Seth Meyers used to hold the most appearances behind Saturday Night Live’s Weekend Update desk. The Late Night host left SNL with 154 appearances behind the desk but was surpassed by Colin Jost in October. He has now been pushed back into third place as tonight Michael Che became the second longest-tenured Weekend Update host
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On tonight’s episode of Saturday Night Live, former NFL player Peyton Manning stopped by the Weekend Update desk under the guise of discussing this weekend’s playoff games, but ended up spending most of his segment gushing about his obsession with the Netflix series Emily in Paris. After introducing the Hall of Fame quarterback and two-time Super
Dr. Oz drew on his medical background for a medical emergency at a political meeting … jumping in to help a man who fell unconscious. Sources close to the situation tell TMZ … Oz was next in line to speak at Saturday morning’s Pennsylvania Republican Caucus Meeting outside Pittsburgh when suddenly a state committee member
Netflix Co-CEO Reed Hastings bought $20 million shares of the streaming giant after a big drop in the stock price following quarterly earnings. The stock’s volatility — since recent financial results showed lighter than expected subscriber growth – is viewed as a buying opportunity by Hastings and others investors with faith in the long-term success
Action, comedy, drama, and little something in between. There’s a lot of excitement on the schedule this week, including premieres on Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon with Murderville, Pam & Tommy, and Reacher. Get ready to plan your schedule with what to watch this week! Saturday, January 29 8/7c Janet Jackson. (Lifetime) The conclusion of the
Saturday Night Live‘s Alex Moffat has joined Bill Lawrence’s Apple TV+ series Bad Monkey in a key recurring role opposite Vince Vaughn. Written and executive produced by Lawrence based on Carl Hiaasen’s popular 2013 novel, Bad Monkey tells the story of Andrew Yancy (Vaughn), a one-time detective demoted to restaurant inspector in Southern Florida. A
A tentative agreement has been reached for a new film and TV contract covering Hollywood’s Teamsters Local 399 and the Basic Crafts. The agreement was reached this evening, and the unions’ bargaining committee is unanimously recommending it for ratification. The deal, which covers union work in 13 Western states, must now be ratified by the
Play video content @tishacampbellmartin / Instagram Tisha Campbell is pissed off about a scary run-in with men she believes were sex traffickers, and she’s got a warning for any others in the town where she’s currently working. A source close to Tisha tells TMZ the incident went down in Brownsville, Texas, about 10 minutes from
EXCLUSIVE: Aaron Ashmore, a series regular on Netflix’s Locke & Key is moonlighting as a key recurring character on another Netflix series, YA drama Ginny & Georgia. Starring Brianne Howey and Antonia Gentry, the mother and daughter drama stars Gentry as angsty and awkward 15-year-old Ginny Miller, who often feels she doesn’t measure up to
Carisi’s family will expand on an upcoming episode of Law & Order: SVU. TV Line is reporting that Beverly D’Angelo has closed a deal with the NBC procedural to play Serafina Carisi, the mother of Dominick “Sonny” Carisi. The outlet teases that the big episode is set to air in March and will focus on
UK TV regulator Ofcom is to investigate Channel 4 over an extended outage to its subtitling, signing and audio description services last year that left millions unable to watch TV for several weeks. Following an incident at subtitling provider Red Bee Media’s facility, the network was without these services for around two months up until
Netflix was left out of an annual index of corporation’s inclusive policies and practices for LGBTQ+ workers, as the HRC Foundation cited how the company handled the release of the Dave Chappelle special The Closer. The Corporate Equality Index is an annual rating of hundreds of companies. “Given the harm experienced by transgender workers at
Play video content TMZ.com Chrishell Stause would love for her next boyfriend to be someone far from famous, but she says that’s a tall order at the moment … and she’s gonna need help from her friends. The “Selling Sunset” star joined us Thursday on “TMZ Live” and we asked how the dating life’s going
Apple topped Wall Street forecasts on just about all metrics for its latest fiscal first quarter earnings, with revenue of $123 billion (up 11%, an all time record), EPS of $2.10 (up from $1.68 the year earlier) and iPhone sales of $71.6 billion (vs $65.5 billion). The services sector, which includes AppleTV+, saw revenue of
CSI: Vegas is losing another star ahead of Season 2. TV Line is reporting that Mel Rodriguez will not be back as Chief Medical Examiner Hugo Ramirez on the CBS procedural. The outlet reports that a possible guest appearance is on the table. The news marks the third exit following the conclusion of CSI: Vegas
