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Now that the new Naked Gun has been released, it reminded us of how great parody films can be (check out Bumbray’s review Here). I felt it was time to look at other films in the parody genre. Because, sure, everyone knows Airplane, Hot Shots, or Scary Movie, but there are plenty of others that are worth your time. From the financially unsuccessful to films that didn’t get a fair shake until decades later, it’s time that we run the gauntlet.

So let’s take a look at some of the most underrated Parody Films ever made.

Stay Tuned (1992)

Ironically, this film was actually just announced to be getting its own TV series and has always been amongst John Ritter’s best. Following a husband and wife as they’re sucked into their television sets, they must survive the twisted versions of the shows that they now find themselves in.

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According to Deadline, Vernes will play Carson, “a junior Olympian and popular student at New Sunnydale Academy” who takes notice of new slayer Nova (Ryan Kiera Armstrong) following a life-altering event.

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Josh Gad and Andrew Rannells are set to star in another project together!

The two actors, who have starred together on Broadway twice in the past, will reunite once again, but this time for a loose TV adaptation of the 1992 movie Stay Tuned, according to Deadline.

Stay Tuned is being developed at Hulu, from creators Akiva Goldsman, Jordan Cahan, and Greg Lessans, with Jordan set at as the showrunner.

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The series will find Josh and Andrew “trapped on the wrong side of the screen and forced to navigate their way through TV’s most binge-worthy obsessions.”

“For over a decade @andrewrannells and I have been the Laverne and Shirley of our generation (according to our mothers.) It therefore only makes sense to now do a TV series where we can literally do an episode as ‘Laverne and Shirley’ (assuming the rights to those characters...

Released in 1992, many fans still remember the cult classic comedy Stay Tuned. Now, it's been revealed that the story will be reimagined, but as an all-new TV series that's directly based on the film.

Per Deadline, Hulu is rebooting Stay Tuned as a TV series. The new series is created by Akiva Goldsman alongside showrunner Jordan Cahan and Greg Lessans. Josh Gad and Andrew Rannells have also been tapped to star, playing the two leads. Like the original film, the reboot will see Gad and Rannells playing two characters who "find themselves trapped on the wrong side of the screen and forced to navigate their way through TV's most binge-worthy obsessions."

Gad and Rannells are longtime friends, having previously co-starred in the 2011 musical The Book of Mormon along with the 2023 musical Gutenberg! The Musical. The two also had cameos in History of the World, Part II, which debuted on Hulu...

Broadway duo Josh Gad and Andrew Rannells have been tapped to lead a new comedy series at Hulu, Deadline reports. Loosely based on the 1992 film Stay Tuned starring John Ritter, the series follows the pair as they become stuck behind a TV screen and are "forced to navigate their way through TV’s most binge-worthy obsessions." In addition to starring, Gad and Rannells will also serve as executive producers for the series, which has been created by Akiva Goldsman, Jordan Cahan (also showrunner), and Greg Lessans. The original movie starred Ritter and Pam Dawber, a married couple who found themselves stuck in a television for 24 hours. Gad and Rannells first rocketed to national attention as the original Elder Cunningham and Elder Price...

We can be friends if you remember Peter Hyams’ 1992 dark comedy Stay Tuned. The high-concept comedy starring John Ritter and Pam Dawber is a beloved cult classic about a husband and wife who are sucked into a hellish television set and must survive the gauntlet of twisted versions of shows in which they find themselves. Stay Tuned is a bizarre bit of fun from the early ’90s, and now Josh Gad is bringing it back! That’s right, folks! Get your remote controls ready, because Josh Gad and Andrew Rannells will star in a comedy series inspired by Hyams’ sadistic and satirical film, Stay Tuned, for Hulu.

According to Deadline, Stay Tuned is created by Akiva Goldsman, Jordan Cahan, and Greg Lessans, with Cahan set as showrunner. In addition to their starring roles, Gad and Rannells will executive produce alongside Goldsman and Lessans through Weed Road Productions, Morgan Creek’s James G. Robinson & David Robinson,...

Don't touch that dial! The Book of Mormon co-stars Josh Gad and Andrew Rannells are teaming up on the small screen...and getting sucked into it. They're set to star in a TV remake of the cult 1993 comedy Stay Tuned. The new series is being developed for Hulu. Deadline reports that the series will be a loose remake of the 1993 film, which was directed by Peter Hyams (Outland), and written by Jim Jennewein and Tom S. Parker (The Flintstones); in it, Gad and Rannells will find themselves trapped inside the world of television.

