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Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson Inks Broadcast Deal With Fox
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‘Queen Charlotte’ Makes Her Debut With Trailer, Release Date for ‘Bridgerton’-verse Prequel Series
The 'Bridgerton' spinoff, starring India Amarteifio in the younger role played by Golda Rosheuvel on the flagship series, expands the Shondaland franchise at Netflix.
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‘Ted Lasso’ Books Season 3 Premiere Date
The Emmy-winning comedy will resume in March, 17 months after it last ran on Apple TV+.
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‘All American’ Shocker: Taye Diggs Departs CW Drama
The original star of The CW drama was written out during the show’s Feb. 13 episode.
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Curtis ‘50 Cent’ Jackson Inks Broadcast Deal With Fox
Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson has found a new TV partner for his G-Unit Film & Television company. The rapper and producer has signed a non-exclusive, broadcast direct deal with Fox. As part of the deal, Jackson and G-Unit will develop scripted series, both live-action and animated, for the network. The broadcaster will own any series […]
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‘Queen Charlotte’ Makes Her Debut With Trailer, Release Date for ‘Bridgerton’-verse Prequel Series
Queen Charlotte is officially making her splashy debut. The Bridgerton spinoff series will release May 4 on Netflix. New footage and first-look photos of the six-episode limited series were unveiled Tuesday during a global fan event for the larger Bridgerton universe, hosted by Netflix and Shondaland. The logline for the series reads: “Centered on Queen […]
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‘Ted Lasso’ Books Season 3 Premiere Date
America’s favorite (fictional) Premier League team, AFC Richmond, is headed back to the pitch in a matter of weeks. Apple TV+ has set a March 15 premiere date for season three of Ted Lasso. The two-time Emmy winner for best comedy series will roll out its 12-episode season weekly starting then — which puts its […]
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‘All American’ Shocker: Taye Diggs Departs CW Drama
Taye Diggs has left the All American building. The actor, who has starred on The CW drama as Billy Baker since its late 2018 launch, was shockingly killed off of the series during the Feb. 13 episode. “It has been an honor to work with Taye over these last five seasons and to watch him bring […]
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Amber Ruffin to Topline NBC Comedy
Amber Ruffin is plotting a move to primetime. The host of Peacock’s Amber Ruffin Show and writer and performer on Late Night With Seth Meyers will star in, write and executive produce a comedy pilot called Non-Evil Twin at NBC. Former Black-ish and Kenan showrunner Kenny Smith is writing and exec producing with Ruffin, and […]
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TV Ratings: Super Bowl Inches Up With 113M Viewers
The Super Bowl delivered its usual massive audience on Sunday — one that was a little bit larger than last year. Fox’s broadcast of the big game averaged 113.1 million viewers across all platforms. That’s a slight, 1 percent improvement over Super Bowl LVI a year ago and a six-year high for the game. Final Nielsen […]
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‘Arrested Development’ to Exit Netflix in March as Licensing Deal Expires
All five seasons of Arrested Development are set to leave Netflix next month as part of a licensing agreement that is set to expire by March 15, a Netflix spokesperson told The Hollywood Reporter. The hit comedy series, which starred Jason Bateman, Michael Cera, Jeffrey Tambor, Jessica Walter, Will Arnett, Tony Hale, Portia de Rossi, […]
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MTV Studios Team Given Showtime Oversight
Chris McCarthy has outlined Showtime’s new executive leadership ahead of its formal integration with Paramount+. After parting ways with co-president of entertainment Jana Winograde and shifting two-decade Showtime veteran Gary Levine to an advisory role, McCarthy has turned to his top lieutenants at MTV Studios, Nina L. Diaz and Keith Cox, to take on more […]
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Showtime Shake-Up: Gary Levine Shifts to Advisory Role; Jana Winograde to Exit
The future of Showtime’s co-presidents of entertainment, Gary Levine and Jana Winograde, has been determined. Chris McCarthy, who added oversight of Showtime last year following the departure of David Nevins, sent a memo to staff Monday revealing that two-decade network veteran Levine will segue to a new role as senior creative adviser, while six-year network […]
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Barney the Dinosaur Gets Relaunch From Mattel
In this age of reboots, perhaps it was inevitable: A beloved (by its target audience) and also reviled (by a sizable group outside the core demo) character getting a new look and relaunch. All of which is to say, Barney is coming back. Mattel announced Monday that it’s relaunching the franchise built around the purple […]
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‘You’ Boss on the Killer Reveal of Season 4 and What Comes Next for Joe Goldberg
[This story includes major spoilers for You season four, Part 1.] You showrunner Sera Gamble flipped the script for season four, Part 1, of the popular Netflix drama. The fourth installment of the series — which is broken into two parts, with the first five episodes now streaming — sees Joe Goldberg (Penn Badgley) go […]
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‘Uncoupled’ Revived at Showtime After Netflix Cancellation
The comedy series Uncoupled has found a new partner. About a month after Netflix canceled the comedy series starring Neil Patrick Harris, Showtime has revived the show with a second-season pickup. Uncoupled comes from MTV Entertainment Studios, which like Showtime is part of Paramount Global. The news also comes hours after another series — Ripley, based […]
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‘Avenue 5’ Canceled After Two Seasons on HBO
The crew and passengers of Avenue 5 won’t be returning to Earth. HBO has canceled the space-set comedy from Armando Iannucci after two seasons. The show’s second and now final season aired its finale on Nov. 28, with the ship saved from a disaster but a decidedly uncertain future. “Going to space with Armando Iannucci […]
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‘Ripley’ Series Moving From Showtime to Netflix
A long-gestating Showtime series based on Patricia Highsmith’s Tom Ripley novels will no longer air on Showtime. The drama, titled Ripley and starring Andrew Scott as the title character, is instead set to land at Netflix, pending details of a deal being finalized. The change comes as Showtime is set to merge with Paramount+ and […]
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Donald Glover’s Creepy ‘Swarm’ Trailer Creates Some Buzz
The first look at Donald Glover’s Swarm has arrived, and it’s sure to leave viewers buzzing with curiosity about the horror-thriller series. Amazon Studios released the teaser trailer for the Atlanta creator’s next TV show, which he co-created with Atlanta writer Janine Nabers. Swarm, which will first make its world premiere at the upcoming SXSW […]
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‘You’ Showrunner on Season 4 and the Future of the Netflix Hit
Welcome to the 201st episode 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, executives and other guests, and provide a critical guide of what to watch (or skip, as […]
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