Keep Daryl Hannah’s name out your mouth

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God bless the Internet.

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Here’s A BUNCH OF TV News

A couple from season 37 of The Amazing Race is suing the producers and Paramount for a bad edit. They claim the show “falsely portrayed Jonathan Towns, a private individual with no antecedent public profile, as a morally depraved, brutal and abusive spouse,” and they want $8 million, a re-edit, and a public apology. I mean, the editing process for reality shows is notoriously sketchy, but the bottom line is if you don’t act like an asshole, there’s not a whole lot the editors will have to work with to make you look like an asshole. Good luck with this!

The Lanterns trailer debuted on Wednesday and the nerds are already nerd-raging.

It was revealed that Scott Patterson wouldn’t be returning to Sullivan’s Crossing this season, and Patterson would like you to know it was HIS decision, dammit.

Vulture outlines why David Ellison’s promise to let HBO keep doing HBO things is not as simple as it sounds. If they lose Casey Bloys, the head of HBO, it’s all over.

In an interview with CNBC, David Ellison was asked about CNN’s independence under Paramount:

“[There] is certainly a perception and/or a fear perhaps that once you take control of CNN, and given the changes you’ve made at CBS [News], that you will be more beholden to the Trump administration.” He then asked the Paramount Skydance CEO, “Can you address that — that potential fear, at least on the part of many?”

Ellison responded, “So, look, I’ve said this since the beginning, which is, you know, for — when it really comes to — editorial independence will absolutely be maintained. It’s maintained at CBS. It’ll be maintained at CNN. And, really, who we want to talk to is the 70% of Americans and really around the world that identify as center-left, as center-right. And we want to be in the truth business. We want to be in the trust business. And that’s not going to change.”

CNN right now:

Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette is Hulu’s biggest miniseries ever.

But you know who’s not a fan of the show? Besides Jack Schlossberger? That’d be Daryl Hannah, who wrote a whole New York Times editorial about how the series distorted her into an antagonist:

The character “Daryl Hannah” portrayed in the series is not even a remotely accurate representation of my life, my conduct or my relationship with John. The actions and behaviors attributed to me are untrue. I have never used cocaine in my life or hosted cocaine-fueled parties. I have never pressured anyone into marriage. I have never desecrated any family heirloom or intruded upon anyone’s private memorial. I have never planted any story in the press. I never compared Jacqueline Onassis’ death to a dog’s. It’s appalling to me that I even have to defend myself against a television show. These are not creative embellishments of personality. They are assertions about conduct — and they are false.

When so many people watch a dramatization that uses a real name, real-life consequences follow. In the weeks since the series aired, I have received many hostile and even threatening messages from viewers who seem to believe the portrayal is factual. When entertainment borrows a real person’s name, it can permanently impact her reputation.

HEY. DON’T SEND DARYL HANNAH DEATH THREATS, YOU WEIRDOS.

Also, maybe just leave actresses alone and don’t talk about their bodies when you run into them in the bathroom, and you’re drunk.

Ben Affleck apparently created some sort of AI start-up? And Netflix bought it? I don’t know what is going on anymore, I gotta be honest.

Heads up to any ME’s office: If you have a staffing shortage, give Nicole Kidman a call. 

Alien: Earth season two will begin filming in May, presumably sometime after show creator Noah Hawley delivers my son’s college commencement address (!!!!).

Heated Rivalry won Best New Series at The GLAAD Media Awards, but wasn’t even nominated in the Drama category? Huh.

Warner Bros. was PISSED at the BBC for the BAFTAs mess.

Heads up, my Doctor Who/Torchwood fans: Ianto’s Shrine (which I honestly did not know existed) is being dismantled in Wales.

My algorithm insists that this is a story people care about and that I should include it here. OK.

I’m not a huge Jimmy Fallon fan, but this is genuinely lovely.

Bye, Kristi.

“Before we find out any more information about what happened, I just want to say with absolute certainty she is a domestic terrorist who deserves to go to Gitmo. I’m sorry. I’m sorry. I’m sorry, I’m being told that is not true. But you know what? I acted on the information we had at the time.” — Stephen Colbert

Renewals

In Development

  • I Suck At Girls has been given a series order at Netflix. Kayo Martin, Jeremy Ray Taylor, and Laila Pruitt will star.
  • A documentary about the Fox reality show, The Swan, is in the works at Hulu.
  • The Kitchen is filming one more episode for Food Network.

Casting News

Mark Your Calendar

  • Ted Lasso will return on Apple TV soon.

  • The Other Bennet Sister will premiere on BritBox on May 6.
  • The Feud will premiere on Acorn TV on March 30.
  • Bodycam will debut on Shudder and AMC+ on March 13.
  • Harry Styles. One Night in Manchester. premieres on Netflix on March 8.
  • Wonder Pets: In the City returns on Apple TV on March 20.
  • Anderson Spider Silva will debut on Paramount+ on March 7.
  • Privileges will premiere on HBO Max on March 27.
  • Feel My Voice premieres on Netflix on April 3.
  • Saturday Night Live UK premieres on Sky on March 21.
  • Melania will premiere on Prime Video on March 9.
  • XXX

R.I.P.

Sanford ‘Sandy’ Wernick, Talent manager and partner/senior executive VP at Brillstein Entertainment Partners, and inspiration for Adam Sandler’s Netflix film, Sandy Wexler

WATCH THIS

FRIDAY

Outlander: Jamie takes Claire home to the Ridge in the final season premiere. TIME, Starz

War Machine: Alan Ritchson stars in this action film as a recruit of a special ops group who faces a dangerous extraterritorial threat. Premiere.   Netflix

The Dinosaurs: Steven Spielberg executive produces, and Morgan Freeman narrates this look at the dinosaurs’ 165-million-year reign on this planet. Series premiere. Netflix

Hamnet: And presenting the most depressing Oscar nominee of the season … Streaming premiere. Peacock

SATURDAY

Saturday Night Live: Ryan Gosling & Gorillaz 10:30 p.m., NBC

Fackam Hall: Think Downton Abbey gets the Airplane! treatment. 7 p.m., HBO

The Blair Witch Project & Blair Witch: I still get a little shiver when I see twigs. 5:25 p.m., HBO Drama

SUNDAY

Rooster: From the creator of Ted Lasso, Scrubs, and Shrinking, this new series stars Steve Carell as a famous author who has a complicated relationship with his adult daughter. Series premiere. 9 p.m., HBO

Top Gun & Top Gun: Maverick: So if you watch them back-to-back, you can see how the sequel is literally a cut-and-paste of the original. 5 p.m., Showtime 2

The Couple Across the Street: Are the “doomsday prepper” neighbors a threat, or is there a big twist that reveals the real threat isn’t the people who stockpile bucket food and bullets?  7 p.m., Lifetime

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CW Penn & Teller: Fool Us
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FOX 2026 World Baseball Classic
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NBC Happy’s Place
(new)		 Stumble
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NBC 2026 Milan Cortina Paralympics TV
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CBS 60 Minutes Marshals
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FOX Next Level Chef
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