Although Gad and Rannells won accolades for their star-making Broadway performances in Book of Mormon, and became close friends during its production, this will only be their second on-screen collaboration: they previously made cameos in Hulu's History of the World, Part II. Says Gad, "For over a decade Andrew and I have been the Laverne and Shirley...

Josh Gad and Andrew Rannells will star and executive produce a TV adaptation of the comedy classic “Stay Tuned,” which is in development at Hulu, TheWrap has learned.

The project from Akiva Goldsman, Jordan Cahan and Greg Lessans is loosely based on the 1992 movie starring John Ritter and Pam Dawber. The series would follow Rannells and Gad as they find themselves trapped on the wrong side of the screen and forced to navigate their way through TV’s most binge-worthy obsessions.

Cahan serves as showrunner on the potential series, reuniting with Rannells after previously working together on Showtime’s “Black Monday.” 20th Television is the producing studio. Executive producers include Goldsman and Lessans for Weed Road Productions, Gad, Rannells, and Morgan Creek’s James G. Robinson & David Robinson, and Aaron Semmel.

Rannells is a Grammy Award-winning and two-time Tony Award nominated actor who starred in Jim Rash’s film “Miss You, Love You,...

Exclusive: Hulu is developing Stay Tuned, a comedy series headlined and executive produced by Josh Gad and Andrew Rannells.

Loosely based on the 1992 cult classic film of the same name starring John Ritter and Pam Dawber, Stay Tuned was created by Akiva Goldsman, Jordan Cahan, and Greg Lessans, with Cahan set as showrunner. In the TV series take, Rannells and Gad will find themselves trapped on the wrong side of the screen and forced to navigate their way through TV’s most binge-worthy obsessions.

Gad and Rannells executive produce alongside Goldsman and Lessans via Weed Road Productions, Morgan Creek’s James G. Robinson & David Robinson, and Aaron Semmel.

Morgan Creek produced the movie, directed by Peter Hyams, which stars Ritter and Dawber as a suburban couple who are unwittingly transported into their television by a satanic emissary and must survive 24 hours of being bounced from one dangerous situation to another...

The newest show on Disney+ is likely to have more surprising plot twists than any Marvel movie and more oddball characters than the latest series from “Star Wars.”

What is it? The news.

In its first original daily program designed specifically for the streaming service, ABC News will, starting each weekday at 6 a.m., dispatch James Longman and Rachel Scott to give viewers an 8-to-10-minute recap of the latest headlines. The latter may hold forth often from the White House or other powerful seat in Washington, D.C. while the former offers updates from the many overseas locales he regularly visits. And the Disney news division has plans to expand the show, “What You Need to Know,” to other times for Disney+ subscribers. The series debuts July 21.

“It’s the first thing you will see on Disney+ as you wake up,” says Almin Karamehmedovic, the president of ABC News,...

Vox Media today announced a strategic partnership with Tefi Pessoa, who is joining The Cut as a special contributor. The influential host, content creator, and comedian will write a monthly advice column and launch a weekly pop culture podcast that builds on the signature takes she brings to her over 2 million followers on TikTok and Instagram. The column, called “Ask Tefi,” debuts on Friday, May 23rd, with the podcast set to launch this summer and publish across audio, video, and social platforms. Pessoa, who served as The Cut’s red carpet correspondent at the Academy Awards earlier this year, will also appear regularly on the Cut’s social channels.

“After years of connecting with people online, I wanted a space to go deeper,” said Tefi Pessoa. “This column and podcast are for anyone who's ever thought, ‘Am I the only one feeling this way?’ You’re not. Whether it’s breakups,...

The world of Star Trek lost a true gem today, as Teri Garr passed away at the age of 79. The actress rose to fame in the 1970s, starring in some of the biggest movies made during the decade. Yet, despite her lauded standing for over three decades, Garr never forgot where she came from.

She remembered her big break and who gave it to her, and that just so happened to be Star Trek. While she had an infamous falling out with Gene Roddenberry following her refusal to shorten the length of her skirt, she still credits the franchise with helping her launch her career.

In her autobiography, she claims that after her time on Star Trek, the bigger roles started coming in. While Roddenberry may have never brought her back to the franchise, for one reason or another, Garr rose to become an icon and today, we celebrate three of her best sci-fi projects.

Vox Media and Enjoy Basketball today announced that YouTube star and NBA superfan Kenny Beecham will bring his flagship show, Small Ball with Kenny Beecham (formerly The Kenny Beecham Podcast) to the Vox Media Podcast Network via a strategic partnership. On Small Ball, which provides year-round basketball coverage and publishes weekly on Fridays during the NBA season, Beecham will share his unique insights through game analysis, player stories, and more. Vox Media will assume sales, marketing, and distribution duties for the show, which is available on podcast and video platforms, and collaborate with Beecham on live event extensions and editorial crossovers with Vox Media brands like Sb Nation.

