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HBO’s ‘Perry Mason’ Adds Quartet of Actors to Season 2
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‘Hawkeye’ Hits Series High in Streaming Rankings for Finale Week
The finale of Hawkeye on Disney+ helped drive the show’s biggest viewing tally in the week of Dec. 20-26. Netflix’s The Witcher, meanwhile, grew in the week after its second season premiered and remained far and away the most watched title in Nielsen’s streaming rankings. Hawkeye recorded 938 million minutes of viewing time during Christmas […]
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Netflix Orders Supersized Reboot of ‘Iron Chef’
The iconic cooking competition Iron Chef is the latest franchise being rebooted by Netflix. The streaming service has ordered Iron Chef: Quest for an Iron Legend, which is billed as a supersized take on the basic cable classic. Here’s the official description: “The legendary Iron Chef series is reborn with a supersized approach to the […]
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Joshua Jackson to Star in ‘Fatal Attraction’ Series at Paramount+
The Fatal Attraction series at Paramount+ has found its male lead. Joshua Jackson will star opposite Lizzy Caplan in the reimagining of the 1987 film that starred Michael Douglas and Glenn Close. Jackson will play Dan Gallagher, whose affair with Alex Forrest (Caplan) leads to an obsession on Alex’s part. “Joshua is an incredible talent […]
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HBO’s ‘Perry Mason’ Adds Quartet of Actors to Season 2
Season two of Perry Mason is adding to its already sizable cast. The HBO drama has added Sean Astin, Tommy Dewey, Paul Raci and Jen Tullock in recurring roles. Additionally, Shea Whigham, a…
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‘Hawkeye’ Hits Series High in Streaming Rankings for Finale Week
The finale of Hawkeye on Disney+ helped drive the show’s biggest viewing tally in the week of Dec. 20-26. Netflix’s The Witcher, meanwhile, grew in the week after its second season premiered…
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Netflix Orders Supersized Reboot of ‘Iron Chef’
The iconic cooking competition Iron Chef is the latest franchise being rebooted by Netflix. The streaming service has ordered Iron Chef: Quest for an Iron Legend, which is billed as a…
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Joshua Jackson to Star in ‘Fatal Attraction’ Series at Paramount+
The Fatal Attraction series at Paramount+ has found its male lead. Joshua Jackson will star opposite Lizzy Caplan in the reimagining of the 1987 film that starred Michael Douglas and Glenn…
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Shonda Rhimes Names a Chief Content Officer and CMO at Shondaland
Shonda Rhimes is promoting from within. Her eponymous company, Shondaland, is upping its longtime development executive Alison Eakle to chief content officer and its strategy and…
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Gina Rodriguez to Star in TV Adaptation of Pedro Almodovar’s ‘Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown’ for Apple (Exclusive)
Pedro Almodovar’s 1988 black comedy Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown is getting the TV treatment. Sources say Apple has optioned the rights to develop a TV series based on the…
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First Trailer for W. Kamau Bell’s Bill Cosby Documentary, ‘We Need to Talk About Cosby’
Below is the first official full trailer for the upcoming four-part Showtime documentary series We Need to Talk About Cosby. The project, from Emmy winner W. Kamau Bell (United Shades of America…
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‘Bridgerton’ Releases 8 New Photos From Season 2 of Netflix Series
Netflix has released eight new first-look photos from the upcoming second season of its breakout hit Bridgerton. Season two tells the story of Lord Anthony Bridgerton (Jonathan Bailey), the…
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TV Ratings: NFL Wild Card Games, ‘Yellowjackets’ Finale Score
Not many of the games in the NFL’s wild card playoff round were competitive — but people tuned in anyway. The five games played Saturday and Sunday averaged close to 31 million viewers — a…
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Amazon’s ‘Lord of the Rings’ to Chronicle Sauron’s Rise, Reveals Title
Amazon’s mysterious The Lord of the Rings TV series has revealed its title and new storyline details. The eagerly anticipated, multi-season drama is called The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of…
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Andy Cohen’s ‘Watch What Happens Live’ Renewed Through 2023
Bravo is extending the run of Watch What Happens Live for two more years. The NBCUniversal-owned cable outlet has renewed the late night show, hosted and executive produced by Andy Cohen…
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This Week in TV: ‘Ozark,’ ‘The Gilded Age,’ ‘Promised Land’
The end begins for one of Netflix’s more popular series when Ozark debuts the first half of its final season this week. Also on tap are a (very) long in the works HBO series, the return of…
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