Fox’s WWE SmackDown (1.0 adults 18-49 rating in Live+Same Day, 2.9 million viewers) was smacked down double digits from its premiere last week, which was a SmackDown 20th anniversary celebration featuring some of WWE’s biggest past and present stars. Still, it won the night for the network in adults 18-40 (Live+SD) and topped Friday for
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One of the most pure domestic traditions is gathering the kids around the television for family movie night… until things on screen get very unpure. We all have stories of awkward situations from our childhoods where we were trapped in a room with our parents while watching a show or movie where people were doin’
UPDATED, 6:15 PM: A fast-moving wildfire fueled by fierce Santa Ana winds swept into the northern Los Angeles area overnight, destroying homes, forcing mandatory evacuations and sending thousands fleeing. Mayor Eric Garcetti has declared a state of emergency in the city of L.A. “ Because of the severity of this fire and its capability to
Yeah, bitch! It’s Breaking Bad season, as a new movie following Jesse’s journey comes out this weekend. But if you’re not an OG stan, don’t worry, there is plenty more coming up this weekend for you to binge. Here are the best offerings of the new shows that premiered this week, and reader, they will
Robert Forster, an Academy Award nominee for his work as Max Cherry in Quentin Tarantino’s Jackie Brown, died at his Los Angeles home today following a brief battle with brain cancer. His death was confirmed by his family and representatives. Forster appeared in more than 100 films, including his latest, El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie,
This is a different bit of casting news for The CW’s Dynasty. Whenever there are cast changes for the reboot, they almost always include a beloved series regular exiting. However, just hours ahead of Dynasty Season 3, it has been revealed that four cast members have been promoted to series regular status. TV Line is
The Expanse star Cas Anvar has booked a recurring role on the sixth and final season of ABC’s How to Get Away with Murder. Anvar plays Robert Hsieh, an in-house lawyer of a popular dating app who works closely with Caplan & Gold on a discrimination suit. Created by Peter Nowalk, How to Get Away
It takes a couple of episodes to really get going, but ultimately, Season 3 of the Duffer Brothers’ Stranger Things is so awesome that it would’ve been worth the wait even if that wait had begun all the way back in 1985, the year in which it’s set. Heck, the premiere alone delivers chills (seriously
Damian Lewis’ spy documentary series is going global with a slew of international sales. Damien Lewis: Spy Wars has been picked up in markets including Canada and China. A+E Network has sold the show to Bilibil.com in China, Blue Ant in Canada, Pop TV in Slovenia, Historia & Atres Media in Spain and TVNZ in
Exclusive TMZ.com Bill Cosby should have been ambushed by 27 women, who accused him of sexual assault, with “small, very sharp knives” during a 2015 TV interview … according to one of the lawyers on the case. The Montgomery County D.A.’s Office just released — under court order — emails regarding Cosby, and in one
A civil claim that former CBS This Morning host Charlie Rose retaliated against three women who complained about his alleged sexual harassment has been dismissed. New York Supreme Court Judge Doris Ling-Cohan said that while Rose may have disparaged the women — calling one a “f—ing idiot” and another a “f—ing kindergartner” — that does not
[embedded content] Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Season 2 finds its way to Netflix in April, and even though it’s the start of spring, fans should get ready for things to get dark! The trailer, which dropped on Monday morning, shows Sabrina (Kiernan Shipka) starting to take a much keener interest in the dark arts than
Holey Moley will play through. ABC has ordered a second season of the mini-golf game show from Stephen Curry that debuted in the summer. NBA star Curry executive produces the competition series from Eureka Productions and Unanimous Media. Rob Riggle and Monday Night Football’s Joe Tessitore return to offer up their play-by-play and commentary for
Oh, American Horror Story. The only show where a guy almost gets cooked in an oven, there’s a midnight aerobics class that ends in a disembowelment, and a serial-killer-on-serial-killer fight and none of those things are the biggest developments to come out of the episode. We’ve long suspected overly-devoted camp owner Margaret Booth (Leslie Grossman)
Midsomer Murders writer Chris Murray is taking a pro-European approach to his latest drama – taking one of Britain’s best loved actors and turning him into a Dutch detective. Murray is remaking Dutch procedural Van Der Valk for a slew of European broadcasters including ITV in the UK, Germany’s ARD, France Télévisions and NPO Netherlands with
Margaret and Montana are the most dangerous females on TV. Both women took center stage on American Horror Story Season 9 Episode 4, and it’s because they both had murder in mind. We’ll start with Margaret because the revelations surrounding that particular character have successfully flipped the script. If you watch American Horror Story online, you know
For people involved in broadcast television, it was quite a rude awakening the morning of Premiere Tuesday when the fast nationals for the first night of the 2019-20 season came out. New series across the board were opening at Live+Same Day levels that even a year ago would have had networks sharpening the cancellation axe.
