Night Court: Melissa Rauch to Star as Harry's Daughter in NBC Sequel Series

Melissa Rauch is trading in her lab coat for a judge’s robe: The Big Bang Theory alum will star as Judge Harry Stone’s daughter in NBC’s upcoming Night Court sequel series, according to our sister site Deadline. The follow-up series, which was first reported in December and is nearing a pilot order, will star Rauch […]

MacGyver Boss: Tweak to Series Finale Revealed Romantic 'Endgame' — Plus, How Season 6 Would Have Kicked Off

The following contains spoilers from the April 30 episode of MacGyver aka its Season 5 and series (at least on CBS) finale. MacGyver has folded open his last Swiss Army knife. The CBS reboot came to a close on Friday night, capping a five-season run. And while the timing of the show’s cancellation (announced barely […]

The Circle Week 3 Status Update: Who Got Blocked Right Before the Finale? Plus, Rate the Finalists in Our Polls!

Warning: This post contains spoilers from The Circle Season 2, Episodes 9 through 12. Don’t read on if you don’t want to know! Break out all the sad-face emojis, because The Circle is making some tough cuts as Season 2 approaches its endgame. Did this season’s “messy queens” get checkmated on their way to next […]

The Mosquito Coast: Grade the Premiere of Justin Theroux's Apple Adaptation

Apple TV+ has got your weekend travel plans covered — and you don’t need to leave the couch to visit The Mosquito Coast. Justin Theroux (The Leftovers) stars in the streamer’s new drama series, which 1) is based on the 1981 novel by Theroux’s uncle, Paul Theroux, and 2) dropped its first two episodes on Friday. […]

Invincible Season 1 Finale Recap: Blood, Tears and More Blood — Plus, Grade It!

There is an abundance of blood and violence on Invincible. But the Season 1 finale, which dropped this Friday, was especially so, because Omni-Man turned his son Mark’s face into raw hamburger meat. If Mark weren’t half Viltrumite, which is what makes him Invincible, then he surely would’ve died from all the bloody blows Omni-Man […]

Younger Video: 'Love Can't Wait' in New Trailer for Series' Final Episodes

We’d normally roll our eyes at yet another round of Liza and Charles’ never-ending game of emotional ping-pong, but with only five episodes left in Younger‘s run, we’re choosing to savor every last drop of melodrama that we can. A new trailer for the back half of Younger‘s seventh and final season dropped on Friday, […]

Was Debris the Fringe-iest? Did Oscars Botch Songs? Who's In Nevers Cellar? Are Mayans Dates Doomed? More Qs!

We’ve got questions, and you’ve (maybe) got answers! With another week of TV gone by, we’re lobbing queries left and right about dozens of shows including Invincible, Debris, Mayans MC and The Nevers! 1 | When The Blacklist‘s Liz envisioned Mr. Kaplan sitting on her bed, why did this wide shot include Mr. Kaplan at […]

Mighty Ducks: Game Changers Recap: The OG Ducks Are Back!

We’ve been waiting all season, and The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers finally brought in the some of the original Ducks for a special reunion. Episode 6 saw Fulton (played by Elden Henson), Banks (Vincent LaRusso), Connie (Marguerite Moreau), Kenny (Justin Wong), Averman (Matt Doherty) and Guy (Garette Henson) return to the ice while offering insight […]

The CW's Naomi Enters the Multiverse in First Look at Ava DuVernay Pilot

The CW’s next DC heroine is ready for her close-up. The network on Friday released an official first look at Ava DuVernay’s Naomi pilot, starring Kaci Walfall (Power) in the title role. Based on characters from the comics, Naomi “follows a teen girl’s journey from her small northwestern town to the heights of the multiverse,” […]

Young Rock, Kenan Renewed at NBC

Two of NBC’s freshmen comedies are getting a sophomore year. Young Rock and Kenan have both been renewed for Season 2 at the network, TVLine has learned. “It has been a true joy to watch Dwayne Johnson and Kenan Thompson on NBC every week and see families connect with their relatable, entertaining and heartwarming stories,” […]

Taika Waititi to Star as Blackbeard in HBO Max's Our Flag Means Death

Oscar winning auteur and sometimes thespian Taika Waititi (Jojo Rabbit) is taking another big acting swing, signing on to play Blackbeard in HBO Max’s upcoming pirate comedy Our Flag Means Death. Waititi also serves as an EP and is set to direct the pilot of the 10-episode series. Our Flag Means Death is loosely based on […]

TVLine Items: Brothers Garcia Revival, Schmigadoon! Premiere Date and More

The Brothers Garcia will soon be reunited: HBO Max has handed a 10-episode order to The Garcias, a sequel to the early-aughts Nickelodeon sitcom, Variety reports. The revival, which is set to begin production in June, will find the eponymous Mexican American family embark on a three-month summer vacation at a luxury beach resort. All […]

Flash First Look: Sara Garcia Debuts as the Strength Force's Friendlier Face — Get Scoop on 'Unholy Alliance' Ahead

The Flash is about to come face to face again with the Strength Force — though this time around, “Fuerza” will look a lot more like Reign‘s Sara Garcia. TVLine can exclusively confirm that Garcia will make her debut in the CW series’ Tuesday, May 4 episode as Alexa Rivera, a social aid health worker […]

Family Guy Revisits Classic Stewie Gag for Vaccination Message — Watch Video

Fifteen years later, Stewie Griffin is once again desperate for his mother’s attention — and he actually has something important to tell her this time. TVLine has your first look at a vaccination message airing after Sunday’s Family Guy (Fox, 9:30/8:30c), which calls back to a fan-favorite joke from Season 5’s “Stewie Loves Lois.” That […]

NCIS: Hawaii: Vanessa Lachey Snags Starring Role in Latest CBS Spinoff

NCIS: Hawaii has tapped Vanessa Lachey (BH90210, Call Me Kat) to headline CBS’ latest NCIS offshoot. Lachey will play Jane Tennant, the first woman Special Agent in Charge of NCIS Pearl. As diplomatic as she is hard-charging, Tennant is a keen investigator who can navigate a crime scene and inter-bureau politics with equal aplomb. She’s also […]

Black Monday's Underdog Crew Brings Their Financial Scheming to the '90s — Watch the Season 3 Trailer

Guard your assets, because Dawn, Mo, Blair and the rest of the Black Monday squad are back to their usual antics in Season 3 — and TVLine has your first look. The above trailer for the Showtime series’ forthcoming season, which premieres Sunday, May 23 at 10/9c, shows the bombastic crew bringing their financial scheming into […]

The Last Kingdom to End With Season 5

The Last Kingdom‘s upcoming fifth season will be… its last. As first reported by our sister pub Deadline, the Netflix series — based on Bernard Cornwell’s Saxon Stories novels — will conclude with its 10-episode fifth season, production of which is currently underway in Hungary. Alexander Dreymon, who stars as Saxon warrior Uhtred of Bebbanburg, said […]

Ratings: NFL Draft, Sheldon Lead Night; Manifest, Last Man Standing Go Low

In the latest TV show ratings, ABC’s coverage of the NFL Draft averaged 4.2 million total viewers and a 1.0 rating, easily leading Thursday night in the demo. Over on CBS, Young Sheldon (7 mil/0.7) was steady week-to-week and handily delivered Thursday’s biggest audience. United States of Al (5.1 mil/0.5), Mom (5.1 mil/0.5) and B […]

Green Lantern: Finn Wittrock to Star as Guy Gardner in HBO Max Series

One Green Lantern down, roughly a half-dozen more to go. American Horror Story vet Finn Wittrock is set to star in HBO Max’s forthcoming Green Lantern series, which will depict the time-tripping adventures of a multitude of Lanterns. Wittrock will play the Guy Gardner iteration of the superhero, a hulking mass of masculinity, and, as rendered […]

WWE's Daniel Bryan Reflects on His In-Ring Legacy — Is Roman Reigns His Final SmackDown Opponent?

WWE superstar Daniel Bryan is fighting for his right to remain on SmackDown (airings Fridays at 8/7c on Fox). Universal Champion Roman Reigns challenged the future Hall of Famer to a title match this week with the stipulation that if Bryan loses, he is banned from the Blue Brand for good. The stakes are extremely […]

May TV Calendar: 115+ Finales, Series Finales, Premieres, Returns and More

When will viewers have to give up their Mom addiction? When will Black Lightning power up for the last time? When will the NCIS agents in New Orleans crack their final case? And when will Last Man Standing (once again) take a seat? The end of this verrrry strange TV season (or at least some […]

Jeopardy! Video: Anderson Cooper Scolds All 3 Contestants for Failing to Identify Fleabag's 'Hot Priest'

Sacrilege! On Thursday’s Jeopardy!, guest host Anderson Cooper reacted with shock and awe when all three contestants failed to identify Fleabag breakout Andrew “Hot Priest” Scott in the ‘Pop Culture Priests’ category. “Wow, no one saw it?” a stupefied Cooper said of Amazon’s Emmy-winning phenom. “It’s a great show. Andrew Scott is his name. The show is […]

The Challenge: All Stars Recap: A Huge Twist Sends Two Players Packing

Arissa’s explosive Challenge: All Stars exit last week seemed like an impossible act to follow. That is, until host TJ Lavin pulled off the reality TV-equivalent of “hold my beer.” Just when we thought we knew how this game would play out, some major changes were unleashed in Thursday’s episode that shook the house to […]

City on a Hill's Lauren E. Banks Unpacks Siobhan's Brush with Death, Teases Fallout for Decourcy and Anton

Warning: This post contains spoilers for City on a Hill Season 2, Episode 5. The chaos began with Anton ramming his car into Decourcy’s luxury sedan. Stunned and confused, Decourcy and Siobhan had barely recovered from the car accident on last Sunday’s City on a Hill before Anton opened fire on them, missing Decourcy — […]

The Duchess Cancelled at Netflix

The Duchess‘ reign has come to a swift end: Netflix has cancelled the comedy series after one season, TVLine has confirmed. Series star Katherine Ryan first broke the news on Wednesday’s episode of Vicky Pattison’s The Secret To… podcast, sharing that Netflix “didn’t want to make any more. Not enough people watched it. I think […]

TVLine Items: Veep Vet Joins Maisel, Invincible's Double Renewal and More

Veep alum Reid Scott is taking on a marvelous new role, with a recurring part on Season 4 of Amazon Prime’s The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, our sister site Deadline reports. No character details are currently available. Gideon Glick (The Detour) will also join the cast in an undisclosed recurring role. Season 4 is currently in […]

The CW Announces Summer Schedule: Stargirl Returns, Riverdale Delayed

Riverdale will remain on pause longer than expected, while DC’s Stargirl‘s second season finally has a launch date. In announcing its summer game plan on Thursday, The CW revealed that Season 5 of Riverdale — which was originally slated to resume on Wednesday, July 7 — is now set to return a month later, on Wednesday, […]

Anderson Cooper's Jeopardy! Stint Set to End — How Does He Stack Up Against His Guest Host Rivals? Vote!

Anderson Cooper is complicating Jeopardy!‘s search for a full-time successor to Alex Trebek. With the CNN anchor set to wrap up his two-week stint as guest host on Friday, the social media consensus appears to be that Cooper did the iconic lectern proud, presiding over the game show with an effortless mix of gravitas and […]

Dexter Revival: Showtime Announces Fall Premiere for Season 9 — Watch

Dexter is officially coming out of retirement in late 2021:  Showtime on Thursday dropped a new teaser for the 10-episode limited series, and, in doing so, confirmed that the revival will premiere this fall. As previously reported, picks up nearly a decade after the widely panned 2013 finale, with Michael C. Hall’s Oregonian lumberjack now residing in the fictional […]

The Kominsky Method Final Season Trailer: R.I.P., Alan Arkin's Norman

The Kominsky Method is not leaving the fate of Alan Arkin‘s Norman Newlander up in the air ahead of its final season. A new trailer, which was released Thursday, reveals that Norman has, in fact, died. The video begins at his funeral, as Robby (played by recurring guest star Haley Joel Osment) says a few […]

Let's Be Real: Puppet Andrew Cuomo Plots to Flatten a Different Curve — Watch a Sneak Peek

A puppet version of Gov. Andrew Cuomo is here to warn New Yorkers about the biggest danger they’ll face this summer: himself. In the return of Fox’s Let’s Be Real (airing Thursdays at 9:30/8:30c), a marionette of Cuomo looks to “flatten the curve” of sexual harassment allegations in the city. With temperatures rising and women […]

Walker Promotes Odette Annable to Series Regular for Season 2

Potential good news for Walker‘s love life: Odette Annable, who currently recurs as the Texas Ranger’s pal Geri, has been promoted to series regular for the CW drama’s already announced second season, TVLine has learned. The reboot stars Supernatural vet Jared Padalecki as Cordell Walker, “a widower and father of two with his own moral […]

Netflix's Sweet Tooth Adaptation Gets Trailer and Premiere Date — Watch

Netflix’s Sweet Tooth is about to run wild. The eight-episode DC Comics adaptation will drop Friday, June 4 in its entirety, and can be previewed via the streamer’s new trailer (embedded above). Exec-produced by Robert Downey Jr. and Susan Downey, the show’s cast includes Will Forte (The Last Man on Earth) and James Brolin (Life in […]

MacGyver Series Finale Sneak Peek: The Team Goes 'All In' for Casino Sting

Before MacGyver the series cashes out, Mac and his friends will go “all in” for one of their very last missions, as seen in this exclusive sneak peek at the series finale’s opening scene. In the final episode of both Season 5 and the CBS series as a whole — titled “Abduction + Memory + […]

John Mayer Talk Show, Inspired by British Series, Eyed at Paramount+

Forget running through the halls of his high school: John Mayer now wants to host a Paramount+ talk show. According to our sister site Variety, Mayer is in negotiations to host a talk and performance series for the recently rebranded streamer (fka CBS All Access), tentatively titled Later With John Mayer. Inspired by the British […]

A Million Little Things First Look: See Paul Rodriguez Debut as Gary's Dad

There’s no A Million Little Things this week, but it’s all good: We’ve got a sneak peek of what will happen when Gary’s dad shows up in the next episode. Javier Mendez, played by comedian Paul Rodriguez, makes his debut in the May 5 episode (ABC, 10/9c). And from the look of these exclusive photos from […]

Titans Adds Vincent Kartheiser to Play Jonathan Crane, aka the Scarecrow

A Mad Men star is truly going mad this time: Vincent Kartheiser has signed on to play Jonathan Crane, aka the Scarecrow, in Season 3 of HBO Max’s Titans, the streamer announced on Wednesday. Jonathan Crane is “an inmate at Arkham Asylum who used to terrorize Gotham City using toxins to exploit his enemies’ phobias,” […]

