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CBS, FOX SWEEP UPCBS sailed to an easy victory in the first full week of the May sweeps last week among overall viewers, while Fox led among adults 18-49, according to Nielsen Research. Not only was Fox helped by the usual editions of American Idol, but an additional episode of the medical drama House also made it into the Nielsen top ten. ABC, meanwhile, scored strong numbers for Desperate Housewivesand Lostbut saw its overall ratings for those hits decline significantly from last season....

NBC’S RATINGS: SEEMS LIKE OLD TIMES With ABC airing a heavy load of reruns last week, NBC was able to capture first place in the ratings among the 18-49-year-old audience most prized by advertisers. CBS came out on top once again among overall viewers. (It has won every week of the current season, now in its 11th week.) NBC’s success could also be attributed to the growing success of Heroes, arguably the biggest new hit of the current season, and to Sunday Night Football....

HYPING THE HOOKER FAILS TO SCORE ABC’s promise to present an explosive exposé revealing the names of high-placed government officials who were patrons of Deborah Palfrey, the alleged DC Madam, appeared to fizzle Friday when a report on the network’s 20/20 magazine show named only the two officials who had previously been mentioned in its publicity. ABC reporter Brian Ross said that others listed in Palfrey’s 46 pounds of phone records were not well enough known to be newsworthy....

“GUEST” HOSTS FOR LATE NIGHT? NBC is considering substituting guest hosts for Jay Leno and Conan O’Brien on their respective late-night talk shows if the writers’ strike becomes a lengthy affair, Daily Varietyreported today (Monday), citing no sources. Leno has maintained that he could not perform effectively without his writing staff, although O’Brien, a former comedy writer himself, brought the house down at a charity affair last week with quips that were widely reported and displayed his ability to perform without assistance from a writing staff....

During Supergirl’s first season on CBS, the series brought on a former TV Superman, Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman star Dean Cain, and a former big-screen Kara Zor-El Helen Slater, to play the foster parents of the new Kara Zor-El (Melissa Benoist). Today we have word that Supergirl is bringing in the other major star from Lois & Clark, actress Teri Hatcher, for an unspecified villain role on the series....

Syfy Ventures and Universal Pictures are joining forces to create Syfy Films, a new film company that will develop and produce Syfy branded theatrical motion pictures to be distributed by Universal. The new entity will leverage Syfy’s genre expertise to produce human and relatable theatrical releases from the worlds of science fiction, fantasy, supernatural and horror. Beginning in 2012, Syfy Films will distribute one to two films a year through Universal Pictures....

There is much laughter to be had on October 24 because that’s the day Greg the Bunny: The Best of the Film Parodies comes to DVD! CLICK HERE to enter our contest! Synopsis: This October, human and puppet worlds collide when Shout! Factory releases a two-disc DVD set that combines the genius of such classic films as Pulp Fiction, 2001: A Space Odyssey and The Godfather, with the insanity of an irreverent group of disgruntled puppets to produce Greg the Bunny: The Best of the Film Parodies....

We have an exclusive clip from the upcoming anthology Tales from the Golden Age, which will be released in theaters and VOD platforms including SundanceNow on August 17. Click below to watch this exclusive clip from the drama which delves into the final years of Romania’s Ceausescu empire. The final 15 years of the Ceausescu regime were the worst in Romania’s history. Nonetheless, the propaganda machine of that time referred without fail to that period as “the golden age”…...

In new footage of The Batman released by Warner Bros. Japan, a crucial plot point has been revealed that shall play a significant part in unraveling the entire story and the film’s narrative. The one-and-a-half minute teaser included some new clips besides those from the official trailer released at the DC Fandome along with a scary, intense voice-over from Paul Dano’s Edward Nashton/The Riddler. The trailer extensively featured the dark, gritty, and noir themes that have been heavily teased and talked about by director Matt Reeves and the cast members too....

Truth be told, the art of the rom-com will never die. It can be twisted, shaped, and molded to however the filmmaker wants it, but in the end, it’s still a romantic comedy that will be loved and seen by thousands of people. One of the more recent romantic comedies that is being hailed as one of the best in a long time, is Set It Up, starring Glenn Powell and Zoey Deutch....

