Saturday, May 4, 2024

Television

“SNL” Finishes Shortened Season “At Home” with Top Notch Show, Subversive “Let Kids Drink” Recalls Old Show

Last night's "Saturday Night Live at Home" finished a shortened season with some subversive and off the wall material. Kristen Wiig hosted, she was...

Swinging “Silicon Valley” Star Thomas Middleditch Lands a Family Sitcom on CBS, Too Bad There Weren’t Any Upfronts This Year

CBS has greenlighted a new sitcom for this fall with an unusual star. Thomas Middleditch, who comes HBO's "Silicon Valley" and cell phone commercials, will...

CBS Renews 23 Series But Cuts Matt Le Blanc’s “Man with a Plan,” Pauley Perrette’s “Broke,” and Edie Falco’s Police Drama, “Tommy”

CBS is saying goodbye to Matt Le Blanc, Edie Falco, and Pauley Perrette. The network has cancelled "Man with a Plan," "Tommy," and "Broke,"...

Roseanne Conner Permanently Replaced by Peg Bundy as “The Conners” Season 2 Finale Finishes in 5th Place Tuesday Night

"The Conners" finished its second official season last night in 5th place for the evening. The "Roseanne" spin off scored 6 million viewers, making it...

No Tony Awards This Year, Maybe Next Year, So Who Gets Hurt the Most? David Byrne, Adrienne Warren, Mare Winningham, Jay O. Sanders

My friends at Variety-- they're smart people, but they just realized there probably will not be any Tony Awards this season. That's because the...

Major Media Shake Up: Andy Lack, Alas, Alack, Is Out as Head of NBC, Replaced by Telemundo Chief

Andy Lack is out as head of NBC. He's been there since 2015 and was widely thought to have protected Matt Lauer during his...

Nicolas Cage Adds “Tiger King” Joe Exotic to His List of B Movie Roles: He Has Nowhere to Go But Up

Since the mid 90s, Nicolas Cage's career has been, let's face it, a shambles. One B or C movie after another, nearly nothing of...

“Billions” Is Back Tonight, Better than Ever, And it’s Wendy Rhoades’s Season, Plus Vanity Fair Gets a Needed Plug

"Billions," my favorite TV show, is back. Brian Koppelman and David Levien's ode to Wall Street greed, with a dollop of "Dallas," couldn't have...