The fifth episode of “The Penguin” achieved the series’ highest viewership yet on Sunday, reaching 1.8 million viewers across HBO and Max. The Colin Farrell-led DC show has seen a few incremental ratings increases since its Sept. 19 debut. Warner Bros. Discovery initially reported that Episode 1 hit 5.3 million viewers, but that total accounted […]

Michael Keaton returned to “Saturday Night Live” this week, marking his fourth time hosting at Studio 8H after first appearing on the show in 1982. “Man, I am excited to be back here hosting ‘Saturday Night Live’s’ 50th season,” he said before reminiscing on where his career stood when the show first premiered. “I was a […]

Alec Baldwin returned to “Saturday Night Live” for the first time since 2020 — but not for his famous Donald Trump impression. He played Fox News’ Bret Baier on the Oct. 19 episode of the late night comedy series, spoofing the anchor’s recent interview with vice president Kamala Harris, who is being played by Maya […]

In an interview on Fox News’ “Special Report With Bret Baier,” vice president Kamala Harris said that she’s not running for president to act as an extension of her predecessor. Harris made the claim after Baier rolled clips of Harris answering questions from previous interviewers about what would change under her administration. In one clip, […]

Samuel L. Jackson is sitting at the edge of a fountain in the center of a beautiful courtyard. A few feet away from us, there’s an ensemble of violinists and guitarists and drummers playing music from all over the world. Jackson is here, he tells me, for asking people, “What’s in your wallet?” But no, […]

Netflix continues to draw strong viewership with content surrounding Lyle and Erik Menendez. True crime documentary “The Menendez Brothers” was the the most-watched title on the streamer during the week of Oct. 6-12. Premiering on Oct. 7, it hit 22.7 million views in its first six days of availability. The film benefitted from recently increased […]

The San Quentin Film Festival — the first-ever film festival taking place inside of a prison — has added a new title to its lineup: “Four Letters,” a documentary short that was scored and executive produced by Common. The festival marks the first industry and press screening of “Four Letters,” but its world premiere took […]

The Bay Area’s newest film festival has a curious dress code. “No blue, green, orange, gray or all-white clothing,” reads an email sent to attendees by an event organizer. White is allowed if combined with other colors, but all black is always safe, the instructions continue. Open-toed and open-backed shoes are not permitted. Rules like […]

Season 9 of “Below Deck Mediterranean” is bringing in strong viewership not only compared to previous seasons of the series, but to the “Below Deck” franchise overall, according to Multiplatform + 35 data. The first 14 episodes of the season averaged 3.4 million viewers when accounting for 35 days of viewership, with 1.7 million of […]

“Nobody Wants This” debuted at No. 1 on Luminate’s weekly rankings of streaming original viewership, tying last week’s top title — “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story” — each with a strong 1.7 billion minutes. A rom-com series starring Kristen Bell and Adam Brody, “Nobody Wants This” achieved that total in its first full […]

Charli XCX is adding yet another acting role to her resume. The singer, currently on a career high after the June release of her album “Brat,” will guest star in Benito Skinner’s upcoming comedy series “Overcompensating.” She was previously announced to be producing original music for the series. Besides “Overcompensating,” Charli XCX’s upcoming screen credits […]

Hasbro Entertainment has launched an unscripted television division, which will be led by newly hired development executive and producer Zach Edwin. Edwin joins Hasbro after most recently working for the Intellectual Property Corporation, a part of Sony Pictures Television — Nonfiction. The unscripted division already has multiple projects in production as well as others in […]

Ryan Murphy’s “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story” was unsurprisingly the No. 1 title on Netflix during the Sept. 23-29 viewing window. The true crime project hit 19.5 million views its first full week of availability, up from the 12.3 million views it achieved in four days on last week’s chart. At No. 2 […]

Mercury Filmworks, the studio behind the Netflix kids’ series “Hilda” and Disney’s “The Lion Guard,” is developing a 2D animated comedy series based on Flavia Z. Drago’s “The World of Gustavo” book series. Among the books being adapted are “Gustavo, the Shy Ghost” which became a New York Times bestseller after its publication via Trustbridge […]

“Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story” debuted with 2.7 billion minutes watched in its first full week of availability on Netflix, easily landing on top of Luminate’s weekly ranking of streaming original viewership. The Ryan Murphy series was nearly three times above the next-most-watched title of the week: “The Perfect Couple,” which hit 916.4 […]

“Inside Out 2” hit 30.5 million views in its first five days of streaming on Disney+, where it premiered on Sept. 25. This makes the Pixar film not only Disney+’s biggest film premiere of 2024, but its biggest premiere for a theatrical film since 2021, when “Encanto” debuted. Additionally, this is the service’s biggest ever […]

Episode 2 of “The Penguin” hit 1.6 million viewers across HBO and Max on Sunday. Per Warner Bros. Discovery, that marks a 17% increase from the series premiere, which debuted on Sept. 19. The network initially reported 5.3 million viewers for Episode 1 after four days of viewing across platforms — including the initial linear […]

Peacock is developing a limited series about Thomas Randolph called “The Thing About Tommy,” sources tell Variety. In April, Randolph was sentenced to at least sixty years in prison for the murder of his wife and the man he hired to kill her. This was not his first conviction or his first deceased wife, however; […]