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The possibility of a writers’ strike is one of the conversations dominating Hollywood right now, but Adam Conover, creator and star of truTV’s Adam Ruins Everything and a WGA West board member, has urged members to filter out “misinformation” and “provocative claims” ahead of talks with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP).

Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches continues to cast a spell on viewers. TV Fanatic got the chance to chat with Beth Grant about her work on the hit series. Beth revealed that she was attracted to that universe after hearing the word “witch,” but she also had great respect for Anne Rice, the characters and stories,

NBC has renewed its disaster drama La Brea for Season 3. The news comes ahead of Season 2’s midseason return to the network on Tuesday night. La Brea follows an epic family adventure after a massive sinkhole opens in Los Angeles, pulling people and buildings into a mysterious and dangerous primeval land where they have

The purge of some of Showtime’s less popular series from the network’s streaming service has gotten underway. According to sources, the majority of of the shows impacted lasted one season. As Deadline revealed exclusively earlier today, that includes Let The Right One In and American Gigolo, which have been canceled. Additionally, in the process of

ABC is wasting no time in moving on from T.J. Holmes and Amy Robach … dropping their names from the show they anchored together before their romance sparked their exit. ‘GMA3’ had a noticeably different intro for Monday’s episode, with the announcer saying … “Now from Times Square, here’s what you need to know.” Play

Hollywood is mourning the loss of Cindy Williams, the optimistic foil to Penny Marshall’s Laverne in the hit 1970s sitcom Laverne & Shirley. Williams died in Los Angeles on Wednesday after a brief illness, her family told The Associated Press. “The passing of our kind, hilarious mother, Cindy Williams, has brought us insurmountable sadness that

Netflix’s Bridgerton is losing another original cast member. Phoebe Dynevor is not returning for the third season of the Regency-era drama, it has been revealed. Dynevor revealed the news to Screenrant during an interview at the Sundance Film Festival. “Sadly [I’m] not in Season 3,” Dynevor told the outlet.  However, she is not closing the

EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures Television is putting the limited series Jackpot into early development inspired by the hardscrabble life of Philly high-stakes gambler-turned-FBI confidential source RJ Cipriani (aka Robin Hood 702), the lynchpin in taking down a multimillion-dollar drug ring. Nicholas Stoller and his Stoller Global Solutions partner Conor Welch, as well as Jamie Canniffe, are

Protests took place outside the BBC’s New Broadcasting House yesterday over controversial Narendra Modi documentary India: The Modi Question. Dozens of protesters from Britain’s Indian diaspora gathered outside the BBC HQ in London on Sunday, angered by the portrayal of the Indian leader and his relationship with the nation’s Muslim minority. Meanwhile, Indian free speech

Annie Wersching — famous for roles in a number of hit TV shows over the years — has died. Her publicist confirmed the news to Deadline — and her husband, Stephen Full, issued a statement. He writes, “There is a cavernous hole in the soul of this family today. But she left us the tools

The Real Housewives of New York City is going through a major reboot for Season 14 and Andy Cohen is teasing what is to come. During an “Ask Andy” segment with the audience from his Bravo late-night show Watch What Happens Live, Cohen gave his first impressions of the new season. “They’re super fashionable. The

In order for any deal to work, all parties have to be trusted to stick with it. Mayor of Kingstown Season 2 Episode 3 suggests that Mike might have made a deal with parties who don’t have the fortitude to stand their ground. That could mean big trouble for Mike McClusky. From an editorial standpoint,

Tonight on Saturday Night Live, host Michael B. Jordan and Bowen Yang got into the voice-over booth for Street Fighter 6 — the latest in the combat video game franchise from Capcom.  The sketch titled “Video Game Session” opens with the director, played by Andrew Dismukes, kicking off the day’s session with voice actors Trace

Paramount’s newly minted Oscar Best Picture nominee Top Gun: Maverick won Best Picture at the AARP Movies for Grownups Awards, held Saturday at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel. The Tom Cruise-starring sequel beat out competition for the group’s marquee award that included fellow Oscar nominees in Warner Bros’ Elvis, A24’s Everything Everywhere All at Once, Universal/Amblin’s

Olivia Wilde and Jason Sudeikis seem to have waived their white flags following a drama-filled year in the wake of their split — because they’re out here looking very simpatico. The former couple — who share two children together — hugged it out in public Friday here in L.A. … this after a meeting we’re

Andy Cohen sat with the stars of The Real Housewives of Miami to film the Season 5 reunion and things got seemingly heated. The Watch What Happens Live host took to social media to apologize to Larsa Pippen after he raised his voice at her. “Still shooting and I didn’t have screaming at Larsa in

If you’re a mystery fan, you might be interested in The Watchful Eye on Freeform. If you love sci-fi, there’s The Ark on Syfy from Dean Devlin. Or maybe you need a good drama? Apple TV+ has Dear Edward. Then again, you could be in the mood to see a worldwide phenonoman own her narrative.

