9-1-1: Lone Star Boss Explains Why [Spoiler] Had to Die in Season 2

No members of the 126 were lost in 9-1-1: Lone Star‘s fatal finale dust storm, but a tragic death from earlier in the season still looms large — and that dust will take much longer to settle. We’re talking, of course, about Tommy’s husband Charles, whom she found unresponsive in the final moments of Episode […]

Lucifer EPs on How the Series Originally Ended, Sending [Spoiler] to Hell, the New God's Season 6 Struggle and More

The following contains spoilers from all of Lucifer Season 5. “Oh, my me!” As Lucifer Season 5 came to a close, those three little words from Lucifer (played by Tom Ellis) came on the heels of him using three other, weighter words to at long last affirm his feelings for “the Detective,” Chloe Decker (Lauren […]

New Amsterdam Boss Talks Lauren's Sexuality and Her Romance With Leyla — Plus, Watch the Doc's Big Declaration

New Amsterdam doc Lauren Bloom and her live-in love interest Leyla are taking their relationship forward in a big way in TVLine’s exclusive sneak peek from this Tuesday’s episode (NBC, 10/9c). “I don’t think Leyla’s the first woman Bloom has been with. Leyla’s the first woman Bloom has been in a relationship with,” showrunner David […]

Could Mare of Easttown Return for a Season 2? 'I Would Absolutely Love to Play Mare Again,' Kate Winslet Says

The Erin McMenamin murder case is officially closed… but does that mean Mare of Easttown is handing in her badge? The Kate Winslet-led HBO crime drama wrapped up its seven-episode run on Sunday night — read our finale recap here — and while it’s been billed as a limited series from the beginning, ratings have […]

Patrick Star Show Trailer: SpongeBob's BFF Finds His 'True Porpoise' in Spinoff

Live from Bikini Bottom, it’s Patrick Star! Nickelodeon on Monday released a first look at The Patrick Star Show, which follows a younger version of the iconic SpongeBob SquarePants character as he lives at home with his family and hosts a variety show for the neighborhood. Bill Fagerbakke returns as the voice of young-adult Patrick, […]

Mare of Easttown Finale Recap: The Sins of the Father — Grade It!

After weeks of shocking twists and red herrings, Mare of Easttown‘s finale gave us the answers we wanted… but maybe not the ones we expected. Sunday’s episode picks up right where we left off, with Mare approaching Billy and John at the fishing spot. Back at the police station, we finally see the photo Jess […]

Mare of Easttown EP Breaks Down the Finale's Killer Twist and That Last Shot, Reflects on [Spoiler]'s Demise

Warning: This post contains spoilers for Sunday’s Mare of Easttown finale. So a Ross did kill Erin McMenamin… but not the Ross we thought. Mare of Easttown‘s finale — check out our full recap here — revealed that the killer was actually John and Lori’s son Ryan, who was angry about his dad’s cheating ways […]

HBO Max Crashes Just as Anticipated Mare of Easttown Finale Gets Underway

HBO Max appears to have been maxed out. On Sunday night at 10 pm ET, when HBO’s highly anticipated Mare of Easttown season finale was to have started, social media erupted with reports that the cabler’s streaming service, which only days ago celebrated its first birthday, was down — leading many to speculate that it […]

The Chi Recap: Cooley High Disharmony

On this week’s The Chi it’s ironic that, after so many happy endings lately, Jada is dealt a truly awful one. Emmett’s mom spends most of the hour navigating her relationship with Suede, the masseuse-with-benefits who’s seeming more and more like her boyfriend. They discuss what they are to each other. They dress up in […]

Lucifer's Lesley-Ann Brandt Reflects on Maze's Season 5 Battle With Rejection, Leading to Finale's Major Eve Moment

The following contains spoilers from all of Lucifer Season 5. Lucifer Season 5 introduced us to the titular devil’s twin, saw God pay an unannounced visit to Earth, and even took us to Heaven. But one of its boldest narratives involved Mazikeen’s realization that she desired a soul of her own, and the steps she […]

Alfre Woodard, LeBron James and More Honor Black Wall Street 100 Years After Tulsa Massacre — 4 Docs to Watch

Mary E. Jones Parrish was a teacher, journalist and Tulsa Massacre survivor who chronicled the two-day atrocity in her 1922 book, Events of the Tulsa Disaster. To this day, historians rely on Parrish’s first-person account, as well as those of the people she interviewed. A century after the massacre, Tulsa native and Oscar-nominated actress Alfre […]

Lisey's Story EP J.J. Abrams Previews Stephen King's 'Strange Cocktail': It's a Tale of 'Perseverance and Hope'

There’s no shortage of Stephen King adaptations on television, but perhaps none of them are more personal to the writer than AppleTV+’s upcoming limited series Lisey’s Story. Premiering Friday, June 4 with the first two of eight episodes (followed by new installments every Friday), the show stars Academy Award winner Julianne Moore as the titular […]

Lucifer's Kevin Alejandro Opens Up About Episode 15's Dark Dan Twist, What It Means for Unplanned Season 6

The following contains major spoilers from Lucifer Season 5, Episode 15 (“Is This Really How It’s Going To End?!”). For Lucifer‘s Kevin Alejandro, the penultimate episode of Season 5 can best be filed under “Be Careful What You Wish For.” Heading into Season 5, Alejandro had suggested to co-showrunners Ildy Modrovich and Joe Henderson that […]

Lucifer's Rachael Harris on Linda's Mother of an Episode: 'I Was in a Puddle of Tears Watching That Final Scene'

The following contains spoilers from Lucifer Season 5, Episode 13 (“A Little Harmless Stalking”). Midway through Lucifer Season 5B, Dr. Linda (played by Rachael Harris) made one mother of a sacrifice in the name of protecting Adriana Nassar (returning guest star Alexandra Grossi), the daughter she placed for adoption back when she was a teen. […]

The TVLine-Up: What's New, Returning and Leaving the Week of May 30

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 […]

Gavin MacLeod, Mary Tyler Moore and Love Boat Actor, Dead at 90

Veteran actor Gavin MacLeod, who starred in lead roles in The Mary Tyler Moore Show and The Love Boat, has passed away. He was 90. MacLeod died early Saturday morning in the company of his loved ones and caretakers, his nephew Mark See told TMZ. The actor had been in and out of the hospital for months with […]

Performer of the Week: Naomi Ackie

THE PERFORMER | Naomi Ackie THE SHOW | Master of None THE EPISODE | “Moments in Love: Chapter Four” (May 23, 2021) THE PERFORMANCE | Tears do not a sympathetic performance make. That said, there is something about watching Ackie’s Alicia cry midway through Master of None Episode 4 over a margarine commercial that tugged […]

Freddie Stroma to Play DC Comics' Vigilante in TV's Suicide Squad Spinoff

Freddie Stroma will be suiting up as DC Comics’ Vigilante aka Adrian Chase in Peacemaker, HBO Max’s spinoff of the upcoming The Suicide Squad movie. Fresh off roles in both Netflix’s Bridgerton and The Crew, Stroma replaces Chris Conrad (Patriot, Perpetual Grace LTD), who was originally cast in the role but parted ways with the […]

Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions 2021: The Winner Is...

A new Jeopardy! champion has been crowned. After 10 days of fierce competition, Friday’s episode saw Minnesota-based substitute teacher Sam Kavanaugh take home the $250,000 grand prize for winning the latest Tournament of Champions. Jennifer Quail, a wine tasting consultant from Dowagiac, Mich., finished in second place, winning $100,000, while Veronica Vichit-Vadakan, a reference and […]

The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers Boss Talks Finale Twist, Kenan Thompson Agreeing to Appear in Season 2

Warning: This post contains spoilers for The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers‘ season finale. Avert your eyes if you haven’t seen the episode yet! If there’s one thing you can count on, it’s The Mighty Ducks serving up a feel-good ending after overcoming stacked odds. Staying true to the franchise’s fighting underdog spirit, Game Changers delivered […]

Tulsa Burning Filmmaker Praises Watchmen and Lovecraft Country, But Says Docs 'Can Do Things Fiction Can't'

Dramatizations of the 1921 Tulsa Massacre on TV shows such as Watchmen and Lovecraft Country helped edify audiences about the real-life death and destruction in one of the most horrific and racially violent incidents in American history. Due to time and narrative constraints, however, these lauded series weren’t able to explain the simmering tension between […]

Friends Reunion: Our 20 Lingering Questions From the HBO Max Special

If you still haven’t watched HBO Max’s Friends reunion yet, you’ve clearly been living under a rock — or perhaps under Ugly Naked Guy’s trampoline. No judgment. The long-awaited special, which brought together all six of the show’s stars — Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry, David Schwimmer — for one […]

Lucifer Gets Musical: Aimee Garcia Shares BTS Secrets — Hair-Whipping Cheats and Twerking 'Germ' Included!

The following contains playlist spoilers from Lucifer Season 5, Episode 10. For four-and-a-half seasons, Lucifer‘s friends and colleagues danced with the devil. But in the musical episode “Bloody Celestial Karaoke Jam,” they got to sing with him, too. The second episode of Season 5B found Lucifer & Co. breaking out in song at the visiting […]

Miles Teller to Replace Armie Hammer as Star of Godfather Making-Of Series

Paramount+ is calling upon Miles Teller to do a service for them: The Whiplash actor will now star in the streamer’s limited series The Offer, about the making of The Godfather, replacing Armie Hammer. (Our sister site Variety first reported the news.) Teller will play film producer Al Ruddy, who helped shepherd the iconic 1972 […]

TVLine Items: Kyle Chandler Joins Uber Series, Wu-Tang Casting and More

Kyle Chandler is investing in Uber: The Friday Night Lights and Bloodline vet has been cast in Showtime’s anthology series Super Pumped, the first season of which focuses on the rideshare app. Based on Mike Isaac’s book Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber, Season 1 explores “the roller-coaster ride of the upstart transportation company, embodying […]

Was Chicago Fire Surprisingly Steamy? How Did This Is Us Mislabel Massacre? Did All Rise Forget Ring? 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 Master of None, NCIS: Los Angeles, Chicago Fire and The Handmaid’s Tale! 1 | Is one of SNL Season 46’s legacies that it made some very questionable calls about which […]

Virgin River Season 3 Gets July Premiere Date on Netflix — Find Out What's Next

It’s going to be a hell of a summer in Virgin River. The Netflix drama’s 10-episode third season arrives Friday, July 9, TVLine has learned. Per Netflix’s official tease, we can expect “a funeral, a fire, a divorce, a hurricane and a new romance in a twist-packed season that’ll keep fans on the edge of […]

TV Ratings: SVU Outdraws Grey's and Ties for Thursday Demo Win

In the latest TV show ratings, NBC’s Law & Order: SVU this week copped 4.2 million total viewers and a 0.6 rating, outdrawing time slot rival Grey’s Anatomy and landing in a four-way tie for the nightly demo win. Bookending SVU, a Red Nose Day edition of The Wall (2.8 mil/0.4) matched Manifest‘s latest tallies, […]

Gossip Girl Reboot: Kristen Bell Speaks in First Teaser for HBO Max Series

Summer may be on the horizon, but there’s a chill in the air on the Upper East Side. HBO Max on Friday released the first teaser from its upcoming reboot of The CW’s iconic Gossip Girl, which hits the streaming service on Thursday, July 8. “Eight years after the original website went dark, a new […]

Lucifer's Rachael Harris Toasts That Deliciously Awkward 'Family Dinner' With God — Grade the 5B Premiere

The following contains mild spoilers from Season 5, Episode 9 of Netflix’s Lucifer. After making a special trip to Earth to, among other things, see to it that siblings Lucifer, Michael and Amenadiel (played by Tom Ellis, Tom Ellis and DB Woodside) cease sparring and instead get along, all God (guest star Dennis Haysbert) wanted […]

Bridgerton Season 2 Adds Charmed's Rupert Evans as Family Patriarch

Bridgerton fans can now put a face to the name of Edmund Bridgerton: Charmed actor Rupert Evans will play the family patriarch in Season 2, TVLine has learned. Edmund is described as a loving and devoted husband to Violet Bridgerton (played by Ruth Gemmell), and an endlessly patient and kind father who takes special pride […]

Rugrats Mom Betty Is Queer in Reboot, Natalie Morales Confirms

Phil and Lil’s mom Betty is living in her truth in the newly rebooted Paramount+ Rugrats. Natalie Morales, who is voicing the character on the CG-animated series which premiered on the streamer this Thursday, confirmed to the A.V. Club that the mother of twins — who had been married to Howie in the 1991 original […]

Grey's Recap: Baby, I'ma Want You

In Thursday’s penultimate Season 17 Grey’s Anatomy, babies were the hot topic, not only with Jo, whose attachment to ill-fated Val’s newborn Luna has been growing stronger with every scene, but Link, who the promo suggested was keen on expanding his and Amelia’s mom-and-pop operation. Of course, we all know how misleading Grey’s promos can […]

Danai Gurira to Play Black Panther's Okoye in Disney+ Series (Report)

Danai Gurira reportedly has closed a deal to reprise her role as Black Panther‘s Okoye, general of the Dora Milaje and the head of Wakandan armed forces, in “an origin spinoff series for Disney+.” The deal was first reported deep within a Hollywood Reporter profile of top Hollywood lawyers. TVLine has reached out to Disney+ […]

MacGyver's Lucas Till, Black Lightning's Nafessa Williams Among Additions to Spook Who Sat by the Door Pilot at FX

TV’s former MacGyver has fashioned himself a new job. Lucas Till has boarded FX’s The Spook Who Sat by the Door drama pilot, along with Nafessa Williams (of the also-recently-ended Black Lightning), Nathan Darrow (House of Cards) and Tom Irwin (Devious Maids). Based on the novel by Sam Greenlee, the 1960s-set Spook stars Y’lan Noel […]

Mrs. Davis, From Damon Lindelof and Young Sheldon's Tara Hernandez, Lands Straight-to-Series Order at Peacock

Move over, Sister Night: A new mysterious female is about to enter Damon Lindelof’s orbit. Mrs. Davis, from the Watchmen showrunner and Young Sheldon writer Tara Hernandez, has landed a straight-to-series order at Peacock, the streaming site announced Thursday. Per a Peacock release, the series “is an exploration of faith versus technology — an epic battle […]

Debris Cancelled After 1 Season at NBC

NBC won’t be picking up Debris: The sci-fi drama has been cancelled after one season, our sister site Variety reports. Created by Fringe showrunner Joel Wyman, Debris with its 13-episode run averaged shy of 2.8 million total viewers and not quite a 0.4 demo rating. Out of the 14 dramas NBC has aired this TV season, Debris ranks […]

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

Former Jeopardy! champ Buzzy Cohen’s two-week guest-hosting gig — which found “Mr. Personality” presiding over the game show’s coveted Tournament of Champions — is set to conclude on Friday. A final decision on who will permanently succeed the late, legendary Alex Trebek will be made later this summer. “Our goal has been to present a wide […]

Oscar Isaac Confirmed to Star in Marvel's Moon Knight for Disney+

It’s official: Star Wars veteran Oscar Isaac will star as Marvel superhero Moon Knight in an upcoming Disney+ series. Marvel Studios confirmed the rumors of Isaac’s casting — which were first reported back in October — with a tweet on Thursday, quoting Isaac as saying “WE ARE MOONKNIGHT” with a photo of Isaac raising an […]

Breeders Renewed for Season 3 at FX

Paul and Ally’s questionable parenting will continue for a third season: Breeders has been officially renewed by FX, TVLine has learned. “Through two seasons, we’ve watched Paul, Ally and their children grow as a family in ways that are reassuring and sometimes concerning,”  FX Entertainment’s president of original programming Nick Grad said in a statement. […]

The Challenge: All Stars Finale Recap: Which OG Challenger Took Home the Whopping $500K? Plus, Grade It!

