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Will Arnett stumbles into stand-up comedy in the first trailer for Bradley Cooper's Is This Thing On?. Directed by Cooper, who co-wrote the script with Arnett and Mark Chappell (See How They Run), the upcoming comedy film is based on the life of British comedian John Bishop, who, after separating from his wife, attended an open mic which kick-started his comedy career and saved his marriage.

Seven-time Emmy nominee Will Arnett leads the cast alongside Oscar winner Laura Dern (Marriage Story) with Bradley Cooper, Oscar nominee Andra Day (The United States vs. Billie Holiday), Emmy winner Sean Hayes (Will & Grace), Emmy nominee Amy Sedaris, Oscar nominee Ciarán Hinds (Belfast), Chloe Radcliffe,...

Anyone who grew up believing that the TV was an immediate family member will likely be familiar with the name James Burrows.

The legendary sitcom director helmed episodes of iconic series like The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Taxi, Friends, Will & Grace and Frasier. Plus, he co-created Cheers, which explains why his name appears in the credits of every episode, along with that one photo of that old-timey guy with the bowler hat and the extremely punchable face.

But it turns out that work is drying up for the 84-year-old television veteran — not because he’s older than styrofoam, but because the industry just isn’t making TV shows like they used to.

The Television Critics Association has been doling out prizes for over 40 years now, with its first awards show in 1985 honoring The Jewel in the Crown and The Cosby Show. Fast-forward to this week, and the 2025 winners consist of The Pitt and The Studio (one win for Best Comedy Series). Since the TCA's champions are announced prior to the Emmys every year, and cover the same June 1-May 31 eligibility period, awards prognosticators often look to the organization as a pivotal bellwether on the campaign trail.

But that might be a fool's errand.

Over the past 25 years, the TCA Awards and the Emmys have only agreed 40 percent of the time for Best Comedy Series,...

“The Comeback” — which premiered on HBO in 2005, returned for Season 2 in 2014 and is now shooting its third season — has found its Season 3 cast.

Tim Bagley, Matt Cook, Jack O’Brien and Ella Stiller will star in the comedy’s newest (and apparent “final”) season alongside series co-creator Lisa Kudrow, who reprises her role as actress Valerie Cherish. Details about the new characters have yet to be announced.

Bagley, a character actor whose projects have included “Will & Grace” and “Grace and Frankie,” is represented by Artists & Representatives and Framework Entertainment. Cook, whose credits include “Clipped” on TBS and “Man With a Plan” on CBS, is represented by Michelle Jannone, Innovative Artists, and Lichter, Grossman, Nichols, Feldman, Rogal, Shikora & Clark. O’Brien, best known as a theater director with credits including “The Full Monty” and “Hairspray,” is represented by CAA. Stiller, daughter of Ben Stiller with credits including “And Just Like That” and “Happy Gilmore 2,...

Exclusive: The Comeback Season 3 has added four to its main cast: Tim Bagley (Somebody Somewhere), Matt Cook (Man with a Plan), Jack O’Brien (Becoming Mike Nichols), and Ella Stiller (And Just Like That…).

Character details are under wraps for O’Brien and Stiller. Bagley and Cook both played minor roles in the show’s second season — Frank and Ivan, respectively — though it’s not yet clear if they’re reprising or playing new characters.

A cult hit HBO comedy from Patrick King and Lisa Kudrow, in which the latter stars, which first debuted 20 years ago, The Comeback announced comeback plans for a third and final season in June. Kudrow will of course return, as will series regulars Dan Bucatinsky, Laura Silverman, and Damian Young.

Production is underway now in Los Angeles, with the season to debut on HBO and HBO Max in 2026, more than a decade following the premiere of...

One of Netflix's most popular yet controversial shows is almost back. Emily in Paris will soon return with Season 5.

The romantic comedy drama series premiered in October 2020, and it immediately became a hit. Starring Lily Collins as the titular character, the show follows a young marketing executive who moves to Paris, France, to provide a fresh point of view to a venerable French marketing team her company worked with. Over four seasons, Emily dealt with love, heartbreak, friendship, and an endless number of flashy outfits, and will continue to do so when Emily in Paris Season 5 debuts on Dec. 18.

Netflix has officially unveiled the first look at the upcoming season,...

'90s nostalgia isn't always a bankable trend. For proof of that, look no further than the topsy-turvy nature of sitcom revivals staying on the air. Back in 2024, Netflix canceled "That '90s Show" after two seasons, with the sitcom failing to replicate the success of a different legacy revival, "Fuller House." Before that, NBC pulled the plug on the "Will & Grace" reboot after three seasons in 2020, with the show's creators claiming that it ended because the series reached its natural conclusion. Elsewhere, Peacock excused the "Saved by the Bell" class for the last time in 2022, but that cancellation was quite surprising.

As documented by Deadline, the first season of "Saved by the Bell" — which reunites most of the original gang 26 years after Zack (Mark-Paul Gosselaar) and Kelly's (Tiffani Thiessen) wedding — was a modest hit for Peacock — at one point, it was the platform's most-streamed original of all time. What's more,...

