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WARNING: This post contains spoilers from Season 6 of “Virgin River,” now streaming on Netflix. It’s officially wedding season in Virgin River. While the 10 new episodes, which began streaming on Dec. 19, focused on the planning of Mel (Alexandra Breckenridge) and Jack’s (Martin Henderson) wedding, it also stayed true to the world of “Virgin

With ten minutes to go before “The Talk” signed off for good, the champagne was already flowing on set. “The Talk” ended its 15-year run on Friday with one final live episode, and the show’s producers ended the show’s run by gathering its cast and crew on stage for a final, celebratory toast. The crowd

SPOILER ALERT: This article contains major spoilers from Season 1 of “Laid,” now streaming on Peacock. Are your former lovers dying in increasingly mysterious and confounding ways? For Ruby (Stephanie Hsu), the lead character on the new Peacock dark comedy “Laid,” life becomes messy when her exes start dying, one-by-one. Sometimes she witnesses it in

“Stranger Things” has (almost) come to an end. Production has wrapped on the fifth and final season of Netflix‘s hit series, the streamer announced Friday. A release date for the finale hasn’t been revealed yet, but Netflix has confirmed the show will be back in 2025. “That’s a wrap on ‘Stranger Things,’” Netflix posted on

“The Talk” executive producer Rob Crabbe is getting a little too familiar with TV goodbyes. A year and a half after his previous talker, “The Late Late Show With James Corden,” signed off, he’s now doing the same thing on Friday with “The Talk.” It’s a different kind of show, and therefore a different kind

Netflix‘s next shot on goal in live sports: the FIFA Women’s World Cup. FIFA and Netflix announced an agreement granting the streamer exclusive rights in the U.S. to the 2027 and 2031 installments of the FIFA Women’s World Cup. The companies said the deal “represents a landmark announcement for women’s football.” The FIFA Women’s World

A lawsuit brought by Nicola Adams’ mother over her Prime Video documentary “Lioness: The Nicola Adams Story” has been tossed out of court after the judge found it had “no real prospect” of success. Adams’ mother Denver Sorsetra Adams, known as Dee, filed the suit in London’s High Court against Prime Video U.K. owner Amazon

The supernatural mystery series “Light Shop” has become Disney+‘s biggest Korean original premiere of 2024, according to data from its first 12 days of streaming. The show ranks as the second-largest Korean series debut ever on the platform globally, trailing only “Moving” – both series created by webtoon artist Kangfull. This success follows Disney+’s November

The genre-blending anime series “Dan Da Dan” will return for its second season on Crunchyroll in July 2025, following Thursday’s Season 1 finale. Science SARU, the animation studio behind “Scott Pilgrim Takes Off,” unveiled a new key visual for the sophomore season that centers on the character Jiji under the watchful gaze of the mysterious

Dan Abrams, one of the first major names to join the primetime schedule of Nexstar Media’s NewsNation, plans to leave the roster early next year. Abrams told viewers Thursday night that a range of business commitments would pull him away from doing “Dan Abrams Live,” the network’s regular 9 p.m. program. “I’ve reached the point

There’s a moment in Thursday night’s Christmas-themed “Ghosts” two-parter where the body of Rose McIver’s character, Sam, is suddenly inhabited by sassy downstairs cholera spirit Nancy (Betsy Sodaro). “Ghosts” requires its stars to participate in all sorts of hijinks on a weekly basis — and in this case, McIver was tasked with imitating Sodaro as

SPOILER WARNING: This story includes plot developments of the series finale of “Star Trek: Lower Decks,” currently streaming on Paramount+. When “Star Trek: Lower Decks” premiered during the height of the pandemic in August 2020, it was seen as a somewhat radical experiment: It was the first animated “Trek” show since the 1970s. It was

Writer and director Nahnatchka Khan, who is best known for sitcoms “Fresh Off the Boat,” “Don’t Trust the B—- In Apartment 23,” and NBC’s “Young Rock” with Dwayne Johnson, is celebrating the launch of her latest laugh, the Stephanie Hsu-led murder comedy “Laid” on Peacock, Thursday with the reveal of her next projects: two more

As it was written: “Dune: Prophecy” has been renewed for Season 2 at HBO. The news was announced during a virtual press conference Thursday afternoon, a few days before the Season 1 finale airing Sunday, Dec. 22. The “Dune” prequel series, set more than 10,000 years before the events of Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune” movies, follows

Ruby Yao (Stephanie Hsu), the protagonist of the Peacock comedy “Laid,” is variously described as “selfish,” “a nightmare,” “the worst person I have ever met” and belonging “in jail.” Hsu’s performance and Ruby’s characterization as a whole are indeed intensely off-putting, in ways both intentional and not. But Ruby’s karmic comeuppance in this series, adapted

