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Here’s A BUNCH OF TV News
OpenAI is shutting down its generative text-to-video app, Sora, just three months after signing a $1 billion deal with Disney. Disney is clearly surprised by the news, but if they were smart, they would double down on it, and lean into working with actual human creatives instead of farming work out to T-1000s.
Oh … So, Casey Bloys, the head of HBO and the man most credited for its recent successes, his contract with Warner Bros. is up in 2027, which is … like … soon. Guess who Bloys was seen having lunch with? That’d be Ted Sarandos, the head of Netflix. (If I were Tim Cook, I’d be trying to book lunch with Bloys, too.) If Bloys were to leave HBO, it would be devastating for the network, but even more devastating for the Ellisons, and I’m here for that.
Kara Swisher vows to end her deal with CNN if the network is acquired by Paramount and the Ellisons. “They have no interest in journalism,” Swisher said at a Syracuse University awards ceremony on Monday in Washington, D.C. “I refuse to work [for] an organization that doesn’t respect journalists.”
Los Angeles is conducting its own analysis on the proposed Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger.
I hope the conservative fans of The Pitt who were outraged by the ICE storyline are sitting down for this, but Noah Wylie also believes in universal healthcare. (And if they were paying even the slightest bit of attention to the series, they’d already know that.)
Vince Vaughn says inane things about late night.
Kevin Nealon is not a fan of Ryan Gosling as SNL host, I see.
Happy Tolkien Reading Day! To celebrate, I offer news that Stephen Colbert has a new job lined up: he’s going to co-write the next Lord of the Rings movie.
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Love is Blind is reportedly filming in Philadelphia, to which I say, “Godspeed.”
Wait, how’d we go from this Bachelorette mess costing Disney $30 million to $70 million? That’s a lot more millions! It’s been a rough first week for Disney’s new CEO, Josh D’Amaro.
And now there’s a third alleged domestic violence incident between Taylor Frankie Paul and this Dakota Mortensen person? I need these people to go away and never hear of them again.
There are rumors that ABC is considering a different reality star to be the next Bachelorette? If so, WHAT ARE YOU DOING, ABC? But if this is just a rumor being floated by Maura Higgins’ people, well played, guys.
Don’t go to Paul Rudd for career advice.
Not going to lie, I’d watch the Hell out of Love Story: Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton.
The Pentagon is continuing to mess with the press, and the New York Times is not here for it.
“Most far-right and populist parties in Europe are united in their desire to emasculate or close down public service broadcasting, or, if in power, to subordinate it to their agendas,” writes former Federation President Carolin Otto, in the forward to the report.
Many of the far-right parties across Europe, writes Otto, are trying to present and propagate a “nationalist fantasy” of “a past that never existed, of faith, family and fatherland” and are ready “to censor those stories that do not fit this frozen mythology, this static and idealized vision of the past.” Their attempts to intimate or influence public channels and funding bodies, she argues, is “an assault” on the freedom of artistic expression. Already in many cases, she notes, systems have been put in place to “limit the subjects and topics that can be addressed by writers” seeking public support, “leading to wide-spread self-censorship.”
HUH. YOU DON’T SAY. DOESN’T SOUND FAMILIAR AT ALL.
Renewals
- School Spirits has been renewed for a fourth season on Paramount+.
- The Real Housewives of New Jersey has been renewed for a 15th season on Bravo. Teresa Giudice, Dolores Catania, and Melissa Gorga are returning. Yes, Teresa AND Melissa. There was no way only one of them would be brought back; it was always going to be both or neither, which is why you saw them “make peace.” We’ll see how long THAT lasts.
In Development
- A 13 Going on 30 remake starring Emily Bader and Logan Lerman, and produced by Jennifer Garner, is in the works at Netflix.
- Time Out, an adaptation of a French film starring Adam Sandler, Willem Dafoe, Gaby Hoffman, F. Murray Abraham, Steve Zahn, and Adam Horovitz, is in the works at Netflix.
- The Favorites is being adapted into a feature at Netflix.
- This Ain’t Our First Rodeo is being adapted into a series at Hulu.
- Stepsisters, a live-action film about Cinderella’s evil stepsisters, is in the works at Disney.
- Welsh singer Duffy is sharing the story of her kidnapping and abuse in a documentary at Hulu and Disney+.
- A comedy series starring Hannah Berner and Paige DeSorbo is in the works at Netflix.
- Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski are staying with MS Now through 2029.
- Game On has been ordered at Tubi.
- Remember Me, a YA supernatural mystery starring Brec Bassinger and Charlie Gillespie, has been ordered at Tubi.
- Monstress, an animated adaptation of the comic book series, is in the works at Amazon MGM.
- Still Single has been acquired by Documentary+.
- The Koreans, a Korean version of The Americans, is in the works at Disney+.