James Burrows is by far the preeminent person in the world of TV comedy directing, with 27 all-time nominations in the category versus only 10 for runner-up Jay Sandrich. But on the heels of that 27th nomination, for Hulu’s “Mid-Century Modern,” the 84-year-old director isn’t feeling optimistic about his specialty, the once popular but now increasingly marginalized multi-cam sitcoms.

Filmed in front of a live studio audience, those shows ruled the airwaves in years past and include many of the most successful series in television history. Burrows had a hand in lots of them, directing multiple episodes of “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” “Cheers,” “Taxi,” “Frasier,” “Friends” and “Will & Grace” — and reminiscing just makes him sadder, as multi-cam sitcoms have largely been replaced by single-camera shows shot on stages or on location without an audience.

“I’ve been to the funeral for the multi-camera comedy about nine times,” Burrows said.

A classic sitcom star has opened up about why she changed her mind about rebooting the series, after initially not wanting to have the show return. There have been a multitude of sitcom revivals in recent years that take familiar characters and progressed their stories after the initial ending. New seasons of Will & Grace, for instance, drew strong success.

However, it's also been a tossup surrounding which revivals are going to succeed and which won't. One of the more recent examples is Frasier, which originally ended in 2004, but returned in 2023. Following the Frasier revival's season 2 finale, the show was unfortunately cancelled on Paramount+. But there's one sitcom revival that almost didn't happen because of trepidation.

Mad About You Star Helen Hunt Was Initially Against The Show Getting Revived

In a recent interview, Helen Hunt, star of the '90s sitcomMad About You, revealed her initial misgivings about a potential revival.

Twister star Helen Hunt has revealed that she nearly turned down the chance to reunite with Paul Reiser in the Mad About You revival. The iconic TV pairing revisited their iconic NBC sitcom as a 12-episode limited series event in 2019.

Speaking to Collider, Hunt admitted she was initially opposed to the idea of bringing back Mad About You two decades after its 1999 series finale. The rise of streaming had seen numerous classic sitcoms — including Will & Graceand Roseanne — reinvented to varying levels of success, but it took some convincing — and a notable change in her personal life — for Hunt to sign on for Spectrum Original's reboot of her 12-time Emmy Award-winning sitcom.

"We were 100% sure we would never do a reboot. It seemed like a really cheesy thing to do, and we’d answered everything, and we looked down on them," she said. "And then I saw Will & Grace, and I was like,...

When the idea of reviving Mad About You first came up, Helen Hunt’s answer was an emphatic “no.” The Emmy-winning actress, who starred alongside Paul Reiser as New York couple Jamie and Paul Buchman from 1992 to 1999, had long felt the beloved sitcom had said everything it needed to.

“We were 100% sure we would never do a reboot. It seemed like a really cheesy thing to do, and we’d answered everything, and we looked down on them,” Hunt admitted during her Fan Expo Boston conversation with Collider’s Steve Weintraub. “And then I saw Will & Grace, and I was like, it’s really good and it’s really funny. Are we maybe stupid and should think about it?”

That change of heart set the stage for the 2019 Mad About You revival, which brought the Buchmans back for a 12-episode run on Spectrum Originals. In the new season, Paul...

Ramy Youssef, Josh Rabinowitz and Andy Campagna have exited as executive producers of Will Ferrell’s upcoming golf comedy series at Netflix due to creative differences.

Variety understands that the leadership change took place last year. Youssef and Rabinowitz were originally announced as co-showrunners in addition to having created the series with Ferrell, who stars as a fictional gold legend. Campagna was executive producing via Youssef’s Cairo Cowboy production banner. Cairo Cowboy continues to work with Netflix on an untitled living facility series in development with Steve Way, Youssef’s close friend and collaborator.

Separately, Molly Shannon has joined the series in the role of Stacy. The project reunites her with Ferrell, as the two overlapped as “Saturday Night Live” cast members from 1995 to 2001. More recently, she starred in Season 4 of “Only Murders in the Building” on Hulu and all three seasons of HBO Max’s “The Other Two,...

Jennifer Aniston has been in the industry for quite a while now, and for obvious reasons, we aren’t over her just yet. From her defining role as Rachel Green to taking over the rom-com industry, she has come a long way, and she has the receipts to prove it, including a Golden Globe win.

The Golden Globe Awards, as we know, are a huge feat for actors who give their best in roles that will be remembered for a lifetime. You can click here to find out who struck gold this year at the ceremony.

Coming back to Aniston, the actress has a total of eight nominations at the Globes, with the first one being in 2002 for ‘Friends‘, and the most recent one being in 2024 for ‘The Morning Show.’

Out of the eight, Aniston has bagged the trophy only once in 2003 at the 60th Golden Globe Awards for ‘Friends’ under the category,...

