Andrea Francese joined the Showbiz Cheat Sheet team in 2019 after seven years of working in content marketing. Most of her writing focuses on TV, and she’s an expert in her coverage of Gilmore Girls, Sex and the City, and Sister Wives. Andrea also writes about vintage TV series including Star Trek and The Andy Griffith Show.
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Upon first glance, 'First Kill' looks like other shows in the fantasy genre. Felicia D. Henderson saw the series as an opportunity to tell a rich story.
Did Kendra Caldwell and Joseph Duggar welcome their fourth child without Duggar family followers finding out? A recent photo suggests that it's possible a Duggar baby boom went undetected.
Jeremy and Jinger Vuolo appear to be making moves while living far from the Duggar family's Arkansas compound. An Instagram photo suggests a new video project is in the works.
Warren Jeffs is notorious for marrying underaged girls in spiritual ceremonies. Now serving a life sentence, the land the religion once owned has been dispersed. Where did he live, though?
Sex and the City is enjoying a bit of a resurgence thanks to the HBO Max reboot, 'And Just Like That...'. Before that happened, other shows referenced the series often.
Josh Duggar spent just two years working in Washington DC before he resigned amid scandal. A former coworker says the convicted sex offender was "that guy" while working at FRC.
'Gilmore Girls' fans can easily find their favorite show reference in several other shows. 'Supernatural', 'Barry', 'Veronica Mars', and 'Scrubs' all referenced the show.
'Sister Wives' fans noticed that some familiar Brown family surnames appeared in 'Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey'. So, is the brown family connected to the FLDS?
Samantha Jones and Carrie Bradshaw will pick up their texting conversation in 'And Just Like That...' season 2, but she won't be making a physical appearance.
'Gilmore Girls' fans didn't learn much about Mrs. Kim during the show's original run, but one cast member is now asking a pretty good question about the character.
Josh Duggar will spend the next 12 years behind bars, but a new woman has come forward to claim she had anencounter with the convicted sex offender in 2015.
'Serial Mom' used the song 'Tomorrow' from 'Annie' in one of its murder scenes. The song was an interesting inclusion in the movie, and a costly one, too.
'Chrisley Knows Best' has been renewed for another season, but will USA Network squeeze in another season before Todd Chrisley and Julie Chrisley are sentenced to jail?
Warren Jeffs is serving a life sentence for sexual assault. Before his arrest, he ran the FLDS, a polygamist community, and married dozens of different women.
'Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey' takes a deep dive into the polygamist sect run by Warren Jeffs until his arrest on sexual assault charges. What does 'keep sweet' mean, though?
Stars Hollow was a vibrant town with a lot of interesting characters. Not all of them got a ton of screen time, but we still wonder about the minor characters.
Josh Duggar's teen behaviors factored into his sentencing on two child pornography charges. His aunt, Deanna Duggar, has an interesting theory about her troubled nephew.