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Nate Bargatze knows what his fans want: For his second trip to Saturday Night Live, the comedian dusted off his waistcoat and breeches for another skit about “Washington’s Dream.” In the return of the sketch that first debuted last November, Mikey Day, James Austin Johnson, Bowen Yang and Kenan Thompson are dressed as American Revolutionary

Despite her upcoming murderous portrayal, Ella Purnell struggled to stomach her latest role. As the British actress discussed her homicidal character Rhiannon Lewis in Sweetpea, premiering Oct. 10 on Starz and Sky, she admitted starring in the series did “take a toll” on her mentally. “People think I must be really messed up, but I

Charli XCX thought Bowen Yang‘s impression of her on Saturday Night Live was very brat. In a recent appearance on The Howard Stern Show, the dance music artist was asked by the host if she saw the sketch, part of the Season 50 opener episode, as a “compliment, or were you just ticked off about

EXCLUSIVE: Damon Wayans and Damon Wayans, Jr. will get a chance to pay tribute to their old gigs on In Living Color and New Girl by featuring special appearances by Tommy Davidson and Lamorne Morris on their new CBS comedy Poppa’s House. In an episode planned for February, Morris — who starred opposite Wayans, Jr.

Top executives at Korea‘s CJ ENM announced that they will retain their annual content spend at 1 trillion won ($750M), while acknowledging that new business models are necessary to combat the industry’s economic headwinds. “Despite the growing uncertainty in the film industry, we will continue to support creators and enable their imaginations to come to

Matthew Broderick is married to Sex and the City star Sarah Jessica Parker and recently revealed why he never appeared in the HBO series. In a new interview, the Ferris Bueller’s Day Off opened up about why he never guest-starred in Parker’s show. “Whenever there was a part that I could do, I couldn’t do

The BBC has canceled a planned interview with Boris Johnson after presenter Laura Kuenssberg accidentally sent the former UK prime minister her briefing notes. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Kuenssberg said the error was “embarrassing and disappointing” after she had intended to share the document with colleagues. Boris Johnson: The Laura Kuenssberg Interview

Brilliant Minds is off to a good start for NBC. Michael Grassi’s medical drama has attracted 9.2M cross-platform viewers to its premiere episode since the September 23 debut, NBCUniversal says. That’s up 138% from the live + same-day audience of 3.9M. The audience declined slightly for Episode 2, attracting 3.5M live + same-day viewers on

Bravo is teasing the new season of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills with a new promo. Season 14 of the Beverly Hills-based reality series is set to premiere this fall, and the cable network has released a teaser for fans. “Lights. Camera. 90210,” reads the post on X, the social media platform formerly known

EXCLUSIVE: Following the outsized success of Prime Video‘s YA drama The Summer I Turned Pretty, Amazon is bringing another popular romantic book series to the screen. The streamer has given a series order to Off Campus, a college-set romantic drama based on the international best-selling novels by Elle Kennedy, with Louisa Levy (Death and Other

Jon Stewart is an undecided voter, he joked, as in part of a group that’s “basically, me and six people who were kicked in the head by very powerful horses,” he said on Monday night’s installment of The Daily Show, which kicked off with a long segment comparing the two presidential candidates VP Kamala Harris

Another month, another star-studded new series from Ryan Murphy under his Disney deal. FX has given a series order to The Beauty, a drama starring Evan Peters, Anthony Ramos, Jeremy Pope and Ashton Kutcher. Peters, Ramos and Pope also executive produce. Co-created, written and exec produced by Murphy and Matt Hodgson, The Beauty is based

Last Week Tonight host John Oliver took aim at recently FBI-indicted New York City Mayor Eric Adams, skewering the politician for his ties to illegal campaign contributions, particularly from political ally Turkey. The comedian began the segment by outlining the charges against the embattled leader, which include conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bribery, and

UPDATED: Days of Our Lives star Drake Hogestyn was remembered Saturday by fellow daytime drama actors as an “incredible man” who “cared about every single scene.” Hogestyn, who died at age 70 from pancreatic cancer, was described as “wonderful and kind man” whose commitment to DOOL was just as important as its fans. Hogestyn, who

Moo Deng, the viral pygmy hippopotamus as portrayed by an angsty Bowen Yang clad in a bulbous, purple animal suit, has had enough. During Saturday Night Live‘s Season 50 premiere of “Weekend Update” with hosts Colin Jost and Michael Che, Yang called for justice for the beloved zoo animal, who in real life has been

