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TV Ratings: ‘Law &Order: SVU’ 500th Episode Tops Scripted Fare
Law & Order: SVU celebrated its 500th episode on NBC Thursday by putting up the night’s top adults 18-49 rating among entertainment programming. CBS’ Young Sheldon captured the night’s biggest non-sports audience, and Fox’s NFL game and TBS’ baseball playoff telecast also scored well. SVU drew a 0.64 rating among adults 18-49 for its milestone […]
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ABC’s ‘The Rookie’ Bans “Live” Guns on Set
ABC cop drama The Rookie is banning “live” weapons on its set, effective immediately, following the fatal shooting on the set of Alec Baldwin’s Rust. Showrunner Alexi Hawley led the charge for the change as sources say he informed ABC executives that production would no longer be using quarter or half loads while filming the […]
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‘TV’s Top 5’: ‘Insecure’ Showrunner on Wrapping the HBO Comedy and What’s Next
Welcome to Episode 141 of TV’s Top 5, The Hollywood Reporter’s TV podcast. Every week, hosts Lesley Goldberg (West Coast TV editor) and Daniel Fienberg (chief TV critic) break down the latest TV news with context from the business and critical sides, welcome showrunners, executive and other guests, and provide a critical guide of what to watch (or skip, as the […]
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George Lopez to Star in, Executive Produce NBC Comedy
George Lopez is making his way back to broadcast television. The comedian and actor will star in and executive produce a comedy called Lopez vs. Lopez, which has received a formal pilot order…
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TV Ratings: ‘Law &Order: SVU’ 500th Episode Tops Scripted Fare
Law & Order: SVU celebrated its 500th episode on NBC Thursday by putting up the night’s top adults 18-49 rating among entertainment programming. CBS’ Young Sheldon captured the night’s…
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ABC’s ‘The Rookie’ Bans “Live” Guns on Set
ABC cop drama The Rookie is banning “live” weapons on its set, effective immediately, following the fatal shooting on the set of Alec Baldwin’s Rust. Showrunner Alexi Hawley led the charge…
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‘TV’s Top 5’: ‘Insecure’ Showrunner on Wrapping the HBO Comedy and What’s Next
Welcome to Episode 141 of TV’s Top 5, The Hollywood Reporter‘s TV podcast. Every week, hosts Lesley Goldberg (West Coast TV editor) and Daniel Fienberg (chief TV critic) break down the…
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HBO Snags Michael Strahan’s Bishop Sycamore Football Doc
HBO has picked up rights to a Michael Strahan-produced documentary about the strange saga of the Bishop Sycamore football team. In September, Strahan and Constance Schwartz-Morini’s…
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‘Squid Game’ Rockets to No. 1, ‘Ted Lasso’ Joins Streaming Charts
Netflix’s Squid Game made a big jump up the streaming charts for Sept. 20-26, claiming the No. 1 overall spot with a huge week-to-week increase. Nielsen’s weekly chart also features an Apple…
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‘Mythic Quest’ Scores Two-Season Renewal at Apple TV+
Apple TV+ will continue on its Mythic Quest. The tech giant’s streaming platform has renewed Mythic Quest for two additional seasons, which will take the comedy series through season four…
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‘Ghosts’ Scores Speedy Full-Season Pickup at CBS
Ghosts will continue to haunt CBS. The broadcast network has handed out a speedy full-season order to the supernatural comedy starring Rose McIver and Utkarsh Ambudkar. The show launched Oct. 7…
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Timothy Simons Joins Hulu’s True-Crime Drama ‘Candy’
Hulu has rounded out the core cast of its limited series Candy, about an infamous murder case in Texas. Veep alum Timothy Simons has joined the drama from Universal Studio Group’s UCP and…
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‘House of the Dragon’ Has “Different Tone” From ‘Game of Thrones,’ Director Explains
House of the Dragon co-showrunner Miguel Sapochnik is breaking his silence on his highly anticipated Game of Thrones prequel series. During a Hollywood Reporter interview about his upcoming…
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This Week in TV: ‘Insecure’ Final Season, ‘All American,’ ‘Locke & Key’
A pair of HBO staples begin their seasons this week — and in the case of Insecure, its last season. The next seven days will also bring the opening of baseball’s World Series, the return of a…
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‘Chicago Fire’ Bids Farewell to an Original Castmember
[This story contains spoilers for the 200th episode of NBC’s Chicago Fire.] Chicago Fire reached its milestone 200th episode Wednesday — and said goodbye to one of its…
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