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‘The Girls on the Bus’ Canceled at Max
The journalism drama from Greg Berlanti, Julie Plec and author Amy Chozick was previously developed at Netflix and The CW.
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‘The Bear’ Season 3 Trailer: Jeremy Allen White, Ayo Edebiri Deal With a “Dysfunctional Kitchen”
After opening their revamped fine dining restaurant, the staffers experience tension as they face the pressure of delivering excellent service and food.
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Jeffrey Wright Boards ‘The Last of Us’ Season 2 as Isaac
The Oscar nominee and former 'Westworld' star will return to HBO to reprise the role he voiced in the video game series.
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‘Doctor Who’ Mid-Season Theory Roundup — and What Happened in “73 Yards”
[This story contains spoilers from the Doctor Who season up to and including “73 Yards.”] There aren’t many television shows that could, in the matter of only a few episodes, feature a monster made of boogers that terrorizes babies, a killer drag queen defeated by the power of music (with a little help from The […]
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‘The Girls on the Bus’ Canceled at Max
Max is getting off the bus. The Warner Bros. Discovery-backed streamer has canceled The Girls on the Bus after a single season on the platform. The Warner Bros. TV-produced drama, originally developed at Netflix and The CW before landing at the studio’s streaming counterpart, wrapped its 10-episode run May 9. “While Max will not be […]
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A ‘Star Wars’ Timeline: All the Movies and TV Shows in the Franchise
Initially known for theatrically released blockbusters for the first two decades of its existence (despite dipping its toe in TV, occasionally), the George Lucas space-opera finally succumbed to television properly in the Noughties with animated series The Clone Wars. Since Disney’s acquisition of Lucasfilm in 2012, Star Wars has gone back and forth on both […]
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‘The Bear’ Season 3 Trailer: Jeremy Allen White, Ayo Edebiri Deal With a “Dysfunctional Kitchen”
The Bear is about to get more dysfunctional. FX released a brief trailer for season three on Friday, offering a preview of the chaos to come after Jeremy Allen White’s Carmy opens the new restaurant alongside Sydney (Ayo Edebiri) and Richie (Ebon Moss-Bachrach). After opening their now revamped restaurant — they transformed their sandwich shop […]
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Jeffrey Wright Boards ‘The Last of Us’ Season 2 as Isaac
Jeffrey Wright is returning to HBO — and to the world of The Last of Us. The Emmy winner and recent Oscar nominee has joined the cast for season two of The Last of Us, based on the best-selling video game franchise. Wright will have a recurring role as Isaac, the quietly powerful leader of […]
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‘TV’s Top 5’: The CW, Freevee and Brands That Could Have Been
Welcome to the 260th episode of TV’s Top 5, The Hollywood Reporter’s TV podcast. Every week, hosts Lesley Goldberg (West Coast TV editor) and Daniel Fienberg (chief TV critic) break down the latest TV news with context from the business and critical sides, welcome showrunners, executives and other guests, and provide a critical guide of what to watch (or skip, as […]
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‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Pair on Letting Go of Derek’s Legacy and a Finale of “Existential Cliffhangers”
[This story contains spoilers from the May 23 episode of Grey’s Anatomy, “I Carry Your Heart.”] Caterina Scorsone and Kevin McKidd may not have been part of the original cast of Grey’s Anatomy. But in the last 15 years, between Grey’s and its two spinoffs, Private Practice and Station 19, Scorsone and McKidd have both […]
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‘Station 19’ Finale: Jason George on “Incredibly Tough” Goodbye, Possible ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Return
Jason George is embracing the time he has left with Station 19, despite his tough feelings about its surprising cancellation. The actor tells The Hollywood Reporter about his mixed emotions as the ABC firefighter drama series signs off this month after seven seasons. George originated his role of Ben Warren in an episode of the […]
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‘High School’ Canceled at Amazon’s Freevee (Exclusive)
Amazon’s Freevee is dropping out of High School. The ad-supported free streamer has opted to cancel the heartfelt series inspired by the memoir from Grammy-nominated twin sibling performers Tegan and Sara Quin after a single season. The writing for the cancellation has been on the wall. Despite rave reviews, High School last aired in October […]
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Streaming Ratings: ‘Shogun’ Finale Hits Season High
The finale of Shōgun pushed the series to its best showing so far on Nielsen’s streaming charts. The FX-produced Hulu series had 608 million minutes of viewing time for the week of its finale, April 22-28. That’s a 45 percent jump from the prior week and Shōgun’s highest total in the nine weeks it has […]
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Netflix’s Latest Data Dump Highlights Its Global Reach
Netflix has released another huge batch of data about the time users spent with the service, and the top of its series list demonstrates how wide its global reach is. The No. 1 series for the second half of 2023, as measured by Netflix’s view metric (total viewing hours divided by running time), was One […]
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‘Dexter’ Prequel Cast Revealed for Showtime Series
A new cast will learn Dexter Morgan’s Code. Patrick Gibson (Shadow and Bone), Christian Slater (Mr. Robot) and Molly Brown (Senior Year) have been tapped to star in Dexter: Original Sin, a prequel to Showtime’s Dexter. Originally ordered to series in February 2023 and titled Dexter: Origins, Original Sin is set in 1991 Miami and […]
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Former Obama Speechwriter Jon Lovett Part of ‘Survivor’ Season 47
The next season of Survivor looks to have a familiar face, with former Obama administration speechwriter and Pod Save America co-host Jon Lovett seemingly among the contestants for season 47. During Wednesday night’s finale of season 46 of Survivor, CBS’ teaser ad for the next season featured Lovett, although none of the contestants were named […]
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Tracy Spiridakos on Her ‘Chicago PD’ Exit and Getting to Her (Eventual) “Happy Sendoff”
[This story contains spoilers from the May 22 finale of Chicago PD, “More.”] Chicago PD’s season 11 finale — titled “More” — gives its viewers more than just an emotional sendoff of longtime fan-favorite character Detective Hailey Upton, played by Tracy Spiridakos, a young, loner police officer who spent nearly eight seasons dealing with deep […]
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Yara Shahidi Reflects on Closing Out ‘Grown-ish’
Taking cues from The Cosby Show’s iconic spinoff A Different World but updated for some 30 years later, Grown-ish, the Black-ish spawn premiered on Freeform in January 2018 by following Yara Shahidi’s Zoey Johnson, Dre (Anthony Anderson) and Bow’s (Tracee Ellis Ross) firstborn, to college. Similar to its predecessor, Grown-ish tackled many controversial topics, including […]
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‘Abbott Elementary’ Bosses Explain Janine and Gregory Reveal in Season 3 Finale
[This story contains spoilers from the Abbott Elementary season three finale, “Party.”] If there’s one issue viewers have had with the beloved ABC sitcom Abbott Elementary over its three seasons, it’s that Janine (Quinta Brunson) and Gregory (Tyler James Williams) have yet to take their working relationship to the next level, as fans have been […]
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