“The Ms. Pat Show” has scored a Season 5 renewal from BET+ as co-creator and star Patricia “Ms. Pat” Williams extends her overall deal with BET Media Group to include linear and streaming projects. The sitcom is based on the life story of Ms. Pat, as told in her memoir “Rabbit: The Autobiography of Ms. […]

Andrew Santino — the comedian, actor and host of podcasts “Whiskey Ginger” and “Bad Friends” with Bobby Lee — has set his next stand-up special at Hulu. The comedy hour will be executive produced by Peyton Manning’s Omaha Productions banner. The special joins the streamer’s “Hularious” lineup, which boasts a roster that includes Bill Burr, […]

Joe Rogan said he previously warned Tony Hinchcliffe about his Puerto Rico joke, telling him “that’s the one that’s gonna get you stabbed.” Hinchcliffe, an insult comic best known for hosting the live podcast “Kill Tony,” sparked outrage Sunday when he appeared at Donald Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally and told a joke that referred […]

Panic! at the Disco will headline Las Vegas’ When We Were Young festival in 2025 with Blink-182. The nostalgic emo and rock fest will take place on Oct. 18, 2025, and will also feature performances from Weezer, Avril Lavigne, the Offspring, the Used, All Time Low and Knocked Loose. It’s unclear whether the performance will be a reunion for the […]

Marc Maron has called out “comedians with podcasts” who “joke around” with “shameless, self-proclaimed white supremacists and fascists on their show,” saying, “all it does is humanize and normalize fascism.” “When someone uses their platform for that reason they are facilitating anti-American sentiment and promoting violent autocracy,” he wrote in a blog post shared to […]

Jay Johnston, an actor with recurring roles in “Bob’s Burgers,” “Mr. Show” and “Arrested Development,” was sentenced to 12 months and one day in federal prison for his role in the Jan. 6 capitol attack, NBC News reports. Johnston was arrested in June 2023 and pleaded guilty one month later to a felony offense of […]

Leonardo DiCaprio has endorsed Kamala Harris for president. In a video posted to Instagram, the Oscar-winning actor discussed the damage of recent hurricanes Helene and Milton, saying “these unnatural disasters were caused by climate change.” “Donald Trump continues to deny the facts. He continues to deny the science. He withdrew the United States from the […]

Hunter Parrish has joined Nicole Kidman and Jamie Lee Curtis in “Scarpetta,” an upcoming mystery thriller series from Blumhouse Television that has already been greenlit for two seasons by Amazon Prime Video. The “Weeds” alum joins an ensemble that also includes Ariana DeBose, Bobby Cannavale, Simon Baker, Rosy McEwen and Jake Cannavale. The series, an […]

Alicia Vikander will lead Rachel Rose’s debut film “The Last Day” alongside Victoria Pedretti and Wagner Moura. The film, which wrapped production in New York in October, follows a writer and mother who confronts her lack of creative purpose and embarks on a journey of rediscovering herself after encountering figures from her past. “The Last […]

Fortune Feimster is back with another Netflix special, “Crushing It,” set to debut on the streamer on Dec. 3. In the stand-up special, which follows her 2020 hour “Sweet & Salty” and 2022’s “Good Fortune,” Feimster “shares hilarious stories from her life, including her ‘romantic’ honeymoon with her wife and her reflections on no longer […]

Laurie Metcalf and Eric McCormack have been tapped as guest stars in Season 2 of CBS’ “Elsbeth,” the mystery spinoff of “The Good Wife” and “The Good Fight” starring Carrie Preston as the de facto detective Elsbeth Tascioni. Metcalf will appear in the eighth episode of the season as Regina Coburn, “the star of a […]

“Virgin River” keeps on flowing. Netflix has renewed the romantic drama series for a seventh season, nearly two months before the Dec. 19 premiere of Season 6. The cast made the announcement on the “Virgin River” Instagram page. Patrick Sean Smith, whose credits also include “Greek” and “Chasing Life,” returns as showrunner for another 10 […]

“Minari” Oscar winner Youn Yuh-jung has joined Season 2 of “Beef.” Netflix officially announced on Wednesday that the series, from Lee Sung Jin and A24, would return for a second season with Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, Charles Melton and Cailee Spaeny. The logline for the eight-episode Season 2 goes as follows: “A young couple witnesses […]

A two-part documentary series about “The Jerry Springer Show” is coming to Netflix. Debuting on the streamer on Jan. 7, 2025, “Jerry Springer: Fights, Camera, Action” will explore how the long-running tabloid talk show became one of the most outrageous television hits of the 1990s. Per Netflix, the “jaw-dropping” doc will feature “first-hand testimony and […]

Adam Ray is bringing his Dr. Phil parody to Netflix with a wild new special in which the comedian — dressed as the mustachioed talk show host — will come face to face with Dr. Phil himself. Debuting on Netflix on Nov. 19, the untitled “Adam Ray’s Dr. Phil Comedy Special” will also see Ray-as-Phil […]

Welcome back to Lumon. After nearly three years, “Severance” is back with the first trailer for its highly anticipated Season 2, debuting on Apple TV+ on Jan. 17. In the trailer, Adam Scott’s Mark S. returns to the office after exposing his “innie” to the outside world and learning that his wife (who he thought […]

A24 will make certain movie theaters smell like blueberry during a pivotal scene of the upcoming Hugh Grant horror film “Heretic.” The movie company partnered with Joya Studio to bring multi-sensory screenings exclusively to Alamo Drafthouse theaters nationwide. The immersive moviegoing experience will take place at advance screenings on Oct. 30, ahead of the film’s […]

Bret Baier is defending his aggressive interviewing style during his Oct. 16 sit-down with Kamala Harris on Fox News. Baier’s interview with Harris sparked discourse (and a “Saturday Night Live” parody, with Alec Baldwin portraying the Fox News anchor) due to Baier’s constant interrupting of the Vice President. Baier told Vanity Fair that his interruptions […]

A television adaptation of Sebastien de Castell’s “Spellslinger” fantasy book series is in the works from “John Wick” director Chad Stahelski’s 87Eleven Entertainment and Basset Hound Distribution. M. Raven Metzner, a writer-producer whose credits include “Star Trek: Discovery,” “Sleepy Hollow,” “Elektra” and “Clue,” will serve as showrunner and writer of the one-hour action-adventure series. Metzner […]