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One of the joys of long-running TV shows is their long list of guest and recurring characters and their big ensembles. It's how shows like "The Simpsons" and "Parks and Recreation" feel so lived-in because the many side characters that populate their worlds help immerse audiences into the story. This was also true in the case of "Bones," the hugely popular police procedural about a forensic anthropologist and an FBI agent teaming up to investigate murder mysteries through archeology and forensic anthropology. The show was popular with critics and audiences alike, lasting for 12 seasons and earning two Emmy nominations.

Like most shows that last that long, what made "Bones" appealing and popular was its cast, from the core ensemble of characters that fans fell in love with to the even larger list of guest stars, one-off characters, and even stars who were in the show before they broke big and became superheroes (and villains). Indeed,...

Warning: The following contains spoilers for Wednesday’s Good Trouble. Proceed at your own risk!

Good Trouble‘s goodbye bash for Brandon and Eliza was a big Fosters family affair, with one very unexpected person on the guest list: Jude’s first boyfriend Connor (played by Gavin MacIntosh), who was last seen during a 2016 episode of The Fosters.

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Talk about a blast from the Fosters past! Most of Callie and Mariana’s family will, once again, return to the spinoff Good Trouble in Season 3. But there’s also another familiar face making a shocking appearance in TVLine’s exclusive promo (spoiler alert!): Jude’s friend-turned-love interest Connor (played by Gavin MacIntosh)!

“The episode is Brandon and Eliza’s going-away party,” ahead of their move to Amsterdam, executive producer Joanna Johnson previews. Eliza’s parents, Jim (Robert Gant) and Diane (Susan Walters), are hosting the themed shindig, which features “a lot of fun surprises.” You don’t say!

There’s visual style to spare but precious little narrative coherence in Anne Hamilton’s debut feature set during the Reagan-era '80s. Its storyline revolving around a self-possessed young girl who makes a startling discovery at her family’s financially struggling Wisconsin farm, American Fable possesses an amorphous, dreamlike quality that proves increasingly irritating as it wears on.

The story revolves around 11-year-old Gitty (Peyton Kennedy), who lives on the isolated farm with her caring father Abe (Kip Pardue); pregnant, distracted mother Sarah (Marci Miller); and hostile, borderline abusive older brother Martin (Gavin MacIntosh). Despite Reagan’s promise that the nation is on an...

Bones fans, we need to talk about Parker, because there’s something off about Booth’s son.

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The youngster (played by The Fosters‘ Gavin MacIntosh) resurfaces via video chat in this exclusive video from Thursday’s episode (Fox, 8/7c), but he doesn’t seem all that excited when his dad mentions their upcoming summer camping trip. (Maybe someone doesn’t want to spend his vacation roughing it?) Then their conversation comes to an abrupt end as Parker explains that his ride to school has arrived early.

Official episodic photos for Bones season 11 episode 16, "The Strike in the Chord," airing Thursday, May 19.

From Fox: "The team investigates the death of the leader of the Lynwood University male acapella singing group, ?The Whippersnaps,? whose body was found in the school rat lab. The victim recently kicked out Ian Jansen, one of the group?s best singers (guest star Jordan Fisher), sending Booth and Aubrey to question Ian and other current members of the male group (including guest stars Mitch Grassi and Scott Hoying) and some stars of the competing female acapella group (including guest star Kirstin Maldonado) to get a handle on the group dynamics and what could have led to the murder of one of their own. Meanwhile, surprising information about Aubrey?s own college experience is brought to light, Hodgins applies for an experimental nerve regeneration study, Booth tries to plan a summer trip with Parker...

The Adams-Foster family will have a lot going on when “The Fosters” returns to Freeform Monday night. Several of the show’s central relationships were thrown into question in the August midseason finale, with Connor moving away from Jude — and the two sharing a much-talked-about kiss, the youngest in TV history between two men — and Callie’s official adoption. But according to executive producer Peter Paige, that doesn’t really mean what’s done is done. Because much like in real life, things aren’t that simple on “The Fosters.” Also read: 'The Fosters' Star Gavin MacIntosh on...

The gay kiss on Freeform’s “The Fosters” last year was a landmark moment in TV history, but star Gavin MacIntosh wasn’t worried about shooting the scene. “The producers and the writers were very understanding,” MacIntosh said in an interview with TheWrap. “I didn’t really feel pressured at all. … We were thinking about the people that would be watching it, and it would have an influence on them.” The kiss, which aired last March during the show’s second season, was between the 13-year-old characters played by MacIntosh and Hayden Byerly, and was the youngest gay kiss in TV history.

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It’s hard to mention The Fosters, which returns to Freeform on Monday Jan, 25 for the second installment of its third season, without a discussion of diversity. Since its premiere, the show has been lauded for its diverse cast and portrayal of relationships not often seen on television – particularly on teen TV – such as same-sex relationships and those in a mixed and blended family.

Moreover, the show has always used what makes it different – its fearlessness in representing a wide range of issues that affect real teens (and not just the wealthy, white ones) – to create type of drama necessary to fuel and sustain a long-running soap. Unfortunately, the Foster family enters the second half of the third season on shaky ground, and the show itself follows suit – with a lackluster episode that wavers rather than building to an exciting finish.

