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It turns out that “The Devil Wears Prada” just might have put Stanley Tucci’s career in purgatory.

The “Conclave” actor told Vanity Fair that it was difficult for him to find work following the iconic 2006 film. Tucci played a creative director who works for Meryl Streep’s Miranda Priestly and also helps new hire Andy (Anne Hathaway) assimilate into the corporate fashion world. While Tucci’s character Nigel is technically a supporting role, it’s certainly a standout one. Not that casting directors noticed.

“After ‘The Devil Wears Prada,’ I couldn’t get a job, and I didn’t quite understand that,” Tucci said, “but that’s just the way it was. So I went and did stuff that I didn’t necessarily want to do, but I did it.”

Tucci’s roles right after “The Devil Wears Prada” include films “Blind Date,” “What Just Happened,” “Swing Vote,” and an “American Girl” movie.

Alec Baldwin’s temper is the stuff of Hollywood legend. His volatile behavior on the set of “The Edge” — he refused to shave his beard — left such an impression on producer Art Linson that he made a movie about it, “What Just Happened,” with Bruce Willis caricaturing Baldwin as a tantrum-throwing star.

But he is also an adept and dependable actor. Dean Goodine was the prop master on “The Edge,” a thriller filmed in the Canadian Rockies. Before one key scene, he showed Baldwin how to load dummies into a Winchester Model 1886.

“I have no stories other than of him being professional,” Goodine says. “He paid attention to all the training. He did the scene flawlessly.”

Baldwin is on trial this week in Santa Fe, N.M., on a charge of involuntary manslaughter. While working on the Western film “Rust” in 2021, prosecutors allege Baldwin recklessly pointed a Colt .45 at cinematographer...

The cover art for the Kid Laroi’s debut studio album, The First Time, depicts the 20-year-old Australian rapper-singer with a scowl plastered across his face. A mask, seemingly of his own face, rests on his stomach—a symbolic gesture that suggests that he’s done hiding his true emotions and is about to start writing from, as he puts it on the semi-affecting closer “Kids Are Growing Up,” “a place that you ain’t heard about.”

Despite such assurances of changed ways, though, the 20 songs that comprise The First Time do little to suggest an attempt at musical maturation. For every genuine stab at introspection on the superficially self-analytical opening track, “Sorry,” we get at least two empty flexes about extravagant purchases or boasts about how many platinum plaques Laroi has racked up in the past year. The qualitative whiplash of “Sorry” is fairly representative of The First Time as a whole,...

The Kid Laroi has linked up with Future and BabyDrill for a new song, “What’s the Move?” off his upcoming debut album, The First Time.

With a beat that blends speaker-rattling percussion with dazed synth loops, “What’s the Move?” is as much about getting off the best boasts (“My lifestyle DaVinci,” Future proclaims, “Know my lifestyle expensive”) as it is about yearning for escape. “I’m sick of wasting time,” Laroi sings on the hook, “You know I am/I need some peace of mind/I want leave the country/Baby,...

Welcome to our weekly rundown of the best new music — featuring big singles, key tracks from our favorite albums, and more. This week, Taylor Swift subverts sexism with a sultry 1989 vault track, Brent Faiyaz remains unfazed on a bouncy single, and Mr. Eazi drops his long-awaited debut. Plus, new music from YoungBoy Never Broke Again, Green Day, and Seventeen.

Taylor Swift, “Slut! (Taylor’s Version) [From the Vault]” (YouTube)

Brent Faiyaz feat. Tommy Richman & Felix!, “Upset” (YouTube)

Mr. Eazi, “Fefe No Fefe” (YouTube)

David Guetta feat. Ayra Star and Lil Durk, “Big Fu” (YouTube)

YoungBoy Never Broke Again,...

