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The creators and stars of Shining Vale gathered at TCA on Thursday to tease their genre-bender, which is set to debut early next year, noting that its star Courteney Cox delivers a performance unlike any we’ve seen from her before.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVCourteney Cox is arguably best-known for two diametrically opposed genres: the multiple jokes per page format of sitcom “Friends” and the jump scares of slasher horror franchise “Scream.” But with Starz’ “Shining Vale,” she will be combining those two tones.“Sharon [Horgan] and I set out very, very ambitiously — and Sharon before I came on board — to create a new genre of something that’s really, really scary and really, really funny, executive producer Jeff Astrof said during the show’s Television Critics Assn. press tour panel on Aug.

Judith Light is set for a key role opposite Courtney Cox in Starz’s horror comedy series Shining Vale. Greg Kinnear and Mira Sorvino also star in the series from Trial & Error co-creator Jeff Astrof and Divorce creator Sharon Horgan. Lionsgate and Warner Bros. Television co-produce the series in association with Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment, Astrof’s Other Shoe Productions as well as Horgan and Clelia Mountford’s Merman.

EXCLUSIVE: Alysia Reiner (Orange is the New Black) is set for a recurring role on Starz’s horror comedy series Shining Vale, starring Courteney Cox, Greg Kinnear and Mira Sorvino, from Trial & Error co-creator Jeff Astrof and Divorce creator Sharon Horgan. Lionsgate and Warner Bros. Television co-produce the series in association with Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment, Astrof’s Other Shoe Productions as well as Horgan and Clelia Mountford’s Merman.

Friends star Courteney Cox is set to return to TV for a brand new series that has been picked up by Starz. Shining Vale is a horror-comedy, with the first season consisting of eight half-hour episodes in which Cox plays the role of Patricia Phelps.

Starz has picked up to series horror comedy pilot Shining Vale, starring Courteney Cox, Greg Kinnear and Mira Sorvino. The project, from Trial & Error co-creator Jeff Astrof and Divorce creator Sharon Horgan, has received an eight-episode order. Lionsgate has joined Warner Bros. Television to co-produce the series in association with Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment, Astrof’s Other Shoe Productions as well as Horgan and Clelia Mountford’s Merman.

Courteney Cox was greeted with a COVID-19-safe filming space on her first day at work on her new Starz TV series Shining Vale.The 56-year-old actress took to her Instagram story on Wednesday to share a video from the set.The half-hour comedy was created by Divorce creator Sharon Horgan and Trial & Error co-creator Jeff Astrof, though it's unclear when the show will debut. On set:Courteney Cox was greeted with a COVID-19-safe filming space on her first day at work on her new Starz TV series Shining ValeCox was wearing a maroon sweater for her first day on the show, which didn't exactly go as she planned.'It's my first day at work on my new show Shining Vale, and I'm in a room completely by myself,' Cox began.

EXCLUSIVE: Oscar winner Mira Sorvino and Merrin Dungey are set as leads opposite Courteney Cox and Greg Kinnear in Shining Vale, Starz’s horror-comedy pilot from Divorce creator Sharon Horgan and Trial & Error co-creator Jeff Astrof. The half-hour show hails from Warner Bros. Television and Lionsgate in association with Astrof’s Other Shoe Productions, Horgan and Clelia Mountford’s Merman and Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorGus Birney (The Mist) and Dylan Gage (PEN15) are set as series regulars opposite Courteney Cox and Greg Kinnear in Shining Vale, Starz’s horror-comedy pilot from Divorce creator Sharon Horgan and Trial & Error co-creator Jeff Astrof. The half-hour show hails from Warner Bros.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVEXCLUSIVE: Greg Kinnear has been tapped as the male lead opposite Courteney Cox in Shining Vale, Starz’s horror-comedy pilot from Divorce creator Sharon Horgan and Trial & Error co-creator Jeff Astrof.  The half-hour comedy hails from Warner Bros. Television and Lionsgate in association with Astrof’s Other Shoe Productions, Horgan and Clelia Mountford’s Merman and Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment.Your Complete Guide to Pilots and Straight-to-Series ordersWritten by Astrof from a story by him and Horgan, Shining Vale stems from an idea by Kaplan.