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‘Chucky,’ ‘The Act’ Producer Eat the Cat Taps Gemma Levinson to Head Development (Exclusive)
Nick Antosca’s production company Eat the Cat is bolstering its executive ranks. Gemma Levinson has joined the company as vp development. She’ll take charge of day-to-day development for the company, headed by Antosca and Alex Hedlund, and also help grow Eat the Cat’s roster of TV and film projects. “Gemma’s fantastic taste and her commitment […]
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Don Cheadle Boards Peacock’s ‘Fight Night’
Peacock’s limited series Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist continues to add to its A-list cast. Don Cheadle is the latest actor to sign on to the drama, which tracks an armed robbery (and its fallout) on the night of Muhammad Ali’s 1970 comeback fight in Atlanta. Cheadle joins a cast that also includes Kevin […]
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‘Outlander’ Prequel Sets Core Cast, Begins Filming
The prequel series to Starz’s Outlander has found its lead actors and is heading into production. Filming has begun in Scotland on Outlander: Blood of My Blood, a show that will focus on the parents of the leads in the main series. Starz previously said the prequel would center on Jamie’s (Sam Heughan) mother and […]
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Comedian Shane Gillis, 21 Savage Booked for ‘SNL’
After a shortened 2022-23 season, Saturday Night Live returned a bit later than usual to kick off its 2023-24 run. The writers strike affected both the end of last season and the start of season 49; the end of the labor action on Sept. 25 meant a mid-October start for SNL — with former castmember Pete […]
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‘The White Lotus’ Drops Milos Bikovic After Ukraine Controversy
Actor Miloš Biković will no longer be part of The White Lotus. HBO says it “decided to part ways” with the actor and will recast the role in the show’s forthcoming third season, which is set to begin filming in Thailand this month. The change comes after Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs criticized Biković’s casting […]
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Sam Waterston to Leave ‘Law & Order’ After 20 Seasons
The longest-serving actor on Law & Order is set to work his last case. Sam Waterston, who has been part of the NBC drama since 1994, is leaving the show. His final episode as Manhattan District Attorney Jack McCoy is set to air Feb. 22. Tony Goldwyn (Scandal, Oppenheimer) will then join Law & Order […]
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Streaming Ratings: ‘Fool Me Once’ Opens Big for Netflix
Netflix rang in 2024 with a huge opening week for its series Fool Me Once. The thriller based on a novel by Harlan Coben scored better than 3 billion minutes of viewing in the week of Jan. 1-7, easily leading Nielsen’s streaming charts for the week (it premiered on New Year’s Day). The series had […]
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‘Suits’ Spinoff Scores Pilot Order at NBC
NBCUniversal’s expansion of the Suits universe is taking another step forward. Following the runaway success of the former USA Network legal drama on streaming platforms last year, NBC has ordered a pilot for a companion series. The project, from Suits creator Aaron Korsh, is called Suits: L.A. and will be set in the same world […]
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‘Obliterated’ Canceled at Netflix After One Season
Netflix has canceled its action comedy series Obliterated after a single season. The series, from Cobra Kai creators Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg and Josh Heald, was originally developed for TBS, where it earned a straight to series order in 2019. As TBS cut back on its scripted output, however, Obliterated became a free agent and […]
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TV Premiere Dates 2024: The Complete Guide
Hundreds of TV series — new and old, scripted and not, on streaming, broadcast and cable outlets — will premiere in the next 12 months. As production ramped up in the final weeks 2023 following the end of the SAG-AFTRA strike, pipelines started to get refilled, which could lead to a crush of premieres in […]
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‘Hijack,’ Starring Idris Elba, Renewed at Apple TV+
Apple TV+ has booked a return flight for its drama series Hijack. The tech behemoth’s streaming service has ordered a second season of the thriller starring and executive produced by Idris Elba. Details on the story for season two are being kept under wraps, but Elba will reprise his role as Sam Nelson — a corporate […]
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‘Percy Jackson and the Olympians’ Ends Its First Season With the Promise of More
[This story contains spoilers for the season finale of Percy Jackson and the Olympians on Disney+.] Percy Jackson completed his quest. The season finale of Percy Jackson and the Olympians finds the title character (Walker Scobell) confronting two powerful Greek gods, sharing emotional scenes with both of his parents — and discovering that there might […]
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