A crowd of approximately 100 gathered outside Los Angeles Police Department headquarters Friday night in protest of the Memphis police beating of Tyre Nichols. The protest saw LAPD officers in riot gear face off against the crowd, with one protester lobbing a firecracker at a patrol car. Later, a crowd banged on a police car

It’s Oscar nominations week, and a jovial Bill Maher zinged out a few Hollywood jabs to start the second Real Time of the spring. But later in the show, a cranky Maher revealed a dirty little secret about travel that he and other celebrities do all the time “I can’t wait to see who slaps

UPDATE 2:55 PM PT — Sources with direct knowledge tell us both T.J. Holmes and Amy Robach have officially signed their exit agreements — which include compensation packages — though we don’t yet know the amount. T.J. Holmes and Amy Robach are both out at ABC … TMZ has learned. Sources connected to the network

Peacock will not be moving forward with Julie Plec and Kevin Williamson’s comic book adaptation Dead Day despite a straight-to-series order, Deadline has confirmed. The streamer ordered the series, from Universal Television earlier this year but it is now being shopped elsewhere after it was axed at Peacock, a source tells Deadline. Dead Day, a

Celina was unexpectedly paired with Sgt Grey, a pregnant Angela’s undercover op took a dangerous turn, and Lucy and the gang schemed to get Tim back on the street during The Rookie Season 5, Episode 13. Our TV Fanatics, Jasmine, Denis, and Christine, are here to debate the deep dive into Celina’s personal life, if

HBO’s high-profile drama The Last Of Us will be back for a second season. Just two episodes in, the premium cabler announced today it has renewed the video game-based series from Chernobyl creator Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann. In its debut season, The Last Of Us scored the second-largest premiere after House of the Dragon since Boardwalk Empire’s launch in 2010.

Longtime college basketball broadcaster Billy Packer, who was a part of 34 Final Fours as a broadcaster for NBC and CBS, died Thursday at the age of 82, according to a tweet from his son. “The Packer Family would like to share some sad news,” tweeted his son Mark, who hosts a show on the ACC

UPDATE 4:02 PM PT — A spokesperson for Rakuten tells us they’re confident they’ve fixed any lingering issues and will be ready for the next Lakers game. Rui Hachimura made his debut as the Los Angeles Lakers’ newest addition on Wednesday … but a lot of his fans back home missed out on the action

The cinematic adaptation of The 1619 Project, the Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times essay series that accelerated the vociferous debate over Critical Race Theory, makes its debut on Hulu tonight. If history is a guide – and that’s what the whole series is about – the documentary series will prove as polarizing as the original

Party Down will be back in session on Starz next month. Thankfully, we have our biggest glimpse at the third season to date with a new trailer. The third season consists of six all-new episodes and is set to premiere on Friday, February 24 at midnight on the STARZ app, all STARZ streaming, and on-demand

NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell said execs at the company and parent Comcast are “more confident” than they were a year or two ago that investments in streaming service Peacock will soon yield profits. How soon remains a bit unclear, however. “We’ve been clear from the start that we’re going to see a return on that

If you went in and digitally removed all the smartphones from Peacock’s new series Poker Face, it could’ve aired right alongside Columbo and The Rockford Files in a 1970s NBC primetime lineup. Co-creators Rian Johnson and Natasha Lyonne dust off a creaky old format — the guest-star-studded mystery of the week — and put a stylish spin

Adam Scott went on the Boy Meets World rewatch podcast, “Pod Meets World,” on Sunday to air a longstanding grievance. Scott, a recurring character who played Griff Hawkins on the 1990s sitcom, told cast members Danielle Fishel, Rider Strong and Will Friedle about a moment on set that still haunts him. The incident happened as filming for