Television

In a strange, difficult year, our favorite TV shows took on new meaning — as escapes, as comfort, as a way to laugh or make sense of tragedy, and as a form of connection with friends who were far away. That made it even harder to say goodbye to the shows that ended in 2020,

Veteran animator Tuck Tucker, who worked on popular series such as SpongeBob SquarePants and Hey Arnold!, died on December 22. He Was 59. Tucker’s family posted the news of Tucker’s passing on Facebook. “It is with a heavy and broken heart that the Tucker family announces the death of Tuck Tucker, father, husband, son, brother, and uncle,”

Salem celebrated the holiday season while Joey headed to Seattle, Eric bailed on Nicole, and Eli and Lani made up in time to have their twins. Our TV Fanatic, Jack and Christine, are joined by DoolFan4Life and Tony to debate all of the short-term returns to Salem, names for the twins, our favorite and most

A picture is worth a thousand words in the teaser for STARZ’s Power Book III: Raising Kanan.  The brief clip gives fans a glimpse at what’s to come in the follow up to Courtney Kemp’s Power Book II: Ghost. From creator and showrunner Sascha Penn, Power Book III: Raising Kanan takes viewers back to the

The San Francisco 49ers and Arizona Cardinals kicked off one of the last NFL games for 2020 on Saturday, but Amazon Prime Video couldn’t quite score with viewers as a handful of football fans complained of the streamer’s botched game broadcast. “Hate the Amazon Prime broadcast BTW,” Twitter user @richardkhal wrote. “Looks, sounds feels odd.

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For fans of The Mandalorian, Christmas came early as director and The Book of Boba Fett executive producer Robert Rodriguez joined the Child (a.k.a. Grogu)for a holiday jam session. Rodriguez, who also directed Alita: Battle Angel and Netflix’s We Can Be Heroes, tweeted a video on Christmas Eve that served as an early holiday present

[Warning: The following contains spoilers for Season 1 of Bridgerton. Read at your own risk!] Just when all hope seemed to be lost for the turbulent year that has been 2020, Netflix showed up with the wonderful Christmas surprise that was Bridgerton — an eight-episode adaptation of the first novel in Julia Quinn’s novel series

As the UK is in the grips of a major second wave of coronavirus, it was the Queen who helped bring the nation together around the television on Christmas Day. In her annual address, Her Majesty told the country that people “are not alone” in struggling without absent friends and family over the festive period.

Tis the season! Snowy days, cozy blankets, days off, a fire crackling in the fire place, the smell of pine in the air… Christmas has a feel to it that no other holiday does. It truly is the most wonderful time of the year! In honor of this sacred holiday, I’ve gathered 25 of the most

In Covid-19 ravaged California on Christmas Day, remaining ICU capacity for the first time fell to zero across the entire state. Some counties, like Los Angeles and Orange County have been at 0% for over a week, but the state at large has recently floated between 1 and 3%. The drop is likely due to

It’s only appropriate that NBC leads Christmas Eve TV ratings with its presentation of It’s a Wonderful Life. The 1946 holiday classic starring Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed won Thursday night with a 0.6 in the adults 18-49 demographic while 4.47 million viewers tuned in to feel some Christmas joy and hope. ABC’s presentation of

Shemar Moore has come down with COVID-19 … and he’s hoping this will be the end of a really bad year-and-a-half for him. The “S.W.A.T.” actor said when he started feeling lousy, he thought it was just food poisoning. The test he took Wednesday showed otherwise … he had the ‘rona. As for symptoms, well,

Dish Network and Nexstar Media Group, the No. 1 U.S. owner of local TV stations, have resolved a carriage dispute that took 164 Nexstar stations and cable network WGN America off the air for more than three weeks. The deal was announced just after 1AM ET on Friday, Christmas Day. In a press release, Nexstar

The first episode of Bridgerton, the new Netflix period drama about high society in London, wastes little time showing that it’s a Shonda Rhimes-backed series — there are dramatic cliffhangers, scandalous romances, and gossipers galore. It is catnip for fans of the mega-producer’s hugely popular series like Grey’s Anatomy and Scandal. But this adaptation of Julia

