Tristan Rogers, who starred as Robert Scorpio on “General Hospital,” died Friday of lung cancer. He was 79.

Roger’s longtime manager, Meryl Soodak, confirmed the actor’s death to Variety.

Soodak told ABC 7 Eyewitness News that he had never been a smoker. She told ABC that Rogers’ portrayal of Scorpio in the soap opera “meant everything to him.” She added, “He loved being Scorpio, and he created that role from nothing. He was supposed to work a day, and he ended up making it into something huge. He was just a genuinely loyal, kind human being, and he loved his family.

The realm of The Traitors is expanding — in both who gets to play the game and where the show runs.

NBC has picked up a version of the game that will feature civilian players, rather than the reality TV veterans and other celebrities who have populated Peacock’s iteration of The Traitors. Alan Cumming, who hosts the Peacock show, will also lead the NBC version.

Production on the network’s version is set to begin next year; the show is taking applications for potential contestants now. There’s no word yet on an airdate.

Peacock will continue streaming its iteration of The Traitors for at least two more seasons. The show has been renewed through its fifth installment, and season four has announced its cast.

“We’re excited to bring along The Traitors’ highly [engaged] fan base as we discover the next generation of legendary gamers and schemers,” said Sharon Vuong,...

Disney Branded Television has given a series greenlight to the supernatural dramady “Coven Academy,” which follows a trio of teenage witches-in-training.

The series is a single-camera project from Tim Federle, the creator of the Emmy-winning “High School Musical: The Musical: The Series” starring a young Olivia Rodrigo. “Coven Academy” was ordered to pilot in March. Now, the show will premiere on Disney+ and Disney Channel sometime in 2026.

Set in New Orleans, the series promises a “thrilling, witty blend of magic, mystery and teen drama.” It follows aspiring teenage witches who are “bound by destiny to guard their city against dangerous,...

As he accepted one of this year’s top Television Academy honors, star Conan O’Brien admitted that the award came at an unusual time. Speaking on Saturday to the audience at the Television Academy Hall of Fame, O’Brien noted that at this moment, “there’s a lot of fear about the future of television, and rightfully so. The life we’ve all known for almost 80 years is undergoing seismic change.”

But, he told the audience gathered at the J.W. Marriot Hotel in downtown’s LA Live district, “this might just be my nature. I choose not to mourn what is lost,...

Steve Martin celebrated his landmark 80th birthday on Thursday, and he marked the occasion by spending the day shooting a scene at Disneyland. Speaking on Saturday at the Television Academy’s Televerse festival, Martin shared why filming at that location, on that day, meant so much to him.

“I shot a little one-day scene at Disneyland on my birthday, August 14, two days ago, and it was in the magic shop where I worked when I was 15,” he told the audience gathered for an “Only Murders in the Building” Emmy FYC event at Televerse. “I’m standing on the exact same...

Bryan Cranston has quelled speculation that his performance as the boss on Apple TV+’s “The Studio” was based on Warner Brothers CEO, David Zaslav. “I did a deep dive on (Zaslav) and I thought, ‘Well, he’s so boring,'” Cranston told the audience on Saturday at the Television Academy’s Televerse festival. “There’s nothing funny about David. I’m sure he’s a great CEO.”

Cranston, who plays eccentric studio head character Griffin Mills, took the stage alongside Seth Rogen, James Weaver, Kathryn Hahn, Chase Sui Wonders and Dave Franco to discuss their Emmy-nominated work on “The Studio.

How do you cast a cultural phenomenon like “The Studio”? For creator and star Seth Rogen, it was incredibly easy — until it wasn’t.

Appearing on an FYC panel for the show at the TV Academy’s inaugural Televerse festival alongside co-stars Kathryn Hahn, Chase Sui Wonders, Bryan Cranston, and Dave Franco and executive producer James Weaver, Rogen broke the casting process down into two buckets. He explained that assembling the permanent cast members was a delight, as he simply flipped through his list of dream collaborators and built the best ensemble he possibly could.