What is it with Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom? Is it Wednesday? Is it Friday? The DC sequel will now open on Friday Dec. 22 this year instead of Dec. 20. Know that Warners knows what they’re doing here: They turned Aquaman back in 2018 into the highest grossing DC movie of all-time at $1.15 billion. That movie launched on Saturday and Wednesday with previews, and after an official opening on a Friday (Dec. 21) cleared over $105M at the domestic B.O. by Christmas Day –which fell on a Tuesday that year. What they do here with the immediate shift is they capture more gross closer to the Christmas Day Monday when moviegoing shifts into high gear. It’s a four-day holiday weekend. Aquaman ended its stateside run at $335M.

Meanwhile, the Barry Levinson, Robert De Niro playing twin mobsters movie Wise Guys is now titled Alto Knights and has moved from Feb.

Warner Bros. has given its upcoming theatrical slate a small shake-up. “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom,” the final installment in the current continuation of DC Comics adaptations before an imminent reboot, has been bumped from Dec. 20 to Dec. 22. The shift from the Wednesday to the Friday release date gives the superhero film a traditional three-day opening in theaters, as opposed to the originally slated five-day rollout.

The slight delay gives “Aquaman 2” a little bit of extra space away from the Timothée Chalamet chocolatier prequel “Wonka.” Warner Bros. is also releasing that spin on novelist Roald Dahl’s enduring character, debuting the film on Dec. 15.

It’s a busy holiday season for the studio, which is also bowing its adaptation of “The Color Purple” musical on Christmas Day. That’s three big titles coming one after the other, arriving more than three months after the last Warner Bros. release — “The Nun II,...

Hulu has released it’s full list of what will be added to it’s library throughout the month of November 2023!

The streaming service revealed all of the TV shows and movies that are coming to it’s platform, including quite a few fan favorite movies and some holiday features as the holiday season kicks off.

Get more info inside…

Among the movies being added include The Holiday, The Wedding Singer, The Waterboy, Pacific Rim, Shallow Hal, Twister, Men in Black, Armageddon and many more.

On the television side, Hulu will be adding the new original series Black Cake and Drive with Swizz Beatz, season two of Arthdal Chronicles, LA Law, Wahlburgers season five, and Spellbound season 1B.

There will also be many Christmas movies from Hallmark and A&e being added!

Keep reading below to see the complete list of what’s being added to Hulu in November 2023…

November 1

Arthdal Chronicles...

U.S. actor Robin Wright will be awarded the President’s Award at the 57th Karlovy Vary Film Festival’s closing ceremony. In honor of Wright, it will screen “The Princess Bride.”

Wright is best known for her performance in Netflix series “House of Cards.” She earned three Golden Globe nominations and a win in 2014. She earned five Screen Actors Guild award nominations for the show, and received five consecutive Emmy nominations.

In 2017, Wright played Lieutenant Joshi in “Blade Runner 2049,” and Amazon warrior General Antiope in “Justice League” and Patty Jenkins’ “Wonder Woman.” The following year, she reprised her role as Antiope in “Wonder Woman 1984.” She will be seen this Fall starring opposite Millie Bobby Brown in the fantasy film “Damsel,” and co-starring with Tom Hanks in “Here,” directed by Robert Zemeckis.

Her first two nominations, a Golden Globe and a SAG, came as early as 1995 for her...

The first look images from Lenny Henry’s “Three Little Birds,” executive produced by “It’s a Sin” creator Russell T Davies, have been unveiled.

The series stars Rochelle Neil (“The Nevers”), Yazmin Belo (“What Just Happened”) and Saffron Coomber (“Tracey Beaker Returns”). Designed as a celebration of immigration, community and the strength of Black womanhood, the series is inspired by the stories of Henry’s mother. Set in 1957, it follows sisters Leah (Neil) and Chantrelle (Coomber) and their virtuous, bible-loving acquaintance, Hosanna (Belo), as they board a cruise ship from Jamaica bound for a new life in Britain. Once they reach they discover that life is not smooth sailing but are determined to succeed and overcome the many obstacles of integration and build a new life in Britain.

