Stephen Colbert has some thoughts on this whole Paramount/Warner Bros/Netflix kerfuffle

This man is clearly used to being screamed at.

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Here’s A BUNCH OF TV News

Team Amanda Seyfried.

Team Lauren Holly.

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So perhaps Gayle King hasn’t been forced out of her job at CBS Mornings? At this point, even King herself seems unsure.

What IS clear is that Tony Dokoupil has been promoted to anchor of CBS Evening News.

Stephen Colbert has some thoughts about Paramount’s attempted hostile takeover of Warner Bros.

Have y’all checked out Stumble on NBC/Peacock yet?

Jennifer Shah is out of prison, so don’t get frauded.

We have Miami Vice to thank for The Golden Girls, though it’s kinda complicated.

The ending of 30 for 30: Boo-Yah: A Portrait of Stuart Scott was not AI, but just a lovely bit of synchronicity and luck.

R.I.P. Neighbours.

Cancellations

  • Hotel Costeria has been canceled at Prime Video after one season. It is being shopped around.
  • Beauty in Black will end with the third season on Netflix.

In Development

Casting News

  • Iain Armitage will play himself in a guest role on Ghosts on CBS.
  • Kylie Cantrall has joined Fox’s The Masked Singer as a contestant. The audience will know her identity, while the judges will remain in the dark.
  • Diana Ross will headline Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2026 on ABC.
  • Megan Alexander is leaving Inside Edition after 17 years.

Mark Your Calendars

  • Hijack returns on Apple TV on January 14.
  • The Cult Behind the Killer: The Andrea Yates Story debuts on ID on January 6.
  • Moonshiners returns on Discovery Channel on January 6.
  • Made in Korea premieres on Hulu and Disney+ on December 24.
  • Cashero debuts on Netflix on December 26.

R.I.P.

Stephen Downing, Former police officer who wrote for Dragnet and Adam-12, before becoming a showrunner on MacGyver

Wenne Alton Davis, Actress who appeared in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Girls5eva, New Amsterdam, Blindspot, American Odyssey, and Rescue Me

Jeff Garcia, Voice of Jimmy Neutron, and voice actor on other Nickelodeon cartoons, including Fairly Odd Parents

Frank Cozzolino, Electrician who worked on Holmes on Homes and other HGTV series

Pauline Potter, Star of My 600-lb Life

Sophie Kinsella, British author whose books inspired Confessions of a Shopaholic

Rory Macleod, Grammy-nominated blues musician

WATCH THIS

Celebrity Wheel of Fortune: Fall finale. 7 p.m., ABC

Matlock: The team’s secrets start to come to light in the fall finale. 8 p.m., CBS

Little Disasters: When a mother takes her baby to the hospital with an unexplained head injury, the doctor, who is also her friend, makes the agonizing decision to call social services on her in this limited series. Series premiere. Paramount+

Man vs. Baby: Rowan Atkinson is tortured by an infant. Premiere. Netflix

Neighbours: Series finale. Prime Video

Late Night:

  • Late Night with Seth Meyers: Ike Barinholtz, Ashley Padilla
  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert: Kate Winslet, Ben Cohen & Jerry Greenfield
  • Jimmy Kimmel Live: Jamie Lee Curtis, Rachel Sennott, the Pretty Reckless
  • The Daily Show: Lonnie Thompson, host Michael Kosta
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