“For the main cast, we really had in our heads who we wanted it to be. And in my head I was like, ‘I’m assembling like a jazz band and I’m kind of the drummer and I need everyone to be able to do their roles in the band impeccably,’” Rogen said. “And so I love Kathryn Hahn.

To help you anticipate and navigate all that television has to offer across broadcast, cable and streaming, TVLine offers daily, weekly and monthly What to Watch digests, as well as an overview of every new TV show premiering in 2025.

This week, you’ll find nine series premieres (including Hostage and The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox), nine returning shows (including Invasion and Peacemaker) and 12 finales (including It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia and Nautilus).

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It’s Not TV, so maybe that’s why Joey Pants can’t get his HBO? “The Last of Us” Season 2 guest star Joe Pantoliano had previously told Variety he doesn’t subscribe to the pay cabler, which is why he wasn’t familiar with the series when he was approached to pay the role of Eugene. As of this weekend, he still doesn’t have an HBO subscription — but now “The Last of Us” creator Craig Mazin plans to do something about it.

“I say ignorance is bliss. I don’t have HBO. I hope nobody from HBO is here,...

Joanne (Kristen Bell) and Noah (Adam Brody) are back for Season 2 of “Nobody Wants This,” and the show’s cast and producers hint that there will be changes to their relationship after the Season 1 finale.

“Joanne and Noah are now at a place in their relationship for Season 2 where they’re asking each other different questions,” creator and showrunner Erin Foster revealed at the inaugural Televerse event, hosted on Aug. 15 at the J.W. Marriott L.A. Live. “Everyone’s been in the first couple months of a relationship, and everyone’s past the threshold where you ask if you...

Scandalously Come Dancing might be a better name for the British reality competition that gave rise to the U.S. TV show Dancing With the Stars and other international versions. Over the past two decades, BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing has landed in controversy several times, and now the BBC is launching an inquiry into allegations of drug use on set. Here’s a rundown of the bad press Dtws’ forbearer has accumulated. 2008: Voting system malfunction The BBC had to send all three semi-finalists of Strictly Series 6 through to the final in 2008 after mistakenly allowing viewers to vote for Holby City actor Tom Chambers, even though any number of points Chambers would have received from the public vote wouldn’t have been enough to save him from the last-chance dance-off. And because viewers paid to vote, any votes for Chambers — who, it turns out, went on to win that...

Liza Colón-Zayas’ Off Broadway theater roots proved the perfect training ground for her turn as Tina on “The Bear” — a role that brought her the Emmy as supporting actress in a comedy series last year.

“Theater is how you get your footing and learn to act,” she says. “And this show is about this rag-tag group of people holding each other up, and that was my story with LAByrinth Theater — it was often a mess but beautiful stuff bloomed somehow.”

But Janelle James found that her very different path, going from an open mic night to a stand-up career in her 30s,...

The following contains spoilers from the Aug. 13 episode of Countdown, now streaming on Prime Video.

More like “Task Force Horny-cane,” amirite?

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Episode 10 of Prime Video’s Countdown not only pushed one pair of team members to the very cusp of romance, it also planted the seed for another potential workplace romance.

Tap(per), tap(per)… is this thing on? CNN anchor Jake Tapper got snippy with someone offscreen in a hot-mic moment viewers witnessed on air on Friday, August 15. The awkward moment came during Tapper’s program The Lead as the anchor reported live from Anchorage, Alaska, as part of CNN’s ongoing coverage of U.S. President Donald Trump’s summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin. In the CNN studio, Tapper’s colleague Anderson Cooper paused a conversation with John King to check in with Tapper. “Let’s go back to Jake in Anchorage. Jake?” Cooper said, as seen in an online clip. Cut to: Tapper looking miffed as he spoke to someone offscreen, presumably a producer in the control room. “I’m fine,” he said, testily. “Just give me my show back.” Cooper, watching the hot-mic moment unfold, smiled and said, “Your show’s back,” as someone in the studio laughed.

Finola Hughes — the Anna Devane to Tristan Rogers’ Robert Scorpio — is mourning her beloved General Hospital co-star on social media.

