Megan Elliott is a pop culture enthusiast who has covered TV and celebrity news for Showbiz Cheat Sheet since 2018. Currently, she keeps up with all the drama on reality dating shows such as Love Is Blind, The Ultimatum, and Married at First Sight. Her other areas of expertise include Virgin River, Sweet Magnolias, and Hallmark Channel movies and shows, such as When Calls the Heart. She is a member of the Los Angeles Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists and has her M.A. in Media Studies from The New School.
Megan is also a trivia buff and tested her knowledge as a contestant on Jeopardy! Her book reviews have appeared in Bookreporter and Kirkus Reviews, including one that earned her second place in the Nondaily Reporting and Writing, Review/Criticism category from the San Diego Society of Professional Journalists.
Trace (Jesse Metcalfe) left Chesapeake Shores for good in the August 23 episode of the Hallmark Channel series. He and high school sweetheart Abby (Meghan Ory) finally called off their on-again, off-again romance after realizing things would never work out between them. But Metcalfe has hinted that his character could return if the stars aligned.
Micah Plath of TLC’s ‘Welcome to Plathville’ has said that he and his siblings didn’t get a lot of “personal time” with mom Kim Plath and dad Barry Plath when they were growing up. The 20-year-old has also revealed that he doesn’t plan to have as many kids as his parents.
Candace Cameron Bure reenacted an iconic moment from the 1997 movie ‘Titanic’ when she was filming her new Hallmark movie, ‘Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Honeymoon, Honeymurder,’ she shared on Instagram. The actor also spoke about the awkwardness of promoting a movie when there was so much ‘heaviness’ in the world.
Mark Wahlberg was paid $30 million for his starring role in the 2020 Netflix action comedy ‘Spenser Confidential,’ according to a new report. The actor has a net worth of $58 million.
‘Life After Lockup’ Season 3 premieres August 27 on WE TV. In the new season of the reality show, ex-cons and their partners will deal with infidelity, financial stress, and parenting challenges, along with the complications of post-prison life.
Ben and Erin Napier wowed fans when they gave the entire town of Wetumpka, Ala. a facelift in ‘Home Town Takeover.’ While the couple says they loved doing the HGTV show, Erin revealed that family obligations mean they’re unlikely to do a second season anytime soon.
‘Friday Night Lights’ alum Taylor Kitsch and ‘Dexter’ star Michael C. Hall both appear in ‘The Defeated,’ a new eight-episode Netflix series set in post-WWII Berlin.
Comedian Brett Butler was riding high in the mid-1990s, when she was earning $250,000 per episode of her hit sitcom Grace Under Fire. But her fortunes shifted, and in the early 2000s, she left Hollywood behind. A decade later, financial pressure inspired her to return to acting, but finding work was a challenge until Charlie …
In a recent interview, Moriah Plath of ‘Welcome to Plathville’ opened up about whether she planned to have as many kids as her parents. She said that she felt parents with a lot of children weren’t able to ‘nurture them’ properly.
More than five years after its last movie in the Dollanganger family series, Lifetime is planning a prequel miniseries based on the V.C. Andrews book ‘Garden of Shadows.’ The cast includes Max Irons, Jemima Rooper, and Kelsey Grammer.
‘Gone for Good’ is a new French-language adaptation of a Harlan Coben book that is currently streaming on Netflix. The show is one of several adaptations of Coben’s books for the streaming service, and more are on the horizon.
Erin Krakow recently took to Instagram to answer fan questions. The ‘When Calls the Heart’ star revealed that the show would likely return to the Hallmark Channel for season 9 in February 2022.
Memories of a Murderer: The Nilsen Tapes premieres August 18 on Netflix. The new documentary is about Scottish serial killer Dennis Nilsen, who killed 15 people in London in the lates 1970s and early 1980s.
Jesse Metcalfe, who plays Trace Riley on ‘Chesapeake Shores’ is leaving the Hallmark Channel series. But there’s ‘no reason’ the character couldn’t return some day, executive producer Phoef Sutton has said.
DCI Cassie Stuart died in the ‘Unforgotten’ Season 4 finale. Nicola Walker has weighed in on the circumstances surrounding her character’s exit and why she almost joined Twitter after the episode aired in the U.K.
‘Unforgotten’ Season 4 came to a close on Aug. 15. Matthew Walsh’s killer was finally revealed, while we also found out what happened to Cassie (Nicola Walker) after that devastating accident at the end of the previous episode.
‘Unforgotten’ Season 4 came to a shocking conclusion on Aug. 15. While a major character has exited the series, it isn’t canceled. British broadcaster ITV had renewed the show for season 5.
A new ‘Signed, Sealed, Delivered’ movie is coming to Hallmark Movies & Mysteries in October 2021. It’s the first new film in the series since 2018, and the cast was excited to share news of the franchise’s return.
‘Nine Perfect Strangers,’ a new series based on a book by ‘Big Little Lies’ author Liane Moriarty, premieres Aug. 18 on Hulu. Several other book-to-TV adaptations are on the horizon through the rest of 2021, including ‘American Rust,’ ‘The Wheel of Time,’ and ‘Chapelwaite.’
‘All Creatures Great and Small’ returns to PBS next year. Fans can expect to see more of James and Helen’s evolving relationship in season 2. Plus, Patricia Hodge joins the cast, replacing the late Diana Rigg as Mrs. Pumphrey.