Yazmin Belo

The cast also includes Bobby Gordon (“Hollyoaks”), Arthur Darvill (“The Sandman”) and Beth Hayes (“Black Mirror”).

Charles McDougall, Yero Timi Biu...

ABC‘s The Company You Keep continues to recruit great talent for its stellar cast. From Bridget Regan in the premiere to Luke Kirby in episode 3, we have been mighty impressed. And the latest addition to the cast of The Company You Keep is Marin Hinkle, who plays Claire Fox in episode 4, “All In.”

Marin Hinkle as Claire Fox | ABC/Eric McCandless Marin Hinkle joins the cast of ‘The Company You Keep’ as Claire Fox

The Company You Keep fans first heard the name Claire Fox in episode 3 when David Hill received a call from her. His senatorial campaign was running on fumes. And he was desperate to gain any traction in the polls, especially after his party threatened to pull their support. So when Claire called David, he was willing to hear her out.

We don’t know much about Claire, but we infer she’s bad news. Joseph Hill...

The Kid Laroi has quite a few rock star couples to take inspiration from in his new visual. On Monday, the Australian singer released the video for “I Guess It’s Love?,” a satirical take on the life and relationships of an aging rock star.

The Helmi-directed video opens with Laroi spending time with his influencer girlfriend Katarina Deme today: eating nachos, playing on a tennis court, making out by the pool, cuddling in the sauna, and having some sexy time in bed.

“Don’t need nobody else but you,...

Oscar®-winning filmmaker Jordan Peele unleashes his latest spine-tingling thriller with Nope, a mysterious sci-fi pop nightmare available to own for the first time as a Collector’s Edition on Digital September 20, 2022 and on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray and DVD on October 25, 2022 from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. Certified Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, this “spellbinder that keeps pushing boundaries” will have you never looking at clouds the same way ever again. The exclusive Collector’s Edition comes filled with more than 90 minutes of never-before-seen bonus content, including a revealing documentary that dives deep into the film’s rich DNA and Peele’s extraordinary vision; an exploration into the conception, design and execution of entity “Jean Jacket”; deleted scenes, a gag reel and more taking audiences behind the scenes of the out-of-this-world adventure.

https://www.uphe.com/movies/nope

Featuring an incredibly talented and dynamic ensemble cast, Nope is written, directed and...

While Warner Bros. Discovery has been busy fretting over their DC Comics slate—deleting the already-completed “Batgirl” film while hoping Ezra Miller’s intention to seek mental health help will bring enough stability to successfully launch “The Flash” next year—the newly-formed entertainment entity is placing a bet on another American superhero: Robert De Niro.

And it’s not just a bet, they’re doubling down.

The first original film produced with David Zaslav as the top executive at the studio will feature the two-time Oscar-winner (and eight-time nominee) in two roles. According to The Hollywood Reporter, “Wise Guys” concerns the true mafia war between Frank Costello and Vito Genovese, and De Niro will play both men. This will be an acting feat like Jeremy Irons in “Dead Ringers,” but trading gynecological instruments for zabaglione.

The script comes from a guy who knows a thing or two about the New York City mob: Nicholas Pileggi,...

Robert De Niro is set for a double role in the upcoming mob crime drama ‘Wise Guys’ at Warner Bros.

The film follows Italian American crime bosses Vito Genovese and Frank Costello, who ran their respective families during the 20th century. In 1957, Genovese tried (and failed) to assassinate Costello, who was ultimately injured and attempted to retire from the mafia. De Niro is expected to portray the two main characters.

Barry Levinson, the veteran filmmaker who is best known for ‘Rain Man’ is set to take the helm on the feature. De Niro and Levinson have previously teamed on ‘Wag the Dog,’ ‘Sleeper,’ the HBO series ‘The Wizard of Lies’ and ‘What Just Happened.’