“I’m excited to team up with Vox Media and take Small Ball to the next level,” says Beecham. “This partnership allows us to continue delivering great basketball content to our fans, with even more reach and resources. The show has grown so much since we started,...

The 90s was a great time for adaptations. Jurassic Park is the gold standard, of course, but there was so much more. That book’s author, Michael Crichton, also had Sphere and Congo get greenlit and released while we would see non-horror output like Forrest Gump and Shawshank Redemption, which account for the greatest film of all time… and Forrest Gump. On the horror side we would have Silence of the Lambs, the wonderful It TV miniseries, Exorcist III, and a fun little monster movie throwback called The Relic. At the time, I just thought it was a cool creature feature designed specifically for 12-year-olds like me but looking back all these years later I found out it was an adaptation of a book by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child in what would be the first of 22 separate stories for one of the chief protagonists. That’s all well and...

Lydia Deetz, her stepmother Delia Deetz, and her daughter Astrid stand over a casket, the burial services in progress. We can barely make out who the funeral is for but there he is on the headstone: Charles Deetz. While Charles was once part of the Beetlejuice sequel when the ghost with the most was to “go Hawaiian”, he was written entirely out of Beetlejuice Beetlejuice…for reasons that will soon be obvious.

Despite the original’s and sequel’s dalliances with the afterlife, Jeffrey Jones will not be in the Beetlejuice sequel– or pretty much any other legitimate movie – following his disgraceful tumble from his small but reliable spotlight. Perfectly fitting into prestigious period pieces and goofball funny flicks. Jones is a Golden Globe nominee with consistent work – a mix of villain, comedic and at times patriarchal roles, Jeffrey Jones went from Ferris Bueller baddie to Who’s Your Caddy?...

Tim Burton is back. The famous filmmaker, artist and guy who showed the world that not owning a comb isn’t a dealbreaker for Monica Bellucci technically never left, but now he’s made a movie that people actually want to see for the first time in a long while.

In addition to directing the highly-anticipated sequel Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Burton just received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. And it’s well-deserved, considering his long career, which found him churning out modern classics, followed by some okay stuff, and eventually, a whole bunch of joyless CGI-filled remakes featuring Johnny Depp in increasingly goofy wigs.

Burton’s influence over the world of film has been so great, there are a number of movies with serious Tim Burton vibes that were in no way directed by Tim Burton. Some of the most Burton-y non-Burton projects include…

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This Thursday The Today Show welcomes Savannah Sellers, Daisy Edgar-Jones, Jean-Georges Vongerichten, Ally Love, Niro Feliciano, and Adrianna Brach to the show. Savannah Sellers, an NBC News anchor and correspondent, joins the show to share her fertility journey. Sellers co-anchors “Morning News Now” on NBC News Now and co-hosts “Stay Tuned,” a Gen Z-focused news […]

The Today Show: Savannah Sellers, Daisy Edgar-Jones, Jean-Georges Vongerichten...

Journalist Kara Swisher will interview OpenAI’s Mira Murati on Monday, June 10, as the inaugural guest of a four-part live event series hosted at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center in Washington, D.C.

Swisher’s interview with Murati about AI, misinformation, and the 2024 elections will begin a yearlong partnership between Johns Hopkins and Vox Media that will convene discussions among the brightest minds working at the high-stakes intersection of technology, science, and public policy.

Each of the four live events in the new “Discovery” series will focus on a different AI-related issue and feature Swisher recording an interview with a topic-specific guest for her podcast, On with Kara Swisher, and a panel discussion moderated by Swisher with leading experts from Hopkins and other organizations.

When: 5:30 p.m., Monday, June 10.

Where: The Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center at 555 Pennsylvania Avenue.

Who: In addition to her interview with Murati, Swisher...

Donald Trump‘s wife, Melania Trump, has remained notably absent from her husband’s 2024 reelection campaign, and sources close to the Trump campaign indicate that while she is expected to have a role in the future, the specifics and extent of her campaign activities have yet to be determined and will not ramp up any time soon.

Melania is very selective in what she wants to do and how she shows herself in public.

Melania has been mourning the loss of her mother, supporting her father, and focusing on her son, Barron, who recently turned 18 and will be preparing for college in the fall.

Even Melania’s participation in the Republican National Convention, where her husband will accept the party’s nomination, has not been finalized. Campaign officials have recently started discussions with convention organizers, but her role has not been officially confirmed.

Melania’s noticeable absence from the campaign...

