Nicollette Sheridan is heading to The CW’s Dynasty reboot. She’ll play Alexis Carrington, Blake Carrington’s first wife, originally portrayed by Joan Collins.
Nicollette Sheridan takes on Dynasty’s Alexis Carrington
Wisdom of the Crowd
CBS won’t be picking up additional episodes of Wisdom of the Crowd. The crime drama, averaging a 1.0 rating among A18-49 and 7.4 million total viewers, is the lowest-rated freshman drama on the network, and is set to wrap production on its 13-episode order in mid-December. The remaining 4 episodes are slated to continue in […]
John Stamos headed to Lifetime
Lennie James is exiting AMC’s The Walking Dead after Season 8 to join prequel Fear The Walking Dead… John Stamos landed a recurring role opposite Penn Badgley and Elizabeth Lail in Lifetime’s straight-to-series psychological thriller You… Wyatt Nash (Dear White People) will recur on Season 2 of Netflix wrestling comedy GLOW… Jocelyn Towne and Hayden […]
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President Trump Twitter-attacks CNN International
President Trump made his cable news preference clear again in a Saturday tweet, saying Fox News “is MUCH more important in the United States than CNN, but outside the U.S., CNN International is still a major source of (Fake) news, and they represent our nation to the world VERY poorly.” Fired back the news net, […]
Double dose of good news for Seth Meyers
Seth Meyers has been confirmed as host of the 75th Golden Globes Awards ceremony, airing January 7 on NBC. This isn’t new territory for Meyers, who hosted the 2014 Primetime Emmys, as well as the ESPYS in 2010 and the 2011 White House Correspondents Dinner. Meyers shared even happier news on Friday’s Late Night, with […]
CBS and PBS sever ties with Charlie Rose
Shortly after CBS This Morning’s Gayle King and Norah O’Donnell addressed the absence of suspended co-anchor Charlie Rose on Tuesday’s show – “This is a moment that demands a frank and honest assessment of where we stand and, more generally, the safety of women,” said O’Donnell – CBS fired Rose. In a letter, CBS News […]
OWN sets Perry premiere dates
New Tyler Perry comedy The Paynes has its series premiere Tuesday, January 16 with back-to-back episodes starting at 10p on OWN. The House of Payne spin-off stars Cassi Davis and LaVan Davis, as well as Jackee Harry (227). Perry’s The Haves and the Have Nots returns for season 5 on Tuesday, January 9 at 9p, […]
David Cassidy, dead at 67
Former teen idol David Cassidy, who was admitted to a Florida hospital last week suffering from liver and kidney failure, has died at the age of 67. The troubled Partridge Family star had struggled with a drinking problem and this year said he was suffering from dementia. Later in his career, Cassidy starred in ABC […]
DOJ sues to block AT&T/Time Warner merger
The U.S. Department of Justice sued Monday to prevent the $85.4 billion takeover of Time Warner by AT&T. The merger “would greatly harm American consumers,” said Makan Delrahim, head of the antitrust division, adding it would lead to higher monthly television bills and “fewer of the newer, emerging innovative options that consumers are beginning to […]
Charlie Rose accused of sexual harassment
Charlie Rose, co-anchor of CBS This Morning and host of PBS’s Charlie Rose the Week, has been accused of sexual misconduct by 8 women, the Washington Post reports. The women, age 21-37, either worked for Rose’s PBS show or aspired to between the late 1990s and 2011, said the Post, when they were subjected to […]
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