Gossip Girl Reboot Slated for July Premiere on HBO Max

Spotted: Gossip Girl returning to TV screens this summer. HBO Max’s reboot of the CW teen drama will debut in July, the show’s official Twitter account announced on Wednesday. The 10-episode first season will “introduce a fresh crop of gorgeous Manhattan private-schoolers to Gossip Girl’s all-seeing eye,” per the official description. It will also address […]

The Big Leap Dance Dramedy, Starring Scott Foley, Lands Series Order at Fox

Fox is about to place an order for a whole lotta tulle: The network has handed a series order to The Big Leap, a ballet-centric dramedy led by Scandal‘s Scott Foley, TVLine has learned. First ordered to pilot in January 2020 — and inspired by the U.K. docuseries Big Ballet — The Big Leap is […]

TVLine Items: Noah Centineo's Netflix Series, DC FanDome Returns and More

Noah Centineo‘s new Netflix gig is a decidedly different one from that of Lara Jean’s boyfriend: The To All the Boys actor will star as a fledging CIA lawyer in an untitled drama for the streamer, TVLine has learned. Created by Alexi Hawley (The Rookie, Castle), the series follows Centineo’s character as he becomes “enmeshed […]

President Joe Biden Addresses a Joint Session of Congress — Livestream

Bravo Team, the Conners and #OneChicago’s first responders have the evening off so that President Joe Biden can deliver his first address before a joint session of Congress. Beginning at 9/8c and airing across the Big 4 networks (as well as CNN, C-SPAN, Fox News, MSNBC and PBS), Biden’s speech will mark the conclusion of […]

Hacks Trailer: Jean Smart Plays Fading Vegas Comedian in HBO Max Comedy

Jean Smart’s Queen of Sin City refuses to be dethroned in the first trailer for HBO Max’s Hacks (premiering Thursday, May 13). Created by Broad City trio Paul W. Downs, Lucia Aniello and Jen Statsky, the 10-episode comedy centers on “a dark mentorship” that forms between legendary Las Vegas comedian Deborah Vance (Smart) and an […]

Shadow and Bone Boss Eric Heisserer Plans a 'Lot of Kissing' for Alina and Mal in Potential Season 2 (and Beyond)

With all eight episodes of Shadow and Bone’s first season now streaming on Netflix, we’ve only scratched the surface of the robust fantasy story adapted from Leigh Bardugo’s bestselling book trilogy. The series has yet to be renewed for Season 2 (get on that, Netflix!) but showrunner and writer Eric Heisserer (Bird Box, Arrival) says […]

Josh Gad, Isla Fisher to Star in 6-Episode Peacock Comedy Wolf Like Me

Josh Gad (Avenue 5) and Isla Fisher (Arrested Development) are teaming up for the “genre-bending” half-hour comedy Wolf Like Me, which just snagged a six-episode straight-to-series order at Peacock. Written and directed by Little Monsters auteur Abe Forsythe, the project centers on new couple Gary (Gad) and Mary (Fisher). As the official logline teases, “Everyone brings […]

TV Ratings: CBS Dramas Slip But Top an Oddly Depressed Tuesday

In the latest TV show ratings, CBS’ Tuesday dramas tied for the nightly demo win — even while all slipping in the wake of last week’s last-minute swapping in of reruns. The recently renewed NCIS drew 8.2 million total viewers (Tuesday’s biggest audience) and a 0.6 demo rating, down 20 and 40 percent to mark […]

Falcon and the Winter Soldier Director Talks About That Sharon Carter Reveal, Rumored Pandemic Storyline

The following contains major spoilers from the entire season of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. One of the biggest revelations in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier‘s finale, which is now streaming on Disney+, is that Sharon Carter was the Power Broker all along! Sharon first revealed herself to viewers in a private confrontation […]

Julianna Margulies Tells Oprah Why She Quit ER in Season 6 — Despite a $27 Million Offer to Stay (Watch Video)

Julianna Margulies left a lot of dough on the operating table when she checked out of ER in 2000 after six seasons — and now we know why. In the latest edition of Super Soul (premiering Saturday, May 1 on discovery+), the Emmy winner — who is promoting her new memoir, Sunshine Girl: An Unexpected […]

The Handmaid's Tale Recap: In Which We Finally Reach June's Breaking Point

Human suffering, thy name is The Handmaid’s Tale Season 4, Episode 3. With June captured and the rest of the rogue handmaids on the run, you can guess the level of physical and emotional torture that takes place in this installment of Hulu’s dystopian drama. I’m warning you up front: It was hard to watch and […]

The Handmaid's Tale Recap: Serena's Quite Unexpected Development

You’ve gotta admire how The Handmaid’s Tale‘s Serena just can’t stop herself from competing with June — as we see in Episode 2, even Mrs. Waterford’s fallopian tubes are in on the neverending quest to best her former handmaid! Yep, the thing that the Waterfords thought would never happen does, actually, come to pass in “Nightshade”: […]

Grey's Sarah Drew: The 'Japril' Reunion Has 'Elements of Closure, But… '

Grey’s Anatomy had to know when it brought back Sarah Drew for the May 6 episode that viewers were going to want one thing: more. And, says the actress, who played April Kepner for nine years, they just might get it. “The beauty and the magic of Grey’s Anatomy is that I don’t think there’s […]

Big Sky Recap: Checkout Time

This week’s episode of Big Sky prominently features: a character growl-hissing at a poster, a kick to the groin, several Victorian dolls and a big ol’ truck driving clean through Cassie and Jenny’s motel room. Admit it: Even if you don’t regularly watch, you’re just a little bit intrigued. And if you are a consistent viewer […]

The Handmaid's Tale Premiere Recap: 'We Don't Hide, We Fight'

What, you thought The Handmaid’s Tale‘s June Osborne was going to nurse her wounds at a comparably idyllic farmhouse for more than half an episode? Nah, the Hulu drama’s Season 4 premiere reminds us — and June — that she’s here to chew gum and dismantle Gilead from the inside… and she’s all out of […]

Delilah Season 1 Finale Recap: Justice and a Mace Cliffhanger — Grade It!

Sisterhood is the heart and soul of Delilah. This not only includes the strong bond between besties Delilah and Tamara, but also Delilah and her former college roommate-turned-client Leah. But as viewers saw in Tuesday’s Season 1 finale of Craig Wright’s latest OWN drama, some sisters can’t be saved. Although it seemed like Leah — […]

The Handmaid's Tale Season 4: Elisabeth Moss & Co. Refresh Your Memory About All Things Gilead (Including a Near-Death June)

It’s been nearly two years since The Handmaid’s Tale heroine June Moss helped a plane full of children escape from a violent and misogynistic regime, then was shot in the abdomen as she attempted to evade capture. That’s a long time to leave the audience (and a hurt handmaid!) hanging; not even Aunt Lydia could fault […]

Entourage Creator Doug Ellin Accuses HBO of 'Hiding' Series Due to 'Wave of Righteous PC Culture'

Entourage creator Doug Ellin believes a “wave of righteous PC culture” has tarnished the series’ legacy, leading HBO to distance itself from the Emmy-winning comedy in recent years amid Hollywood’s #MeToo reckoning. In an interview with Yahoo Entertainment, Ellin accuses HBO of minimizing Entourage‘s presence online. “For a while, we were hiding in, like, ‘Wish-Fulfillment […]

Legends: Astra Gets Disneyfied as Animated Princess in Season 6 Trailer

Legends of Tomorrow is following up last season’s inspired Friends, Star Trek and Downton Abbey homage episode by spoofing Disney animated classics and singing competition shows. In a new trailer for Season 6 of the CW superhero series (premiering this Sunday at 8/7c), Astra (Olivia Swann) somehow — don’t think too hard about it; it’s Legends after all […]

Fantasy Island: Roselyn Sanchez to Star in Fox Reboot — Get Premiere Date

Roselyn Sanchez just booked a one-way ticket to Fantasy Island: The Devious Maids and Grand Hotel alum will star in Fox’s reboot of the classic TV show. Sanchez will play Elena Roarke, a direct descendant of Ricardo Montalban’s Mr. Roarke from the original 1977-84 ABC series. “Elena set aside her own ambitions, and even the […]

For All Mankind's Molly Mystery: Will Sonya Walger Return for Season 3?

The following story contains spoilers about For All Mankind‘s just-concluded Season 2 — proceed at your own peril As teased in the final moments of its Season 2 finale, For All Mankind will leap ahead another decade when it returns with its third season next year. The Apple TV+ drama’s latest XL time jump would […]

TVLine Items: Handmaid's Aftershow, Who Killed Sara? Trailer and More

The Handmaid’s Tale is tackling One Burning Question in its new aftershow, premiering Wednesday, April 28, alongside the fourth season on Hulu. Each seven to eight-minute installment, debuting immediately after that week’s episode in the Hulu “Extras” tab, will explore a central theme or burning question from the most recent hour. Stars Elisabeth Moss, Madeline […]

The Haves and the Have Nots Returning With Final Episodes in June — First Look

The Haves and the Have Nots‘ end is nigh: OWN has announced that Part 2 of the Tyler Perry drama’s eighth and final season will kick off Tuesday, June 1 at 8/7c. The remaining episodes “will see the wealthy residents of Savannah, Georgia involved in a true-to-life Greek tragedy as Judge Jim Cryer (played by […]

Adult Flintstones Follow-Up, Bedrock, in Development at Fox — Elizabeth Banks to Voice Pebbles, Serve as Producer

Fox is mulling a return to Bedrock, teaming with Warner Bros. Animation and Elizabeth Banks for a primetime animated adult comedy that will continue the story of that “modern Stone Age family,” the Flintstones. With a pilot penned by Lindsay Kerns (DC Super Hero Girls) and Banks voicing grown-up Pebbles Flintstone as well as producing, […]

Why Women Kill's Return Set for June at Paramount+ — Watch Season 2 Teaser

Get ready for more lessons in Why Women Kill: Season 2 of the Paramount+ dark comedy will premiere on Thursday, June 3, TVLine has learned — nearly two years since its first season debuted. Just like Season 1, Why Women Kill‘s sophomore run spans 10 episodes, with new installments dropping each week. Created by Marc […]

Redman to Join Method Man in Power Book II Season 2 — Who'll He Play?

What Power Book II: Ghost creator Courtney Kemp hath desired, let no man tear asunder. In September, TVLine reported on how the executive producer hoped to cast Reggie “Redman” Noble as the mentioned — but not seen — brother of Clifford “Method Man” Smith’s Davis Maclean. “My dream is to get Redman to do it,” […]

Disney's Issac Ryan Brown, Dara Renee Set to Host Disney's Magic Bake-Off, a New Cooking Competition for Kids

Raven’s Home star Issac Ryan Brown has carved out quite a niche for himself at Disney and ABC — and now has added reality-TV host to his repertoire. Brown, who has also guest-starred on ABC’s black-ish (and How To Get Away with Murder) and voices Bingo the pug on the animated series Puppy Dog Pals, […]

TV Ratings: 9-1-1 and The Voice Lead Monday, Bull Rises With Episode 100

In the latest TV show ratings, Fox’s 9-1-1 this Monday drew 5.7 million total viewers and a 0.9 demo rating, dipping week-to-week yet leading the night in the demo. Leading out of that, 9-1-1: Lone Star (4.8 mil/0.7) was also down two tenths in the demo. Over on NBC, The Voice (6.6 mil/0.75, read recap) […]

Supergirl's Nicole Maines Teases 'Super Fun' Flashback Episode, 'Emotional Hurdles' to Be Faced in Rescuing Kara

Supergirl is taking it all the way back… to 2009! (Feeling old yet?) This week’s episode, titled “Prom Night!” and airing tonight at 9/8c, finds Dreamer and Brainiac traveling back to the past in the hopes of acquiring an item that could be to key to rescuing the Girl of Steel from the Phantom Zone. […]

Rose Byrne Gets Defiantly Physical in Teaser for 1980s-Set Apple TV+ Dramedy — Plus, Get Premiere Date

Rose Byrne goes from meek housewife to aerobicizing influencer in the first teaser for Apple TV+’s Physical. Created by Annie Weisman (The Path, Desperate Housewives) and premiering Friday, June 18 with its first three episodes (followed by a new episode weekly), the 1980s-set, half-hour dark comedy follows Sheila Rubin, a seemingly dutiful housewife who supports […]

Cruel Summer's Sarah Drew Warns 'Things Really Start to Fall Apart for Cindy' Amid Rumors About Jeanette

What if your child was potentially a monster? That’s the question facing Cruel Summer mom Cindy Turner in this Tuesday’s episode of the Freeform psychological thriller (airing at 10/9c) As the town rumor mill goes into overdrive about her daughter Jeanette’s possible involvement in the disappearance of schoolmate Kate Wallis, Cindy’s perfect life begins to […]

The Good Doctor Takes 'Both Sides' Approach in Political Protest Episode — Plus, Are Lea and the Baby in Jeopardy?

