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'TV's Top 5': CBS Takes a Victory Lap Amid Paramount Global Uncertainty

This week's podcast also previews the new and returning shows coming in May.

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‘TV’s Top 5’: CBS Takes a Victory Lap Amid Paramount Global Uncertainty

Welcome to the 257th episode of TV’s Top 5, The Hollywood Reporter’s TV podcast. Every week, hosts Lesley Goldberg (West Coast TV editor) and Daniel Fienberg (chief TV critic) break down the latest TV news with context from the business and critical sides, welcome showrunners, executives and other guests, and provide a critical guide of what to watch (or skip, as […]

Andy Cohen Explains ‘Vanderpump Rules’ Summer Pause on Season 12 Production

Vanderpump Rules is changing its production schedule, opting to not film season 12 this summer. TMZ first reported that unlike previous seasons of the hit Bravo reality series, which typically begin production in May and film throughout the summer, Vanderpump Rules‘ upcoming season won’t begin taping until later. Sources told the publication that the network […]

‘We Were The Lucky Ones’ Showrunner Says Finale Was “One of the Biggest Challenges I’ve Ever Had”

[The following contains spoilers from the finale of We Were The Lucky Ones.] As the first minutes of Hulu’s We Were The Lucky Ones‘ finale begin, things seem dire for the Kurc family: Halina (Joey King) is facing interrogation upon being arrested by German police, Mila (Hadas Yaron) is struggling to reconnect with her daughter […]

Streaming Ratings: ‘The Resident’ Climbs to No. 1

The doctors were in at the top of Nielsen’s streaming ratings for the beginning of April. Medical dramas The Resident and Grey’s Anatomy were the top two titles for the week of April 1-7, finishing with 1.18 billion and 1.15 billion minutes of viewing time (both stream on Hulu and Netflix). The Resident actually slipped […]

‘Fire Country’ Spinoff a Go at CBS — for 2025-26

While announcing its schedule for the 2024-25 TV season Thursday, CBS also got a head start on the season after that. The network has formally greenlit Sheriff Country, a spinoff of its second-year drama Fire Country. Morena Baccarin (Deadpool, Gotham) will star, reprising her role from an April Fire Country episode that set up the […]

CBS Sets Fall (and Spring) Schedule

CBS executives were keenly aware of the elephant in the room Thursday as new co-CEO George Cheeks and entertainment president Amy Reisenbach opened their fall schedule presentation by addressing the latest rumblings in the sale process of parent company Paramount Global. “It’s a super quiet, uneventful week for us,” Cheeks quipped as he kicked off […]

How ‘The Jinx’ Landed Robert Durst Pal Nick Chavin for ‘Part Two’

[The following story contains spoilers from the first two episodes of The Jinx — Part Two.] In The Jinx — Part Two, John Lewin, the Los Angeles deputy district attorney investigating whether Robert Durst killed Susan Berman, recalls the moment he knew he might get a key witness to turn on his close friend. Nick […]

How ‘Tattooist of Auschwitz’ Leads Sparked Onscreen Chemistry for Holocaust Love Story

Lali Sokolow kept a secret for 60 years before his story of love and survival in a Nazi death camp was captured in The Tattooist of Auschwitz — the novel that inspired the Peacock limited series of the same name, which released its six episodes on Thursday. Sokolow, after reaching the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in […]

ABC’s ‘Dr. Odyssey’ Adds Sean Teale to Cast

ABC’s Dr. Odyssey has added another actor to its ensemble in Who Is Erin Carter? star Sean Teale. Teale will star opposite Joshua Jackson, Don Johnson and Phillipa Soo in the series, which comes from mega-producer Ryan Murphy and co-creators Jon Robin Baitz and Joe Baken. As has been the case with other casting, details […]

Jordan Peele Making a Black Cowboy Series That Pledges to Rewrite Wild West History

Oscar-winning filmmaker Jordan Peele is making a documentary series that promises to overturn the public perception of the Old West. The Get Out writer-director will executive produce a project for Peacock “which dismantles the whitewashed mythology of the cowboy” and expand on themes explored in his 2022 thriller Nope (which is also streaming on Peacock). […]

Robin Wright to Star in, Direct Amazon Drama ‘The Girlfriend’

Robin Wright will wear multiple hats on her next series, a Prime Video drama titled The Girlfriend. Wright will star in, direct and serve as an executive producer of the series, which is based on a novel by Michelle Frances. Olivia Cooke (House of the Dragon), Laurie Davidson (Mary and George) and Waleed Zuaiter (Gangs […]

Maya Rudolph, Jake Gyllenhaal Will Close Out ‘SNL’ Season 49

After a shortened 2022-23 season, Saturday Night Live returned a bit later than usual to kick off its 2023-24 run. The writers strike affected both the end of last season and the start of season 49; the end of the labor action on Sept. 25 meant a mid-October start for SNL — with former castmember Pete […]

‘Knuckles’ Sets Opening-Weekend Record for Paramount+ Original Series

Paramount+ got a record-setting opening from its Sonic the Hedgehog-adjacent series Knuckles. The six-episode series, featuring Idris Elba voicing the title character and also starring Adam Pally, amassed 4 million hours of viewing worldwide over its first three days of release — a record for a Paramount+ original series, the streamer says. (Paramount+’s announcement also marks […]

CBS Claims 16th Straight Season as Most Watched Broadcaster in Primetime

A broadcast TV season that began with cobbled-together schedules during dual labor strikes is ending the way every season in the recent past has — with CBS as the most watched network. With a few weeks left in the September-to-May season, CBS will end up as No. 1 in primetime for the 16th straight season. The […]

Benedict Cumberbatch Is a Desperate Father in the Trailer for Netflix Thriller ‘Eric’

Benedict Cumberbatch plays a desperate father whose world becomes unraveled in the first trailer for the Netflix thriller, Eric. Below, Cumberbatch stars as a New York puppeteer and the creator of a popular children’s television show whose 9-year-old son, Edgar, disappears one morning on the way to school. The project is from creator Abi Morgan […]

‘Cobra Kai’ Final Season Will Be Split Into Three Parts, Teaser Trailer Released

The final season of Cobra Kai will be less bingeable than usual. That’s because Netflix is splitting the supersized season six across three release dates. On Thursday, the streamer released a teaser trailer (below), along with its release strategy for the popular family drama series. The 15-episode final season will drop Part 1 on July […]