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EXCLUSIVE: Cobra Kai‘s Barrett Carnahan, Andrea Anders (Ted Lasso), Benjamin J. Cain Jr. (Mixed-ish) and Nicole Bilderback (Brooklyn Nine-Nine) and are set for recurring roles on Freeform's upcoming thriller drama series Cruel Summer (fka Last Summer), from Bert V. Royal, executive producer Jessica Biel, eOne, and…

EXCLUSIVE: Catherine Haena Kim (FBI) and Craig Parker (Reign) have joined the Season 3 cast of Freeform’s Good Trouble in recurring roles. Good Trouble follows the residents of Downtown Los Angeles' The Coterie as they juggle career, love, and friendship and learn that standing up for what you believe in requires…

Joe Ortiz has joined Freeform as SVP Content Marketing. The industry veteran will be tasked with executing the creative marketing vision for the Disney-owned cable net’s originals and all content marketing activities across both linear and digital platforms. His oversight includes content-related on- and off-air…

Freeform’s Good Trouble “has been so far ahead of the curve in telling the stories that it’s been telling for years,” series’ new recurring guest star/director Constance Zimmer said during the show’s TCA panel Friday, summing up a recurring theme throughout the conversation. Black Lives Matter co-founder, actor…

Freeform has released a first look at the upcoming series, Cruel Summer, which is set to debut on April 20. It takes place over three years in 90s and follows two young women: Kate Wallis, the popular girl with a charmed life who one day goes missing, and Jeanette Turner, the nerdy wannabe who is accused of being…

Richard Kind (The Big Knife, Inside Out) and Maria Bamford (Lady Dynamite, Big Mouth) have been tapped for recurring roles on the upcoming second season of Freeform’s comedy series Everything’s Gonna Be Okay. In addition to the castings, Freeform also announced today at the TCA press tour that Season 2 will premiere…

Single Drunk Female, a comedy starring Sofia Black-D'Elia, has been handed a series order at Freeform. The Disney-owned network has ordered ten episodes of the series, which is written by The Conners' Simone Finch, after piloting the project. It comes as Freeform has passed on its other current pilot, None of the Above…

Tara Duncan has been in the job as President of Freeform for just over seven months and she is starting to put her mark on the Disney-owned network. She tells Deadline what her priorities are for the network, new areas that she's looking to move into and also addresses recent concerns over diversity. This comes after…

UPDATED: Everything’s Trash is a pilot pickup. Phoebe Robinson, who starred in HBO's 2 Dope Queens, is bringing her book Everything's Trash but It's Okay to Freeform. The youth-skewing Disney-owned network is piloting an adaptation of the book with Robinson attached to star, write and exec produce. She has teamed up…

Disney Television’s Carlos W. Williams is expanding his responsibilities at the company. He has been named EVP, Business Affairs and Operations for both Disney-owned 20th Television and Freeform, a newly created position. Williams served as EVP, Business Operations, Touchstone Television (formerly Fox 21 Television…

EXCLUSIVE: Marcus Emanuel Mitchell (Step Up: High Water, High Strung) and Jayson Blair (Brand New Cherry Flavor, Life Sentence) are set for recurring roles on the upcoming third season of Freeform's Good Trouble. Created by Joanna Johnson, Peter Paige and Bradley Bredeweg, Good Trouble stars Mitchell, Cierra Ramirez…

Freeform has renewed its critically praised series The Bold Type for a fifth and final season. The final episodes are set to air later this year. Nikohl Boosheri also will return in her recurring role as fan-favorite character Adena El-Amin later in the season. You can watch a video announcement with the cast below…