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When the iconic sitcom Will & Grace first premiered on NBC in 1998, featuring an openly gay man as a lead character was considered truly risky. It was a groundbreaking proposition in network television. This daring move came just a year after Ellen DeGeneres’s eponymous sitcom, Ellen, had been cancelled. That followed a significant ratings nosedive, largely perceived as a backlash to her character’s historic on-screen coming out episode. At the time, the landscape of LGBTQ+ representation on mainstream TV was still nascent. It often met with trepidation from advertisers and some audiences.

To NBC’s immense credit, they chose to take a chance on Will & Grace. Their gamble paid off handsomely. The show was rewarded with an incredibly successful eight-season original run. It became a cultural phenomenon and a staple of “Must See TV.” Furthermore, its enduring popularity led to a...

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Chicago – The comedy icon Lily Tomlin has touched nearly three generations with her skewered view of the world. From “Laugh-In” to “Nashville” to “I Heart Huckabees” to “Grace and Frankie,” Tomlin has entertained, inspired and influenced. She was in Chicago to introduce the film version of “The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe at the Gene Siskel Film Center.

Mary Jean “Lily” Tomlin was born in Detroit, and later attended Wayne State University, where she switched her major to theater after auditioning for a play. She started doing stand up comedy in Detroit and eventually New York City in the 1960s, a rarity for women in that era. After making her debut on “The Garry Moore Show” in 1966, she made several memorable appearances on “The Merv Griffith Show.”

This led her to California and a regular gig on “Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In,...

Over a 50+-year career, legendary sitcom director James Burrows has been honored with 28 Emmy nominations for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series, winning five.

At age 84, his most recent nomination came Tuesday for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series for Hulu’s Mid-Century Modern for the episode “Here’s To You, Mrs. Schneiderman.” It is the ninth episode of Season 1 in which Bunny (Nathan Lane), Jerry (Matt Bomer) and Arthur (Nathan Lee Graham) face the sudden tragedy of losing Bunny’s mom, Sybil Schneiderman, played by Linda Lavin, as they try to find how to move on. Lavin had died unexpectedly of lung cancer after filming seven of the 10 episodes in the season.

Burrows, who began his career with The Mary Tyler Moore Show in 1974, has won 11 Primetime Emmy Awards over the course of his career, including for Outstanding Comedy Series. His first nomination and first win for directing in...

Both in movies and on television, stories set in airplanes — or that are tied to events in an airplane — tend to be thrilling and spark viewers' curiosity. The last hit show that featured an airborne plot was Manifest, a 2018 thriller and mystery series that saw a group of passengers simply disappear mid-flight and land five and a half years later as if no time had passed. In light of its possibility, Peacock quickly added to its catalog a show with a similar potential that was almost equally popular. Now that it's premiered on Netflix, the Canadian series Departure is once again seeing a rise in its popularity.

Depending on how you look at it, Departure can even be considered a sort of "sister" series to Manifest. The story centers around the Tsif (Transport Safety and Investigations Bureau), an entity that investigates and tries to understand the cause of major airline disasters.

After Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez’s opulent, star-studded wedding in June, A-list celebs will be hitting Venice again in August for the shoot of Netflix show Emily in Paris.

Venice mayor Luca Zaia confirmed the news on social media over the weekend revealing that the show will shoot in the lagoon city’s historic center from August 15 to 25, wrapping just two days before the Venice Film Festival kicks off across the water on the Venice Lido on August 27.

“The extraordinary news confirms that our territory is increasingly attractive to big audiovisual productions, thanks to its unique heritage and the teamwork between institutions and professionals in the sector,” Zaia wrote in his post.

He saluted the Veneto Film Commission as well as local production company 360 Degrees Film for their work in location scouting with series director Andrew Fleming and helping to secure Venice as a spot as a location.

Eric McCormack’s comeback thriller, Nine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue, may not have received favorable reviews, but it has certainly grabbed the attention of the audience, which is evident from the show breaking into MGM+’s Top 10 in the U.S.

Created by the renowned mystery and suspense author and screenwriter, Anthony Horowitz, the thriller series follows the nine plane crash survivors stranded in a remote Mexican jungle, where tensions rise as they’re killed off one by one and keep.

Eric McCormack’s Nine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue Breaks Into MGM+ Top 10 in the U.S.

Known for his performances in shows like Travelers and Will & Grace, Eric McCormack recently returned to the TV screens with the new MGM+ thriller series, Nine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue.

Nine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue | Credit: MGM+

And despite disappointing reviews, with a 54% Audience Score on Rotten Tomatoes,...

Exclusive: Prime Video will play Good Cop/Bad Cop. The Amazon streamer has taken the comedic crime procedural for the U.S. where it is already available on The CW broadcast network and Roku. All eight episodes from Season 1 launch on Prime Video on July 11.

Amid talk of a sophomore run, the team behind the show hopes the additional exposure will put wind in its sails for a second season order.

