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They brought a lot of intensity and action with this one. With a series of hits and Grey high on the list, The Rookie Season 4 Episode 15 was an hour that had us on the edge of our seats a great deal. It’s always nerve-wracking when they place characters like Grey in peril. And

EXCLUSIVE: Modern Family star Ariel Winter has been tapped as the lead of NBC’s multi-camera comedy series Hungry. She succeeds Demi Lovato who had been attached to the project for almost a year but stepped down from acting duties Thursday for scheduling reasons just as the pilot was about to start production. NBC remained high

The Film Independent Spirit Awards are set to take place Sunday at 5 p.m. ET/2 p.m. PT at the Baker Hanger in Santa Monica. The annual shindig honoring the best in indie film will air live on IFC and stream for subscribers on AMC+. This year’s show is also available for the first time at

Johnny Brown, who played housing project superintendent Nathan Bookman on the massively hit show “Good Times,” has died. Johnny’s daughter Sharon Catherine Brown tells TMZ, he was at his doctor’s office in L.A. Wednesday getting his pacemaker checked out, and shortly after he left he went into cardiac arrest and collapsed. He was taken to

A Univision-broadcast game between two Mexican soccer teams became something much more serious this evening. The match was suspended in the 62nd minute as fights began to break out among the 30,000-plus attendees. The melee soon spread to the field as fans chased each other, some with weapons, and families fled the chaos. There were

What a horrific tale! Sarah Drew’s Lisbeth lived a mother’s worst nightmare during Stolen By Their Father — a ripped from the headlines film executive produced by Elizabeth Smart. Lisbeth’s heartrending ordeal to get her daughters back was almost unbearable to watch. And the worst part about it all was knowing that actual events inspired

Steven Spielberg’s remake of West Side Story for 20th Century Studios and FX’s crime drama Snowfall claimed top honors at the Society Of Camera Operators Awards held virtually on Saturday night, with Mitch Dubin, SOC, and “B” Camera John “Buzz” Moyer, SOC taking home the award for Camera Operator of the Year in Film for their work on

‘Jeopardy!’ is getting ahead of any issues viewers might have with tonight’s episode that features a clue tying Russia and Ukraine together … saying it was recorded well before the current conflict in Europe. The show’s Twitter account posted a message Friday, hours before the show aired, that read, “Please note the clue in today’s

As Hollywood speeds through movie awards season and the world seems to move closer and closer to the geopolitical edge over Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, timing is again of the essence. On one level, that is very true on the small screen this week with our candidates for the show you have to watch

Blue Bloods is a rare find: a conservative-leaning show that appeals to viewers across the political spectrum. Its central premise is family, not politics. This family loves each other and has one another’s backs no matter what. Still, this show tends to lean center-right on any given issue, so its take on immigration reform during 

UPDATED from 6:28 p.m. story with quotes from IDA Awards winners and IDA executive director Rick Pérez: Flee and Summer of Soul divided honors at the 37th Annual IDA Awards tonight, with Flee claiming Best Feature Documentary, and Summer of Soul capturing three awards, including best director for Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson [full winners list below]. Flee, the

I have to tell you right up front: I may be too biased to do a fair review here. You see, I grew up an L.A. Lakers fan, smack dab in the middle of the “Showtime” era depicted in HBO’s new docudrama Winning Time (debuting this Sunday at 9/8c; I’ve seen the first four episodes).

NBCUniversal has ended its content deal with Hulu, re-routing Saturday Night Live and a number of other marquee titles to its own streaming service, Peacock. The shift, which is set to take effect in September, is not a surprise and comes after weeks of speculation. While it was not formally announced, it was confirmed to

Play video content TMZ.com Grace Franklin — 16-year-old granddaughter of Aretha Franklin — is opening up after not making it past the auditions on “American Idol” … a TV moment that’s shocked the country. Grace — joined by her dad and Aretha’s son, Kecalf — tells TMZ … in the moment of being rejected from

Studiocanal has boarded Another Round creator Thomas Vinterberg’s Families Like Ours, his first TV drama. Canal+/TV2 Denmark’s show reunites the Danish director with Lars Von Trier’s production company Zentropa, while Studiocanal distributed Mads Mikkelsen-starring Academy Award-winner Another Round. Studiocanal will co-produce and distribute Families Like Ours, which takes place in summertime Denmark where everything seems normal but is about to

