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Here’s A BUNCH OF TV News
Verizon is bundling Netflix and Max with ads for only $10 a month, which seems like a pretty good deal unless you’re spoiled like me and cannot tolerate ads.
PlayStation is deleting some shows that users paid to “own.” Thanks to some licensing shenanigans, if PlayStation owners bought any Discovery series, they are going to be removed from their libraries. But don’t worry, they won’t be receiving a refund.
Welcome to the golden age of television, Nic Cage! If you’re only now getting around to Breaking Bad, do I have some suggestions for you!
Inglourious Basterds was almost a miniseries instead of a film and hear me out … it still could be? Let’s make this happen.
John Oliver calls for Andy Cohen to make George Santos a Real Housewife and girl, same.
Awful news about our colleague Ibrahim Dahman's family: at least nine of his relatives have been killed. He's been fearlessly reporting for CNN from Gaza since well before this war began.
"They were extremely peaceful and simple people, and their entire lives were devoted…
— Christiane Amanpour (@amanpour) December 4, 2023
CELEBRITY MESSES SECTION:
Julianna Marguiles is sorry … if she offended you, which means she’s not really sorry. Susan Sarandon is also sorry, and has better P.R. people. Jussie Smollett might be headed back to jail. And Felicity Huffman probably should have kept her mouth shut about why she went to jail.
Congratulations, Vanessa Hudgens and Cole Tucker!
6?! MY GOODNESS, GET BETTER SOON, MARK SHEPPARD.
Renewals
- The Upshaws has been renewed for seasons five and six on Netflix.
- Reacher has been renewed for a third season on Prime Video.
Cancellations
- Central Park has been canceled after three seasons on Apple TV+.
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- Riches has been canceled after one season on Prime Video.
In Development
- The Fabulist, a book about George Santos, is being turned into a film at HBO by Frank Rich, a Veep and Succession producer. ~perfection~
- A legal drama from Ryan Murphy starring Kim Kardashian has been ordered at Hulu.
- Cruel Intentions has officially been ordered at Prime Video.
- Country singer Walker Hayes’ life story is being turned into a TV series.
- Stealing The General: The Great Locomotive Chase and the First Medal of Honor is being adapted into a film at Netflix.
- A documentary about NFL star DeSean Jackson has been ordered at Prime Video.
- The Traitors: Uncloaked has been ordered for BBC Two.
- A limited series about Sammy Davis Jr. is not moving forward at Hulu.
Casting News
- Harriet Walter, Timothy Spall, Maisie Richardson-Sellers, Alex Jennings, Lydia Leonard, Charlie Rowe, Harry Melling, Corentin Fila, Tom Mothersdale, Karim Kadjar, Lucy Russell, Will Tudor, Viola Prettejohn, Thomas Arnold, Jordan Kouamé, Agnes O’Casey, Cecilia Appiah, Ellie de Lange, Hubert Burton, Pip Carter, Josef Altin, Sarah Priddy, Hannah Khalique-Brown, Amir El-Masry, German Segal, Summer Richards, and Dana Herfurth have been added to Wolf Hall on PBS and BBC.
- Jason Priestley has joined Wild Cards on The CW.
- Here is a bunch of cast comings and goings on the soaps.
Mark Your Calendar
- House of the Dragon returns on HBO in the summer.
- The Boys returns soon on Prime Video.
- Fallout debuts on Prime Video on April 21.
- True Detective: Night Country debuts on HBO on January 14.
- Halo returns on Paramount+ on February 8.
- Star Trek: Discovery returns on Paramount+ in April.
- The Christmas Break premieres on Fox on December 21.
- The Thundermans Return debuts on Nickelodeon and Paramount+ in March.
- The Rope Curse 3 premieres on Netflix on December 18.
- Miss Shampoo debuts on Netflix on December 28.
- The Abandoned premiers on Netflix on December 31.
- Who’s the Boss?, the complete series, is now available on Hulu.
- Barbie will begin streaming on Max on December 15.
- Byron Allen Presents Funny You Should Ask debuts on CBS on December 9.
- Sexy Beast will premiere on Paramount+ on January 25.
- Wild Cards will debut on The CW on January 17; Family Law will return the same night.
R.I.P.
Sandra Day O’Connor, First woman on the Supreme Court and trailblazer
Robert Precht, Producer of the Ed Sullivan Show
Mark Shelmerdine, British film director who helped develop the international TV distribution market
Brigit Forsyth, British TV comedic actress
Charles Officer, Canadian film and TV director
John Nichols, Author
Myles Goodwin, Singer/songwriter for April Wine
WATCH THIS
Murder in Boston: When a man in Boston claimed that a Black man had shot his pregnant wife in 1989, it lit a powder keg of racial tensions in the city. This limited series explores the crime and the aftermath. 8 p.m., HBO
Blake Shelton’s Holiday Bartacular Featuring Ice T: Ice T joins Blake in his “winter wonderland” to participate in a series of bar games in his holiday(?) special. 9 p.m., NBC
Midsomer Murders: 24th season premiere. Acorn TV
Kitchen Nightmares: Season finale. 7 p.m., Fox
Late Night:
- Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: Dua Lipa, Benny Safdie, Brad Paisley
- Late Night with Seth Meyers: Michael Shannon, Jason Narducy, Rachel Bloom, Brian Frasier-Moore
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert: Sarah Paulson, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
- Jimmy Kimmel Live: Ray Romano, Sebastian Maniscalco, Paul Russell
- The Daily Show: Guest host Charlamagne Tha God
- Watch What Happens Live: Natalie Portman, Julianne Moore
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Masters of Illusion (new) |
World’s Funniest Animals (new) |
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Blake Shelton’s Holiday Bartacular Featuring Ice T (new) |