Tuesday, September 14, 2021

The Amber Ruffin Show Renewed for Season 2 at Peacock

Amber Ruffin’s late-night reign will continue at Peacock: The streamer has renewed her self-titled talk show for Season 2, TVLine has learned. “We are thrilled to keep doing what we love for another season,” Ruffin said in a statement. “Margaritas for everyone!” Season 2 of The Amber Ruffin Show will debut Friday, Oct. 8, with […]

TVLine Items: Anansi Boys Finds Lead, B99 Cast Visits Seth Meyers and More

Malachi Kirby (Small Axe, Roots) will be pulling double duty in Amazon Prime’s Anansi Boys series adaptation from writer/executive producer Neil Gaiman, our sister site Variety reports. Kirby will play both Charlie Nancy and his brother, Spider. After Charlie’s estranged father, Mr. Nancy, dies, he discovers that his dad was the trickster god of stories, […]

4400 Trailer: Are Aliens Responsible for Mysterious Vanishings in CW Reboot?

When 4400 missing persons suddenly reappear with no explanation, extraterrestrials become the prime suspect for what’s behind it all in TVLine’s exclusive trailer for The CW’s reboot of the former USA Network series. It’s a natural theory, seeing as how one of the vanished is suddenly sucked out of her car by a strange force […]

SNL Vet Norm Macdonald Dead at 61

Saturday Night Live veteran Norm Macdonald has died following a private battle with cancer. He was 61. Macdonald was reportedly battling an undisclosed cancer for almost a decade, which he chose not to disclose to friends, family or fans. “He was most proud of his comedy,” Macdonald’s longtime producing partner and friend Lori Jo Hoekstra […]

Grendel Series, Based on Dark Horse Comics Vigilante, Ordered at Netflix

Netflix has given an eight-episode order to Grendel, a comic book adaptation from Supernatural co-showrunner Andrew Dabb and starring Abubakr Ali (Katy Keene) in the title role. Based on the masked vigilante from the award-winning Matt Wagner/Dark Horse comic books, the series follows Hunter Rose, a gifted fencer, writer and assassin who, in seeking to […]

Tom Welling Action Series Professionals Acquired by The CW

The CW’s original Man of Steel is coming home. The network has acquired Professionals, an international action series starring Tom Welling (Smallville), Brendan Fraser (Doom Patrol) and Elena Anaya (Wonder Woman). Per the official logline, Professionals “follows Vincent Corbo (Welling), a top-tier security operative, who is paid to protect the interests of rich and powerful clients […]

Anna Kendrick Hands Off Love Life to William Jackson Harper in Season 2 Teaser — Plus, Get Premiere Date

Not everyone is in a celebratory mood on Darby Carter’s wedding day. HBO Max on Tuesday released a new teaser trailer for Love Life, which sees Anna Kendrick‘s Season 1 protagonist cross paths with Season 2 protagonist Marcus Watkins, played by new series lead/executive producer William Jackson Harper (The Good Place). The clip shows Darby […]

TV Ratings: Monday Night Football Opener Dominates for ABC

In the latest TV ratings, ABC’s coverage of the Monday Night Football season opener averaged 7.4 million total viewers and a 1.7 demo rating, obviously dominating the night in both measures. Fox’s two-hour (and unexpectedly emotional!) Hell’s Kitchen season finale (averaging 2.2 mil/0.5) and NBC’s American Ninja Warrior finale (3.4 mil/0.5) held steady and tied […]

The CW’s Best Show Ever Tournament: Final Four Pits Arrow vs. Supernatural, Smallville vs. Vampire Diaries — Vote!

The CW’s 15th anniversary is just days away, meaning that our March Madness-style bracket tournament — which was launched to commemorate the milestone — is fast approaching its grand finale. Indeed, it is time for the Final Four round, in which Arrow sets its sights on Supernatural‘s Winchester bros, and Smallville hopes to leap The […]

Locke & Key Season 2 Gets Netflix Premiere Date — Watch Teaser Trailer

“This world had so much potential to be reborn and consumed, to be ruled,” Gabe says in the just-released teaser trailer for Locke & Key‘s second season. “It’s time to finish what I started.” Netflix on Tuesday announced that Locke & Key — based on Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez’s graphic novels — will return […]

Only Murders in the Building Renewed for Season 2 at Hulu

Looks like Charles, Oliver and Mabel will have another case to crack. Hulu on Tuesday announced that it has renewed the critically acclaimed Only Murders in the Building for Season 2, just five episodes into its freshman run. Per Hulu, Only Murders — which stars Steve Martin, Martin Short and Selena Gomez — debuted as […]

Lucifer Mystery Solved: Where Was Trixie in the Finale's [Spoiler] Scene?

The following contains spoilers from the sixth and final season of Netflix’s Lucifer. Netflix’s Lucifer this month wrapped its run as many a TV series does, by flashing forward to a future point in time. In this instance, after Lucifer left this mortal plane to return to rule Hell in an entirely new manner — […]

Partner Track Adaptation, Starring Teen Wolf's Arden Cho, Ordered at Netflix

Arden Cho may want to study up on some legal jargon: The Teen Wolf and Chicago Med alum will lead a small-screen adaptation of Helen Wan’s 2013 novel The Partner Track, which scored a series order at Netflix on Tuesday. Created and exec-produced by The Expanse writer Georgia Lee, Partner Track will star Cho as […]