NEWS:Jordanian Soap Star Dies While Filming Scene; Bradford Anderson & Emily Wilson To Visit 'GH'; IFC Rebranding; Series High for 'GoT'

Jordanian soap star Mahmoud al-Sawalqa dies filming deaths scene for 'Blood Brothers'
Mahmoud al-Sawalqa died on the set of the soap opera Blood Brothers, in front of actor Mundhir Rihane, who was playing his son, Egyptian daily al-Masry al-Youm reported on Tuesday.

Rihane was in a state of shock after the death on Saturday, the report said, quoting a statement from his office.

In a telephone interview with Egypt's CBC television, Rihane recounted the tragic event.

"He said, 'Son, I think I'm really going to die'. I said, 'You're joking'. He said, 'I think I'm really going to die'. I said, 'no, no, no, you're joking'," Rihane told the broadcaster. "And at the moment that we were filming the scene, he was dying... the angel of death was there with me."

Bradford Anderson and Emily Wilson to visit 'General Hospital'
A show rep had no comment, but it's likely that the return of Anderson (Spinelli) and Wilson (Ellie) will be a relatively brief one.

'24' ratings: Jack Bauer boosts Fox's Monday
Fox's 24: Live Another Day premiere delivered 8 million viewers and a 2.5 rating among adults 18-49. The two-hour telecast is down 29 percent from the debut of the final season of 24 back in 2010. For a show that’s been off the air for four years while broadcast ratings have plummeted, that’s not a bad drop at all. The premiere was the third-highest rated show Monday night, following The Voice (3.0) and The Blacklist (2.7).

Sunday Night Ratings: 'Revenge', "Resurrection' Up

Resurrection was up 5% over last week and 11% over Revenge in the
same time slot last year.

The Sunday night Nielsen Fast Affiliate Ratings are in. Check out a round of network reports below:

From ABC:
ABC Sunday Prime (7-11 p.m. - 6.4 million and 1.7/5 in AD18-49): ABC won its 2nd consecutive Sunday of the May Sweep in Adults 18-49 (1.7/5). ABC's Once Upon a Time and Resurrection once again finished as Sunday's Top 2 broadcast dramas with young adults.

· Posting its 2nd week of year-to-year gains, ABC was the only broadcaster up from the year-ago May Sweep Sunday (5.8 million and 1.6/5 on 5/5/13) in 10% in Total Viewers (+10%) and Adults 18-49 (+6%).

Sunday Night Ratings: 'Believe' Up, 'Once Upon A Time' Hits New Low

The Sunday, April 20 overnight ratings are in. Check out what CBS, ABC and NBC had to say below:

From CBS:
THE GOOD WIFE was Sunday's #1 program in viewers, as CBS swept the night in viewers, adults 18-49 and adults 25-54, according to Nielsen preliminary live plus same day ratings for Sunday, April 20.

At 7:00 PM, 60 MINUTES SPECIAL (S) was first in viewers (8.80m), adults 25-54 (1.6/05) and adults 18-49 (1.1/04).

At 8:00 PM, THE AMAZING RACE SPECIAL (S) was first in viewers (7.62m) and adults 25-54 (2.3/06), and was second in adults 18-49 (1.6/05).

At 9:00 PM, THE GOOD WIFE SPECIAL (S) was first in viewers (9.08m) and adults 25-54 (2.0/05), and was tied for first in adults 18-49 (1.4/04, with FOX). THE GOOD WIFE SPECIAL was Sunday's #1 program in viewers.

Sunday Night Ratings: RESURRECTION Remains Strong, Solid Start for CRISIS

Photo Credit: Vivian Zink/NBC

The Sunday night Nielsen overnight ratings are in. Check out a round of reports below:

From NBC:
The premiere of CRISIS (1.6/4 in 18-49 and 6.5 million viewers overall from 10-11 p.m. ET) finished within a tenth of a rating point of #1 in 18-49 among ABC, CBS and NBC in the time period, nearly erasing a deficit of 1.6 rating points behind ABC during the prior hour, and won the 10 p.m. ET slot among those nets in adults 25-54, men 18-49 and men 25-54. CRISIS built on its 18-49 lead-in by 14%, while rival dramas on ABC and CBS are flat or down versus their lead-ins. Versus NBC’s non-sports averages in the time period last year, CRISIS is running within 0.2 of a point in 18-49 (1.6 vs. 1.8, L+SD) and in total viewers is up versus last season’s non-sports slot average by 20% (6.506 million vs. 5.424 million).

BELIEVE Debuts March 10 on NBC, CRISIS on March 16

NBC has announced premiere dates for five of its upcoming midseason series - comedies ABOUT A BOY and GROWING UP FISHER, dramas BELIEVE and CRISIS, and alternative program AMERICAN DREAM BUILDERS.

Created for television by Jason Katims (FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS, PARENTHOOD), ABOUT A BOY - based on the best-selling Nick Hornby novel - will premiere in its regular time period Tuesday, Feb. 25 at 9 p.m. ET/PT leading out of THE VOICE. A few days earlier, however, the first episode of the show will preview in primetime during the Olympics on Friday, Feb. 21 (10:30 p.m.) immediately following NBC's coverage of the Winter Games from Sochi, Russia that night.

NEWS: GENERAL HOSPITAL Casting New Role; REVOLUTION & BELIEVE Comic Con Trailers; SUPERNATURAL Spin-Off

GENERAL HOSPITAL casting new female role
GH is hunting for an African-American actress, 25-37, to fill a contract role slated to begin shooting in September. "She changes a room just by entering it," the character description says.

ONCE UPON A TIME IN WONDERLAND Taps Naveen Andrews as Jafar
"We always wanted to have Jafar be a part of this story," executive producer Edward Kitsis told fans at Saturday's Comic-Con panel. "It's going to be a very, very evil villain... When we had this character in mind, we knew we wanted Naveen to play it and when we asked him he said yes."

Peter Dinklage to guest on FAMILY GUY
He just got another nomination for best supporting actor on GAME OF THRONES and now he’s booked a fun gig — Peter Dinklage will appear on the next season of Fox's FAMILY GUY, along with a score of other guest stars. The full roster: Liam Neeson, Dennis Farina, Ashton Kutcher, Conan O’Brien, Bryan Cranston, Jeff Daniels, Jon Cryer, and Adam Levine.

The CW Developing SUPERNATURAL Spin-Off
Executive producer Bob Singer first announced the project during a press event at Comic-Con on Sunday.

Details are few and far between right now — it’s still early in the process — but here’s what we’ve gleaned: A new character will be introduced in or around Episode 20 (which will serve as a planted pilot for the new show). That character will then anchor the spin-off.

REVOLUTION Adds Stephen Collins as Rachel's Dad, Makes Season 2 Tweaks
Collins' casting was announced Saturday when producers unveiled a new teaser trailer for Season 2 at the show's Comic-Con panel.

Collins will be play Rachel's (Elizabeth Mitchell) father. "[He] brings an entirely new perspective on her, her upbringing," executive producer Rockne S. O'Bannon said. "He's a very important part of the world we got to inhabit in the first part of the season."

Cast additions are far from the only changes being made on the sophomore series. Creator and executive producer Eric Kripke said he and the writers have gone to great lengths to improve upon Season 1. "As good as it was, it needs to be better," Kripke said. "It was a lot of story about a light switch."