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An unprecedented Match of the Day without presenters, pundits or commentators was watched by 500,000 more people last night than the previous week. An average 2.6M viewers tuned in for the somewhat-bizarre 20 minute-long highlights show that comes with the BBC mired in one of its biggest crises of the past generation. Match of the

Audible’s BREAKTHROUGH Co-Creator/Executive Producer: Will Malnati Executive Producer: Ethan RussellPanelists: Sara Bareilles (judge); Daveed Diggs (host)Logline: In a genre-redefining first, Breakthrough bursts onto the singing competition scene with an electrifying, audio-only series that strips away the superficial to reaffirm what matters most: pure talent. The captivating new Audible Original invites listeners on an intimate musical journey where it doesn’t matter what

Selena Gomez is confessing to a lie … that she isn’t bothered when people body-shame her, because it’s actually a gut punch. Selena says although she pretended not to be affected by social media posts zeroing in on her weight, she says behind closed doors she would cry her eyes out. The “Only Murders in

Rick Scheckman, who worked with David Letterman for more than 30 years, died Friday at Bellevue Hospital in New York, according to friend Leonard Maltin. He was 67 and reportedly had “multiple health issues.” Scheckman joined “Late Night With David Letterman” in 1982, coming aboard just one month after the show’s premiere on NBC. He

That was riveting! We dived into an action-packed hour on Fire Country Season 1 Episode 16 as the team traveled to a neighboring county to help put out a massive fire started by the mysterious arsonist we have been aware of. After such a disappointing turn of events on Fire Country Season 1 Episode 15, this episode

It’s Oscar weekend in Hollywood, and the Real Time live audience was in the mood for some show business insight. Host Bill Maher didn’t disappoint. This year’s Oscars has some changes, Maher said. “They’re asking, ‘Who are you slapping?’ He also noted that it’s hard to remember who won what from year to year. “You

There’s been yet another change at the helm of Dick Wolf’s Law & Order: Organized Crime. Sean Jablonski is stepping down as showrunner of NBC’s police procedural, Deadline has confirmed. Jablonski is the fourth showrunner to depart the Law & Order spinoff in the past year. Law & Order: SVU’s David Graziano will oversee the

Play video content TMZ.com Joe Exotic says the hit Netflix series surrounding his life is the worst thing that’s happened to him, because it made the public believe he tried to kill Carole Baskin — and yet, he’s forgiven everyone, including Carole, as he faces the possibility of dying in prison. We spoke to Joe

EXCLUSIVE: BET+ has greenlit the biopic The First Lady of BMF: The Tonesa Welch Story inspired by the true life of Detroit native Tonesa Welch, which was first chronicled in American Gangster: Trap Queens, also from the streamer. Vivica Fox (Holiday Hideway) is set to direct the film based on a script by Gabrielle Collins;

Who tried to kill Sonya? On CSI: Vegas Season 2 Episode 16, her life was in jeopardy when she was exposed to a mysterious poison. As the CSI team raced to find an antidote, it became clear the silver ink murderer was behind the plot. Meanwhile, Max’s ex-husband, Daniel, returned to make sure their son

The Fabelmans, The Banshees of Inisherin, Marcel the Shell with Shoes On and Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical were among the big film winners Thursday at the Casting Society’s 38th annual Artios Awards. The casting pros behind Abbott Elementary, Succession, Hacks and Yellowjackets took home some of the prime TV hardware at the triad of

Robert Blake, the controversial actor who won a Lead Actor Emmy for Baretta and starred in films including In Cold Blood and Lost Highway before a murder trial ended his career, died today of heart disease in Los Angeles. He was 89. His niece, Noreen Austin, confirmed the news. Blake’s long career ranged from a

Play video content TMZSports.com He landed Barack Obama … now, Eli Manning has his sights set on his next dream “ManningCast” guests — Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David!! TMZ Sports played a pivotal role (or so we tell ourselves) in helping Peyton and Eli book the former president on their alternative broadcast of “Monday Night

Lashan Browning and her Antoinette Media banner is going further into business with Paramount. Browning, who produces seven series for MTV Entertainment Studios including three of the Love & Hip Hop franchise, has secured investment from Paramount in Antoinette Media. The company has provided a “substantial equity investment” but Browning retains a majority stake. Antoinette Media,

