Is Project Runway in danger of being canceled because of Harvey Fucking Weinstein? Very probably unless some other network wants to save it. A&E revealed that it ended its contract with The Weinstein Co. back in January over the Harvey Weinstein allegations, and Lifetime will not be airing new seasons of Project Runway. Lifetime had just renewed the show for three more seasons, as well as two more seasons of Project Runway Junior and Project Runway All Stars in 2016, but are now saying that The Weinstein Co. violated the terms of their contract through this Harvey Weinstein horror show.
A new-to-me allegation from this story: that Weinstein used the show to gain access to young models. ~shudder~ Hopefully, some other network will pick up the series, because I think we can all agree we need more Tim Gunn in our lives. Meanwhile, Harvey Weinstein’s crisis p.r. firm has resigned. And who can blame them?
The confidentiality agreements Bill O’Reilly made with three women have become public thanks to the defamation suit against him and Fox News. And boy howdy. The women were required to turn over all evidence to O’Reilly and disclaim them as forgeries if the evidence was ever made public. Also, too, after making one of the settlements, one of the women’s lawyers agreed to work for O’Reilly on future sexual harassment cases which is not sketchy or unethical at all.
Russell Simmons is calling one of his accusers crazy in legal documents. Cool.
The Anita Hill-led Commission on Eliminating Sexual Harassment and Advancing Equality in the Workplace is asking Hollywood to help fund their efforts. PONY UP, ASSHOLES.
In Other TV News
CSPAN was inundated with racist calls on the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s death. Way to be disgusting, America.
A producer at one of the Sinclair-owned stations has resigned in protest over the scripted promos. Meanwhile, the head of Sinclair Broadcast Group proves that he just doesn’t get what the problem is: “You cant be serious!” he wrote. “Do you understand that as a practical matter every word that comes out of the mouths of network news people is scripted and approved by someone?” And Boris Epshteyn defended the must-run practice in a segment. It was a must-run, obviously.
The new Roseanne seems to have completely forgotten one of the more important plot points of the old Roseanne, all in the name of proving that older conservatives are principled and right and younger and more liberal generations are wrong and weak, per Roseanne’s tweet:
Also, why are we so willing to move past that thing where Roseanne took photos of herself dressed up as Hitler and baking Jewish gingerbread men? Are we’re just OK with that?
Max Greenfield is sorry New Girl‘s Schmidt is a Republican. Listen, when the show began, the world was a very, very, very, very, very, very different place.
The Bill Clinton impeachment drama that History was planning on doing has been scrapped, marking the second win for Monica Lewinsky this week.
Obviously, Dr. Evil was a member of Trump’s cabinet.
The Parents Television Council has found a new target: 13 Reasons Why.
Unsurprisingly, the Duffer Brothers are denying that they stole the story for Stranger Things.
Wow, Instinct didn’t just rip off an episode of Bones, they pretty much just took the script, scratched out the Bones‘ characters’ names and inserted their own. Let’s go to the tape.
This hero woman is naming streets for Game of Thrones characters.
The Office and West Wing: yes, maybe. Seinfeld and Friends: nope, never.
Here’s our first peek at Sabrina:
Apparently, we don’t need both Zach Braff and Dax Shepard:
Renewals
- Killing Eve has been renewed by BBC America ahead of the premiere.
- NCIS: New Orleans has been renewed by CBS.
- The Last Kingdom has been renewed and going to Netflix.
- Fox Networks has renewed its global thriller Deep State.
Cancellations
- Shades of Blue will end after this upcoming season.
In Development
- The CW has acquired Burden of Truth, which will star Kristin Kreuk.
- Netflix has ordered Dead to Me, a dark comedy from Will Ferrell and Liz Feldman.
- Netflix has ordered Paradise P.D., an animated series from the creators of Brickleberry.
Casting News
- Tonya Harding, Adam Rippon, and Jamie Anderson are just some of the athletes who are going to compete on an all-athlete season of Dancing with the Stars.
- Dreama Walker will star in the CBS pilot Welcome to the Neighborhood.
- Sarah Utterback is returning to Grey’s Anatomy.
- Matthew Goode and Rosamund Pike are reportedly in talks to star in Feud: Charles and Diana.
- Adam Ray is joining the cast of American Vandal.
- Kat Graham will star in the Netflix holiday film Christmas Calendar.
- Karl Makinen is joining Strange Angel on CBS All Access.
Mark Your Calendars
- Shades of Blue’s final season will begin on NBC on June 17.
- Genius: Picasso will debut on National Geographic on April 24.
- America Divided returns on EPIX on May 4.
- Busted!, a Korean variety show, will premiere on Netflix on May 4.
- Nazi Treasure Hunters will debut on American Heroes Channel on May 1.
R.I.P.
Tommy Sullivan, a.k.a. Johnny Valiant, WWE wrestler
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