As R&B superstar Aaliyah once sang — and The Challenge: All Stars just proved — age ain’t nothing but a number. The debut season of the franchise’s OG extravaganza concluded Thursday with the remaining 30- and 40-something players battling physical exhaustion, lack of sleep, carolina reapers and whatever the heck was on that gross plate […]

TVLine Items: Mitchell Bites Into Vamp Role, Hulu Casts Mike Tyson and More

Lost vet Elizabeth Mitchell is taking on a bloodthirsty new gig in the Netflix vampire hunter series First Kill. In the drama — based on a short story by author Victoria “V. E.” Schwab — “it’s time for teenage vampire Juliette (played by Sarah Catherine Hook) to make her first kill so she can take […]

Ratings: Masked Singer, Chicago Fire Finales Lead Wednesday

In the latest TV show ratings, The Masked Singer‘s Season 5 finale drew 5.1 million total viewers and a 1.3 demo rating, ticking up week-to-week and dominating Wednesday in the demo, but down sharply from its previous finale (7.4 mil/1.8). Continuing Fox’s night, Crime Scene Kitchen‘s premiere cooked up (see what I did there?!) 2.8 […]

Friends Reunion Reveals an On-Set Injury You Probably Didn't Know About

Remember when Joey fell off his bed in the third season of Friends and had to wear a sling? It turns out there was a very real, very painful reason for that storyline. HBO Max’s long-awaited Friends reunion, which premiered Thursday, reveals that Matt LeBlanc dislocated his shoulder while filming an earlier episode, inspiring the […]

Cobra Kai Season 4: Thomas Ian Griffith to Reprise Role as Terry Silver

A former Karate Kid foe is stepping back in the dojo: Thomas Ian Griffith is joining Cobra Kai‘s fourth season, reprising his role of Terry Silver, TVLine has learned. One of the main antagonists of the film franchise (watch Netflix’s teaser clip below), Silver was one of the original co-founders of Cobra Kai, as well […]

Friends Reunion: Jennifer Aniston and David Schwimmer Reveal Feelings for Each Other, Why Their Relationship Never Went Beyond Ross & Rachel

Jennifer Aniston and David Schwimmer could have been each other’s real-life lobsters. During HBO Max’s Friends reunion special, which premiered Thursday, the former on-screen couple revealed that their chemistry extended off screen — and for the first two seasons of the long-running NBC sitcom, they were practically inseparable. “The first season, I had a major […]

Chicago P.D. Recap: Burgess' Fate Revealed, 'Upstead' Takes a Major Step Forward in Season 8 Finale

Warning: This post contains spoilers from Wednesday’s Chicago P.D. finale. Read at your own risk.  Chicago P.D.‘s LaRoyce Hawkins teased an emotionally charged finale that would challenge Intelligence’s concept of reform, and the intense hour certainly delivered on that promise. With Burgess missing and too many potential leads to follow, the team found themselves split […]

The Bold Type Boss Talks Twist in Kat and Eva's Controversial Relationship

Warning: The following contains spoilers for Wednesday’s The Bold Type premiere. Proceed at your own risk. A contentious Bold Type romance has come to an end. During Wednesday’s fifth and final season premiere, Kat repeatedly ignored Eva’s texts after hooking up with the Republican Scarlet board member. When the two finally came face-to-face, Kat admitted […]

Chicago Fire Finale Recap: Whose Life Is in Jeopardy? Plus, Did Casey and Brett Finally Get Their Act Together?

Chicago Fire showrunner Derek Haas promised us a cliffhanger, and the Season 9 finale certainly delivers one asthe squad is called to an underwater boat rescue. Severide, Cruz, Capp and Tony attempt to swim a victim out to safety when the boat collapses on top of them, blocking their escape route. Plus, they’re all out […]

SEAL Team Boss Unpacks the Season Finale's Highs and Lows, Looks Ahead to 'Grittier' Times on Paramount+

The following contains major spoilers from the SEAL Team Season 4 finale. In SEAL Team‘s Season 4 finale, Bravo returned from their latest deployment with both a heavy, collective heart — Full Metal (aka Scott), they learned, had perished from the injuries he sustained in protecting his brothers from an incoming RPG — and much […]

Chicago Med Recap: How the Finale Wrote Out Natalie and April

Chicago Med said goodbye to longtime cast members Torrey DeVitto and Yaya DaCosta during Wednesday’s Season 6 finale with not wholly unexpected exit storylines for Dr. Natalie Manning and nurse April Sexton. Let’s recap: Natalie’s mom gets a new heart, and although it is far from a perfect one, the transplant goes well. Natalie apologizes […]

The Masked Singer Finale Recap: Who Took Home Season 5's Golden Mask?

Warning: This post contains spoilers from The Masked Singer‘s Season 5 finale. The Masked Singer‘s Season 5 winner was as happy as a pig in clover. And maybe that’s because the Season 5 winner was a pig(let). The propeller-beanie’d Piglet bested his competition and took home the Golden Mask trophy in Wednesday’s season finale. Black Swan […]

The Handmaid's Tale Episode 7 Recap: Canadian Shaken

“My name is June Osborne, I am a citizen of the United States, and I seek asylum in the country of Canada.” Blessed freakin’ be the fruit! Forgive me if I’m a little excited, but this week’s Handmaid’s Tale chronicles June’s re-entry into regular society. And though her reacclimation is tough and tearful from the […]

Love in the Time of Slavery: How Underground Railroad Celebrates Black Courtship Amid the Gloom and Pain

Warning: This post contains spoilers from The Underground Railroad. As Cora and Caesar run through a field together toward freedom in the first episode of The Underground Railroad, the action pulls at the audiences’ emotions on various levels. For starters, they are working as a team and freeing themselves from an inhumane system of bondage […]

Firefly Lane Renewed for Season 2

Netflix’s stroll down Firefly Lane will continue: The Katherine Heigl-Sarah Chalke drama has been renewed for a second season, to debut in 2022. The series’ inaugural 10-episode season bowed in early February to mixed reviews. Based on the novel of the same name by bestselling author Kristin Hannah (who serves as co-executive producer on the […]

Sex and the City: Chris Noth to Return as Mr. Big in HBO Max Sequel Series

And just like that, Chris Noth is reprising his role as Mr. Big for HBO Max’s Sex and the City sequel series. The streamer announced Wednesday that Carrie’s longtime paramour will return for And Just Like That…, but it’s unclear what the status of their relationship will be. As you’ll recall, the pair tied the […]

TVLine Items: Michiel Huisman's Apple Gig, Generation Return Date and More

The Flight Attendant‘s Michiel Huisman is boarding a plane to the Apple TV+ action-thriller Echo 3, written by Academy Award winner Mark Boal (The Hurt Locker, Zero Dark Thirty). Set in South America, the Spanish-English language series follows Amber Chesborough, “a brilliant young scientist, who is the emotional center of a small American family,” per […]

Master of None Season 3 Shone a Light on IVF — and Made Me Feel Less Alone

You don’t know me. I’m not an official member of Team TVLine. I’m someone who has suffered through IVF as a single woman. I should also tell you I’m doing fine (No really, I’m fine. Seriously!) So when my friend (who just happens to be TVLine co-founder Michael Ausiello) suggested that I watch and potentially […]

The Voice's Cam Anthony Shares His Winning Strategy, His Feelings About Blake Shelton and His Single Plans

We could tell from the start — all of us, right? When 19-year-old Cam Anthony covered Sam Smith’s “Lay Me Down” in the Season 20 premiere of The Voice, we knew that he would win — or at least very well could. TVLine put him at the top of its Most Likely to Succeed countdown. […]

Leverage: Redemption: The Crew Reunites for 'One, Just One' Job in Full-Length IMDb TV Revival Trailer

Grifter Sophie Devereaux agrees to get her con back on for “one, just one” new job (wink-wink) in the full-length trailer for IMDb TV’s Leverage: Redemption. The extended trailer above also, among other things, finds thief Parker grappling with (ugh!) motion-detecting lasers, Hardison getting schooled on his kid sister’s “relevant” hacking skills, and Noah Wyle’s […]

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Season 6 Cast, Paramount+ Debut Date Revealed

RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars‘ Paramount+ debut is nigh: The spinoff’s sixth season will launch on the streamer with two back-to-back episodes on Thursday, June 24. Subsequent episodes will drop on the streamer every Thursday. All Stars‘ move from VH1 to sister streaming outlet Paramount+ was announced back in February. And now for the news […]

TV Ratings: This Is Us and NCIS Finales Lead Tuesday, Fox Goes Low

In the latest TV show ratings, NBC’s This Is Us closed out Season 5 with 5.1 million total viewers (ticking up week-to-week) and a steady, Tuesday-topping 0.8 demo rating. TVLine readers gave the wedding-themed outing an average grade of “A-“; read our gobs and gobs of unparalleled coverage. Opening NBC’s night, The Voice (6.5 mil/0.7; […]

The Sandman: Kirby Howell-Baptiste, Patton Oswalt Among Dozen Cast in Neil Gaiman's Netflix Adaptation

Death has landed on The Sandman‘s doorstep. Neil Gaiman’s Netflix adaptation has announced the addition of 12 new cast members, including Kirby Howell-Baptiste (The Good Place, Why Women Kill) as the aforementioned Death, the wiser sister of Tom Sturridge’s Dream. She’ll be joined by Patton Oswalt (The King of Queens, A.P. Bio), who is set […]

Coveting the Cottage in Master of None Season 3? It Doesn't Actually Exist

The uncredited character in Master of None Season 3 is Denise and Alicia’s enviable upstate New York cottage and farm. There’s just one problem: Only the exterior exists… and it’s located in the English countryside. The interior — which includes a majestic stained-glass bedroom window, a hallway reading nook that begs you to curl up […]

Bold Type Boss Previews 'Bittersweet' Shortened Final Season — Plus, Watch an Intoxicated Sutton Fail at Trust Falls

The Bold Type is hoping good things really do come in small packages as the Freeform drama kicks off its abbreviated fifth and final season this Wednesday at 10/9c. Considering it was a long six-month wait before the fashion magazine series got a six-episode renewal this past January, the announcement “was bittersweet, because we were […]

NCIS Star Confirms Exit in Season 18 Finale: 'What a Great Ride It's Been'

The following contains spoilers from the NCIS Season 18 finale. “Too long,” indeed. A major departure teased in the NCIS Season 18 finale is indeed official, given what the character’s portrayer has since shared on Instagram. At the close of Tuesday night’s season ender, Torres (played by Wilmer Valderrama) came to realize that Bishop (Emily […]

This Is Us' Kate Flash-Forward: An Ongoing Investigation

This Is Us fans, it’s time for us to get out the yarn, tack up the photos and start obsessing about the NBC series’ latest flash-forward. Tuesday’s episode took us four years into the future via a new time jump that takes place on the day of Kate’s second wedding… to her music-school colleague Phillip. […]

This Is Us Season 5 Finale Recap: Something Borrowed, Something Screwed — Plus, Grade It!

Warning: This post contains spoilers for This Is Us‘ Season 5 finale.  I now pronounce you… forever linked via your children but definitely not Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Pearson! This Is Us‘ Season 5 finale went the way that many of us figured it would Tuesday: On the morning of their wedding, Madison point-blank asked […]

This Is Us' New Flash-Forward: Does Season 5 Finale Solve a Major Mystery?

Just when we thought This Is Us might end Season 5 without taking us on a little time hop, the last two minutes of Tuesday’s finale flashed the action forward to four years from now. And in doing so, the show might have answered a question that’s plagued viewers since it started playing around with its timelines […]

Superman & Lois' Wolé Parks Gets 'Emotional' Over His Character's True Identity: 'The Responsibility Is Crazy'

“Captain Luthor”? Not so fast. Tuesday’s episode of Superman & Lois revealed that Wolé Parks‘ character, who was previously suspected of being Lex Luthor from another earth, is actually John Henry Irons, an iconic DC Comics character who fights under the name Steel. “When they told me I was going to be playing John Henry […]

The Voice Top 5 Results-Show Recap: And the Winner of Season 20 Is…

No pressure or anything, Cam Anthony. However, going into Tuesday’s Season 20 finale of The Voice, he was not only the favorite to win but the contestant that over and over again coach Blake Shelton had suggested could be the first actual superstar launched by the show. The general sentiment, in so far as I […]

Did the NCIS Season 18 Finale Live Up to the 'Explosive, Emotional' Hype?

