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‘WWE NXT’ Moving to The CW From USA in 2024
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‘The Circus’ Ending After Eight Seasons on Showtime
The political docuseries will air its final episode on Nov. 12.
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A ‘Real Housewives’ Novice Spends 52 Hours at BravoCon
Everything is for sale and everyone seems game for a selfie — but if you want to steal a moment with enigmatic 'Below Deck' star "Captain Jason," you're really going to have to work for it.
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‘WWE NXT’ Moving to The CW From USA in 2024
The WWE is keeping a weekly spot on broadcast television in its next round of media rights deals. WWE NXT, the weekly showcase for up-and-coming wrestlers, is set to move from USA Network to The CW in October 2024. The move follows that of WWE Smackdown, which will depart Fox for USA at the same […]
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‘The Circus’ Ending After Eight Seasons on Showtime
Showtime is pulling down its Circus tent. The Nov. 12 episode of The Circus, the political docu-series fronted by John Heilemann, Mark McKinnon and Jennifer Palmieri, will be the show’s last. Launched in 2016 to follow that year’s presidential campaign, The Circus ran for eight seasons and 130 episodes as it chronicled the ins and […]
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A ‘Real Housewives’ Novice Spends 52 Hours at BravoCon
“Oh, honey, what are you doing here?” This is the response, delivered in a “bless your heart” drawl, from a Memphis woman when I reveal that Top Chef is my preferred Bravo series. “That’s Bravo light,” she scoffs. “You’re not going to find any of that this weekend.” Her visible concern starts to subside when […]
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‘Reacher’ Goes Big in Season 2 Trailer
Jack Reacher’s past catches up to him — and a lot of things blow up — in the trailer for season two of Reacher. Along with the trailer, Amazon’s Prime Video has set a Dec. 15 premiere date for the show’s second season. Unlike the first, which debuted all at once, season two of Reacher will roll […]
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How ‘Blue Eye Samurai’s’ Exploration of Mixed Race Identity Helps It “Break All of the Boxes” in Animated Storytelling
Ahead of the Blue Eye Samurai’s debut last Friday, co-creator, executive producer and co-writer Amber Noizumi revealed the deeply personal inspiration for the adult animated tale of revenge set in a 17th century Japan and starring a mixed-race master of the sword. The concept was conceived 15 years ago, after the birth of Noizumi and […]
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‘Upload’ Director on Filming That Meeting of Nathans and AI Guy’s Real World Test Run
[This story contains spoilers for Upload season three, episode five, “Rescue Mission.”] For Dave Rogers’ turn in the season three Upload directors chair, it was all about perspective. The episode sees downloaded Nathan (Robbie Amell) and backup Nathan meeting for the first time in the Gray Zone, the duo working together to get Luke (Kevin […]
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Taylor Swift Episode of ‘Dancing With the Stars’ Announced
Dancing With the Stars will have a Taylor Swift-themed episode this month. “A Celebration of Taylor Swift” will see contestants tackling the Grammy-winning megastar’s songs and dance moves. In the episode airing Tuesday, Nov. 21, the six remaining couples will compete to selections from Swift’s catalog. Longtime Dancing choreographer and the lead choreographer of Swift’s […]
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‘Saturday Night Live’: All the Season 49 Hosts and Musical Guests
After a shortened 2022-23 season, Saturday Night Live returned a bit later than usual to kick off its 2023-24 run. The writers strike affected both the end of last season and the start of season 49; the end of the labor action on Sept. 25 meant a mid-October start for SNL — with former castmember Pete […]
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Jason Momoa to Host ‘SNL’ Ahead of ‘Aquaman 2’ Release
Jason Momoa is returning to Studio 8H to host Saturday Night Live. The Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom star will host the late-night sketch series on Nov. 18. The show will mark Momoa’s second hosting gig on SNL, where he’ll be joined by musical guest Tate McRae. The move comes as Momoa readies to promote […]
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Duffer Brothers and ‘Stranger Things: The First Shadow’ Team Tease Henry Creel Origins in Stage Play
Stranger Things: The First Shadow — the stage play based on the hit Netflix series — promises to be a “cinematic” experience that lays the groundwork for the series biggest villain, Henry Creel. In a new three-minute featurette released Monday for the streamer’s annual “Stranger Things Day” (the annual event marks the day when Will […]
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‘The Bear’ Renewed for Season 3
FX is firing up the burners. The Disney-owned cable network has handed out a third-season renewal for its critically acclaimed comedy series The Bear. The behind-the-scenes story on a restaurant and its staff, from creator Christopher Storer, will return in 2024. “The Bear, which wowed audiences in its first season only to achieve even greater […]
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‘Stranger Things’: What We Know About the Final Season
[This story includes major spoilers for all four seasons of Stranger Things.] After seven years, Stranger Things is readying to say goodbye. And on Nov. 6 — Netflix’s annual Stranger Things Day — what better way to mark the notable date in the world of the Upside Down than by cataloguing everything we know about […]
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Ramona Singer Goes Unmentioned by Castmates During Former ‘Real Housewives of New York’ BravoCon Panel
If anyone was going to have something substantive to say about Bethenny Frankel’s current campaign against Bravo and the Real Housewives franchise, it was going to be her former Real Housewives of New York castmates. But when asked about the Frankel’s attempted “takedown” of the franchise by a fan during a panel for Ultimate Girls […]
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Shade and Loathing at BravoCon: Boos for Sandoval and a Skosh of Diplomacy When ‘Vanderpump Rules’ Cast Assembles
Coachella planners would never casually drop Ariana Grande on a Friday afternoon, so it was unexpected (and, perhaps, a bit of a relief?) that BravoCon scheduled the cast of Vanderpump Rules just a few hours into day one. The panel marked the first time the group spoke in a public forum since that contentious, three-part […]
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Ryan Murphy’s ‘American Sports Story’ Finds Its Aaron Hernandez
FX’s upcoming anthology American Sports Story has found its Aaron Hernandez. Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes star Josh Andrés Rivera has been tapped to portray the embattled former NFL star in the anthology series from executive producer Ryan Murphy. The series, first announced in August 2021, will expand Murphy’s American franchise to […]
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Shade and Loathing at BravoCon: Andy Cohen Addresses “Reality Reckoning,” Bethenny Frankel During First Panel
It was exactly 33 minutes into the first panel on the first day of BravoCon 2023 when Andy Cohen was asked about the current “reality reckoning” and the campaign against Bravo (and other networks’) treatment of talent led by former Real Housewives star Bethenny Frankel. A schoolchildren’s chorus of “oooohs” came from the thousands-strong crowd […]
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