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Did you ever wonder how Kana Stark became THEE Kanan Stark? Love him or hate him, Kanan Stark IS Power. He’s as important to the overall narrative of the series as Ghost or Tommy or Angela because without him, their story never even takes place. Hot off the success of Power Book II: Ghost, the

Health officers in seven Bay Area counties have asked residents to return to masking in public as Covid-19 numbers surge across the state. On Friday afternoon, the health departments of the counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Sonoma, and the City of Berkeley recommended that “everyone, regardless of vaccination

Kasie Hunt closed MSNBC’s Way Too Early on Friday by announcing her departure. “This is going to be my final broadcast will all of you,” Hunt said, adding that she would have more on her next adventure “in the next few weeks.” She also indicated that she was leaving the network altogether. “I just want

Millie Bobby Brown‘s ex is apologizing for talking about their relationship in a live stream … he says he was drunk and, rather than ramble on, should’ve shut his mouth. TikTok star Hunter Echo just explained his side of the controversial live stream … saying he was drinking and responded to negative comments the wrong

Nielsen said Thursday that Manifest on Netflix ran away as the most streamed program for the week of June 14-20 — the same week it was canceled by NBC after three seasons. The cult hit sci-fi drama drew almost 2.5 billion viewing minutes for the two seasons currently available on the streamer that week, swamping

If you’re looking for a new supernatural series to sink your teeth into, Syfy’s got one for you. Tim Rozon stars as Luke Roman, a specialized real estate agent on SurrealEstate. The series will also reunite him with his on-screen Schitt’s Creek girlfriend, Sarah Levy, which is sure to get some attention from those loyal

Brooklyn Nine-Nine is gearing up for its eighth and final season with key art celebrating the NBC sitcom. On Wednesday, the show’s official Twitter account dropped an image touting the entire Brooklyn Nine-Nine family, from Andy Samberg’s Jake Peralta to Andre Braugher’s Captain Holt and his beloved corgi, Cheddar. “Hop in. Season 8 is going

Play video content The Poopies Channel To say the “Jackass” star known as “Poopies” had a crappy time filming a “Shark Week” special is a huge understatement — a shark attacked him, and although he survived … it’s taken a huge emotional toll. Sean McInerney got bit while attempting a dangerous stunt — a wakeboard

ViacomCBS and Charter Communications, the No. 2 U.S. cable operator, have struck a new multi-year carriage deal that includes distribution for streaming services. The agreement covers linear networks, and streaming outlets like Paramount+, Pluto TV, BET+ and Noggin are earmarked for “future distribution to Spectrum customers,” a press release said. (Spectrum is Charter’s consumer cable

Just when we thought we could let out a collective sigh of relief that Murphy is no longer alone, the shit has hit the fan again. You got to love this show. During In The Dark Season 3 Episode 4, we got Murphy and Felix’s awkward reunion, Darnell coming through as he always does, and Murphy

The Tokyo Olympics Opening Ceremony will be broadcast live on Friday, July 23 by NBC across all time zones. The network’s coverage starts at 6:55 a.m. ET/3:55 a.m. PT. It will also be streamed live on the NBC Sports app and on NBCOlympics.com. NBC Olympics will be creating a full day of Olympic programming on

Game of Thrones star Peter Dinklage is ramping up the television side of his production company with a first-look deal with eOne. Estuary Films, which Dinklage runs with David Ginsberg, has struck a multi-year deal with the Sharp Objects producer to develop TV series for broadcast, cable, and streaming. Brad Saunders, Head of Television and a former

Play video content TMZ.com ‘Ned’s Declassified’ star Lindsey Shaw got sound advice from her “one Black friend” about how to handle her TikTok backlash for seemingly mocking Black creators — but she went rogue, and now has a bigger mess to clean up. Daniel Curtis Lee, who played Cookie, Lindsey’s on-screen BFF on the Nickelodeon

ITV, the UK commercial broadcaster behind global hits like Downton Abbey and Midsomer Murders, has revealed that it is casting actors from diverse backgrounds in more than a quarter of lead roles in its drama series. ITV published the figure in its Diversity Acceleration Plan report, which provides a health check on diversity and inclusion

