Television

During its five-season run, Showtime’s The Affair was distinguished by a storytelling device in which episodes were often divided into two parts, with each half being told from the very different perspective of characters involved in the same incident. In keeping with that theme, series co-creator and showrunner Sarah Treem has written her truth about

Play video content ABC NEWS Pat Sajak‘s fortunate to be alive after suffering a blocked intestine, but says for a brief drug-induced moment … his life flashed before his eyes and he thought he was for sure dying. The “Wheel of Fortune” host turned up on ‘GMA’ and spoke for the first time about last

The Miss America pageant returned to NBC this year after a run on ABC, with Thursday’s Miss America 2020 special scoring a 0.6 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic and 3.61 million viewers for its two-hour run. The special saw Miss Virginia’s Camille Schrier — a biochemist who, among other things, performed an experiment to

During a break after the first hour of the Democratic debate in Los Angeles, CNN’s Dana Bash noted that the field of seven candidates had yet to engage in the kind of verbal fireworks that had pervaded previous events. The Democratic electorate, she said, wants “to make a decision. They don’t want to see them

AMC has been found “not to be negligent” in the wrongful death civil suit involving The Walking Dead stuntman who died in a fall on set. The jury delivered the decision Thursday after two days of deliberation. John Bernecker died after an accident on the set of The Walking Dead while filming a fight scene

As seven Democratic candidates took the stage for the Democratic debate in Los Angeles, the first question was hardly a surprise: It had to do with President Donald Trump’s impeachment. Moderator Judy Woodruff asked them why more Americans aren’t in favor of removing Trump from office, as polls show a near equal split on the

Survivor’s most controversial season wrapped Wednesday night.  As expected, there were fireworks during the reunion portion of the episode, with contestant Kellee Kim confronting host and producer Jeff Probst about how she felt both the show and CBS reacted to reports of inappropriate behavior by contestant Dan Spilo.  Spilo was ultimately ousted from the show,

EXCLUSIVE: Apple has struck an exclusive first-look deal with Catastrophe and Divorce creator Sharon Horgan. Deadline understands that the company inked the multi-year deal in London this morning and it covers all future projects Horgan writes. This comes after Horgan’s deal with Amazon came to an end. The deal has been signed out of Apple’s

EXCLUSIVE: Doctor Who and The Catch star John Simm is to star in an adaptation of Peter James’ Roy Grace crime novels from Endeavour creator Russell Lewis for ITV. The British commercial broadcaster has ordered Grace, a co-production between Jekyll & Hyde producer Tall Story Pictures, Second Act Productions, which produced ITV’s The Nightly Show

Play video content BACKGRID ‘Survivor’ exile Dan Spilo is an amazing man with a good heart … according to Noura Salman, one of the final 5 remaining tribe members on this controversial season. Noura was outside the ‘Island of the Idols’ Season 39 finale party in WeHo Tuesday night when she got asked about Dan’s

The House of Representatives impeached President Donald Trump on Wednesday, an historic and expected rebuke related to his conduct toward Ukraine. A majority in the House cast ballots to impeach on one article, for abuse of power, and another vote will take place on whether he also obstructed Congress. He next faces a trial in

The USC Libraries has revealed nominations for its 32nd annual USC Libraries Scripter Awards, which honor the year’s best film and TV adaptations along with the works on which they are based. Finalists were chosen from 61 film and 58 TV adaptations this year, with winners to be announced January 25 during a ceremony at

Joe Goldberg (Penn Badgley) gets a new identity in YOU Season 2, but he still can’t escape who he truly is. The second season of the deadly drama series — its first as a Netflix original, after moving from Lifetime — sees Joe abandoning his life in New York for Los Angeles. He’s adopted the

Bharti Airtel has struck a deal with Lionsgate and Starzplay to launch Lionsgate Play in India. The strategic alliance will give customers of the Indian telco access to Lionsgate’s portfolio of feature film content that available on the Airtel Xstream app and web platforms. The companies said the content will be available in multiple Indian

Empire may not end without an encore from Jussie Smollett after all.  TV Line is reporting that the FOX drama’s showrunner is not ruling out the possibility of a return from Smollett as Jamal Lyon before the series says goodbye in the spring.  “It would be weird in my mind to end this family show

