Kerry Washington rolled into Vegas yesterday to tout her new Facebook Watch drama Five Points – and the importance of social media in building a community around a show – at CES. Her ABC show Scandal is a bona fide hit, but in the early days, she said, the team “had to push to create […]
ABC Entertainment president Channing Dungey said Shonda Rimes may have moved to Netflix, but their relationship is “as strong as it’s ever been.” And, of course, they’re still in business. “I’m really excited about the 3 shows we have on the air and the 2 we’re about the launch,” said Dungey of Grey’s Anatomy, Scandal, […]
Production has started on a new season of DIY’s The Vanilla Ice Project. “Ice Ice Baby” singer/home renovation expert Rob Van Winkle and crew showcase the latest home technology and design trends as they transform a blah property in a showplace. During its last run, the show delivered a 52% increase over year-ago levels in […]
The Golden Globes have come a long way since the Hollywood Foreign Press Association started handing out awards in 1944. While not deemed as credible as the likes of the Oscars, Emmys or Screen Actors Guild honors – and famously tarnished by the 1982 win of Pia Zadora, after her billionaire husband flew a number […]
CBS picked up Young Sheldon for a second season, the net’s first renewal for 2018-2019. “Young Sheldon has made a huge impact on our schedule in the short time it’s been on the air,” said Kelly Kahl, president of CBS Entertainment. “While the show’s DNA is clearly rooted in The Big Bang Theory, Young Sheldon […]
HBO confirmed that Game of Thrones will return for a six-episode eighth and final season in 2019. Series creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss will pen the show’s farewell season along with writers Bryan Cogman and Dave Hill.
The network slotted Tuesday, April 10 at 9:30p for the premiere of the eight-episode seventh and final season of New Girl. The show will wrap with a one-hour finale on Tuesday, May 15 at 9p.
Season 5 of Freeform’s The Fosters will be its last, but it’s not the end of the road for everyone. The series will conclude with a 3-night limited series finale event next summer, leading into a spin-off following the lives of Mariana (Cierra Ramirez) and Callie (Maia Mitchell). The Fosters returns for season 5B on […]
Annalise Keating and Olivia Pope will share the screen during crossover episodes of ABC’s How to Get Away with Murder and Scandal. Scandal creator Shonda Rimes and HTGAWM creator Peter Nowalk broke the news with posts of the same screen shot of a crossover script featuring the TGIT leading ladies. New installments return Thursday, January […]
Matt Lauer, fired from NBC’s Today following allegations of sexual harassment, texted Hoda Kotb after news broke yesterday that she was replacing him as co-anchor. Kotb, who had been filling in following Lauer’s dismissal in November, joins Savannah Guthrie. Kotb told ET Lauer “said congratulations and some really nice words.” Kotb will, for now, continue […]