Hospital.

Written by Adam Stein (Damages), the drama is described as "Boogie Nights in the soap world." It will explore the colorful and volatile world of daytime drama as it tracks the journey of an 18-year-old Orange County kid suddenly thrust into the limelight of Los Angeles in the early 80s, when he is anointed the next big thing on America's most popular soap.

Stamos executive produces alongside Stein, Zadan and Meron, while Zadan/Meron Prods.' Mark Nicholson will co-executive produce.

When the show was first announced, fans noticed the idea sounded similar to the one being pitched by longtime GH star Kimberly McCullough (Robin Scorpio Drake). Watch her Sundance pitch for Heyday below.

Award Winning 'Acting Dead' Hits Amazon Today!

Since first hitting the web, zombie comedy Acting Dead has won multiple Indie Series Awards, and nabbed a Primetime Emmy last fall for Patrika Darbo's hilarious performance. Starting today, the brilliantly funny Brian Beacock-penned series is available on Amazon Video, and free to view for all Amazon Prime customers.

Acting Dead tells the story of Tate Blodgett (Brian Beacock), a down on his luck, unemployed actor, who after being turned down for role after role, decides to take his career into his own hands, and becomes a Zombie, simply so he can finally get work in the many Zombie movies and television shows. Along the way, he meets Alex Carboneux (Jillian Clare), a former child star, who's temper has stalled her career, until she also decides to take matters in her own hands, which doesn't turn out so well either.

“We're so excited that audiences can now bite and binge the entire first season of Acting Dead," said Beacock. "It didn't take a lot of brains to realize that Amazon was a great home for our Emmy winning zombie comedy!” Producer Susan Bernhardt added “I'm positive the Amazon audience will get hooked on Acting Dead – we've always known we had something really special and are thrilled to bring our Emmy winning digital series to the Amazon lineup."

In addition to Beacock, Clare and Darbo, the zom-com boasts an impressive group of talent including Chris Galya, Paul Nygro and John Yelvington with Season One guest stars Debbie Gibson, Eric Martsolf, Carolyn Hennesy, Sean Kanan, John J. York, Cocoa Brown, Christine Lakin, Lori Alan, Erin Matthews, Gary and Larry Lane, Peter Allen Vogt, Sheila Sheila, Mitch Silpa and Jacee Jule.

'Guiding Light' Star Sonia Satra Plays Gloria Steinem in 'American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story'

Sonia Satra plays Gloria Steinem in the 2017 miniseries American Playboy:
The Hugh Hefner Story, now available on Amazon Prime.

American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story premiered on Amazon Prime Video in April. The series tells the story of Playboy magazine's charismatic founder, Hugh Hefner, who set out to disrupt the status quo and created one of the most recognizable brands in history. Guiding Light alum Sonia Satra plays a familiar face from then and now.

The docuseries combines archival footage, pulling from thousands of hours from Hefner's personal archives; interviews with notable figures including Jesse Jackson, Gene Simmons and Bill Maher; and cinematic reenactments.

Satra, who starred as Lucy Cooper on Guiding Light and played Barbara Graham in One Life to Live, can be seen in a guest-starring role of Gloria Steinem.

Produced by the Emmy Award-winning Stephen David Entertainment and Alta Loma Entertainment, American Playboy begins in post-war America and takes us through the launch of Playboy magazine in 1953 and the next six decades of Hefner's life and career. As he built his empire, Hefner became both a social justice advocate and a target of the conservative movement while becoming an outspoken defender of civil rights, freedom of speech, gay rights and, of course, sexual freedom.

The series was the result of unprecedented access to thousands of hours of never-before-seen footage from both Hefner's and the Playboy archives and Hefner's personal scrapbooks, which number more than 2,900 and constitute a Guinness World Record. The 90-year-old Hefner was deeply involved in the development and production of American Playboy, imbuing the series with rich first-person accounts and never-before-told stories.

Watch American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story here.

'The Bay' Season 2 Now Streaming on Amazon Prime

Season 2 of Emmy and Indie Series Award winning digital drama The Bay dropped on Amazon Prime today.

"Fourteen digitally remastered episodes were released featuring brand new, never-before-seen episodes," announced the series Executive Producer, Creator, Writer and Director Gregori J. Martin.

The Bay will be free to Amazon Prime members in territories including the USA, UK-Ireland, Germany, Austria, and Japan. For non-Amazon Prime members, the series will be available for purchase for $12.99 per season or $1.99 per episode on Amazon Instant Video.

