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Today — 22 January 2025Main stream

‘Duck Dynasty’ Revival Lands at A&E With 20 Episode, Two-Season Order

22 January 2025 at 17:00
“Duck Dynasty” is heading back to A&E, eight years after the hit unscripted series ended its run on the network. The new series, dubbed “Duck Dynasty: The Revival,” has been given a two season, 20 episode and will premiere this summer on A&E. “The Revival” will center on Korie and Willie Robertson and their adult […]

Yesterday — 21 January 2025Main stream

‘Breaking Bad’ Creator Vince Gilligan to Receive Paddy Chayefsky Laurel Honor at This Year’s WGA Awards

21 January 2025 at 22:13
“Breaking Bad” creator Vince Gilligan has been tapped to receive the Paddy Chayefsky Laurel Award for Television Writing Achievement at this year’s Writers Guild Awards. The award, chosen by the west coast arm of the Writers Guild of America (and its highest TV writing honor), recognizes members who have “advanced the literature of television and […]

‘The Late Show with Stephen Colbert’ Teases Donald Trump For Moving Inauguration Inside: ‘You Weather Cuck!’

21 January 2025 at 06:18
Stephen Colbert opened Monday’s inauguration day edition of CBS’ “The Late Show” by giving us permission to live by “airport rules” for the next four years: “Calories don’t count, and it’s perfectly reasonable to have a vodka tonic at 8 a.m.” But the truth of the matter is, it’s still stunning that a convicted felon […]

Jimmy Kimmel on Trump’s Inauguration Address: ‘More Ominous Than I Anticipated’

21 January 2025 at 05:37
Jimmy Kimmel addressed the presidential inauguration of Donald Trump on Monday night’s edition of “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” and noted how odd the ceremony turned out to be — just as “our long national nightmare was officially sworn in.” “It’s still pretty hard to wrap your head around,” he said of the fact that Trump, a […]

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Tim Allen’s ‘Shifting Gears’ Is Now ABC’s Most-Streamed Series Premiere Ever

18 January 2025 at 00:03
Tim Allen’s new ABC sitcom “Shifting Gears” is revving its ratings engine. According to ABC, the series now stands as the most-watched ABC series premiere on streaming to date, via first seven days of views on both Hulu and the Hulu portion of Disney+. Per the Alphabet net, the Jan. 8 premiere of “Shifting Gears” […]

Max Exec Suzanna Makkos Joins ABC Entertainment and Hulu Originals as Head of Comedy

16 January 2025 at 20:19
Longtime comedy exec Suzanna Makkos has exited Max to join ABC Entertainment and Hulu Originals as head of comedy. Makkos will report to Simran Sethi, the president of scripted programming for Hulu Originals, ABC Entertainment and Freeform, who announced the hiring on Thursday. Makkos was most recently head of original comedy and animation at Max […]

The L.A. Fires Proved the Urgent Need for Local News in an Age of Social Media Conspiracies and Outright Lies

16 January 2025 at 17:33
During those frightening, early moments of the L.A.-area wildfires last week, I was obsessively flipping from one local TV station to the next to get my fill of coverage. ABC 7, KTLA, KCAL (which also airs on CBS 2), NBC 4, Fox 11… they were all on the front lines, sharing valuable information while chronicling […]

Local News Audiences Doubled and Even Tripled During L.A. Fire Coverage

14 January 2025 at 18:35
As tragedy struck Los Angeles, residents turned to local journalists — on TV, radio and online — to stay informed. Los Angeles’ local TV stations saw a tremendous spike in news viewership last Tuesday, Jan. 7, as the city first came under siege from fierce Santa Ana winds, leading to the devastating fires in Pacific […]

‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ Resumes With Heartfelt Thank You to Firefighters and Tribute to Los Angeles While Criticizing ‘Disgusting’ Attacks By Trump

14 January 2025 at 05:20
“Jimmy Kimmel Live!” returned to the air on Monday, after missing a handful of episodes late last week due to the devastating fires in the Los Angeles area. Earlier in the day, Kimmel and the “Jimmy Kimmel Live” team turned the parking lot behind the show’s studio — where normally live outdoor music performances are […]

Universal Kids Goes Dark in March, Making It the Latest Cable Network To Be Shut Down By NBCU

