ABC DRAWS VIEWERS; HBO DRAWS BLOOD What entertainment programs have been unable to do for ABC recently, basketball has – lifted the network to first place in the weekly Nielsen ratings. Although viewership was down slightly from last year’s NBA series between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Boston Celtics, this year’s, between the Lakers and the smaller-market Orlando Magic, dominated primetime on the three nights of the week that it aired....
CBS SCORES WITH MARCH MADNESS An overrun of CBS’s coverage of the NCAA basketball tournament knocked CBS’s programs out of their usual half-hour blocks Sunday night, but the network nevertheless dominated ratings for the night, averaging an 8.8 rating and a 14 share, while its nearest competitor, NBC, settled for a 5.1/8. ABC finished close behind with a 5.0/8, while Fox trailed with a 3.4/5. CBS dominated in every half hour, beginning at 7:00 p....
KATHIE LEE GIFFORD ON TODAY? NBC is planning to bring Kathie Lee Gifford back to morning TV, the Florida-based TV news website FTVLive reported today (Thursday), citing an unnamed NBC source. According to the report, Gifford, who became one of morning television’s biggest stars during her 15-year stint as co-host of the syndicated Live With Regis and Kathie Leebeginning in 1985, will be added to the fourth hour of the Today show, according to the FTVLive story....
Summit Entertainment has picked up the rights to Julie Cross’s upcoming sci-fi novel Tempest. According to Variety, Sonny Mallhi will produce the movie through the Macmillian Films banner, with Brendan Deneen and Roy Lee serving as executive producers. The book, which will soon be released under St. Martin’s Press and Thomas Dunne Books, revolves around a nineteen-year-old time traveler that witnesses his girlfriend’s murder, then suddenly finds himself two years in the past....
Taika Waititi is one of the select directors who have returned to the MCU to direct more than one movie. However, when it comes to whether he would return after Thor: Love and Thunder to complete a trilogy of movies, he has not really given much thought to it. Naturally, there is always a question over how the Marvel Cinematic Universe will evolve in the future, and even before Thor’s fourth movie has been released, some fans are already asking whether there will be a Thor 5 in the next few years....
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Last month we reported that Arnold Schwarzenegger is putting his acting career on hold to resolve matters in his personal life. One of the projects believed to be delayed by the actor’s hiatus is Terminator 5, although that may not be the case. It seems Terminator 5 will be anchored by a younger male lead, with Paul Walker rumored as a potential candidate to play Kyle Reese. Terminator 5 director Justin Lin recently worked with Paul Walker on the blockbuster sequel Fast Five....
The new comedy series That ’90s Show will land at No. 5 on Netflix’s top 10 list upon its debut. A continuation of That ’70s Show, the sitcom brings back original stars Kurtwood Smith and Debra Jo Rupp alongside a younger cast of characters to carry the torch into another decade. The original show had been such a hit that remains popular with fans to this day, and according to Netflix, that has translated into 41....
Humans are closely related to apes, and it’s not surprising for Hollywood to create films with them as the stars. There are famous friendly monkeys in the movies like King Louie in The Jungle Book (1967), Cheeta in Tarzan the Ape Man (1932), Clyde in Every Which Way But Loose (1978), and Rafiki in The Lion King (1994), among others. The apes are not all friendly, at least on the big screen....
The hit streaming service has been in the lead for years with its groundbreaking and award-winning originals from every genre. Whether it be a TV show, a horror movie, a rom-com, or an action movie, Netflix has had plenty of hits. Action movies are a standout on the streaming service, with its high-quality action movies that deliver on all fronts. With great stories, and exciting and jaw-dropping action that boasts stellar casts, Netflix’s original action movies are certainly not to be missed....
The Oscar nominations for the 94th Academy Awards were announced on Feb. 8 while the ceremony is just around the corner, and for the first time in ten years, there are ten films nominated for Best Picture. As with any year, the Oscar nominees are a diverse array of film titles that range in genre, tone, and subject from political satires, to revisionist westerns, to biographical dramas. While some may be unhappy that major, critically-acclaimed blockbusters like Spider-Man: No Way Home weren’t nominated, the ten Best Picture Oscar nominees do still offer a little something for everyone....