The Good Doctor took an off-brand political detour on Monday as the team raced to save two gunshot victims under the age of 10. Despite calling out former president Donald Trump and current POTUS Joe Biden by name, the episode chose to stage a fictitious political protest for Proposition 266; at no point did the […]

The Voice Recap: As the Knockouts Conclude, Down for the Count Go Four Singers, Including an Early Frontrunner

Monday’s final episode of The Voice’s Season 20 Knockouts really did make me see stars. I gave out grades of A to no fewer than six — yes, six — contestants. And they really, really deserved them, I wasn’t just getting overexcited as I sometimes do. (Yeah, I can admit it.) Unfortunately, none of those […]

Power Book III Gets Premiere Date — Watch First Footage of '90s-Set Spinoff

Power fans, we now know when Starz will begin Raising Kanan. The ’90s-set spinoff, aka Power Book III, will premiere Sunday, July 18, the network announced on Monday. The prequel chronicles the teen years of Kanan Stark (Mekai Curtis), the future drug dealer played by 50 Cent on the original Power. Back in 1991, Kanan […]

Pose Co-Creator Explains Why It's Ending With Season 3: 'Everything Was a Set-Up for This Final Chapter'

Pose fans might be disappointed that the groundbreaking FX drama is ending after just three seasons… but co-creator Steven Canals says this was all part of the plan. “If you watch this season, and more specifically the finale, that was what it was always intended to be,” Canals explained during a virtual press conference for […]

The Talk Co-Host Carrie Ann Inaba Announces Leave of Absence: 'Health Is the Most Important Thing' — Watch

The Talk is down another co-host, at least for now. Carrie Ann Inaba announced Monday that she was taking a leave of absence from the CBS chatfest. Inaba shared the news via a video on her social media accounts. “I wanted to let you know personally that I have decided to take a leave of […]

TVLine Items: Nine Perfect Strangers Sneak Peek, Special Trailer and More

Nicole Kidman is ready to welcome you to a strange resort in the first teaser for the upcoming Hulu limited series Nine Perfect Strangers. Adapted from the book by Big Little Lies author Liane Moriarty, the drama takes place at a swanky health and wellness resort called Tranquillum where nine frazzled city dwellers go to […]

Ratings: Oscars Audience Drops to New Low, Viewers Give Telecast an 'F' Grade

To the surprise of exactly no one, this year’s Oscars telecast won zero awards for viewership. ABC’s presentation of the 93rd Academy Awards on Sunday night averaged 9.9 million total viewers and a 1.9 demo rating (per preliminary Nielsen numbers). That is, quite expectedly, down sharply — 58 and 64 percent — from last year’s […]

Master of None's Denise-Centric Season 3 Gets Premiere Date, Trailer About Highs and Lows of Love

For Master of None fans who wondered what a Season 3 that focused on Denise (played by Lena Waithe) instead of Dev (Aziz Ansari) would look like, Netflix’s official trailer offers a glance. Arriving more than four years since Season 2’s release, the new season premieres Sunday, May 23 and will spotlight Denise and her […]

Game of Thrones Prequel House of the Dragon Begins Production: See Photos of Matt Smith & Co. at Table Read

Here there be Dragon. Game of Thrones‘ first spinoff, House of the Dragon, is officially in production, HBO announced Monday. In addition, the premium cabler offered the first (albeit sadly dragon-free) photo from the show: Its actors gathered for an in-person, socially distanced table read. In an interview in February, HBO/HBO Max chief content officer Casey Bloys […]

General Hospital's John Reilly Tribute: Get Air Date, Details on Sean Donely's Send-Off (and a Surprise Return?)

General Hospital‘s tribute to the late John Reilly will air Friday, May 21 — and send off secret agent Sean Donely with a flourish of mystery befitting the ABC sudser’s onetime character. Reilly, whose daytime-TV credits also included Passions and Sunset Beach, died on Jan. 10 at the age of 86. One of his daughters, […]

SNL: Elon Musk Backlash Grows as 2 Cast Members Slam Hosting Decision

Saturday Night Live‘s controversial decision to tap Elon Musk as one of its final Season 46 hosts is causing internal strife, with two cast members publicly slamming the move. As reported on Saturday, the polarizing Tesla CEO/SpaceX bigwig is set to emcee the May 8 episode alongside musical guest Miley Cyrus. The backlash on social […]

Anthony Hopkins Honors Chadwick Boseman in Belated Oscar Speech: 'I Really Did Not Expect This' — Watch

Anthony Hopkins was just as surprised as many Oscar viewers to hear he’d received this year’s Best Actor award. In an Instagram video posted early Monday morning, Hopkins — who is currently in Wales and thus did not accept his award during Sunday’s Oscar broadcast — admitted, “At 83 years of age, I did not […]

Oscars 2021 Review: Hollywood's Biggest Night Forgets How to Entertain With a Sluggish, Humorless Ceremony

When Regina King confidently strutted her way through Union Station at the top of this year’s Oscars broadcast with candy-colored movie-style credits popping up behind her, I got excited that this year’s show might actually be different. And indeed, it was… but that’s not necessarily a compliment. Yes, Sunday’s Oscar broadcast on ABC comes with […]

Oscar Winners 2021: The Complete List

Winners at the 93rd Academy Awards are being announced this Sunday night in a ceremony held at both the Dolby Theatre and Union Station in Los Angeles, and airing on ABC. Heading into this year’s telecast, David Fincher’s Mank led the pack with 10 total nomination, including for the Best Picture, Best Actor and Best Directing. […]

Sydney to the Max Gets to the Root of Lead Character's Black Hair Journey

Racial identity has never been a big deal on Sydney to the Max. Sure, the title character Sydney (Happy!‘s Ruth Righi) has a white father and a Black mother, but race is never addressed on the Disney Channel series. So when the showrunner and writers behind the tween sitcom decided to comb through Sydney’s very […]

For All Mankind Finale: Michael Dorman Reacts to That Huge Gordo Twist

The following story contains major spoilers about For All Mankind‘s Season 2 finale — proceed at your own peril For All Mankind‘s Season 2 finale doubled as Michael Dorman‘s final mission aboard the acclaimed Apple TV+ drama, as his character Gordo sacrificed his life to save dozens of his colleagues. (Gordo perished alongside his soul mate/fellow […]

Walking Dead's 11th and Final Season: 'When We Start, We're Rockin' and Rollin',' Says Showrunner Angela Kang

When The Walking Dead goes out, it’s going to be with a bang. Also, for good measure, a splat, a thunk, a whomp and a kaboom. “When we start [the final season], we’re rockin’ and rollin,’” showrunner Angela Kang tells TVLine. Forget intimate bottle episodes and character studies. “We’re back to being big and scope-y. […]

The TVLine-Up: What's Returning, New and Leaving the Week of April 25

This weekly feature is in addition to TVLine’s daily What to Watch listings and monthly guide to What’s on Streaming. With nearly 500 scripted shows now airing across broadcast, cable and streaming, it’s easy to forget that a favorite comedy is returning, or that the new “prestige drama” you anticipated is about to debut. So […]

SNL: Elon Musk to Host in May

Saturday Night Live is returning to the air with a very well-known first-time host. Elon Musk, CEO and Technoking of Tesla and the Chief Engineer of SpaceX, will lord over SNL‘s May 8 episode. Miley Cyrus is set to perform, marking her sixth appearance on the late-night sketch comedy as a musical guest. Her most recent […]

Has How I Met Your Father Already Ruled Out a Potential Tie to HIMYM?

Who’s your daddy? Or, more specifically, who’s Sophie’s baby daddy? That’s the million-dollar question — which may or may not take nine seasons to answer — heading into How I Met Your Father. On the heels of Wednesday’s announcement that Hulu had ordered the Hilary Duff-led How I Met Your Mother followup to series, fans […]

Performer of the Week: Riann Steele

THE PERFORMER | Riann Steele THE SHOW | NBC’s Debris THE EPISODE | “Spaceman” (April 19, 2021) THE PERFORMANCE | For the better part of eight episodes, this Fringe-like drama has tantalized us, but mostly MI6 agent Finola Jones, with the notion that her father, astrophysicist George Jones, somehow has come back from the dead. […]

RuPaul's Drag Race Finale Recap: Did the Right Queen Win Season 13?

After 16 weeks (or was it 16 months?) of fierce competition, Friday’s RuPaul’s Drag Race finale closed the book on one of the most twisted seasons in herstory. A marked improvement over last season’s all-virtual finale, though still not quite the spectacle to which fans have become accustomed, Friday’s main event pit our Top 4 […]

Shadow and Bone's Ben Barnes on That Alina and Kirigan Twist: 'Obviously, Their Relationship Is Problematic'

Warning: This post contains spoilers from Shadow and Bone Season 1. Read at your own risk. Shadow and Bone‘s General Kirigan, aka the Darkling, might be known for summoning darkness, but he’s also a master at manipulation. His lonely-boy charms convinced everyone, including Alina (Jessie Mei Li), that he’s just a good guy looking out […]

Alec Baldwin/Kelsey Grammer Sitcom Scrapped at ABC, Despite Series Order

A dream comedy duo is getting a rude awakening: ABC has scrapped plans for a sitcom starring Alec Baldwin and Kelsey Grammer, according to our sister site Deadline, even though the network had previously given it a straight-to-series order. The decision to nix the untitled multi-cam comedy was made “after the network’s executives saw the […]

For All Mankind Boss on Why Finale's Tragic Twist Was 'the Right Ending' for [Spoiler], What It Means for Season 3

Warning: The following contains major spoilers for the For All Mankind Season 2 finale. Proceed at your own risk! A major crisis was averted in For All Mankind‘s Season 2 finale by the heroic sacrifice of not one but two astronauts. With the rest of Jamestown’s crew being held hostage by the Russians, it was […]

The Circle Week 2 Status Update: A Makeup Challenge Reveals Big Flaws

Warning: This post contains spoilers for The Circle Season 2, Episodes 1 through 8. Don’t read on if you don’t want to know! We’re past the midpoint of The Circle Season 2… and a botched makeup job may have just cost one player a shot at the grand prize. (Emphasis on “may.”) We’ve already recapped […]

Will Captain America 4 Movie Continue Falcon and Winter Soldier's Story?

On the same day that The Falcon and the Winter Soldier wrapped its six-episode streaming run, there are reports of a new Captain America movie in the works. Will the big-screen sequel continue the Disney+ series’ story? Though Marvel and Disney are not commenting, THR.com reported on Friday afternoon that Captain America 4 has been […]

Prodigal Son: Why It's Time for Edrisa's Long-Standing Crush on Bright to End

Prodigal Son’s Malcolm Bright seems to be a magnet for bizarre personal relationships. There’s the heavy dysfunction with his father, of course, and the often-strained visits with his mother and sister. But the one we’ve found most uncomfortable as of late? His dynamic with NYPD medical examiner Edrisa, who’s had a massive — and massively […]

Doom Patrol Casts Sisterhood of Dada and The Dead Boy Detective Agency for Season 3 on HBO Max — Get Details

Doom Patrol in Season 3 will introduce both its version of the Brotherhood of Dada as well as the Dead Boy Detective Agency, cutting deep as it does with the more arcane comic book fodder. The Sisterhood of Dada, as it will be known on the HBO Max original, is comprised of Malcolm (played by […]

NCIS: Hawaii Snags Series Order at CBS

CBS is officially saying ‘Aloha!’ to NCIS: Hawaii, handing a formal series order to the third spinoff (and fourth series overall) in the venerable franchise. The news comes on the heels of the network renewing NCIS and NCIS: Los Angeles, and exactly one month before NCIS: New Orleans takes its final bow. As we previously […]

NCIS: LA Renewed for Season 13

The NCIS: Los Angeles agents will keep on flashing their badges, now that CBS has renewed the high-octane drama for a 13th season. CBS’ decision on the spinoff’s fate was concurrent with the official series order for an Aloha State-based NCIS: Hawaii, and came barely a week after the NCIS mothership (along with Blue Bloods, […]

TVLine Items: Selena + Chef Renewed, Paris Jackson in Horror Story and More

Get out your rainbow knives, because Selena Gomez is fixing up another meal. HBO Max has renewed the singer’s cooking show Selena + Chef for Season 3, to premiere later this year. In each episode, an all-star chef teaches Gomez how to make a dish via a video feed from their home kitchen, while Gomez […]

Will SEAL Team Enlist Stana Katic? Are Challenge Winners a Bore? Can Friends Reunion Possibly Top ER? And More Qs

We’ve got questions, and you’ve (maybe) got answers! With another week of TV gone by, we’re lobbing queries left and right about dozens of shows including Chicago Med, Blue Bloods, The Nevers, MacGyver and American Idol! 1 | Which Doug Cheston was worse on Invincible? The drunken trust-fund version, or the killer automaton? 2 | […]

Secrets of Sulphur Springs Renewed for Season 2 at Disney Channel

Questions about Secrets of Sulphur Springs‘ Griffin, Harper and Savannah possibly being stuck in the 1930s — as well as the identity of old rocking chair man — are poised to be answered now that the Disney Channel has renewed the sci-fi tween drama for Season 2. The time-traveling series, which premiered in January and […]

TV Ratings: Hell's Kitchen Finale and Grey's Top Night, Rebel Dips Again

In the latest TV show ratings, Hell’s Kitchen put a fork in Season 19 with 2.8 million total viewers and a 0.8 rating, tying ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy for the Thursday demo win. Continuing Fox’s night, Last Man Standing (2.5 mil/0.5) and The Moodys (1.3 mil/0.3) were both up. Elsewhere: ABC | Station 19 (4.3 milk/0.7), […]

Halston Gets Premiere Date at Netflix — See First Photos of Ewan McGregor as Iconic Designer in Ryan Murphy Series

Ryan Murphy is re-entering the world of fashion, and this time, the cashmere’s bound to clash. Netflix’s limited series Halston will premiere Friday, May 15 on the streamer, with Ewan McGregor (Fargo) portraying the legendary designer who “leverages his single, invented name into a worldwide fashion empire that’s synonymous with luxury, sex, status and fame, […]

Falcon and Winter Soldier Finale Unveils New Costumes, Reveals Power Broker and Teases a 'Weird' MCU Future

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier‘s finale staged a final showdown with Karli and the Flag Smashers, before teasing “weird” things ahead in the MCU (as well as a new title for any possible Season 2). The episode “One World, One People” picked up right where last week left off, with the GRC’s meeting/vote on […]

ER Cast Shares Their Revival Concerns, Recalls How Clooney 'Set the Tone,' Hails 'Groundbreaking' HIV Storyline

The staff of County General reconvened for a virtual stroll down memory lane on Thursday, as George Clooney, Julianna Margulies and several fellow ER alumni appeared on Stars in the House to wax nostalgic about their time on the long-running NBC medical drama. In addition to Clooney and Margulies, who played OTP Doug Ross and […]

Law & Order: Organized Crime's Stabler Tells Benson He Loves Her (Yes, Really) in Emotional SVU Crossover

Law & Order: SVU‘s Capt. Olivia Benson likely was steeling herself to hear a lot of things when she signed on for an intervention at her former partner’s apartment. But we’re willing to bet that a declaration of love wasn’t one of ’em. So in Thursday’s Law & Order: Organized Crime, Benson was visibly shocked when […]

SVU's Kelli Giddish Breaks Down the Big 'Rollisi' Episode, Says Amanda and Sonny's Relationship 'Is Precious to Us'

We blame Benson and Stabler. Elliot’s return to the Law & Order: SVUverse earlier this season still has us all in our feelings about anything related to the NBC procedural and its partnerships. So in this week’s SVU, when Carisi is there in a big way for Rollins, can you fault us for reveling in […]

Grey's Anatomy Recap: Decision Time for Meredith — Life With Her Family and Friends… or Afterlife With Derek

Just when we thought we had left the beach, back Thursday’s Grey’s Anatomy took us. There, Derek took on the impossible task of convincing Meredith to leave him and return to the land of the living. Did he pull it off? As if you couldn’t guess, read on, and we’ll go over not only their […]

Falcon and Winter Soldier's Danny Ramirez Would '100 Percent Say Yes' to More MCU Action — as [Spoiler]?