“Wish I could play one more scene with you, my friend,” Hughes’ tribute begins. “Tris sauntered into my dressing room on that first day to rehearse. Cropped hair and steel blue eyes, I thought, ‘Damn, I’m gonna be working with Steve McQueen!’ From day one, he called me ‘Kid’ or ‘Finny,’ and he made me laugh.

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Spoiler Alert: This interview contains major spoilers from “Mirror, Mirror,” the finale of Apple TV+’s “Smoke.”

Dave Gudsen (Taron Egerton) was never the man he said he was. He may have been an arson investigator by day, but he was one of the two serial arsonists who would terrorize his Pacific Northwest town by night. He may have had aspirations of becoming a novelist, but he was practically laughed out of a publisher’s office for his bad writing. He may have seen himself as a loving husband and stepfather, but his “nice guy” persona belied his abusive nature.

In addition to writing, executive producing and leading “The Pitt,” Noah Wyle will step behind the camera and direct the sixth episode of Season 2.

“We are just about finished with episode five. We start episode six on Tuesday,” Wyle said during a panel for the show on Saturday as part of the inaugural Televerse 2025 festival. “I feel prepped, which is what you want to feel. This has been such an amazing experience for me, all the way down the line.”

Wyle has previously directed on “Leverage: Redemption,” “The Librarians,” and “Fallen Skies.”

The panel also featured Katherine Lanasa (Dana Evans), Shawn Hatosy (Dr.

Like many of its counterparts worldwide, the Santiago International Film Festival (Sanfic) has been amping up its support for television shows. On Aug.18, it’s proudly screening two episodes of “Hidden Island” (“Isla Oculta”), a project that went through its Sanfic Series Lab and is one of the most highly anticipated series from Chile. The closed screening for invited guests is followed by one open to the public on Aug. 21.

Its trailer, viewed by tens of thousands on YouTube, has only fueled more interest in the sci-fi thriller series, which already picked up an award at Italy’s Global Series Festival last June.

Joanna Gaines posted a sneak peek video of her new Food Network series, Magnolia Table: At the Farm — and it left fans of the former HGTV star saying the same thing. On Saturday, August 16, the designer who rose to fame alongside her husband, Chip Gaines, in Fixer Upper, took to Instagram with a clip about her upcoming show. “Magnolia Table is back! But with a bit of a twist..” Gaines captioned her update. “Right before filming started I had the idea to film a new series right at home. We’re calling it Magnolia Table: At the Farm and we’re scaling a few things back this time … fewer cameras, quicker comfort recipes, and me in my favorite spot to play, create, and bake something fresh.” To conclude the post, the mom of five encouraged fans, “Tune in for the series premiere on @magnolianetwork and @foodnetwork September 7 at 11 a.m.

Countdown surprised viewers with the August 13 episode by closing out one case and opening a new one. And that first case did come to a definitive end for Volchek (Bogdan Yasinski), who had been planning to set off bombs at The Vine. But in stopping him, Meachum (Jensen Ackles), fighting off debilitating symptoms from his brain tumor, took the shot when he needed to and killed him. Yasinski found out that was coming when he got to Episode 10. When he signed on, he didn’t know anything about his character. When it came to his character’s death, he was a little “sad,” he admits to TV Insider. “He’s a very effective individual. Could have done a lot of things. His résumé — managed a complex team, international team in shipping — would read very well. It was a good move, but I thought maybe there was a chance to flip him.

Spoiler Alert: This story contains spoilers from “Butterfly” Season 1, now streaming on Prime Video.

Piper Perabo can get used to playing villains.

In the new Prime Video action-packed spy series “Butterfly,” Perabo is Juno, the evil head of a private intelligence corporation in South Korea.

“Playing the villain is so much fun,” Perabo tells me. “I think the villains in Hollywood keep that secret to themselves so that they don’t have to give up the great parts. I think it’s so relaxing. The getaway car pulls up to you, there’s no running. You have an endless supply of weapons.