The following contains spoilers from the NCIS Season 18 finale. It wasn’t long ago that NCIS cast member Wilmer Valderrama alerted TVLine readers that the CBS drama’s Season 18 finale would be worthy of “major, major, major, major spoiler alerts,” adding that rather than DVR and watch later, “This is an episode you want to […]

Chicago P.D. Finale Sneak Peek: Intelligence Assembles to Find Burgess

The search is on for Chicago P.D.‘s Burgess, who was abducted at the end of last week’s episode. The Season 8 finale (airing Wednesday at 10/9c on NBC) will see Intelligence assemble to try and figure out her whereabouts — and TVLine has your first look. In an exclusive sneak peek of the hour, which […]

Fall TV Schedule 2021: What's on When? And Versus What?

It’s never too early to start planning your viewing habits for the fall TV season (and get a jump on any new DVR conflicts!), so TVLine as is tradition has compiled a day-by-day, hour-by-hour grid of the primetime schedules for each broadcast network — and this year, it looks pretty normal! Whew. (Get details on […]

New Amsterdam EP Teases Cliffhanger-Filled Finale: 'It Looks and Sounds Like Nothing We've Ever Done Before'

See that look of concern on Max’s face in the above New Amsterdam photo? Viewers might very well share that same expression following the NBC drama’s upcoming Season 3 finale. Showrunner David Schulner tells TVLine that the June 8 installment (airing at 10/9c) is “a completely different New Amsterdam episode. It looks and sounds like […]

Ratings: All Rise Ends on Low Note, Black Lightning Rises and Debris Flat — Plus, Sunday's Delayed Numbers

In the latest TV show ratings, CBS’ All Rise closed out its second and final season with 3.2 million total viewers and a 0.4 demo rating, hitting and matching series lows. TVLine readers gave the finale an average grade of “A”; read recap. Elsewhere on Monday: FOX | 9-1-1 (6 mil/1.0, TVLine reader grade “A”; […]

The Flash's Tom Cavanagh Explains How He's Not 'Completely' Leaving, Takes Speedy Trip Down Memory Lane

Though we hear that Tom Cavanagh has one final Flash appearance ahead of him (and it may be sooner than you think!), the versatile actor contends that even once that has aired, he won’t be gone gone. As recently reported, Cavanagh soon will wrap his run with the CW series, and in fact he completed […]

CW Boss: Powerpuff Pilot Came In 'Too Campy,' Will Go Back to Drawing Board

The CW’s live-action update of the Powerpuff Girls franchise is heading back to the drawing board to become a bit more, well, real. As reported on Monday, the buzzy pilot did not make the cut for The CW’s 2021-22 slate, but is being reworked for later consideration — with all cast and writers still attached. […]

The CW Fall Schedule: Riverdale, Batwoman, Legends on the Move, 7 Returning Series Held for Midseason

The CW is the final broadcast network (following NBC, Fox, ABC and CBS) to unveil its game plan for the 2021-22 TV season, and the network is coupling up The Flash and Riverdale. ♦ Riverdale is relocating from Wednesday to Tuesday, where it will follow the network’s biggest hit, The Flash. Wait — there’s more: Both […]

The CW Sets Beebo Christmas Special, Waltons Movie Starring Bellamy Young

In addition to revealing its fall lineup on Tuesday, The CW also announced a trio of upcoming TV specials involving the Waltons, the Scooby gang and, of course, Beebo. First up is Beebo Saves Christmas, a one-hour animated adventure in which “everyone’s favorite fuzzy toy turned furry god [from DC’s Legends of Tomorrow] will once […]

9-1-1: Lone Star Promotes Brianna Baker to Series Regular for Season 3

Getting a seat at the cool kids’ table was just the beginning for Nancy. Brianna Baker has been promoted to series regular for the upcoming third season of 9-1-1: Lone Star, TVLine has learned. Baker has recurred on the Fox procedural since the first season premiered in January 2020. Her character, paramedic Nancy Gillian, works […]

Younger Preview: With Clare Closing In, Can Kelsey and Rob Keep Their Secret?

Did Kelsey really think she could just start dating Clare’s ex and there wouldn’t be any consequences? TVLine has an exclusive sneak peek of this week’s Younger, during which Kelsey receives an unexpected visit from Clare at Inkubator, followed by an even more unexpected introduction: “Meet your new app designer!” That’s right, Kelsey is now […]

Daytime Emmys: General Hospital Dominates Soap Opera Nominations, Alex Trebek Gets Posthumous Nod

Nominations for the 48th annual Daytime Emmy Awards were announced on Tuesday, and ABC’s General Hospital dominated the soap opera pack with 17 total nods. NBC’s Days of Our Lives trailed with seven total nods, followed by CBS’ The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful (which netted five each). Also of […]

American Idol's Arthur Gunn Dropped Out of Finale Due to 'Personal Morals' and 'Unpleasant' Experiences

Arthur Gunn is speaking out (but not saying much) about his last-minute decision to drop out of the American Idol finale. Gunn was supposed to perform alongside Sheryl Crow on Sunday night, but producers were forced to swap in Season 19 finalist Graham DeFranco — who was only in the audience to support his pal […]

Red Queen: Elizabeth Banks to Co-Star in, EP Peacock Drama From Arrow Boss

Elizabeth Banks is hungry for more futuristic drama: The Hunger Games alum will co-star in, direct and executive-produce Peacock’s Red Queen adaptation, TVLine has learned. Based on the bestselling Victoria Aveyard novel, Red Queen — currently in development at the streamer — is set in a future America “where democracy is replaced by a monarchy […]

Debris Boss J.H. Wyman Breaks Down Fringe Star's Surprise Role in Finale, What It Means for (Possible) Season 2

The following contains spoilers from the Season 1 finale of NBC’s Debris. Debris with its freshman finale not only threw a few more twists at Bryan and Finola, it did so while also unveiling a bit of top-secret casting that surely made fans of series creator J.H. Wyman’s previous sci-fi series, Fringe, geek out. But […]

The Good Doctor Recap: Which Couple Called It Quits Ahead of 2-Part Finale?

Warning: The following contains spoilers from the May 24 episode of The Good Doctor. The Good Doctor‘s mentor is heading to divorce court. During Monday’s episode of the ABC medical drama, Glassman’s wife Debbie (played by Richard Schiff’s real-life spouse Sheila Kelley) called it quits — less than two years after they got married. The […]

The Office's Mark York Dead at 55

Mark York, the actor who memorably played wheelchair user Billy Merchant on The Office, has died at the age of 55. York passed away on May 19 after a brief and unexpected illness, according to a local obituary. A paraplegic since 1988, York grew up in Ohio, but went to California to pursue a career […]

The Voice Performance Finale Recap: Cam Vs. Kenzie — Who Had the Edge?

By now, we’ve all said it before, and at least I’ll say it again: Season 20 of The Voice has come down to a two-contestant sing-off between Team Blake Shelton’s spectacular Cam Anthony and Team Kelly Clarkson’s dang-likable Kenzie Wheeler. Yes, yes, I know as well as you that three other contestants performed in Monday’s […]

All Rise Series Finale Recap: Which Couples Survived? Who Changed Jobs?

The recently cancelled All Rise wrapped up its run on Monday night with a de facto series finale full of career transitions and romantic shakeups. Let’s start with Lola, whose high-profile murder trial has her on edge about allowing cameras into her courtroom. She worries that the media will just twist the story around, but […]

9-1-1: Lone Star EP on That Finale Shakeup — What's Next for the 126?

A violent dust storm hit Austin on Monday’s 9-1-1: Lone Star finale, but even after it settled, the future of the 126 remained unclear. Let’s start with Tommy, who began the hour by deciding to resign from her position in order to care for her daughters at home. (Charles’ life insurance turned out to be […]

Black Lightning Series Finale Recap: The Passing of the Torch — Grade It!

For four years, Black Lightning has positioned itself as a show larger and greater than its titular character’s super powers. It was a series about hope, the Black community and family. And when the CW series came to an end on Monday, those same themes emerged as the Pierces regained their super powers and took […]

9-1-1 Finale: EP Talks Eddie's Fate, Maddie's Journey and a 'Major Complication' Coming in Season 5

Warning: We’re about to spoil Monday’s 9-1-1 season finale. Haven’t watched yet? You know the drill. Despite last week’s seemingly fatal cliffhanger, 9-1-1‘s fourth season actually ended on a high note for most of the 118. Not only did Eddie survive his shot to the chest, but the sniper — a disgruntled former member of […]

The CW Unveils Summer Finale Dates for Walker, The Flash, Kung Fu and More

The CW unveiled finale dates for its summer lineup, and you can expect to see plenty more Walker before the season winds down. On Monday, the network confirmed that the freshman drama starring Supernatural alum Jared Padalecki will wrap its inaugural run on Thursday, Aug. 12 at 8/7c. Plus, Kung Fu and Superman & Lois […]

Was the Master of None Season 3 Finale Real or All In Denise's Mind? — Grade It!

Warning: This post contains spoilers from the Season 3 finale of Netflix’s Master of None. There was so much animus between Denise and Alicia at one point that it seemed like they would never reconcile on Master of None. But when Denise’s car rounded those breathtakingly scenic country roads and stopped at the beginning of […]

Lindsay Lohan to Bring the Holiday Cheer in a Netflix Christmas Movie

Lindsay Lohan is fa-la-la returning to the screen in a festive way — as the star of an upcoming Netflix Christmas movie, the streamer announced Monday. The holiday-centric romantic comedy, which doesn’t yet have a title, will see Lohan step into the role of a “newly engaged and spoiled hotel heiress who finds herself in […]

TVLine Items: Money Heist Return Date, Y&R's Family Matters Reunion and More

Netflix is breaking up Money Heist‘s fifth and final season into two parts: Volume 1, consisting of five episodes, will premiere Friday, Sept. 3, the streamer announced on Monday. The second volume, featuring the last five installments, will then follow on Friday, Dec. 3. “When we began to write Part 5 in the midst of […]

Joseph Gordon-Levitt to Play Ex-Uber CEO Travis Kalanick in Showtime's Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber

Joseph Gordon-Levitt is in for quite a ride with his next TV gig. The 3rd Rock From the Sun vet has signed on to play Uber’s embattled former CEO Travis Kalanick in the Showtime miniseries Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber. Meanwhile, Showtime is refashioning Super Pumped as an anthology franchise (vs. a one-off limited series), […]

All American Spinoff, Naomi Adaptation Snag Series Orders at The CW

A(nother) star athlete and a(nother) DC superhero are officially coming to The CW’s lineup. The network has handed series orders to both All American: Homecoming and DC Comics adaptation Naomi, TVLine has learned. All American: Homecoming, a spinoff of the mothership football drama, will follow young tennis hopeful Simone (played on All American by Geffri […]

Live-Action Powerpuff Girls Update Is Being Reworked at The CW

The Powerpuff Girls won’t be swinging back into action anytime soon. As The CW moves forward with series orders for its All American: Homecoming spinoff as well as a Naomi comic book series adaptation (executive-produced by Ava DuVernay and Jill Blankenship), sources tell TVLine that the live-action Powerpuff pilot is being reworked and redeveloped off-cycle […]

Debris Sneak Peek: The Finale's Big Find Is, Disturbingly, a Laughing Matter

The chunk of Debris that is uncovered in the NBC drama’s freshman finale stirs up alllll kinds of emotions, as hinted in this sneak peek. In the yet-to-be-renewed sci-fi drama’s Season 1 finale, titled “Celestial Body” and airing tonight at 10/9c, Bryan and Finola’s (played by Jonathan Tucker and Riann Steele) lives are changed forever […]

A Black Lady Sketch Show Renewed for Season 3 at HBO

A Black Lady Sketch Show isn’t going anywhere. HBO has renewed the Robin Thede comedy for Season 3, TVLine has learned. The pickup comes just days ahead of Friday’s Season 2 finale. Nominated last year for three Primetime Emmys (including for Outstanding Variety Sketch Series and guest actress Angela Bassett), the narrative sketch-comedy series features […]

NCIS: Los Angeles' Renée Felice Smith Celebrates Nell's 11-Season Evolution and Her 'Bittersweet' Goodbye Scene

With her NCIS: Los Angeles run having come to an end, Renée Felice Smith is ready for her next chapter — somewhat literally, being an author as well as an actress. In the CBS drama’s Season 12 finale, Smith’s Nell Jones made the decision to not officially sign on as the “new Hetty”/Operations Manager, but […]

The Good Doctor Promotes Noah Galvin and Bria Samoné Henderson to Series Regular Ahead of Season 5

Drs. Wolke and Allen will continue their residencies at St. Bonaventure. The Good Doctor has promoted Noah Galvin and Bria Samoné Henderson to full-fledged series regulars, TVLine has learned exclusively. Their new status will take effect in Season 5, which premieres this fall. Formerly part of an orthodox Jewish sect, Galvin’s Asher Wolke made the […]

Barrett Foa Reflects on His NCIS: LA Run and Finale Sendoff: 'I Love That I Got to Have One Family for So Long'

NCIS: Los Angeles‘ Barrett Foa himself had a hand in one of the Season 12 finale’s big sendoffs. No, not his own nor co-star Renee Felice Smith’s. But that of Eric Beale’s mustache. Speaking with TVLine exclusively about parting ways with the high-octane CBS drama after more than a decade, Foa shared that amusing anecdote […]

Emily in Paris Taps Katy Keene Alum to Play New Love Interest for Emily — Plus: More Season 2 Casting News

Lily Collins’ titular Parisian transplant will be saying “Bonjour!” to a new suitor. TVLine has learned exclusively that Katy Keene alum Lucien Laviscount is joining Emily in Paris‘ forthcoming second season as a major new love interest for Emily. Additionally, actor-playwright Jeremy O. Harris (Slave Play) and French actor Arnaud Binard are coming on board in guest-starring […]

Mare of Easttown Recap: Case Closed?

It sure looks like we found out who killed Erin McMenamin in Mare of Easttown‘s penultimate episode… but the killer might be looking to add to the body count. Sunday’s episode opens with Mare waking up in the hospital after killing Potts and saving Katie Bailey and Missy. She’s a hero now, with the press […]

American Idol Finale Recap: Did the Right Singer Win Season 19?