With The Falcon and the Winter Soldier serving up its finale this Friday, April 23, Danny Ramirez is quite excited about any possible future as Joaquin Torres — or, even better, as the Air Force officer’s costumed alter ego. Playing Sam Wilson/The Falcon’s fresh-faced handler/intel officer “so far has been such a joy,” Ramirez tells […]

The Bite: COVID Creates Zombies (?!) in Trailer for Robert and Michelle King's Upcoming Spectrum Satire — Watch

Great news for fans of CBS’ short-lived BrainDead: Robert and Michelle King are bringing similar sci-fi absurdity to The Bite, their satirical COVID drama premiering Friday, May 21 on Spectrum. Like many series have in the past year, The Bite centers on the COVID-19 pandemic — but this is a fictional strain of the virus that seems […]

Matt's Inside Line: Scoop on Legends, Chicago Fire, Manifest, Legacies, Zoey's, S.W.A.T., Magnum, SEAL Team and More

Is it time for Legends of Tomorrow‘s demonologist to get happy? Which #OneChicago duo is headed for a “major” event? Will a Legacies mystery be solved? Should SEAL Team fans be worried? Read on for answers to those questions plus teases from other shows! Got any Legends of Tomorrow scoop about Zari and/or Constantine? — […]

TVLine Items: Robot Chicken Meets Archie, Floor Is Lava Renewed and More

Archie, Betty, Veronica, Jughead & Co. are getting animated: The Bleepin’ Robot Chicken Archie Comics Special will air Sunday, May 23 at midnight ET/PT on Adult Swim. In the half-hour stop-motion special, Archie faces the action-packed return of Josie and the Pussycats from outer space to Riverdale. The program features the voices of Fred Armisen, […]

For All Mankind's Michael Dorman on 'Crazy Rapid' Weight Gain for Season 2

No one can accuse Michael Dorman of not being fully committed to his craft. For Season 2 of Apple TV+’s out-of-this-world astronaut drama For All Mankind, the actor’s space cadet character Gordo Stevens emerged from a 10-year time jump with a drinking problem and an extra 40 lbs. to show for it. And, no, Dorman’s […]

ER Cast Reunion: OG County General Crew Is Back — Watch Livestream

Did someone page Dr. Ross? George Clooney will reunite with his ER castmates on Thursday (at 8/7c), including on-screen love Julianna Margulies (Carol Hathaway), Anthony Edwards (Mark Greene) and Noah Wyle (John Carter). Additional RSVPs include Gloria Reuben (Jeanie Boulet), Laura Innes (Kerry Weaver), Alex Kingston (Elizabeth Corday), Goran Visnjic (Luka Kovac), Paul McCrane (Robert […]

PEN15's Maya Erskine Joins Disney+'s Obi-Wan Kenobi Series

PEN15 star and co-creator Maya Erskine is blasting off to a galaxy far, far away: The actress is joining Disney+’s Obi-Wan Kenobi series in a supporting role, according to our sister site Deadline. Erskine, who was nominated for a 2019 Emmy for her aforementioned Hulu comedy, will reportedly appear in at least three episodes, though […]

Snowfall's Damson Idris, Michael Hyatt Unpack That Season 4 Finale Tearjerker

Warning: This post contains spoilers from Wednesday’s Snowfall Season 4 finale. Strip away the drugs, glamour and violence, and Snowfall is a family drama about a mother and her crime boss son. This was especially evident during Wednesday night’s Season 4 finale, which built up to an emotional crescendo so raw and honest that even Damson Idris […]

TV Ratings: The Conners Goes Low; Masked Singer, Chicago Med Lead Night

In the latest TV show ratings, The Conners this Wednesday drew 2.8 million total viewers and a 0.4 demo rating, down 29 and 33 percent from last week to mark series lows; read recap. Elsewhere on ABC, The Goldbergs (3.2 mil/0.6) was steady, Home Economics (2.6 mil/0.4) dipped again, and both Call Your Mother (1.8 […]

RuPaul's Drag Race Season 13 Finale: Who Will Win? And Who Should Win?

Let’s be honest, none of us are the same people we were at the start of RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 13. And with the coronation at last approaching, it’s time to lock in our bets: Which queen (or queens?) will finally win this thing? All cynicism aside, this season — with its cast of memorable, […]

Law & Order: SVU's Carisi and Rollins Are Dating! (Or At Least, That's What Her Dad Thinks) — Watch Video

In Rollins’ dad’s defense… can you blame him? The exclusive sneak peek below, from tonight’s Law & Order: SVU (NBC, 9/8c), shows us Carisi once more supporting Rollins through some tough times with her family. This time, it’s the aftermath of her father’s mini-stroke. As Rollins explains at the top of the clip, Jim is rehabbing […]

Snowfall's Damson Idris on Franklin's Gangster Flex in Season 4 Finale: I Felt Like I 'Scored 70 Points for the Lakers'

Warning: This post contains spoilers from Wednesday’s Snowfall Season 4 finale. We have to talk about that Snowfall walk-off. Or is strut the better word? Either way, a wounded and vulnerable Franklin Saint (Damson Idris), who pimp limped through Season 4, hung up his cane and his pain in Wednesday’s Season 4 finale and said […]

Good Trouble EP on Gael's Bombshell, [Spoiler]'s Return and More Twists

Warning: The following contains spoilers for Wednesday’s Good Trouble finale. Proceed at your own risk! Good Trouble‘s midseason finale dealt one resident of The Coterie a very big surprise: Gael’s one-time hookup Isabella is pregnant with his baby! And that was hardly the only major development in Wednesday’s episode: Dennis returned to tell Davia that she’s […]

A Million Little Things Recap: Happily Ever After, After All

Rome and Regina Howard’s wish finally comes true in this week’s A Million Little Things: They started a family. Sure, the blessed event doesn’t happen the way they thought it would last season, when they planned for months to adopt Eve’s baby boy and then lost that chance in the space of a heartbeat. But […]

The Masked Singer Castoff: I Couldn't Keep the Secret From My Twin

Warning: This post contains spoilers for Wednesday’s The Masked Singer. Despite a run that only got more impressive every time she appeared in Season 5 of The Masked Singer, Seashell was ousted from Fox’s costumed singing competition Wednesday. And when the giant shell came off, Sister, Sister star Tamera Mowry was revealed to be the crooning crustacean. […]

The Masked Singer Recap: Find Out Who Made It to This Season's Super 6

At the end of this week’s supersized episode of The Masked Singer, it looked like the end of the night at a Red Lobster: seafood carnage everywhere. The two-hour event saw the unmasking of both Crab and Seashell. Their departures cemented this season’s Super 6: Black Swan, Piglet, Robopine, Chameleon, Yeti and Russian Dolls. But […]

The Conners Reveals How Mark Died

The Conners finally got to the root of Becky’s alcoholism on Wednesday. In the process, the Roseanne spinoff at last revealed how her late husband tragically died. Though Mark’s death was referenced several times during Roseanne‘s first (and only) revival season — Darlene and David’s son was named in his honor — it was never […]

The Challenge: Double Agents Finale Recap: Which Duo Took Home That Fat $900,000 Prize? Plus — Grade It!

It’s been a twisty, turn-y season of The Challenge, one filled with Gold Skull showdowns, brutal backstabs and stolen partners, but at the end of Wednesday’s brutal Icelandic final, new champions were officially crowned. In Part 1 of the Double Agents finale, TJ told the agents that one team wouldn’t be crossing the finish line. […]

Shadow and Bone's Ben Barnes on Playing the Darkling: 'I Feel Like I've Walked off the Pages Into the Story'

Ben Barnes and his luxe fabric coats are ready to dazzle you in Shadow and Bone, which premieres this Friday on Netflix. Adapted from Leigh Bardugo’s bestselling fantasy trilogy, the series follows Alina (Jesse Mei Li), an orphaned teenager whose life is upended when she demonstrates the ability to summon light. Her newly discovered gift […]

The Circle Recap: The Joker's Wild — Did a New Twist Just Change the Game?

Warning: This post contains spoilers for The Circle Season 2, Episode 5. Don’t read on if you don’t want to know! Being in “the Inner Circle” certainly has its privileges, doesn’t it? The Circle kicked off Season 2’s second batch of episodes on Wednesday with a serious game-changer: Because Savannah chose Courtney as her pick […]

The Resident Boss Weighs In on Who Will Replace [Spoiler] at Chastain Park

The following post contains spoilers for The Resident‘s April 20 episode. As any of her Chastain Park colleagues would attest, there’s no replacing The Resident‘s Mina Okafor. But in the wake of Shaunette Renée Wilson’s exit from the Fox series — which prompted Mina to return home to Nigeria in Tuesday’s episode — the fictional […]

TVLine Items: Bold & Beautiful Star to Fantasy Island, Sinner Casting and More

The Bold and the Beautiful star Kiara Barnes will soon depart the CBS soap for a Fantasy Island. The actress — who is finishing up her last year as B&B‘s Zoe Buckingham — has been cast in Fox’s upcoming summer series, our sister site Deadline reports. The contemporary, semi-anthological Fantasy Island reboot “delves into the […]

Snowfall's Damson Idris Teases the Season 4 Finale and a Tougher, OG Franklin Who's 'Stronger Every Week'

Throughout Snowfall Season 4, a usually dominant Franklin Saint has been, well, less so. Never-ending conflicts with Skully and Manboy, as well as Franklin’s father Alton oversharing with an investigative reporter and Louie almost dying, left Franklin reeling. Throw in his chronic pain after being shot last season, protecting Leon at all costs and a […]

Master of None Twist: Season 3 to Focus on Lena Waithe's Denise

Netflix’s Master of None will return in May with a third season that reportedly dials down Aziz Ansari’s on-screen presence, more than three years after the acclaimed comedy’s co-creator was the subject of a sexual assault allegation. Instead of focusing on Ansari’s character of Dev Shah, the new season will spotlight Lena Waithe’s Denise, Variety […]

LeVar Burton Among Jeopardy!'s Final Crop of Guest Hosts — See Full List

Rejoice, Jeopardy! aficionados: LeVar Burton is lectern-bound! The actor-director-educator — who has topped many Jeopardy fans’ wish list to permanently succeed the late Alex Trebek — will serve as one of the game show’s rotating guest hosts. His two-week stint will air this summer. Sony Pictures Television on Wednesday announced the final crop of interim […]

How I Met Your Father: Hilary Duff to Star In HIMYM Spinoff at Hulu

Haaaaaave you met Hilary Duff? The Younger and Lizzie McGuire star is set to produce and headline How I Met Your Father, the long-gestating How I Met Your Mother spinoff, which has received a straight-to-series order at Hulu. Created by Isaac Aptaker and Elizabeth Berger (This Is Us), the 10-episode offshoot takes place in the […]

TV Ratings: The Resident Ties CBS Reruns, Young Rock for Tuesday Win

In the latest TV show ratings, Fox’s The Resident drew 3.3 million total viewers and a 0.5 rating, holding steady week-to-week to land in a four-way tie for the Tuesday demo win. TVLine readers gave the eventful episode an average grade of “A”; read post mortem. Prodigal Son (2 mil/0.4) was also steady. Elsewhere: CBS […]

Newly Released Grey's Anatomy Photos of the Wine-Soaked 'Japril' Reunion Make It Seem Like Old Times

We’ll drink to that: In new images of Grey’s Anatomy’s upcoming “Japril” reunion, the exes make it look like not a day has passed since they were a couple. There’s wine and cheese, smiles and what appears to be a spirited conversation going on. (Wasn’t there always?) Of course, it’s less likely that Harriet’s parents […]

Days of Our Lives Goes Dark Amid Renewal Talks With NBC

‘Tis the season for Days of Our Lives fans to fret about the fate of NBC’s last remaining soap. Sources confirm that Days paused production on April 16 after shooting its final Season 56 episodes. The venerable sudser is now awaiting word on its future. An NBC rep declined to comment, but sources confirm that […]

Cruel Summer Premiere Recap: Grade Freeform's '90s-Set Mystery Drama

It’s still spring, but Freeform is looking ahead back at a Cruel Summer with Tuesday’s two-hour premiere of the twisty psychological thriller. The series takes a nostalgic time-hopping approach to its storytelling: Episode 1 is told from Jeanette’s point of view on June 21, 1993 (and ’94 and ’95), while Episode 2 flips to Kate’s […]

Big Sky Recap: Is Cassie OK?!?

This week’s Big Sky this week put a pretty fine point on the nefarious goings-on down at the ol’ Kleinsasser ranch. And if you read no farther than the end of this paragraph, know this: Rand is one messed-up dude. But you’re going to want to keep going, if for no other reason than to find out […]

The Resident Loses Original Cast Member; EP Teases How [Spoiler]'s Exit Sets Up Season 4's Final Episodes

The following post contains major spoilers for The Resident‘s April 20 episode. Proceed with caution! Chastain Park Memorial Hospital is down one phenomenal surgeon. TVLine has confirmed that Tuesday’s hour of The Resident, which found Mina Okafor leaving Atlanta to return to Nigeria, doubled as the final episode for actress Shaunette Renée Wilson, who is […]

ABC's Sunny Hostin Breaks Down in Tears After Derek Chauvin Verdict: 'This Is What Justice Finally Looks Like'

The View co-host Sunny Hostin didn’t hold her emotions back in a powerful speech reacting to the guilty verdict handed down on Tuesday in the Derek Chauvin trial. Appearing on ABC News’ coverage of the verdict as the network’s senior legal correspondent, Hostin noted that “I’ve been a lawyer for 27 years” before recalling being […]

CBS' Tuesday Lineup Pivots to Reruns in Wake of Derek Chauvin Guilty Verdict

CBS is tweaking its Tuesday schedule in the wake of the Derek Chauvin guilty verdict. A network rep confirms that original episodes of NCIS, FBI and FBI: Most Wanted will now be replaced by reruns. There’s no word if ABC, NBC and Fox will be making any scheduling changes. President Biden and Vice President Harris are […]

TVLine Items: CW Vets' Spy Movie, Netflix Orders Wings of Fire and More

Two alums of The CW are coming together for a new Hallmark flick: Colin Donnell (Arrow, Chicago Med) and Nathalie Kelley (The Vampire Diaries, The Baker & The Beauty) will star in To Catch a Spy, airing Sunday, June 20 at 8/7c on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, the network announced on Tuesday. Donnell’s real-life wife […]

The Derek Chauvin Murder Trial Verdict Is In — Watch Livestream

The verdict is in, in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who stood charged with the May 25, 2020 murder of George Floyd. The verdict is due to be read at or before 5 pm ET (4 pm Minneapolis time); watch a livestream below. Prosecutors, led by Steve Schleicher, and defense attorney […]

