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ABC has handed an early Season 2 renewal to its breakout new crime drama High Potential. The light procedural starring Kaitlin Olson joins ABC’s flagship comedy Abbott Elementary in securing a spot on the network’s 2025-26 schedule. High Potential also joins the other standout 2024-25 freshman drama, CBS’ Matlock, in landing an early Season 2

British sitcom star Pauline Quirke will step back from professional duties after being diagnosed with dementia. Her husband, Steve Sheen, released a statement saying the Birds of a Feather actress had been diagnosed with the condition in 2021. The 65-year-old Quirke will now end all professional and commercial activities, Sheen’s statement read. In recent years,

UPDATED with latest: No. 7 Notre Dame will face No. 8 Ohio State in the championship game on Monday, January 20 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. Kickoff is at 7:30 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT and will air live on ESPN, which is unleashing its Megacast coverage featuring 11 different feeds of the game across the

Prime Video Japan has a new Country Manager in the shape of Keisuke Oishi. Effective today, the former Sony Corp exec will take on the post after rising through the ranks over ten years at Amazon. Oishi will report to Gaurav Gandhi, Vice President of Prime Video for Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa. He

Veteran ABC News correspondent Elizabeth Nissen died Jan. 7, three days shy of her 71st birthday, at her home in Ann Arbor, Mich., her family announced. Per her former outlet, Nissen enjoyed a storied career in broadcast journalism, which included her coverage on ABC’s World News Tonight during the evening of Princess Diana’s death in

SNL on Saturday took aim at Pop The Balloon Or Find Love, the popular dating show format from You Tube and TikTok that’s spawned memes and gone viral with its love connections gone wrong. For the uninitiated, the format features a bevy of singles holding a balloon they will pop if they don’t like the

Before going toe-to-toe in Wakanda, Chadwick Boseman and Michael B. Jordan‘s paths almost crossed in Pine Valley. All My Children casting director Judy Blye Wilson recently recalled hiring Jordan to play Reggie Montgomery on the ABC soap opera back in 2003 after Boseman was fired from the role. “I did cast Boseman, who became very

With The Night Agent returning for its sophomore season, fans can expect plenty more “night action” from its star. Ahead of Season 2 of the conspiracy thriller series, which returns Jan. 23 to Netflix, star Gabriel Basso opened up about taking hits and doing his own stunts as FBI agent Peter Sutherland. “I think that

SPOILER ALERT: This post spoils the first episode of Severance Season 2. Severance creator Dan Erickson knows the context in which Season 2 has been released is important. Season 2 of the Apple TV+ workplace thriller arrived Jan. 17, almost three years after the first season debuted on the streamer Feb. 18, 2022. The first

The PGA Tour said Thursday that its is moving the location of next month’s Genesis Invitational, the annual tour stop at Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, CA hosted by Tiger Woods. The move comes after the horrific Palisades Fire that erupted in that community on January 7, killing at least eight and destroying 2,869

Before rising to CEO of Disney, Bob Iger was president of ABC Entertainment from 1989–1992. When he joined in spring 1989, pilots ordered by his predecessor, including David Lynch and Mark Frost’s Twin Peaks, were just getting into production. Iger is credited as one of the project’s champions, helping the pilot get picked up to

Throughout his career, visionary filmmaker David Lynch, whose death was announced Thursday at the age of 78, made 10 features and dozens of short films. He only ever did two TV series (plus a 3-part anthology), but through one of them, Twin Peaks, his impact on the medium was profound. “Even though, he’s probably better

In addition to creating Punky Brewster and co-developing Silver Spoons, comedy writer-producer David W. Duclon, who died Wednesday at the age of 74, worked on a number of hit sitcoms throughout his career. One of them was Family Matters, which he joined at the start of Season 2, staying on as an executive producer for

Lumon Industries employs several thousand workers across the world of Apple TV+’s Severance, created by Dan Erickson and executive produced by Ben Stiller, Adam Scott and more. The catch at Lumon is a surgical procedure called Severance, which aims to create a better work life balance by splitting the work employee into an inner self that

Following David Lynch‘s unexpected death, his legacy continues through his work and the people who were lucky enough to know him. Mädchen Amick, who played waitress Shelly Johnson in Lynch’s hit ABC series Twin Peaks, paid tribute to the show’s creator in a heartfelt statement on Friday after he died at age 78. “It’s hard

Jeannot Szwarc, the French director known for Jaws 2, Supergirl and The Rockford Files, has died. He was 85. Jane Seymour, who starred alongside the late Christopher Reeve in Szwarc’s 1980 film Somewhere in Time, announced the director’s death Wednesday with a heartfelt statement on social media. “Today, we say goodbye to a true visionary,”