Luke Cook and Leighton Meester star in Good Cop/Bad Cop, which was created by John Quaintance and is produced by former NBCU exec Jeff Wachtel’s Future Shack. Cook, Quaintance and Wachtel were on hand recently at the Monte-Carlo TV Festival to talk about the series, which, outside the U.S., is for Australian streamer Stan.

Deadline asked the team whether there is a second season coming and Quaintance, producer of shows including Will & Grace, said. “We’re still trying to make that happen.

David Flebotte, a TV writer/producer who wrote on such shows as “Desperate Housewives,” “Boardwalk Empire” and “The Sopranos,” has died at the age of 65.

Flebotte received an Emmy nomination in 1999 in the Outstanding Animated Program category for his work on “The PJs.” The writer also earned two WGA nominations for writing 2012 and 2013 episodes of “Boardwalk Empire.”

Tracy Newman, who overlapped with Flebotte’s writing stint on “Ellen,” confirmed the creator’s death in a post on Facebook. A cause of death was not given.

“I’m thinking of Dave Flebotte today,” Newman said. “How much fun he was to work with. Here are a couple of good memories.” She accompanied the post with pictures of her and Flebotte.

Flebotte’s TV writing career dates back to 1993, when he was credited for a season 2 episode of the Shelley Long/Treat Williams comedy “Good Advice.” The writer soon began working on...

Dave Flebotte, the Emmy-nominated writer and producer who worked on Tulsa King, Desperate Housewives, Boardwalk Empire and The PJs, has died after a long battle with cystic fibrosis. He was 65.

Flebotte died Tuesday in a hospital in Missoula, Montana, his wife, Sandra Lindqvist, told The Hollywood Reporter. “Writing to him was everything,” she said.

Flebotte was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis as a youngster and was told he wouldn’t live past age 12, his wife said. He had a double lung transplant 28 years ago.

The son of a bookie, Flebotte was born in Hanson, Massachusetts. A teacher at Emerson College persuaded him to pursue a career in writing, and he began in Hollywood in the 1990s, working on TV comedies including Good Advice, The 5 Mrs. Buchanans, Ellen and Suddenly Susan.

From 1999-2000, he wrote a handful of episodes and produced the Eddie Murphy co-created Fox animated show The PJs, which earned him an Emmy nom.

Dave Flebotte, an Emmy-nominated TV writer who worked on dramas like Desperate Housewives and sitcoms such as The Bernie Mac Show, has died. He was 65.

Flebotte served as a co-executive producer on Housewives from 2008-2012. His former Dh colleague Sabrina Wind wrote on Facebook Tuesday that Flebotte was “so funny, so kind, such a great writer, such a beautiful friend. You brought joy into our lives, but were also there for me at some of my lowest moments. So grateful you were in my life.”

Flebotte began his TV writing career in comedy, starting on The 5 Mrs. Buchanans and Ellen, and later on Suddenly Susan, The PJs, and The Geena Davis Show. His other sitcom credits include The Bernie Mac Show, 8 Simple Rules and Will & Grace.

In 2009, he created the comedy Sherri with Sherri Shepherd.

After Housewives, Flebotte went on to write for Boardwalk Empire, Masters of Sex, and I’m Dying Up Here.

“Sovereign,” the crime thriller starring Nick Offerman (“Parks & Recreation”) and Jacob Tremblay (“Room”), has been acquired by Signature Entertainment for the U.K. and Ireland.

The film, written and directed by Christian Swegal in his feature film debut, follows an anti-government fanatic and his son who venture across the country while constantly finding themselves on the wrong side of the law. It’s loosely based on real-life events surrounding the West Memphis police shootings in 2020 and recently had it world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival.

Alongside Offerman and Tremblay, Dennis Quaid (“The Substance”), Megan Mullally (“Will & Grace”) and Martha Plimpton (“The Goonies”) also star.

“Sovereign” is produced by Nick Moceri (“A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night”), Barbara J. McCarthy (“Don’t Sleep”), Shelley D. Needham (“American Cherry”), Jeff Hall, Jeffrey Drader and Maribeth Derry.

The deal was negotiated between Signature’s acquisitions and development manager Katie Wilkinson-...

Julian McMahon, known for his various TV and film roles, including Marvel's Runaways and the Fantastic Four movies, has passed away. The Australian actor reportedly died on July 2 in Clearwater, Florida at the age of 56. He had been living with cancer, which he kept private from the public. McMahon's wife, Kelly McMahon, confirmed her husband's death in a statement.

“With an open heart, I wish to share with the world that my beloved husband, Julian McMahon, died peacefully this week after a valiant effort to overcome cancer,” the statement reads. “Julian loved life. He loved his family. He loved his friends. He loved his work, and he loved his fans. His deepest wish was to bring joy into as many lives as possible. We ask for support during this time to allow our family to grieve in privacy. And we wish for all of those to whom Julian brought joy,...

Exclusive: Veteran comic Eddie Pepitone is preparing to release a new hour of stand-up, The Collapse, which will debut on streaming platform Veeps on July 17 and be released as a comedy album via Blonde Medicine on August 15.