Not too long ago, IMDb introduced a new feature to their website called the Parents Guide. The goal was to give parents a quick rundown of risqué, violent or suggestive scenes from films, and allow them to make quick decisions as to whether or not they should allow their child to watch said movies. Parents who felt aghast that Spielberg would show a scene where a father was unable to reach his child’s outstretched hand, as in the 1991 classic Hook, might choose to skip ahead, while other parents who are appalled by children debating whether or not Wolfman has “nards”, could forgo all of Shane Black and Fred Dekker’s 1987 monster mashup Monster Squad. However, should one day their children ask them if they can sit down and watch a screening of Steffen Haars and Flip van der Kuil’s new film Krazy House, the Finnigan’s Wake length...

The episode of Best Horror Party Movies covering Bride of Chucky was Written, Narrated/Hosted, and Edited by Mike Conway, Produced by John Fallon, and Executive Produced by Berge Garabedian.

From the director of Freddy vs. Jason and the writer of all things Child’s Play comes a romantic comedy as sharp as a bloodied knife. Join JoBlo Horror as we take the party bus on a road trip with our favorite Good Guy in Bride of Chucky (watch it Here). Welcome to our horror party, kids, where we take some horror films and make a fun game out of it. I’m Mike Conway, and today we ditch the Child’s Play title and jump right into the “Of Chucky” era with Bride of Chucky, released in 1998.

Bride of Chucky follows Tiffany, the ex-girlfriend of serial killer Charles Lee Ray. After being torn to shreds in Child’s Play 3, Chucky’s...

Supernatural season 16 may be in development, fixing the controversial ending and easing the pain of fans. Bringing Dean back from the dead may be necessary for the new season, but it's an overused trope that lacks excitement. To keep things fresh, Supernatural season 16 needs to find a creative way to bring Dean Winchester back and avoid falling into repetition.

Although Supernatural had a shockingly long run time of fifteen seasons, which ended in 2020, it seems that the show may be revived for Supernatural season 16, and the unfortunate fact of the matter is that, in order for the series to continue, it will have to use one terribly overused trope. Supernatural is a paranormal drama series that first began in 2005. It stars Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki as brothers Dean and Sam WInchester, who have been raised since childhood to kill monsters. Though the series had a fairly final (and divisive) ending,...

Who’s doing it better — Kristen Welker or Jake Tapper?

The two journalists, one the new moderator of NBC News’ “Meet The Press,” the other the anchor of the weekday “The Lead” and a co-anchor of “State of the Union” at CNN, aren’t typically pitted against one another. But there they were on a recent Thursday afternoon around 4:30 p.m., duking it out for the future of their medium.

Welker was holding forth on “Meet the Press Now,” a show earmarked for streaming users on the broadband outlet NBC News Now. Tapper was anchoring his regular Thursday broadcast of “The Lead,” a program that is now also streamed to subscribers of Max, the main broadband hub of Warner Bros. Discovery. Both were grilling Republican congressmen about the recent ouster of former U.S. Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, and, while not necessarily realizing it, hoping to appeal...

Stars: Angela Cela, Charles Chudabala, Nicole Cinaglia , Sheri Davis, Marcella Di Pasquale, Jessica Cameron, Felissa Rose, Jennifer Nangle, Sadie Katz, Alan Maxson, Dave Sheridan, Vernon Wells, Noel Jason Scott, Maria Shapley | Written and Directed by Michael Hurst

Directed by Michael J. Hurst, who has vast genre experience – helming films such as House of the Dead 2, Pumpkinhead 4 and 2006’s Darkroom, as well as writing the demented Mansquito (aka Mosquito Man), and both of Scott Adkins’ Ninja movies (personal favourites of mine) – Transmission is a dark, twisted film that feels akin to Peter Hyams’s comedy Stay Tuned, which starred John Ritter and Pam Dawber as a couple trapped in an ever-changing TV or the comedy anthology Amazon Women on the Moon that flicked between 90s TV, poking fun at the tropes of that era.

The film unfolds on a television screen as we, seeing things from the perspective of an old man,...

Shortly after the 20th anniversary of John Ritter's passing, the late actor's name is trending on social media as fans recognize his 75th birthday.

Ritter, who rose to fame as a sitcom star before going on to appear in a variety of other TV shows and feature films, sadly passed away on Sept. 11, 2003. Many fans were paying tribute on the 20th anniversary, and just days later, many more posts honoring the actor are popping up on social media. While two decades have passed, Ritter remains as loved as ever by his fans, demonstrating just how much he is still clearly missed.

Related: Did Three's Company Use a Trick to Warn the Cast When Suzanne Somers Was in Scenes?

