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The War & Treaty on Bringing Rissi Palmer, Valerie June and Their “Country Music Family” to ‘Celebrity Family Feud’
When the Grammy-nominated husband-and-wife duo The War & Treaty — who have created their own sound by blending genres like country, soul, Americana and gospel — booked Celebrity Family Feud, they immediately thought of which blood relatives they would invite to the famed game show. But the couple thought: Let’s showcase a family of Black […]
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The Paradox of Entertaining and Ethical Reality TV: How U.K. Bosses Are Trying to Make Shows Safer
Love Island, The Traitors, Love Is Blind: they’re so popular, they’ve gone global. Reality TV is an ever-evolving beast that can guarantee hefty viewership with the promise of drama. But show bosses in the U.K. are facing an influx of concerns surrounding the welfare of their contestants and crew. A two-pronged problem has emerged. On […]
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John Owen Lowe Says Working With Dad Rob Lowe Sometimes “Drove Me Bonkers”
John Owen Lowe knows the ins and outs of working a family business. The actor recently spoke about co-starring with his father, Rob Lowe, and how the experience sometimes “drove me bonkers.” John Owen first worked with his dad on Fox’s The Grinder. Later, he served as a writer on 9-1-1: Lone Star and now […]
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Joe Manganiello on Why the Cast of ‘True Blood’ Was “Really, Really Overqualified”
Joe Manganiello is sharing why he thinks the cast of True Blood was way too “overqualified” to be starring in the hit drama fantasy series. On a recent episode of Podcrushed, with hosts Penn Badgley, Nava Kavelin and Sophie Ansari, the actor, who played Alcide Herveaux, looked back at the “really wild, crazy, intelligent” show […]
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Streaming Ratings: ‘The Bear’ Hits All-Time High With Season 3 Premiere
In the parlance of the times, The Bear absolutely ate in the week of its third season premiere. The FX-produced Hulu show had its biggest streaming week to date for the June 24-30 period. The Emmy-winning series, whose third season premiered June 27, racked up 1.23 billion minutes of viewing for the week — beating its […]
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‘Percy Jackson and the Olympians’ Finds Its Tyson for Season 2
Season two of Percy Jackson and the Olympians has cast one of its key new roles. Daniel Diemer will join the Disney+ series as Tyson the cyclops, a fan-favorite character from author Rick Riordan’s quintet of novels. Diemer’s casting was announced Thursday during a panel for the show at Comic-Con. Season two of Percy Jackson, […]
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Prince Harry Reveals All in ITV Doc on Tabloid Lawsuits, Saying U.K. Press Is “Why I Won’t Bring Meghan Back”
Prince Harry has given his first interview since his privacy lawsuit win against a major U.K. tabloid, speaking at length about the ongoing legal battle and why the late Queen Elizabeth II is “very much up there saying, ‘See this through to the end.'” In ITV’s deep-dive documentary Tabloids on Trial, which aired in the […]
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2024 News & Documentary Emmy Awards Nominations Revealed
The 2024 News & Documentary Emmy Awards nominations have been announced. The awards, presented by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, will be handed out across two nights, one recognizing winners in news categories and another recognizing documentaries, in September. The nominees for outstanding live news program are the CBS Evening News with […]
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James Wan’s Horror Series ‘Teacup’ Reveals Gruesome First Footage at Comic-Con
Peacock’s forthcoming horror series Teacup revealed its premiere date and frightening first footage — but not too much else — during its panel at San Diego Comic-Con on Thursday. Executive producers James Wan (Saw, Aquaman) and Ian McCulloch (Yellowstone) and stars Yvonne Strahovski, Scott Speedman and Chaske Spencer took part in the event for the […]
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‘Evil’ Showrunners Break Down the Decision to Kill Off That Day One Character
[This story contains major spoilers from the tenth episode of Evil season four, “How to Survive a Storm.”] There are few mother-daughter relationships in recent TV history as complicated as that the one played out between Christine Lahti and Katja Herbers during the last four seasons of Evil. Lahti’s Sheryl, originally comic relief in the supernatural drama […]
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TV Ratings: 29M Viewers Watch Biden’s Oval Office Address on Ending Campaign
President Joe Biden’s Oval Office address on ending his re-election campaign Wednesday drew a large TV audience. Nearly 29 million people — 28.9 million, to be precise — watched the 15-minute speech at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT across 15 broadcast and cable networks, according to final same-day Nielsen ratings. ABC had the largest single-network audience for […]
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‘Chicago Fire’ Adds Dermot Mulroney for Season 13
Chicago Fire is bringing a new leader into Firehouse 51. Dermot Mulroney is joining the long-running NBC series for its upcoming 13th season, which is set to premiere on Sept. 25. He’ll play Chief Dom Pascal in the series. Other details about the character are being held back for the time being. The show’s fire […]
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Jordan Peele Reviving ‘Scare Tactics’ Hidden Camera Prank Series for USA Network
Jordan Peele is bringing back the hidden camera prank show. The Oscar-winning Get Out filmmaker is reviving Scare Tactics, which originally launched on Syfy in 2003 and ran for five seasons. The series debuted just one month after MTV’s Punk’d and featured ordinary people being put into terrifying situations with the help of professional Hollywood […]
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‘RHOC’ Stars Heather Dubrow and Shannon Beador Inspire Ryan Reynolds’ ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ Script in New Promo
Real Housewives of Orange County‘s Heather Dubrow and Shannon Beador, it seems, have put aside their differences for a Deadpool & Wolverine ad, as Deadpool mastermind and star Ryan Reynolds continues to target the key broadcast demo of adults 18-49 — majority female — for his superhero sequel that is set to take over the box […]
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‘The Boys’ Season 4 Has 55M Worldwide Viewers, Amazon Claims
Season four of The Boys is among the biggest series Prime Video has ever offered, at least according to internal viewing figures from the Amazon-owned streamer. The company says 55 million people worldwide have watched at least part of the season from its June 13 premiere through July 21 (a span of 39 days), three […]
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‘Sunny’ Creator Talks “Bonkers” Upcoming Episodes and How the Sci-Fi Drama Changed Her Views on AI
The timing of Apple TV+’s recently launched sci-fi drama series Sunny was doubly fortuitous. The show stars Rashida Jones as Suzie, an American woman living in Kyoto, Japan, whose life is upended when her husband and son disappear in a mysterious plane crash. As a “consolation” she’s given Sunny, one of a new class of […]
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