Hollywood production ground to a halt in March amid the fast escalating coronavirus pandemic. Gradually, the industry returned to production with big adjustments, including virtual writers rooms and table reads and strict COVID safety protocols on set. It has not been easy, prolific creator/showrunner Mike Schur told Rob Lowe on the actor’s Literally podcast. “It’s

‘Tis the season for everyone to do their best to convince Santa that they’ve been on their best behavior all year. But Santa can’t be fooled. He has a list, he’s checked it twice, and he knows exactly which TV characters were naughty or nice. 2020 was a tough year for all of us. But

The major news networks are touting big ratings gains in 2020, after the coronavirus crisis and the presidential election drove viewers in record numbers to their lineups. Fox News will finish the year again at top of the news channels in primetime, with an average of 3.6 million viewers, up 45% from the same period

Lin Qi, Chairman and CEO of Chinese game developer Yoozoo and an executive producer on Netflix’s upcoming adaptation of The Three-Body Problem, has been hospitalized in what is alleged to be a poisoning attempt. A man the Shanghai Municipal People’s Government described as a “colleague” has been detained in what it said is an ongoing

It wasn’t a great night for reigning champs the LA Lakers or past champs the Golden State Warriors, but the opening of the 2020-2021 season last night was great for the NBA and TNT. Played under Covid-19 safety protocols in the City of Angels and the Republic of Brooklyn, the tip-off doubleheader snagged 2.9 million

A new year is in sight, and that means that new streaming options will be available, too! As COVID-19 numbers continue to surge, people are still hunkered down in their houses and looking for things to watch. For those looking for good old comfort binges, it’s important to note that The Office moves to Peacock

Editors note: Rachel Feldman is a Los Angeles-based film and television director whose credits include over 75 hours of longform movies and recent series including ABC’s The Rookie, CBS’ Blue Bloods and Criminal Minds, and MGM’s The Baxters. A former chair of the DGA Women’s Steering Committee, she is working on a political thriller based

Carrie Bradshaw and her group of friends may not be getting a third movie, but they are setting their sights on a new season of fun.  Page Six is reporting that HBO Max is near a deal to revive the beloved series, with franchise mainstays Sarah Jessica Parker, Kristin Davis, and Cynthia Nixon set to

EXCLUSIVE: Banijay-owned ALP is threatening legal action amid concerns that its 30-year-old adventure game show Fort Boyard has been cloned by Sony joint-venture Satisfaction Group’s new French ratings hit District Z. District Z premiered on TF1 last week and became France’s best unscripted entertainment show launch for 27 years in the key 25-49 demo, but viewers

As the number of Covid-19 hospitalizations continued its record ascent in Los Angeles County on Tuesday, 30% of the respondents to a recent survey indicated they had visited a friend, neighbor or relative or had visitors at their residence. The survey was conducted by the University of Southern California’s Center for Social and Economic Research,

Play video content Exclusive Details Kirk Cameron stuck it to Gov. Gavin Newsom and his COVID guidelines by getting hundreds of people together in public to sing Christmas carols … something he does not regret. The “Growing Pains” star helped organize a massive outdoor gathering Sunday in the parking lot of the Oaks Mall in

Play video content Exclusive Snapchat Will Smith‘s not playing games when it comes to bringing smiles this holiday season … and he’s pulling out all the stops with help from his celeb pals. Will Smith’s season 2 of his Snapchat series “Will From Home” premiered Monday … and this holiday season he’s inviting viewers to

Breaking News Dave Chappelle‘s flex on the entertainment industry is paying off again — HBO Max says it will follow Netflix’s lead and stop streaming “Chappelle’s Show.” Casey Bloys, chief content officer of HBO and HBO Max, made the announcement Tuesday during a Q&A at Variety’s Virtual FYCFest saying the network spoke with Dave, and

Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com Faith Stowers — the former Black cast member on “Vanderpump Rules” — is glad Bravo isn’t cutting checks for Jax Taylor … and she says he needs to bone up on Black culture. We got Faith outside of BurgerRock Media in Downtown Los Angeles and asked her reaction to Jax