He was comedic genius. He was great in everything he did. Can't believe it's been 20 years since he left us. Happy Heavenly Birthday John Ritter. Rip. — Bmp is on 🎯 (@BigManPauly) September 17, 2023

"He was comedic genius,...

When NBC News officially debuts Stay Tuned Now on its streaming platform tonight, it’ll be the rare national primetime news show based in Los Angeles which, because of distance and time zones, still is treated as the hinterlands from the D.C. and NYC media sphere.

Anchor Gadi Schwartz said, “For a long time, 8 o’clock rolled around and everyone’s like, ‘Oh well, we’re all done,’ and forgot that it is only 5 o’clock on the West Coast. This is a chance to reinvigorate the day’s news, and then expand the coverage with a perspective from the west looking east.”

Schwartz will be doing the NBC News Now show from the network’s broadcast studios in Universal City. The newscast is part of an expansion of Stay Tuned, the Snapchat show he’s hosted for nearly six years along with Savannah Sellers.

The show will reflect...

Snap announced today that it laid off 20 percent of its staff in a restructure intended to cut costs and save the Snapchat parent’s plunging stock price. Beyond the headcount reduction of about 1,280 employees, one of the key casualties here are Snap-funded originals. Snap will no longer invest in new original programming, although the ones announced in May will still air as planned starting this fall.

What are/were Snap Originals? Developed with and paid for by Snapchat but produced by third-party production companies, there are more than 150 of them, including “Addison Rae Goes Home” starring influencer Addison Rae, Meme Mom” starring influencer NicoleTV, and “Coming Out,” in which LGBTQ+ influencer Manny Mua hosts a show that reflects the coming out journey for six young people. It also featured shows hosted by pro basketball player Stephen Curry and Olympic gymnast Simone Biles.

Shot in vertical orientation and made for swift consumption,...

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Snap will lay off around 20 percent of its workforce on Wednesday, according to a memo from Snap CEO Evan Spiegel sent to employees. The layoffs will see more than 1,200 employees cut, with the company expecting to save about 500 million.

“The scale of these changes vary from team to team, depending upon the level of prioritization and investment needed to execute against our strategic priorities,” Spiegel wrote. “The extent of this reduction should substantially reduce the risk of ever having to do this again, while balancing our desire to invest in our long term future and reaccelerate our revenue growth.”

Employees impacted by the cuts will receive at least 4 months of severance, with the company telling shareholders it expects to take as much as 175 million in contract termination and impairment costs.

Spiegel also outlined a complete restructuring of the company, which will see it...

Almost every horror fan enjoys a good creature feature, but sometimes it can be hard to find one that plays it mostly straight without descending into complete self-parody. Peter Hyams’ The Relic is just that kind of monster movie, presenting an air of sophistication that distracts you from its roots in outright schlock.

It was one of the few times that Hyams—who has many thriller, sci-fi, and action films in his credits—jumped into the horror pool. Previously, he ventured into supernatural territory with the 1992 fantasy comedy Stay Tuned, which saw John Ritter and Pam Dawber running through a satellite dish system powered by Hell. It wasn’t exactly what many would call horror, but still, check it out if you haven’t—there’s some good dark comedy jokes that would make readers of this site cackle.

The Relic—based on the novel Relic by Douglas Preston and...

If a big story erupted at a random hour not too long ago, executives at big TV-news outlets would typically try to break into regularly scheduled network programming with one of the oldest tools in the box, a “special report.” Now, thanks to a widening fight among TV companies to capture streaming audiences, they have many new options.

When the U.S. exited Afghanistan earlier this year, ABC News collected considerable footage – more than was required for news shows like “World News Tonight” or “Good Morning America.” Rather than letting it all sit unwatched, production teams from “20/20” and “Nightline” worked to get a program, “Final Hours: America’s Longest War,” up on Hulu. ABC News, says Kim Godwin, who was named president of the Disney unit earlier this year, has used the sibling streaming-video hub to distribute everything from in-depth investigative projects from George Stephanopoulos to a detailed recent...

(Welcome to The Daily Stream, an ongoing series in which the /Film team shares what they've been watching, why it's worth checking out, and where you can stream it.)

The Movie: "Stay Tuned"

Where You Can Stream It: Amazon Prime

The Pitch: Roy (John Ritter) is a father of two and avid couch potato. One evening, when his precious remote control breaks, he gets a visit from a mysterious salesman named Mr. Spike (Jeffrey Jones) who offers him a new high-tech remote that allows Roy to immerse himself into his favorite shows. The new device actually transports Roy and his wife Helen (Pam Dawber)...