American Idol has dimmed the lights for the last time this season with the crowning of the franchise’s 19th (!) winner. Heading into Sunday’s finale, 49 percent of TVLine readers expected Chayce Beckham to be crowned the new Idol, with 28 percent predicting a win for Willie Spence and 22 percent believing that Grace Kinstler […]

NCIS: Los Angeles Shocker: Two Series Vets Exit in Season 12 Finale

The following contains major spoilers from Sunday night’s NCIS: Los Angeles season finale. The NCIS: Los Angeles team will look significantly different this fall, given the departure of two long-running characters in the high-octane CBS drama’s Season 12 finale. During the season ender, Eric Beale (played by Barrett Foa), the team’s onetime tech operator-turned-rising tech […]

Black Monday Season 3 Premiere Recap: Did Mo Get Dawn Out of Prison?

Had Black Monday not returned for a third go, leaving Dawn in the slammer would have been a tragic way to bid this crew farewell. But not only are we being blessed with a new season (which kicked off Sunday on Showtime), we luckily didn’t have to wait long for The Jammer Group’s mastermind to […]

The Chi Boss on When We'll Catch Up to [Spoiler]'s Shooting, Kiesha's Kid's Birth and the Rest of That Flashforward

Warning: This post contains spoilers from The Chi‘s Season 4 premiere. As the first few moments of The Chi‘s Season 4 premiere remind us: A lot can happen in a month. The opening of the Showtime drama Sunday showed various characters in the middle of big moments. Kevin, dressed in a tuxedo, walked in on […]

BTS Debuts 'Butter' at 2021 Billboard Music Awards — Watch and Grade It

As far as this year’s BBMAs are concerned, the two Bs stand for BTS and “Butter.” Don’t ask questions, just accept it. All seven members of the world’s hottest K-pop group — Jin, Suga, J-Hope, RM, Jimin, V and Jungkook — took to the Billboard Music Awards stage on Sunday for the television debut of […]

The Equalizer Recap: No More Secrets — Grade the Season 1 Finale

All season long, The Equalizer‘s Delilah has wondered what her mom really does for a living. Every time she asked Robyn, and later Aunt Vi, the two stuck to their story that Robyn works for a nonprofit. And Robyn, with a few exceptions, did a great job of deceiving Delilah and protecting her daughter from […]

Pink Performs With Her Daughter at 2021 Billboard Music Awards — Watch

More than two decades after being named New Female Artist of the Year, Pink returned to the Billboard Music Awards stage on Sunday as the recipient of this year’s coveted Icon Award. In addition to accepting the Icon Award, which was presented by Bon Jovi, Pink also treated viewers to a high-flying performance of “Cover […]

Alicia Keys Performs Greatest Hits at 2021 Billboard Music Awards — Watch

Alicia Keys made a major appearance at Sunday’s Billboard Music Awards with a few Songs in A Minor. To celebrate the 20th anniversary of that album, which was nominated for R&B/Hip-Hop Album of the Year in 2001, Keys dropped by the 2021 BBMAs to perform a nostalgic medley of hits. The performance was introduced via […]

Evil's Haunting Season 2 Trailer Is Worth the Wait — Get Its Paramount+ Premiere Date and New 'Time Slot'

Has Kristen Bouchard herself turned… Evil? That answer is (hopefully) coming soon, now that the horror-drama’s lonnnng-awaited second season is set to premiere Sunday, June 20 at its new home of Paramount+. Comprised of 13 episodes dropping weekly every Sunday,  Season 2 of the formerly CBS series “brings evil closer to home” as “Kristen (played […]

Master of None: Naomi Ackie Unpacks the IVF Highs and Lows of Episode 4

Warning: This post contains spoilers from Season 3, Episode 4 of Netflix’s Master of None. In any number of narratives, the dissolution of a relationship marks the end of the story. But for Master of None Season 3, which focuses on Denise (played by Lena Waithe) and her wife Alicia (Star Wars: Episode IX — […]

Last Man Standing Boss Reveals Why Boyd Disappeared After Season 8

Last Man Standing showrunner Kevin Abbott is at last acknowledging the absence of a significant character who vanished without a trace ahead of the Fox comedy’s ninth and final season. We’re of course talking about Mike and Vanessa’s first grandchild Boyd, previously played by twins Evan and Luke Kruntchev (in Season 1), Flynn Morrison (in […]

The Voice Finale Prediction: The Winner of Season 20 Is Probably Going to Be…

Now that the head-scratching decisions have been made, the dubious song selections have been executed — literally, it’s sometimes seemed — and we’ve all heard the Welcome to Team Legend ditty about a bazillion times, Season 20 of The Voice has come down to the big question mark looming over the competition. No, not “How are […]

SNL Cast Shake-Up Ahead? McKinnon, Davidson and Strong Spark Speculation About Exits in Season 46 Finale

Key moments from the season finale of Saturday Night Live sparked online speculation that a huge cast shake-up could be just around the corner. During the Anya Taylor-Joy-hosted episode (watch the cold open here), viewers hit social media questioning whether three of its mainstay cast members — Kate McKinnon, Cecily Strong and Pete Davidson — […]

SNL Video: Lil Nas X Suffers Wardrobe Malfunction During Season 46 Finale

Lil Nas X gave a very revealing performance midway through Saturday Night Live‘s Season 46 finale. The two-time Grammy winner suffered a wardrobe malfunction during his first song, the provocative “MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name).” The moment came at the 2:20 mark (see above), when the rapper worked a stripper pole and split his […]

SNL Finale Kicks Off With Chris Rock, Memories of Morgan Wallen, Elon Musk, Jim Carrey's Biden and the Pence Fly

Saturday Night Live bid adieu to Season 46 — a season shaped by “an election, an insurrection and an objection that there was an insurrection” — with a little help from Chris Rock. The former cast member, who hosted the Oct. 3 premiere, joined the cast to reflect on a year unlike any other. “Here’s […]

Black Lightning Creator Teases a 'Fun' Series Finale Full of Toe-to-Toe Justice, Awaits Word on Spinoff

The last we saw of Black Lightning‘s eponymous hero, he was powerless and presumed dead after a brutal beatdown from Tobias. The fate of Jefferson (played by Cress Williams) — as well as that of the Pierce family and the people of Freeland — will be revealed when The CW’s family comic-book drama comes to […]

The TVLine-Up: What's Returning, New and Leaving the Week of May 23

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 […]

Rick Santorum Out at CNN After Racist Comments About Native Americans and On-Air Non-Apology (Report)

CNN has ended its contract with senior political commentator Rick Santorum following his racist and incorrect remarks he made about Native Americans, sources tell the Huffington Post. The former GOP senator from Pennsylvania sparked heaps of controversy last month after speaking at a Young America’s Foundation event and claiming there was “nothing” in America before […]

American Idol Finale: Who Will Win Season 19? And Who Should Win?

From heartbreaking eliminations to shocking disqualifications to Paula Abdul calling Simon Cowell “the STD,” it’s been an unexpectedly eventful season on American Idol. And the gag isn’t over just yet. Three finalists remain in the competition, and after Sunday’s grand finale (ABC, 8/7c), either Chayce Beckham, Grace Kinstler or Willie Spence will become the next […]

TV Ratings: Friday Night SmackDown, Shark Tank Finale Lead Night

In the latest TV show ratings, Fox’s Friday Night Smackdown drew a 0.5 rating and 1.83 million total viewers, dropping a few eyeballs week-to-week yet ticking up in the demoto tie for the nightly win. ABC’s Shark Tank (3.4 mil/0.5) was steady with its season finale, matching SmackDown for the demo win while also delivering […]

Performer of the Week: Kate Winslet

THE PERFORMER | Kate Winslet THE SHOW | HBO’s Mare of Easttown THE EPISODE | “Illusions” (May 16, 2021) THE PERFORMANCE | We’ve been marveling all season long at Winslet’s transformation from refined British movie star to hardened small-town Pennsylvania detective on HBO’s gripping murder mystery, so we knew we’d honor her here sooner or later. […]

Jeopardy! Honors Late Contestant Brayden Smith, Announces Donation in His Memory — Watch Video

Jeopardy!‘s Tournament of Champions took time out on Friday’s show to honor a champion who couldn’t be there. Contestant Brayden Smith would’ve qualified for this year’s tournament after winning five straight games and earning more than $115,000 in winnings, becoming the last five-time champ of the Alex Trebek era. But Smith passed away in February […]

Bull Boss, Co-Star Freddy Rodriguez Both Out After Workplace Investigation

There’s a shakeup behind the scenes at Bull: Showrunner Glenn Gordon Caron and co-star Freddy Rodriguez are both exiting the CBS series following a workplace investigation, according to The Hollywood Reporter. CBS confirmed that both Caron and Rodriguez will no longer be working on the show, but declined to comment further. This follows an internal […]

Who Killed Sara? Season 2 Finale Recap: The Killer Is Revealed! (Kinda)

It took 17 episodes — not that anyone is counting — to find out the titular answer to Who Killed Sara?, but the soapy Netflix drama’s Season 2 finale finally delivered… for the most part. First, the backstory had to be established: Sara was at home alone after Alex, Rodolfo and Chema went to the […]

Grey's Anatomy's Jesse Williams Shares His Feelings About His Exit, a Possible 'Japril' Spinoff and the Ideal Doctor to Replace Jackson in the Plastics Posse

We knew that he was gone, and we knew how he left. Yet even after Thursday’s episode of Grey’s Anatomy, the last one for Jesse Williams, we still had a whole lot of questions. Luckily, the actor was willing to get on the horn with TVLine to answer them, discussing everything from his exit after […]

High School Musical Reveals Full Beauty and the Beast Cast; EP Breaks Down Several 'Meaningful' Choices

It’s High School Musical: The Musical: The Series: The Cast List! Friday’s episode of the Disney+ series revealed which Wildcats will be playing the leads in the school’s production of Beauty and the Beast, and it’s actually pretty perfect. (Sorry, Lily!) Before we jump into showrunner Tim Federle‘s thoughts on the casting process, here’s how […]

Supernatural Video: Dean and Sam Toast Castiel and Everyone They've Lost in Extended Deleted Scene

Dean and Sam are taking time to remember their dearly departed loved ones in an extended deleted scene from Supernatural‘s penultimate episode. As viewers may recall, in the original exchange that aired, the Winchesters raised their beers to their fallen comrades with a simple, “To everyone that we’ve lost along the way.” But in this […]

The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers' Sway Bhatia Talks Adam Banks Parallels, Teases Big Finale Decisions

After a small setback, the Don’t Bothers are headed to their first game in the state championship tournament in The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers‘ season finale (streaming Friday, May 28). This week’s episode saw the team dealing with some classic teenage drama when Evan and Sofi took different dates to a dance party instead of […]

TVLine Items: Shameless Vet's FX Pilot, Titans Sets Season 3 Return and More

Jeremy Allen White is staying put in the Windy City: The Shameless alum will star in the FX comedy pilot The Bear as a young chef who returns to Chicago to run the family restaurant, per The Hollywood Reporter. The project — written and directed by Christopher Storer (Ramy, Dickinson) — has also cast Ebon […]

Did This Is Us Paint Sexy Jack? Was Chicago Fire Proposal Perfect? Is Grey's Loss Ally McBeal's Gain? 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 The Underground Railroad, This Is Us, Who Killed Sara? and Grey’s Anatomy! 1 | Was the helpful Blacksmith’s “How should I know? I look like his mammy?” line in The […]

The Flash First Look: Jordan Fisher Suits Up for Impulse Comic Book Homage

The first (official) look at The Flash‘s Bart Allen aka Impulse pays homage to the speedster’s lively, youthful comic book inspiration. Kate Main, costume designer for The Flash, designed the suit and worked with Ocean Drive, a local Vancouver company that has built many of the Arrowverse suits over the years. Check out a larger […]

Riverdale Gang Suffers Through Sex Ed in Robot Chicken Archie Comics Special

Riverdale may be on hiatus at the moment, but if it’s sexy teen angst you seek, Adult Swim has you covered this weekend. The Bleepin’ Robot Chicken Archie Comics Special, premiering May 23 at midnight, is giving us “the origin of Archie Andrews as only the Robot Chicken writers can tell it.” That includes a […]

Ratings: Manifest Eyes Audience Low, Last Man Flat With Series Finale

In the latest TV show ratings, NBC’s on-the-bubble Manifest this week drew not quite 2.8 million total viewers — marking a new audience low — while matching last week’s series-low 0.4 demo rating. Continuing NBC’s night, Law & Order: SVU (4.1 mil/0.7) dipped in the demo, while Organized Crime (4.1 mil/0.7) was steady. ABC’s Grey’s […]

Last Man Standing Considered Bringing Back OG Mandy and Kristin for Final Season — Here's Why It Didn't Happen

Here’s a scoop you won’t find on the Outdoor Man vlog: Last Man Standing gave some serious thought to inviting original cast member Molly Ephraim — aka Mandy No. 1 — back for the Tim Allen comedy’s ninth and final season on Fox. The producers also discussed having Alexandra Krosney (OG Kristin) return for a […]

Bulletproof Cancelled Amid Noel Clarke Sexual Harassment Allegations

Bulletproof is no more: UK broadcaster Sky has cancelled the police procedural following multiple allegations of sexual harassment leveled against series star and co-creator Noel Clarke. On April 29, The Guardian published a report in which 20 women came forward to accuse Clarke of groping, harassment and bullying, and taking and sharing sexually explicit pictures and […]

Legacies Recap: The Truth About Cleo Leads to a Pair of Dramatic Departures

Kaleb had the perfect reaction to seeing Landon’s father pop up in Nigeria in 1464: “Malivore? This bitch is everywhere!” Determined to prove that she isn’t the villain everyone assumes her to be, Cleo took Kaleb on a magical mystery tour of her past on Thursday’s Legacies, including the painful moment she gave herself over […]

Grey's Recap: Scrubbing Out — Plus, Which Twosome Hooked Up?

