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‘Unicorn Academy’ Gets Second Season at Netflix (Exclusive)
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‘Primo’ Canceled at Amazon’s Freevee
The Mike Schur-produced comedy was based on Shea Serrano’s life and will be shopped by producers Universal Television.
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Shane Gillis’ Netflix Comedy ‘Tires’ Nabs Early Season 2 Renewal
The scripted series debuts May 23 and will be back for its sophomore run in 2025.
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Kevin Kane on Mining Trauma and Finding Laughs With Amy Schumer
The 'Law & Order: SVU' star talks about the season 25 finale, the 'Life & Beth' season two episode inspired by his life and how he met frequent collaborator Schumer.
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‘Unicorn Academy’ Gets Second Season at Netflix (Exclusive)
Unicorn Academy is getting a second season. The fantasy-adventure series will return June 27 on Netflix with a 44-minute special and nine 22-minute episodes. The show hails from Spin Master, a global children’s entertainment company that’s behind such brands as PAW Patrol, Hatchimals, Melissa & Doug, Rubik’s Cube and GUND. “The allure of Unicorn Academy’s characters with […]
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‘Primo’ Canceled at Amazon’s Freevee
Primo is no more at Amazon’s Freevee. Creator Shea Serrano announced the news Tuesday on social media, noting that the series will not be returning for a second season at the ad-supported, Amazon-backed streamer Freevee. Sources say producers Universal Television will shop Primo in a bid to find the beloved comedy a new home. “A […]
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Shane Gillis’ Netflix Comedy ‘Tires’ Nabs Early Season 2 Renewal
Netflix is getting an early jump on Tires. The streamer has handed out an early second-season renewal for the scripted comedy starring Shane Gillis. The pickup arrives just before the series, co-created by Gillis, Steve Gerben and John McKeever, officially arrives May 23. Season two will arrive in 2025 as Netflix plots more programming to […]
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Kevin Kane on Mining Trauma and Finding Laughs With Amy Schumer
For Kevin Kane, the endgame never wavered once he set a goal to move to New York in the early aughts to pursue a career in acting. He’ll tell you that luck seemed to always be on his side, as the actor from Philadelphia, now 35, found work soon after his arrival to the Big […]
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Tom Pelphrey Breaks Down the Bonkers Finales of ‘A Man in Full’ and ‘Outer Range’ Season 2
[This story contains spoilers from A Man in Full and Outer Range season two.] Between Tom Pelphrey’s two current streaming shows, one would think that the series with the shimmering time portal in the ground would have the more off-the-wall ending. But that honor instead belongs to David E. Kelley’s A Man in Full. Adapted […]
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Lifetime Adds Pair of True-Crime Movies to Summer Slate (Exclusive)
Lifetime is bolstering its roster of “Ripped From the Headlines” movies for the summer. The cable network will air a pair of true-crime movies in July: Amish Affair is set to premiere on July 6, and Sister Wife Murder will follow a week later. They join a “Ripped From the Headlines” summer lineup that also […]
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The End of ‘Yellowstone’: What Is Known About the Final Episodes
When Yellowstone aired its midseason finale back in January 2023, the future was looking ominous for the Dutton family on the fifth season of the Paramount Network mega-hit series. For a refresher, Jamie Dutton (Wes Bentley) had just thrown down the gauntlet against his sister Beth Dutton (Kelly Reilly) and father John Dutton (Kevin Costner) […]
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‘Yellowstone’ Starts Production on Final Season 5 Episodes
Paramount Network announced Monday that Yellowstone has resumed production. Filming on the Western hit’s final season five episodes has gotten underway in Montana. While start of production was later than previously thought, MTV Entertainment Studios and 101 Studios still expect the drama to return in November, as previously announced last year. There was no update on […]
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Steve Carell to Star in HBO Comedy From Bill Lawrence
Steve Carell is headed to HBO. The former star of The Office will lead the cast of an untitled single-camera comedy from Ted Lasso co-creator Bill Lawrence and Matt Tarses (Scrubs). HBO has handed out a straight-to-series order of 10 episodes for the series, which had been the focus of a multiple-platform bidding war. The […]
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‘American Idol’ Pays Tribute to Katy Perry on Her Final Episode
Katy Perry said goodbye to American Idol after seven seasons on Sunday night’s live finale. As a tribute to the singer, the ladies of the top 12 performed a medley of Perry’s hits, including “Teenage Dream,” “Dark Horse” and “California Gurls.” Perry, who was eating a slice of pizza when the performance began, jumped onto […]
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Julia Louis-Dreyfus “Loved Everything About” ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ Finale ‘Seinfeld’ Callback
Though Julia-Louis Dreyfus didn’t make an appearance in the final Curb Your Enthusiasm episode that called back to the Seinfeld series finale, she’s a fan of how Larry David wrapped up his follow-up series. “I loved it,” she told The Hollywood Reporter of last month’s Curb ending. “I loved everything about it.” Curb‘s 12th and […]
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Jake Gyllenhaal Sings His Way Into ‘SNL’ Season Finale: “You Can’t Get to 50 Without a Little Bit of 49”
During the Saturday Night Live monologue, Jake Gyllenhaal seemed to be trying to convince himself that he was OK with hosting the season 49 finale, rather than the season 50 premiere. “When you think of historic television seasons, the first number that pops into your head is 49,” Gyllenhaal said. “I mean, sure, you know, […]
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André Holland on the Tough Conversations He Had to Portray Huey P. Newton in ‘The Big Cigar’
In the opening narration of The Big Cigar, actor André Holland, who portrays Black Panther Party co-founder Huey P. Newton in the Apple TV+ biographical drama, delivers a disclaimer about the events that will be portrayed onscreen: “The story I’m about to tell you is true, at least mostly true, at least how I remember […]
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Jeremy Renner Recalls Falling Asleep Filming ‘Mayor of Kingstown’ After Accident: “Worked Me Too Hard”
Jeremy Renner is sharing some unexpected physical challenges he faced once he returned to filming Mayor of Kingstown following his devastating snowplow accident. The actor went back to work on season three of his Paramount+ drama one year after being run over by a snowcat at his home in Reno, Nevada, on Jan. 1, 2023. […]
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Bill Maher Says He Doesn’t Understand Harrison Butker’s Graduation Speech Criticism
Bill Maher admitted he was confused on the latest episode of Real Time about the controversy surrounding Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker‘s commencement speech at Benedictine College. This week, the NFL player was criticized across social media over his graduation speech at the private Catholic school, which included comments condemning abortion, euthanasia, IVF, surrogacy and the […]
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‘Doctor Who’: Steven Moffat Talks Algorithms, Easter Eggs and That Explosive Casting Reveal
[This story contains major spoilers from the May 17 episode of Doctor Who, “Boom.”] During Russell T Davies’ first time in charge of BBC behemoth Doctor Who, one of its regular writers often wrote some of its more memorable and popular stories. Scottish writer, Steven Moffat, had made a sizable name for himself in the […]
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