Party of Five

Performer of the Week: Ben Mendelsohn

THE PERFORMER | Ben Mendelsohn THE SHOW | HBO’s The Outsider THE EPISODE | “Fish in a Barrel” (Jan. 12, 2020) THE PERFORMANCE  more

Freeform's Party of Five Reboot: Grade It! And Did You Catch All the Homages?

The family at the center of Freeform’s Party of Five reboot is definitely not closer to free, with a timely twist that finds the kids’ undocumented parents arrested and deported by ICE. Hailing from original series creators Amy Lippman and Chris Keyser, Wednesday’s two-episode premiere kicks off with mom Gloria Acosta (Narcos: Mexico‘s Fernanda Urrejola) and dad Javier Acosta (Narcos‘ Bruno Bichir) very much in the picture, w... more

Freeform's 'Party of Five': TV Review

In rebooting their 1994 teen drama “Party of Five,” Christopher Keyser and Amy Lippman haven’t just dusted off their old IP to cast a new slate of characters in a familiar story. Instead, they’ve twisted their original concept to fit a scenario that is top of mind in 2020. Whereas their first show followed five siblings learning to live after both their parents die in a car accident, their Freeform version — developed alongside new writer and producer Michal Zebede... more