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Barry Melrose, who coached the Wayne Gretzky-led Los Angeles Kings team that helped put the NHL and hockey on the map in the U.S., and who later became ESPN‘s signature hockey analyst for almost two decades, died Wednesday. He was 70. Melrose retired from ESPN after an almost two-decade broadcasting career after he revealed just

Surely, many of you are as excited as I am about NCIS: Origins returning. The shortened season isn’t anything I’m particularly thrilled about, but I’ll also take any NCIS: Origins that I can get, and that’s particularly the case as the new season promises everything from Gibbs and Lala’s secret romance to a diverging present-day

Larry McMurtry’s classic Lonesome Dove novel is returning to television as a Netflix series. The streamer has greenlighted the Western drama from Zoe Kazan and Jeb Stuart, co-showrunners of Netflix’s upcoming East of Eden limited series, and Teton Ridge Entertainment. Independent studio Teton Ridge Entertainment, which focuses on American West stories, announced in February that it

I love medical dramas, but there’s one trope I dread that keeps popping up. Every medical drama has at least one episode per season where a doctor or group of doctors is held hostage because someone needs medical care. This would be dramatic if it were rare, but it happens multiple times a season on

As Adults fans await a Season 3 renewal, the roommates could be getting a new neighbor if the hit FX series returns. Malik Elassal, who stars as Samir in the Queens-set Gen Z sitcom, nominated NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani to make a cameo, noting “I feel like we could make this happen” to get the

Dutton Ranch Season 2 already has fans sweating, and we’re not exclusively talking about the good kind of nervous. Paramount+ renewed the Yellowstone spinoff after a monster launch, pulling 12.9 million global views in its first seven days. The streamer called it the biggest original series debut in Paramount+ history, so yeah, the pressure is

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Richard Osman has apparently let slip that The Celebrity Traitors will return to the BBC this month. Speaking on-stage during a live episode of The Rest Is Entertainment podcast in London, Osman told the audience that The Celebrity Traitors will premiere on September 23. Osman and co-host Marina Hyde were interviewing special guest Joe Marler,

Mariska Hargitay is warming up to host the televised Primetime Emmy Awards in the best way imaginable – by winning two Emmys for her documentary My Mom Jayne. The HBO film in which Hargitay explores the life and career of her late mother, the actress Jayne Mansfield, as well as a mystery over Mariska’s biological

It’s that time again — Saturday mornings are for The Weekend Read. If you missed some of our meatier features from the past week, fear not, here’s a selection of them all in one spot. This time we’re going back to the ’80s with Deadline columnist Baz Bamigboye as he reveals some of his tabloid

Republicans have landed a legal victory over campaign TV ad pricing ahead of the midterm elections. On Friday, the Supreme Court granted the GOP an emergency appeal, which is supported by the Trump administration, temporarily halting a lower-court’s ruling in favor of Democrats that discounted broadcast ad spots should be limited to candidates, the Associated

EXCLUSIVE: The headline-making documentary that examined the DNA of Adolf Hitler is finally coming to U.S. TV. History will show Hitler’s DNA on September 7. The UK-produced doc claimed to reveal the dictator suffered from a form of Kallmann Syndrome, which affects how sexual organs develop. It also seemingly debunked any notion that Hitler had

Critic’s Rating: 4 / 5.0 4 One of my weirdest fears is that someone will get the power to read my mind, and Stuart Fails to Save the Universe Season 1 Episode 7 delves into why that is. Nothing is sacred anymore. All those weird thoughts everyone gets suddenly become audible to the world. (Colin

MS NOW is expanding its partnership with Crooked Media, bringing political comedy show Lovett or Leave It to its Saturday lineup beginning September 12.  The limited series will air in the lead-up to the 2026 midterm elections, on Saturdays at 11 p.m. ET following Crooked on MS NOW. That weekly compilation show, featuring segments from Crooked Media’s

Critic’s Rating: 2 / 5.0 2 Now would be a good time for me to admit that I’m not a fan of slashers. I find them to be the bottom of the barrel of horror because most don’t have anything solid to grasp onto. It’s just loud noises and blood. (FX) So I haven’t been