TV Commercials Too Loud? FCC Seeks Feedback to Update CALM Act

IS THAT COMMERCIAL FOR THAT THING, WITH THAT PERSON PRACTICALLY YELLING AT THE SCREEN, JARRING YOU FROM A NEAR-SLUMBER MIDWAY THROUGH THE LATEST NCIS? If so, the FCC wants to hear from you (using your inside voice, of course). The FCC Media Bureau is taking a fresh look at its rules regarding the nearly decade-old […]

Game of Thrones' Emilia Clarke Eyeing Marvel's Secret Invasion (Report)

The onetime Dragon Queen rises again. Game of Thrones alum Emilia Clarke reportedly is close to being an official cast member on Marvel’s Secret Invasion at Disney+, per our sister site Variety. If and when the deal is set, Secret Invasion will become Clarke’s first television role since wrapping HBO’s hugely popular Thrones in 2019. Currently, no […]

Ted Lasso Season 2 Trailer Will Rock You With Kindness (and More Biscuits) — Plus, Get July Premiere Date

Kindness making for a comeback this summer, with the return of the critically acclaimed Ted Lasso. Apple TV+ announced Tuesday that Season 2 of the Jason Sudeikis comedy will premiere Friday, July 23. The streamer also released the following two-minute trailer, which reveals that AFC Richmond’s losing streak is far from over. We also get […]

The Upshaws Trailer: Mike Epps and Wanda Sykes Are Family (for Better or Worse) in Upcoming Netflix Comedy

In a new trailer for Netflix’s The Upshaws, family members Bennie, Regina and Lucretia insult each other like only relatives can. Premiering Wednesday, May 12, on the streaming service, The Upshaws stars Mike Epps (Survivor’s Remorse) as Bennie, the head of a Black working-class family in Indianapolis. He’s a charming, well-intentioned mechanic — and lifelong […]

Adventure Time's Finn and Jake Are Together Again This May on HBO Max — Watch New Distant Lands Promo

Jake the Dog and Finn the Human’s “biggest adventure ever” is exactly one month away. Together Again, the third installment in HBO Max’s Adventure Time: Distant Lands series, reunites the main heroes from the beloved Cartoon Network hit for a journey of epic proportions on Thursday, May 20 — and TVLine has your exclusive first […]

Ratings: 9-1-1 Tops Monday Following 6-Week Break, American Idol Stays Low

In the latest TV show ratings, Fox’s 9-1-1 returned from a six-week hiatus to 5.9 million total viewers and a 1.0 demo rating, down a tick from its previous fresh episode but still topping Monday in the demo. TVLine readers gave the spring premiere an average grade of “A+”; read post mortem. 9-1-1: Lone Star […]

Big Sky Video: Scarlet Gets Dangerously Close to Discovering Ronald's Secret

On one hand, we love the pluck that Big Sky‘s Scarlet shows in this exclusive sneak peek at this week’s episode. But on the other hand? Scar, honey, you are in SO. MUCH. DANGER. The clip from Tuesday’s installment (ABC, 10/9c) shows Ronald’s — er, we mean Arnold’s — girlfriend confronting him after finding a handwritten […]

Queen Sugar's Omar J. Dorsey Previews a Season 5 Finale Full of Tough Love — Plus, Watch a Nova/Calvin Sneak Peek

The bond between Hollywood and Aunt Vi has strengthened over time on Queen Sugar. And when the Season 5 finale airs this Tuesday (OWN, 8/7c), fans will see that their closeness is further fortified by tough love and honesty. That’s because Hollywood tells Aunt Vi that it’s time to apologize to Ralph Angel for overstepping […]

Good Doctor Gender Reveal: Shaun and Lea Are Going to Have a [Spoiler]!

Monday’s episode of The Good Doctor got right to the moment #Shea fans have anticipated for the last three weeks: Before the opening credits rolled, Lea got the results of the fetal DNA test, which disclosed the sex of the baby. “It’s a girl! We’re having a girl!” the mom-to-be said excitedly. She was over […]

American Idol Recap: Season 18 Singers Return! Who Should Join the Top 10?

After firming up this season’s “Top 9,” American Idol welcomed back 10 finalists from last season for a chance become lucky No. 10. And some of them will need all the luck they can get. Real talk: Season 19 is an extremely talented group, and only a few of these returning singers were operating anywhere […]

The Voice Knockouts Recap: Four More Singers Cut — a Fan Fave Among 'Em — as Nick Jonas Unmakes a Mistake

Believe it or not, Blake Shelton twerking — was that twerking? — to Mega Mentor Snoop Dogg’s “Drop It Like It’s Hot” wasn’t the most noteworthy aspect of Monday’s kickoff of The Voice’s Season 20 Knockouts. Four contestants got cut — including one that I was sure (hoping) would go all the way to the […]

9-1-1: Lone Star Couple Maps Out Judd and Grace's Next Steps After That 'Unexpected' Spring Premiere Reveal

Spoiler alert: We’re about to break down Monday’s 9-1-1: Lone Star spring premiere. Haven’t watched? You’ve been warned. Sometimes it takes careening off the side of the bridge in the middle of a torrential downpour to find out just how much a character is appreciated. That was certainly the case for Judd and Grace Ryder, […]

9-1-1's Jennifer Love Hewitt Talks Maddie's Labor, Albert's Fate and More in Bittersweet Spring Premiere

Spoiler alert: We’re about to break down Monday’s 9-1-1 spring premiere. Haven’t watched? You’ve been warned. Maddie and Chimney welcomed their baby girl into the world on Monday’s spring premiere of 9-1-1, a moment Jennifer Love Hewitt calls the “most exciting” time she’s given birth on screen — a statement that carries more weight than […]

Cruel Summer Team Previews Freeform Drama's 'Thin Line Between Hero and Villain' and Its '90s Nostalgia Trip

Freeform is taking viewers back to the 1990s to unravel the mystery of what happened during one Cruel Summer. Premiering with two episodes this Tuesday (at 9/8c), the ’90s-set drama centers around awkward teen Jeanette (Tell Me Your Secrets‘ Chiara Aurelia), who longs to be pretty and popular like her classmate Kate (Cloak & Dagger‘s […]

NCIS: Wilmer Valderrama Previews an Unexpected Family Reunion, Teases 'Controversial' and 'Badass' Finale

This week on CBS’ NCIS, Special Agent Nick Torres (played by Wilmer Valderrama) gets a blast from his complicated past when Steven Bauer (Ray Donovan) guest-stars as his long-MIA father, Miguel. What are the difficult details of the Torres men’s past? And how did their decades-long separation help turn Nick into the man he is […]

TVLine Items: Dave Premiere Date, Andrew Rannells to Girls5eva and More

Dave will be bringing the laughs once again when the FXX comedy returns for Season 2 on Wednesday, June 16 at 10/9c. Co-creator Dave “Lil Dicky” Burd stars as the titular character, who “knows he’s destined for rap superstardom — but at what cost? With the pressure mounting as he records his debut album, he […]

WandaVision, The Boys, Drag Race Lead MTV Movie & TV Award Nominations

Much like the residents of Westview, MTV is under WandaVision‘s spell. Nominees for the MTV Movie & TV Awards were announced on Monday, and Disney+’s inaugural Marvel Studios series led the pack with five nominations, including nods for actresses Elizabeth Olsen, Teyonah Parris and Kathryn Hahn. Meanwhile, Netflix’s Emily in Paris and Bridgerton, Amazon’s The […]

Secret Invasion: Olivia Colman Eyed to Join Samuel L. Jackson's Marvel Series

The Secret Invasion just might include a bit of small-screen “royalty.” The Crown‘s Olivia Colman is in talks to board Disney+’s Samuel L. Jackson-led Marvel series, per THR.com, though there are no details on her role, nor is Marvel Studios commenting on the report. Announced in December during the Walt Disney Company’s Investor Day 2020, […]

Ginny & Georgia Renewed for Season 2

Netflix is continuing the mother-daughter journey of Ginny & Georgia, renewing the polarizing dramedy for a 10-episode Season 2. Watch the announcement video below. In the wake of Season 1’s launch on Feb. 24, the series found itself on the receiving end of a spate of negative press concerning what many view as the show’s […]

The Neighborhood Adds George Lopez as Rival Mechanic — Can Calvin's Pit Stop Compete? Watch a Sneak Peek

George Lopez is returning to his sitcom roots, reuniting with Cedric the Entertainer in the April 26 episode of CBS’ The Neighborhood — and TVLine has your exclusive first look. Lopez will guest-star as Victor Alvarez, owner of auto-repair chain Motor Boys. When Victor tries to steal Calvin’s customers, the Butlers and Johnsons join forces […]

TV Ratings: ACM Awards Top Sunday, Batwoman Rises, Zoey's Ties Low

In the latest TV ratings, CBS’ broadcast of the Academy of Country Music Awards averaged 6.1 million total viewers and a 0.8 demo rating, down 8 and 20 percent from last year’s ceremony (which aired in September) but still leading Sunday in the demo. Leading into the ACMs, 60 Minutes (8.2 mil/0.6) drew Sunday’s biggest […]

John Cameron Mitchell Crowned Tiger King: Hedwig Vet to Headline NBCU's Joe Exotic Limited Series

John Cameron Mitchell is sinking his teeth into the role of a lifetime: The Hedwig and the Angry Inch vet is set to star as Joe Exotic opposite Kate McKinnon’s Carole Baskin in Universal Content Productions’ forthcoming limited series about the Tiger King personality. The project — tentatively titled Joe Exotic — centers on big […]

'This Is a Save the Company Moment': How TV Schedulers Scrambled Amid the Pandemic to Salvage This Season

The COVID-19 pandemic was barely a week old when Fox moved to enlist L.A.’s Finest — meaning, Spectrum’s Jessica Alba/Gabrielle Union cop drama — to fill one of the programming holes that would inevitably be caused by the swift shutdown of TV and movie productions. “I knew that it was [originally] developed for broadcast television, […]

Debris Is Discovered Inside [Spoiler] in Bone-Chilling Episode 8 Sneak Peek

Debris manifests itself in a terribly unsettling way in this week’s episode of NBC’s sci-fi drama. In the freshman series’ eighth episode — titled “Spaceman” and airing tonight at 10/9c — Bryan and Finola (played by Jonathan Tucker and Riann Steele) undertake a dangerous operation into an INFLUX compound in order to rescue George Jones […]

Downton Abbey 2 Officially a Go: Who's Returning? Who's Joining the Cast?

The gates of Downton Abbey will reopen once more. Focus Features announced on Monday that Downton Abbey 2, a big-screen sequel to the 2019 film — which was itself a follow-up to the 2011-16 ITV/PBS series — is officially happening, slated for a Christmas 2021 release in theaters. Series creator Julian Fellowes “and the entire Downton […]

Yep, Emily Deschanel Is Nathan Fillion's Ex-Wife on The Rookie

Two long-running “Will They/Won’t They” procedurals will veritably collide when Bones‘ Emily Deschanel guest-stars on Castle alum Nathan Fillion’s The Rookie. The stealthy and noteworthy bit of casting was revealed late Sunday night in a promo for The Rookie‘s next new episode, airing May 2 on ABC, in which Deschanel shows up as no less […]

Good Girls Recap: Who's the Boss?

Last week’s episode of Good Girls served up the tasty tidbit that Beth’s crime boss had a boss of his own, and that intriguing piece of info was just what Beth needed to gain leverage with Secret Service agents Dave and Phoebe. On Sunday, we finally caught a glimpse of Rio’s home life and learned […]

Mare of Easttown: Grade the Premiere of Kate Winslet's HBO Detective Drama

Yes, HBO’s Mare of Easttown looks like another small-town murder mystery — but Sunday’s premiere makes sure we get to know the small town very well before the murder even occurs. When we meet Kate Winslet’s police detective Mare Sheehan, she’s waking up to yet another phone call from her neighbor Mrs. Carroll, who’s complaining […]

Fear the Walking Dead Recap: Yet Another One Bites the Dust

Warning: If you’ve yet to watch Sunday’s episode of Fear the Walking Dead, you might want to before reading any further; it’s kinda a biggie. That’s all she wrote for Fear the Walking Dead’s villainous Virginia. In Sunday’s episode, Morgan turned almost all of her Rangers against her by revealing that Dakota had murdered Cameron, […]

American Idol Recap: Did the Right 9 Singers Survive Oscar Night?

One week before the Academy Awards go down on ABC, American Idol‘s Top 12 assembled live to perform Oscar-winning songs of yesteryear. Showing them all how it’s done was Lionel Richie, who kicked off the two-hour event with a performance of “Say You Say Me” from White Nights, for which Richie won Best Original Song […]

The Nevers Recap: Show and Touched

Meet the new boss, who also happens to be True’s boss. This week’s The Nevers reveals who’s behind Dr. Hague’s horrifying operation (and operations), and it also offers a few hints about the relationship between Maladie and True. There’s a lot to get to, so charge up your electric umbrellas and let’s review what happens […]

Are You the One? Alum Says She Was Drugged, Sexually Assaulted During Season 5; MTV Pauses Production

MTV is pausing production on the dating competition Are You the One? after a former contestant has alleged she was drugged and sexually assaulted during filming. Gianna Hammer, a contestant on Season 5, which aired in 2017, tells The Daily Beast she was given prescription medication by production to calm her down after an argument […]

Michael Hyatt Weighs in on the Snowfall vs. The Wire Debate, Proving She's the Only One Who Should

The ongoing social media debate about which urban crime drama is better — Snowfall or The Wire — is happening in large part because the former is arguably enjoying its best season to date. The fact that the FX offering, with its Season 4 finale airing this Wednesday (10/9c), is drawing comparisons to one of […]

Survivor's Sunday Burquest Dead at 50

The Survivor family has lost another castaway: Sunday Burquest, a contestant from the Millennials vs. Gen X season, died Sunday of esophageal and ovarian cancer. She was 50 years old. Burquest, who was a pastor when she appeared on the competition series, announced her diagnosis last June, sharing that the cancer had spread to her lymph nodes […]

Younger Team Puts the Love Triangle to Bed: 'We've Always Been Team Liza'

With Younger‘s final season at last upon us, it’s time to start saying goodbye to your favorite characters — and a certain love triangle. For the past six seasons, fans have vocalized (and occasionally flip-flopped on) their feelings about Liza’s love life. More specifically, should she end up with hot young tattoo artist Josh, or […]

The Masked Singer: All the Clues You Need Heading Into Season 5's Super 8

The Masked Singer‘s wildcards are all on the table. Nick Cannon’s T-shirt cannon has been deployed to full effect. The judges have used the term “game-changing” or some variant thereof roughly 5,000 times. You know what that means? We’re heading into Season 5’s Super 8. The eight remaining competitors — Chameleon, Russian Dolls, Robopine, Seashell, […]

The TVLine-Up: What's New, Returning and Leaving the Week of April 18

This weekly feature is in addition to TVLine’s daily What to Watch listings and monthly guide to What’s on Streaming. With nearly 500 scripted shows now airing across broadcast, cable and streaming, it’s easy to forget that a favorite comedy is returning, or that the new “prestige drama” you anticipated is about to debut. So […]

Jeopardy! Taps Sportscaster Joe Buck to Guest-Host This Summer: Report

After Aaron Rodgers scored a touchdown behind the Jeopardy! podium, the quiz show is going right back to the sports world for its latest guest host. Longtime Fox sports announcer Joe Buck will serve as Jeopardy! host for a stretch of episodes airing this mid-summer, the New York Post reports. No word yet on the […]

Legends of Tomorrow's Dominic Purcell: 'I'm Walking Away' After Season 6

Dominic Purcell, who plays Legends of Tomorrow‘s career criminal Mick Rory/Heat Wave, announced Friday that he has “no interest” in continuing on with the series. “Deal isn’t done. I have no interest,” he wrote via Instagram. “[Whatever] cash they throw on the corporate level. I’m walking away from @cw_legendsoftomorrow. It’s been a total pleasure and […]

The Circle Week 1 Status Update: A Nasty Feud Splits the Group in Half — Whose Side Are You On?