Also in news – Brian Tyree Henry set for Apple drama series ‘Sinking Spring’

Nicholas Pileggi, the co-writer of Martin Scorsese’s crime epic ‘Goodfellas,’ which starred De Niro, is penning the screenplay. Irwin Winkler, a producer on ‘Goodfellas,...

Robert De Niro is set to offer double bonanza to his fans as he has taken the wise (pun intended) decision to star in a dual role in the upcoming gangster drama ‘Wise Guys’. The movie will be directed by veteran filmmaker Barry Levinson, who is known for ‘Rain Man’ and ‘Wag the Dog’, reports Variety.

The film, intended to play in theatres, will be produced by Warner Bros. and will reunite De Niro and Levinson, who previously teamed on ‘Wag the Dog,’ ‘Sleeper,’ the HBO series ‘The Wizard of Lies’ and ‘What Just Happened’.

According to Variety’ ‘Wise Guys’ follows Italian American crime bosses Vito Genovese and Frank Costello, who ran their respective families during the 20th century. In 1957, Genovese tried (and failed) to assassinate Costello, who was ultimately injured and attempted to retire from the mafia. De Niro is expected to portray the two main characters.

Nicholas Pileggi,...

It's a whole new era for Warner Bros. Discovery, and after being dogged by controversy after controversy for the last several weeks, the studio's focus can finally go back to, you know, the business of funding, making and releasing movies. The first original production under the newly-merged studio, however, can't help but bring back memories of Warner Bros.' golden years with the upcoming project "Wise Guys." In a fascinating wrinkle, two familiar faces with ties to "Goodfellas" will be significantly involved.

As much as audiences have gravitated towards superhero movies these days and Westerns before them, perhaps no genre quite manages to compare to the prestige and sense of storytelling as the classic gangster epic. Legendary movie star Robert De Niro cut his teeth on these movies, rapidly rising through the ranks to become one of the world's most famous actors after performances in classics like "Mean Streets," "The Godfather Part II,...

Barry Levinson and Robert De Niro are getting the band back together for Wise Guys, a period drama that will have you sleeping with the fishes, see? The mob-related project finds Levinson and De Niro joining forces after teaming for the HBO TV movie The Wizard of Lies and the films What Just Happened, Wag the Dog, and Sleepers. Word has it that De Niro will tackle two roles for Wise Guys. Will you be able to handle it?

According to reports, Wise Guys revolves around Vito Genovese and Frank Costello, two Italian-American crime bosses that ruled the streets during the mid-20th century. In 1957, Genovese tried to assassinate Costello but botched the attempt. Costello got injured in the altercation, but the experience prompted him to retire. The thing about the mob is that you can never truly leave that line of life behind. That lifestyle has a way of...

Robert De Niro will be sharing the screen with Hollywood legend Robert De Niro in the upcoming gangster drama “Wise Guys.”

The movie, set at Warner Bros. and intended to play in theaters, will be directed by Barry Levinson, the veteran filmmaker who is best known for “Rain Man” and “Wag the Dog.” It reunites De Niro and Levinson, who previously teamed on “Wag the Dog,” “Sleeper,” the HBO series “The Wizard of Lies” and “What Just Happened.”

“Wise Guys” follows Italian American crime bosses Vito Genovese and Frank Costello, who ran their respective families during the 20th century. In 1957, Genovese tried (and failed) to assassinate Costello, who was ultimately injured and attempted to retire from the mafia. De Niro is expected to portray the two main characters.

Nicholas Pileggi, the co-writer of Martin Scorsese’s crime epic “Goodfellas,” which starred De Niro, is penning the screenplay for “Wise Guys.

Robert De Niro will star in the Warner Bros. mob drama Wise Guys from director Barry Levinson, Deadline can confirm. The project reunites the duo following their collaborations on the Emmy-nominated HBO TV movie The Wizard of Lies, which had De Niro playing Bernie Madoff, and Magnolia Pictures’ 2008 dramedy, What Just Happened, as well as the director’s earlier films Wag the Dog and Sleepers.

