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EXCLUSIVE: New Amsterdam fans who were left wanting more when the NBC series concluded its run after 5 seasons last year, may have something new to look forward to. Series creator, executive producer and showrunner David Schulner is developing a spinoff series at NBC set 30 years after the events of the original series. Tentatively

Isabelle Adjani and Famke Janssen are to star in thriller series for Netflix coming from France and the Netherlands. Two-time Oscar nominee Adjani is leading an untitled thriller from France about a young mother on the run who finds an unexpected opportunity to bounce back by becoming a picker in a prestigious flower farm in

EXCLUSIVE: HBO is betting on another fresh female comedy voice, giving a pilot order to a half-hour starring, written and executive produced by Rachel Sennott (Bottoms, Bodies Bodies Bodies). In the untitled project, a codependent friend group reunites, navigating how the time apart, ambition, and new relationships have changed them. Sennott, who is executive producing

Ofcom has delivered its biggest GB News judgement yet, finding the network in breach on five different occasions over the thorny issue of politicians acting as news presenters. Ofcom said GB News is now “on notice that any repeated breaches of Rules 5.1 and 5.3 may result in the imposition of a statutory sanction” that

The brackets for the NCAA men’s basketball tournament — aka “March Madness” — were revealed today, bringing joy and tears in equal amounts to teams selected and shunned. The defending champions from 2023, the UConn Huskies, were announced as the No. 1 overall seed playing out of the East region. Houston is the No. 1

EXCLUSIVE: More citizens will head to the polls this year for elections than any other in history, and the political fever has reached Series Mania. This year’s event in Lille, France contains four political dramas in competition — not surprising given almost 50% of the world will vote for new leaders in more than 64

Masters of the Air was a labor of love for executive producers Gary Goetzman, Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg. The Apple TV+ series marks the third and final installment of the trio’s war drama miniseries, after Band of Brothers and The Pacific. The series took three years to create and cost between $250 million and

Baywatch star Nicole Eggert has shared a video in which she shaves her head, as she continues to be treated for a “very rare form” of breast cancer. The actress, who played Summer Quinn on Baywatch from 1992 to 1994, posted the video to Instagram earlier this week. As she took the blades to her

Tucker Carlson has been pranked over Kate Middleton‘s infamous edited photo. The former Fox News anchor was duped by British YouTubers Josh & Archie into interviewing a fake Kensington Palace whistleblower, who was prepared to dish the dirt on the doctored image. Archie Manners posed as the Prince and Princess of Wales’ former digital content

Squid Game star O Yeong-Su has been convicted of sexual misconduct over allegations he hugged and kissed a woman on the cheek against her wishes. O was one of the stand-out performers in Netflix‘s global megahit Squid Game, garnering a Golden Globe nomination for his role as Oh Il-nam. According to reports in Korea, O

Starting today, U.S. Max subscribers can save more than 40% across all yearly plans when they prepay for one year. The limited-time offer is available through Tuesday, April 9. This is the first time that Max will stream all of the 2024 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship live games, along with studio coverage airing

The Curtis Brown Group is pushing into the UK unscripted space. The UTA-owned agency, best known for its literary department, has created Curtis Brown Group Unscripted and Entertainment (CBG U&E). Former YMU agent Marta Atack has been hired to run the unit, which launches with several signings. CBG U&E will house clients from the entertainment,

Kelly Clarkson and Peyton Manning are joining the NBC Olympics team to host the Opening Ceremony of the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad in Paris this summer. Clarkson and Manning will join Mike Tirico in the coverage along with Today show hosts Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb. “This summer’s Opening Ceremony will be unlike anything

EXCLUSIVE: Jamie Oliver‘s son, Buddy, is following his dad into culinary TV and kids content distributor Cake has boarded his first show. As announced in February, he 13-year-old Buddy will star in his own show, Cooking Buddies, on UK kids channel CBBC later this year, with The Jamie Oliver Group producing. Cake, which sells shows

Paris Hilton is blasting Mauricio Umansky after a preview for Netflix‘s Buying Beverly Hills hit social media. In the teaser, Umansky talked about his rift with the Hilton family after he left Hilton & Hyland to form his own real estate agency. “That’s exactly what happened,” Umansky said in the preview after a fellow real

Banijay Germany has taken another step into the scripted market by launching a joint venture with the executive producers behind Helgoland 513. Founded and led by Veronica Priefer and Johannes Kunkel, Berlin-based Dynamic Ally Pictures will look to develop, package, produce and distribute scripted content for the German and international markets. Priefer and Kunkel are

Malachy McCourt, the Irish-American actor, raconteur and author best known to TV audiences for his long-running role as Kevin the bartender on ABC’s soap Ryan’s Hope, died today in Manhattan after battling a heart condition and cancer. He was 92. His death was announced by his wife Diana McCourt to The New York Times. The

Prolific British screenwriter and playwright James Graham has revealed he has been diagnosed as a workaholic and described the addiction as “no different really from drink, drugs or sex.” Graham appeared on the BBC’s Desert Island Discs yesterday and opened up about the problem, which he said led him to seek help from family and

Ego Nwodim‘s “Lisa from Temecula” character was back on Saturday Night Live, once again shaking things up (literally) at a sports bar for a group of friends that included host Josh Brolin, Bowen Yang, Punkie Johnson, and Chloe Troast. Lisa starts out her bit with a good deed – she’s picking up the check for

In Vienna in 1893, a nobleman named Kinskey threw a glorious ball looking to impress a beautiful Archduchess who could potentially be his bride, all of which took place in a Bridgerton-inspired Saturday Night Live sketch this evening. Josh Brolin served as this evening’s host and portrayed Kinskey, while Sarah Sherman brought to life his