Television

Even though Parks and Recreation EP Mike Schur received an immediate response from cast members and writers about the idea to come together for a special fundraising at-home episode for the long-running NBC series, don’t expect a limited run series ala Will & Grace in the immediate future. “Never say never, but I felt like this was a
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Passion Pictures, the Oscar-winning documentary and animation outfit, has named ex-Shed Group chief Nick Southgate as its new CEO. The company has offices in London, Paris, Barcelona and Melbourne, working across a range of output including feature documentaries (Searching For Sugar Man), animation series (Love, Death & Robots for Netflix), and commercials for clients including
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Comedy Central today extended The Daily Social Distancing Show with Trevor Now from 30 to 45 minutes — just in time for the late-night host to weigh on President Donald Trump’s historic remarks about self-bleaching to stave off the coronavirus. “From the beginning of this crisis, Donald Trump has been saying a lot not-smart things,” Noah
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VH1 slayed Friday night with a RuPaul’s Drag Race block of programming that included the premiere of RuPaul’s Secret Celebrity Drag Race. The two fabulous reality drag-driven competitions dominated, delivering VH1’s highest-rated Friday night since December 2007. The latest episode of season 12 of RuPaul’s Drag Race kicked off the night, earning a 0.64 in the adults 18-49 demographic.
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The BBC and ITV have agreed to fund a Dancing Ledge mentoring scheme for new writers and directors. With the funding, 16 “A-list” writers will select and guide a group of people looking to break into the television industry. The writers will receive a bursary to write a pilot episode for a series, while directors
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Hosted by Billy Eichner and Lilly Singh, GLAAD’s Together In Pride: You Are Not Alone livestream event featured members of the LGBTQ community from Hollywood and beyond as well as allies to help raise funds for LGBTQ community centers that have been impacted by the COVID-19 crisis. The streaming event that featured interviews, special appearances and
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For its second “at home” edition, NBC’s Saturday Night Live worked out some of the kinks. It featured more elaborate skits using green screen, makeup and wigs, and introduced new opening credits while dropping the cringeworthy zoom Weekend Update laughter from the first installment. In also restored SNL’s regular cold open segment with Brad Pitt
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Danica McKellar, the star of the Matchmaker Mysteries film series on Hallmark Movies and Mysteries, is a seriously accomplished woman. She’s also incredibly kind and charitable, and that’s why I knew chatting with her while the country (and the world) experiences one of the worst situations in modern times would somehow be uplifting. I wasn’t
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Saturday Night Live opened its second remote episode with an appearance by none other than Brad Pitt. The Oscar winner kicked off the cold open as Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Pitt turned in a spot-on performance as Fauci, who tried to clarify some of President Donald
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The Grand Tour executive producer Andy Wilman has revealed how the coronavirus pandemic slowed the progress of their Madagascar special and completely derailed plans to film in Russia. In a live YouTube discussion with The Grand Tour presenter Jeremy Clarkson, Wilman said he contracted COVID-19, putting him out of action for 10 days. The pandemic
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The Motion Picture & Television Fund is seeking matching contributions to double the $250,000 pledged by the John and Marilyn Wells Family Foundation to help defray the cost of PPE and food for caregivers at its skilled nursing home in Woodland Hills, where six residents have died of COVID-19. Several caregivers have also contracted the
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Nickelodeon is moving forward with its Kids’ Choice Awards with a new date, and with Victoria Justice as host. Initially scheduled for March 22, the awards ceremony was postponed indefinitely due to the coronavirus pandemic. The newly titled virtually-produced Nickelodeon’s Kids’ Choice Awards 2020: Celebrate Together will air Saturday, May 2 at 8 pm ET/PT.
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For Tyler Cameron, workouts are essential … but Hannah Brown is not, and neither is his shirt!!! The “Bachelorette” hunk-turned-male model stepped out Wednesday for a shirtless workout down in Jupiter, Florida … and while he’s got a workout buddy, she’s a mystery blonde and definitely not Hannah. The shirtless stud is still pretty active
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