Let’s start with everyone’s favorite nazi superheroine Stormfront, who went from being Homelander’s rival to his bedfellow to a surrogate mother to his son, to ashes, in the final episode of season 2 after being at the receiving end of Homelander’s son’s budding superpowers. Despite Aya Cash only having signed on to play Stormfront for one season so far, showrunner Eric Kripke hinted the story is far from over for her character....
This generation’s Animal House talks about making such a hilarious film When the name Justin Long pops up, you don’t immediately think ‘superstar.’ That’s because he’s never become that in any of his films. But that’s all going to change after Accepted - not that he’ll become an overnight superstar, but people are going to start to recognize Justin as lead potential. In the film, he plays an average senior in high school, Bartleby (B) Gaines; he’s applied to numerous colleges and gotten rejected to all of them....
Kate Kane will look a bit different in the next season of The CW’s Batwoman, as star Ruby Rose has announced she will not be returning for season two. Although the series has already been renewed for a second season by the network, Rose claims she made the choice to depart the series in a public statement. “I have made the very difficult decision to not return to Batwoman next season,” Rose says of her Batwoman exit....
NBC announced today that musician Drake and Jonah Hill will host the first 2014 episodes of Saturday Night Live on January 18 and January 25. The series has also added Sasheer Zamata as a new cast member. Sasheer Zamata, who trained out of the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in New York, becomes the first African-American female cast member since Maya Rudolph left the show five years ago. The lack of African-American females on the show had stirred some debate, which lead creator/executive producer Lorne Michaels to conduct a talent search in multiple cities....
Molly Shannon, who recently received critical acclaim in Year of the Dog following six years as a cast member of Saturday Night Live, will turn her comedic acting talents to a new Lifetime Original Movie. A whimsical, lighthearted and touching comedy about an overworked and overextended wife, mom and career woman who splits into three separate versions of herself with distinct personalities in order to manage her chaotic life, More of Me will premiere this fall on Lifetime Television....
Seth Green, Michelle Trachtenberg, William Baldwin, and Harold Perrineau have joined Katee Sackhoff to round out the cast for Sobini Films’ dark comedy Sexy Evil Genius. Shawn Piller is making his feature directorial debut on the project which was written by Scott Lew, a scribe diagnosed with ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease) and who can only communicate via the written word. Lloyd Segan of Piller/Segan/Shepherd and David Higgins (Hard Candy) of Launchpad Productions are producing along with Sobini Films’ Mark Amin....
“Oh. My. Gods,” cries the latest poster for the upcoming DC sequel, Shazam! Fury of the Gods. Released in anticipation of the imminent trailer, the poster finds Zachary Levi standing front-and-center, with the surrounding images teasing all manner of action involving dragons, gods, and superheroes. Check out the new poster (via IGN) for Shazam! Fury of the Gods below. Released back in 2019, the first Shazam! introduced audiences to Asher Angel as Billy Batson, a troubled orphan searching for his biological mother, who is chosen by the ancient wizard Shazam as his champion....
Last week, we got our first look at Watson’s baby in new photos from Sherlock Season 4, which also featured Martin Freeman as the proud father, Amanda Abbington as the doting mother, and Benedict Cumberbatch as the seemingly-perplexed Sherlock Holmes. As fans count down the days until the January 1 premiere on the BBC and PBS, a teaser trailer has arrived, which features the tagline, “It’s not a game anymore.” We also see both Holmes and Watson in quite the peculiar predicament....
The streaming service Tubi has been modestly rising through the ranks in the streaming market. A haven for cult-classic programming alongside trashy horror films and foreign-language offerings, the service has since been bought out by Fox Corporation and remains an independent subsidiary of the entertainment giant, with its monthly user count steadily climbing over 50 million. Its ease of use, ad-supported programming, and recent ability to stream sports broadcasts no doubt contributed to its success....
