Tuesday, February 28, 2023

Outer Banks Season 3: Chase Stokes and Madelyn Cline Weigh In on John B. and Sarah's Life-Changing Losses

Warning: This post contains spoilers for Outer Banks‘ Season 3 finale. Proceed accordingly. Not shade to Outer Banks‘ second season — in which Sarah nearly died of a gunshot, among other indignities — but the just-released Season 3 may be the most harrowing yet for both John B. and Sarah. The reason: Both characters lose […]

TVLine Items: Jenna Fischer Boards Mean Girls, Grey's Triangle and More

Jenna Fischer has raised a mean girl. The Office vet will play Cady Heron’s mom in Paramount+’s movie musical Mean Girls, based off the 2017 Tony-nominated Broadway production, our sister site Deadline reports. The role was portrayed by Ana Gasteyer in the 2004 movie. Fischer will join Reneé Rapp (The Sex Lives of College Girls), […]

22 TV Characters Who Deserve Their Own Spinoff Series

With no disrespect to Ted Lasso, Meredith Grey and TV’s other title characters, they aren’t always the ones we’re tuning in to see. Of course, there’s no shortage of compelling protagonists who keep us coming back to our favorite shows week after week. But just as often, we’re watching for the standout side characters — […]

Which New Shows Are Getting the Best Delayed-Playback Gains? — Updated With Animal Control, Company You Keep

Now that midseason newbies such as Fox’s Animal Control and ABC’s The Company You Keep have entered the fray, let’s take fresh stock of broadcast-TV’s freshman class performance-to-date…. (Updated Feb. 28) Among the fall entries, CBS’ East New York and NBC’s Quantum Leap shared the title of the highest-rated series launch; CBS’ Fire Country, meanwhile, […]

Up Here Trailer: Mae Whitman Dances Her Way to New Love in Hulu's Musical Rom-Com — Plus, Get Release Date

Mae Whitman and Carlos Valdes are ready to soar in the newly released trailer for Hulu’s rom-com musical series Up Here. Created by Steven Levenson, Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez and Danielle Sanchez-Witzel, the upcoming series (which will release all eight episodes Friday, March 24) is set in New York City in 1999. It follows “a […]

Ratings: Alert Audience Gets Small Finale Bump; AGT, Bachelor Lead Night

In the latest TV show ratings, ABC’s The Bachelor and NBC’s AGT: All-Stars tied for the nightly demo win, while CBS’ NCIS copped Monday’s biggest audience. FOX | Alert: Missing Eggs Persons Unit opened its double-episode finale with 2.4 million total viewers — its largest Monday and a best-since-premiere audience — while matching its demo […]

Monday, February 27, 2023

Hoda Kotb's Today Show Absence Remains an Unsolved Mystery

Hoda Kotb‘s Today show absence is going on its second week — and viewers are getting worried. The program’s long-running co-host — who made her last live appearance on Today and Today with Hoda and Jenna on Friday, Feb. 17 — was MIA again Monday morning. (Kotb was present for the Feb. 20 Presidents’ Day episode […]

The Traitors Players Clash in Reunion Teaser: 'You Got Outplayed' — Watch

The Season 1 cast of The Traitors is getting back together — and there are definitely some hurt feelings to smooth over. Peacock has released a teaser for the upcoming reunion of the fiendishly devious reality competition (debuting this Tuesday on the streamer), and in it, players are clearly still reeling from Cirie’s shocking blindsiding […]

TVLine Items: Pokémon Series, Santa Clauses Casts 'Kris Kringle' and More

Pokémon is getting the stop-motion treatment. Netflix has announced Pokémon Concierge, its first collaborative production with The Pokémon Company and an ambitious stop-motion project produced by critically acclaimed dwarf studios. Expanding the Pokémon world, the story follows Haru, a concierge at the Pokémon Resort, and her interactions with Pokémon and their owners who visit as guests. […]

Yep, That Was 1923's Brandon Sklenar Diving Underwater During Episode 6's Treacherous Shipwreck Scene: 'Turns Out, I'm Not That Good at Swimming'

On a show like 1923, where the cast famously had to attend “cowboy camp” to gain frontier skills ahead of starting production, we weren’t surprised to learn that Brandon Sklenar did his own stunts for Episode 6’s shipwreck scenes. However, we never pictured the training for those scenes taking place in a community pool more commonly […]

Shondaland's The Residence Adds Andre Braugher, Susan Kelechi Watson, Jason Lee and 8 Others

The Residence, the whodunnit comedy from Shonda Rhimes and Betsy Beers, has added 11 more to its growing ensemble. Joining the cast are Susan Kelechi Watson (This Is Us), Andre Braugher (Brooklyn Nine-Nine), Jason Lee (My Name Is Earl), Ken Marino (Party Down), Edwina Findley (If Loving You Is Wrong, The Wire), Molly Griggs (Servant), […]

Outer Banks Finale Recap: Two Deaths and a Whole Lotta Treasure — Grade It!

Congratulations, Big John Routledge: You found the treasure for which you’ve been searching for years, the literal cave full of gold for which you upended your life and effectively orphaned your son. And also? Bummer, Big John Routledge: In Outer Banks‘ Season 3 finale, you die before you’re able to reap any of the rewards or […]

Sunday, February 26, 2023

The Last of Us Reveals Ellie's Tender First Love — and Loss — in Left Behind Flashback Episode: Read Recap

For most of the video game of The Last of Us, players play as Joel. But there’s a chunk of gameplay in which the action switches to Ellie’s point of view, and that’s where we land at the start of this week’s episode. While Joel is down for the count, courtesy of the wound he […]