After a dozen seasons, countless surgeries and enough heartache to give anyone a coronary, Grey’s Anatomy’s Jackson Avery said goodbye Thursday to Grey Sloan, Seattle and, well, all of us as he set off to begin his new life with April and Harriet in Boston. Read on, and we’ll go over not only Jesse Williams’ […]

Last Man Standing Boss Reveals Scrapped Newhart Homage and Other Nixed Finale Storylines — Plus, the Real Reason Kaitlyn Dever Had to Zoom In

Baxter, out! After 194 episodes, spanning nine seasons and two networks, Last Man Standing signed off Thursday with a decidedly understated finale. No one got married, got a new job or moved away. Instead, the episode saw everyone gather to mourn the loss of something near and dear to Mike’s heart: His 1956 Ford F-100, […]

Grey's Anatomy: Greg Germann Exits as Series Regular Ahead of Season 18

Stop us if you have heard this one (many times) before, Grey’s Anatomy fans, but… the doctor is out. This particular week, the departing doctor is Tom Koracick, who has been played by Ally McBeal alum Greg Germann for four seasons, the past two as a series regular. As first reported by our sister site […]

Master of None's Naomi Ackie Previews a Denise-Driven Season 3 That Normalizes Black Queer Women

The only story centering two Black queer women that comes to mind for Master of None actress Naomi Ackie debuted 35 years ago. “It’s mad. When you kind of think about the amount of TV that we observe, and when you really check it, we haven’t really had many of these stories for and about […]

TVLine Items: Jack Reacher Casting, Wheel of Time Renewed and More

Amazon Prime’s upcoming Jack Reacher series has tapped Rizzoli & Isles vet Bruce McGill for a political position: The actor will play the series-regular role of Mayor Teale, “who comes from a long line of Southern gentlemen who have run Margrave for decades,” our sister site Deadline reports. Alan Ritchson (Titans) stars as the title character […]

Mariska Hargitay Honors Girl Who Used Lessons From SVU to Foil Kidnapper

An 11-year-old girl’s Law & Order: SVU knowledge helped police find her would-be kidnapper… and Olivia Benson herself is impressed. SVU star Mariska Hargitay paid tribute to Florida preteen Alyssa Bonal on Instagram on Thursday, after Bonal’s story went viral. Earlier this week, Bonal says she was waiting for the bus when a strange man […]

NCIS: New Orleans Video: A Local Hero Emerges in Series-Finale Foot Chase — Plus, the Wedding March Begins!

What may be NCIS: New Orleans‘ last foot chase ever ends with a bang — or, more accurately, a “crack!” — as seen in this exclusive sneak peek from this CBS drama’s series finale. In the episode “Laissez les Bons Temps Rouler,” airing Sunday at 10/9c, it is the eve of Pride’s wedding to Rita […]

Lucifer's Kevin Alejandro Previews Dan/ God Friction, One Wild 'Naked' Episode

The first half of Lucifer Season 5 already did quite a number on Detective Daniel Espinoza, revealing to him as it did that Chloe’s partner in crimesolving is in fact the devil. And yet, the second batch of eight episodes will hit him with even more celestial blindsides. Coming out of Season 5A of the […]

Love, Victor Season 2 Trailer Teases Romance With Benji, Friction at Home

After coming out as gay to his parents, one of Victor Salazar’s biggest anxieties is behind him — but there’s still plenty of teen angst ahead. Hulu on Thursday released a full trailer for Love, Victor‘s second season, in which Victor navigates his new relationship with Benji while attempting to present as “the perfect level of […]

Law & Order: SVU Boss Tees Up Finale's 'Hopeful' Event, Explains Why That Benson/Stabler Diner Scene Was MIA

Law & Order: SVU showrunner Warren Leight knows we’ve all been through a lot recently, and that’s why he and the NBC series’ writing staff are going to take pity on us in Season 22’s final hour. “It has been such a horrible year for so many people,” Leight tells TVLine. “We chose to end […]

Animal Kingdom Casts Tyrant Queen Moran Atias in Key Final-Season Role

The Cody boys’ worst nightmare now has a face: Animal Kingdom revealed on Thursday that it had tapped Tyrant’s erstwhile Queen Leila, Moran Atias, to recur in the TNT drama’s sixth and final season as Louise Thompson, a San Diego County detective whose approach to investigations is the same as the kind of cases she […]

Brooklyn Nine-Nine's Final Season Sets August Premiere, Will Chronicle 'Very Difficult Year' for Jake and the Squad

After 16 months off the air, Brooklyn Nine-Nine will return to active duty in mid-August, as its eighth and final season gets underway. NBC has confirmed that B99 will return Thursday, Aug. 12, at 8/7c, with back-to-back episodes. Subsequent episodes will air at 8 and 8:30 pm for four additional weeks — though not four […]

Elite Season 4 Trailer: New Students Bring Temptation and Danger

Elite‘s newcomers are stirring up a lot of trouble and some serious heat in the first trailer for Season 4, premiering Friday, June 18 on Netflix. From threesomes to love triangles, the incoming students are making themselves right at home at the upper-class secondary school Las Encinas. And of course, it appears that they will […]

David Boreanaz on SEAL Team's Move From CBS to Paramount+ in Season 5: 'Now I Can Drop the F-Bomb?'

Standards and practices, begone! With SEAL Team relocating from squeaky clean CBS to the anything-goes world of streaming via Paramount+ for its fifth season, leading man David Boreanaz is salivating at the prospect of taking his potty mouth for a test drive. “Oh my God. I’ve been in network TV for over 20 years and […]

Hocus Pocus 2 Coming to Disney+ Next Year; Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy All Set to Return

The Sanderson sisters are coming back to life: A sequel to the 1993 family favorite Hocus Pocus will premiere on Disney+ next year, with original stars Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy all reprising their roles. Hocus Pocus 2 will center on three young women who “accidentally bring the Sanderson sisters back to […]

Dystopian Drama Wool Gets AppleTV+ Adaptation Starring Rebecca Ferguson

Wool, Hugh Howey’s best-selling trilogy of dystopian novels, is headed for the small screen. The adaptation has snagged a series order at AppleTV+ and will star Rebecca Ferguson (Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation and Fallout) as its lead. The story is set in a “ruined and toxic future where a community exists in a giant […]

TV Ratings: SEAL Team Rises, Masked Singer and Chicago Fire Lead Night

In the latest TV show ratings, CBS’ SEAL Team celebrated its renewal/eventual move to Paramount+ by ticking up in the demo (to a 0.5 rating) while steady in total audience (with 3.5 million viewers). Bookending Part 1 of the military drama’s intense, David Boreanaz-directed season finale, Kids Say the Darndest Things (2.7 mil/0.3) dipped and […]

Starz's Dangerous Liaisons Prequel Casts Its Merteuil and Valmont

Dangerous Liaisons will be had between Aussie actress Alice Englert (Ratched, Top of the Lake) and Nicholas Denton (Glitch, Utopia), as the stars of Starz‘s upcoming prequel series. Created/written by Harriet Warner (Tell Me Your Secrets, Call the Midwife) and described as a “bold reimagining” of the characters from the classic 18th century novel, the […]

Mysterious Benedict Society: Tony Hale Takes on Dual Role for Disney+ — Watch

Yes, you’re seeing double. Disney+ on Thursday unveiled the first trailer for The Mysterious Benedict Society (premiering Friday, June 25), which casts  Emmy winner Tony Hale as both the eccentric Mr. Benedict and his twin brother, the nefarious Dr. Curtain. Based on the best-selling book series by Trenton Lee Stewart, the live-action adaptation follows four […]

Legacies Sneak Peek: Do You Really Believe Cleo Is 'Not the Villain'?

Despite impaling Hope with a large, pointy weapon on last week’s Legacies, Cleo insists, “I am not the villain everyone at this school thinks I am.” The Salvatore School’s misunderstood muse pleads her case to Kaleb in TVLine’s exclusive sneak peek of tonight’s episode (The CW, 9/8c) after he confronts her about her shady shenanigans. […]

William Jackson Harper Shares His Underground Railroad/The Good Place Moment, Encourages Viewer Self-Care

Warning: This post contains spoilers from Episodes 8 and 9 of The Underground Railroad. For a lot of The Good Place fans, William Jackson Harper will always be synonymous with Chidi and vice versa. So, it only makes sense that the actor would learn he had landed the pivotal role of Royal on Barry Jenkins’ […]

Chicago P.D.'s LaRoyce Hawkins Breaks Down That Burgess Twist, Teases Atwater and Ruzek Conflict in Finale

Warning: This post contains spoilers from Wednesday’s episode of Chicago P.D. Read at your own risk. Things are not looking well for Burgess on Chicago P.D. This week’s episode, titled “The Right Things,” ended with a dramatic twist that saw the Intelligence cop attacked by an unknown assailant. While the rest of the team wrapped […]

Chicago Fire Recap: 'Stellaride' Hits a Milestone, Casey Makes a Declaration

Talk about acting in the heat of the moment! Wednesday’s Chicago Fire featured a major (and fiery) moment for “Stellaride,” as well as for another potential couple who’s been tiptoeing around each other for far too long. But let’s begin with Severide, who starts off the episode with second thoughts about broaching the topic of […]

Conners Boss Talks Dan and Louise's Big Step Forward in Finale — and Ben and Darlene's Even Bigger Step Back

Something weird happened during The Conners finale: Nearly every character cracked a smile. After a brutal year that saw Dan’s drywall business go under, Ben and Darlene’s magazine flatline, and Becky fall off the wagon, things finally started looking up. Among the big wins in Wednesday’s season-ender: Dan and Louise got engaged; DJ and Mary […]

Handmaid's Tale Team Breaks Down That Bittersweet Reunion: 'Now What?'

Warning: This post contains spoilers for Wednesday’s episode of The Handmaid’s Tale. Being reunited doesn’t always feel so good. This week’s Handmaid’s Tale should’ve been cause for celebration — read our full recap here — with June finally making it out of Gilead and across the border to Canada to reunite with her husband Luke. […]

Green Lantern: Jeremy Irvine Eyed to Star as Alan Scott in HBO Max Series

HBO Max has found its original Green Lantern: Jeremy Irvine (Treadstone) is in talks to play the very first such superhero in the forthcoming series, which will depict the time-tripping adventures of a multitude of Lanterns, our sister site Deadline reports. Irvine’s character, Alan Scott, predates Hal Jordan as the original Green Lantern and was a […]

ABC's The Chase Adds 'The Beast,' Mark Labbett, for Season 2

The Chase contestants, consider yourselves warned: The game is about to get monstrously difficult. Ahead of the quiz show’s second season, ABC has recruited Mark “The Beast” Labbett, who first appeared as a chaser on the U.K. version of the series. He joins current chasers (and Jeopardy! GOAT contestants) James Holzhauer, Ken Jennings and Brad […]

TVLine Items: Resident Evil Premiere, Too Hot to Handle Return and More

The Resident Evil franchise will continue to celebrate its 25th anniversary with the premiere of Netflix’s CG anime series Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness on Thursday, July 8. The streamer has also released a trailer for the upcoming show, which features the characters of Leon and Claire, among others. “In the present (2006), a hacking incident […]

NCIS: Los Angeles Finale Sneak Peek: Is Nell Ready to Be the Full-Time Hetty?

This Sunday on NCIS: Los Angeles, Admiral Kilbride declares it time for “Miss Jones” to officially embrace her Hetty-ness. But is Nell ready to sign on the dotted line and become the new Operations Manager? As seen in this exclusive sneak peek from the CBS drama’s Season 12 finale, titled “A Tale of Two Igors” […]

Vampire Academy TV Series Ordered at Peacock, From TVD Boss Julie Plec

The next time you say “that Julie Plec show about vampires at a supernatural boarding school,” you’ll have to be more specific. Peacock has ordered a series adaptation of Richelle Mead’s Vampire Academy books, with Plec and Marguerite MacIntyre (aka The Vampire Diaries‘ Sheriff Forbes!) attached as writers, co-showrunners and executive producers. “When I signed […]

American Idol Video: Casey Bishop Looks Ahead to 'New Beginnings' — Which of the Top 3 Gets Your Vote?

Now that her American Idol journey has been cut tragically short (just one week ahead of the grand finale!), Casey Bishop is setting her sights on the future. “My experience on American Idol was amazing,” Bishop says in a too-short-but-better-than-nothing farewell message posted to the show’s official YouTube channel. “I’ve learned so much and I’ve […]

Friends Reunion Trailer: First Footage From Special 16 Years in the Making

Get ready to sob like Bruce Willis. HBO Max on Wednesday released the trailer for its highly anticipated Friends reunion, giving us our first glimpse of the emotional event — you know, from the front side this time. Highlights from the trailer include: Matt LeBlanc and Matthew Perry kicking back in their leather chairs, the […]

Animal Kingdom Season 5 Trailer: 'I'm in Charge Now,' Says [Spoiler]

Let the power plays begin! In the altogether thrilling trailer that TNT dropped Wednesday for Animal Kingdom Season 5, J declares that with grandmoll Smurf dead and gone, he’s in charge. And the funny thing is, Pope says he’s calling the shots. And so does Deran. And Craig. (As if.) In other words, it’s going […]

Sex and the City: Sara Ramirez Joins HBO Max Revival as Series Regular

Former Grey’s Anatomy doc Sara Ramirez has sutured herself into an iconic friendship circle. The actress is joining HBO Max’s forthcoming Sex and the City sequel series, titled And Just Like That... as a series regular opposite franchise vets Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon and Kristin Davis. Ramirez will help fill the void left by […]

YOU's Jenna Ortega Snaps Up Titular Role of Wednesday Addams in Netflix's 8-Episode Tim Burton Comedy

We give this casting two enthusiastic snaps up: You actress Jenna Ortega has been cast in the titular role of Wednesday Addams in Netflix’s forthcoming live-action series from Tim Burton. (And that concludes the snap-pun portion of the story.) Titled Wednesday, the eight-episode comedic “coming-of-age tale” charts the iconic character’s years as a student at […]

Ratings: Prodigal Son Ends on Low Note, Superman & Lois Stumbles

In the latest TV show ratings, Fox’s Prodigal Son ended its two-season run with 1.7 million total viewers and a 0.3 demo rating — hitting and matching series lows. TVLine readers gave the finale an average grade of “A-“; read post mortem. Opening Fox’s night, The Resident (2.9 mil/0.4) dipped to series lows with its […]

Adam Levine Returning to The Voice After Almost 4 Seasons — Here's Why

After sitting out Seasons 17-20 of The Voice, Adam Levine is returning to the NBC sing-off for Tuesday’s finale (8/7c). The former coach won’t be mentoring any of the remaining contestants, though; he’s just part of the two-hour episode’s star-studded guest lineup. As such, he and Maroon 5 will perform their latest hit, “Beautiful Mistakes” […]