Exec produced by Patton Oswalt and directed by Steven Feinartz, The Collapse is described as a true Pepitone rant-and-romp as he barrels through the heightened emotions and anxieties of modern life. Over the course of the hour, he pores over several micro topics and some self-deprecating examinations of his behavior, unpacking notions like the “self-loathing that attaches to your face like that thing in Alien.”

Said Pepitone, “The special for me is always an accumulation of rage and tension that has to be let out. I always remember that my first job is to be funny, so I always talk about my personal collapse and hypocrisies, while addressing the societal collapse. My penchant for self-loathing,...

If at first you don't succeed (at the Emmys), try, try again.

HBO has renewed The Comeback, from Emmy winners Lisa Kudrow (Friends) and Michael Patrick King (Sex and the City), for a third and — the network swears — final season, the network announced Friday. It has been 20 years since the first season debuted in 2005, and 11 years since Season 2 aired in 2014.

Season 3 of the comedy series will begin production this summer with returning cast members Kudrow as Valerie Cherish, a washed-up actress who's now the subject of a documentary; Dan Bucatinsky as Billy Stanton, Valerie's publicist; Laura Silverman as Jane Benson, Valerie's producer; and Damian Young as Mark Berman, Valerie's husband.

The new season will air on HBO and stream on HBO Max in 2026.

The Comeback is one of those that shows that TV fans often cite as being "robbed" at the Emmy Awards. Meaning it never took home a trophy in any category,...

After his secret breakup with Gossip Girl co-star Blake Lively in 2010, Penn Badgley wasn’t done with love, but far from it. What came next hit him like a big yellow school bus. He ended up in a relationship he later described as “real, true, earth-shattering love.”

The person he ended up falling in love with was none other than Zoe Kravitz. The two dated for a couple of years, and judging by Badgley’s comments, it was intense. And of course it was, since he is the guy who wrote songs about his relationships (more on that in a bit). Here is what he said about his time with the Catwoman actress!

How Zoe Kravitz became a turning point in Penn Badgley’s story!

Penn Badgley and Zoe Kravitz dated from 2011 to 2013, and while they kept things low-key, their relationship was far from ordinary. There weren’t any flashy...

Tim Bagley is looking back at trying to land a role on Saturday Night Live.

In a new interview, the 67-year-old actor – who has appeared on shows including Grace & Frankie, Will & Grace, Web Therapy, and Somebody Somewhere – recalled being a member of the sketch comedy troupe the Groundlings back in the 1980s.

Despite being a part of the group that launched the careers of many SNL stars, Tim claimed that back at that time, he couldn’t audition for the NBC sketch comedy series because he was a publicly out gay man.

Keep reading to find out more…“I was out as a gay man and people knew that they would not hire openly gay people,” Tim alleged on The Julia Cunningham Show, referencing SNL boss Lorne Michaels and late manager Bernie Brillstein.

“[They] had kind of a thing where they did not hire gay people, so I never got to audition,...

Things were looking grim for the Melissa Rauch-led Night Court reboot at NBC following its cancellation after three seasons. Despite hopes from the team that the sitcom could find a new home for courtroom hijinks by shopping the series, initial reports from TV Line revealed that nobody was biting on bringing back Judge Abby Stone and her staff for another run. Now, Rauch has delivered the show its sentence. In a recent post on Instagram, she finally addressed the show's end and revealed that, despite the best efforts of everyone involved, the Manhattan municipal court will be remaining closed.

"I have held off on posting anything about Night Court not continuing until I knew we did everything in our power to find another home for it," Rauch said to open her post. As a longtime fan of the original Reinhold Weege series starring Harry Anderson, the reboot was a...

AMC Networks’ Shudder has announced the titles that will be available on the streaming service next month. The Shudder July 2025 slate includes horror, thriller, and supernatural titles.

The July schedule includes the films Monster Island and Push, the series Hell Motel and The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs, and more.

Shudder’s expanding library of films, TV series, and original content is available on most streaming devices in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand.

Push Shudder July 2025 Highlights

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Monster Island (Shudder Film Premiere) – New Film Premieres Friday, June 25

Based on Malay Folklore and drawing inspiration from Creature From the Black Lagoon, this creature feature is set in World War II. A Japanese ship transporting prisoners of war to occupied territories for slave labor.

After being torpedoed by allied submarines, a Japanese soldier and a British Pow are stranded on a deserted island...

It’s not the biggest new release day for the horror genre this week – that’s coming this Friday… stay tuned! – but today still brings with it four fresh frights including a new series from Shudder and the at-home premiere of one of this year’s biggest theatrical horror hits.

Here’s all the new horror that released on Tuesday, June 17, 2025!

For daily reminders about new horror releases, be sure to follow @HorrorCalendar.

After scaring up a franchise record $272 million at the worldwide box office, sixth franchise installment Final Destination Bloodlines is now available on Digital outlets at home.

You can rent the film on Digital for $19.99 or purchase it for $24.99.