The post The Daily Stream: Peter Hyams' Stay Tuned Is One Hell of a '90s Throwback appeared first on /Film.

Late actor John Ritter was the subject of ABC's Superstar on Wednesday night, and footage from the show reveals son Jason getting emotional speaking about his late father. From Three's Company and Problem Child to 8 Simple Rules and Bad Santa, Ritter had long been a fan favorite actor on both the big and small screen. Sadly, he passed away suddenly in 2003 due to an aortic dissection.

A one-hour documentary, ABC's Superstar: John Ritter presented never-before-seen family videos along with unseen footage from a Barbara Walters interview. Also included were interviews with various names in the business who knew Ritter, like Jimmy Kimmel, Bryan Cranston, Kaley Cuoco, Henry Winkler, Suzanne Somers, and Raven-Symone. Jason Ritter, John's son, also remembers his father in footage from the show, and he gets choked up remembering the "beauty" of his father's life.

John Ritter's oldest son Jason remembers “so much beauty” about his...

Are the keys to appealing to young, would-be news consumers telling them stories about people their age and covering topics that appeal just to them? NBC News’ “Stay Tuned,” the Snapchat Discover show that celebrated its fourth anniversary Monday, bets that it is: A scroll through recent episodes reveals coverage of a suspected poisoning at a music festival, the appeal of Y2K fashion for people too young to remember the 2000s and “cannabis-related degrees” — which are branded “the hot new thing.” After producing 2,500 episodes — more than any other show on the Discover platform — “Stay Tuned” has emerged as one of the most-watched news shows on Snapchat with 10.5 million subscribers. All told, nearly 1 million viewers watch each twice-daily episode, on average, and 91% are under the age of 35. “It’s essential to our success that we really get​ our audience,” executive producer Angela Grande told TheWrap, noting recent stories on going...

TV streaming wars have erupted in Hollywood and are wreaking havoc on Madison Avenue. They are even making a splash in places like Gainesville, Ga.

Wesley Lowery recently visited this town in the northeastern portion of the state, part of an effort to create a report for “60 Minutes Plus,” the new streaming-news counterpart to the venerable CBS newsmagazine. Lowery, one of a handful of correspondents hired for the Paramount Plus series, focuses on the plight of health care workers amid the coronavirus pandemic. “A lot of them haven’t had much relief,” notes the journalist, who takes a few minutes to discuss his work even though he has just about 48 hours before his story is slated to go out over the digital ether.

TV counterparts such as Lesley Stahl or Bill Whitaker usually get 12 to 13 minutes to tell their stories. Lowery says he may get as many as 20 to 30. “We are at a time when,...

Wandavision taking us back through sitcom history reminded me of another movie that made a hellish journey across television… Stay Tuned (1992) Director: Peter Hyams Stars: John Ritter, Pam Dawber, Jeffrey Jones, Eugene Levy After being gifted a home entertainment system from the Dark Lord himself, an unhappily married couple get sucked in to their television and forced to survive demonic versions…...

Wearing a dark gray hoodie and framed by neon lights in a garage, NBC News’ Gadi Schwartz is forgoing the traditional suit and anchor’s desk as he explains to viewers the growing conversation around climate change, as exemplified by California’s shrinking Salton Sea. The graphics are snappy, the aerial footage is grand, and the explanation is conversational — that is to say, very millennial-friendly.

This is “The Overview,” Peacock’s new younger-skewing news show that will debut on NBCUniversal’s streaming service on Jan. 16, as Variety has exclusively learned. Three episodes will premiere on the service at launch, followed by weekly Saturday episodes.

Schwartz, an NBC News and MSNBC correspondent who has covered the 2020 election, immigration issues along the U.S.-Mexico border and the Olympics, leads something of a journalistic double life. He speaks both to the older demographics who watch traditional linear broadcast and cable news as...

NBC News’ streaming service NBC News Now is launching a morning show next week. Morning News Now will be hosted by NBC News correspondent Joe Fryer and NBC News correspondent and NBC Stay Tuned co-host Savannah Sellers and run 7-11 p.m. Et Monday through Friday.

The show, which will cover the day’s latest news and headlines as well as cover politics, business and consumer stories, will be available on Peacock, YouTube TV, Fubo, Xumo, Pluto and NBC News’ Ott apps on Roku, Fire TV and Apple TV.

Kelly Daniel will be executive producer for Morning News Now, which joins the service’s current programming that includes Chuck Todd’s weekly Meet The Press Reports and Alison Morris’ weekday Pm show.

“NBC News Now’s success allows us to expand its programming and continue bringing more streaming content to new viewers,” said Janelle Rodriguez, SVP Editorial for NBC News.