Animated Superman Series Ordered at HBO Max/Cartoon Network — The Boys' Jack Quaid to Voice Clark Kent

It’s up, up and awayyy! for My Adventures With Superman, a new animated series that has received a two-season order at HBO Max and Cartoon Network. Jack Quaid (The Boys) and Alice Lee (Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist) will voice Clark Kent and Lois Lane, respectively Produced by Warner Bros. Animation, My Adventures With Superman follows Clark […]

Dick Wolf Now Lords Over CBS Tuesday, NBC Wednesday and NBC Thursday

Prolific producer Dick Wolf will lay solo claim to three nightly TV lineups this fall, with the announcement that CBS is going with an all-FBI Tuesday trifecta. CBS announced on Wednesday that as part of a significant-for-them schedule shake-up, NCIS is moving to Mondays — the first time slot change ever for TV’s most watched, […]

CBS Fall Schedule Shocker: NCIS Exits Tuesdays After 18 Years Amid Dramatic, Multi-Night Overhaul at Eye Network

CBS is the latest broadcast network (following NBC, Fox and ABC) to unveil its game plan for the 2021-22 TV season, and after years of relative schedule stability the Eye network is making some seismic moves — beginning with evicting NCIS from its longtime Tuesday perch. ♦ After 18 years as CBS’ Tuesday lead-off, NCIS this […]

New Batman Animated Series From Bruce Timm, J.J. Abrams, Matt Reeves Set at HBO Max/Cartoon Network

Bruce Timm’s Dark Knight is rising. HBO Max and Cartoon Network have given a straight-to-series order to Batman: Caped Crusader, an animated reimagining of the Batman mythology by way of Batman: The Animated Series‘ own Bruce Timm, with J.J. Abrams and Matt Reeves also serving as EPs (for good measure). Reeves of course has been […]

Pose's Billy Porter Is HIV-Positive: Emmy Winner Breaks 14-Year Silence

Billy Porter was diagnosed as HIV-positive 14 years ago, the Emmy-winning Pose star revealed in The Hollywood Reporter‘s May 19 cover story. In a 2,400-word essay for THR, Porter says that his HIV was first detected in June 2007, after going to have a blemish looked at. “For a long time, everybody who needed to […]

Big Sky Recap: So Near, Yet So Scarlet

Some people like to jokingly refer to their significant others as their partners in crime. But in this week’s Big Sky, Ronald and Scarlet make that designation official. The pair, who were on the cusp of getting caught by Lindor and Jerrie at the end of the previous episode, quickly hatch a plot at the start […]

New Amsterdam Boss Talks Max and Helen's Intense Moment, What's Next: 'There's No Turning Back From That'

Warning: The following contains spoilers for Tuesday’s New Amsterdam. Proceed at your own risk! “Sharpwin” fans, are you still breathing? Tuesday’s incredibly intense episode of New Amsterdam found the hospital battling a chemical spill within their own halls, with two doctors suffering severe consequences from the exposure. After Helen Sharpe discovered Max clutching the leaking […]

Superman & Lois Boss Breaks Down Clark's Moment of Anger: 'If There Was Even an Ounce of Evil in Him...'

Just when Jordan thought he was getting his powers under control, along came Tuesday’s midseason premiere of Superman & Lois to knock him (and his entire family) down a peg. Jordan’s troubles began with a morning headache and a near-meltdown at school, forcing Clark to reconsider letting his son play in the big football game […]

This Is Us Recap: Get Kevin Some Socks, Because Those Feet Are Cold

The end of This Is Us‘ fifth season is turning into The Ghosts of Girlfriends Past for Kevin, and with seemingly major effect on ol’ Kev’s plans moving forward. His surprise Zoom with Zoe in last week’s episode is followed up by an unsuspected call from Sophie in this week’s hour, and the combined result […]

Prodigal Son Creators Unpack Series Finale, Express Hope for Season 3: 'We Don't Want to Stop Telling This Story'

The following post contains major spoilers for Prodigal Son‘s series finale. Proceed with caution! We’re sensing a trend with Prodigal Son‘s season finales: They usually end with a Whitly sibling stabbing somebody. Little more than a week after the Fox thriller was cancelled, its series finale aired Tuesday night, culminating with a gasp-inducing twist that found Bright […]

The Voice Semi-Finals Results-Show Recap: The Final 5 Revealed… Though We Kinda Only Needed a Top 2

If we didn’t have a clear picture of what the Season 20 finale of The Voice was going to look like before Monday’s Semi-Finals — and we kinda did — we sure did afterwards. It was going to be a two-contestant race between Team Blake Shelton’s so-good-I’m-running-out-of-superlatives Cam Anthony and Team Kelly Clarkson’s young old-school […]

The Resident Boss Breaks Down Sentimental Finale, Teases Season 5 Twist That Will 'Shock' Viewers

The following post contains spoilers for The Resident‘s Season 4 finale. If you watched Tuesday’s season finale of The Resident without knowing the show had already been renewed for Season 5, we wouldn’t blame you for thinking a series finale was playing out on your TV screen. After all, the emotional episode brought several storylines to optimistic conclusions: […]

CBS' SEAL Team and Evil Officially Headed to Paramount+; Clarice TBD

It’s officially official: CBS bubble drama SEAL Team is headed to sibling streamer Paramount+ for its just-ordered fifth season. Additionally, as teed up earlier this week, Robert and Michelle King’s Evil is also making the leap to Paramount+ for its previously ordered second season. Meanwhile, talks continue for the streaming service to pick up a second […]

Fall TV Schedule 2021: What's on When? And Versus What?

It’s never too early to start planning your viewing habits for the fall TV season (and get a jump on any new DVR conflicts!), so TVLine as is tradition is compiling a day-by-day, hour-by-hour grid of the primetime schedules for each broadcast network — and this year, it looks pretty normal! Whew. NBC, Fox and […]

TVLine Items: Chippendales Origin Story, Password Revival and More

Kumail Nanjiani is bringing Chippendales’ wild tale to TV: The Silicon Valley vet will star in and executive-produce the Hulu limited series Immigrant, about the true story of Chippendales founder Somen “Steve” Banerjee. Nanjiani will play the Indian-American entrepreneur who started the male revue in what is described as the “insane, darkly comedic, crime-ridden” history […]

Chicago Fire Sneak Peek: Severide's Got Second Thoughts About Marriage

Uh-oh, does Chicago Fire‘s Severide already have cold feet, before he’s even proposed the idea of marriage to his girlfriend Stella? In TVLine’s exclusive sneak peek from this Wednesday’s episode (NBC, 9/8c), Stella is riding high after passing her lieutenant’s exam. But after she exits the loft, her beau confesses to their roomie/pal Casey that […]

Amy Poehler Is Still Fighting With Herself in Duncanville Season 2 — Video

“This season, Duncan doesn’t really change at all and doesn’t learn a lot of lessons,” Amy Poehler says of the teen boy she voices on Fox’s Duncanville — not that we’re surprised to hear her say it. Duncanville‘s second season kicks off with a two-part premiere on Sunday, May 23 at 8:30 and 9:30 pm. […]

Charles Grodin, Emmy Winner and Star of Beethoven, Dead at 86

Charles Grodin, an Emmy-winning writer and actor who starred in films like Beethoven and The Heartbreak Kid, died of cancer Tuesday at his home in Wilton, Conn. He was 86. Throughout his career, Grodin was known for his extremely deadpan style of humor. In addition to his big-screen work, which also included Rosemary’s Baby and Midnight Run, […]

The Time Traveler's Wife: Your First Look at Theo James and Rose Leslie in Steven Moffat's HBO Adaptation

Theo James and Rose Leslie appear on the verge of being faced with timey-wimey problems in the first photo from HBO‘s adaptation of The Time Traveler’s Wife, now filming in New York. Adapted by Steven Moffat (Sherlock, Doctor Who) from the Audrey Niffenegger novel, and with all six episodes directed by Emmy winner David Nutter, […]

The Underground Railroad Finale Recap: Mabel's Fate (and Cora's Hopeful Future) Revealed — Grade the Series

Motherhood in all its forms is a major theme on The Underground Railroad. Just as she does in Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning book, Cora spends the majority of Amazon Prime’s limited series either agonizing over her mother Mabel’s abandonment or seeking and giving the maternal love she lacked growing up. (That is, when Cora’s not […]

This Is Us Sneak Peek: Beth Highly Approves of Randall's Fly New Look

Beth Pearson, you saucy little minx! Randall’s better half wanders into their bedroom while he’s prepping for Kevin’s bachelor party on tonight’s This Is Us (NBC, 9/8c). And in the exclusive sneak peek above, she makes it clear that she highly approves of the gear Kev has procured for all of the attendees. “I’ve gotta […]

TV Ratings: Debris Takes Its First Dip in 7 Weeks, Cancelled All Rise Rises

In the latest TV show ratings, NBC’s on-the-bubble Debris this Monday drew 2.45 million total viewers and a 0.3 rating, adding a few eyeballs while dipping in the demo for the first time in seven weeks, ahead of next week’s season (?) finale. Opening NBC’s night, The Voice (6 mil/0.6) was steady week-to-week, drawing Monday’s […]

Superman & Lois EP Reveals Supergirl Easter Egg You Didn't See This Season

Kara may not have visited the Kent Farm in Superman & Lois‘ first season, but the Girl of Steel remains very much in the couple’s orbit, even if it doesn’t seem like she’s still in the picture. Speaking of pictures, the show’s second episode was originally supposed to include a photographic nod to Clark’s high-flying […]

Martin/Short/Gomez Murders Mystery, Nicole Kidman's Nine Perfect Strangers Get Teasers and Hulu Release Dates

Hulu on Tuesday released premiere dates and teasers for Only Murders in the Building, starring Steve Martin, Martin Short and Selena Gomez, and its Nicole Kidman-led adaptation of Nine Perfect Strangers. “From the minds of” Steve Martin, This Is Us‘ Dan Fogelman and John Hoffman (and premiering Tuesday, Aug. 31, with weekly releases), Only Murders […]

Project Greenlight Revival, From EP and Mentor Issa Rae, Ordered at HBO Max

The next great filmmaker could have Issa Rae to thank for their big break. The Insecure star is teaming up with Miramax for a revival of the docuseries Project Greenlight, HBO Max announced Tuesday. Like the original version, this new Project Greenlight will follow a group of filmmakers being given the chance to direct a […]

ABC Fall Schedule: Big Sky Makes Big Move, black-ish Farewell Held for 2022

ABC is the latest broadcast network to unveil it’s 2021 Fall TV schedule (following NBC and Fox), and it’s pretty much business as usual — save for the relocation of one freshman hit and the delayed delivery of black-ish‘s farewell run. ♦ The only returning shows changing nights are Big Sky (which will join Station […]

The Resident Season Finale Sneak Peek: Meet Conrad and Nic's Baby Girl!

Welcome to the world, Baby Hawkins-Nevin! Tonight’s Season 4 finale of The Resident (Fox, 8/7c) will find Conrad and Nic at last meeting their infant daughter — and if you were feeling anxious that Nic’s labor might go awry during the episode, allow TVLine’s exclusive sneak peek to reassure you. In the clip above, the […]

Jeopardy! TOC Player Apologizes for 'Loud,' 'Gonna Go for the Kill' Behavior

Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions finalist Ryan Bilger is sorry if he “ruined” your viewing experience by being a bit too “loud” and “excited” — and deciding to “go for the kill” — during Monday night’s episode. En route to winning $32,405 and advancing to the semifinals, Bilger of Macungie, Pa. at one point beat his […]

Breeders Season 2 Finale Recap: Did Paul Fix His Broken Home? Grade It!

Sometimes, there’s just no coming back from punching your dad square in the face. In the first part of Breeders‘ Season 2 finale, Paul and Luke’s rising tensions reached an explosive climax after Paul learned that Luke had attempted to buy weed. The young teen continued to push buttons by ignoring his dad’s punishment, which […]

The Voice Semi-Finals Recap: Which of the Top Nine Brought Their 'A' Game… and Which Brought Their 'Eh' Game?

Sometimes it pays to go into an episode of The Voice with low expectations — yes, even if it’s the Semi-Finals. After last week’s Live Playoffs saw (heard?) numbers originally performed by Corinne Bailey Rae, Ariana Grande and the Backstreet Boys massacred by since-eliminated contestants, I — and what’s that, you say? You, too? — lowered […]

9-1-1: Lone Star's Gina Torres Defends Tommy's Reaction to Charles' Fate: 'That's What She's Wired to Do'

Warning: We’re about to spoil the events of Monday’s 9-1-1: Lone Star. Haven’t watched? You’ve been warned. Gina Torres is “not happy” about Charles’ fate after Monday’s episode of 9-1-1: Lone Star. “Not at all.” “I have so much respect and affection for Derek Webster, who plays Charles,” Torres tells TVLine. “I’m so happy for […]

9-1-1's Peter Krause Talks Bobby and Athena's Big Fight, Says Cast Was 'Speechless' Over That Final Shot

Warning: We’re about to spoil the events of Monday’s 9-1-1. Haven’t watched? You’ve been warned. The 118 could be down a team member — and a key relationship — after Monday’s harrowing hour, which set the stage for next week’s potentially fatal season finale. Let’s start with Bobby and Athena, whose marriage is on the […]

Bob Hearts Abishola Finale Recap: Family Crisis Puts Kibosh on Wedding

Warning: The following contains spoilers from the May 17 episode of CBS’ Bob Hearts Abishola. Bob Hearts Abishola‘s central couple was forced to put their wedding on hold when Tayo dropped a bomb on his ex-wife. During Monday’s episode, Bob and Abishola compared their busy schedules and realized that the perfect date for their wedding […]

The Neighborhood Finale Recap: Gemma Has a Sweet Surprise for Dave

The following contains spoilers from the May 17 episode of CBS’ The Neighborhood. The Neighborhood‘s population is growing by one. During Monday’s Season 3 finale, Gemma found out that she’s pregnant with Baby No. 2. It first became obvious to Tina when her BFF managed to consume a piñata’s worth of beef jerky, and washed […]

Grey's/Station 19 Boss Krista Vernoff Rips ABC Over Rebel's Abrupt Cancellation: 'You Give Them 3 Shows, They Give You 5 Episodes'