When Wheatley decides to seek revenge, he goes all out. Holding all of New York hostage by taking over its power grid was extreme, though, especially since it seemed he did it all to mess with Stabler. Law & Order: Organized Crime Season 2 Episode 14 ended with Wheatley’s apparent death when Angela threw their

SPOILER ALERT: The story includes details about the Season 18 Episode 10 of Grey’s Anatomy, “Living in a House Divided.” In tonight’s Grey’s Anatomy, which marked series regular Richard Flood’s final episode on the show, Teddy continued her quest to find out what happened in the car after she left which she (rightfully so) suspected

UPDATED: The man arrested and charged in the shooting death of Jacqueline Avant, the philanthropist and wife of celebrated music executive Clarence Avant, changed his plea to guilty today. Aariel Maynor of Los Angeles, 30, pleaded guilty today to murder and other counts that could see him face up to 170 years to life when

The “Wheel of Fortune” contestant who missed what many consider the most obvious answer ever says the bright lights played a role in his historically unforgettable moment on the show. Christopher Coleman — one of the 3 ‘Wheel’ contestants who failed to solve …”ANOTHER FEATHER _N YO_R _A_” — tells TMZ … the pressure and

Disney+ has greenlit its debut Dutch scripted original, an adaptation of Simon de Waal’s Nemesis. Afterlife writer Willem Bosch and Van God Los’ Pieter Kuijpers will showrun the eight-parter which comes as Disney deepens its ties with European territories as it targets 60 international originals by 2024. The streamer has already commissioned multiple shows in

The title of The Conners Season 4 Episode 14 was suitable in so many ways as the entire family found themselves “Triggered” by a shooting at the local mall.  Yet, much like real life, every person involved reacted and coped in vastly different ways, and a tragic event that could have had the power to pull the

SPOILER ALERT: The following story reveals details of Wednesday’s episode of ABC’s The Conners.The family and their neighbors in Lanford were forced to deal with tragedy in Wednesday night’s episode of ABC’s The Conners in a storyline that echoes the experiences of too many communities across the U.S. In the episode, titled “Triggered,” when a shooting goes

Hulu has dropped the trailer for The Girl From Plainville, a drama starring Elle Fanning as Michelle Carter, the teenager at the center of 2014’s “texting-suicide” case. The Girl From Plainville, based on the Esquire article of the same name by Jesse Barron, is a limited series that explores Carter’s relationship with Conrad Roy III and

Play video content TMZ.com Brian Cox says Russian actors and entertainers should absolutely stand up to strongman Vladimir Putin over the Ukraine war … even if they risk their careers by speaking out. We got the “Succession” star Tuesday at LAX and asked if it is really worth it for celebrities in Mother Russia to

Fremantle International Bolsters Scripted Fremantle International has bolstered its scripted content team, promoting Rebecca Dundon to Senior Vice President, Scripted Content and bringing in former ITV Studios and BBC Studios exec Jill Kellie in the newly-created Director of Acquisitions, Scripted Content role, reporting into Dundon. Both will work on scripted programming for Fremantle International, with

It’s a spicy, or perhaps salty, round table, and we have a lot to discuss. After a heart-stopping cliffhanger, Grey’s Anatomy Season 18 Episode 9 was an hour that threw us some curveballs and mostly disappointed. Join Meaghan Frey, Jasmin Pettie, Jasmine Blu, and Joshua Johnson as they talk about it all. Did you have

UPDATE, 6:59 PM PT: Joe Biden drew several moments of bipartisan applause and cheering, including when he talked of a contentious issue on the right and left: Criminal justice reform. “We should all agree: The answer is not to defund the police. The answer is to fund the police with the resources and training they

Oscar and Emmy winner Barry Levinson has been tapped to direct David E. Kelley’s The Missing, Peacock’s eight-episode series based on Israeli crime writer Dror A. Mishani’s international bestselling novel The Missing File. Levinson will direct multiple episodes, including the first episode, and executive produce the series from Kelley, Keshet Studios and Universal Television Written

‘Zoey 101’ star Sean Flynn is preparing to walk down the aisle … and his wedding guest list includes a bunch of his old Nickelodeon castmates. Sean tells TMZ … he is tying the knot with his fiancée, Lyndsey, on Friday in Georgia and former ‘Zoey 101’ stars Chris Massey, Matt Underwood and Jack Salvatore