SPOILER ALERT! This post contains details from the first two episodes of FX’s Grotesquerie. Niecy Nash-Betts leads Ryan Murphy‘s Grotesquerie as a seasoned detective who, while battling her own addiction, must throw herself into perhaps the most disturbing case of her entire career. The first two episodes of the FX series, which launched on September

As the charges mount against Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, Bill Maher wants to know how he got away with it for so long. On Friday’s episode of Real Time with Bill Maher, the comedian caught up with writer Fran Lebowitz about various current events, including Combs’ recent arrest by FBI agents in New York City and

Lucas Jones is coming back to Port Charles — and it’s now Van Hansis’ turn to play the role. Hansis is best known for playing Luke Snyder on As the World Turns from 2005-2010. He’s set to premiere Oct. 4 on the ABC sudser. “Being on General Hospital, I guess, is literally a dream come true,”

UPDATED, 8:26 PM: Category 4 Hurricane Helene made landfall shortly after 11 p.m. ET. The storm slammed into Florida’s Big Bend region near Perry with sustained winds of 140 mph and gusts above that, according to the National Weather Service. The associated storm surge has already broken records in the region and the water is

UPDATED: “Evil has taken over our town.” Peacock has dropped the official trailer for Hysteria!, which sees a town in the grip of a “Satanic Panic” in the 1980s. Julie Bowen and Evil Dead’s Bruce Campbell star in the pop-horror series, which premieres with all eight episode on October 18 on the streamer. USA Network

We have the winners for Night 1 of the 45th annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards. The News categories were in the spotlight tonight at the at the Palladium Times Square in New York City, which also will host the Documentary ceremony on Thursday night. The 65 total categories cover programming content that premiered during

‘Sex Education’ Star Asa Butterfield Lands First Theater Role Sex Education star Asa Butterfield has landed his first stage role with a project about the actor who came second to playing Harry Potter in the movie franchise. The limited four week-run at London’s Riverside Studios will see Butterfield play Martin Hill in Second Best. At

We had been hearing for weeks that Paramount+, which was spared in the first wave of Paramount Global’s ongoing layoffs last month, would take the brunt of cuts in the second round. That has been happening today, with entire departments eliminated. One of the units that is essentially being dissolved is Paramount+’s communications operation, with

Dan Reed‘s January 6 Doc ‘Stopping The Steal’ Sells Around The World Emmy-winner Dan Reed’s documentary about the Jan 6 insurrection has sold to a wealth of networks around the world. Channel 4–Max‘s Stopping the Steal has been picked up by SBS Australia, NRK Norway, RTL Deutschland, TVNZ New Zealand, SVT Sweden, DR Denmark, Warner Bros.

All hail Kathy Bates. The Oscar-winning veteran’s return to broadcast TV with CBS‘ Matlock delivered Live+Same Day linear viewership numbers we rarely see anymore. The “sneak peak” premiere of Jennie Snyder Uraman’s reimagening of the Andy Griffin classic with Bates as the eponymous attorney averaged 7.73 million viewers Sunday in time adjusted Fast National L+SD

Israel has shut down a foreign news outlet in its own country for the first ever time. As fighting with Hezbollah worsens, reports said that Israel yesterday raided Al Jazeera in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and ordered the satellite office to be shut for 45 days. According to the Associated Press, the Israeli military has

While promoting his new Atlanta-based show, Samuel L. Jackson is supporting the Falcons on their home turf. The honorary Oscar winner appears in a cinematic opening sequence this weekend for Sunday Night Football, airing 7pm ET on NBC on Peacock, as the home team faces off against defending Super Bowl champions Kansas City Chiefs. “The

Oasis brothers Noel and Liam Gallagher could reportedly see their much trumpeted musical reunion brought to screen via documentary. The UK’s Sun newspaper reports that Apple TV+ bosses are keen to film the previously warring brothers who have put their 15-year animosity to bed for a string of record-breaking gigs in the UK next summer.

As Alyssa Milano came of age on Who’s the Boss?, her breakout role turned out to be a case of art imitating life. Marking the ABC sitcom’s 40th anniversary, the former child star recently recalled how her preteen character Samantha Micelli was largely inspired by her own childhood, including when she “started developing breasts.” “A

Bill Maher is looking to a good old-fashioned American pastime to help heal the nation. On Friday’s episode of Real Time with Bill Maher, the comedian used the country music genre’s ever-evolving inclusion as an example of progress as he urged Americans to “duplicate this on a grander scale.” “Just look at the music. Maybe