Ken Osmond, who played obsequious troublemaker Eddie Haskell on TV’s Leave It to Beaver has died, his manager confirms. “He was an incredibly kind and wonderful father,” his son, Eric, said in a statement. “He had his family gathered around him when he passed. He was loved and will be very missed.” Osmond was 76.
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This year has been a difficult one for many reasons, so the fact that we have had to say goodbye to some of our very favorite shows hasn’t exactly helped to elevate the mood of 2020. There have been several feel-good favorites which came to their bittersweet conclusions this year, including Modern Family, Schitt’s Creek, and The Good
The International Broadcasting Convention, better known as IBC, has been canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. The event, which was scheduled to be held in Amsterdam on 11-14 September, is one of countless industry events that have been derailed by the COVID-19 pandemic since the start of the year. In a statement, IBC CEO Michael
This season is shaping up to be one of my favorites. Good Witch Season 6 Episode 3 is a perfect example of how dramatically the show has changed since the kids departed for college. Many of the adult characters who formerly languished in the background are getting full-blown stories, and I love it! Since the
The return of Bundesliga soccer from COVID-19 lockdown (in an empty arena) hit a record high with its Borussia Dortmund vs Schalke matchup with a .33, marking the best metered market rating ever for a Bundesliga telecast on FS1. In the match, Dortmund beat Schalke, 4-0. On Sunday, Fox Sports released the following in the
Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com Jorge Nava wants to get back to what he knows best, cultivating marijuana … even though he just did hard time for having nearly 300 pounds of green!!! The “90 Day Fiance” star tells TMZ … growing ganja has always been his passion, and he wants to return to his
Lynn Shelton, a director, writer and producer known for her work on Humpday and more recently the miniseries Little Fires Everywhere, died Friday in Los Angeles from complications of a previously unidentified blood disorder, a rep for Shelton told Deadline. She was 54. The Hollywood veteran was a leading voice of the new American independent
President Barack Obama never mentioned Donald Trump in his virtual Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020 commencement speech tonight, but it was clear to everyone in coronavirus lockdown and elsewhere that he was throwing shade and throwing down the gauntlet to his successor – for the second time in less than
The Blacklist rarely gets credit for its weirdness, but maybe this episode, the Season 7 finale, will be the one to turn the tide. Much has been made (rightfully) about the quarantine-induced decision to complete the half-finished episode with “graphic novel”-style animation and accelerate some of the plot lines to function as a thrilling season
President Donald Trump shared a Long Island news reporter’s video in which he was berated by protesters demonstrating stay-at-home orders. In a tweet, Trump also wrote on of the chants from the demonstrators, “Fake News Is Not Essential!” Trump typically attacks the media as “fake news,” but it is typically aimed at national news outlets
Liz isn’t dark. She’s just drawn that way. That appeared to be the point of The Blacklist Season 7 Episode 19. This finale was an innovative way to make the best of a difficult situation. The coronavirus pandemic forced a production shutdown of The Blacklist, with only about half of this episode shot. It was great
Barack Obama has kept a relatively low profile since leaving the White House more than three years ago, but today the former President will deliver not one but two virtual commencement addresses for this season of coronavirus pandemic. Starting with Show Me Your Walk, HBCU Edition at 2 PM ET the ex-POTUS steps up as
EXCLUSIVE: Good Girls creator/executive producer Jenna Bans has signed a new overall deal with Universal Television, the studio behind the NBC series. The studio extended Bans’ pact in conjunction with the Season 4 renewal of Good Girls. While a modest linear TV performer, from the get-go Good Girls has been a major digital draw. The caper, starring
Breaking News Four of the biggest names in pro golf are gearing up for a 2-on-2 skins game in Florida this weekend … and IT WILL AIR ON LIVE TV!! YES, PRO GOLF IS BACK … SORTA!!! Rory McIlroy and Dustin Johnson will take on Rickie Fowler and Matt Wolff on Sunday at the legendary
EXCLUSIVE: SAG-AFTRA and management’s AMPTP could be close to wrapping up their negotiations for a new film and TV contract, though no deal is in place yet. Sources tell Deadline the companies are hopeful that an agreement can be reached before Monday, when the AMPTP will start contract talks with the WGA. SAG-AFTRA and the