Wise Guys is a period piece tells the story of Vito Genovese and Frank Costello, a pair of Italian Americans running two separate crime families during the mid-20th century. Genovese tried and failed to assassinate Costello in 1957, though the latter wound up taking his leave from the mob after being injured during the attempt on his life. We hear that De Niro will be taking on both key roles in the film eyed for release in theaters.

Oscar-nominated Goodfellas scribe Nicholas Pileggi penned the...

Warners’ first original feature of the Warner Bros. Discovery era is here … and it’s a period mobster drama fronted by two Hollywood veterans.

Returning to the genre that made him a household name, Robert De Niro will star in Wise Guys, a feature intended for theatrical distribution that will be directed by Barry Levinson, the filmmaker known for 1980s classic Rain Man and movies such as Wag the Dog.

Nicholas Pileggi, who coincidentally authored Wiseguy, the 1985 book that was the basis for the 1990 De Niro-Martin Scorsese crime classic, Goodfellas, wrote the script. Irwin Winkler, best known for producing the Rocky movies as well as being a producer on Goodfellas, is a producer.

The project is centered on Vito Genovese and Frank Costello, two Italian-American crime bosses that ran their respective families in the middle of the 20th century. In 1957, Genovese...

With the new month come new arrivals to all TV and movie streamers, including Hulu. The August 2022 slate contains many classic re-watch options as well as new seasons of original shows and new movies as well.

For those who couldn’t get enough of Keke Palmer in Jordan Peele’s latest movie “Nope” (2022), one of her breakout films “Akeelah and the Bee” (2006) has landed on Hulu. Tom Hanks’ “Cast Away” (2000), Natalie Portman’s “Black Swan,” the first two “Despicable Me” films and Tobey Maguire’s “Spider-Man” trilogy also arrive this month.

FX’s “Reservation Dogs” Season 2 arrives exclusively on Hulu Aug. 3. The Hulu Original film “Prey” arrives Aug. 5. “Legacy: The True Story of the L.A. Lakers” premieres on Hulu Aug. 15. Another exclusive heading to Hulu later in August is Steve Carell’s limited series “The Patient,” available to stream Aug. 30.

Here’s what’s new on Hulu in August 2022.

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You ever notice how HBO’s releases tend to do the heavy lifting in HBO Max’s content library? That makes plenty of sense given that HBO has a track record of producing hits well before the streaming era even began. Well, a similar concept is now playing out over on Hulu. Like many monthly releases before it, Hulu’s list of new releases for August 2022 is highlighted by a whole bunch of FX TV shows.

The initiative once known as “FX on Hulu” is no more but that’s not stopping the cable network-turned quality TV brand from churning out some intriguing titles for the streaming world this month. It all starts early on with season 2 of the delightful comedy Reservation Dogs on Aug. 3. That is followed up by the docuseries Children of the Underground on Aug. 13, Little Demon on Aug. 26, and The Patient of Aug. 30. The most interesting of the bunch,...

Leah Kate is putting both middle fingers up to her ex-boyfriend in her new “10 Things I Hate About You” music video, which follows the TikTok pop-punk darling giving a press conference revealing all the things she despises of her former love. (Rolling Stone premieres the video.)

“Revenge isn’t always best served cold. I wanted the video to be a little more immediate, a little like a slasher movie. Or the threat of one,” Kate tells Rolling Stone. “I loved having all the other angry girls behind me like a Greek Chorus,...

Bounce has ordered a sixth and final season of the hit original drama series Saints & Sinners. The eight-episode final season will premiere with the first episode at 8 p.m. Sunday, April 3, with the remaining seven episodes airing weekly thereafter, the network said Wednesday.

Watch a trailer for a preview of Season 6 above.

