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ABC took a look back at the past year with its two-hour retrospective The Year: 2021, which tied with multiple titles atop the primetime broadcast landscape Tuesday. Anchored by Robin Roberts, The Year: 2021 earned a 0.3 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 2.41 million viewers, per Nielsen fast affiliates. The annual ABC special revisited

Play video content The Image Direct William Shatner seems to have a safer trip flying in a humongous spaceship than he does driving a car on planet Earth — evidenced in the fact he got into a wreck cruising the streets of L.A. Captain Kirk was involved in an accident Tuesday in Studio City, which

Netflix’s original movie Red Notice and limited series True Story starring Kevin Hart and Wesley Snipes finished No. 1 and No. 2, respectively, in Nielsen’s overall SVOD streaming rankings in the U.S. for the week of November 22-28, which covered the Thanksgiving holiday. Red Notice, which Netflix already has told us was the streaming giant’s

So many of our favorite TV characters died in 2021 and affected us. That is good TV when it packs a punch and makes us cry. All of us at TV Fanatic listed which character deaths affected us in 2021. Scroll down to take a look at the list of emotional character deaths. Dean Miller

Los Angeles County reported 7,425 new cases of Covid and nine additional deaths on Monday. But those numbers were artificially low due to reporting delays from the holiday weekend. The region’s test positivity rate — which is considered a more accurate indication of infection spread because it is an average and also a percentage, rather

UPDATED with latest: The news that writer-director Jean-Marc Vallée died suddenly over the weekend at age 58 has spurred reactions from his homey country Canada to Hollywood and beyond. The Montreal-born filmmaker behind Dallas Buyers Club, which won Oscars for Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto, and Wild, which scored nominations for Reese Witherspoon and Laura

Play video content TMZSports.com Magic Johnson says he won’t be tuning in when HBO’s “Showtime” Lakers series comes out … telling TMZ Sports he’s “not looking forward to it.” “Winning Time: The Rise Of The Lakers Dynasty” — starring John C. Reilly, Sally Field and Jason Segel — is a highly-anticipated new drama series that

Jean-Marc Vallée has died suddenly at age 58. The Canadian writer, director, editor and producer won Emmy Awards and a DGA Award for Big Little Lies, and was Oscar nominated for directing Dallas Buyers Club, the film that won Oscars for both Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto. I am still gathering details, but can divulge

Desna has been making questionable moves in her quest to become a drug lord, which has caused tension between her and her longtime bestie Jenn. The descent of Dark Desna continued on Claws Season 4 Episode 3 and Claws Season 4 Episode 4. This new boss lady is managing to alienate everyone around her. The enduring charm of

The year 2021 was one of tumult in the news biz: Chris Cuomo fired, Brian Williams’ surprise exit, Chris Wallace bolting for a rival. And that is not even getting to the daily headlines about Tucker Carlson’s vaccine doubts and distortions, the “great replacement” theory or January 6th false flags. The past 12 months also

As another calendar year draws to a close, it’s time again for Deadline’s annual list of winter premiere dates for new and returning TV series. The list covers more than 250 broadcast, cable and streaming programs debuting from January 1 through March 31 and includes series and season/half-season debuts, shows’ return from hiatus and some

Iain Armitage is doing quite well for himself outside of his usual revenue stream as the child star of “Young Sheldon” — he earned another fat payday on his latest animated film. According to Iain’s minor’s contract — filed in L.A. Superior Court and obtained by TMZ — the 13-year-old actor made at least $100,000

SPOILER ALERT: This post contains details of the season finale of Disney+’s Hawkeye. Those who watched the Season 1 wrap of Disney+’s Hawkeye likely noticed a lack of the usual kind of MCU post-credits scene. Sure, there was that “Save the City” song from show’s fictitious Broadway musical, but now we know a different scene was produced

1. Joe – You The new series of You hasn’t even premiered yet, but we already know Joe, Will, or whatever he’s calling himself these days, is up to no good. He’s relocated to California, he’s hating on the very thing that makes California so great (Instagram influencers, specifically), and he’s pretending to be someone