UPDATED at 1 p.m.: With winds forecast between 40 and 60 miles per hour, a wildfire broke out in Pacific Palisades near Temescal Canyon at about 10:30 this morning. What began as a 10 acre blaze in the area of N Piedra Morada Dr near The Highlands, quickly spread to become a 200-plus acre blaze

The Completely Made-Up Adventures Of Dick Turpin was Apple TV+’s high jinks vehicle for the very best of British comedy talent, but there’s nothing whimsical about the series coming to a clattering halt this week. Production has ceased on Season 2 of the Big Talk Studios series about an 18th-century highway robber, putting a cast

Japan’s Fuji TV is facing criticism over its handling of alleged sexual misconduct by celebrity TV host and actor Masahiro Nakai, which have sent its parent’s share price tumbling in recent weeks. A group representing investors associated with U.S.’s Dalton Investments expressed “outrage” in a public letter to the Fuji board published this week over

SPOILER ALERT: The story includes details about Season 6 of Netflix‘s Virgin River. From the moment Mel walked into Jack’s bar in the first episode of Virgin River, he has known she was the one. That didn’t make the path to marrying the love of his life less complicated, with the demons of his past,

Although John Krasinski‘s Jim mostly only had eyes for Jenna Fischer‘s Pam on The Office, he certainly had a type. Fischer recently noted that Amy Adams “was not the first person cast in the role” of Katy Moore on the NBC mockumentary sitcom’s Season 1 episode ‘Hot Girl’, which aired in April 2005, because they

SPOILER ALERT: The story includes details about Season 6 of Netflix‘s Virgin River. Another Virgin River season ended on a Charmaine-related cliffhanger. She dropped the pregnancy bomb in Season 1 then admitted that Jack was not the father in the Season 4 finale, with Calvin revealed as the dad a year later. Now, Season 6

Rupert Murdoch’s TalkTV has capped off a tough 2024 by recording the most complained about TV moment of the past 12 months. Host Julia Hartley-Brewer‘s interview with the general secretary of the Palestinian National Initiative prompted 17,366 complaints, around double the number of 2023’s list-topper. During the interview, Hartley-Brewer steadily became more irate with Dr

EXCLUSIVE: Shōgun helmer Jonathan Van Tulleken has signed on to direct and executive produce Lucky, Apple TV+s upcoming limited drama series, starring and also exec produced by Anya Taylor-Joy. Created by Jonathan Tropper (Apple TV+’s See) and produced by Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine and Tropper’s Tropper Ink, Lucky is based on Marissa Stapley’s bestselling novel

August promises the launch of some highly-anticipated television shows, including the return of many fan-favorites for second, third or fourth seasons. Emily in Paris Season 4 is even split into two parts as Netflix likes to do with popular series of late like Ozark, Stranger Things and Bridgerton Season 3. Below find a list of

EXCLUSIVE: Teton Ridge And Ultraboom Media are teaming on Untamed, a bold new documentary series that provides an unfiltered, raw look into the intensity and physical demand of rodeo and everything in between. Produced by Emmy-winning Erik Osterholm and Michael Simkin and Carrie Kaylor. “The world of rodeo is truly electric — the athletes, the

Hugh Marks has been named as Managing Director of the ABC in Australia. The seasoned executive has been unanimously appointed to the role by the ABC board following an “extensive and international search.” This also makes him Editor-in-Chief, ultimately responsible for the broadcaster’s output. Marks replaces David Anderson, who resigned in August, a year into

EXCLUSIVE: Alex Fine (1883) has joined Guy Ritchie‘s as-yet-untitled crime series from Paramount+ with Showtime. Production is underway in London with Tom Hardy, Pierce Brosnan and Helen Mirren leading the cast. The logline reveals the show is “an electrifying, new global crime series centered around two warring families based in London whose enterprises stretch all

EXCLUSIVE: Ahead of the release of her debut docu-film, Munroe Bergdorf has signed with Curtis Brown. The broadcaster, activist, model and author has signed in all areas with the UTA-owned agency’s entertainment and unscripted division. The news comes with Olivia Cappuccini’s Love & Rage: Munroe Bergdorf due to be released next year by Universal Pictures Content Group. Confronted

Having started her career in action-heavy films like Domino, King Arthur and the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, Keira Knightley decided in her early 20s to step away from the stunts. “I wanted to do stuff that was about words,” says Knightley. “Also, when you’re doing action films, generally speaking, it takes a long time.