The Dreadful is the name of Sophie Turner and Kit Harington’s upcoming horror film — and, apparently, an apt descriptor of their kiss on set. Turner said on Late Night With Seth Meyers on Thursday, August 14, that it was “vile” kissing her former Game of Thrones costar for the film. “We get on set, and it’s the first kissing scene, and we are both retching,” Turner said. “Like, really, it is vile. It was the worst. Another really bad moment in my career.” But Turner has herself to blame, really, considering she got Harington cast. “I just got this script for this amazing Gothic horror called The Dreadful, and I was reading through all the characters, and I’m producing it, so the director was asking me, ‘Who do you think?’” Turner said her first thought for one character was Harington, who played Jon Snow, who was raised as...

Knowa De Baraso was hard to miss this time last year during the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.

He was the preternaturally precocious, pre-teen pundit in a polo shirt and khaki shorts who made the rounds of the global media outlets that were camped out in the the United Center sports arena as Vice President Kamala Harris was anointed as the Democratic presidential candidate.

Twelve months later, De Baraso, 13, has widened his lens to embrace pop culture and influencers and celebrities who want to connect with Gen Alpha listeners. The Atlanta-based youth has teamed with the podcast network Reasoned Choice...

On the (fashionable) heels of his announcement that a civilian edition of The Traitors will soon come to NBC, host Alan Cumming has elaborated on this new spin on Peacock’s hit reality competition. As Traitors “faithfuls” know, the Peacock series debuted with a cast of both celebrities and civilians but started casting only celeb contestants in Season 2. Now, that Peacock edition is “on this trajectory of theatricality and madness” as Cumming said in a new interview with People. But NBC’s edition of The Traitors will reopen the competition to anyone, regardless of fame, and that represents sort of “a reboot” for the format, Cumming told the magazine. With the civilian edition, The Traitors is “calming down a little bit and starting again, which is exciting,” he said. Cumming also shared that he’s “really looking forward to” the higher stakes for the civilian edition. Celebrities, he explained, don...

In 1995, Noah Wyle was nominated for his first Emmy, for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for his role as Dr. John Carter on ER. He was also nominated for the next four years in a row. Now, 26 years later, he’s up for an Emmy again, this time for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series as Dr. Michael “Robby” Robinavitch on The Pitt. He’s also an executive producer, writer, and director on the HBO Max medical drama. According to the multi-hyphenate, it does feel different this time around, he tells TV Insider as part of our Scene Study. “In some ways, it means more, and in some ways, it means less. And I don’t know if I can articulate it except to say, trophies mean less to me at this stage in my life but the recognition for my work at this stage in my...

Tristan Rogers, known for his iconic role as Robert Scorpio in General Hospital, died on August 15, 2025 — and tributes poured in from co-stars and actors from other soap operas. On Friday, Rogers’ manager, Meryl Soodak, confirmed the actor’s death at 79 from lung cancer, noting that Rogers’ work in General Hospital “meant everything to him.” “He loved being Scorpio, and he created that role from nothing,” Soodak shared. “He was supposed to work a day, and he ended up making it into something huge. He was just a genuinely loyal, kind human being, and he loved his family.” General Hospital Executive Producer Frank Valentini also released a statement via X in the wake of Rogers’ death. “The entire General Hospital family is heartbroken to hear of Tristan Rogers’ passing,” he wrote. “Tristan has captivated our fans for 45 years and Port Charles will not be the same without him (or Robert Scorpio...

Two months after his estranged wife, Kelley Wolf, accused him of abuse, Scott Wolf has broken his silence about her allegations, calling them “completely baseless and incredibly dangerous.” In a statement to People, the Party of Five actor said that though he’s hoping to keep as much of this divorce saga private, his priority is the well-being of his children with Kelley. The estranged couple’s children are Jackson, 16, Miller, 12, and Lucy, 11. Scott added: “There are some significant challenges that are making our situation incredibly difficult and contentious, and it is tragic for all involved,” he continued. “I was informed of some deeply disturbing and entirely false allegations that were made about me by my estranged wife.” People reports it has reviewed text messages in which Kelley appears to tell Scott she planned to “make claims” against him, “such as psychological abuse, child abuse, child endangerment, [and] stealing with passports.

