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(Hollywood Reporter) – A substantial number of Disney+ users followed The Acolyte over its first few days on the streamer. Disney+ says the Star Wars series recorded the biggest opening for a show on the streamer so far this year, with the premiere episode recording 11.1 million views — i.e., the equivalent of that many complete showings of the 42-minute episode — worldwide […]
(ET Online) – Amy and Matt Roloff’s son and his wife have left the series after 25 seasons. Zach and Tori Roloff have officially stepped away from their family’s reality show, Little People, Big World, after 25 seasons. Zach, the 33-year-old son of Amy Roloff and Matt Roloff, has been with the show since it began in 2006. On Tuesday, the TLC […]
(CNN) – “X-Men ‘97” at first seems like narrowly pitched made-for-streaming fare, reviving a cultish animated Saturday-morning series launched more than 30 years ago, basically picking up where that show left off. Look a little closer, though, and “X-Men” could offer clues, and signposts, as Marvel pivots into a next phase that hinges on incorporating that popular property […]
(People) – Mai Whelan has finally received her long-awaited payout after winning Netflix’s Squid Game: The Challenge! PEOPLE can confirm that the immigration adjudicator has received her historic $4.56 million prize after beating out 455 other players in a series of grueling trials inspired by the award-winning Korean drama series. Despite the television personality’s previous claim of a 10-month delay in the funds, […]
(CNN) — There was a time when Matthew Perry’s comedy “Friends” and George Clooney’s drama “ER” were back-to-back on NBC’s Thursday night schedule. Clooney reflected on those days and Perry’s recent passing in a new interview with Deadline. Clooney shared that he had known Perry since the “Friends” star was 16 years old. “We used to play paddle tennis together,” […]
(CNN) – Mark Cuban is swimming away from the show that helped America better come to know the billionaire owner of the Dallas Mavericks. During an appearance on the Showtime podcast “All The Smoke,” Cuban talked to hosts and former NBA players Matt Barnes and Stephen Jackson about his time on the entrepreneur series “Shark Tank.” “This […]
(Yahoo) – It’s been almost a year since Yellowstone aired its midseason finale — and a dramatic year at that, what with Paramount Network pulling the plug on its biggest hit and the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes slamming the brakes on the production of the series’ last episodes. But Thursday, the network finally was able to announce when […]
(The Guardian) – The HBO CEO and chairman, Casey Bloys, has apologised for tasking employees with creating fake Twitter accounts to attack TV critics. Bloys was responding to a bombshell Rolling Stone report that referenced alleged text messages between himself and Kathleen McCaffrey, HBO’s senior vice-president of drama programming. In six conversations, the pair discussed a “secret army” that […]
(Yahoo) – “The Drew Barrymore Show” has set a new premiere date for Season 4 after the Hollywood writers’ strike ended last week. The syndicated daytime talk show is scheduled to return Oct. 16, according to “The Drew Barrymore Show” Instagram account. Barrymore previously postponed the launch of Season 4 after receiving widespread criticism for announcing it would […]
(CNN) -Roy Wood Jr., who some believed would succeed Trevor Noah as host of “The Daily Show,” has announced he’s leaving the talk show. The correspondent for “The Daily Show” first shared the news in an interview with NPR’s television critic, Eric Deggans. “After eight amazing years on The Daily Show, where I’ve been able […]
