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The long-running Fox animated series “The Simpsons” is about to set a major telvision record when it airs its 636th episode later this month. At that point the series will pass vintage TV Western “Gunsmoke” to rank as the longest-running…
A comedy series that just premiered is tracking as No. 1 among all cable comedies this year. The series is TBS’s “The Last O.G.,” starring Tracy Morgan and Tiffany Haddish and executive produced by Jordan Peele. TBS sent out word…
“Nielsen today rolled out Nielsen Grabix, its next-generation analytics platform that combines the power of minute-by-minute Nielsen ratings and Gracenote Real-Time Smart TV viewership data ‘for deeper insights into audience flow, retention and engagement,’” TVNewsCheck reports. “The new web-based intelligence…
A legal dispute over the hit ABC series “black-ish” appears to be on its way to trial after a judge today refused to dismiss the case. Variety reports that the lawsuit accuses “black-ish” creator Kenya Barris of stealing the idea…
A local news reporter is dealing with backlash after she was caught making remarks that have been seen as insensitive. The New York Post reports that Sharifa Jackson, a reporter at WXTX in Columbus, Ga., made the blunder. The station…
Even before its first episode premieres, a drama series has been renewed for a second season. BBC America announced the pickup today for “Killing Eve,” which premieres on the cable channel this Sunday, April 8. Produced by Sid Gentle Films…
A former professional wrestler who’s in the WWE Hall of Fame was killed when he was hit by a pickup truck Wednesday morning in Pittsburgh. WPXI reported that Thomas Sullivan, better known by his ring name “Luscious” Johnny Valiant, died…
A former Fox News host is at the center of a new program with its sights set on exposing what Epix calls “a pervasive culture of sexual harassment held in place for decades by a deeply flawed system” in the…
A new legal drama is headed for a run on broadcast this summer after the announcement today from the CW that it has acquired “Burden of Truth” from Entertainment One. The series stars Kristin Kreuk (“Smallville,” “Beauty And The Beast”)…
An incident that made headlines and became “macabre entertainment” 25 years ago is the focus of the new docuseries “Lorena,” which was just greenlighted by Amazon Prime Video. Amazon describes the project as “a four-part documentary series that reveals the…