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Critic’s Notebook: Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony Delivers Spectacle To Go Gaga Over
Lady Gaga, Celine Dion and more starred in a four-hour Olympics telecast that traveled up and down the Seine, spotlighting Paris itself, rather than some anonymous stadium.
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‘Dexter: Resurrection’ Series Set at Showtime With Michael C. Hall Returning
Hall will also narrate the inner voice of a young Dexter Morgan, played by Patrick Gibson, in 'Dexter: Original Sin.'
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‘Life & Beth’ Canceled After Two Seasons on Hulu
The dramedy starring Amy Schumer is done at the streamer.
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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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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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‘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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‘The Kardashians’ Renewed for 20 More Episodes at Hulu
Hulu will stream a sixth season — and potentially more than that — of The Kardashians. The Disney-owned streamer has ordered 20 more episodes of the unscripted series featuring the Kardashian family. The renewal comes a day ahead of the show’s fifth season finale. What’s not clear yet is how, or if, those 20 episodes will be […]
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How ‘The Comeback’ Led to Lisa Kudrow’s Gender-Flipped Starring Role on ‘Time Bandits’
A couple of years ago, Taika Waititi slid into Lisa Kudrow’s Instagram DMs with a once-in-a-lifetime proposition: How would she feel about visiting New Zealand for the first time and filming a fantasy show — a genre she had yet to explore — for six months? It was an offer that Kudrow, who was born […]
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Kristin Cavallari Says ‘Laguna Beach’ Cast Was “Taken Advantage Of”
Amid the rise of the reality TV craze, Kristin Cavallari was one of the breakout stars of MTV’s Laguna Beach, the 2004 series that chronicled the lives of select high school teens. But not all was as it appeared, with Cavallari reflecting on the harsh reality she faced after walking away from the show. In […]
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Kit Harington Returns to ‘Game of Thrones’ Franchise for ‘Legends’ Game
Kit Harington is dipping back into the world of Game of Thrones for the newly launched Legends game. The Emmy-nominated actor plays off his Jon Snow past in a new ad (below) that’s full of references to his iconic character. “The creativity and care taken to create Game of Thrones: Legends is obvious and it feels completely natural to […]
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‘The Morning Show’ Books William Jackson Harper for Season 4
The Morning Show is expanding its sports desk. The hit Apple TV+ series starring Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon has booked another star for season four. William Jackson Harper — the Emmy- and Tony-nominated actor beloved from The Good Place — has been cast in the role of Ben, who is described as the self-assured […]
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Tessa Thompson to Star in, Exec Produce Netflix Thriller
Tessa Thompson will head to Netflix for her next series role. The Thor: Love and Thunder star will play a lead role and executive produce His & Hers, a limited series based on a novel of the same title by Alice Feeney. The six-episode drama will be Thompson’s first series work since Westworld ended on […]
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‘Veep’ Is Going Viral (Again): David Mandel Talks Kamala Harris and If He’d Revisit the Series
Veep has entered the chat. But really, has it ever left? You could say Veep officially unsubscribed when the beloved HBO series ended in mid-2019. “We were racing out the door,” recalls David Mandel of the Emmy-winning political comedy starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus wrapping its run after seven seasons. Mandel, who took over as showrunner in […]
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‘Bad Monkey’ Trailer: Murder, Voodoo and Primates in Vince Vaughn’s Apple TV+ Mystery
Bad Monkey, Bill Lawrence’s adaptation of the Carl Hiaasen 2013 novel of the same thing and a longtime passion project for the power producer, is finally set to premiere. Having firmed up plans for its Aug. 14 release, Apple TV+ dropped the first trailer for the project on Wednesday. The Florida-set dramedy mystery tells the […]
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