Nat Geo talked up feature doc The Cave, Aretha Franklin’s Genius drama and reality competition series Race to the Center of the Earth today at TCA.The Disney-owned broadcaster also had a busy day of announcements with a new science series fronted by Chris Hemsworth, a short-form digital doc series from Wonder Woman star Gal Gadot and a Life Below Zero spin-off leading a slew of renewals.Courteney Monroe, President of National Geographic Global Television Networks, also unveiled a new diversity scheme to improve the makeup of behind-the-scenes wildlife filming and gave Deadline an update on the Hot Zone follow-up and potential new projects from the directors of feature doc Free Solo.Monroe told Deadline that The Hot Zone, which starred Julianna Margulies, was the highest-rated scripted in the history of the network. Last year, the network began discussions with producers Fox 21 TV Studios and Scott Free to turn the drama,

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Billions is adding some new faces to its cast. Emmy and Golden Globe winner Julianna Margulies (The Good Wife) and Golden Globe nominee Corey Stoll (House of Cards) have signed on to guest star in multiple episodes of the fifth season of the hit Showtime drama series.Margulies will play Catherine Brant, an Ivy League sociology professor, and bestselling author.Stoll will appear in a season-long arc as Michael Prince, a business titan from a small town in Indiana.Margulies was most recently seen in the outbreak thriller mini-series The Hot Zone, produced by Ridley Scott.Related: The Orville Adds Grand Hotel's Anne Winters to CastShe is best known for her role as Carol Hathaway on the medical drama ER, for which she won an Emmy Award, and her role as Alicia Florrick in The Good Wife, for which she won two Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe.Marguiles

 Billions Season 5: Julianna Margulies Among New Cast Members             

Julianna Margulies and Corey Stoll have both signed on for guest starring roles in the upcoming fifth season of “Billions.”Margulies will play Catherine Brant in the Showtime drama, who is described as an Ivy League sociology professor and bestselling author. Stoll joins in a season-long arc as Michael Prince, a business titan from a small town in Indiana.Margulies was most recently seen in the Nat Geo mini-series “The Hot Zone.” She is best known for her starring roles on the broadcast dramas “ER” and “The Good Wife.” She won the Emmy for best supporting actress in a drama in 1995 for the former show and two Emmys for best actress in a drama in 2011 and 2014 for the latter.She is repped by Wme and Gendler & Kelly.Stoll previously starred in the first season of the critically-acclaimed Netflix series “House of Cards.” He also previously appeared on the Showtime series “Homeland.

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“The Good Wife” star Julianna Margulies and “House of Cards” star Corey Stoll have signed on to guest star in multiple episodes of Showtime’s “Billions” when the drama returns for a fifth season in the Spring of 2020.Margulies will play Catherine Brant, an Ivy League sociology professor and bestselling author, and Stoll will have a season-long arc as Michael Prince, a business titan from a small town in Indiana.“Billions” stars Paul Giamatti and Damian Lewis. The series is currently in production in New York and is set to return in 2020.Also Read: 'Succession' Star Sarah Snook to Star in AMC's Episodic Anthology From 'Black Mirror' WriterMargulies was most recently seen in “The Hot Zone,” a National Geographic mini-series produced by Ridley Scott. Her most notable roles have been Carol Hathaway on “ER” and Alicia Florrick on “The Good Wife.”Stoll is known for playing

 Julianna Margulies and Corey Stoll Join Season 5 of ‘Billions’             

The plight of Syrians under aerial bombardment from the Assad regime (in sinister partnership with Russia’s war might) has been one of the more jarring subjects of late in the documentary world. Brave souls in front of and behind the camera have, in film after film, brought to vividly tense life the abiding terror of being relentlessly under siege, and trying to survive when your world is rubble, the sky kills, and death stalks the ruins.Syrian filmmaker Feras Fayyad’s “The Cave,” the follow-up to his acclaimed White Helmets documentary “Last Men in Aleppo” from two years ago, is not just another installment from the front lines, however. In its intimate, nerve-rattling look at the hard work of doctors in chemically attacked Ghouta, treating patients in the titular underground matrix of tunnels and rooms beneath their targeted hospital, the movie also delivers an ironically liberating portrait of social

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It is not hyperbolic to say that “ER” was a game-changer when it premiered 25 years ago. And the best part is, no one really saw it coming. CBS’ much-hyped and also Chicago-set “Chicago Hope” was predicted to win the Great Medical Drama War of the 1994-95 season.SEEJulianna Margulies Interview: ‘The Hot Zone’And then NBC unleashed its two-hour “ER” pilot on Monday, Sept. 19, 1994, and an instant hit was born. No one had seen a hospital show like “ER” before, with its addictive blend of groundbreaking, propulsive filmmaking — its innovative Steadicam long takes have since been adopted by numerous shows — accelerated pace and thoughtful storytelling that conveyed a riveting sense of medical realism that is still unmatched. It also made overnight stars out of its original cast, Anthony Edwards, George Clooney, Sherry Stringfield, Noah Wyle, Julianna Margulies and Eriq La Salle.SEEGeorge Clooney movies: 15 greatest films ranked from worst to bestCurrently streaming on Hulu,

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Heroic U.S. Army scientist Dr. Nancy Jaax, working with a secret military specialized team, puts her life on the line to head off an Ebola outbreak before it spread to the human population.