The Rebel cancellation backlash is growing. Mere hours after leading lady Katey Sagal took ABC to task for its abrupt “reversal of support,” series creator Krista Vernoff — who also oversees Grey’s Anatomy and Station 19 for the network — similarly took aim at her bosses for pulling the plug on Rebel after just five episodes. […]

Will Diggle Become a Green Lantern? David Ramsey Previews His Arrowverse Return, First Look at 'Mystery Role'

David Ramsey‘s return to the Arrowverse is nearly upon us. And by the time the Arrow alum wraps his multi-pronged, five-show run, “earthbound hero” John Diggle should have a greater sense of what his cosmic destiny is — and whether he wants any part of it. Ramsey’s spring/summer trip through the Arrowverse officially kicks off […]

Rebel Star Katey Sagal: Cancellation Left the Cast 'Scratching Our Heads at the Reversal of Support From ABC'

Katey Sagal is speaking up about ABC’s decision to cancel Rebel after just four episodes had aired. The freshman drama from Grey’s Anatomy showrunner Krista Vernoff was one of five shows axed by the network on Friday. Additional casualties included the legal drama For Life and black-ish spinoff mixed-ish (both cancelled after two seasons), veteran family sitcom […]

Evil Moving From CBS to Paramount+

If you want more Evil in your life, you may have to fork over some extra cash to get it. The creepy CBS drama is moving to streamer Paramount+, beginning with the upcoming Season 2, our sister site Variety reports. The news is expected to be officially announced at ViacomCBS’ upfront presentation on Wednesday. Evil […]

Fox's Fall Schedule Breaks Up 9-1-1s; Soapy Lee Daniels Drama Inherits Prodigal Son's Tuesday Time Slot

Fox is the latest broadcast network to unveil it’s 2021 Fall TV schedule (following NBC), and — emergency alert! — the network is temporarily breaking up 9-1-1 and 9-1-1: Lone Star. ♦ The sibling procedurals, which are currently paired up on Monday nights, will go their separate ways next fall, with 9-1-1 staying put at […]

The Resident Renewed for Season 5

The Resident‘s pulse is still plenty strong: Fox’s medical drama has been renewed for Season 5, TVLine has learned. Per Fox’s just-released 2021-22 schedule, The Resident will maintain its Tuesdays-at-8 perch when it returns for Season 5 this fall. And, as reported earlier Monday, Morris Chestnut — who has played neurosurgeon Barrett Cain since Season […]

9-1-1 Renewed for Season 5 at Fox, With Lone Star Also Returning for Season 3

Fox is refueling its fire trucks for additional seasons of 9-1-1 and 9-1-1: Lone Star, TVLine has learned. Both the flagship drama and its Texas-set spinoff will return for Seasons 5 and 3, respectively. 9-1-1 will retain its time slot this fall, airing Mondays at 8/7c, while new episodes of Lone Star will be held […]

TVLine Items: Outlander Vet to GoT Prequel, Fallon Renewed and More

Outlander‘s Graham McTavish is entering the House of the Dragon: The actor tells UK fashion magazine Stylist that he will be part of HBO’s forthcoming Game of Thrones prequel series, per The Hollywood Reporter. “I’m really having a lot of fun,” McTavish told the magazine about the role. “We’ve just started. It’s a very big […]

All Rise Cast Reacts to Cancellation

Two days after CBS cancelled All Rise, several of the show’s stars took to Twitter on Monday to express their gratitude for the legal drama’s storytelling. “I will dearly miss playing with this amazing bunch of folks, along with the entire company of ⁦@AllRiseCBS⁩,” wrote Marg Helgenberger, who plays Judge Lisa Benner. “I’m proud to […]

ABC Fairytale Drama Pilot Epic Adds Game of Thrones Vet Toby Sebastian

ABC’s Epic fairytale drama has found its first prince. Created by Once Upon a Time writer Brigitte Hales with OUAT creators Adam Horowitz and Eddy Kists also serving as EPs, Epic is described as a romantic anthology “that reinvents fairy tales for a new audience.” As recently reported, Modern Family‘s Sarah Hyland will play Rose, […]

Da Vinci Code Solver Robert Langdon's Origin Story Is Revealed in Peacock's The Lost Symbol — Watch Trailer

A young Robert Langdon is tasked with solving no less than a “great mystery” in the Peacock streaming service’s first teaser for what is now titled Dan Brown’s The Lost Symbol. Based on Brown’s third bestselling novel in the Da Vinci Code series, The Lost Symbol (fka Dan Brown’s Langdon fka Langdon) follows the early adventures of […]

The Good Fight: Paramount+ Sets Season 5 Premiere Date — Watch

Paramount+ is spoiling for a Good Fight, announcing a Thursday, June 24 premiere for the legal drama’s fifth season. The streamer formerly known as CBS All Access is also dropping hints about how the departures of OG cast members Cush Jumbo (Lucca) and Delroy Lindo (Adrian) will be written into the show. In Season 5, […]

The Resident: Morris Chestnut Not Returning as Series Regular in Season 5

Dr. Barrett Cain will be scrubbing out of The Resident — or at least scrubbing in a lot less. Morris Chestnut, who has played the polarizing neurosurgeon since Season 3 of the Fox drama, will not return as a series regular for its potential fifth season. Instead, the actor has been tapped to star opposite […]

Dr. Death Trailer: Joshua Jackson Is a Killer Surgeon in Peacock Miniseries

You might not guess it by looking at him, but Joshua Jackson‘s Christopher Duntsch is one of Dallas’ most dangerous residents. In the newly released trailer for Peacock’s limited series Dr. Death, Jackson (The Affair) plays the real-life neurosurgeon who began as a charismatic rising star in the Dallas medical community… until everything changed. “Patients […]

TV Ratings: Zoey's Playlist Dips With Finale, Idol Ekes Out Sunday Win

In the latest TV show ratings, NBC’s Zoey’s Playlist closed Season 2 with 1.2 million total viewers (its third-smallest audience to date) and a 0.2 demo rating (down a tenth from last week’s finals to match its series low). TVLine readers gave the season(/series?) ender an average grade of “A+”; read post mortem. Leading out […]

In Treatment Review: HBO's Revival Digs Deep, But Finds Mixed Results

When HBO announced last year they were reviving In Treatment, I thought, “Of course.” After all, the drama is perfect for the pandemic era, since it’s a simple set-up of psychologist and patient, just talking in a room — a string of interconnected two-handers, pared down to the barest of dramatic bones. The new revival […]

Good Girls Recap: Tension Between Beth and Stan Boils Over, While Nick Ties Up a Critical Loose End

We all knew Stan was feeling some kind of way about Beth lately, but on Sunday’s episode of Good Girls, he finally confronted those frustrations head on. But that chunky slice of marinating beef wasn’t the only drama served hot this week. Here’s what went down in the episode titled “Chef Boyardee.” The episode opens […]

Mare of Easttown Recap: Shots Fired

The tension is definitely ratcheting up as Mare of Easttown uncorked its most explosive episode yet on Sunday — and sadly, not everybody survived. With Missy now being held captive along with a very much alive Katie Bailey in a mystery man’s makeshift prison, Mare investigates her disappearance, chatting up a former hooker who had seen […]

Miss Universe 2020: The Winner Is...

Nearly 100 women from the far reaches of the cosmos descended upon Hollywood (Florida) on Sunday for the 69th Miss Universe pageant. Mario Lopez, who returned to the intergalactic ceremony for the first time since 2007, and Olivia Culpo, who took home the crown in 2012, served as hosts of the three-hour event, which was […]

The Rookie Boss Breaks Down Finale's Wedding-Day Twist, That 'Saved Dance,' Quiet Casting Coups and More

The following contains spoilers from the Season 3 finale of ABC’s The Rookie. ABC’s The Rookie this Sunday night aimed to end Season 3 with a somewhat impromptu wedding, but as with all good finales, the ceremony did not go off without a hitch. Far from it, seeing as pregnant bride-to-be Angela went missing, not […]

American Idol Recap: Top 3 Revealed! Who's Going to the Grand Finale?

With barely a passing mention of Caleb Kennedy, the contestant disqualified just days ago for appearing in a racist video, American Idol soldiered on this Sunday to reveal the trio of singers competing in next week’s season finale. As always, let’s jump straight to the results: In a somewhat shocking turn of events, Casey Bishop was […]

Zoey's Playlist EP Talks Finale's Powers Twist, Zoey and [Spoiler]'s Future

Warning: The following contains major spoilers for Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist. Proceed at your own risk! Oh, how the tables have turned! Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist wrapped up its second season on Sunday with a heart song — but this time, it was Zoey doing the singing! And on the receiving end of her musical declaration of […]

The Nevers Finale Recap: True's Real Identity — and a Big Chunk of What the Heck Is Going On — Is Revealed

Raise your hand if you, too, had close to zero idea what was going on for roughly the first half of The Nevers midseason finale. Of course, that was the point. The opening of Sunday’s episode, “True,” thrust us into a world and a time previously heretofore unexplored, a futuristic hellscape full of darkness, death […]

Did Starz' Run the World Win You Over? Grade the Premiere

Run the World creator Leigh Davenport set out to deliver a joyful series that showcased Black women living their best lives. Enlisting Living Single creator Yvette Lee Bowser as showrunner and executive producer, the Starz drama follows four life-long friends in Harlem as they navigate life, love and success. Episode 1 kicks off with Ella […]

Who Killed Sara?'s Manolo Cardona Promises an Answers-Filled Season 2

When Season 1 of Who Killed Sara? came to a conclusion last month, fans were left scratching their heads — and not just about the Netflix series’ titular question. Among the nagging unsolved mysteries: Is Sara really dead? Is Elroy dead? Whose skeletal remains are in Alex’s backyard? And what is Mariana going to do to […]

Halston Finale Recap: What Happens After an Artist Sells His Soul?

The 1980s was a rough decade for Halston. Though it was a time full of excess, both personally and professionally, the designer was forced to reckon with the consequences of his choices, all of which came crashing down at once. (Surely, the loads of cocaine didn’t help much.) But it was also during this time […]

9-1-1: Lone Star Enlists Greg Grunberg for Emotional Tommy Hour — Photos

Given the tragic twist that befell Tommy’s family in the final moments of last week’s 9-1-1: Lone Star, it shouldn’t be all that surprising to see Gina Torres’ character at the hospital in these first-look photos from Monday’s dramatic follow-up (Fox, 9/8c). Greg Grunberg, however, we were not expecting. Grunberg has been cast in the […]

SNL: Watch Keegan-Michael Key and Kenan Thompson's Security Guards Shut Down Muppet Show Hecklers

On this weekend’s Saturday Night Live, The Muppet Show‘s two snarky hecklers finally got what’s been coming to them for decades: some push back. In the clip (embedded above), the ever-grumpy Statler and Waldorf got into a heated argument with venue bouncers (played by host Keegan-Michael Key and cast member Kenan Thompson), as they attempted […]

SNL Video: Dr. Fauci and the CDC Poorly Demonstrate New Mask Guidelines

Saturday Night Live enlisted the “Patron Saint of Purell” this weekend — aka Kate McKinnon’s Dr. Anthony Fauci — to alleviate any confusion regarding the CDC’s new mask guidelines. Season 46’s penultimate episode opened with President Biden’s chief medical advisor. “As you probably heard, we got some very good news this week — and I’m […]

Barry Jenkins Breaks Down How The Underground Railroad's Music Connects Black People to Their Ancestors

Warning: This post contains spoilers from The Underground Railroad. Just as he has for both of Barry Jenkins‘ films, Moonlight and If Beale Street Could Talk, composer Nicholas Britell provided the sweeping and emotionally wrenching instrumentals for the Oscar winner’s new limited series The Underground Railroad, which is now streaming on Amazon Prime. The strings that […]

B Positive and United States of AI Renewed for Season 2 at CBS

This bodes well for Drew Dunbar’s kidney transplant: CBS has renewed Chuck Lorre’s B Positive for Season 2, TVLine has learned. Additionally, the Eye network has renewed Lorre’s other freshman sitcom, United States of AI, for a second season. B Positive centers on the aforementioned Drew (played by Silicon Valley‘s Thomas Middleditch), a therapist and newly divorced […]

All Rise Cancelled at CBS

All Rise‘s court proceedings will not reconvene at a later date: CBS has cancelled the legal drama after two seasons, TVLine has learned. The season (and now series) finale is slated to air Monday, May 24. CBS also cancelled the Walton Goggins comedy The Unicorn after two seasons. As of this week, All Rise was […]

The Unicorn Cancelled at CBS

Wade Felton is one Unicorn that just became extinct: CBS has cancelled the Walton Goggins-led sitcom after just two seasons, TVLine has learned. The Unicorn followed a close group of friends who joined together to help their widower friend Wade (Goggins) grieve and move on with his life following the death of his wife. The sitcom […]

MacGyver Scoop: The Heated Moment That Would Have Led to That First Kiss

An extremely heated moment — and not necessarily the good kind — would have led to MacGyver and Riley sharing their first kiss, had the CBS drama been renewed for Season 6. As previously revealed in TVLine’s exclusive, post-series finale Q&A with showrunner Monica Macer, the discovery that Desi’s onetime fiancé is in fact alive […]

The TVLine-Up: What's Leaving, New and Returning the Week of May 16

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 […]

For Life Star to Fans: 'I Won't Have You Bad-Mouthing ABC' About Cancellation

For Life star Nicholas Pinnock has a message for fans reeling from the show’s cancellation after two seasons: Don’t blame ABC. In the wake of the legal drama’s axing on Friday, Pinnock — who starred as incarcerated legal champion Aaron Wallace in the series — took to Twitter early Saturday to identify the real culprit behind For […]

Ratings: Blue Bloods Rises With Finale, Dominates Friday in Viewers

In the latest TV show ratings, Blue Bloods‘ two-hour Season 11 finale averaged 6.5 million total viewers and a 0.5 demo rating, ticking up from last week to easily cop Friday’s biggest audience (as it does) while tying for the nightly demo win. TVLine readers gave Blue Bloods‘ finale — which apparently was ready to […]

Performer of the Week: Thuso Mbedu

THE PERFORMER | Thuso Mbedu THE SHOW | Amazon Prime’s The Underground Railroad THE EPISODE | “Chapter 2: South Carolina” (May 14, 2021) THE PERFORMANCE | The endless longing of Mbedu’s soulful eyes immediately draw you into her character Cora with the same alluring power of a young Ruby Dee. Every pain and triumph lingers on her face, compelling […]

Don Lemon Announces 'I Am Not Leaving CNN' After Implying On-Air That He Was Leaving CNN — Watch

CNN Tonight anchor Don Lemon is clarifying a cryptic on-air announcement he made that implied his tenure at the news network was coming to an end. At the conclusion of Friday’s broadcast, Lemon sent social media into hyperdrive when he informed viewers, “This is the last night [of] CNN Tonight with Don Lemon,” adding, “It’s […]

Blue Bloods Recap: Truly His Father's Son — Grade the Season 11 Finale

This Friday night in Blue Bloods‘ two-hour season finale, Joe Hill (as scooped long ago by my Inside Line column) resurfaced in a big way. But in doing so, did he reveal himself to be a “black sheep” among the Reagan family? Or just very much his father’s son? Not long into the finale’s opening […]

SEAL Team, Clarice May Move From CBS to Paramount+ If Renewed

Bravo may be deployed to Paramount+ for a possible fifth season of SEAL Team. While CBS’ military drama as well as the freshman series Clarice await word on their fates, sources say that both shows may very well migrate to the Paramount+ (fka CBS All Access) streaming service, if renewed. CBS is not commenting on […]

CBS Orders Sophia Bush's Good Sam, Pete Holmes Bowling Comedy to Series

CBS is betting on a couple of familiar faces next season: The Eye network has handed series orders to medical drama Good Sam, starring Sophia Bush, and bowling comedy Smallwood, starring Pete Holmes, TVLine has learned. Good Sam stars Bush (Chicago P.D.) as a talented but stifled surgeon who “embraces her leadership role after her […]

Underground Railroad Premiere Recap: Cora and Caesar Lovingly Risk It All and Catch a Train to Freedom — Grade It!