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Wow. It's been quite a while since we've had a holiday episode on Bones. That's exactly what "High Treason in the Holiday Season" gives us, though we don't get to see Brennan determining the cause of death over a turkey carcass like we did eons ago when the Jeffersonian crew shared Thanksgiving. An even bigger surprise is that Brennan has secretly arranged to have a full grown Parker Booth (Gavin MacIntosh) flown in from Britain. Her awkward sneakiness about the whole thing has Booth salivating over Christmas gift possibilities as well as accusing her of having her pants justifiably set on fire fire (as in "liar, liar, etc").

The central issue in "High Treason in the Holiday Season," however, is the delicate balance between American freedoms and their consequences. A prolific political reporter had gone hog wild in using intel from a government snitch to write articles that proved fatal...

Recently, Fox released the new,official synopsis/spoilers for their upcoming "Bones" episode 8 of season 11. The episode is entitled, "High Treason in the Holiday Season," and it turns out that we're going to see some pretty interesting stuff go down as the homicide of a high-powered attorney becomes the main focus of the Jeffersonian team, and more. In the new, 8th episode press release: The Team Investigates The Murder Of A High-powered Journalist On An All-new "Bones" Thursday, November 19, On Fox. Press release number 2: The team will investigate the high-stakes murder of a political journalist who was found dead after recently publishing an article exposing corruption in the Nsa. Due to the nature of the investigation, Hodgins' paranoia will take over as the team realizes their every move is being watched. In the meantime, Brennan will secretly try to plan a surprise for Booth, and the whole team will celebrate Thanksgiving together.

In case you’re not already terrified of the inevitable robot rebellion, AMC’s Humans is here to supply your healthy dose of fear.

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The network on Sunday debuted the first official teaser for its summer drama, in which Synths — eerily lifelike robot servants — become a must-have for every American household. But in the case of one suburban family, purchasing a refurbished Synth proves to have “chilling” consequences.

The teaser above introduces us to a synth named Anita (played by Gemma Chan).

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YouTube's age restrictions exist to keep any young user from stumbling across any uploaded content with sexually suggestive scenes — ranging anywhere from user-uploaded vlogs to artist-uploaded music videos. These parental controls backfired, however, when the site restricted a clip from ABC Family's The Fosters depicting a gay kiss between Jude (Hayden Byerly) and Connor (Gavin MacIntosh). The kiss, which originally aired on March 2, has been praised as one of the youngest same-sex kisses in U.S. TV history — their characters are 13 — which left Macintosh confused when he discovered a user had to verify being 18-plus to view the scene on YouTube. On Sunday, he slammed YouTube in a series of tweets that have since been deleted, saying, "What?! YouTube blocking #jonnor scene w/ age restrictions? 100% discrimination & homophobia! So innocent compared to what's on YouTube!" It seems YouTube took notice of his complaints. As of Monday, the...

The second season of ABC Family’s “The Fosters” concluded Monday evening with buzz to spare, thanks to a recent same-sex kiss between two thirteen-year-old characters that sparked a social media debate. TheWrap caught up with the team at the center of the controversy, actors Hayden Byerly and Gavin MacIntosh, along with producers Brad Bredeweg and Peter Paige at Saturday’s GLAAD Media Awards. “It took a very long time for them to be comfortable and for us to be comfortable doing this, and comfortable with ourselves and our own sexuality before trying to experiment with someone else’s,” said Byerly.

If you want to see TV history being made, look no further than ABC Family’s The Fosters, which recently featured two 13-year-old boys locking lips.

The momentous kiss between Jude and his pal Connor, which was seasons in the making, kicks off the young Foster’s journey of self-discovery about his preferences.

“Jude’s going to continue exploring what he likes,” his portrayer Hayden Byerly previews. “What is his type of guy that he likes? He’s going to continue to become more comfortable with how he is and who he is. I don’t know if we’ll...

ABC Family’s “The Fosters” drew both praise and criticism this week for a daring gay kiss scene between two 13-year-old male characters. But, the show’s creators said they were merely staying true to their story. “If people want to judge it, I think maybe they should watch and see how carefully, delicately and chastely it was handled. We are not here to sensationalize or exploit anyone,” Peter Paige, the drama’s co-creator, told TheWrap. See Photos: The Faces of Pilot Season 2015 The kiss between Jude (Hayden Byerly) and Connor (Gavin MacIntosh), conceived of in the early days of...

ABC Family’s “The Fosters” has ignited a sharply divide debate after featuring a gay kiss between two of the family drama’s 13-year-old male characters, marking the youngest same sex kiss in TV history. The intimate moment between Jude (Hayden Byerly) and Connor (Gavin MacIntosh) sparked a flurry of reactions from social media, with some praising the show for tackling such a hot-button issue in an elegant fashion and others critiquing the show’s creators and the network for airing a same-sex kiss between two underage actors. See Photos: 11 TV Shows Canceled by Controversy — From ‘Honey Boo Boo’ to ‘Politically Incorrect’ “So.

One of the most intriguing storylines on ABC Family’s The Fosters has been the friendship (and possible budding romance) between Jude and his best friend Connor (Gavin Macintosh). For 14-year-old actor Hayden Byerly, who plays the young Jude, it’s been a gratifying experience seeing viewers – young and old alike – engaging in their story.

“It’s incredible to see all the people who are very supportive of my character and the people who really relate to him,” Byerly tells ETonline. “[Jude] goes through so much – it’s always nice to hear I’m doing a good job.”

The producers felt a responsibility to discuss Jude’s arc with Byerly ahead of time and to work in any significant character developments into the show as the actor matured.

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“They were always very open about me telling them how I felt. They always...