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NBC’s Saturday Night Live last night wrapped its 45th season a little earlier than usual with its third “At Home” episode, featuring remote performances from self-isolating host Kristen Wiig, members of the cast and special guests. The kist included Alec Baldwin as Donald Trump in a graduation-themed cold open, appearances by Tina Fey, Martin Short, Danny

Play video content Exclusive TMZSports.com James Harrison might be the only man in America who wasn’t surprised to see Rob Gronkowski return to the NFL — he tells TMZ Sports he knew a Gronk comeback was in the works since at least November!!! The former Steelers star says he and the future Hall of Fame

Tina Fey returned to Saturday Night Live to lament the quarantine and dream about Governor Cuomo’s alleged nipple ring. The SNL alum and 30 Rock creator joined Michael Che on her old post on Weekend Update, where she famously appeared alongside Jimmy Fallon and Amy Poehler between 2000 and 2006. She joked about Zoom backgrounds,

Some of the biggest names in comedy are coming together tonight on NBC for a Byron Allen-driven special to raise money for COVID-19 relief. The two-hour broadcast titled the “Feeding America Comedy Festival” will be co-hosted by Allen, Tiffany Haddish, Billy Crystal, and Kenan Thompson. The special will feature pre-recorded comedy segments from Kevin Hart,

You don’t have to be a mother or a daughter to appreciate a good mother-daughter pair. From the complicated to the heartfelt to everything in between, when done well, it’s the kind of dynamic that should be able to resonate with just about anyone who has ever had a parent or been one. The petty

Little Richard, the iconic musician known for such hits as “Tutti Frutti” and “Good Golly Miss Molly,” is being remembered across the music world for embodying the “true spirit” of rock ‘n’ roll. One of the pioneers of rock music, Little Richard died Saturday at age 87. The singer-songwriter’s son Danny Jones Penniman told Rolling

We have some thrilling finales to look forward to this week, but not a lot of new arrivals. The only new shows on our radar are good ones, though, especially for Anglophiles — the Great premieres on Hulu and A Confession storms Britbox. Find out what else we’re recommending this week below! Sunday, May 10

Bill Maher’s final “New Rule” on Friday’s Real Time With Bill Maher was, as usual, a doozie. “The liberal media and liberal party,” said Maher, “is doing…exactly what Republicans want: for us to go down the rabbit hole of ‘Joe Biden, sex monster.’” Maher was of course referring to allegations made by Tara Reade, who

UFC 249 has faced close scrutiny as the biggest sporting event to be held amid the coronavirus pandemic. Now UFC’s decision to proceed with the event raises further questions as one of the scheduled fighters, Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza, has been pulled from the card after testing positive for the virus, along with two members of

Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com Daymond John hates to be the bearer of bad news, but he thinks all signs point to our economic recovery being kinda like watching paint dry — slow and painful. The “Shark Tank” star was on “TMZ Live” Friday to talk about the unique economic challenges facing the nation amid

EXCLUSIVE: Fly on the Wall Entertainment, Emmy-winning producers of Big Brother and Celebrity Big Brother, has signed with WME for representation in all areas. Co-founded by veteran reality producers Allison Grodner and Rich Meehan, Fly on the Wall has produced more than 50 series, specials and pilots, totaling over 10,000 hours of live and taped

I May Destroy You, the sexual consent drama from rising British star Michaela Coel, is set to debut on HBO on Sunday June 7 at 10:30pm. This comes as the series, which is made up of 12 half-hour episodes, launches on the BBC in the UK on June 8. The series, which was previously known

[Warning: The following contains spoilers from the Season 3 penultimate episode of Station 19. Read at your own risk!] Grey’s Anatomy may have had to end Season 16 early already, but we are still getting to see some of our favorite Grey Sloan Memorial docs on the spin-off series Station 19. Thursday’s penultimate episode for

Another popular Disney movie title is getting a series reboot for Disney+. A National Treasure TV series is in development for the streaming platform, sources confirm to Deadline. It comes from the producer of the movie franchise Jerry Bruckheimer. The series is believed to be produced by ABC Studios, where Bruckheimer Television used to be

Here is a wrap up of all the news you need to know from Thursday, May 7, 2020.  NBC’s The Blacklist has a new series regular for Season 8.  The hit drama has promoted Laura Sohn, who recurs as FBI Agent Alina Park.  TV Line first reported the news.  Sohn arrived on The Blacklist Season