NBC News Now, the 24/7 streaming service from NBC News, was going to expand its live coverage to the East Coast’s morning hours in April. Then the coronavirus hit.

Six months later, the four-hour weekday “Morning News Now” is now ready to roll, starting Oct. 12 — and not a minute too soon, as the already-clamorous news cycle hits a new crescendo. The show will be anchored by Savannah Sellers (above left), NBC News correspondent and co-host of NBC’s “Stay Tuned” series on Snapchat, and NBC News correspondent Joe Fryer (above right). It’s set to air 7-11 a.m. Et Monday-Friday.

But NBC has a morning show: the long-running “Today” program, which also has a companion online service that streams around-the-clock. Janelle Rodriguez, senior VP of editorial for NBC News who oversees NBC News Now, argued that “Morning News Now” won’t cannibalize “Today” viewership (or vice versa).

“We don...

In another packed edition of Horror Highlights, we have the lineup for Scream Factory's 31 Nights of Horror, details on Black Mansion Films and their funding campaign, information on Roommate Wanted and its Salem Horror Fest premiere, an announcement on the Guardian Project from Supernatural's Mark Pellegrino, and word of Mr. Mercedes coming to Peacock:

Scream Factory, Shout! Factory TV Host '31 Nights of Horror' Streaming Every Night in October: "This October, Shout! Factory TV and Scream Factory proudly present 31 Nights of Horror. Fans can tune in each evening throughout the entire month for a macabre movie that’s sure to satisfy cravings for all things creepy. Each night of the stream will feature a genre favorite such as Witchboard, Bad Moon, Sleepaway Camp, The Exorcist III, Clive Barker’s Nightbreed: Director’s Cut and many more.

Viewers will also be treated to a deadly double feature every Saturday...

The late, great John Ritter would have turned 72 years old today, and fans across the world are remembering the legendary performer with tribute posts on social media. From Three's Company to 8 Simple Rules and everything in between, Ritter was among Hollywood's most beloved actors. Sadly, the veteran actor passed away suddenly at just 54 years old due to an aortic dissection in 2003, but it's clear from a quick look online that Ritter is still very loved and missed by his many, many fans.

"Happy birthday, John Ritter. I'm stopping at the Regal Beagle on the way home to honor your memory," one fan quips.

"Happy Birthday to John Ritter (1948-2003)! Best known to Three's Company fans as the lovable Jack Tripper, he was a gift to the world. We love and miss you, John," a Three's Company fan account tweeted.

"Wow, John Ritter would have been 72 today," another fan writes with an emotional Twitter post.

Exclusive: Kay Adams and Lawrence K. Jackson will serve as co-hosts for People magazine’s new television series People (the Show!).

The daily, syndicated half-hour TV show from parent corporation Meredith is based off content from the popular celebrity and lifestyle magazine. People (the Show!) will also feature content that takes from the publication’s human-interest stories including exclusive interviews, entertainment news, beauty and style and more.

“I’m thrilled to bring the People newsroom to life for viewers across the country, whether at home or on-the-go.” said Adams, who currently hosts NFL’s Emmy-nominated Good Morning Football.

Journalist and public speaker Lawrence K. Jackson will also join the program as co-host. The former host of NBC News’ Stay Tuned and MTV’s Total Request Live reboot said he is eager to join the team and bring the People legacy to a new medium.

Also joining the cast as New York and Los Angeles correspondents,...

Casually mentioned in tonight’s news about Amazon’s “Dead Ringers” series, Deadline has spilled the beans that Morgan Creek is reportedly working on a reboot of The Exorcist. The site reports, “Current Morgan Creek projects include Stay Tuned at AMC, with a planned theatrical reboot of The Exorcist in the works for 2021.” The Exorcist franchise hasn’t been on […]...

In her first major foray into TV series, Rachel Weisz is set to headline and executive produce Dead Ringers, a reimagining with a gender swap of David Cronenberg’s cult classic 1980s film. Amazon has given a straight-to-series order to the project, from Weisz, Alice Birch, lead writer of Hulu’s acclaimed Normal People series, Annapurna Television and Morgan Creek Entertainment, the company behind the original movie.

In Dead Ringers, written by Birch, The Mantle twins, played by Weisz, are the most successful, brilliant and extraordinary people you’ve never met. Identical from head to toe, these two Ob-gyn’s are on a mission to change the way women birth, starting with Manhattan. Drugs, pioneering but very much illegal medical research, sex and falling in love, this drama based on the David Cronenberg 80s cult classic, takes us to darker and stranger territory than we could have possibly imagined.

The...