SPOILER WARNING: Spoilers for the Season 3 Finale of The Boys ahead The Boys has always been a show which heavily relied on political commentary, and Season 3 took that aspect even further. Instead of subtle hints to our current political climate, a new storyline has been introduced involving super-villain supe Victoria Neumann running for vice president. Throughout the season, Homelander has accused the media of spreading fake news and lying to the public....

The Rogue One Prequel TV series will begin production this fall. Star Wars, throughout most of its long history, has been primarily associated with the big screen. However, Disney is finally looking to expand the franchise with some live-action offerings on the small screen. First up will be The Mandalorian, which is currently in production, but we learned in November of last year that Diego Luna will be back to reprise his role as Cassian Andor in a series that will take place prior to the events of Rogue One, and now we know when filming will get underway....

Roseanne Barr will produce and perform in an upcoming comedy special that will air on Fox Nation, the subscription streaming service from FOX News Media. The one-hour comedy special, titled A Roseanne Comedy Special, will debut on the streamer in early 2023. It is Barr’s first special since 2006’s Blonde and Bitchin‘ that aired on HBO. Fox Nation reports that A Roseanne Comedy Special will “feature Ms. Barr’s signature comedic take on a variety of topics, with no subject off limits....

Warner Bros. Pictures has unveiled a brand new trailer and five character posters for Todd Phillips’ road trip comedy Due Date, which stars Robert Downey Jr., Zach Galifianakis, Michelle Monaghan, Jamie Foxx, Alan Arkin, Juliette Lewis and Danny McBride. Get your first look at all five posters below the video: Opening in theaters Nov. 5, the film centers on Peter Highman (Robert Downey Jr.), an expectant first-time father whose wife’s due date is a mere five days away....

The second international trailer for The Green Hornet has just been released online. Click below to watch this new video which features previously-unreleased footage from the new superhero adventure starring Seth Rogen, Cameron Diaz, Christoph Waltz and Jay Chou: Britt Reid (Seth Rogen), son and heir to Los Angeles’ largest newspaper fortune, is a rich, spoiled playboy who has been happy to maintain a direction-less existence. When his father James Reid (Tom Wilkinson) mysteriously dies, Britt meets an impressive and resourceful company employee, Kato (Jay Chou)....

It’s been an eventful season three of Apple TV’s hit original series Servant, and sadly it’s already come to an abrupt end. After nine thrilling and suspenseful episodes, the tenth and final episode of the season came and went (back on March 25th). While many are sad and distraught at not having any more Servant to get us through the spring and summer months, we can still count on a fourth and final season, slated to air sometime by the end of next year....

Sex Education arrived on Netflix in 2019 as a show that could quite easily have turned into a bad parody of the sex comedies of the late 1970s, but instead, its raunchy antics endeared itself to Netflix audiences with its sincere heart and central characters. Series star Aimee Lou Wood, who plays the often naive Amy, recently talked about the upcoming fourth season with Variety, and there are a lot of changes coming for the students of Moordale High....

Netflix has released our very first look at what Princess Adora will look like in the new She-Ra reboot series. The streaming platform released a silhouette poster of the iconic character back in May, but this is our first look at the newly designed version of her, which is much different than she looked back in the 1980s when she was hanging out with He-Man and the Masters of the Universe....

Ten new photos have arrived from the return of Sherlock, which debuts Season 3 on BBC in the UK starting January 1, and then makes its stateside premiere on PBS starting January 19. It’s no spoiler that Holmes (Benedict Cumberbatch) is alive and living in seclusion since his apparent death plunge. A lot has changed over the past two years since Season 2 ended on this down note. Sherlock’s old police acquaintances continue to debate his present whereabouts, and Watson (Martin Freeman) has seemingly abandoned his lifelong vow of servitude to his apparently passed away best friend....

Grammy-winning singer/songwriter Sheryl Crow has written an original song for the upcoming film Home of the Brave directed by Oscar-winning filmmaker Irwin Winkler (Rocky). This marks the second collaboration between Crow and Winkler following the film De-Lovely two years ago in which Crow appeared singing the Cole Porter classic “Begin the Beguine.” The new song, entitled “Try Not to Remember,” is performed by Crow and produced/arranged by Grammy nominee Stephen Endelman for Lakeshore Records, and will be featured over the end credits of the film....