- Damilola Taylor: The Last 24 Hours [working title] is in the works at BBC.
- Kent Alterman and Sarah Babinea have signed a first-look deal at Sony Pictures Television.
Casting News
- Mary McCormack and Sara Wylie will guest on The Pitt on HBO Max.
- Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor has joined the cast of Einstein on CBS.
- Paul Walter Hauser has joined the Scooby-Doo series on Netflix.
- Michael Mando and Shioli Kutsuna have joined Gundam at Netflix.
- Durrell “Tank” Babbs and Meagan Good have joined the cast of Reasonable Doubt on Hulu.
- Kelly Jenrette, Carlito Olivero, Onye Eme-Akwari, Jess Gabor, and Eddie Kaye Thomas have been cast in American Blue on HBO Max.
- Yvette Nicole Brown, Beanie Feldstein, James Monroe Iglehart, Jeremy Swift, Tony Hale, Ethan Slater, Jeremy Jordan, Rachel Bloom, and Nat Faxon have joined the voice cast of Sofia the First: Royal Magic on Disney+.
- Kim Raver and Kevin McKidd are leaving Grey’s Anatomy on ABC.
- Rocky Carroll has left NCIS on CBS.
Mark Your Calendars
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone will premiere on HBO Max on December 25.
- Apex debuts on Netflix on April 24.
- Untold: Jail Blazers premieres on Netflix on April 14.
- Sports Heaven: The Birth of ESPN will premiere on ESPN on April 6.
- The Reunion: Laguna Beach premieres on Roku on April 10.
- SisterS returns on Acorn TV on April 22.
- When Hope Calls: Brookfield returns on Great American Family on April 5.
- Unchosen debuts on Netflix on April 21.
- Should I Marry a Murderer? premieres on Netflix on April 29.
- Devil May Cry returns on Netflix on May 12.
- Straight to Hell debuts on Netflix on April 27.
- Humint debuts on Netflix on March 31.
- Flunked premieres on Netflix on April 23.
- Je m’appelle Agneta debuts on Netflix on April 29.
- St. Denis Medical will begin streaming on Netflix on April 1.
- Belle Collective: Birmingham premieres on OWN on April 10.
R.I.P.
Marcia Ann Burrs, Actress who appeared on dozens of TV shows, including The Slap Maxwell Story, Moonlighting, 7th Heaven, Will & Grace, Gilmore Girls, Frasier, Monk and It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia to The King of Queens, My Name Is Earl, Scrubs, Bones, Criminal Minds, Grey’s Anatomy, Angie Tribeca, Young Sheldon, Mad Men, How I Met Your Mother and Grace and Frankie
Tom Georgeson, British TV actor
Chip Taylor, Singer and songwriter of “Wild Thing,” “Try (Just a Little Bit Harder),” and “Angel of the Morning,” and younger brother of John Voight, uncle of Angelina Jolie
Kevin DiCicco, Creator of the Air Bud series of films
WATCH THIS
Fear Factor: The final four face their fears of drowning and “biting fish.” I guess I have no idea what is going on here. Season finale. 8 p.m., Fox
Bait: Riz Ahmed stars in this new comedy series as an actor whose last chance to hit it big comes in the form of an audition for James Bond. Series premiere. Prime Video
Pretty Lethal: Uma Thurman stars in this thriller in which a ballet troupe is forced to defend themselves when a group of armed men targets them. Premiere. Prime Video
Homicide: New York: This docuseries from Dick Wolff is like Law & Order — but real. (A must-watch for fans of true crime.) Season two premiere. Netflix
Anaconda: In this very meta comedy, Paul Rudd and Jack Black star as a pair of friends who decide to remake the 1997 Ice Cube/Jennifer Lopez film, Anaconda, only to find themselves being hunted by a real anaconda. Streaming premiere. Netflix
Primate: If snakes aren’t your thing, how about a chimpanzee-turned-violent flick? Streaming premiere. Paramount+
Late Night:
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: Ariana DeBose, BTS
- Late Night with Seth Meyers: Chelsea Handler, Eiza González
- Jimmy Kimmel Live: Niall Horan, Erin Moriarty
- The Daily Show: The Kid Mero, host Josh Johnson
- Watch What Happens Live: TJ Dinch, Bradley Carter
| WEDS. | 7:00 | 7:30 | 8:00 | 8:30 | 9:00 | 9:30 |
| ABC | Scrubs (new) |
Abbott Elementary (new) |
Greatest Average American (new) |
Shark Tank (new) |
| CBS | Survivor (new) |
America’s Culinary Cup (new) |
| CW | Police 24/7 (new) |
Police 24/7 (repeat) |
Local |
| FOX | The Masked Singer (new) |
Fear Factor: House of Fear (new) |
News/Local |
| NBC | Chicago Med (repeat) |
Chicago Fire (repeat) |
Chicago P.D. (repeat) |