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AMC's Western drama "Hell on Wheels" will return for the first half of its fifth and final season on Saturday, July 18 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT. Seven new episodes will air this summer, with the final seven episodes of the series following in 2016. Starring Anson Mount and Colm Meaney, "Hell on Wheels" examines the institutionalized greed and corruption behind the building of America's Transcontinental Railroad as loyalties are abandoned and the race between the Central Pacific and Union Pacific lines intensifies. "Hell on Wheels" opened up a new night of original programming for AMC on Saturdays - traditionally known as the most challenging night of the week for television - with the show's fourth season increasing the network's Saturday primetime average 121% in viewers in live+same day ratings. Season four of "Hell on Wheels" averaged 3.3 million viewers in live+3 ratings, which include three days of time-shifted viewing.

In the last Indie Series Network and Serial Scoop "Web Series of the Week" (#WSOTW) poll, Or So the Story Goes: Happy Thoughts was voted favorite indie series for the week. It's now time to catch up on latest episodes and vote for your favorite series in this week's poll. You can also cast a vote for your favorite actor, actress and web series couple/duo. Voting ends Wednesday, June 3 at 4 p.m. ET (one vote per person per day). Web series that aired one or more new episodes from May 23-29, 2015 are eligible. If an indie series aired this week and is not on the list, cast your vote as "Other" and write in your choice. Watch this week's indie series below: - The Enchanted Episode 3 "I'm Gay?, and A Horse Drives Me Cray!" - Family Problems Episode 49 "Alive" - From Mansfield With Love No.50 "It's a Nice Day....for a..." & No.51 "Back to Rheality" - How I Seize It Episode 166 "Pre...

Hunter Parrish and Willie Garson in Town Car Willie If you think it’s hard finding a cab in the rain, try doing it in a post apocalyptic Los Angeles that’s been submerged in water. Fortunately for Hunter Parrish (Showtime’s Weeds and the Broadway productions of Spring Awakening and Godspell ), Willie is on the job. It may be the end of the world as we know it, but failed actor Willie (Willie Garson of Sex and the City and White Collar ) is still working his survival job as an Uber driver! Hunter was just looking for a ride to the airport, but he might also find out the answers to some of life’s biggest questions before he makes it to Burbank! Other notable guest stars on the series include: Evan Handler ( Sex and the City , Californication ), Kylie Sparks ( Squaresville ), Christine Weatherup ( Squaresville ), Elisa Donovan ( Clueless ), and Rob Morrow ( Numb3rs ).

Kelli Garner (“Marilyn”) and Susan Sarandon (“Gladys”) star in the all-new Lifetime miniseries, The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe . Photo by Danny Feld Copyright 2015 Kelli Garner ( The Aviator , Pan Am ) plays the legendary star Marilyn Monroe in Lifetime's four-hour event The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe premiering Saturday, May 30, and Sunday, May 31, at 9 p.m. ET/PT. The miniseries, which claims to uncover many closely-guarded secrets the blonde bombshell kept from the public, also stars Academy Award winner Susan Sarandon ( Dead Man Walking , The Last of Robin Hood ) as Marilyn's biggest secret of all, her mother Gladys, long institutionalized for mental illness. Academy Award and Golden Globe Award nominee Emily Watson ( Hilary and Jackie ) and Jeffrey Dean Morgan ( Texas Rising , Magic City ) also headline the cast while Sarandon's daughter Eva Amurri Martino ( Californication ) plays Gladys in her youth. Watson portrays Grace McKee, Marilyn's childhood gu...

Or So the Story Goes: Happy Thoughts was voted favorite web series of the week. The results are in from the Indie Series Network and Serial Scoop "Web Series of the Week" (#WSOTW) poll for May 16-22, 2015. Or So the Story Goes: Happy Thoughts was voted favorite web series for the week. A new episode of Real Mommy Confessions was second, followed by the latest from Raymond & Lane , Proper Manors and Whole Day Down . The acting favorites were Bryan Civitarese and Melissa Malone from Or So the Story Goes: Happy Thoughts , and the favorite couple/duo was Raymond & Lane from Raymond & Lane . Check out the complete results below including the Favorite Actor, Actress and Couple/Duo of the Week: RANK SHOW LAST WEEK TOP 3 1 Or So the Story Goes: Happy Thoughts 3 2 2 R eal Mommy Confessions 2 4 3 Raymond & Lane - 4 4 Proper Manors - 26 5 Whole Day Down 4 0 6 Double Agents - 0 7 Hunting Season 8 4 8 Town Car Willie 6 - 9 Youthful Daze 9 1 10 Fr...

In the last Indie Series Network and Serial Scoop "Web Series of the Week" (#WSOTW) poll, Redheads Anonymous was voted favorite indie series for the week. It's now time to catch up on latest episodes and vote for your favorite series in this week's poll. You can also cast a vote for your favorite actor, actress and web series couple/duo. Voting ends Wednesday, May 27 at 4 p.m. ET (one vote per person per day). Web series that aired one or more new episodes from May 16-22, 2015 are eligible. If an indie series aired this week and is not on the list, cast your vote as "Other" and write in your choice. Watch this week's indie series below: - Double Agents Episode 3 "Pillows are Forever" - From Mansfield With Love No.48 "Two Soy Mochas" & No.49 "The New Dress" - Hey Mama Episode 3 "Pam gets up in dat a**" - Hunting Season Season 2 Episode 3 - Or So the Story Goes: Happy Thoughts Episode 4 ...

Kidnapped: The Hannah Anderson Story premieres May 23 on Lifetime. Kidnapped: The Hannah Anderson Story premieres Saturday, May 23 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Lifetime. The film stars Scott Patterson ( Gilmore Girls ), Jessica Amlee ( Heartland ), Brian McNamara ( Army Wives ), Jay Pickett ( Port Charles ) and Susie Castillo ( House of Payne ). On the afternoon of August 3, 2013, 16-year-old Hannah Anderson (Amlee) was abducted after finishing cheerleading practice in a San Diego suburb. When the bodies of her mother and brother were found in the burned home of family friend James DiMaggio (Patterson) later that day, an AMBER Alert was issued, and a frantic multi-state manhunt for Hannah began. For a week she was kept prisoner by the increasingly unstable DiMaggio as they made their way across the state. One week later, the two were found in Idaho and DiMaggio was killed in a shootout with FBI agents, leaving Hannah as the sole survivor. As the dust settled, questions began to emerge ab...