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‘Who Wants to Be a Millionaire’ Returning to ABC for 25th Anniversary
Jimmy Kimmel will host the show, which will feature celebrities playing for charity.
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‘Night Court’ Sworn in for Third Season on NBC
The revival is the first of the network's current comedies to secure a place on the 2024-25 schedule.
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Kevin Spacey: 10 Men Accuse “Soulless Monster” of Sexual Assault in New Docuseries
The two-part Channel 4 documentary 'Spacey Unmasked,' set to premiere in the U.K. May 6 and 7, took a “forensic look” at Spacey’s rise to stardom and the accusations. Spacey has asked for more time to "refute any allegations made against me."
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Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine, Netflix Team for ‘F1 Academy’ Docuseries
Netflix is delving deeper into the world of Formula 1 racing, with an assist from Reese Witherspoon. Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine is producing a docuseries called F1 Academy, which will chronicle the women-only developmental division of the racing circuit. The series is currently in production and is slated to premiere in 2025. F1 Academy will join […]
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‘Who Wants to Be a Millionaire’ Returning to ABC for 25th Anniversary
ABC will open up the lifelines once more this summer. The network has greenlit a new season of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire that will air starting July 10. The new run will coincide with the game show’s 25th anniversary on ABC; it premiered on Aug. 16, 1999. Jimmy Kimmel, who hosted the last […]
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‘Night Court’ Sworn in for Third Season on NBC
NBC has delivered a favorable verdict to Night Court. The network has picked up a third season of its comedy series, a revival of/sequel to the 1984-92 show of the same name. Night Court is the first of NBC’s three current comedies to earn a spot on the 2024-25 schedule; decisions have yet to be […]
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‘Emily in Paris’ Season 4: Everything to Know About the Next Installment
[This story includes major spoilers for season three of Emily in Paris.] The season three finale of Emily in Paris left audiences uttering sacré bleu, with the drop of one bombshell after another. Toward the end of the third installment of the Netflix comedy series, Camille (Camille Razat) sees Gabriel (Lucas Bravo) thanking Emily (Lily […]
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Kevin Spacey: 10 Men Accuse “Soulless Monster” of Sexual Assault in New Docuseries
“I felt like I was staring at a soulless monster,” Daniel, an actor, says of his alleged sexual assault by Kevin Spacey in a new Channel 4 documentary promising a “forensic look” at the Oscar winner’s rise to stardom and his alleged sexual misconduct. Spacey Unmasked features 10 men, Daniel among them, to tell their stories […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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‘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 […]
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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 […]
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‘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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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). […]
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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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