Listed by Entertainment Weekly as one of the top 4 serial dramas on the web, The Bay follows the affluent, yet dysfunctional Bay City residents living in a town cursed by Senator Red Garrett (Bruce Davison, FOX-TV's The Exorcist), an ominous senator who was murdered by his socialite granddaughter Sara Garrett (Mary Beth Evans, NBC's Days of our Lives). Upcoming in Season 2, Sara’s fate hangs in the balance when she finds herself behind bars and at the mercy of her fellow inmates. Determined to post his mother’s exorbitant bail, golden-boy Pete Garrett (Kristos Andrews, Pop TV's This Just In) plans to marry the starry-eyed Vivian Johnson (Karrueche Tran, TNT's Claws) in order to access his family’s fortune, unaware his nefarious step-father Steve Jensen (Matthew Ashford, Days of our Lives) has plans of his own. Events take a dark turn when estranged son John Blackwell (Ronn Moss, CBS' The Bold and the Beautiful) continues to seek revenge on the family he blames for destroying his. Emotionally broken, Janice Ramos (ABC's General Hospital) spirals out of control as she deals with the aftermath of her violent rape.

'The Bay' Is Now Available on Amazon Prime

Starting today, multiple Emmy and Indie Series Award digital drama series The Bay is available for streaming on Amazon Prime. Fourteen digitally remastered episodes were released today on the service, which will be followed by 14 additional episodes slated to be released in Fall 2016 (date TBD). In addition, for non-Amazon Prime members, the series is also available for purchase for $9.99 per season or $1.99 per episode on Amazon Instant Video. The Bay will be free to Amazon Prime members in the following territories; USA, UK-Ireland, Germany, Austria, and Japan.

Originally named 'One of the Top 10 Shows Worth Watching' by TV Guide, The Bay follows the affluent, yet dysfunctional Bay City residents living in a town cursed by Red Garrett, an ominous senator who was murdered by his socialite granddaughter, Sara Garrett. Living in his shadow, Sara, her youngest son Pete, and those around them face a series of dilemmas involving rape, blackmail, sordid lovers, and vindictive arch rivals. Their lives riddled with forbidden love, malicious lies, and never-ending scandals, the town’s privileged tangle with those who confuse obsession for love, vengeance for justice, and power for success.

Recognized by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS), The Bay is a multiple Daytime Emmy Award winner in the highly competitive Outstanding Digital Drama Series category. Having previously won in 2015, The Bay again won in 2016 after receiving a total of 5 Daytime Emmy nominations in three categories. The show also took home 2 additional Indie Series Awards, bringing its total to 6.

"We couldn't be more thrilled that Amazon Prime will now allow more lovers of serialized storytelling to find our show, as well as provide our viewers the opportunity to binge watch and discover never-before-seen footage," states series creator, director, and writer Gregori J. Martin. "We are currently working on an all new season 3, which will be available on Amazon Prime and Amazon Instant Video in early 2017. None of this would be happening without our fans, who have been with us since the beginning, and we are most grateful."

The Bay also stars Ronn Moss (John Blackwell), Karrueche Tran (Vivian Johnson), and a slew of well-recognized TV faces.

Check out The Bay on Amazon Prime here.

'The Bay' Moving to Amazon Prime! New Cast Additions Include Carolyn Hennesy, Brandon Beemer, Jensen Buchanan & Marissa Tait

Hot off the heels of winning two Indie Series Awards last week and receiving five nominations for the upcoming Daytime Emmy Awards, LANY Entertainment has revealed its hit web series The Bay will be moving to Amazon Prime this summer. With a new beginning, viewers will be able to binge watch the “Director’s Cut” of the Emmy award-winning series, to be re-released in two 14-episode seasons on Amazon Prime.

“We’re excited to bring to the viewers these remastered episodes with never before seen footage,” explains creator Gregori J. Martin. “The show will have a new starting point, and we hope the viewers will binge watch the series to learn the whole story.”

With plans to shoot the 2nd half of the latter season, The Bay goes into production on six brand new episodes in May.

In the vein of Dicken’s “A Christmas Carol,” Mayor Jack Madison (Nicolas Coster) will be taken on a journey where he’ll reluctantly face his past transgressions. Joining the cast in the role of the mayor’s ex-wife and son John Blackwell’s (Ronn Moss) late mother is Carolyn Hennesy (General Hospital, True Blood, Revenge). Brandon Beemer (Days of our Lives) will fill the role of a younger John Blackwell as Jensen Buchanan (The Young and the Restless, Another World) undertakes the role of Melody Garrett circa 1986. Marissa Tait (The Bold and the Beautiful) joins the cast as Young Katherine Blackwell while Eric Martsolf and Abby Wathen return in their roles as Young Lee and Young Sara. Additional casting news will be released prior to production.