Greg Russo will bring his knowledge of adapting video games for screen to Binge, which has tapped the Mortal Kombat scribe to write and direct its upcoming live-action System Shock series. Set to stream exclusively on Binge.com, an an upcoming gaming entertainment streaming platform, System Shock is based on Nightdive Studios’ action video game franchise. The
MSNBC plans to move Stephanie Ruhle to the 11 PM slot, replacing Brian Williams, whose hosted The 11th Hour until his departure in December, according to network sources. Ruhle has been anchoring the 9 AM hour, and plans are for that time slot to be filled by an expanded edition of Morning Joe. Ruhle joined
Television Actor Morgan Stevens, who appeared in some iconic shows, passed away at his home Wednesday … TMZ has learned. A source close to Stevens says he hadn’t been seen or heard from in a few days, which is when a neighbor called authorities to do a wellness check. Police have confirmed with TMZ …
Fox has set spring premiere dates for the return of several shows including TV’s No. 1 unscripted hit and 9-1-1 and the debuts a domino-themed competition show. Season 7 of its smash The Masked Singer will bow at 8 p.m. Wednesday, March 9, followed by the series premiere of competition show Domino Masters. MasterChef Junior returns for
The success story that is Euphoria continues for HBO. The Zendaya drama hit new ratings highs with Euphoria Season 2 Episode 3 managing 3.6 million viewers across all HBO platforms, according to Deadline. These numbers mark a 41% increase on the record-setting Euphoria Season 2 Episode 2. Simply put, the show is growing and delivering
EXCLUSIVE: The Harlem Globetrotters have appointed former Nickelodeon exec Keith Dawkins as President as the iconic basketball franchise looks to push further into content. Parent company Herschend Enterprises has made the hire. The brand’s media division Herschend Entertainment Studios (HES) has to date produced shows including Chuggington and the PBS KIDS animated series Splash and Bubbles. Dawkins
On The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, he talks about President Joe Biden’s harsh words heard over the microphone. His comments were directed at a Fox journalist during a press conference at the White House. “After a year of holding his tongue in the face of criticism last night, he expressed his true feelings about
Jennie Nguyen has just gotten the boot from Bravo. The Real Housewives star will no longer be a cast member on the show … something folks have demanded, after some of her allegedly racist posts started making rounds on social media. In an Instagram post, the network acknowledged it failed to take action once some
Flula Borg, star of the Pitch Perfect movie franchise, is reuniting with the films’ Adam Devine in the TV spinoff, which has a straight-to-series order at Peacock. The series comes from Universal Television and is exec produced by Elizabeth Banks, who starred in and produced the films and directed the second movie. The show follows
The reason behind Netflix’s cancellation of Julie and the Phantoms is as mysterious as the show’s well-dressed villain. Why cancel a show with an audience score of 98% on Rotten Tomatoes and nearly a million loyal followers on Instagram? “Fantoms,” as the most devoted fans call themselves, are baffled and heartbroken. From renowned director Kenny
Former Channel 5 Director of Programmes Dawn Airey has been appointed Interim Chair of Channel 4 and will likely steer the network through the upcoming privatization decision. Airey joined the Channel 4 Board as Non-Executive Director late last year and her appointment today has been approved by UK Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries. She will replace
Queen Latifah breaks her silence about former her Equalizer co-star, Chris Noth. Back in December, two women came forward with detailed allegations of sexual assault – a decade apart – against the Sex and the City actor in a story in The Hollywood Reporter. The two woman accused Noth of Rape in LA in 2004 and New
Play video content ABC Amy Schneider is still making gameshow history on “Jeopardy!” … and she says the best part of her historic run is having the platform to rep the transgender community. Amy’s 38 game winning streak has made her the most successful woman ever on the show … and that means doing more
Whoopi Goldberg fired back at Bill Maher over comments he made in his Real Time monologue Friday evening that included “I don’t want to live in your paranoid world anymore — your masked, paranoid world.” Maher told Deadline more specifically last week, “I’m over Covid…I was never scared of it. I was always scared of
Cynthia Nixon is opening up about And Just Like That… making a big change to its upcoming finale. It was recently reported that Chris Noth had been removed from a pivotal scene set in Paris amid his ongoing sexual assault scandal. “I think we were very lucky that those changes were able to be made