Have Jimmy Kimmel host the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, you cowards

Therese Odell

1 month ago

Here’s A BUNCH OF TV News

So, Threads has been thirsting over the men of The Pitt for a while, including Noah Wylie and Shawn Hatosy, but there is also great interest in ER Nurse Jesse:

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I don’t think anyone is going to calm down when they learn that Nurse Jesse is played by Ned Brower, and he is a real emergency room nurse. I KNOW.

Looks like Tyler Sheridan’s new show, Marshals, is an enormous hit for CBS. It garnered the biggest audience for a broadcast series premiere in seven years — if you don’t count shows that premiered immediately after an NFL game.

But just to demonstrate how hard it is to define ratings these days, the reboot of Scrubs was also a big hit last week, with more viewers than the Marshals premiere — but over the course of five days.

I’m not going to lie, this back and forth between Bachelor stars and former couple DeAnna Pappas and Brad Womack is genuinely very sweet. Glad to see everyone grew up.

Grifters gonna be grifting.

Jimmy Kimmel suggests that he host the White House Correspondents’ Dinner this year: “And I want to address the president directly on this: Mr. President, please let me host this dinner. I’ve never asked you for anything before. Can you imagine? You, me, the commissioner of the F.C.C., all at a table together? Think of the ratings.”

Fans of The Dropout are real mad about it being on The Rookie, calling the show “copaganda.”

For the last time, NO, Cillian Murphy is not your new Voldemort. (Although that would have been some amazing casting.)

Someone much more familiar with the Bridgerton books makes a case for Eloise being the focus of season five. I still think they should drag it out another season, but these are all valid points.

The death of Deadliest Catch deckhand Todd Meadows is being investigated by the Coast Guard. It sounds as though his death was unfortunately caught on film for the show. Oh no.

THEY WON’T GET RID OF GAYLE KING THAT EASILY.

That said, there are reports that Bari Weiss is eyeing Sage Steele for CBS Mornings. Steele, you might remember, was fired by Disney for refusing to be vaccinated during Covid, so obviously, she’s on Weiss’ radar.

Another CBS News producer has resigned. HUH WHY?

Speaking of, I’m trying to not constantly bombard y’all with this Paramount/Netflix/Warner Bros. news. As such, I’ve saved a few important stories from the past few days:

Paramount has already ponied up the $2.8 breakup fee to Netflix, so this is really happening.
They are anticipating “thousands” of layoffs. Hey, James Cameron, remind me how this is a good thing?
Ellison is claiming that the “majority of our synergy target comes from non-labor sources among the efficiencies we have identified” — meaning, there won’t be a bunch of layoffs. Sure, David.
Paramount also has no plans to sell all the cable channels they just bought. Huh.
One of the areas that could be in danger is real estate: it’s possible one of the two historic studio lots could be sold.
They are planning to merge Paramount+ and HBO Max into one streaming service. OH CRAP, THEY’RE GOING TO RENAME IT AGAIN, AREN’T THEY? They’re claiming HBO will “operate with independence.” We’ll see.
And is anyone else worried about how $24 billion of the funds to buy this mess will be coming from Saudi Arabia? Does anyone think they will be a completely silent partner or that they won’t apply some pressure on entities like CNN or HBO?
In his attempt to sell Paramount’s buying Warner Bros. as a good thing to CNN employees, David Zaslav urged them to think about how cool it will be to work with CBS News. READ THE ROOM, ZASLAV.
Meanwhile, CNN’s message to employees is “NO ONE PANIC!”
Someone who should maybe panic: John Oliver.

“Yeah, not great news. In fact, if I may quote anyone who’s ever accidentally sat on their Roku remote: ‘Oh shit, I’m in Paramount now, how the fuck do I get out of this?’” —John Oliver, on news that Paramount is on track to become his new “business daddy.” pic.twitter.com/PZq68jjNne

— LateNighter (@latenightercom) March 2, 2026

Less panicky, perhaps, but still a degree of panic: Bill Maher.
Fox News is already anticipating CNN taking a turn to the right. BUT NO ONE PANIC!
One weird little side note about this merger: former rivals HBO and Showtime will now be owned by the same company.
There are still some speed bumps along the way: European regulators might delay the merger; Democrats are demanding answers from Pam Bondi regarding her meeting with Ted Sarandos; and California is rallying other blue states to probe the merger.

H/T Pajiba.

Renewals

Abbott Elementary has been renewed for a sixth season on ABC.

Cancellations

The Bear will, in fact, end with season five on Hulu.
Jersey Shore Family Vacation will end with the ninth season on MTV.
Miss Scarlet will end with the seventh season on PBS.

