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Warning: The following contains spoilers to tonight’s series finale of HBO’s The Deuce.  In the end of the go-go 1970s-80s boogie of New York’s Times Square underbelly, and the whole rush of sex, cocaine and switchblades, George Pelecanos and David Simon’s HBO series about the rise and fall of the big screen X-rated film industry,

ABC has decided on the future of some of its series.  The network has confirmed that new fall series Stumptown and mixed-ish have snagged full-season pickups.  The Rookie has also landed an order for more episodes, but the network has not confirmed exact episodes at this time of writing.  Emergence, which has not had the

UPDATED with closing price. Shares in AT&T, which have woken up in recent weeks amid pressure from activist hedge fund Elliott Management, reached their highest level in nearly two years after the company issued a new financial outlook. After reaching $38.86, its highest point since December 2017, the stock closed Monday at $38.49 on twice

Apple certainly brought out the big guns for its first major TV offering, with Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon and Steve Carell all starring in the daytime TV-set drama The Morning Show, debuting this Friday, Nov. 1 along with the Apple TV+ streaming service. (I’ve seen the first three episodes.) How could any show starring those

Activist hedge fund Elliott Management, which has agitated for major changes at AT&T, has responded favorably to the telecom and media giant’s three-year financial and strategic plan. The plan, unveiled Monday along with AT&T’s third-quarter earnings, includes several provisions called for by Elliott, which has accumulated a roughly 1% stake in the company. Elliott Partner

Exclusive Details Getty David Schwimmer‘s home became a landing pad for a guy who pivoted in the wrong direction — and, unfortunately, he got arrested for it … TMZ has learned. A spokesperson for the NYPD tells us that a 29-year-old man named Eric Rosa was arrested early Sunday morning around 12:30 AM ET for

On Last Week Tonight, John Oliver dove right into the “damning revelations” Donald Trump is facing in the continuing saga of “Stupid Watergate II”, Rudy Giuliani’s butt-dialing habits as well as Boris Johnson and the looming Brexit deadline. This week, former United States ambassador to Ukraine and career diplomat Bill Taylor connected Trump to the

With the launch of Apple TV+ just a couple of days away,  one of the stars of its first series, See‘s Jason Momoa, made a surprise appearance on tonight’s Saturday Night Live hosted by Chance the Rapper, who also was a musical guest. Momoa played a defendant in a First Impressions Court skit, a court

The supporting character spotlight continues on The Blacklist. After Aram’s odyssey into the dark heart of one-percenter death parties in last week’s episode, “Kuwait” pushed Harold (Harry Lennix) to center stage with a quintessential story, told in a quintessential way. A colleague thought to be dead suddenly surfaced very much alive, and very much holding

Tonight’s edition of NBC’s Saturday Night Live included a second-half skit that took aim at Ad Astra, The Martian, The First Man, Gravity, and other astronaut screen epics that often follow a predictable flight path on their way to outer-space drama. The skit took the form of a faux trailer for a make-believe movie called Space Mistakes,

This coming week sees the start of November, which means it’s one of the most significant months ever in the history of streaming television. It begins on November 1 with the first rollout of Apple TV+ originals on their new platform. Check below to see what else is airing, and hit the comments to share

FX Chairman John Landgraf spoke at USC’s Institute on Entertainment Law and Business candid about refusing to advertise and competing with Netflix as its parent company prepares to launch its highly anticipated streaming service Disney+. During the event hosted by USC Gould School of Law and the Beverly Hills Bar Association, Landgraf said that FX

Jane Fonda was the talk of Friday night’s British Academy Britannia Awards – and she didn’t even have to show up to steal the spotlight. Receiving the prestigious Stanley Kubrick Britannia Award For Excellence In Film, Fonda pulled off what is easily the most unusual acceptance speech ever given in the annals of Hollywood awards

Exclusive TMZ.com Felicity Huffman is one of the most sought after actresses in Hollywood now that she’s out of prison … but the people seeking her out are major TV anchors angling for the first interview. Sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ … before Felicity went to FCI Dublin to serve her 11-day sentence, she

Banijay has agreed a €2BN ($2.2BN) takeover of Endemol Shine Group, marking the end of a protracted sales process for the giant production company behind shows including Black Mirror. It comes 18 months after Deadline broke the news that Endemol Shine was set to go on the block. France-based Banijay emerged as the favorite to

Netflix has agreed to negotiate a first companywide contract with IATSE, the union representing the industry’s below-the-line workers. Up until now, the giant streaming service has dealt only with the union through third-party companies that have signed IATSE’s basic film and TV agreement. The talks are expected to begin in the next week or two.