Warning: This post contains spoilers for The Circle Season 2, Episodes 1 through 4. Don’t read on if you don’t want to know! Who knew The Circle could be just as strategic — and just as underhanded — as Survivor? In Season 2’s first four episodes (which debuted this Wednesday), we’ve seen a much more cutthroat […]

TV Ratings: Blue Bloods Draws Second-Largest Audience of Season

In the latest TV show ratings, CBS’ Blue Bloods celebrated its renewal by growing to 6.7 million total viewers and a 0.6 demo rating, marking its second-largest audience of the season and tying its season high in the demo. Blue Bloods tied ABC’s Shark Tank for the Friday demo win while easily copping the night’s […]

Performer of the Week: Cristin Milioti

THE PERFORMER | Cristin Milioti THE SHOW | HBO Max’s Made for Love THE EPISODE | “Let’s Meet” (April 15, 2021) THE PERFORMANCE | She’s been involuntarily operated on, gaslighted, manipulated and trapped inside a virtual reality simulator, but in Made for Love‘s season finale, Hazel Green stood by her convictions. Thanks to Milioti’s formidable presence, the […]

An 'Angry' and 'Hurt' Sharon Osbourne Tells Bill Maher 'I've Been Called Many Things, But a Racist I Will Not Take'

In her first interview since her incendiary Talk ouster, Sharon Osbourne told Bill Maher on Friday’s Real Time that the controversy has left her “angry” and “hurt.” Osbourne went on to lament, “I’ve been called so many things in my life, I am so used to being called names, but a ‘racist’ is one I […]

Drag Race Reunion Rehashes Utica's Roast, That Untucked Fight and More

Ahead of next week’s grand finale, the queens of RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 13 reunited (mostly virtually) on Friday to spill some tea, throw some shade and, most importantly, promote some Bubly Bounce. (Symone deserves an Emmy for that delivery.) The nine eliminated queens — Kahmora Hall, Joey Jay, Tamisha Iman, LaLa Ri, Elliott With […]

Grey's Anatomy: Sarah Drew Shares First Look, Airdate for April's Return

Mark your calendars, “Japril” fans: Sarah Drew will return to Grey’s Anatomy in the May 6 episode (ABC, 9/8c), the actress revealed on Twitter on Friday. Drew, who will reprise her role as Dr. April Kepner on the long-running ABC medical drama, also shared a first-look photo from her guest appearance, which you can see […]

Big Shot Premiere: Does Stamos Score With Disney+ Basketball Dramedy?

Upon arriving for his first day at the prestigious Westbrook School for Girls in Disney+’s Big Shot, John Stamos‘ disgraced basketball coach Marvyn Korn is confronted by Yvette Nicole Brown‘s no-nonsense headmaster, Sherilyn Thomas: “Coaches here are not just teachers,” she tells him. “They’re expected to be role models.” But is Korn capable of setting […]

Zoey's Playlist Preview: Alice Lee Talks Emily's Struggle With Depression and How It Bonds Her to Zoey

Denial is a powerful force for Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist‘s sister-in-law Emily, who is suffering from postpartum depression. As viewers will see in this Sunday’s episode (NBC, 9/8c), “Emily is having trouble coming to terms with what she’s feeling and really acknowledging what she’s going through,” her portrayer Alice Lee tells TVLine. “She’s trying to sweep […]

TVLine Items: Castlevania Cancelled, The Boys Spinoff Casting and More

Castlevania is coming to an end at Netflix: The anime series will conclude with the upcoming fourth season, premiering Thursday, May 13, the streamer announced on Friday. However, our sister site Deadline reports that Netflix is eyeing a new series set in the same universe, featuring a new cast of characters. Inspired by the classic […]

David Boreanaz Addresses Uncertainty Surrounding SEAL Team Season 5, Urges CBS: 'Renew This Show!'

David Boreanaz isn’t letting SEAL Team go down without a fight. In the wake of Thursday’s mini-renewalpalooza at CBS, which saw the network ordering additional seasons of procedurals NCIS, S.W.A.T., Bull, Magnum P.I. and Blue Bloods — Boreanaz took to social media on Friday to address his series’ bubble status. “Let’s go, CBS — let’s […]

Did Shameless Dad Spread COVID? Is The Circle Surprisingly Cutthroat? Is All Rise Hubby a Real Devil? And More Qs

We’ve got questions, and you’ve (maybe) got answers! With another week of TV gone by, we’re lobbing queries left and right about shows including Falcon and Winter Soldier, Shameless, All Rise and The Circle! 1 | Couldn’t have For All Mankind‘s jarhead astronauts have learned a few key phrases in Russian so they didn’t end up […]

TV Ratings: Rebel Steady in Week 2, Organized Crime Slips Further

In the latest TV show ratings, ABC’s Rebel in Week 2 drew  3.5 million total viewers and a 0.5 demo rating, veritably matching its premiere numbers. Opening ABC’s night, Station 19 (4.9 mil/0.7) and Grey’s Anatomy (4.9 mil/0.9) were both steady, with the latter claiming the Thursday demo win. Elsewhere: NBC | Manifest (3.2 mil.0.5) […]

Helen McCrory, Peaky Blinders and Penny Dreadful Actress, Dead at 52

British actress Helen McCrory, whose notable TV credits included turns on Peaky Blinders and Penny Dreadful, has died of cancer. She was 52. McCrory’s husband, Billions star Damian Lewis, shared the news in a tweet on Friday, writing, “I’m heartbroken to announce that after an heroic battle with cancer, the beautiful and mighty woman that is Helen McCrory […]

Courteney Cox Horror Comedy Series Shining Vale Greenlit at Starz

Courteney Cox‘s TV comeback sounds like a real scream. Starz on Friday handed a series order to the horror-comedy Shining Vale, which finds the Friends vet starring alongside Greg Kinnear, Mira Sorvino and Merrin Dungey. Written by Trial & Error co-creator Jeff Astrof, from a story by him and Sharon Horgan (Divorce, Catastrophe), the series centers […]

Falcon and Winter Soldier Recap: Ahead of Finale, Sam Struggles With Shield's Legacy — Plus, Zemo's Fate Revealed

This week on The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Sam and Bucky reclaimed Steve Rogers’ shield — only to then grapple with just how complicated its legacy is. Plus, Zemo’s fate is revealed. In the season’s penultimate episode (and the longest thus far), titled “Truth,” NuCap retreats to a warehouse after bludgeoning Matias to death […]

Heels Showrunner Mike O'Malley Also Grapples With Villain Role in Starz Wrestling Drama — Get a First Look

TV vet Mike O’Malley tackled double duty on Starz’s upcoming Heels, not only serving as the wrestling drama’s showrunner but also filling a villainous role, TVLine has learned exclusively. Written by Michael Waldron (Rick and Morty) with O’Malley serving as showrunner, Heels follows a Georgia-based, family-owned wrestling promotion as brothers Jack and Ace Spade (played […]

Falcon and Winter Soldier Just Added Emmy Winner to the MCU as [Spoiler]

This week on The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, an enigmatic character from the Marvel comics — one that reportedly was to debut in the delayed Black Widow movie — was given a face. And a very familiar one, at that. About a third of the way into the Disney+ series’ April 16 episode, after […]

Legacies Recap: A Full Moon Illuminates the Truth About [Spoiler]

After everything she’s been through, you would think that Hope Mikaelson would know better than to say something like “today is going to be a good day” out loud. In Mystic Falls, that’s basically asking for trouble. The uncharacteristically chipper tribrid invited Cleo out to a picnic in the woods on Thursday’s Legacies under the […]

Grey's Anatomy Recap: Point Break

You might have thought that the doctors of Grey’s Anatomy were already stretched so thin that they couldn’t possibly be stretched any thinner. “Hold my beer,” said Thursday’s episode, in which they treated a patient injured in Seattle’s George Floyd protests as well as a man who didn’t believe that COVID is real (and, of […]

Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness: Zombies Storm the White House in Sneak Peek at Netflix CG Anime Series

A White House tour takes a nasty turn in a new teaser for Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness, Netflix‘s CG anime series premiering in July (to in part mark the survival horror game’s 25th anniversary). The premise for the four-episode series, exact premiere date TBA: In 2006, there were traces of improper access to secret Presidential […]

Snowfall's Adrianna Mitchell and Melvin Gregg Talk Betrayal (and Mean Tweets) for Tanosse and Manboy

The following contains major spoilers for the April 14 episode of FX’s Snowfall.  On Snowfall, if you try to deceive Franklin, you have to be prepared for the consequences. As fans of the FX crime drama saw this Wednesday night, the repercussions for Manboy (played by Melvin Gregg) meant a slow, loquacious and bloody death. […]

Made for Love Finale: EPs Talk Hazel's Future, That Shocking Ending and What Could Be On Deck for Season 2

Nothing sparks the end of a relationship like learning your partner implanted a chip in your brain. Yet despite that horror and the “gilded cage” in which Byron trapped Hazel, a clean break still isn’t in the cards for them. In the season finale of HBO Max’s Made for Love (which hit the streamer on […]

Younger Duo Reacts to Liza and Charles' Impasse in Final Season Premiere — Plus, How Was [Spoiler] Written Out?

Spoiler alert: We’re about to cover the many unfortunate twists and turns of Younger‘s final season premiere. Haven’t watched? Head to Paramount+ or Hulu, then come back and chat. Well, that didn’t go quite as expected, did it? Younger‘s final season premiere — which dropped on Thursday, along with three other episodes — took us back to […]

Aaron Rodgers' Jeopardy! Stint Set to End — How Does He Stack Up Against the Guest Host Competition? Vote!

How popular a Jeopardy! guest host has Aaron Rodgers been? Even his pseudo-competition is cheering about his performance behind the lectern. Responding to filmmaker Adam McKay’s tweet calling Rodgers “freakishly good at hosting,” GOAT Jeopardy! contestant Ken Jennings, who served as Alex Trebek’s inaugural interim successor in January, admitted, “It doesn’t seem fair!” Jeopardy! EP Mike […]

Let the Right One In: Anika Noni Rose Joins Showtime's Vampire Drama Pilot

Hot off her role in Amazon Prime’s buzzy THEM, Anika Noni Rose has boarded the pilot for Let the Right One In, Showtime‘s “elevated genre series” inspired by the 2004 Swedish vampire novel (by John Ajvide Lindqvist) and subsequent 2008 film. The prospective series follows a father, Mark (played by The Bridge‘s Demián Bichir), and […]

Sex and the City Revival: John Corbett to Appear in Multiple Episodes as Aidan

Carrie Bradshaw will get at least one blast from her romantic past when HBO Max’s Sex and the City revival rolls around. John Corbett — who on the original HBO series made his debut as furniture-maker Aidan Shaw in Season 3, recurred until Season 6 and also popped up in the Sex and the City […]

House of the Dragon: Fabien Frankel Joins Cast of Game of Thrones Spinoff as Member of Targaryen Kingsguard

House Targaryen is getting an extra layer of protection in the upcoming Game of Thrones spinoff: Fabien Frankel (The Serpent) has been cast to play a member of the Targaryen Kingsguard in House of the Dragon, HBO announced on Thursday. Frankel will play Ser Criston Cole, a knight of Dornish descent who is the common-born […]

TVLine Items: Janet Hubert Joins TBS' Last O.G., Bonus Borat Trailer and More

Following a cathartic Fresh Prince of Bel-Air reunion special, Janet Hubert has joined the TBS comedy The Last O.G. for Season 4, our sister site Deadline reports. The series stars Tracy Morgan as Tray Barker, an ex-con who is shocked to see just how much the world has changed when he is released from a […]

CBS Renews 5 Series, Including S.W.A.T., Blue Bloods and Magnum P.I.

CBS issued a flurry of early renewals on Thursday — five of ’em in total. Among the series scoring pickups: Blue Bloods (for Season 12), S.W.A.T. (for Season 5), Magnum P.I. (for Season 4) and Bull (for Season 6). And as we reported here, NCIS will also be returning for a 19th season. They join […]

NCIS Renewed for Season 19 — But Will Mark Harmon Be Back?