The Worst TV Shows of 2024 The Worst TV Shows of 2024 You will be redirected back to your article in seconds Dec 19, 2024 11:30am PT Courtesy Images The immense amount of television cycling through networks and streamers can feel overwhelming. With so much to choose from, there’s nothing worse than putting precious hours

Rose Byrne and Meghann Fahy will star in “The Good Daughter,” Peacock‘s upcoming limited series series based on the Karin Slaughter novel of the same name. Byrne also serves as executive producer. The official logline reads, “‘The Good Daughter’ is a suspenseful crime drama where sisters Charlotte (Meghann Fahy) and Samantha (Rose Byrne) Quinn have

Hallmark+ is making some major changes, three months after its launch. The streaming platform was originally set to stream separate content from the Hallmark Channel/Hallmark Mystery debuts, but that will change heading into the new year. Effective in 2025, all new Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Mystery original movie premieres will be streaming the next day

Kit Williamson’s new scripted half-hour comedy series “Unconventional” has been acquired by LGBTQ streaming network Revry. Williamson, a six-time Emmy nominee best known as the creator and star of “Eastsiders,” stars in “Unconventional” as Noah Guillory, a queer millennial struggling with his 10-year marriage, possibly starting a family, and the future of his PhD program

“Tell Me Lies” has been renewed for a third season at Hulu. Based on Carola Lovering’s novel of the same name, “Tell Me Lies” stars Grace Van Patten as Lucy Albright, who meets Stephen DeMarco (Jackson White) in college and enters a tumultuous relationship with him. The series follows them and the ways their relationship

CBS Media Ventures‘ new syndicated trivia game show “The Perfect Line,” which had previously been in development, is now moving forward with a pickup by the CBS station group. Deborah Norville hosts the strip, which will launch in fall 2025 on CBS-owned stations — which includes the major New York, Los Angeles and Chicago markets.

Neil Cavuto, a longtime Fox News anchor who joined when it launched in 1996, is exiting the cable news network. Cavuto’s contract with Fox News was due to expire at the end of 2024; the network offered him a new deal and he declined, a source familiar with the situation said. His departure comes as

Although James Marsden was able to nab a guest role on NBC’s “30 Rock,” he failed to become a regular at the studio after botching his “Saturday Night Live” try-out. The “Sonic the Hedgehog 3” star said on a Dec. 18 episode of “Live with Kelly and Mark” that he once auditioned for the prolific

WARNING: This post contains spoilers from “The Last Stand,” the season 47 finale of “Survivor,” which aired on Wednesday, December 18, on CBS. “Survivor” 47 came to quite an end on Wednesday night — albeit a bit predictable for anyone who has been watching each week. First came the final immunity challenge for Rachel LaMont, Sam

When “Virgin River” showrunner Patrick Sean Smith chose to expand to the universe with a prequel, he knew the casting had to be right. Luckily, he found Jessica Rothe and Callum Kerr to take on the roles of Mel’s parents, Sarah Jensen and Everett Reed. “It was a search. It was always the plan that

Longtime ABC News star George Stephanopoulos has reached a new deal that will keep him at ABC News and as an anchor on “Good Morning America” for the near term. The news should end speculation that the well-paid Stephanopolous was on his way out as the Disney-owned network, along with every news organization, looks to

The Motion Picture Association is gearing up to push for significant changes in the California film incentive, which would make it more generous to individual productions. Gov. Gavin Newsom pledged in October to more than double the state’s annual support for Hollywood to $750 million. At the time, the governor did not propose other changes

As she prepares to add the Warner Bros. Discovery U.S. networks to her oversight in January, Warner Bros. Television Group chairman/CEO Channing Dungey is finalizing the division’s new executive structure. That includes expanding duties for her top lieutenant at Warner Bros. TV Group, Brett Paul, who will now also serve as chief operating officer for

Leanne Morgan’s upcoming Netflix multi-cam comedy series has added five new series regulars, Variety has learned. Ryan Stiles (“Whose Line Is It Anyway?,” “The Drew Carey Show”), Blake Clark (“Toy Story 4,” “United States of Al”), Graham Rogers (“Ray Donovan,” “The Kominsky Method”), Hannah Pilkes (“Would I Lie To You,” “Molli And Max In The

“The Challenge: All Stars” is switching things up for Season 5. The spinoff will move from Paramount+ to MTV for the upcoming season, titled “The Challenge All Stars: Rivals.” The “Rivals” theme has been a fan-favorite in “The Challenge” franchise since its 2011 debut. “Rivals II” aired in 2013, followed by the third in 2016,