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'Why Women Kill' Renewed for Season 2 by CBS All Access
Oct 16, 2019, Wednesday 10:30 AM
Ahead of its first season finale, Marc Cherry’s “Why Women Kill” has been renewed by CBS All Access for Season 2, which is set to follow “a new set of characters dealing with acts of betrayal,” the streaming service said Wednesday. The first season of the darkly comedic, drama anthology series stars Lucy Liu, Ginnifer Goodwin and Kirby Howell-Baptiste. Additional cast members include... more
Ratings: The CW's 'Arrow' Season 8 Premiere Doesn't Quite Strike the Bullseye
Oct 16, 2019, Wednesday 10:30 AM
The CW’s “Arrow” returned on Tuesday with its Season 8 premiere. Let’s just say it hit one of the outer rings in terms of Nielsen ratings. NBC finished first last night in terms of primetime ratings in the important adults 18-49 demographic. CBS was No. 1 in total viewers. Much further down the Nielsen sheets, The CW finished in last place outright, behind Univision and Telemundo. That&rsqu... more
Oct 15, 2019, Tuesday 10:32 PM
For Oliver Queen, it was a whole new — if very familiar — world as Arrow opened its final season. And as Oliver carried out his first task for the mysterious Monitor, he eventually came to realize, quite tragically, what exactly is at stake with the coming Crisis. The premiere opened by mimicking the first scene of the series’ pilot, with island boy Oliver racing to ... more
The Conners Recap: D-Day for Darlene — Did She Choose David or Ben?
Oct 15, 2019, Tuesday 10:32 PM
With her months-long romantic imbroglio rapidly coming apart at the seams, Darlene finally made a choice between ex-husband David and new love Ben in Tuesday’s episode of The Conners. And the stealth love triangle ended as awkwardly and messily as it began. The opening moments of Season 2 Episode 4’s “Lanford…Lanford” foreshadowed a turning point in the amusing story arc ... more
Oct 15, 2019, Tuesday 10:32 PM
Ronan Farrow responded to Matt Lauer’s letter in defense of rape accusations, for the first time, on Tuesday night at the very first stop for his “Catch and Kill” book tour. “I think the most compelling response is Brooke Nevils’ and her own letter that she published afterwords,” Farrow said, when... more
This Is Us Recap: Randall and Beth's Malik-Related Freakout Begins
Oct 15, 2019, Tuesday 10:32 PM
In this week’s This Is Us, You can’t swing a dead possum without hitting a Pearson family sore spot. (And in one instance, the aforementioned deceased creature is the Pearson family sore spot.) Kate and Toby have a fight about a toy, but it’s really about CrossFit. Kevin wants to buy Nicky a new RV, but Jack’s bro wants nothing to do with his ne... more
'The Plague' Season 2 Flags Movistar Plus' Large Ambitions for Series
Oct 15, 2019, Tuesday 06:32 PM
No series better represents Movistar Plus’ push into original, high-end programming than “La Peste” (“The Plague”) – sold internationally by Sky Vision – which broke broadcast records when it launched and returns with Season 2 Nov. 15 and features as a Mipcom Market Screening. Season 1, which bowed in Spain in January 2018 to the best opening results of an... more
RuPaul Receives Variety Vanguard Award at Mipcom
Oct 15, 2019, Tuesday 06:32 PM
RuPaul, the host and executive producer of the VH1 franchise “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” and winner of three consecutive Emmys for the reality-competition series, received the Variety Vanguard Award at TV market and conference event Mipcom in Cannes Monday. The award recognizes television industry leaders who have made a s... more
'Watchmen' Review: Damon Lindelof's Spectacular HBO Series Is Equal Parts Insightful and Exciting
Oct 15, 2019, Tuesday 06:32 PM
Much of what “Watchmen” is about — and Damon Lindelof’s substantial adaptation of Alan Moore’s sprawling graphic novel is about quite a lot — can be summed up in a joke. Well, it’s not really a joke, but the cunning and cutting Jean Smart still sells it that way. “You... more
Oct 15, 2019, Tuesday 06:32 PM
“Watchmen,” the 1980s DC Comics series whose popularity demands adaptation and whose singular vision makes that near-impossible, might be too much itself to bring out the best in any artist. But it has brought out the most in Damon Lindelof. As a follow-up to HBO’s “The Leftovers,” Lindelof returns to the cabler to remix and reinterpret a piece of the modern pop-culture canon, writer Alan ... more
Keeley Hawes Takes Title Role in Darkly Comic ITV Drama 'Finding Alice' (Exclusive)
Oct 15, 2019, Tuesday 06:32 PM
Keeley Hawes will take the title role in “Finding Alice,” a drama series for ITV about a woman who loses her husband in a freak accident only to find he has left her to unravel a trail of secrets, debt and criminality. Hawes, who is hot off her star turn in Emmy-nominated “Bodyguard,” created the project, which wil... more
Quibi Orders Adam Rippon Celebrity Throwback Daily Show From Hearst (Exclusive)
Oct 15, 2019, Tuesday 06:32 PM
Adam Rippon will serve up a daily dish of “useless” throwback celebrity moments for Quibi, the short-form mobile TV streaming service set to hit phones in the spring of 2020. The former Olympic ice skater will host “This Day in Useless Celebrity History,” produced by Hearst Magazines’ originals division, for Quibi’s Daily Essentials news and entertainment lineup. Rippon will take viewers on a ride down memory ... more
Tucker Carlson to Interview Megyn Kelly - Will She Make a Return to Fox News?
Oct 15, 2019, Tuesday 06:32 PM
Megyn Kelly is (briefly) returning to her old stomping ground: The former Fox News host will visit Tucker Carlson Tonight for an interview on Wednesday, Oct. 16. “She’s got a lot to say, and I hope you’ll watch,” Carlson teased to his viewers on Monday night. The appearance will mark ... more
NBC News Chiefs Under Fire as Ronan Farrow Book Dishes Weinstein Dirt
Oct 15, 2019, Tuesday 06:32 PM
The long-awaited publication of Ronan Farrow’s book “Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators” has unleashed a furor within NBC News. “Catch and Kill,” set for release Oct. 15, portrays NBC News and its leaders as compromised while Farrow pursued the story of sexual assault allegations against ... more
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