“Saints & Sinners has been a breakthrough success, attracting a huge and loyal fanbase and taking them on a rollercoaster ride every season and was the No. 1 most-watched program on television, beating such shows as The $100,000 Pyramid on ABC, What Just Happened? (Fox), Instinct (CBS) and Big Little Lies (HBO), in the delivery of African Americans 18-49 and 25-54 Sunday night between 9-10 p.m.,” said David Hudson, head of original programming for Bounce and an executive producer of the series.

Cancellations/Renewals Scorecard: TV Shows Ended Or Continuing In 2021-22 Season

Set against the backdrop of a large Southern church,...

Sean Penn defiantly swims against the Hollywood current with “Flag Day,” a labor of love that harkens back to another era of moviemaking. Jennifer Vogel’s memoir “Flim-Flam Man: A True Family History,” published in 2004, resisted film financing over 18 years, said producer William Horberg (“The Queen’s Gambit”) at the Cannes afterparty at the Martinez. Back at the start, producer Michael De Luca loved the project, and after many detours and obstacles, when the MGM studio head saw the nearly finished film, enthusiastically acquired it for release in 2021 (just as the studio was acquired by Amazon). Horberg was joyful at the film’s good fortune.

Like many other well-reviewed films at Cannes, a robust theatrical future is by no means assured for this old-fashioned ’70s-’80s father-daughter story, which marks Penn’s first time acting in his own film, after helming six features. Thanks to Matt Damon, Penn said at Sunday’s press conference,...

Sean Penn defiantly swims against the Hollywood current with “Flag Day,” a labor of love that harkens back to another era of moviemaking. Jennifer Vogel’s memoir “Flim-Flam Man: A True Family History,” published in 2004, resisted film financing over 18 years, said producer William Horberg (“The Queen’s Gambit”) at the Cannes afterparty at the Martinez. Back at the start, producer Michael De Luca loved the project, and after many detours and obstacles, when the MGM studio head saw the nearly finished film, enthusiastically acquired it for release in 2021 (just as the studio was acquired by Amazon). Horberg was joyful at the film’s good fortune.

Like many other well-reviewed films at Cannes, a robust theatrical future is by no means assured for this old-fashioned ’70s-’80s father-daughter story, which marks Penn’s first time acting in his own film, after helming six features. Thanks to Matt Damon, Penn said at Sunday’s press conference,...

Fox Entertainment has slated Let’s Be Real, a half-hour election-themed satirical puppet special executive produced by Robert Smigel. Airing Oct. 1, following the first 2020 Presidential debate, the comedy special will cover politics, pop culture and the 2020 election through topical sketches featuring puppets, celebrity cameos and remote pieces. Based on the French pop culture sketch puppet show Les Guignols, Let’s Be Real is produced by Propagate.

The alternative comedy marks the first collaboration between Fox Entertainment’s scripted and unscripted departments to make it to air. Fox first put in development an American version of Les Guignols more than two years ago. Last summer, Saturday Night Liveveteran and Triumph the Insult Comic co-creator/star Robert Smigel was brought in to spearhead the project.

“Robert Smigel is a uniquely gifted creator, and, as the election approaches, we are so excited to be working with him on bringing a new take on...

Fox on Wednesday renewed its veteran reality competition series So You Think You Can Dance for Season 17.

Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy and Laurieann Gibson are slated to return as judges, and Cat Deely will be back as host. Season 16 judge (and Season 3 contestant) Dominic “D-Trix” Sandoval will not return to the judging panel, TVLine has confirmed.

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HBO Max on Wednesday said it has hired former Fox Entertainment exec Roberto Alcantara, Universal Content Productions’ Chika Chukudebelu and A+E Studios’ Mark Tuohy with the titles of VP Drama, tasked with creating a slate of original scripted dramas as WarnerMedia’s streaming service that launches in the spring. The trio will report to Evp Original Drama Joey Chavez.

The moves round out the streamer’s drama team that already includes fellow VP Drama David Poynter and Director, Drama Maura Feerick.