You can tell when it is Emmy season because that also means the return of Deadline’s TV Talk Podcast featuring our TV Critic Dominic Patten  and Awards Columnist Pete Hammond.  For the 2020 premiere episode we hit numerous topics related to the changing landscape of this very unique Emmy campaign year as  we cover the

Axl Rose was upset with the Trump administration’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, more specifically the role of Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin. “It’s official! Whatever anyone may have previously thought of Steve Mnuchin he’s officially an asshole,” he wrote on Wednesday. It’s official! Whatever anyone may have previously thought of Steve Mnuchin he’s officially an

Breaking News Michael Jordan was SO insanely famous in Chicago during his Bulls days — he couldn’t even shop for groceries without being mobbed. So, the guy would pay staffers to keep the store open JUST FOR HIM so he could cruise the aisles alone in peace! Pretty baller, right!? Jordan’s former Bulls teammate Brad

Warning: This interview contains spoilers about the series finale of Star Wars: Clone Wars “Victory and Death” on Disney+. For Star Wars: The Clone Wars producer-scribe-supervising director-animator Dave Filoni, the animated series has represented a 15-year journey that began when he arrived at Lucasfilm from Nickelodeon’s The Last Airbender. He promptly found a mentor in

Former HBO President of Programming Michael Lombardo is plotting a return to the executive ranks, this time on the selling side of the business. Lombardo is joining indie studios Entertainment One as a consultant with the intention to transition into a top executive role as Head of Television. The role is still being formulated but

For a brief moment, the argument over whether Tony Soprano is dead or not is settled; the mobster is alive, and the coronavirus is giving him the agita. On the most recent episode of The Sopranos stars Michael Imperioli and Steve Schirripa‘s new Sopranos rewatch podcast Talking Sopranos, they shared some lines written by the

Discovery, Inc.’s U.S. ad revenue dropped 20% in April as the COVID-19 panic took hold but May and June look sbetter. The highly international company’s board will be looking carefully at acquisition opportunities around the world. And CEO David Zaslav put the blame for subscriber erosion on linear TV squarely at the feet of bundles

Gary really should not be allowed on the Waverider anymore. It was a case of whodunnit on DC’s Legends of Tomorrow Season 5 Episode 10 as someone stole the rings of the Loom of Fate and temporarily disabled Gideon. And the culprit behind these crimes was a classic DC’s Legends of Tomorrow villain. By classic,

The Supreme Court issued a statement late Tuesday revealing that Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had a non-surgical treatment for a benign gallbladder condition earlier in the day. At the time of the release, Ginsburg was said to be “resting comfortably” at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. Ginsburg is a liberal stalwart known for her opinions

Facing the crushing consequences of the coronavirus pandemic, the Walt Disney Company couldn’t sugarcoat the decline of the bottom line in its second-quarter earnings today, but newly minted CEO Bob Chapek asked the company to tough it out. Noting the “very difficult decision” last month to furlough tens of thousands of workers with cinemas closed

Here’s further proof not all heroes wear capes or badges … sometimes they’re famous TV mobsters like Joseph Gannascoli, who is taking it upon himself to feed frontline workers. The actor — famous for playing capo Vito Spatafore on the hit HBO series — started his mission early last month with a goal of raising

Some television shows start with a title and Steve Carell has revealed that Space Force, Netflix’s new comedy that reunites Carell with Greg Daniels, his co-worker on The Office, was one of them. Carell and Daniels revealed the genesis of the comedy, which launches on May 29, as the streamer unveiled the first teaser trailer

The galaxy is far, far away, but the time is now: On May the Fourth, Robert Rodriguez finally is confirmed as director for Season 2 of Disney+’s The Mandalorian.  The Sin City and Spy Kids filmmaker today tweeted a photo of himself with “the biggest star in the universe.” Baby Shark? No, Baby Yoda. “I am truly humbled

Though it wasn’t the way producers and the network had planned, NCIS concluded Season 17 in mid-April just shy of 400 episodes. Halted production because of COVID-19 caused NCIS to stop earlier than expected, of course, although the episode that ended up becoming the finale was a strong and stirring way to finish. So now,