The latest Star Trek: Strange New Worlds gives us a taste of what will be one day: Following an attack, James Kirk (Paul Wesley) becomes temporary captain on board the Farragut. The Enterprise comes to the crew’s aid, with Spock (Ethan Peck), Uhura (Celia Rose Gooding), Chapel (Jess Bush), and Scotty (Martin Quinn) joining him on his ship. It’s a familiar grouping for Tos fans. And after things go awry, it’s Spock who’s able to get through to Kirk when he’s frozen. He reminds him that, as his brother Sam (Dan Jeannotte) says, he has an affinity for leadership and is not afraid to throw his weight around. Kirk acknowledges that he’s been determined to sit in the captain’s chair faster than anyone since the moment he joined the academy, but it was a good thing that his captain didn’t listen to...

Bill Maher sent a bold message about a “zombie lie” (a disproven claim that continues to persist) involving Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin on the latest episode of Real Time With Bill Maher. On Friday, August 15, the late-night host sat down with panelists, County Highway editor-at-large Walter Kirn and political commentator Molly Jong-Fast. The trio discussed President Trump’s meeting with Russian President Putin in Alaska earlier that day. “I think it’s kind of a zombie lie that Trump is Putin’s, you know, b****,” Maher bluntly stated. “Because he was certainly over friendly to him for a very long time, considering who Putin is. A thug and a murderer.” Later in the conversation, Maher elaborated on his opinion, refuting the idea that Trump has been quick to appease Putin. “Let’s not have the zombie lie that [Trump] is still backing Putin,” Maher declared.”First of all, he bombed Iran,...

Chile’s preeminent Santiago International Film Festival (Sanfic) promises some big guns at its 21st edition, opening Aug. 17 with Cannes Palme d’Or winner ‘It Was Just an Accident’ by Iran’s Jafar Panahi who defied expectations to show up at the prominent fest last May.

It wraps on Aug. 24 with “Miss Carbón” starring Pedro Pascal’s trans sister Lux Pascal opposite Spain’s Paco León (“The House of Flowers”). The Argentine-Spanish co-production, directed by Agustina Macri, is based on the true story of Carla Antonella “Carlita” Rodríguez, a trans woman and the first female miner in Patagonia.

Miss Carbón,...

[Warning: The following post contains spoilers for The Rainmaker‘s series premiere.] When we first meet Rudy Baylor (Milo Callaghan) in the new series adaptation of The Rainmaker, he seems to be on top of the world. He’s got a bright and beautiful girlfriend in Sarah Plankmore (Madison Iseman) and a new job as a first-year associate at the prestigious Tinley Britt law firm right alongside her. It doesn’t take long, though, for things to fall apart. After hearing that his mother’s boyfriend wants to replace his late brother’s room with a home gym, he picks a fight that becomes physical, leaving his suit and face bloodied up just in time for his first day at the office. Not only does he arrive late and disheveled to work, but he gets challenged by his new boss, Leo Drummond (John Slattery), to name a person for whom the legal system isn’t fair. He...

Nearly thirty years after it became a big-screen movie starring Matt Damon, John Grisham’s courtroom thriller The Rainmaker is getting the TV series treatment, courtesy of USA. But did it acquit itself well?

Friday’s premiere opens with a man played by The Walking Dead’s Dan Fogler waking up in the dead of night to discover his house is on fire. He yells for his mother, but he can’t reach her bedroom, so he runs out of the house coughing and wheezing as the whole house goes up in flames. Then we meet Rudy Baylor (Milo Callaghan...

Spoiler Alert: This story contains spoilers from “Dreams Deferred,” the Season 4 finale of “Bmf,” now streaming on the Starz app.

It’s no longer “womb to the tomb” for Big Meech (Demetrius Flenory Jr.) and Terry Flenory (Da’Vinchi) on the Starz drama “Bmf,” at least for now.