While the crew tried to find a new fuel source, Lt. Lane grappled with his newfound secret. The Ark Season 1 Episode 6 revealed more about the William Trust secret, and we finally found out why Lt. Brice kept his secrets. These plot threads melded together well, and the series produced the best episode of

Tom Jackson, who appeared on the show’s first episode, died on March 3 at age 63 after a battle with gland cancer. His death was announced on the show’s Instagram account. “It’s with a heavy heart that we say goodbye to a member of our Queer Eye family,” read the show’s March 8 post, accompanied by several snapshots

It’s transfer time for Phil Dunster, who has played AFC Richmond’s star striker Jamie Tartt on the Emmy-winning comedy drama Ted Lasso for three seasons. The actor is joining Gugu Mbatha-Raw on Season 2 of her psychological thriller Surface, Breaking Baz can reveal. Both Ted Lasso and Surface are part of the Apple TV+ universe. Surface launched on the streamer last summer and

Hayden Panettiere is honoring her brother in a special way on the day of his funeral … wearing a custom jacket he designed to the service. The Panettiere family and friends gathered Wednesday at the Palisades Presbyterian Church in Nyack, New York to celebrate and remember the life of Jansen Panettiere. Hayden wore the colorful

Paramount Global CEO Bob Bakish decided to, in his words, “cross the line” and address a recent bid the company received for Showtime. In an appearance at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media and Telecom Conference, the exec said the company doesn’t typically comment on M&A. But he acknowledged the unsolicited bid, which was in the

For a textbook sitcom, Night Court Season 1 Episode 9 is practically Shakespearean in its savagely dramatic irony and role reversals. Guest star Stephnie Weir chews up the scenery as the surgically precise podcast journalist, Remecca, whose plan to expose the dirty secrets of our good-hearted — if curmudgeonly narcissistic — public defender nearly succeeds.

George R.R. Martin admitted that he wasn’t all that impressed with the dragons in Game of Thrones. “They were like all the same,” he admitted Tuesday at an FYC event for HBO. But the fire breathers he saw in the House of the Dragon were truly next level. “They had personality,” he continued. “They came

The 2023 Kids’ Choice Awards made quite a splash for Nickelodeon. Saturday’s simulcast drew 3.1M viewers across linear and digital platforms, which is up 40% over last year, according to Nickelodeon. On cable alone, the telecast gathered an audience of 637,000, which ranked as the top cable telecast among kids 2-11, kids 6-11, and tweens 9-14. The

Play video content Tiny Ark “Ted Lasso” fans will have the shot of a lifetime … a chance to spend the night at Lasso’s fave pub is getting offered on Airbnb, and it’s virtually on the house!!! As a toast to the upcoming season, the pub owner Mae — played by Annette Badland — teamed

Endeavor Group Holdings CEO Ari Emanuel’s longstanding ties with Elon Musk led to the company investing a “small amount” in Twitter, a source has confirmed to Deadline. Axios broke the news of the investment earlier Tuesday, noting that Endeavor is the first public company to be identified as an investor in Twitter. Musk took the

Good news first: Jared’s rejoined the team at St. Bonaventure. It seems silly for him to have to start all over again as a first-year resident, but if it gets him back on canvas more or less permanently — Jared will be recurring for the rest of the season –  I’m all for it. The

Following tonight’s episode of The Good Doctor, ABC released a trailer for the next episode, airing March 13, which is an embedded pilot episode for potential spinoff The Good Lawyer. Nancy Drew star Kennedy McMann and Emmy-winning Desperate Housewives alumna Felicity Huffman guest star in the episode, introducing their characters who would lead The Good

The “Nepo baby” effect has been laid bare in the UK by Netflix/National Youth Theatre research that showed the vast majority of respondents believe connections rather than talent are required to make it big. Unveiled alongside the research, the streamer and theater have launched the IGNITE Your Creativity program to “crack the class ceiling,” which

Play video content TMZ.com Pedro Pascal says he’s aware that this new hit HBO show, “The Last of Us,” is getting compared to another ‘Us’ series … and his response to that is, take it up with the writers. We got the TV star Friday in WeHo, where he was signing autographs and itching to

EXCLUSIVE: Leo Messi is getting the animated treatment. The Argentinean soccer captain has teamed up with Sony Music Entertainment to develop a new animated series after winning the World Cup in Qatar. The series will depict Messi as a child as he confronts obstacles while traveling throughout a videogame. It is aimed for children and