From New Line Cinema and Warner Bros. Pictures, the film is directed by Adam Stein & Zach Lipovsky. The screenplay is by Guy Busick & Lori Evans Taylor, and the story is by Jon Watts and Guy Busick & Lori Evans Taylor.

As therapist Jimmy Laird might tell one of his patients, "All good things come to those who wait."

Well, Shrinking has been waiting patiently ... for some major Emmy love. Apple TV+'s hit comedy series only received a pair of nominations for its first season in 2023: Best Comedy Actor for Jason Segel (as Jimmy) and Best Comedy Supporting Actress for Jessica Williams (as Gaby). That's right — even Hollywood heavyweight Harrison Ford (as Paul) was snubbed. But for Season 2, Gold Derby is predicting that Shrinking will be supersized at the 2025 Emmys.

Sometimes it takes a year for Television Academy members to discover a project, particularly in this era of Peak TV when there are so many shows vying for attention. Just look at historic examples like Will & Grace, Fleabag, and Succession — all were virtually ignored for their first at bats, but then exploded with noms and wins for their second cycles.

You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave Hotel California Hell Motel.

From Slasher creators Aaron Martin and Ian Carpenter, Hell Motel is set to make its two-episode debut Tuesday, June 17 on Shudder and AMC+. The eight-episode limited series follows a group of 10 true crime obsessives who are invited to the opening weekend of the newly renovated Cold River Motel, the site of a 30-year-old unsolved satanic mass murder. “History repeats itself when the guests get stranded and start getting knocked off one by one during a murder spree that grows exponentially more gruesome than the original with each kill,...

What if you throw several crime doc junkies, influencers and washed actors into a hotel where numerous people allegedly died in? That’s what we unpack through the eight diabolical and bloody ride that is the Shudder original series Hell Motel. Emmy-winning actor Eric McCormack stars in the horror series created by Aaron Martin and Ian Carpenter.

Hell Motel plot

Hell Motel follows a group of true crime obsessives invited to the opening weekend of Cold River Motel, the site of the unsolved Satanic Mass Murder that happened 30 years ago. As they check in, history repeats itself as the guests start getting killed one by one.

Hell Motel review Eric McCormack (Hemmingway) in Hell Motel. (Episode 1) Photo Credit: Anthony Fascione for Shaftesbury/Shudder Jim Watson (Andy), Paula Brancati (Paige) and Atticus Mitchell (Blake) in Hell Motel. (Episode 1) Photo Credit: Anthony Fascione for Shaftesbury/Shudder Michelle Nolden (Portia) and ) Brynn Godenir (Ruby) in Hell Motel.

Preview the murderous experience of “Hell Motel” in the exclusive clip from the first episode below.

From “Slasher” creators Aaron Martin and Ian Carpenter, the eight-episode limited series debuts with a two-episode premiere on June 17 on Shudder and AMC+. New episodes will follow weekly on Tuesdays.

A group of 10 true crime obsessives are invited to the opening weekend of the newly renovated Cold River Motel, the site of a 30-year-old unsolved satanic mass murder. History repeats itself when the guests get stranded and start getting knocked off one by one during a murder spree that grows exponentially more gruesome than the original with each kill.

The cast includes Eric McCormack (“Will & Grace”) as Hemmingway, a chef with a wickedly sinister flair, Paula Brancati (“Slasher)” as Paige, a former scream queen actress looking to revive a career that has seemingly left her behind; Shaun Benson (“The Boys”) as Crow, a...

Crafting a hit comedy is all about collaboration, and Mid-Century Modern proves just that. Hulu’s multi-cam sitcom, set against the vibrant Palm Springs aesthetic, benefits from decades of combined expertise poured into every frame by its talented behind-the-scenes team.

Led by co-creators Max Mutchnick and David Kohan (Will & Grace), the all-star crew of this freshman series shares their insights in an in-depth discussion about the making of Mid-Century Modern. The panel features legendary director and co-executive producer James Burrows, editor Peter Chakos, cinematographer Gary Baum, and production designer Greg Grande. (Watch the full Making of Mid-Century Modern panel above.)

In Mid-Century Modern, Nathan Lane plays Bunny, a successful bra designer who invites his pals Jerry (Matt Bomer) and Arthur (Nathan Lee Graham) to spend their golden years living with him in Palm Springs after a close friend dies unexpectedly. Bunny's quick-witted mother, Sybil (played by the late Linda Lavin...

The White Lotusstar and Hollywood icon Parker Posey recalls not understanding her own jokes on Will & Grace.

Per Entertainment Weekly, Posey opened up about her time on the hit sitcom, recalling, "I would say stuff like on Will & Grace and people would laugh, and I'd be like, 'I don't get it.'" When asked by Friends star Lisa Kudrow if she genuinely didn't understand the jokes, Posey replied, "I didn't think it was funny. Yeah, like, 'What are you laughing at?'"