A 19-year-old man bearing what police termed “an offensive weapon” was arrested Christmas morning on the grounds of Windsor Castle, the chief residence of Britain’s monarch, Queen Elizabeth II. The queen was on the premises at the time, celebrating the holiday with Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, according to multiple reports. The man

Starz has a Christmas gift for Outlander fans: A new clip from the upcoming Season Six. The clip features the swooning Jamie and Claire Fraser. “Sometimes I think you’re an angel, Claire,” pillow-talks Sam Heughan’s Jamie, with Claire (Caitriona Balfe) offering the perfect rejoinder, “Can an angel do this?” Guess the rest. The clip is the

Play video content TMZ.com “Outer Banks” star Chase Stokes seems to have moved on from Madelyn Cline … because he was partying it up with some buds Thursday night and clearly feeling no pain. Chase was at the Robinson Cafe & Cocktail Lounge in Orlando, Florida. The video was shot around 11:30 PM. Chase and

Thursday primetime led into Christmas Eve with a five-way tie between Young Sheldon, Fantasy Island, A Very Boy Band Holiday and more earning the night’s highest demo rating. With primetime programming grinding to a slow halt as networks switch out new episodes and live coverage for repeats and holiday titles, Thursday’s highest rating was a

We lost a lot of good shows this year. We also lost a lot of shows that were starting to become must-see TV. Now, we’re left with only the cliffhangers and the wasted potential. Scroll down to find out our picks for the TV cancellations we can’t get over.  Good Girls Good Girls deserved to

After a week of rising Covid cases in Los Angeles, the county’s daily count of new infections hit a high not seen in nearly a year. On Christmas Eve the region reported 9,988 new cases. The last time it saw a daily new cases count that high was mid-January 2021. On Tuesday of this week,

The past year has been a fantastic one for the world of formats, as offerings from developing content giants such as South Korea travel the world and innovative ideas pop up in all corners. Below, Deadline has identified five key formats to watch out for next year, which we could see replicated in many more

Play video content TMZ.com Mike Rowe says he’s delighted to relaunch “Dirty Jobs” series after a 10-year hiatus … this time, he plans to take on pandemic-related jobs. The TV host joined us on “TMZ Live” and talked about the journey to the show’s triumphant return. The series made a comeback earlier this year for

SPOILER ALERT: The following story contains details from the series finale of Apple TV+’s Dickinson. Apple TV+’s comedy series Dickinson tonight wrapped up its third and final season, with Emily Dickinson (Hailee Steinfeld) and her loved ones looking to the future. As the episode titled “This was a Poet -” opens, Emily is visited in

Ever since scoring a Season 2 renewal, the surprise announcement of a Fantasy Island Season 1 Holiday Special — comprised of  Fantasy Island Season 1 Episode 9 and Fantasy Island Season 1 Episode 10 — has been a mystery wrapped in an enigma. Would they carry on from Fantasy Island Season 1 Episode 8 and

UPDATE 12/23: LA County’s Public Health Department has updated their Covid Outbreak database to include 21 cases at WME’s Beverly Hills headquarters. The positive tests were produced last week, resulting in the agency closing the office, with employees working remotely for a couple of days until the start of agency’s holiday break this past Monday.

Sky Studios has signed a development deal with Be Water producer Dorothy Street Pictures to co-produce a slate of high-end series and feature docs mainly told from the female gaze. The projects that arise from the partnership will target Sky’s factual channels across Europe and Sky’s owner Comcast’s distributor NBCUniversal will take a first-look option for

Actor Alicia Witt‘s lost both of her parents in very mysterious circumstances — the couple was found dead in their home … but cops have no clear indication on how they passed. The ‘Walking Dead’ star says she asked a relative to check on her folks — Robert and Diane, who are 87 and 75,

The actor who played Buzz McCallister, the older brother of Macaulay Culkin’s character in Home Alone and Home Alone 2 was arrested earlier this month while in Oklahoma for a fan convention, according to local news reports. Devin Ratray, now 44, was in Oklahoma City in early December for an appearance at OKC Pop Christmas

2021 was a great year for TV. There was some great programming to get us through a difficult year. But there were also some terrible returning dramas that squandered excellent opportunities to tell good storylines. We spoke to the entire TV Fanatic staff to get insight into what worked and didn’t work for returning dramas