Friday, December 19, 2025

Television

Oscars Race: “King Richard,” “Tick Tick Boom!” Win Editing Awards, So Does Beatles “Get Back”

  The path to the Oscars is littered with other awards. Tonight it was the ACE Eddie Awards given by editors to editors. "King Richard"...

Oscars: If ABC Had Tried to Cancel Them, Netflix or Amazon Would Have Been There in a Minute

There's a good report today by Scott Feinberg in the Hollywood Reporter regarding the current mess with the Oscars. A source, an Academy governor, claims...

Thursday Ratings: “Law & Order SVU” Handily Beats “Grey’s Anatomy,” Mothership Ties “Station 19”

Bringing back "Law & Order" was a pretty good idea for NBC. The second week return of the mothership show did very well Thursday...

“Mrs Maisel” 5 & 6: Midge and Joel Probably Not Reuniting, And the Plot Finally Kicks In

Dropping this day on Amazon Prime, Friday, are Season 4, episodes 5 and 6 of "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel." Each of these is a...

ABC’s “The Goldbergs” Keeps Pretending Jeff Garlin’s Character Is Still on the Show– and the Fans Know It

Where in the world is Murray Goldberg? On Wednesday night Murray's daughter, Erica, got married to Geoff. But the father of the bride was no...

Oscars Announce First Presenters Include Good Sport Lady Gaga, Who Wasn’t Even Nominated, Plus Chris Rock, Kevin Costner

The Oscars are coming on March 27th. Today ABC announced the first presenters. They are Kevin Costner, Zoë Kravitz, Lady Gaga, Rosie Perez, Chris Rock...

Jennifer Hudson’s Talk Show is a ‘Go’ at Fox Stations as A Replacement for Ellen DeGeneres

She's got the Oscar and a bunch of other awards. Now Jennifer Hudson is coming to afternoon TV. JHud will host her own syndicated talk...

War is Good For Prime Time Cable: CNN Shows Rise by a Million or More Viewers During Ukraine Crisis

End of the world? Nuclear war? Not such a good thing. But for CNN, break out the Champagne! When I wrote the story of Jeff Zucker's...