Updated: The broadcast networks are sticking to one hour per night of coverage of the Democratic and Republican national conventions, while some of the cable and streaming networks are planning more expansive coverage.

The broadcast network plans to go live from 10 Pm to 11 Pm Et each evening are in line with previous cycles, as NBC, ABC and CBS devoted an hour of primetime to major speeches and commentary.

The broadcast and cable networks have been waiting to finalize their plans as it became clear that the conventions will be almost all virtual, as Democrats last week scrapped plans for speakers in the host city of Milwaukee and Republicans abandoned a large-scale convention amid the pandemic. Instead, President Donald Trump says that he plans to deliver a speech from the White House or at Gettysburg, Pa, the site of the bloodiest Civil War battle.

The onus will be on both parties...

Stay Tuned, the 1992 comedy cult classic starring the late, great John Ritter alongside Pam Dawber, is getting rebooted for the small screen at AMC. Deadline reports that AMC Studios is moving forward with development on a TV series adaptation of the movie from Fear the Walking Dead co-showrunner/executive producer Ian Goldberg and writer/producer Richard Naing as a part of Goldberg's overall deal with the studio. Additionally, Naing will also be writing the adaptation. Morgan Creek Entertainment, the studio behind the original movie version, will also be on board to executive produce the AMC series.

Released in 1992, the original Stay Tuned movie was written by Jim Jennewein and Tom S. Parker with Peter Hyams directing. Because of its dark humor and bizarre storyline, Tim Burton had originally been set to helm the cult classic before leaving to focus on Batman Returns.The movie stars John Ritterand Pam Dawber as Roy and Helen Knable,...

Stay Tuned, a 1992 movie in which John Ritter and Pam Dawber play a husband and wife who get sucked into their television and inhabit different worlds as they bounce through the TV’s hellish programming, is being adapted into a TV show. Just two months ago, I wrote a piece proclaiming that this goofy little […]

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I can't say that I'm surprised, given how awesome the movie was back in the day, but AMC Studios announced today that they're developing Stay Tuned, a TV series adaptation of the 1992 cult classic comedy starring John Ritter and Pam Dawber. The project is currently being set up by Fear The Walking Dead co-showrunner/executive producer Ian Goldberg and writer/producer…...

NBC News and MSNBC on Sunday will start a weeklong series of special reports on education in America amid the coronavirus crisis, as schools grapple with reopening or starting fall classes with online learning.

Coronavirus and the Classroom will include an Aug. 13 primetime NBC special anchored by Lester Holt, with correspondents and newsmakers with guidance for kids, parents and teachers. The special will air at 8 Pm Et, and also will be streamed on NBC News Now.

Rashida Jones, Senior Vice President of NBC News and MSNBC, said, “Many are already returning to the classroom or adjusting to virtual back-to-school across the U.S., while the rest of the country continues to debate the reopening of schools.”

She said that the goal “is to provide programming that facilitates the necessary conversations, explores new solutions, identifies and answers new questions so our viewers can get the information and clarity they need as...

Exclusive: AMC Studios is developing Stay Tuned, a TV series adaptation of the 1992 cult classic which starred John Ritter and Pam Dawber. The project hails from Fear The Walking Dead co-showrunner/executive producer Ian Goldberg & writer/producer Richard Naing, who will write the series, part of Goldberg’s overall deal at AMC Studios. Morgan Creek Entertainment, which produced the 1992 movie, is executive producing.

Stay Tuned the movie followed a married couple, Roy and Helen Knable, played by Ritter and Dawber, who were unwittingly transported into their television and forced to survive an alternate universe inside ‘Hellvision’. Here is a trailer:

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Goldberg is currently co-showrunning Fear the Walking Dead with Andrew Chambliss under his AMC Studios deal. Goldberg previously co-created Dead of Summer, which aired for one season on Freeform. Naing also worked with Goldberg on Dead of Summer. On the feature side, Goldberg & Naing wrote Netflix’s 2019 horror movie, Eli,...

After decades spent fighting TV’s never-ending battle for morning-news dominance, NBC’s “Today” is launching a salvo on another front: Hollywood’s streaming wars.

NBC is set to debut “Today All Day,” a round-the-clock “feed” of material from its venerable A.M. program. The offering will be available starting Wednesday on Peacock, the new streaming-video outlet from parent NBCUniversal, as well as on Today.com. NBC hopes to distribute the new product via other venues as well, says Chris Berend, executive vice president of digital for NBC News Group, in an interview.

The show’s four weekday hours and its two weekend editions will remain intact on NBC’s broadcast network. But streaming fans should not expect to get caught up on the news by Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb at 7 a.m. on the dot or watch Al Roker tell them to stand by for weather “in your...