[embedded content] Let’s just establish that we’re on the same page: Giancarlo Esposito is an American treasure, and that cannot be disputed in any way shape or form. Though he’s been nominated for Best Supporting Actor for Breaking Bad and its spin-off Better Caul Saul, he’s never won the Emmy, a crime his always-impressed admirers

EXCLUSIVE: The Oath‘s Cory Hardrict has been cast in a recurring role opposite Alex Russell in Season 3 of CBS’ hit police drama series S.W.A.T., starring Shemar Moore. Hardrict will play Nate, foster brother to Jim Street (Russell). Nate is Jim’s estranged brother who reconnects with Street when a case brings them back together. His

Who was the father? On Will & Grace Season 11 Episode 1, tensions flared up when Grace returned from Europe heavily pregnant.  However, she did not confirm who the father was and everyone questioned her.  Meanwhile, Karen taught Will how to be better at phone sex, but what secret did it lead to Will dropping? Elsewhere,

Discovery is teaming up with Polish pay-TV company Cyfrowy Polsat to launch a new streaming service. The two companies have signed a joint venture agreement to create the yet-to-be-named platform, which they will roll out in Poland as well as other international markets. It will be stocked with content from Polsat and Discovery-owned TVN, while

Capitol Hill media figures took a break from ongoing impeachment coverage on Thursday evening to honor NBC News Correspondent Kelly O’Donnell with a career achievement award. O’Donnell is the first woman to receive the Radio & Television Correspondents Association’s Career Achievement Award for Distinguished Reporting on Congress. A 25-year veteran of the network, O’Donnell quipped,

Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com Ex-‘Love & Hip Hop’ star Masika Kalysha is taking her crusade against sexuality in children’s programming one step further — she doesn’t want her kid to see PDA anywhere. Masika, who has a little girl with Fetty Wap, joined us on “TMZ Live” Tuesday for an interesting discussion on parenting

UPDATE, with Stewart info Kristen Stewart and Harry Styles will host the Nov. 2 and Nov. 16 episodes, respectively, of Saturday Night Live, the NBC comedy series announced today. For Stewart, the booking marks her second hosting gig for the show – and proof that Lorne Michaels doesn’t hold a grudge over an inadvertent  F-bomb.

Comcast reported strong overall results for the third quarter, with earnings per share of 79 cents and total revenue of $26.83 billion, as cable results overcame softness at NBCUniversal. The consensus estimate of Wall Street analysts was for earnings per share of 74 cents and revenue of $26.77 billion. The Cable Communications unit drove most

Wrestling looks a lot different than it did just six years ago. Women like WWE’s Becky Lynch and Charlotte Flair are headlining pay-per-views, while others like All Elite Wrestling‘s Awesome Kong and Riho are given creative freedom to create fully-realized and engaging characters to back up their impressive in-ring skills. It’s a far cry from

Last week, NBC pulled its freshman comedy Sunnyside from its Thursday night schedule and will air the fourth episode on Thursday, which will be the last on the linear network. The comedy co-created by Kal Penn and Matt Murray and executive produced by Mike Schur will air its remaining seven episodes on NBC’s digital platforms,

There will always be a show that feels different, sometimes in ways that you can’t explain. Daybreak is exactly that, except it goes out of it’s way to stand out because of it’s insistence to not be boxed down to one type of show. It is everything from a samurai saga to a coming of

The visuals on news channels were of about two dozen members of Congress walking into a nondescript room. In fact, it was part of an unusual House Republican protest, an orchestrated effort to make the case that the Democratic-led impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump is unfair. Led by Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA), the House

EXCLUSIVE: Louis Theroux, the cult British documentary maker behind the 2015 film My Scientology Movie, has parted ways with BBC Studios to set up his own production company. Deadline can reveal that Theroux has established Mindhouse Productions alongside his executive producer Arron Fellows, ending a contractual relationship with the BBC that spans more than two

Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com Paul Shaffer says he had an awesome time on “The Masked Singer” despite his early exit … once he overcame a small case of claustrophobia. We got the legendary “Late Show with David Letterman” bandleader at LAX Monday and asked about his time as the Skeleton on the mysterious singing