Alcantara recently served as VP Comedy Development & Programming at Fox Entertainment, where he oversaw a slate that included Last Man Standing, Bless the Harts and What Just Happened??! With Fred Savage. Before that he worked at Project 10 as VP Content, at Momentum TV and CAA.

Chika most recently was VP Development at NBCUniversal’s Ucp where she developed cable and streaming series, often working directly with writing, directing and...

ABC’s primetime college football season opener featuring No. 4-ranked Oklahoma against Houston drew a night-leading 1.5 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic and 5.34 million viewers, proving to be a worthy opponent to CBS’ Big Brother on Sunday.

Big Brother dipped two-tenths compared with last week’s early numbers, touching a season low, though it did finish No. 2 overall in both the demo and total viewers, behind a repeat 60 Minutes in the latter metric. Last week, Bb grew a tenth to a 1.2 in the finals also against football (an NFL preseason game on NBC), so we’ll see if that happens again.

The Oklahoma-Houston game meanwhile, a 49-31 win for the Sooners, topped each half-hour on the night from 7:30-11 Pm Et.

Elsewhere, almost everyone else went with repeats owing to the three-day Labor Day holiday, an exception being Fox’s season finale of What Just Happened??! With Fred Savage...

Below, you'll find a list of Fox's recent/current/upcoming primetime TV shows and their current status. To see a series' ratings (if any), click the links in the middle column.

The shows include 9-1-1, 9-1-1: Lone Star, Almost Family, Beat Shazam, BH90210, Big Bounce Battle, Bless the Harts, Bob's Burgers, The Cool Kids, Cosmos, Deputy, Duncanville, Empire, Family Guy, Filthy Rich, First Responders Live, The Four: Battle for Stardom, Ghosted, The Gifted, Gordon Ramsay's 24 Hours to Hell and Back, Gotham, The Great North, Hell's Kitchen, Hypnotize Me, La to Vegas, The Last Man on Earth, Last Man Standing, Lego Masters, Lethal Weapon, Love Connection, The Masked Singer, MasterChef, MasterChef Junior, Mental Samurai, A Moody Christmas, New Girl, neXt, The Orville, Outmatched, Paradise Hotel, The Passage, Phenoms, Proven Innocent, Rel, The Resident, The Simpsons, So You Think You Can Dance, Spin the Wheel, Star, The X-Files,...

Amid a sea of reality series on the Big 4 networks this summer, Fox tried something different with What Just Happened??!, an aftershow parody hosted by Fred Savage.

The series — a blend of a real talk-show and a scripted comedy set around a fake aftershow for a fictional sci-fi drama based on a series of books that don’t exist — has barely registered in the linear Nielsen ratings, averaging paltry 680,000 viewers and a 0.2 adults 18-49 rating in Live+Same Day on Sundays.

The network has not made an official renewal decision for What Happened??!, which still is airing, but the writing seems to be on the wall.

“Obviously the ratings were not as high as we’d hoped, so I think a second season is challenging,” Fox Entertainment President Michael Thorn told Deadline at TCA.

Still, “the project was a really fun experiment for us,” he said. “While it didn’t break through in the ratings,...

ABC’s three-hour Cma Fest special scored a 0.8 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic and 4.69 million viewers in primetime Sunday, giving the network an easy win in both metrics for the night.

The Country Music Association’s annual performance show was down a tenth from last year’s edition but mostly even in eyeballs, giving it more than the night’s traditional leader, CBS’ Big Brother, which still was Sunday’s top-rated show.

The night’s most viewed show was a repeat 60 Minutes at 7 Pm. CBS also rolled out originals of Instinct and the season finale of The Good Fight, both even week over week.

Fox’s only original on Sunday was the Fred Savage-fronted What Just Happened ??!, which was also on par.

NBC and the CW aired repeats.

Sunday was fairly quiet with minor ratings ups and downs across the networks in primetime. It’s no surprise that despite dipping a tenth, Big Brother managed to win the night with a 1.0 in the adults 18-49 demographic to go along with 4.39 million viewers. Leading into the CBS reality series was 60 Minutes, which ticked up a tenth from last week and was the night’s most-watched program.

