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Daily Archives : Jun 8, 2018

Canceled Drama Series Still Generating Controversy: ABC Apologizes for Recent Episode

Even though the show has been canceled, ABC continues to do damage control over the drama series “Quantico.” Variety reports that the network issued an apology over the June 1 episode, “The Blood of Romeo,” after a social media controversy…

Shonda Rhimes Sets Up Her First Netflix Project

The first project under former ABC star programming creator Shonda Rhimes’ new deal with Netflix will be a series based on Jessica Pressler’s New York Magazine article “How Anna Delvey Tricked New York’s Party People,” with Rhimes attached to write…

TV Mega-Personality Lands in the Smithsonian

A new exhibition that opened Friday at the Smithsonian focuses on one of the biggest personalities of the contemporary television landscape, Oprah Winfrey. The AP reports that “Watching Oprah: The Oprah Winfrey Show and American Culture” is a yearlong exhibition…

New ‘Halloween’ Trailer Shows ‘Jamie Lee Curtis Means Business’

A trailer released Friday for the upcoming “Halloween” sequel features a no-nonsense Jamie Lee Curtis as she returns to the film franchise that launched her career in 1978. “It’s a sequel and reboot that ignores all other versions in the…

Two ‘SNL’ Veterans Reunite for a Raucous — and Maybe a Bit Raunchy — Interview Session

Two veterans of “Saturday Night Live” who have both done well following their graduation from the NBC sketch show got back together this week for a Writers Guild Foundation-sponsored event in Beverly Hills. TVWeek Open Mic writer Hillary Atkin reports…

Fox Sports Bolsters Lineup for ‘Thursday Night Football’

Fox Sports is adding to its “Thursday Night Football” broadcast team, with the news today that Erin Andrews and Kristina Pink are joining the program as co-reporters. “In addition, Andrews and Pink will contribute features to both ‘Fox NFL Kickoff’…

CBS to Burn Off Canceled Comedies on Saturday Nights

CBS has decided the fate of unaired episodes of two canceled comedy series that were pulled from the schedule during the 2017-2018 season. The network will air the remaining episodes of “Me, Myself & I” and “Living Biblically” in back-to-back…

How CNN Will Pay Tribute to Anthony Bourdain

CNN announced a lineup of special programming to pay tribute to its food and travel star Anthony Bourdain, who died today: A special tribute program, “Remembering Anthony Bourdain,” will air tonight, June 8, at 10 p.m. ET. On Saturday, June…

Fox News Commentator Says He Has Only Weeks to Live

A conservative commentator who appears regularly on Fox News announced today that he is dying from cancer and has just weeks left to live. Charles Krauthammer, 68, broke the news in The Washington Post, where he has written a column…

Acclaimed Series Renewed

The award-winning TV series that has been hailed as “the best show on TV” by Rolling Stone and “the funniest and smartest show in a generation” by Esquire was just picked up for a third season. The show is Donald…