Posey went on to discuss her Will & Grace character, Dorleen, saying, "I take it seriously, and then you go, 'Oh, well, that was kind of funny,' and then they throw jokes at you as you're doing it, because everyone else has been doing it for a few years... Then you're called in, and you're like, 'Hey, Megan Mullally'... and Sean Hayes, and you're...

Imagine you’re the production designer of a legendary sitcom so beloved that there is an entire pop-up experience devoted to it. And then try to imagine topping that. Greg Grande is the literal architect of Central Perk, Monica and Rachel’s apartment and Joey and Chandler’s across-the-hall domicile in “Friends.” But his impressive throwback Palm

Springs, California, home featured in Hulu’s “Mid-Century Modern” might win a new legion of admirers and maybe another pop-up at some point — only this one will have a grotto.

“The backstory of this set came from the Dinah Shore estate,” said Grande, speaking of one of architect Donald Wexler’s signature Palm Springs houses from the 1960s. That 1.3-acre steel-beam oasis inspires the look of the comedy,

created by “Will & Grace” showrunners Max Mutchnick and David Kohan. In the series, three lifelong gay male friends share a home owned by the...

Parker Posey and Lisa Kudrow first met making “Clockwatchers,” a 1997 indie comedy in which they play temps in a dull office. Back then, Posey was establishing a reputation as a burgeoning legend of independent film who would soon enough cross over in projects like “You’ve Got Mail” and “Scream 3,” while Kudrow was already a superstar thanks to her role as the quirky Phoebe Buffay on “Friends.”

Both have experienced cult TV fame in the years since — Posey as Jack’s nemesis on “Will & Grace,” Kudrow as a washed-up actress-turned-reality star on “The Comeback” — and both put their stamp on projects this past season. Posey drawled her way through the role of wealthy matriarch Victoria Ratliff on the HBO franchise “The White Lotus,” while Kudrow delivered a sensitive, painful performance as Lydia Morgan, a grieving mother who believes her late son communicates with her through flickering lights on Netflix...

The 2024-2025 TV season has ended, and now audience members can look forward to networks throwing up new shows and brand-new seasons of their favorite ones. However, prior to the network shows taking a break, several shows were axed. Over at NBC, in early May, the verdict came in regarding the network's courtroom comedy, Night Court. Starring Melissa Rauch as Judge Abby Stone, it was announced that the show, which is a reboot of the classic Reinhold Weege sitcom, will not be returning for a fourth season. With NBC locking up the gates of the courthouse, will we see the comedy continue elsewhere?

While we Night Court fans might be hoping that NBC might be willing to shop the comedy series out, recent reports don't offer much hope. Per TV Line, "early efforts to shop the sitcom revival have thus far come up empty," the report says in part, adding,...

Get ready to return to Arlen, Texas, asKing of the Hill returns with new episodes on Hulu starting Aug. 4, 2025. Airing from 1997 to 2010, King of the Hill was one of the most popular adult animated series on Fox's Animation Domination programming block and has remained a fan favorite for years. News of a revival first hit in 2022, and the big pitch was that King of the Hill would acknowledge the passage of time as it would focus on an adult Bobby Hill returning to his hometown and reconnecting with his parents, Hank and Peggy Hill.

The first official look at the upcoming King of the Hill revival, billed as Season 14, debuted with a look at the new opening for the series. The 40-second clip, which uses the classic theme music by The Refreshments, recreates the iconic opening to the original King of the Hill but also shows the passage of time.

From humble beginnings to acting, movies, and community leadership, George Takei, born on April 20th, 1937, has worn many hats in his long career. He’s one of our last 3 surviving bridge crew members (along with Walter Koenig and William Shatner), so let’s look at his impressive career and the importance of his presence on Star Trek.

A chaotic youth

Born Hosato Takei, the actor’s father named him George, as George VI’s coronation occurred shortly after Takei’s birth. In 1942, the Takei family was thrown into chaos because of fear and mistrust of Asian people as World War II escalated. They lived in internment camps in Arkansas and California, then lived in poverty in Skid Row, in Los Angeles, after the war ended.

An acting career blooms

As a young man, Takei attended college at Berkley, the University of California at Los Angeles, and even abroad at schools in England and Tokyo.

Penn Badgley has become synonymous with playing troubled characters since propelling to stardom, whether it’s his breakout stint as the morally ambiguous Dan Humphrey from Gossip Girl or You‘s creepy serial killer Joe Goldberg. The latter has propelled his career to enormous heights in recent years, especially with its conclusion, which finally displayed Joe for what he is.

Interestingly, this wasn’t his first rodeo when it comes to playing characters with a free pass, as his first role to depict him in a morally-ambiguous light dates all the way back to his first gig in Will & Grace.

Penn Badgley marked his onscreen debut on Will & Grace Penn Badgley in Gossip Girl | Credit: The CW

For many, it’s Gossip Girl that marked Penn Badgley‘s ascent to popularity, and it’s easy to see why, as prior to it, he wasn’t exactly notable among...