In an action-packed Season 4 finale, cracks between the Flenory brothers have now seeped into their Bmf enterprise. Focused on expanding their notorious drug and money laundering organization outside of Detroit, their strained relationship has left the brothers divided.

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The fallout from their business trip to Mexico, with Big Meech resenting Terry for leaving him,...

[Warning: The below contains spoilers for Deadliest Catch Season 21.] A storm was brewing during the August 15 episode of Deadliest Catch. We started about 240 miles from the Dutch Harbor where Johnathan Hillstrand could feel the waters becoming more violent aboard the Time Bandit. There were reports of Typhoon Kong-Rey barreling towards Alaska, which meant vessels faced potential 30-foot waves and new levels of danger for the crew. “We’re not the kind of guys that quit,” Johnathan said, undeterred by Mother Nature’s fury. His wife Heather had utter terror on her face. Johnathan instructed the team to take it slow with safety in mind. That’s easier said and done when the pots are filled with king crab. They all faced a big swell but remained determined to make it through. The big scores kept coming, but that didn’t stop the long-time captain from missing his friend Sig Hansen. This dream team initially worked together...

Many Outlander: Blood of My Blood males attempt to bat Ellen MacKenzie around as if she were a tiny, ginger kitten in this week’s episode. Oh, you silly boys: This kitten’s got claws — and a mind that’s even sharper. Our girl figures out a way to strengthen the clan and help both of her brothers save face. And does anyone say thank you?!

Meanwhile, over at Castle Leathers, Julia’s playing 4-d chess with a man who’d be lucky to win a game of Tiddlywinks. (Yeah, I’m talking about Simon.) I hate what she has...

Running Pointwas a slam dunk when it came out last spring, so it came as no surprise when the basketball comedy was swiftly renewed for a second season. Kate Hudson celebrated the start of Season 2’s production with a selfie on Instagram featuring co-stars Brenda Song, Justin Theroux, Scott MacArthur, Drew Tarver, and Fabrizio Guido back in action.

Season 1 follows Isla Gordon (Hudson) after she’s unexpectedly appointed president of her family business, the Los Angeles Waves basketball team. With best friend and chief of staff Ali (Brenda Song) by her side, Isla navigates the antics of the male-dominated basketball world with no help from her chaotic brothers or unruly players, including live-wire rapper Travis Bugg (Chet Hanks) and accomplished star player Marcus Winfield (Toby Sandeman). Despite their best efforts, in the season finale, the Waves lose the championship game, and Isla finds...

As a writer on dozens of NCIS episodes, Gina Lucita Monreal’s favorite character to find words for was none other than Leroy Jethro Gibbs.

As such, she didn’t need to be asked twice to co-showrun CBS’ NCIS: Origins, which debuted last TV season and returns for its sophomore run this October.

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Talk of Zach Cregger’s sophomore feature Weapons, starring Julia Garner and Josh Brolin, has spread like a parasite across social media — infiltrating our virtual watercoolers and infecting us with straight-up nightmares. The tension-filled thriller, about a community in turmoil after a classroom of children goes missing, is riddled with jump scares, gore, and unexpected humor — sharing similar DNA to its predecessor, Barbarian. If you’re looking for more horror films that will inspire you to cover your eyes in new and interesting ways, check out these innovative and buzzy horror movies streaming on Netflix now.

Better Call Saul may still be finding new fans through streaming, but did you know it’s also celebrating its 10-year anniversary in 2025? While the exact day of the anniversary may have passed on February 8, having debuted on that day in 2015, the show celebrates another milestone on August 15, as the three-year anniversary of the series finale, “Saul Gone.” The series initially kicked off as a Breaking Bad prequel, but it quickly grew into a pop culture phenomenon in its own right, winning even the most skeptical fans over with Jimmy McGill’s (Bob Odenkirk) colorful journey from an underdog lawyer trying to shed his con-artist reputation as “Slippin’ Jimmy,” a name coined by his brother Chuck (Michael McKean), into the Saul Goodman viewers came to know in Breaking Bad. The show also steadily revealed the aftermath post-Breaking Bad as Jimmy went into hiding under the alias Gene Takavic, particularly in its final season.

