Television

The television business has a habit of repeating itself. Five years after NBC Entertainment and Universal Television were separated in a realignment that combined all NBCUniversal TV production divisions into Universal Studio Group, the broadcast network and studio are back together — along with the rest of USG — under one creative executive, USG chairman

Your patience is being rewarded. It’s time for more margarita nights in Serenity. Sweet Magnolias Season 4 will be released on Netflix on February 6. Sweet Magnolias’s third Season was the weakest, so Netflix must improve the narrative. Hopefully, it listened to the fans and repaired several relationships. This trailer gives us some hope. (Netflix/Screenshot)

Israel has selected a survivor of the deadly October 7 Hamas attack to represent the nation at Eurovision this year. Yuval Raphael, who has spoken about how she hid under dead bodies inside a bomb shelter for eight hours at the Nova music festival on that fateful day, won the HaKokhav HaBa (The Next Star) Israeli

Critic’s Rating: 3.5 / 5.0 3.5 Way to be depressing, Chicago Med! I guess I should have expected this one to be painful, considering it was called “Broken Hearts,” but I wasn’t ready for so much death in one episode. Two patients died, Maggie broke up with Loren, and Hannah’s sister attempted to manipulate Hannah

EXCLUSIVE: Invisible Boys, Stan’s emotion-driven drama about the facets of gay sexuality that are often overlooked, now has a release sate and a trailer. The series will launch on the Australian streamer on February 13, starring emerging Australian talent Joseph Zada (East of Eden), Aydan Calafiore (The Voice 2018), Zach Blampied (New Gold Mountain) and Joe Klocek (Territory), alongside Pia Miranda (Windcatcher) and David Lyons (Truth

Critic’s Rating: 4.3 / 5.0 4.3 It isn’t easy to return to the basics when you’ve been on top for so long.  Amy started her first day back at Westside during Doc Season 1 Episode 3, and it would’ve been silly of us to expect that there would be smooth sailing.  However, despite some bumps,

The Mediapro Studio has added an Apple TV+ exec to its burgeoning ranks in the North America. Francesca Ricagni has been named Head of U.S. Hispanic Content at the Hard Truths and Official Competition company, which is headquartered in Spain but launched an L.A. base last year. She was previously Creative Executive at Apple TV+

Critic’s Rating: 2.8 / 5.0 2.8 I don’t know if any show that premiered this television season has been harder to figure out than Rescue: HI-Surf. There’s a decent show in there, and we get flashes of it when they lean into the action and even when they choose the right moments to focus on

It’s game, set and match to Novak Djovokic. The Serbian tennis ace has received and “acknowledged” an apology from Australian broadcaster Channel Nine over comments made by its reporter, Toby Jones. Djovokic had boycotted an on-court interview after his third-round victory at the Australian Open in Melbourne this week. This was after Jones had chanted,

Critic’s Rating: 3.8 / 5.0 3.8 Some mysteries and secrets keep the romance alive, but other times, it can drive your partner insane. That type of secret was the case in When Calls the Heart Season 12 Episode 3, as Rosemary grew more worried about what Lee was hiding. Rosemary seemed annoying while she snooped,

SNL on Saturday took aim at Pop The Balloon Or Find Love, the popular dating show format from You Tube and TikTok that’s spawned memes and gone viral with its love connections gone wrong. For the uninitiated, the format features a bevy of singles holding a balloon they will pop if they don’t like the

Days of Our Lives spoilers for the week of 1-20-25 promise movement on a very obvious love triangle. From the moment Brady declared he was done with Kristen forever, I knew it was a matter of time before he reversed course. Sure enough, his daughter’s disappearance will push him into Kristen’s arms… but also into

With The Night Agent returning for its sophomore season, fans can expect plenty more “night action” from its star. Ahead of Season 2 of the conspiracy thriller series, which returns Jan. 23 to Netflix, star Gabriel Basso opened up about taking hits and doing his own stunts as FBI agent Peter Sutherland. “I think that

Critic’s Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 4.5 If you are one of the fans who dislikes a faster pace, then The Way Home Season 3 Episode 3 might not have been for you. But if you’re like thousands of others whose spirits soar at the idea of time travel and where this immersive human puzzle might

Drug boss series, biopics, a Kiwi skateboarding drama and a smorgasbord of period pieces are set for the upcoming Berlinale Co-Production Market. The line-up for this year’s Co-Pro Series pitch event, held during the Berlin Film Festival, features projects from Brazil, Canada, New Zealand, the U.S. and from across Europe. The realities of financing premium

