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Maya Rudolph, Jake Gyllenhaal Will Close Out ‘SNL’ Season 49
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‘Knuckles’ Sets Opening-Weekend Record for Paramount+ Original Series
The 'Sonic the Hedgehog' spinoff also helped boost viewing of the movies on the streamer.
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CBS Claims 16th Straight Season as Most Watched Broadcaster in Primetime
The network holds a lead of about 580,000 viewers over second-place NBC.
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Benedict Cumberbatch Is a Desperate Father in the Trailer for Netflix Thriller ‘Eric’
Cumberbatch plays Vincent, who's searching for his missing son in the limited series.
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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 […]
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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 […]
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‘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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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‘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 […]
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‘Dead Boy Detectives’ Bosses Unpack Lingering Finale Questions and Muse About More ‘Sandman’ Cameos in Potential Season 2
[This story contains major spoilers from season one of Dead Boy Detectives.] For the better part of the last 30 years, the Dead Boy Detectives — Edwin Payne (George Rexstrew) and Charles Rowland (Jayden Revri) — have specialized in helping ghosts whose cases would otherwise go unsolved. But in reality, these two teenagers — who […]
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Nicole Brown Simpson Lifetime Doc Gets Premiere Date and Trailer: “Her Life Was Stolen From Her”
“It’s been 30 years. Maybe it’s time to rekindle the flame of Nicole.” Lifetime has officially announced its forthcoming docuseries on Nicole Brown Simpson, timed to the 30-year anniversary of her death. Titled The Life and Murder of Nicole Brown Simpson and billed as an explosive two-night event, the four-part series will premiere June 1 […]
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Rosie O’Donnell Joins ‘And Just Like That’ for Season 3
Rosie O’Donnell is joining the cast for season three of Max’s And Just Like That. On her Instagram on Wednesday, the comedian shared the front cover of the script for the upcoming season’s premiere episode of the Sex and the City spinoff. The photo reveals her character name is Mary, as well as the episode’s title, […]
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Maria Georgas on Why She Passed on ‘Bachelorette’ Role: “It Was Mine Until I Said It Wasn’t”
Maria Georgas revealed that she was nearly the next Bachelorette on ABC’s hit dating show. The Bachelor alum, who came in fourth place on Joey Graziadei’s season earlier this year, opened up on a new episode of Alex Cooper’s Call Her Daddy podcast about her decision not to become the next leading lady. “It was mine until […]
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Steve Martin Says ‘Only Murders in the Building’ Season 4 Cast Is “Star Studded”
Hulu has big things coming down the pipe for Only Murders in the Building. Steve Martin said this week that the group is about halfway done filming, and that the cast of the upcoming season 4 will be “star-studded.” Only Murders has made headlines in previous seasons for its glitzy guest stars, which have included […]
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‘Palm Royale’ Director Recalls Getting Kicked Out of Exclusive Palm Beach Club (Like Maxine) During Pre-Production: “I Felt Like Trash”
[This story contains mild spoilers from episode nine of Palm Royale.] Tate Taylor might be the male version of Palm Royale’s Maxine Dellacorte-Simmons. The executive producer and director behind the Kristen Wiig-starring comedy had his own experience trying to get into an exclusive Palm Beach club during pre-production on the Apple TV+ series. And just […]
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Sandra Lee Is Back on TV — and Still Concerned About Your Grocery Bill
A Monday afternoon FaceTime with Sandra Lee quickly turns into a shopping intervention. Anybody who wants to lower their grocery bill, says the Semi-Homemade Cooking host, needs a Costco membership and an affinity for Trader Joe’s. When I counter that the crowds at the latter are a real turn-off, she’s having none of it. “You […]
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Elizabeth Banks, Jessica Biel to Lead Amazon Thriller ‘The Better Sister’
Elizabeth Banks and Jessica Biel are going to play siblings in a new Amazon series. The online retailer/streamer has handed out a series order for The Better Sister, based on the book of the same name by Alafair Burke. The thriller revolves around Chloe (Biel), who moves through the world with her lawyer husband Adam […]
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TV Premiere Dates 2024: The Complete Guide
Hundreds of TV series — new and old, scripted and not, on streaming, broadcast and cable outlets — will premiere in the next 12 months. As production ramped up in the final weeks 2023 following the end of the SAG-AFTRA strike, pipelines started to get refilled, which could lead to a crush of premieres in […]
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Telemundo Scores Two-Month Ratings Winning Streak in Spanish-Language TV
Telemundo is riding the longest ratings winning streak it’s ever had in Spanish-language television. The NBCUniversal-owned network has topped Univision in primetime for two consecutive months, closing out April with substantial leads over its rival. Telemundo averaged 1.2 million total viewers and 344,000 adults 18-49 for the month, topping Univision by margins of 21 percent […]
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