ViacomCBS’s Smithsonian Channel is to take an intimate look at lockdown life in China in a documentary co-produced by former Channel 4 chief executive David Abraham’s Wonderhood Studios. Wonderhood has teamed up with advertising creatives Yu Kung and Crystal Liu, who run Campfire Productions and found themselves confined to their apartment block in Shanghai at
Not one to let the runaway success of ESPN’s docuseries The Last Dance go under-appreciated, the network’s fellow Disney family member ABC will air a new special next week that digs deeper into the series centered on cultural icon Michael Jordan. After the Dance with Stephen A. Smith: A SportsCenter Special, airing Tuesday, May 19
The Motion Picture Industry Pension & Health Plans is again extending health benefits to below-the-line workers who came up just short of qualifying when the pandemic shutdown hit. Those who fell even shorter but can prove that they had promises of work will also get to keep their health coverage through November. Under the new
When Peacock opens to consumers, it will have a wealth of original content. NBCUniversal’s new streaming service, today announced its original content that will be available to stream on July 15, 2020, when the service launches nationally. Peacock Premium customers can stream all first season episodes of Brave New World, The Capture, Intelligence and Lost
The Fab Five are coming back next month and bound for Philadelphia. Netflix said today that Season 5 of its revived reality/makeover staple Queer Eye will premiere its 10 episodes on June 5. Check out some first-look photos above and below, along with the new key art. Again preparing to make cool cats out of the
Relentlessly in ever expanding damage control mode after the explosive remarks yesterday by a top health official that Los Angeles could be under lockdown until August, Mayor Eric Garcetti went for the fake news crowd tonight, seriously. “You can kill people and you can save people,” L.A. top civic leader told The Daily Social Distancing
Exclusive Mary-Kate Olsen wants to get divorced, but she’s hit a major roadblock — coronavirus, so now she wants an emergency court order to speed things along. Mary-Kate says her attorneys got an email from her husband, Pierre Olivier Sarkozy‘s attorneys this week giving her a May 18 deadline to get her stuff out of
EXCLUSIVE: Actor and Native American advocate Sonny Skyhawk (Young Guns II, Nightbeasts) and actor/writer Jaime Gomez (Nash Bridges) have teamed to launch the production shingle Native Spectrum, which will focus on traditional and contemporary stories based on Native American and Latinx folklore and culture Native Spectrum will concentrate on television projects and will later expand
Apple has closed a first-look television deal with Ridley Scott’s Scott Free Productions. Under the multi-year pact, the production company will develop global television projects for Apple TV+. They will be shepherded and executive produced by Ridley Scott and Scott Free’s longtime core TV executive team of David Zucker, Clayton Krueger and Jordan Sheehan. Scott
TV casts, they’re just like us. Who can say they haven’t done a few group Zoom calls with their friends these days? In a move that should surprise no one, celebrities have jumped on the trend, except they’ve found that the most surprising and delightful way to use it happens to be cast reunions of
EXCLUSIVE: UK indie film and TV financier Goldfinch is launching a £500k ($613,000) loan fund for UK film and TV producers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Goldfinch, whose film and TV credits include Noah Schnapp war drama Waiting For Anya, Gary Oldman-Jessica Alba action pic Killers Anonymous, and ITV cookery show Ainsley’s Caribbean Kitchen, is offering
The CW is adding two more new series to its 2020-21 primetime slate. The network has handed series orders to Kung Fu and The Republic of Sarah. Both shows scored pilot orders back in January. They join Arrowverse spinoff Superman & Lois and the Jared Padalecki-led Walker, Texas Ranger reboot as the freshman class of
EXCLUSIVE: Verve continues to build out its unscripted division, adding veteran reality TV producers Sean Travis and Justin Booth to its client roster. Travis, best known for executive producing MTV’s hit docuseries The Hills and The City, directed early seasons of MTV’s The Real World. He produced the first Beastie Boys music video which helped
Room 104, the HBO anthology series created by Mark and Jay Duplass, is ending after its upcoming fourth season. The late-night show, which features half-hour episodes of a variety of spooky happenings in a motel room, returns on July 24 at 11pm. The show was filmed last year, meaning that it was not hit by
California kid Trevor Gagnon was only 11 years old when he landed the role of small son Richard “Ritchie” Campbell Jr. — the 3rd grader who gets pulled in two directions by his old and new moms — in the early 2000s CBS sitcom, “The New Adventures of Old Christine.” Trevor Gagnon was cast on