CBS warhorse NCIS will be back for a 19th season — though it will potentially feature less Leroy Jethro Gibbs. The network announced on Thursday that it has renewed its longest-running drama for Season 19. According to The Hollywood Reporter, original cast member and executive producer Mark Harmon will be back as team leader Special Agent Gibbs, […]

Chesapeake Shores Gets Season 5 Premiere Date, Adds Robert Buckley Following Jesse Metcalfe's Departure

Robert Buckley just bought a one-way ticket to Chesapeake Shores. The iZombie actor has joined the cast of the Hallmark Channel drama ahead of its Season 5 premiere, which is set for Sunday, Aug. 15, Deadline reports. In addition, Emmy winner Phoef Sutton (Cheers, Terriers) will take over as showrunner, replacing John Tinker (Judging Amy). The […]

Big Shot's Yvette Nicole Brown Discusses Working With John Stamos, Mutual Admiration of Garry Marshall

Community grad Yvette Nicole Brown is making the leap from student to dean in Disney+’s Big Shot. Premiering Friday and unspooling over 10 weeks, the David E. Kelley-produced dramedy centers on John Stamos’ Marvyn Korn, a disgraced coach who is sacked by the NCAA after he throws a chair at a referee. Korn eventually takes […]

Ratings: CW's Kung Fu Stays Strong in Week 2, ABC's Home Economics Slips

In the latest TV show ratings, Kung Fu this Wednesday delivered 1.4 million total viewers and a 0.2 demo rating, matching its premiere numbers to mark the best Week 2 retention of any CW series debuts this season. Leading out of that, Nancy Drew drew its second largest audience of the season (627K) while holding […]

The Underground Railroad Trailer Shows Cora Is a Runaway Worth Rooting for in Barry Jenkins' Amazon Adaptation

Even without having read the book, the official trailer for The Underground Railroad pulls you in and makes you want to fight with Cora (played by South African newcomer Thuso Mbedu) on her perilous path to freedom. Amazon Prime released the nearly two-minute trailer Thursday for Academy Award-winning filmmaker Barry Jenkins’ limited series, which is […]

Italia Ricci Cast in Netflix Sci-Fi Drama The Imperfects, From The Order EPs

Designated Survivor‘s Italia Ricci is returning to Netflix as star of The Imperfects, a sci-fi drama from writer/executive producer Dennis Heaton (The Order). The 10-episode series focuses on three twenty-somethings who undergo an experiment gene therapy that turns them into monsters. In the aftermath, the trio must “band together to hunt down the scientist responsible […]

Legacies Sneak Peek: Lizzie Confronts Josie About Her Feelings for Finch

It’s Lizzie to the rescue on Thursday’s Legacies (The CW, 9/8c) — and by rescue, we mean she’s fully inserting herself into Josie’s love life, despite her sister explicitly asking her to butt out. It’s a twin thing. Lizzie ambushes her sister at Mystic Falls High School in TVLine’s exclusive sneak peek, following the discovery […]

Ellen's Next Great Designer: Felicity Fan Freaks Out Over Host Scott Foley in HBO Max Competition Trailer — Watch

Ellen DeGeneres is parlaying her love of design into a new reality series for HBO Max. The streamer on Thursday released a trailer for Ellen’s Next Great Designer (premiering Thursday, April 22), a six-episode competition that gives “uniquely talented, up-and-coming furniture designers the chance to push their creativity to the limit” for the chance to […]

Snowfall Recap: The Road to the Season 4 Finale Is Paved With Death

Death is not a new concept on Snowfall. In Season 4 alone, fans have watched the violent deaths of an innocent 5-year-old girl and Fatback, the goodhearted but gullible man who was willing to take the fall for her homicide right up until his own. That said, Wednesday’s trio of murders in the season’s penultimate […]

A Million Little Things Recap: Sophie's Teacher Does the Unthinkable

I am not always on board with Gary Mendez’s go-with-your-gut thing. And I know violence is never the answer. But oh man, in this week’s A Million Little Things, when Gary says he wants to end the man who violated Sophie? I feel it, too. The episode centers on the way that Sophie’s guitar teacher, […]

The Masked Singer Recap: Shell-o, Is It Me You're Looking For?

Who do I have to talk to in order to have The Masked Singer judge Nicole Scherzinger sing in every episode? The Pussycat Doll croons a few bars of “That’s What Friends Are For” to commemorate Nick Cannon’s return in this week’s installment, and it’s glorious. (Ken Jeong’s part of the song? Less so.) And […]

Jeopardy! All-Star Buzzy Cohen to Host Tournament of Champions in May

Buzzy Cohen will invite some of Jeopardy!‘s best players to buzz in, when he guest-hosts next month’s Tournament of Champions. In episodes airing May 17-28, 15 top competitors (listed below) will face off for the $250,000 grand prize, which will be matched and donated to the Hope of the Valley Trebek Center for the Homeless. […]

American Idol's Wyatt Pike Breaks His Silence After Dropping Out of Season 19

American Idol viewers were stunned on Monday when Ryan Seacrest casually revealed that finalist Wyatt Pike had to drop out of the competition. Two days later, the 19-year-old Utah native is speaking out on social media about his decision to leave. “I had to leave the [American Idol] competition for personal reasons but am so […]

The Circle Season 2 Premiere Recap: Plenty of Catfish in the Sea (Grade It!)

Welcome back to The Circle! Wink emoji, heart emoji, send. The Netflix reality competition is back for a second season, and it really is the perfect show for these pandemic times: Players are isolated in separate rooms and only allowed to communicate via text message, without ever seeing or touching each other. (You know, just […]

TVLine Items: Never Have I Ever Gets Common, CBS Renews Nails and More

Looks like Common‘s gushing about Never Have I Ever at the SAG Awards has paid off: The rapper/actor has joined the Netflix comedy in a recurring role for Season 2, which is slated to premiere this July. Common will play Dr. Chris Jackson, a suave and debonair dermatologist who works in Nalini’s building. His high-end […]

Younger Cast Talks 'Complicated' Final Season, Promises 'Satisfying' Ending

Younger fans have been waiting 19 months for Liza to answer Charles’ proposal, and with the first four episode of the show’s seventh (and final!) season dropping on Paramount+ and Hulu this Thursday, their wait is finally over. Sort of. “Liza does not immediately answer Charles,” Sutton Foster admits to TVLine, adding, “They’re in love with one […]

Big Shot's John Stamos Weighs In on Unlikely Role as Basketball Coach in Disney+ Dramedy, Mulls ER Revival

Big Shot‘s John Stamos is the first to admit that he’s never been particularly interested in sports. And he knows his indifference makes his turn as a hot-headed basketball coach in the David E. Kelley-produced dramedy a bit of a head scratcher. “I’m the opposite of a sports person,” Stamos tells TVLine. When it comes […]

Bill Maher Lands Sharon Osbourne's First Post-Talk Interview

Embattled former Talk co-host Sharon Osbourne will sit down for her first interview since exiting the CBS chat-show on Friday’s Real Time With Bill Maher. Osbourne’s one-on-one with Maher comes just days after The Talk returned to CBS’ airwaves (sans Osbourne) after a month-long, controversy-filled hiatus. Addressing viewers directly at the top of Monday’s first show […]

New Amsterdam Exit: Anupam Kher Not Returning as Dr. Vijay Kapoor

One of New Amsterdam‘s docs is hanging up his white coat: Anupam Kher, who played Dr. Vijay Kapoor, will not return to the NBC medical drama, TVLine has confirmed. In the April 13 episode, Dr. Iggy Frome found out that his colleague Dr. Kapoor had resigned from the hospital after a battle with COVID, open-heart […]

Warrior Renewed for Season 3; Former Cinemax Series Moving to HBO Max

Warrior is still alive and kicking. The martial arts drama, which aired its first two seasons on Cinemax, is relocating to HBO Max for Season 3, TVLine has learned. This news comes more than a year after Cinemax confirmed that it was ceasing production on original programming. “Warrior introduced viewers to a distinct world from […]

Little Voice's Brittany O'Grady to Lead ABC's Epic Pilot From OUAT Creators

Brittany O’Grady hopes to live happily ever after at ABC: The Little Voice actress has landed the lead role in Epic, ABC’s fairytale drama pilot from Once Upon a Time‘s creative team. In the romantic anthology, which will put a new spin on classic Disney fairytales, O’Grady will star as Luna, a princess who has […]

Ratings: Big Sky, The Resident Return Down; This Is Us, NCIS Rerun Top Night

In the latest TV show ratings, ABC’s Big Sky resumed its freshman run on Tuesday night with 3.5 million total viewers and a 0.5 demo rating — down 15 and 29 percent from mid-February’s winter finale. A second episode slipped further, marking series lows of 3.2 mil and a 0.4; read our double-recap. Opening ABC’s […]

Bridgerton Furor Over Regé-Jean Page's Season 2 Exit Left Shonda Rhimes 'Shocked' — 'The Duke Is Still Alive!'

Shonda Rhimes is shocked that Bridgerton fans are so shocked by the news that breakout star Regé-Jean Page will not be returning for Season 2 — in part, because it’s not as if the Duke of Hastings got hit by a Seattle city bus. Netflix (via Lady Whistledown) announced earlier this month that Page won’t […]

Bachelor Alum Colton Underwood Comes Out as Gay During GMA Interview — Watch

The Bachelor‘s Colton Underwood is setting the record straight about his sexuality: Yep, he’s gay. In an interview with Good Morning America‘s Robin Roberts that aired on Wednesday, Underwood — who headlined Season 23 of the ABC reality juggernaut — confirmed the longstanding rumor. ‘I’ve ran from myself for a long time, hating myself for a […]

Big Sky Recap: A New Case, an Old Boyfriend and Ronald in a Wig

Big Sky made a big return from its hiatus Tuesday, offering up two back-to-back episodes that introduced us to a whole bunch of new faces — a lot of ’em perhaps not on the up-and-up. And Ronald is still on the lam, three months after the events of the previous episode. So let’s not waste any […]

This Is Us Recap: Did Randall and Kevin Bridge the Distance Between Them?

After more than half a season of hurt feelings, harsh words, tears, weirdness and anger, This Is Us‘ Randall and Kevin directly addressed their problems in person in this week’s episode. But did the hour (full of really nice work by Sterling K. Brown and Justin Hartley, by the way) actually bring the Pearson bros […]

The Resident's Spring Premiere Forces Mina to Make a Shocking Decision

Mina Okafor has found a way to circumvent the looming threat of deportation — but The Resident fans won’t like it. During the Fox drama’s midseason premiere on Tuesday, the Chastain Park surgeon announced her plan to avoid getting sent out of the United States: She’s voluntarily going back home to Nigeria. Though Mina’s immigration lawyer […]

Aaron Rodgers Hilariously Trolls Jeopardy! Contestants for Fumbling Green Bay Packers Clue — Watch

The Final Jeopardy! category is awkward. On Tuesday’s episode of the classic game show, all three contestants whiffed on a Green Bay Packers clue — and guest host/Packers QB Aaron Rodgers did not let the hilariously cringey moment go by unnoticed. Aaron Rodgers is a natural at @Jeopardy hosting. This was really good. “Oh you […]

THEM Finale Recap: Momma's Home

Mothers really are the heart of the family, and matriarch Lucky Emory proved that and then some in the Season 1 finale for THEM. First, she had to escape the asylum. And that’s just what Lucky did when she made quick work of the evil lady doctor who wanted to lobotomize her and the orderly who […]

Kristin Cavallari Returns to The Hills in New Beginnings Season 2 Trailer

The Hills are alive with the sound of drama once again as a (reformed?) mean girl from the original series joins the cast of New Beginnings. MTV on Tuesday released a trailer for The Hills: New Beginnings‘ second season, which ends with the dramatic arrival of none other than Kristin Cavallari. For those whose memory […]

MacGyver Series Finale: Who Goes Missing in the Very Final Episode?

MacGyver is going to need one helluva Swiss Army knife to solve what will be his very final problem, as the CBS drama wraps up its five-season run. It was revealed on Tuesday that in the episode “Abduction + Memory + Time + Fireworks + Dispersal” — which will air Friday, April 30 and serve […]

TVLine Items: Dewan's New Dance Show, Scandal Vet to CBS and More

Jenna Dewan is putting her dancing shoes back on as a judge on CBS’ forthcoming series Come Dance With Me. Executive-produced by NCIS: Los Angeles stars LL Cool J and Chris O’Donnell, the show features “exceptionally talented young dancers from across the country who invite one inspirational, and untrained, family member or other adult who […]

Matt's Inside Line: Scoop on the 9-1-1s, Lucifer, Chicago Fire, The Conners, Zoey's Playlist, The Resident and More

Which 9-1-1 show is ready for a flashback? Is Chicago Fire‘s Severide confirmed to “suit up? What is bedeviling Lucifer‘s Dan? Read on for answers to those questions plus teases from other shows! Anything on the rest of Season 2 of Fox’s 9-1-1: Lone Star (returning Monday, April 19)? –Jade Owen will 1) welcome a […]

Stephen King's Lisey's Story Adaptation Gets Apple TV+ Premiere Date

Stephen King himself will begin telling Lisey’s Story on Friday, June 4, when Apple TV+ premieres the first two episodes of its adaptation of his best-selling novel. New episodes will follow every Friday for six weeks. Adapted by King, who personally wrote all eight episodes, Lisey’s Story is described as “a deeply personal thriller” that […]

THEM's Shahadi Wright Joseph on the Importance of Dark-Skinned Leads: 'I Represent Others Who Look Like Me'

Shahadi Wright Joseph never set out to be a trailblazer. But prominent roles in Amazon Prime’s new terror anthology THEM and Jordan Peele’s horror flick Us, before it, have made her just that. In both instances, Wright Joseph has been featured as one of four beautiful dark-skinned leads, and not by coincidence. THEM creator Little […]

The Blacklist Preview: Liz (Finally!) Returns in New Photos From Season 8

Just when we thought Liz Keen was off the grid for good, she’s making her way back to The Blacklist. NBC has released new photos from the crime drama’s April 23 episode, titled “Misère,” in which leading lady Megan Boone returns after quite a few episodes away. Boone last appeared in the Jan. 29 installment, which […]

ER Reunion: George Clooney to Join Julianna Margulies, Anthony Edwards, Noah Wyle, Gloria Reuben and 9 More

The OG County General crew is getting back together, albeit for one night only. The original cast of NBC’s ER — George Clooney (Doug Ross), Julianna Margulies (Carol Hathaway), Anthony Edwards (Mark Greene) and Noah Wyle (John Carter) — is set to reunite on Thursday, April 22 as part of Stars in the House, a […]

TV Ratings: All American Returns Down, The Voice and Idol Tie for Monday Win

In the latest TV show ratings, The CW’s All American returned from a five-week break to 706,000 total viewers (its second smallest audience of the season) and a 0.2 demo rating, down a tenth from its last fresh episode to match its series low. Leading out of that, Black Lightning‘s planted Painkiller spinoff pilot dropped […]

This Is Us Sneak Peek: Kevin's Visit Has Randall Tied in Knots — Watch Video

In case you’ve forgotten the key burns in Randall and Kevin’s Season 4 no-emotional-holds-barred fight, don’t worry: This Is Us‘ Beth is here to remind you. In the exclusive sneak peek below, Mrs. Pearson deftly gives us a recap of why the Pearson brothers are planning to have a summit to address their “racially charged […]

The Flash Video: Is the Speed Force Behaving Like a Clingy Mom?