Critic’s Rating: 4.25 / 5.0 4.25 It’s another hour in the emergency department on The Pitt Season 1 Episode 3, and it helps you see how the season’s storytelling will unfold. New patients may come and go, but we’re paying closer attention to some of the worst the system deals with, whether they’re agonizingly sad,

Webtoon Entertainment‘s Japanese subsidiary, LINE Digital Frontier, unveiled its strategic investment in Japanese webcomic and manga studio No. 9. The deal marks Webtoon Entertainment’s first investment in a Japanese studio. Webtoon is owned by South Korea’s Naver Corporation. Webtoon said in a statement that this minority stake in No. 9 will help to “boost Webtoon

We all know the concept of adapting or dying.  Television as a medium has been forced to do that for decades, and with the introduction of streaming and its subsequent upswing since then, it’s been a difficult path for network television.  The irony isn’t lost when you consider that most of a streamer’s content isn’t

Isabella Bucceri (Finally Me, Everything in Between), Nukâka Coster-Waldau (Thin Ice, Anori), Salóme Gunnarsdóttir (The Lazarus Project, Justice League), Björn Landberg (Galileo Mystery, Unter uns), and Synnøve Macody Lund (Ragnarok, Saw X) have joined the cast of Prime Video‘s fantasy epic series The Wheel of Time, starring Rosamund Pike, Madeleine Madden and Josha Stradowski. Bucceri plays Faile

Critic’s Rating: 4.2 / 5.0 4.2 There are so many emotions with Doc.  The series is a total “Feels” fest, and it manages those emotions so well during Doc Season 1 Episode 2.  The second installment builds on the foundation of the Doc series premiere and settles nicely into itself. It makes it easy to

Tony Slattery, the comedian and actor best known for his improvizations on hit comedy show Whose Line Is It Anyway?, died today following a heart attack two days’ ago. He was 65. Slattery’s family confirmed his death to the BBC. A statement on behalf of his partner Mark Michael Hutchinson said: “It is with great

There are so many pivotal elements that go into nailing a successful show, and one of those is having likable characters. Luckily, NCIS: Origins has plenty to work with in Mike Franks.   Don’t get me wrong, because I am the unofficial leader of the “Mary Jo Fan Club,” but Mike Franks is something else.   Since

In anticipation of the 50th anniversary of Saturday Night Live, NBC is launching an immersive, Studio-8H-inspired experience to give fans the chance to feel what it’s like to host the iconic comedy showcase. For half a century of Saturday nights, audiences have tuned in and imagined what it’s like to step into the host’s shoes

Critic’s Rating: 4.2 / 5.0 4.2 When Calls the Heart has returned to basics this season, focusing on integrating the younger generation into stories and character-rich story arcs. The children’s obsession with comics was central to When Calls the Heart Season 12 Episode 2, as Elizabeth tried to find other lessons to excite her students.

US singer Macy Gray was branded a “sore loser” by TV viewers Saturday evening after she stormed off stage during her unveiling in The Masked Singer. Gray – disguised as ‘Toad in the Hole’ – lost out in the elimination round of the competition in the UK version of the hit show. The audience had

It’s a lot to ask of a teenager to stay in a relationship with a boy who is having a baby with another girl. It’s doubly hard when the girl in question is Sophia. Holly’s ex-BFF has done nothing but cause trouble for Holly and Tate. It’s unsurprising that Days of Our Lives spoilers for

Essex College is back in session with new shenanigans and chaos for the four roommates Kimberly Finkle (Pauline Chalamet), Bela Malhotra (Amrit Kaur), Leighton Murray (Reneé Rapp) and Whitney Chase (Alyah Chanelle Scott). Sophomore year presents an endless array of parties and other events to attend at Essex, which means plenty of opportunities for needle

Critic’s Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 4.5 Do you ever wonder if maybe you’re just ornery when it comes to characters on TV? The Way Home Season 3 Episode 2 just introduced Colton, Del, and Evelyn, among others, from the 1970s, and I’m immediately drawn to and rooting for Evelyn. Evelyn (Evie), of all people! (©2024

From red carpets to resident aliens and driving ranges, NBCUniversal’s SpinCo has given its first indication what its programming strategy might look like with the hire of Val Boreland as President of Entertainment. Boreland will oversee programming for cable networks including USA Network, CNBC, MSNBC, Oxygen, E!, SyFy and Golf Channel as the Comcast-owned company

WWE made its long-awaited transition to Netflix, and it was three hours of soapy wrestling goodness if that’s something you’re into. While it was light on the actual wrestling, it was heavy on the nostalgia and even heavier on the fun. It decided to forgo the typical RAW product and deliver something more on par