EXCLUSIVE: Less than a month after The Roost relaunched as Podium, the Night-owned company has signed four creator-led podcasts. Bite Back with Abbey Sharp, Commander at Home, Stan Wars and Love, Lex P have joined the likes of This Past Weekend with Theo Von, Sam & Colby Reacts, The Yard, Weekly Teacap with Kristi Cook,

The official teaser for Tulsa King Season 4 has arrived, and it’s full of strutting mobsters and violence, just like we want! The series will make its triumphant return to Paramount+ on October 14, and, as we have since the beginning, we’ll be dissecting every episode. Are we ready? Hell, yeah. We’re ready! (Steve Swisher/Paramount+)

Coverage of Lindsay Clancy’s triple-murder trial went full screen on cable news Tuesday as the jury announced they were deadlocked after several days of deliberations. One day after a guilty verdict was reached in the highly covered Tupac Shakur murder trial in a Las Vegas court, a Massachusetts panel of nine women and three men

Critic’s Rating: 4 / 5.0 4 All American has only a few episodes left before the series concludes. It ramped up the stakes when Olivia went into labor several weeks early, at the same time as the football showcase. Many fans predicted this weeks ago because that predicament would test Jordan, Cassius, and KJ in

MS NOW will debut its newest weekend show The Assignment With Antonia Hyltonon Saturday, Sept. 12. The broadcast, based in New York, will air on Saturday and Sunday from 1 pm to 4 pm helmed by the network’s award-winning journalist and reporter Antonia Hylton with the latest political and cultural headlines and discussions from top lawmakers

Critic’s Rating: 3.5 / 5.0 3.5 I’m always up for seeing ensemble characters have independent adventures. It’s smart to remind them and the audience that every character can succeed on their own if forced to. While Charlie doesn’t often get to solve magical dilemmas, it not improbable that when adventure calls, she answers. (Courtesy of

With Season 2 of her namesake series now available to stream on Netflix, Leanne Morgan is praising her writers for capturing her Southern voice. The Leanne star recently discussed the culture shock of relocating from Tennessee to Los Angeles to film the sitcom, noting that she was worried her writers room would “stereotype the South

The Big Brother gods gave us a little treat this weekend. After the 1,000th-episode extravaganza, Julie Chen Moonves introduced an unprecedented twist, while also informing us that live feeds would be unavailable until after Sunday night’s episode. But that doesn’t seem to be the case because feeds are back, baby! And there’s a lot to

As Dolly Parton leaves behind an untouchable legacy, Bill Maher went for an easy boob joke in his on-air tribute. On Friday’s episode of Real Time, the comedian mentioned the 11x Grammy-winning Queen of Country’s death at age 80 this week in his opening monologue, before making a quip about her signature busty appearance. “All

Critic’s Rating: 4.1 / 5.0 4.1 Do you know that discourse about whether or women should choose the man or the bear? Well, switch “bear” out with “storm,” and the answer remains the same. One simple camping trip out with friends can turn into something out of a horror movie if your man-picker is broken.

Apple TV is the latest streamer to raise rates, announcing this morning that the monthly subscription price for the service will increase in the U.S. for new and existing subscribers as of August 28. The new monthly price is now $14.99 (from $12.99) and the annual price is now $119 (from $99). Existing subscribers will

Critic’s Rating: 4.2 / 5.0 4.2 I think when we get to any show that involves one person tasked with saving the world, there are questions about whether the right person has been chosen. Stuart Fails to Save the Universe certainly fits the bill for that method of thinking. The Big Bang Theory character was

Peter Cullen, the Canadian voice actor who voiced Optimus Prime in the original 1980s Transformers animated series, later reprised the role in the film and TV franchises and also voiced Eeyore in the Winnie the Pooh franchise, among many others, has died. He was 85. His family told TMZ Cullen died Wednesday in Los Angeles but did not provide

Critic’s Rating: 4.2 / 5.0 4.2 From the very beginning, Eva has refused to believe that Brice is dead on The Ark Season 3. Finally, people have been willing to listen to her. Of course, this time she had enough to back up her theories. As a small team headed back to Ross-128, Felix found

Netflix has refused to deny that Meghan Markle is joining Season 3 of The Gentlemen amid fevered speculation about the Duchess of Sussex returning to acting. Speaking at the Edinburgh TV Festival on Wednesday, Manda Levin, Netflix’s scripted chief in the UK, was asked whether Markle will appear in The Gentlemen. “All bets are off,”