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TV Ratings: CBS’ ‘Matlock’ Makes Solid Opening Argument
CBS’ update on Matlock brought in a strong audience for its premiere Sunday night. The legal drama starring Kathy Bates — which shares a name and basic premise with the 1980s-90s series starring Andy Griffith, but not much else — brought in 7.73 million viewers for its debut. Excluding shows that debuted after the Super Bowl, that’s […]
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Michelle Pfeiffer Joins ‘Margo’s Got Money Troubles’ at Apple TV+
Apple TV+’s upcoming drama Margo’s Got Money Troubles has added another A-list name to its cast. Michelle Pfeiffer will star opposite Elle Fanning and Nicole Kidman in the series, which is based on the best-selling novel of the same title by Rufi Thorpe. She’ll also be an executive producer on the project, which A24 is […]
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Kyle Chandler to Star in HBO’s ‘Lanterns’ Series
HBO’s DC series Lanterns has found its Hal Jordan. Emmy winner Kyle Chandler is set to play the legendary member of the Green Lantern Corps in the series, sources tell The Hollywood Reporter. The show will be the first series role for the Friday Night Lights star since Showtime’s 2022 drama Super Pumped. Lanterns, which […]
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‘Percy Jackson and the Olympians’ Casts Thaila Role
Season two of Percy Jackson and the Olympians has cast another important role. Tamara Smart (Netflix’s Resident Evil) is joining the series based on author Rick Riordan’s Greek mythology-laden novels as Thalia Grace, the demigod daughter of Zeus. She’ll recur in season two, which is in production and slated for a 2025 premiere. Smart is […]
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‘Friends’ Game Show Set at Max to Mark Series’ 30th Anniversary
Call it “The One With the Game Show.” To mark the 30th anniversary of Friends, Max has greenlit a four-episode game show based on the classic comedy. Titled Fast Friends, the show is set to begin production next month at The Friends Experience interactive exhibit in New York. Warner Bros. Unscripted Television and Warner Horizon […]
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‘Pretty Little Liars’ Reboot Canceled at Max
The Pretty Little Liars sequel/reboot at Max is done after two seasons. The streamer has canceled the show, a horror-inflected take of the 2010s ABC Family/Freeform mystery. The decision comes about three months after PLL’s second season, subtitled Summer School, finished its run in June. “While Max will not be moving forward with a third season […]
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Olympics Push NBC to 52-Week Network Ratings Win for 2023-24
A big summer — and specifically, two weeks and three days of the summer — helped NBC claim the 52-week ratings crown for the 2023-24 season. The network’s primetime telecasts of the Summer Olympics, which averaged some 14 million viewers nightly from July 26-Aug. 11, moved NBC into first place for the full year, measured from Sept. […]
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‘Orpheus Project’ Thriller in the Works at Amazon From ‘Fellow Travelers,’ ‘Nashville’ Alums (Exclusive)
Prime Video will explore the realm of near-death experiences in its latest drama project. The Amazon-owned streamer is developing a thriller called The Orpheus Project, centering on a group of young doctors who conduct dangerous experiments on themselves that skirt the line between life and death. The project, from writers Dee Johnson (Fellow Travelers) and […]
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‘Magic: The Gathering’ Animated Series Restarts at Netflix
The cards are back on the table. Netflix is taking another shot at an animated series based on Magic: The Gathering, the hugely popular role-playing game. The streamer first picked up a series based on the game in 2019, with Joe and Anthony Russo as showrunners. The Russo brothers later departed the series over creative […]
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Streaming Ratings: AMC Shows ‘Dark Winds,’ ‘A Discovery of Witches’ Get Netflix Boost
AMC made a bet earlier this year that licensing a number of its shows to Netflix would help them find more viewers. That bet appears to have paid off. Two AMC shows, Dark Winds and A Discovery of Witches, are among the top 10 streaming titles for the week of Aug. 19-25. They were added […]
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Tracy Morgan’s Paramount+ Comedy ‘Crutch’ Adds Trio to Cast (Exclusive)
The Tracy Morgan-led spinoff of The Neighborhood at Paramount+ continues to add to its cast. Adrian Martinez, Braxton Paul and Finn Maloney have joined Crutch, which stars Morgan as Francois Crutchfield, aka Crutch, a Harlem shop owner — and cousin of The Neighborhood’s Calvin Butler (Cedric the Entertainer) whose life is upended when his adult […]
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Paramount Streaming, Showtime Comms Head Erin Calhoun Exiting
Paramount Streaming and Showtime head of communications Erin Calhoun is leaving the company after seven years. Calhoun will depart at the end of September, she wrote in a memo to staff on Thursday (read it below, along with a note from Paramount Streaming president and CEO Tom Ryan). “What truly has made this journey remarkable […]
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