EXCLUSIVE: The CW has put in development Infamous, an action-drama from writers George Northy (Charmed) and Darren Stein (Jawbreaker), and Mike Tollin and his Tollin Productions. Written by Northy and Stein, Infamous is a take on the thrilling spy drama with a modern, satirical celebrity twist. It is inspired by the true stories of world-famous

Stuntman John Bernecker’s death on the set of The Walking Dead was “entirely preventable,” as the production failed to follow AMC’s own safety system, his family’s attorney said in the closing argument of a civil trial in Georgia. Jeff Harris described what he characterized as a “slow train ride to the inevitable death of John

Breaking News Getty Chuy Bravo — Chelsea Handler‘s longtime TV sidekick and hypeman — died from a heart attack after a brief hospitalization … according to a rep for the late comedian. The Mexican-American actor — famous for his frequent appearances on “Chelsea Lately” — suffered the fatal heart attack Sunday morning in a Mexico

Daybreak, Netflix’s post-apocalyptic dramedy starring Matthew Broderick, will not be getting a second season. Series co-creator/executive producer Aron Eli Coleite revealed the news of the series’ cancelation on Twitter. It comes a month and a half after Daybreak launched on Oct. 24. “No one is as heartbroken as we are that we can’t share more

Scott Steindorff and Dylan Russell’s Stone Village Television has acquired the rights to Just Watch Me, a new thriller novel by Dexter author Jeff Lindsay, to develop as a premium television series. David Boies (Won’t You Be My Neighbor, Jane Got A Gun) is attached to produce. Just Watch Me is the first in a

YOU Season 2 is almost here, and it looks like Joe Goldberg (Penn Badgley) will be getting back to the business of being a monologue-happy creep — this time using a new name, in a new locale, and, most importantly, with a new love interest in his sights. Season 2 marks the show’s first run

EXCLUSIVE: Television literary agent Elizabeth Newman is leaving CAA after nearly 15 years to join Fox 21 Television Studios. Newman is set to become Vice President of Development at Fox21, part of Disney TV Studios, and she will report to President Bert Salke. Newman will develop programs for all platforms, as well as identify talent

Has the world we’ve come to know over the past four seasons been destroyed? Mr. Robot Season 4 Episode 11 seemingly confirmed Whiterose’s mumblings about there being another way for everyone to have the life they want, and it did so in an explosive way.  Throughout Mr. Robot Season 4, Elliot’s life has gone from bad

Comedian, activist and former talk show host Chelsea Handler took to Instagram to remember Chuy Bravo, who was her sidekick on her E! talk show Chelsea Lately, which ran seven seasons. He died Saturday night at the age of 63. Handler posted a collage of pictures of her and Bravo and wrote:  “I loved this nugget

China, which clashed with the NBA this fall, has moved on to a new pro sports league confrontation, yanking an English Premiere League soccer broadcast after a player’s criticism of the government. CCTV, China’s main broadcast network, was going to broadcast a match between Arsenal and Manchester City on Sunday. The telecast was scratched in

Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com Nick Cannon just can’t get enough of his diss track aimed at Eminem — playing it back-to-back-to-back (and then some) — and vibing to it harder than anyone else in the room. Nick’s been busy shooting new episodes of ‘Wild ‘n Out’ in Atlanta this week … and we got

Two years after Saturday Night Live skewered Hallmark Channel’s Christmas movies in a cut-for-time sketch, NBC’s program this holiday season aired a new parody of Hallmark’s signature franchise. In fact, tonight’s skit was somewhat of a sequel to the 2017 sketch, featuring some of the same Hallmark Christmas movie character types and tropes, a big-city

Saturday Night Live is a topical program, and this week Avengers: Endgame supervillain Thanos dominated pop culture after President Donald Trump tweeted a campaign video featuring him as Thanos using his reality-warping snap to turn leading Democratic lawmakers into dust. With Thanos in the headlines and a real Avenger, Scarlett Johansson (aka Black Widow), hosting

The already drama-riddled Starz series, American Gods, just landed smack dab in the middle of another controversy. Orlando Jones, who plays the trickster god Mr. Nancy, claims he has been fired from the series, and will not be in the upcoming Season 3. Jones posted a video on Twitter announcing he’d been fired in September,

UPDATE, 3:45 PM: EXCLUSIVE: The departure of Orlando Jones from the third season of American Gods is not about race, says Fremantle, it is about story. “The storylines of American Gods have continually shifted and evolved to reflect the complex mythology of the source material,” says a spokesperson for the company to Deadline. “Mr. Jones’