Pop superstar Taylor Swift recently announced that her 12th studio album, The Life of a Showgirl, will be released on Oct. 3. Since then, fans have been combing the track list for clues as to what each song will be about. Swift, who’s keeping mum on the finer details, also confirmed that singer Sabrina Carpenter (who toured with Swift on a leg of her record-breaking Eras Tour) will feature on the title track, “The Life of a Showgirl.”

So what is a showgirl in the eyes of T. Swift? Traditionally, the term refers to a chorus girl at a performance venue or nightclub, à la 2024’s The Last Showgirl starring Pamela Anderson — which reclaimed the word after the 1995 film Showgirls (in which Elizabeth Berkley starred as an aspiring showgirl turned stripper) gave it a more divisive edge. The word evokes stage presence, bedazzled outfits, and bright lights in...

Few details about the Yellowstone Beth and Rip spinoff starring Kelly Reilly and Cole Hauser have been confirmed. What we do know is that it’s in production, and that Reilly, Hauser, and Finn Little are set to reprise their roles as Beth Dutton, Rip Wheeler, and Carter in the spinoff. A Texas news outlet reported that a Yellowstone spinoff called Rio Palo was filming in Ferris, Texas. If Rio Palo sounds unfamiliar, it should. No show with that name has been announced for the Yellowstone TV universe. An MTV rep recently clarified that the so-called Rio Palo that’s filming in Ferris is not a show by that name, but rather the still-untitled Beth and Rip spinoff. The last fans saw Beth and Rip, they were living in Montana on a new ranch with Carter. That ranch was said to be about 40 miles outside of Dillon, which is just...

Xavier Woods isn’t just looking for a win on this week’s WWE Raw — he’s looking to settle a very expensive score. The New Day star says Penta owes him a whopping $18,000 for damaging what he calls his “favorite hat.” The bad blood is boiling over into a one-on-one match that promises as much personal drama as in-ring action.

The Aug. 18 episode, streaming live on Netflix from Philadelphia’s Wells Fargo Center, also features appearances by Roman Reigns, Cm Punk, Seth Rollins, Rhea Ripley, and more — but make no mistake, all eyes in the building will be on that hat.

The Aug. 11 show had some surprises, from a shockingly hostile Asuka shoving Iyo Sky to Naomi being unable to compete after she was "not medically cleared" for the show. There was also the announcement of a massive match set for Clash in Paris, as Seth Rollins will...

Spoiler Alert: This story contains spoilers from “Smoke.” All nine episodes are now streaming on Apple TV+.

In “Smoke,” Taron Egerton plays Dave, an arson investigator who also happens to be a serial arsonist. Dave not only thinks he’s rather clever because he believes he’s outsmarting everyone, but he’s also convinced himself that he is, no pun intended, really hot.

But that all comes to an explosive reveal when he’s been arrested and questioned by Michelle, a war veteran turned detective played by Jurnee Smollett.

As Dave looks in the mirror in the interrogation room, his...

Welcome to My Favorite Scene! In this series, IndieWire speaks to actors behind a few of our favorite television performances about their personal-best onscreen moment and how it came together.

Oscar winner and current Emmy nominee Sam Rockwell is quick to heed the classic advice that “it takes a village…” Even before he was cast on “The White Lotus” Season 3, filling in for a role initially intended for Woody Harrelson, he and actor friend Chris Messina were helping his partner Leslie Bibb audition for the HBO drama while the latter pair were shooting “Juror #2.”

Bibb returned the favor, helping him prepare for the role when it came his way, while they were on safari in South Africa. It was even Bibb who teed-up his now-iconic introductory monologue opposite Walton Goggins’ Rick. Rockwell is Frank, an enigmatic figure from Rick’s past, and a summation of all the themes “The White Lotus...