In the new episodes, viewers can also expect to see Sara Garrett’s (Mary Beth Evans) misery in prison continue with the returns of Indie Series Awards winner Kym Whitley as cellblock bully “Big Candi” and Patsy Pease as lunatic “Lola Baker.” After leaving heartbroken bride Vivian Johnson (Karrueche Tran) at the altar, golden boy Pete Garrett (Kristos Andrews) faces his own dilemmas as he conspires to free his imprisoned mother while dealing with the news of his beloved Janice Ramos’ (Indie Series Awards winner Lilly Melgar) brutal rape. Updates and additional information regarding THE BAY can be found at www.thebaytheseries.com

NEWS: Hazel Adair, Melissa Fumero, Tyra Banks, Colton Haynes, 'Red Rock'

Crossroads creator Hazel Adair dies at age 95
British soap opera pioneer Hazel Adair, who helped create Crossroads, Compact and the UK's first daily soap Sixpenny Corner, has passed away at age 95. She created Crossroads with Peter Ling, based in a motel in the fictional village of King's Oak near Birmingham, in 1964 for ITV company ATV. It was watched by 18 million viewers in the 1970s, but was axed in the 1980s after 24 years on the air.

Red Rock is coming to Amazon Prime.

Amazon Prime adding Irish soap opera Red Rock
Amazon Prime has struck a deal to buy the rights for Red Rock, TV3’s garda soap. The deal, which is understood to be worth more than €1m, covers 80 episodes of the acclaimed serial, which launched in January this year. Under the agreement, the on-demand video service can show the episodes in the US over four years under its Amazon Original brand.

FOX to stop sharing same-day ratings with the media
"The same-day numbers also do not reflect how we monetize our content. Half of our TV ad inventory is sold on a C7 basis, and we monetize our content on digital platforms like FOX NOW and Hulu, and through TrueX sponsorships – none of which are included in Nielsen’s fast nationals." wrote Fox Television Group chairmen-CEOs Dana Walden and Gary Newman in an internal memo.

One Life to Live alums Melissa and David Fumero expecting first child
Melissa and David Fumero (OLTL's Adriana and ex-Cristian), who wed in 2007, are expecting their first child. The mom-to-be, who currently stars on Brooklyn Nine-Nine, revealed the happy news on Instagram, sharing a pic with her husband and a group of friends that she captioned, "Amazing time at our surprise baby shower yesterday. Oh, PS - I'm pregnant."

Colton Haynes returning to Arrow as Roy
“We are beyond thrilled that Colton will be returning to Arrow this season,” executive producer Marc Guggenheim says. “It was always our intention to have him return following his departure last season, but it was a matter of finding the right storyline to pull it off. That opportunity presented itself in Episode 412, and we can’t wait for the fans to see this reunion."

The CW is develop cryogenic drama, Cry
Cry, a drama about the prospect of eternal life via cryogenic preservation, comes from Paulist Productions, a Catholic media company.

Lost In Space TV remake in the works at Netflix
The new Lost in Space is described as an epic but grounded science fiction saga focusing on a young explorer family from earth lost in an alien universe and the challenges they face in staying together against seemingly insurmountable odds.

The View hosts keep apologizing after making controversial comments
“One of my friends said to me yesterday, The View has become, ‘We didn’t really mean it! We’re sorry! We didn’t mean to say it like that!'” Joy Behar said on Friday’s show, “We need to stop saying that.”

Tyra Banks daytime talk show FABLife after just two months
"I will be devoting more time to my new, growing cosmetics company, TYRA Beauty, which is expanding faster than anticipated, as well as overseeing my company's other entertainment ventures. I will, however, continue to support the growth and success of FABLife and greatly admire my fellow co-hosts and the talented production team behind the show," Banks said in her statement.

Amazon 2015 Pilots Now Online, 'General Hospital' Alum Nathan Parsons Stars in 'Point of Honor'

Nathan Parsons stars as John Rhodes in Point of Honor.

The latest batch of Amazon pilots debuted today, including Point of Honor from Carlton Cuse (Lost) and Randall Wallace (Braveheart). General Hospital and True Blood alum Nathan Parsons stars in Point of Honor, which takes place at the start of the Civil War.

A Virginia family, led by their West Point bred son, John Rhodes (Parsons), makes the controversial decision to defend the South while freeing all of their slaves. At battle against his northern brethren and his best friend and brother-in-law Robert Sumner (played by Christopher O'Shea, Baby Daddy), John leaves his three strong-willed sisters at home to run the plantation that is now without a free labor source. The choice to protect the life they have always known and defend the moral high ground will pit the family against one another and test their strength, courage and love.