14 January 2025 at 01:19
Universal Kids, the youth-oriented network that began life as the preschool-centric PBS Kids Sprout (and later, Sprout) before being rebranded as a destination for a wider age range in 2017, is shutting down, Variety has confirmed. The network is expected to go dark on March 6, with an on-screen slate after that directing audiences to […]

L.A. Reporters Cover Devastation in Their Own Neighborhoods During Wildfires: ‘Feels Like a Nightmare’ and ‘Fatigue Is Setting In’

10 January 2025 at 21:06
Enrique Chiabra was anchoring coverage of the Los Angeles fires for Telemundo’s KVEA-TV (Channel 52) on Wednesday night when a new blaze erupted in Hollywood’s Runyon Canyon. As he announced evacuation orders on air, he realized his house was inside the zone. “He literally walked off, went off set and drove home,” said KNBC/KVEA president […]

Fire Threatens Mt. Wilson Broadcast Transmitters as L.A. TV and Radio Stations on Alert; Observatory Evacuated

9 January 2025 at 20:57
The devastating Eaton fire is now taking aim at Mt. Wilson, threatening the antenna farm and broadcasting transmitters located up there, as well as the historic Mt. Wilson observatory. Should the fire reach the top of the mountain, it could pose major communications issues and limit the broadcasting capabilities of Los Angeles’ major TV and […]

‘Hollywood Squares’ Premiere Delayed a Week by CBS Due to Los Angeles Fires

9 January 2025 at 19:35
CBS is postponing tonight’s originally scheduled premiere of “Hollywood Squares” a week due to the wildfires throughout the Los Angeles area. As a result, the show will now bow on Thursday, Jan. 16 at 8 p.m. ET instead. According to insiders, the decision was made because it didn’t feel appropriate to showcase a lighthearted show […]

Inside the ‘Abbott Elementary’ and ‘It’s Always Sunny’ Crossover: Easter Eggs, Character Pairings and Unleashing Five Sociopaths on the School

9 January 2025 at 02:00
This week’s “Abbott Elementary” episode is just half of the story. “Volunteers” featured the long-awaited crossover with FX’s long-running “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,” as told from the vantage point of the hit ABC sitcom. But you’ll have to wait for the upcoming season of “Sunny” to get the Gang’s take. “Scenes that were happening […]

Emmy Rule Changes Revealed by Television Academy: No Guest Star Double Dipping, and More Eligibility for Directors

8 January 2025 at 20:51
Perhaps we should call it the “Queen Elizabeth rule.” The Television Academy has unveiled a few new Emmy Awards rules tweaks, including one that should impact the guest performer categories. Under the new rule, any performer who had previously been nominated or has won in a lead or supporting category can no longer shift to […]

Daytime Emmys Will Move to October This Year, as News & Documentary Emmys Take Its Spot in June

8 January 2025 at 16:00
The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences continue to realign the timing for some of its biggest shows. The Daytime Emmys, which traditionally air in June (except when COVID and then the Hollywood strikes forced some rescheduling), will be shifting to October this year. And the News & Documentary Emmys, which usually take place […]

‘The View’ to Launch a New Weekend Edition for ABC News Live This Month (EXCLUSIVE)

8 January 2025 at 15:00
ABC News is taking even a little more time to enjoy “The View.” The long-running daytime chat show is set to expand to the weekends starting Jan. 11. “The Weekend View” is a half-hour that will air on streaming platform ABC News Live and feature the show’s Friday panel, which includes moderator Joy Behar, along […]

Drew Goddard on How ‘High Potential’ Brought Him Back to Broadcast, Adapting ‘Holes’ for TV and Why He’ll ‘Never Say Never’ About a ‘Lost’ Reboot (EXCLUSIVE)

7 January 2025 at 21:00
Drew Goddard didn’t have any designs on returning to broadcast. But then ABC asked him to take a look at the French-Belgian series “Haut Potentiel Intellectuel (HPI)” — and it immediately inspired to turn it into the Alphabet primetime procedural “High Potential.” “The last thing I wanted to do at that time was go back to […]

‘Shogun,’ ‘The Bear,’ ‘The Penguin’ Lead DGA Awards 2025 TV Nominations

7 January 2025 at 20:41
The Directors Guild of America has named the nominees for its 2024 awards in the outstanding directorial achievement in television, commercials and documentary categories. “Shogun,” “The Bear” and “The Penguin” all lead with three nominations each. The winners will be announced at the 77th Annual DGA Awards on Saturday, February 8, 2025, at The Beverly […]

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