Based on the comic book hit, Marvel Animation’s Marvel Zombies is reaching Disney+ viewers with its decomposing hand a bit earlier than expected, as the four-episode series now premieres on September 24, a few days earlier than its original release date of October 3. The quartet of episodes will entertain the more macabre viewers with its eerie take on Marvel characters, who have undergone a startling transformation, trading in their capes and heroics for rotting flesh and an insatiable hunger for the living. Here is everything we know so far about Marvel Animation’s horror series, Marvel Zombies. When will Marvel Zombies premiere? All four episodes will debut on Wednesday, September 24. What is Marvel Zombies about? Originally introduced in Disney+’s What If…? animated series, Season 1 Episode 5, “What If… Zombies?!,” the story follows an alternate version of Avengers: Endgame and Ant-Man and the Wasp, in which events from those stories lead...

Guy Campanile, a longtime “60 Minutes” producer who was tasked with managing a significant overhaul of the venerable “CBS Evening News,” is returning to his old stomping grounds.

Campanile is expected to take up duties at “60 Minutes” in days to come, according to a person familiar with the matter, leaving CBS News to assign a new executive to run its evening newscast. One potential candidate is said to be Kim Harvey, a veteran producer who has worked for CNN, Fox News Channel and MSNBC, along with CBS News.

CBS News declined to make executives available for comment. Campanile’s...

Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Kate Hudson (Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery) to the starting lineup of Running Point, the new comedy from Mindy Kaling (Never Have I Ever). After premiering Feb. 27 on Netflix, the series has already been renewed for a second season.

Running Point stars Hudson as Isla Gordon, a Los Angeles executive who is unexpectedly appointed head of the family business — which happens to be one of the most famous professional basketball franchises in the country — when her older brother publicly flames out and appoints her the new owner.

The Golden Globe winner and Academy Award–nominated actor is also an executive producer of the sitcom. Joining Hudson in the comedy are Scott MacArthur and Drew Tarver as Isla’s brothers, Max Greenfield as her fiancé, Brenda Song as a high-level team staffer, and more familiar faces on and off the court.

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Start building! Fox is bringing back its creative competition series, but using kids as contestants this time for Lego Masters Jr. Lego Masters host Will Arnett hands over the reins to Kelly Osbourne, who knows her way around the colorful bricks after competing in 2023. “Kelly was a revelation,” says executive producer Michael Heyerman, who also works on the flagship show. “When she joined us for one of our Holiday Bricktacular episodes, her energy and genuine enthusiasm were so infectious that she immediately caught our eye.” When it came to selecting her as host, Heyerman says, “She has this incredible ability to connect with the kids on their level — she’s part cheerleader, part mentor, and part fellow fan. We felt that she was the perfect fit to lead a show that celebrates pure imagination and joy. Her passion for the Lego brand is entirely authentic, and she brings a warmth...

Tristan Rogers has taken his final bow. The Australian-born actor, who played Robert Scorpio on General Hospital off and on since 1980, died Friday at the age of 79, his manager confirms to ABC News.

“The entire [General Hospital] family is heartbroken to hear of Tristan Rogers’ passing,” the show’s executive producer Frank Valentini posted to social media on Friday. “Tristan has captivated our fans for more than 50 years and Port Charles will not be the same without him (or Robert Scorpio). I would like to extend my deepest sympathies to his family and friends during this difficult time. Tristan was a one-of-a-kind...

General Hospital star Tristan Rogers has died at the age of 79, ABC7 reports. The actor succumbed to complications from lung cancer. He died on the morning of Friday, August 15. His manager, Meryl Soodak, confirmed the news to the publication, noting that despite his illness, Rogers was not a smoker. In a statement, the manager said has his work on General Hospital “meant everything to him.” “He loved being Scorpio, and he created that role from nothing. He was supposed to work a day, and he ended up making it into something huge. He was just a genuinely loyal, kind human being, and he loved his family,” the statement read. General Hospital executive producer Frank Valentini said in a statement about the news, “The entire General Hospital family is heartbroken to hear of Tristan Rogers’ passing. Tristan has captivated our fans for 45 years, and Port Charles will not be the same...