Just as cameras started rolling on Emily in Paris season 5, the Netflix series also got its first exciting bit of casting news! An Academy Award, Golden Globe, and Emmy Award-nominated actress has officially joined the cast of the romantic comedy's upcoming season, and it's a role that's definitely a first for the show! How has there never been a royal character before now?

As revealed by Netflix and exclusively reported by Variety, Minnie Driver will co-star in Emily in Paris season 5 as Princess Jane. The Good Will Hunting and The Riches star plays Sylvie's friend, though if she's an old friend or a recent friend (or even a frenemy), we're not sure yet. All that we know about Princess Jane so far is that she married into a royal family. Ooh la la!

Along with Driver's casting announcement for season 5, we have already gotten a glimpse of her...

Exclusive: Television executive Erin Wehrenberg has been appointed Head of Creative Affairs at Quinta Brunson’s Fifth Chance Productions.

With nearly 30 years of industry experience, Wehrenberg has been behind the development, renewal, and sale of some of the most influential comedy and drama series, including Friends, The Office, 30 Rock, Freaks and Geeks, Friday Night Lights, and, most recently, Brunson’s Abbott Elementary.

Wehrenberg previously served as Senior Vice President of Comedy Programming at ABC and has held senior leadership positions at Warner Bros. Television, Universal Media Studios, and NBC. Her portfolio includes hits like Two Broke Girls, Ted Lasso, Shrill, Suburgatory, Parks and Recreation, My Name is Earl, Scrubs, Will & Grace, ER, Heroes, and many more.

As Head of Creative Affairs, Wehrenberg will play a key role in advancing Brunson’s slate of film and television projects, while providing strategic oversight of the Fifth Chance Productions brand in its entirety.

Greg Cannom, the four-time Oscar-winning makeup and prosthetics artist behind such seminal films as Dracula, Mrs. Doubtfire, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Vice, has died at the age of 73.

Rick Baker, a longtime colleague and frequent collaborator, announced the news yesterday on Instagram, writing, “I just heard the sad news of the passing of one of the great make up artists. Greg Cannom. Greg started with me in the 70’s; his first job with me was the sequel to It’s Alive where he not only assisted me in making the baby but also played one of the baby monsters. When I moved out of my first garage workshop Greg moved in. When I out grew my first industrial unit Greg took that over. His work will be remembered long after his passing. Sad news indeed. Rip Greg, you and your work will be missed.”

Per a GoFundMe launched...

Greg Cannom, Oscar-winning prosthetics and makeup specialist whose skills were called upon for some of the greatest challenges in film including “Mrs. Doubtfire,” “Bram Stoker’s Dracula” and “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” has died. He was 73.

Cannom’s death was revealed Friday by fellow makeup artist Rick Baker in an Instagram post. No other details were immediately available.

Cannom won Oscars for the aforementioned films, as well as for “Vice.” He was also nominated for his work in “Titanic,” “Hook,” “A Beautiful Mind,” “Hoffa,” “Roommates” and “Bicentennial Man.”

Cannom’s work stretched deeply into popular culture across decades, with credits on dozens of visually iconic films like “The Lost Boys,” “The Mask,” “Hannibal and “The Passion of the Christ.” His particular expertise at aging actors – both before and after the digital effects revolution – was on display in several films, including “The Whole Ten Yards,” “Babel,” and “Bicentennial Man.” He...

Greg Cannom, the masterful prosthetics and makeup specialist who received Oscars for his work on Bram Stoker’s Dracula, Mrs. Doubtfire, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Vice, has died. He was 73.

Cannom worked often with makeup maestro Rick Baker early in his career, and Baker on Friday reported his death in an Instagram post. “His work will be remembered long after his passing,” he wrote. No details were immediately available.

In March 2023, a GoFundMe page was set up to help Cannom with expenses as he battled diabetes and a staph infection that led to one of his legs being amputated below his knee.

In addition to his four wins, Cannom received six other Oscar makeup noms: for Hook (1991), Hoffa (1992), Roommates (1995), Titanic (1997), Bicentennial Man (1999) and A Beautiful Mind (2001).

He and Wesley Wofford shared an Academy Award for Technical Achievement in 2005 for “the development of their special modified silicone material...

Nostalgia is not, inherently, a bad thing. Classic films like Federico Fellini's "L'Avventura," George Lucas' "American Graffiti," and Richard Linklater's "Dazed and Confused" pine away for carefree youth, but they're also careful to acknowledge that the end of the party is on the horizon. Those tales are told from a place of melancholy remove. To quote Thomas Wolfe, "Going back home is a real boneheaded idea."

But in our glutted age of entertainment, where the competition for eyeballs is fierce, the old-school networks believe that one of their programming strengths is viewers' wistfulness for a simpler time, when there were three or four major broadcast entities providing the lion's share of original content. ABC, NBC, CBS and the 1980s party crasher Fox have their work cut out for them in 2025. They're held to conservative content standards and archaic scheduling strictures. Decades ago, they still had an edge because...