The Underground Railroad is a love story. Yet while this does include the survival-driven courtship between enslaved heroine Cora and Caesar (the tall and handsome man who asks her to run away to freedom with him), their love is secondary. Instead, the biggest love story is that of Cora loving herself. And this is the […]

Bridgerton Spinoff Centered on Young Queen Charlotte in the Works at Netflix

Dear Reader: It should come as no surprise that the world of Bridgerton is expanding! Netflix and Shondaland are teeing up a spinoff series also set in the romantic drama’s whimsical, candy-colored world. A prequel series centered on the origins of Queen Charlotte (played by Golda Rosheuvel in Season 1) is in the works, the […]

TVLine Items: iCarly Sets Premiere, Accused Remake at Fox and More

Miranda Cosgrove celebrated her birthday on the iCarly set on Friday with a premiere date for the revival: The series will debut Thursday, June 17 on Paramount+, a note inside the birthday cake reveals. Picking up nearly 10 years after the original Nickelodeon show ended, the 13-episode season “finds Carly Shay, the original influencer, and […]

The Rookie, A Million Little Things and 3 Other Series Renewed at ABC

A quintet of scripted ABC series can breathe long-awaited sighs of relief. The Alphabet Net on Friday handed renewals to The Rookie, A Million Little Things and comedy trio The Conners, The Goldbergs and Home Economics. Both drama series, as well as The Conners, will be heading into their fourth seasons, while The Goldbergs will […]

This Is Us Final Season Will Air Largely Uninterrupted, to 'Honor' Patient Fans

This Is Us‘ patient fans, who this TV season have dealt with numerous multi-week breaks, will be rewarded with a nearly non-stop farewell run. As revealed with NBC’s full schedule for the 2021-22 TV season, This Is Us‘ sixth and final season is being held for midseason/early 2022, at which point its 18 episodes will […]

Law & Order: Organized Crime Renewed for Season 2 at NBC

Looks like Law and Order‘s El and Liv will have a lot more time to sort out their troubled friendship: The SVU spinoff Organized Crime has been renewed for Season 2, TVLine has learned. The series follows Chris Meloni’s Det. Elliot Stabler in his work with a New York City Police Department task force focused […]

NBC Fall Schedule: This Is Us' Last Hurrah Pushed to 2022, All-L&O Thursdays, B99 Farewell Gets Olympics Launch, Zoey's and Good Girls MIA

NBC is the first broadcast network to unveil its 2021-22 game plan and, um, funny story: For the first time (ever?) there is not a single sitcom on the network’s fall schedule. The prime culprit? The resurgent Law & Order franchise! Read on for more… ♦ NBC is turning over its Thursday lineup, once the […]

Call Your Mother Cancelled at ABC

ABC is dialing back its commitment to Call Your Mother, cancelling the low-rated Kyra Sedgwick sitcom after one season. Sedgwick tweeted the announcement Friday, saying she wanted to deliver the bad news to the show’s viewers before they heard it anywhere else. “Before it goes out there in the world I want my fans to […]

The Great: Gillian Anderson Joins Season 2 Cast as Catherine's Mother

Now this is some Great casting: Gillian Anderson has joined the cast of Hulu’s historical comedy The Great as Catherine the Great’s mother, our sister site Variety reports. Anderson will appear in two episodes in the upcoming Season 2 as Catherine’s mom Joanna, a glamorous German socialite who’s “known as the ‘maestro of marriage’ for […]

Arrow Had a Sunny Beachfront? Was Prodigal Son Kiss Amiss? Where Is MIA Benson/Stabler Scene?! More TV 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 Prodigal Son, The Flash, Mom and Younger! 1 | Just to make sure we’ve got this straight: The Blacklist‘s Liz is a fugitive and criminal who has betrayed and […]

black-ish to End With Season 8 at ABC

black-ish‘s Dre and Bow soon will take their final bow: ABC has renewed the family comedy for an eighth and final season, series creator Kenya Barris announced Friday. “To ALL the people in the world I love, honor, respect and care for it is both exciting and bittersweet to share that black-ish been RENEWED by ABC […]

TV Ratings: Manifest Eyes Low, Mom Hits 8-Week High With Series Finale

In the latest TV show ratings, NBC “bubble” drama Manifest this Thursday drew 2.9 million total viewers and a 0.4 rating, dipping in the demo to mark a series low. Leading out of that, Law & Order: SVU (4.3 mil/0.7, read recap) was also down, while Organized Crime (4.3 mil/0.7, read recap) ticked up in […]

Outer Banks Season 2 Gets Summer Premiere on Netflix — First Photos

Netflix is taking us back to the Outer Banks in just a few months. The YA thriller will return with its second season this summer, the streamer announced on Friday, sweetening the pot with a batch of first-look photos. Following their near-death escape in Season 1, Outer Banks‘ sophomore outings picks up with John B […]

Lucifer's DB Woodside Talks God's Casting, a Fun Duet, His Directing Debut and Next Season's 'Big Event'

Lucifer returns with the back half of its penultimate season on Friday, May 28 — and here to start getting you amped up for those eight new episodes (as well as the Netflix’s drama’s final season) is OG cast member DB Woodside. Season 5A left off with Amenadiel and Lucifer (played by Woodside and Tom […]

Law and Order: Organized Crime Recap: Kathy's Killer Revealed!

Det. Elliot Stabler has been back in New York for all of five minutes, so of course he starts this week’s Law & Order: Organized Crime with a visit to the Internal Affairs Bureau. (Do you think the IAB staff missed Stabler? I picture him as having a memorial bench there or something, to commemorate how often […]

Legacies Finally Unmasks the Skull Hunter, Among Other Revelations

Hope Mikaelson might be the first character in television history who was actually relieved to catch her boyfriend sneaking off to see someone else in the middle of the night. The paranoid tribrid kicked off Thursday’s Legacies by tailing her boyfriend during one of his midnight outings, only to learn that he’s been getting yolked […]

B Positive Recap: Transplant Time! — Plus, Grade the Season 1 Finale

It’s the moment we’ve all been waiting for: At the tail end of Thursday’s B Positive finale, Drew and Gina went under the knife for Drew’s kidney transplant — and while we don’t know whether or not the surgery will be a success, the events that preceded it set the stage for a hypothetical Season […]

Zoey's Playlist Finale Sneak Peek: Time to 'Shake It Off' at Max's Goodbye Party

Emotions are high at Max and Rose’s going-away bash during this Sunday’s Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist season finale (NBC, 9/8c) — but everyone’s just gotta “Shake It Off,” with some help from Taylor Swift in the above sneak peek. “I wanted to go big in the season finale,” creator Austin Winsberg says of the musical number, […]

Law & Order: SVU Recap: Bad Batch

The last time Olivia Benson and Elliot Stabler spent more than a few minutes together, he blurted out an inopportune declaration of love and then bolted from the room, and she stopped taking his calls. So of course, we were more than a little intrigued to see how things would go when they had to […]

Mom Series Finale: EP Reflects on Bonnie's Last Share, Adam's Uncertain Fate and Jill's Happy Ending

Bonnie Plunkett endured a veritable cocktail of intense emotions during Mom‘s series finale – but never once did she consider pouring herself a stiff drink. In the CBS comedy’s farewell episode, Allison Janney’s alter ego gained a new outlook on her sobriety after a whirlwind 24 hours. First, she met fellow addict Shannon (played by Two […]

Mom Boss on Anna Faris' Absence From Series Finale: Christy's Story Had Already Concluded in a 'Satisfying Way'

Mom‘s series finale suffered from a serious hoodie — err, Christy deficiency. The CBS comedy wrapped on Thursday without an appearance by former co-lead Anna Faris, who vacated the role of Christy Plunkett ahead of Season 8. In the wake of Faris’ departure, Christy was shipped off to Georgetown Law School in Washington D.C., on a […]

Young Sheldon EP Steve Molaro on George's Fall From Grace in Finale: 'Sometimes Life Gets Complicated'

Young Sheldon‘s Season 4 finale marked a turning point for the Big Bang Theory prequel, which has set the deck — or in this case, racked the pool table — for George Sr.’s downfall. In “The Wild and Woolly World of Nonlinear Dynamics,” which aired Thursday, Missy’s first heartbreak triggered a series of events that […]

Zoey's Playlist EP on Season 3 Odds, Why Move to Peacock 'Could Be Great'

It’s a position that Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist is, unfortunately, all too familiar with: Once again, the NBC musical dramedy is on the bubble, awaiting word on whether or not it will be renewed for a third season. “I’m feeling really good that we won that TVLine poll!” showrunner Austin Winsberg says of the series’ renewal […]

Big Brother Season 23, Love Island Season 3 Set for July Debuts at CBS

The Big Brother house and Love Island are both about to get some new residents: CBS has set a Wednesday, July 7 return date for both of its summertime reality staples, TVLine has learned. Big Brother will kick off the night at 8/7c with its live, 90-minute Season 23 premiere, followed by the 90-minute premiere […]

Underground Railroad's Thuso Mbedu on Silently Capturing Cora's Emotions: Slaves 'Weren’t Allowed to Feel'

In the very first installment of The Underground Railroad, an enslaved Black man is brutally and horrifically punished for attempting to run away. The inhumane incident serves as a catalyst that forces the story’s heroine Cora (South African newcomer Thuso Mbedu) to take a similar risk and flee in both the Amazon Prime limited series […]

The CW Expanding to 7 Nights (!), Adding Saturday Programs This Fall

More than three years after adding Sunday fare to its slate, The CW is going for the full “seven-nights-a-week,” by programming primetime Saturday as well. Effective with the upcoming 2021-22 TV season, The CW will expand its primetime schedule to include Saturday, it was announced this afternoon by network CEO Mark Pedowitz. As such, The […]

Inside Line: Get Scoop on The Rookie, Walker, Million Little Things, In the Dark, Cruel Summer, Chi Fire, Debris and More

Is The Rookie heading for a wedding? Might A Million Little Things leave you screaming? Who is gone from Chicago Fire? Read on for answers to those questions plus teases from other shows. Any news on whether The Rookie‘s Wopez wedding will be taking place this season, or is that something we’ll have to wait […]

Psych 3: This Is Gus a Go at Peacock; Threequel to Feature Wedding, Birth of 'Baby Guster,' Random Pineapple(s)

Pineapple Margaritas on the house! A third Psych movie has been given the go-ahead at Peacock, with James Roday Rodriguez and Dulé Hill on board to reprise their respective roles as Shawn and Gus. The third installment in the franchise follows 2017’s Psych: The Movie and 2020’s Psych 2: Lassie Come Home. The movies, of course, […]

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

The clock is ticking on 60 Minutes correspondent Bill Whitaker‘s stint behind Jeopardy!‘s iconic lectern: The venerable newsman’s elegant, even keeled two-week run as guest host is set to conclude on Friday. A final decision on who will permanently succeed the late, legendary Alex Trebek will be made later this summer. “Our goal has been […]

ABC Renews American Idol, Shark Tank Plus 3 Other Unscripted Series

Dim those lights, because we’ve got the results on American Idol‘s fate: The singing competition has officially been renewed for Season 20 at ABC, TVLine has learned. American Idol — which will be heading into its fifth season on ABC, after a long original run on Fox — is less than two weeks away from […]

TVLine Items: Netflix's He-Man Series Premiere, Gilpin Gets Gaslit and More

Kevin Smith is bringing He-Man back to TV this summer: Netflix’s animated series Masters of the Universe: Revelation, showrun by Smith and featuring Chris Wood (Supergirl) as the voice of He-Man, will debut with Part 1 (consisting of five episodes) on Friday, July 23. “After a cataclysmic battle between He-Man and Skeletor (Mark Hamill), Eternia […]

Friends Reunion Special Gets May Premiere Date on HBO Max — First Look

Anyone in the mood to catch up with some old Friends? Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer’s long-awaited Friends reunion special will premiere on Thursday, May 27, HBO Max announced Thursday. In addition, the streaming site has blessed us with a teaser (see top of post) for the […]

The Game Revival Scores Series Order at Paramount+ — Who's Returning?

The Game is officially back on — and a few former players are suiting up for a comeback. Paramount+ has handed a 10-episode series order to a revival of The Game, the sports world-set dramedy that aired for nine seasons on The CW and BET, TVLine has learned. Plus, original stars Wendy Raquel Robinson and […]