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The CW’s Premiere Week continued Tuesday with the Season 6 premiere of flagship series The Flash, which drew a 0.6 adults 18-49 rating in Live+Same Day and 1.63 million total viewers. That was off by two tents in the demo from the Season 5 opener last fall but on par with the season average and
Exclusive TMZ.com Todd Chrisley and his wife, Julie, can put their tax woes behind them — at least at a state level — but they’re not yet in the clear of their federal tax evasion case. The “Chrisley Knows Best” couple reached a settlement with the Georgia Department of Revenue last week stemming from allegations
The man charged with the 1985 killing of prolific TV director Barry Crane pleaded not guilty Tuesday to one count of murder with a special allegation of using a heavy decorative object during the commission of the crime. Edwin Hiatt, 53, entered his plea at the Van Nuys courthouse in Los Angeles. According to prosecutors,
And so it begins! Another March Madness, sure to be full of incredible college basketball, is upon us. It will inspire lots of frayed nerves, some insane face painting, and of course, completion of those brackets in hopes of winning bragging rights… or that office pool. This year’s NCAA tournament bracket will be revealed on
Viacom and CBS have appointed Doretha “DeDe” Lea as EVP, Global Public Policy and Government Relations of ViacomCBS, a position that will become effective when the pending merger of the companies is closed. As the top lobbyist for the soon-to-be-merged company, Lea will report to CEO Bob Bakish. The $30 billion, all-stock merger of CBS
The Flash is about to enter a tricky time period in which fans will decide whether the show is past its prime or still worth the weekly watch. After all, when was the last time you said, “You know, the show was always good, but it really hit its stride in Season 6?” The Flash‘s
A Soviet era satellite crashing to Earth was a major plot point in the Season 10 opener of The Walking Dead as AMC’s zombie apocalypse series fell double-digits among viewers to an all-time series low. However, even more than last year, the audience of 4 million that the October 6 “Lines We Cross” episode snared
Claire has always been one of the strongest women on The Good Doctor. Usually, most of the characters take a back seat to Shaun, but The Good Doctor Season 3 Episode 3 was all about Claire, her backstory, and her overeagerness to help a patient. This time, Shaun and Carly’s relationship drama was in the background, as
Stephen Colbert and Trevor Noah both struck an ominous tone Monday night while discussing President Donald Trump’s decision to pull U.S. troops out of Syria as Turkey prepares a military assault against Kurdish fighters. Noah suggested Trump is betraying the Kurds — who helped the U.S. battle the Islamic State — to turn attention away
You’ll be happy to know, Four Weddings and a Funeral fanatics, that Hulu’s adaptation of the beloved British rom-com does in fact open with its main character suddenly waking up and shouting the word “F—k!” repeatedly. Aside from that winking homage, though, the new Four Weddings — debuting Wednesday, July 31 on the streamer; I’ve
Lyle Gamm is joining CNN Original Series as senior vice president. He succeeds Lizzie Fox, who was recently named the senior vice president of non-fiction programming for HBO Max. Gamm will have day-to-day responsibility for overseeing the original series slate and managing the development, current and production staff in Los Angeles and Atlanta. “Lyle is
Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com “Boy Meets World” star Maitland Ward doesn’t believe the so-called stigma associated with doing porn … insisting her move to the adult film industry is actually a savvy business move. We got Maitland — who rose to fame playing Rachel McGuire in the 90s ABC sitcom — at Kings Road