In Development

Seth MacFarlane is threatening us with a fourth season of The Orville.
Scott Peterson: The New Evidence; The Gotti Files; and Johnny Cash: The Man Comes Around.
Lifetime has announced movie deals with Queen Latifah and Taraji P. Henson.
History’s Strange Fortunes with Kevin Bacon; Extraordinary Origins with Ted Danson; Crime and Justice with Tom Selleck; History’s Greatest Machines with Dolph Lundgren; and 102 Minutes Inside the Towers have been ordered at History Channel.
If We Were Villains is being adapted into a TV series.
We Are the Dead is being adapted into a TV series.
Annie Weisman has signed a multi-year first-look deal with Apple TV.
Lovejoy is set to be rebooted at BBC.

Casting News

Christina Elmore will co-star in the NBC drama pilot, Puzzled.
Jon Beavers will co-star in the untitled crime drama pilot at NBC.
Jessica Belkin has joined the Baywatch reboot at Fox.
Lucy Boynton, Babou Ceesay, and Peter Mullan have joined A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms at HBO.
Kaley Cuoco has joined How to Survive Without Me at HBO Max.
Kelley Curran, Jim Gaffigan, Dallas Roberts, Elizabeth Marvel, and Andrew Burnap have been added to the cast of The Gilded Age at HBO.
Maisy Stella and Tatum Grace Hopkins have joined the cast of Life is Strange at Prime Video.
Julia McDermott, Shaunette Renee Wilson, Perry Mattfeld, Annabel O’Hagan, Lizzy Greene, and Isabelle Fuhrman have joined the cast of The ’99ers on Netflix.
Lacey Chabert and Scott Michael Foster will star in Paris is Always a Good Idea on Hallmark.
Julio César Cedillo, Raúl Castillo, and Moira Kelly have been cast in And Then Everything Turned Itself Inside Out at Netflix.
James Udom and Jonathan Von Mering have joined Greyhound 2 at Apple.
Dylan Efron, Hannah Godwin, Kim Zolciak, Kristy Sarah, Mel B, Ryan Serhant, Tristan Thompson, and Viper will compete in Squid Game: The VIP Challenge at Netflix.
Netflix has released the cast of the upcoming dating series, Age of Attraction.

Mark Your Calendars

The Audacity debuts on AMC and AMC+ on April 12.

Lanterns will premiere on HBO Max in August.

World War II with Tom Hanks will debut on History Channel on May 25.

Untold: The Death & Life of Lamar Odom will debut on Netflix on March 31.

Born To Bowl will premiere on HBO on March 16.

Last One Laughing UK returns on Prime Video on March 19.

Rory McIlroy: The Masters Wait debuts on March 30 on Prime Video.

Hate the Player: The Ben Johnson Story debuts on GameTV on March 26.

Double Stakes will premiere on March 19 on Viaplay.

The Bad Guys: Breaking In returns on Netflix on April 2.

Love on the Spectrum returns on Netflix on April 1.
The Four Seasons returns on Netflix on May 28.
Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 premieres on Peacock on April 3.
K9 PD with Jim Belushi will premiere on March 25 on A&E.
OWN Spotlight: Roberta will debut on OWN on March 12.
Rock the Block returns on HGTV on April 13.
Pizza Movie debuts on Hulu and Disney+ on April 3.
Jersey Shore Family Vacation returns on MTV on May 7.

R.I.P.

Maria O’Brien, Television and film actress and acting coach. She appeared in Murder, She Wrote, Magnum P.I., Good Morning, Miss Bliss, The Love Boat, LA Law, CHiPs, Matlock, Nash Bridges, Suddenly Susan, Jack & Jill, For the People, and served as an acting coach on Passions

Annabel Schofield, Model who became an actress on Dallas, and who appeared in Romancing the Stone, Jerry Maguire and As Good as It Gets

Andrew Gunn, Film producer of Freaky Friday and Sky High among others

Kenith Trodd, British TV producer

WATCH THIS

One Chicago crossover: A mystery illness on a passenger jet brings the Chicago worlds together in a race against time. 7 p.m., NBC

America’s Culinary Cup: Sixteen of the country’s most talented and celebrated chefs compete in this new culinary challenge, hosted by Padma Lakshmi, and a $1 million prize is on the line. Series premiere. 8:30 p.m., CBS

Young Sherlock: Guy Ritchie directs this new series, imagining the legendary detective as a young man. Series premiere. Prime Video

Love is Blind: Let’s see which of these incompatible couples actually get married. (Hopefully, none of them except Vic and Christine.) Netflix

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