Alder’s army isn’t getting any closer to locating the Kamarilla, are they? Her witch-recruitment effort got off to a horrible start on Motherland: Fort Salem Season 2 Episode 4. And the Bellweather Unit had the misfortune of being assigned right in the middle of that FUBAR operation. Whatever made Alder believe that citizens would willingly offer

When the dust settled on the Emmy nominations announcement Tuesday morning, Sony Pictures Television Studios found themselves with nominations in three top series categories, an expected 10th Outstanding Reality/Structured Reality Series nomination for ABC veteran Shark Tank, and surprise nominations for Netflix’s Cobra Kai as Outstanding Drama Series and Amazon’s The Boys as Outstanding Drama

Eyebrows were raised this morning as for the first time the Television Academy recognized “Platforms” in tallying the official record of which studios, networks, and streamers can have bragging rights for the most Emmy nominations. It seems like an eternity ago when corporate tallies could be reserved simply for ABC, CBS, NBC, and Fox. Now

Play video content @ladymshawsters / Instagram “Ned’s Declassified School Survival Guide” star Lindsey Shaw is getting dragged for seemingly mocking Black creators on TikTok … so she’s tearfully quitting social media altogether. Lindsey was in full breakdown mode — tears streaming down her face — as she said the flood of hateful comments in her

BritBox is ramping up its international manpower with the hire of Diederick Santer as its first Chief Creative Officer. The streaming service, which is a joint venture globally between the BBC and ITV, has appointed Santer to oversee all aspects of programming on the SVOD service globally, including commissioning and acquisition across all genres and

What a surprise! Jordan and Simone didn’t get remarried on All American Season 3 Episode 18. As soon as the spinoff All American: Homecoming was announced, that development was inevitable. Still, the narrative that transported viewers to that obvious conclusion was well handled. There was even that TV trope, the replacement ceremony. And, best of all,

Arsenio Hall returned to the world of late night on Monday, as guest host on Jimmy Kimmel Live! “This is fun. I’m wearing pants—pants with a zipper,” deadpanned Hall. “This is one of my first times out of the house. I take Covid very seriously.” During his opening monologue, Hall of course paid tribute to his

Like the scrappy soccer team it follows, Apple TV+’s Ted Lasso is a bit of an underdog. After all, it was based on a series of NBC Sports commercials, which isn’t the most promising start, and it debuted to little fanfare last summer on a new streaming service that hadn’t found its breakout hit yet.

Showtime has picked up to series I Love This For You, Vanessa Bayer’s half-hour comedy pilot, written by and starring Bayer. Co-created and executive produced by Bayer and Jeremy Beiler (Saturday Night Live), I Love This for You is a grounded comedy in which Bayer plays a character, inspired by her own past, who overcame

Suzzanne Douglas is getting an honorary homegoing from the sorority she championed, and helped lead, for well over a decade. Beverly Smith, National President and CEO of Delta Sigma Theta, tells TMZ … the 108-year-old organization is already planning a special memorial service to honor the veteran stage and TV actress who recently passed away.

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix is poised to renew its bite-sized history show History 101 for a second season. Netflix is yet to finalize a deal with UK producer ITN Productions, but Deadline understands that work is already underway on Season 2, which follows last year’s 10-part first season. History 101 mixes archive footage and graphics to provide

There is an impending sense of doom on Good Witch Season 7 Episode 8 that is made all the worse with the recent news that the show will not be returning for an eighth season. It’s hard enough to imagine how they’ll wrap up the story surrounding the red-haloed moon for the season, let alone

NBC penned in their special series debut after the Tokyo Olympics with Family Game Fight!, hosted by Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard. The reality game show series is set to premiere Sunday, August 8 at 10:30 PM ET, immediately after the Olympics Closing Ceremony. There will be a time-period premiere with an all-new episode on

Suzzanne Douglas — best known as the matriarch in the WB sitcom “The Parent ‘Hood” and who recently appeared in the Netflix series “When They See Us” — has died, TMZ has confirmed. The veteran actress’ husband tells TMZ … Suzzanne died Wednesday at her home in Martha’s Vineyard from complications of cancer. Her husband

Los Angeles County’s alarming spike in Covid cases continued on Saturday, with a second-consecutive 1,000-plus tally of daily infections. The county reported 1,094 new cases of and eight additional deaths. On Friday there were 1,107 new Covid-19 infections. That was double the number reported a week prior and the county’s highest daily figure since March.