Amazon 2015 Pilot Season Includes Shows Starring Nathan Parsons, Lyndsy Fonseca, Luke Kleintank & Annabelle Stephenson

Amazon today announced the lineup for its first pilot season of 2015 which is scheduled to debut early in the new year exclusively on Amazon Instant Video in the US, UK and Germany. Customers will find a wide-range of genres in this latest slate of pilots—from a close-up look at a family torn apart by the start of the Civil War in Virginia and an adaptation of Phillip K. Dick’s alternate history of the United States post-World War II, to a satire of new age yoga culture in west Los Angeles and the story of a supermodel fresh out of rehab who is unapologetically trying to claw her way back on to the runway. In addition to these pilots, Amazon will premiere its first docu-series pilot, The New Yorker Presents, which will bring the pages of America’s most award-winning magazine to life.

Once again, customers will be invited to watch and provide feedback on the shows they want to see turned into full series. The pilots can be viewed on Fire TV, Fire tablets, and Fire phone, and with the Amazon Instant Video app available for iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, Roku, Xbox, PlayStation, Wii, as well as hundreds of other connected devices such as smart TVs—or customers can visit Amazon.com/AIV to watch online.

The seven new pilots premiering early next year will include hour-long shows Cocked from Sam Baum (Lie to Me) and Sam Shaw (Manhattan – TV series), Mad Dogs from Cris Cole (The Bill) and Shawn Ryan (The Shield), The Man in the High Castle from Frank Spotnitz (The X-Files), and Point of Honor from Carlton Cuse (Lost) and Randall Wallace (Braveheart). In addition, three half hour pilots will debut including Down Dog from Robin Schiff (Are You There, Chelsea?) and Salem Rogers from newcomer Lindsey Stoddart, as well as The New Yorker Presents, a docu-series pilot produced in cooperation with America’s most award-winning magazine. The program will include scripted narrative and documentary segments based on the magazine and is produced by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney's Jigsaw Productions and Condé Nast Entertainment.

Amazon Greenlights New Pilots THE COSMOPOLITANS and HAND OF GOD

Dana Delany stars opposite Ron Perlman in
HAND OF GOD.

Amazon Studios today announced it has greenlit two new pilots - the half hour dramatic comedy THE COSMOPOLITANS, from Whit Stillman, and one hour drama HAND OF GOD from Executive Producers Marc Forster, Ben Watkins, Ron Perlman, Brian Wilkins and Jeff King - for its third pilot season debuting later this year on Amazon Instant Video. Customers will once again be invited to watch and provide feedback on the shows they want to see turned into full series, which will then become available on Prime Instant Video. Additional pilots joining THE COSMOPOLITANS and HAND OF GOD in the third pilot season will be announced in the coming weeks.

RIPPER STREET Returning For A Third Season

BBC America's critically acclaimed drama series RIPPER STREET has been commissioned for a third season. From producers Tiger Aspect Productions and Lookout Point, RIPPER STREET will continue to be co-produced by BBC America and in a new landmark deal, Amazon has acquired UK subscription streaming rights.

Starring Matthew Macfadyen, Jerome Flynn, Adam Rothenberg and MyAnna Buring and created by BAFTA nominated Richard Warlow, the crime drama is set against the notorious 'H Division,' the Police Precinct charged with keeping order on the meanest streets imaginable - late Victorian London’s Whitechapel district. The eight-part second season premiered in the US on BBC America on Saturday, February 22.

The series is a vivid, sensual and violent drama that explores the lives of those who have seen the worst of humankind, but who nonetheless struggle each day to bring law to the lawless in the dark heart of London, as it stumbles toward the Twentieth Century. Filming on season three will begin in May 2014.

RIPPER STREET is a Tiger Aspect and Lookout Point production with Element Pictures for BBC America and Amazon.

Amazon vs. Netflix: The Fight of the Century? (Infographic)

Amazon, the world’s largest Internet retailer, has seen DVD sales plummet as consumers clamor for downloadable and streaming content. As a result, the company is pushing its Prime Instant Video, which, similar to Netflix, offers commercial-free shows and movies at the viewer’s whim. Now these two are bidding against each other for content and producing their own original shows. Who's got the upper hand? The infographic below breaks it down:


Source: Business-Management-Degree.net

Amazon Greenlights First-Ever Drama Pilots BOSCH & THE AFTER

Following Amazon Studios' pilot announcement earlier this month, Amazon today announced it has given the green light for the production of its first two hour-long drama pilots: BOSCH, based on Michael Connelly's best-selling Harry BOSCH book series and written by Emmy-nominated Eric Overmyer (THE WIRE, TREME) and Michael Connelly, and THE AFTER, written and directed by Emmy-nominee Chris Carter (THE X-FILES).

Customers will be invited to watch the pilots on Amazon Instant Video at no cost and can provide feedback that will help determine which pilots should be produced as series to air exclusively on Prime Instant Video and Amazon's LOVEFiLM in the UK in early 2014.