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Surprising pretty much no one, FX has decided to continue its relationship with rising superstar Donald Glover and his critically beloved dramedy series Atlanta. The network announced today that it’s just renewed Atlanta for a third season of rap, love, weirdness, and the occasional dip into outright horror. For the uninitiated, the series stars Glover as Earn Marks, […]

“Judge Judy” topped the May sweeps syndication ratings for the ninth consecutive year, with this year marking the show’s widest margin of victory in eight years. “Judge Judy” averaged a 7.1 household rating for the time period of April 26 – May 23. It’s nearest competition was “Family Feud,” which averaged a 6.2 in the same period. “Dr. […]

Temptation Island is returning to U.S. television. The controversial series aired on Fox from 2001-2003 and entailed couples agreeing to live with several singles of the opposite sex in order to test their relationships. No networks have been specifically announced. Banijay Group CEO Marco Bassetti announced the revival during the Reelscreen West 2018 confab keynote in Santa Monica today. Earlier […]

Did Roseanne Barr just hint that this ugly chapter of her comedy may have a happy ending? After vowing to stay off Twitter in the wake of Roseanne‘s cancellation, the 65-year-old comedian returned to social media to not only encourage her followers to vote in today’s election but to say “I’m making restitution for the pain […]

On Monday, Fox News ran a segment on the NFL national anthem protest which included misleading footage of Philadelphia Eagles players kneeling in prayer. The segment from “Fox News @ Night” anchor Shannon Bream was used to bolster President Trump’s decision to cancel a planned event with Eagles players at the White House today. “The […]

Movie mogul Harvey Weinstein pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to charges of rape and sexual assault, his lawyer said, in the first cases involving the disgraced producer to be tested in criminal court since scores of accusers emerged last year. More than 70 women have accused the Miramax film studio’s co-founder of sexual misconduct, including […]

The Miss America Organization is dropping the swimsuit competition from its nationally televised broadcast, saying it will no longer judge contestants on their appearance. Gretchen Carlson, a former Miss America who is head of the organization’s board of trustees, made the announcement Tuesday on “Good Morning America.” JUST IN: "We will no longer judge our […]

MGM is near a deal with Reese Witherspoon to reprise her role as the precocious, idealistic Elle Woods in Legally Blonde 3, and they’ve brought back most of the creative team from the first film. The pic is coming together quickly. Kirsten “Kiwi” Smith and Karen McCullah, who adapted the Amanda Brown novel for the 2001 first film, are in […]

The woman at the center of Bill Cosby’s conviction, Andrea Constand, says that, although its taken years, she’s forgiven Bill Cosby for the 2004 drugging and indecent assault that he was convicted of in April. “I forgave Bill Cosby for what he did to me, she said on NBC’s Dateline on Friday night, noting that […]

Jim Parsons, star of the long-running sitcom “The Big Bang Theory,” says he couldn’t imagine what caused comedian Roseanne Barr to fire off the racist tweet that led to her hit show’s termination. “How and why? That was really my only reaction to it,” Parsons said on CNN’s “The Van Jones Show,” which airs at […]

Kelsey Grammer has been cast in the upcoming Fox drama “Proven Innocent,” Varietyhas confirmed. He takes over the role of Gore Bellows, played in the pilot by Brian D’Arcy James. The character is described as a tough-on-crime state’s attorney who goes up against the underdog legal team that is at the center of the series. The producers of the series […]

Writer/director Brian De Palma is planning a new horror movie about a sexual predator inspired by Harvey Weinstein. In an interview with French publication Le Parisien, the director whose horror and suspense credits include Carrie, Dressed to Kill and Blow Out, said he is currently writing a screenplay about the scandal for an unnamed French producer. “My character won’t be […]

ABC is reportedly looking into rebooting “Roseanne,” but this time the series will be focused on Sara Gilbert. According to TMZ, ABC is seeing if there is a possibility of “re-branding the show and focusing on” Gilbert’s character, Darlene Conner, rather than Roseanne. Fox News has reached out to ABC for comment. TMZ reports that Gilbert […]

NBC has put in development horror drama Cul-De-Sac from Scream: The TV Serieswriter Brian Sieve, director Larysa Kondracki (The Fix), Blumhouse Television and Universal Television. Blumhouse Television, the small screen arm of Jason Blum’s Blumhouse Productions, is behind the series, along with Universal Television. The pilot is being written by Brian Sieve (Scream: The TV Series) and directed by Larysa Kondracki (Legion, Gotham). The story follows […]

President Donald Trump met with Kim Kardashian West on Wednesday. “Great meeting with @KimKardashian today,” Trump tweeted, along with a picture of the two, “talked about prison reform and sentencing.” The meeting was set up by Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner, who as a top White House adviser has made prison reform one of his major priorities. It came after […]

When Reese Witherspoon was 17, she had already appeared in four films. Still, she took an unlikely part-time job, as an intern in Disney’s post-production department. “I wanted to learn about editing, visual correction, and sound mixing,” she tells me 25 years later. Not long after, she worked as a production assistant on the 1995 […]

Hollywood actor and Russian citizenSteven Seagal has launched a sports promotion company in Russia to produce a live fight show. Zhara Fight, with Seagal at the helm as president, will promote live events featuring MMA and other fighters from various countries. The inaugural show is scheduled for May 30 at one of Moscow’s most popular venues, […]

Does ABC’s decision to cancel Roseanne, in the wake of a racist tweet Tuesday morning by executive producer/star Roseanne Barr, also cancel its Emmy prospects? The answer appears to be yes. The Alphabet network is suspending its FYC campaign on behalf of the show, The Hollywood Reporter has exclusively learned. The first visible evidence of this will come on Sunday, […]