Three is feeling like a crowd at the West-Allen loft, in this exclusive sneak peek from tonight’s episode of The Flash. In the episode “Growing Pains,” airing at 8/7c on The CW, Barry (played by Grant Gustin) and Iris (Candice Patton) welcome the Speed Force (Michelle Harrison) — who is again in the guise of […]

Trevor Noah Condemns Shooting of Daunte Wright, Says 'Police Don't Give a S—t' About Harming Black People

An incredulous Trevor Noah was among Monday’s late-night hosts who addressed the recent police shooting of Daunte Wright, an unarmed Black man who was killed during a traffic stop in Minnesota. Tim Gannon, the police chief in Minneapolis suburb Brooklyn Center, told reporters on Monday that 20-year-old Wright had been pulled over for expired registration […]

Big Sky Sneak Peek: With Just One Phone Call, Jerrie's Terror Returns

Don’t pick up the phone, Jerrie! Because when you do — in Tuesday’s supersized Big Sky return (ABC, 9/8c) — we guarantee you’re not going to like who’s on the other end. The two-hour midseason premiere is set three months after Ronald’s escape, and he’s still managing to evade any and all attempts to pin him […]

Bridgerton Renewed for Seasons 3 and 4 at Netflix, Ahead of Season 2 Debut

Netflix just significantly extended its stay in Regency London: The streamer has renewed period romance Bridgerton for Seasons 3 and 4, well ahead of its Season 2 premiere. “Bridgerton swept us off our feet,” said Bela Bajaria, vice president of global television at Netflix. “The creative team, led by Shonda [Rhimes], knew the material and […]

The Voice Recap: As We Head for the Knockouts, Nick Jonas Announces a Battle's Winner — Then Keeps the Loser

The weirdest thing about what happened in Monday’s episode of The Voice wasn’t that Nick Jonas cut the contestant that he and his peers agreed had given the better Battle performance, it was that… it actually made sense. The “loser” was such a standout that you could understand why he’d be reluctant to let her […]

American Idol Recap: Top 12 Revealed! Plus, Who Dropped Out? And What Did Paula Abdul Say About Simon Cowell?

Paula Abdul returned to American Idol on Monday, and the world was good again for two fleeting hours. And by good, I mean wonderfully weird. The living legend, who served as a judge during Idol‘s first nine seasons (2002–2010), returned to the panel to fill in for Luke Bryan, who announced that he has tested […]

Mare of Easttown: Kate Winslet Breaks Down Her 'Profoundly Challenging' New Role (And Yes, That Accent)

Don’t call Kate Winslet’s new HBO drama Mare of Easttown a “thriller.” She wouldn’t, anyway. “So often, crime stories and small town murders are described as a ‘thriller,'” the Oscar winner tells TVLine. “I don’t think you could really describe this as a thriller, in that sense. It has those elements to it, but it’s […]

TVLine Items: Cera Joins Amy Schumer, Scandal Alum's Apple Role and More

Arrested Development alum Michael Cera is headed back to TV for his first series-regular role since the aforementioned Fox/Netflix cult fave. The actor has joined Amy Schumer in the forthcoming Hulu comedy Life & Beth, our sister site Variety reports. Schumer will write, direct, executive-produce and star as Beth, a wine distributor whose life looks […]

Baldwin Hills' Gerren Taylor Dead at 30

Gerren Taylor, a former model and one of the original stars of the BET reality series Baldwin Hills, died Sunday, Essence reports.  She was 30. A cause of death has not been revealed. Taylor, whose legal name was Ashley Taylor Gerren, starred in all three seasons of Baldwin Hills, which ran from 2007 to 2009 and […]

Black Lightning's Jordan Calloway Gets His Literal Kicks in Martial Arts-Heavy Painkiller Spinoff: 'I'm Living My Dream'

Jordan Calloway describes himself as both a comic book nerd and an action-flick aficionado. So, to say that he was born to play Black Lightning‘s Painkiller is an understatement. Calloway will reprise his dual roles tonight at 9/8c on The CW, in a highly anticipated backdoor pilot for a potential Painkiller spinoff. As he did […]

The Resident Video: Conrad's New Patient Has a Surprising Link to Dr. Bell

The Resident‘s upcoming case of the week will hit very close to home for two Chastain docs. The Fox drama returns from hiatus on Tuesday (8/7c), and in our exclusive sneak peek embedded below, Conrad learns that his pregnant patient, Tina, has personal ties to Dr. Bell and his former stepson, Jake: She’s having the […]

Chicago Med Casts All American Vet Asjha Cooper as Med Student With Surprise Connection to [Spoiler]

Chicago Med has enlisted a new recruit, and she’s got ties to the hospital staff: Asjha Cooper (All American, Snowfall) will recur during Season 6 of the NBC medical drama as accelerated med student Vanessa Taylor, TVLine has learned exclusively. Described as friendly, warm and intelligent, Vanessa is the youngest person in her class. Driven […]

The Powerpuff Girls Are All Grown Up in First Look at CW's Live-Action Pilot

The Powerpuff Girls are looking very much like young women of substance in the first official photo from The CW’s live-action pilot, now filming in Atlanta. Though unofficial, BTS photos have circulated on social media, showing the titular trio in their expected “uniforms,” those looks appear only in flashbacks to their teenage years. The cast […]

NBC's College Bowl Reboot, Hosted by Peyton Manning, Gets Summer Launch

NBC’s College Bowl reboot is set for a summertime kickoff. Hosted by elite NFL QB Peyton Manning (with his brother Cooper Manning serving as sidekick), Capital One College Bowl will premiere Tuesday, June 22 at 10/9c, it was announced on Monday. In each episode of this reboot of the Emmy and Peabody Award-winning College Bowl […]

Video: The Talk Returns Minus Co-Host Sharon Osbourne — Watch Sheryl Underwood's Message to Viewers

After a turbulent month-long hiatus, The Talk returned on Monday and wasted no time diving into the race-related controversy that led to the exit of co-host Sharon Osbourne. Addressing viewers directly at the top of the show, co-host Sheryl Underwood said, “It’s time for an episode of The Talk that will be unlike any other we’ve […]

American Idol: OG Judge Paula Abdul Replacing COVID-Stricken Luke Bryan

It’s about to look a lot like 2002 behind American Idol‘s judging dais. Original Idol judge Paula Abdul will return to the singing competition for tonight’s live broadcast (ABC, 8/7c), replacing Luke Bryan after he tested positive for the coronavirus. “I’m sad to say I won’t be a part of tonight’s first live @AmericanIdol show. […]

In Treatment: HBO's 24-Episode Reboot Gets Premiere Date — Watch Teaser

HBO is heading back into therapy next month, announcing late May premiere date for its pandemic-era reboot of In Treatment. The pay cabler also released a trailer ahead of the series 24-episode fourth season, which stars Emmy winner Uzo Aduba as lead shrink Dr. Brooke Taylor. In Treatment — which has been off the air […]

Falcon and the Winter Soldier Challenge Cap in Teaser for Final Episodes

Falcon and the Winter Soldier are poised to throwdown against the new (and newly sullied) Captain America in a teaser for the Marvel series’ final two episodes, the first of which arrives this Friday, April 16. When last we tuned into Disney+’s second live-action Marvel series — SUPER-SPOILERS ALERT! — a scuffle between Sam and […]

American Idol Twist: Season 18 Contestants to Compete for a Spot in Season 19's Top 10 — Who's Returning?

American Idol is throwing a major curveball at its Season 19 contestants: Only nine of them will advance to the Top 10 later this spring, with the final spot going to a contestant from last season. ABC announced Monday that 10 singers from Season 18 — including runner-up Arthur Gunn — will return to Idol […]

Daniel Dae Kim: Hawaii Five-0 Contract Dispute and Subsequent Exit 'Changed My Relationships' With Co-Stars

In his most candid comments to date regarding his 2017 departure from Hawaii Five-0, Daniel Dae Kim is revealing new details about the contract dispute that led to his incendiary exit and the impact the high-profile kerfuffle had on his relationships with his onetime co-stars. As you will recall, Kim, along with TV cousin Grace […]

Ratings: Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist and Family Guy Rise, The Rookie Dips

In the latest TV show ratings, NBC’s Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist — leading out of an Ellen’s Game of Games rerun this week — drew 1.4 million total viewers and a 0.3 demo rating, ticking up to its best Sunday numbers of the season. Leading out of that, Good Girls (1.5 mil/0.3) added a few eyeballs […]

Elite Sets Season 4 Premiere at Netflix

Elite is going back to school this summer: Netflix’s Spanish-language teen drama will return with Season 4 on Friday, June 18. The streamer announced the date on Twitter Monday, along with eight new photos from the upcoming episodes. The fresh installments will welcome several new cast members to the upper-class secondary school Las Encinas: Andrés […]

Joseph Siravo, The Sopranos and American Crime Story Actor, Dead at 64

Actor Joseph Siravo, whose many TV roles included Tony Soprano’s father Johnny Boy on The Sopranos, died Sunday after a battle with cancer. He was 64. “I was by his side when my dear father passed away this morning, peacefully, in his beloved Treehouse,” Siravo’s daughter Allegra Okarmus wrote in a private Instagram post quoted […]

Good Girls Recap: Did Beth Just Bank Herself a Criminal Promotion?

The more Beth Boland wants out, the deeper she gets pulled in. With Dean still behind bars and the Secret Service breathing down her neck, Sunday’s episode of Good Girls plunged Beth even deeper into the criminal world as she — forcibly — took on the mysterious role of “the banker.” Will this woman ever […]

Fear the Walking Dead Midseason Premiere Recap: RIP, [Spoiler]

Warning: The following contains spoilers for Sunday’s midseason premiere of Fear the Walking Dead. If you’d rather watch first, read later, off ya go. Was irony ever crueler than in Sunday’s midseason premiere of Fear the Walking Dead? John spent the bulk of the episode alternating between expressing his death wish and planning his suicide […]

American Idol Recap: Top 16 Revealed! Did Your Favorites Make the Cut?

With viewers’ votes finally in play, Sunday’s episode of American Idol marked the end of the road for eight singers, leaving us with the Top 16 of Season 19. Let’s start with the results. The following 16 singers are going through to the next round: Alanis Sophia, Alyssa Wray, Ava August, Beane, Caleb Kennedy, Casey […]

The Nevers Recap: Grade the Premiere of HBO's Steampunk Girl-Power Drama

On Aug. 3, 1896, a mysterious event takes place in London, turning a seemingly random group of people from ordinary citizens into a superpowered subgroup that becomes known as “the touched.” What the touched do with their newfound abilities, and how society reacts to them, is the basis for HBO’s The Nevers, which premiered Sunday on […]

Shameless Boss Talks Open-Ended Series Finale, Frank's Fate and the Fiona Storyline That Wasn't

Warning: The following contains spoilers for Sunday’s Shameless. Proceed at your own risk! The message of Shameless‘ series finale: Life goes on— well, except if you’re Frank. After waking from his overdose, the Gallagher patriarch eventually ended up in the hospital, where he died of COVID. Frank’s spirit then visited the Alibi as the family […]

Men in Kilts Finale Recap: Sam and Graham Make a Somber Return to the Site of Outlander's Deadliest Episode

Outlander viewers and Scottish history buffs know that the Battle of Culloden left a bloody, indelible mark on the nation of Scotland. With the help of experts, Men in Kilts‘ season finale finds Sam Heughan and Graham McTavish going in-depth on exactly how the brutal fight played out. To start, we get a quick overview […]

Lily Rabe Talks Tell Me Your Secrets' Big Finale Twist: Emma 'Absolutely' Is 'Still Terrified of [Spoiler]'

Weeks have passed since its premiere, so it’s cool now to talk about Tell Me Your Secrets‘ big twist, right? That was rhetorical. We’re doing this. (If you’re looking for a Spoiler Alert, consider yourself warned.) As it happens, TVLine recently got the series’ star, Lily Rabe, on the phone to discuss the Amazon Prime […]

THEM's Deborah Ayorinde On How Prayer, Therapy and Her TV Family Helped Her Handle Episode 5's Trauma

Warning: This post contains spoilers for THEM Season 1. For four episodes, THEM built up the mystery of what happened to poor Baby Chester. And then Episode 5 happened, and suddenly the new Amazon Prime terror anthology from Little Marvin and Lena Waithe, which premiered Friday, turned into something else. What that something else is […]

SNL: Timothée Chalamet Shares Love for 'Weird Little Flutes' in New Music Video With Kid Cudi, Pete Davidson

Never underestimate the power of a “Weird Little Flute.” Saturday Night Live dropped its latest music video this weekend, as musical guest Kid Cudi joined cast members Pete Davidson and Chris Redd to lay down a hip-hop homage about their favorite woodwind instrument. Host Carey Mulligan joined the fun as a sales associate in a […]

SNL Cold Open: Minnesota News Crew Debates Derek Chauvin Trial (Video)

Saturday Night Live weighed in on the Derek Chauvin trial this weekend by way of a fictitious morning news program out of Minnesota. In the cold open, a four-person anchor team — Ego Nwodim, Kenan Thompson, Kate McKinnon and Alex Moffat — discussed what had transpired so far in the trial of the former Minneapolis […]

Masked Singer: New Clues About Crab, Chameleon, the Wild Cards and More

When is a Masked Singer wild card not a wild card? When he’s actually host Nick Cannon, pulling a fast one on judges and the audience alike! That’s precisely what took place in Wednesday’s episode, when a wild card contestant named Bulldog wound up getting the short end of the fetching stick: He was chosen by […]

The TVLine-Up: What's Returning, New and Leaving the Week of April 11

This weekly feature is in addition to TVLine’s daily What to Watch listings and monthly guide to What’s on Streaming. With nearly 500 scripted shows now airing across broadcast, cable and streaming, it’s easy to forget that a favorite comedy is returning, or that the new “prestige drama” you anticipated is about to debut. So […]

Conners Boss on Becky's Relapse: 'We May Have Done a Disservice Making It Look So Easy to Stop Cold Turkey'

Becky’s sobriety journey took an unfortunate detour during the March 31 episode of The Conners, when the single mother allowed herself a glass of wine at dinner with an old friend. That slip resulted in a full-blown relapse, which occurred midway through Wednesday’s dramatic two-parter. Asked to explain why Becky fell off the wagon, showrunner […]

THEM Premiere: In Amazon's Terror Anthology, the Neighbors Are Racist and the Ghosts Are, Too — Grade It!

The first episode of THEM wastes no time pitting housewife against housewife. The biggest difference between Amazon Prime’s new terror anthology and other neighborhood-based dramas: One housewife is Black, and the other is white. It’s also Compton in the 1950s, and the Black housewife, Lucky Emory (Girls Trip‘s Deborah Ayorinde), is still reeling from the […]

TV Ratings: MacGyver and Blue Bloods Dip in Demo, Shark Tank Tops Night

In the latest TV show ratings, CBS’ MacGyver heralded this week’s cancellation news by ticking down in the demo (to match its series low of 0.4), while adding a handful of viewers (to deliver a total of 4.5 million). Leading out of that, Magnum P.I. (5.3 mil/0.5) was steady in the demo and Blue Bloods […]