It was ABC that won the night, however, averaging 0.7 in the overall ratings with its game show lineup. Celebrity Family Feud was down a tenth, but $100,000 Pyramid (0.8, 4.87M) was up a tenth and To Tell The Truth held steady. ABC won Sunday in total viewers for the fourth week in a row and first place in adults 18-49 for a third week running.

NBC was populated with reruns Sunday night, but the peacock network aired coverage of the U.S.

Big Brother continues to captivate Sunday audiences with its household antics, winning the night in the primetime ratings with a 1.0 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic and 4.29 million viewers. The CBS reality competition has managed to hold steady week-to-week on the multiple nights it plays.

It was ABC however that topped all networks Sunday, paced by Celebrity Family Feud which slipped a tenth but beat Big Brother in total viewers head-to-head at 8 Pm. That was followed by The $100,000 Pyramid, steady, and To Tell the Truth, up a tenth. Both topped their hours and rose to their best viewership performances since the season premieres.

Fox’s new comedy talk show What Just Happened??! With Fred Savage bumped up a tenth from last week as the network’s lone original of the night.

Other Sunday summer programming amid a sea of reruns were on par with last week including...

The much-anticipated fourth season premiere of the hit Bounce original drama series Saints & Sinners on Sun. July 7 at 9:00 p.m. (Et) was the number one most-watched program on television, beating such shows as The $100,000 Pyramid on ABC, What Just Happened? (Fox), Instinct (CBS) and Big Little Lies(HBO), in the delivery of African Americans 18-49 and 25-54 Sunday night between 9-10 p.m. The telecast was also a top 20 program in the general market delivery of Households, P18-49 and P25-54 ahead of shows on Fox, The CW, TNT and ESPN among others. The 9:00 p.m. premiere averaged 751K Total Viewers, an increase of +10% over the show’s season three premiere and delivered 590K Households (+12%) to set the record as the most-watched program in Bounce history. The telecast was also up +24% in the delivery of Persons 18-49 (281K) and +2% in P25-54 (335K) versus the season three premiere.

As Hollywood continues its move to more diversity and inclusion behind and in front of the camera, there is one genre that often gets overlooked: unscripted television. During reality competitions and live events, the screen isn’t totally void of representation of women, people of color and other marginalized communities, but behind the camera is a different story.

Carrie Havel is changing that.

She has worked on some of TV’s most successful unscripted franchises including America’s Got Talent, World of Dance, The Titan Games, Little Big Shots, American Idol, Dancing with the Stars and the MTV Video Music Awards. She has also worked on nearly all of the live network musical events including Hairspray Live, Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert, A Christmas Story Live and Rent Live. She probably is best known for her work on Grease Live as an Associate Director after a two-minute control room...

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Airing on Fox, What Just Happened??! with Fred Savage is a fandom-filled aftershow that's devoted to a fictional television drama series called The Flare. The latter is based on fictional author Tj Whitford's sci-fi book series, The Moon is...

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Airing on Fox, What Just Happened??! with Fred Savage is a fandom-filled aftershow that's devoted to a fictional television drama series called The Flare. The latter is based on fictional author Tj Whitford's sci-fi book series, The Moon is the Sun at Night which revolves around a solar event and its...

Cult-favorite shows like Breaking Bad and The Walking Dead have spawned the creation of aftershows that discuss what viewers have just seen on the latest episode. Now, Fox is trying something a little different with What Just Happened??! with Fred Savage. It's an aftershow for a program that doesn't really exist. Will viewers get the joke and tune in or, will the Nielsen ratings be as invisible as the drama that the aftershow talks about? Will What Just Happened??! be cancelled or renewed for a second season? Stay tuned.

Airing on Fox, What Just Happened??! with Fred Savage is a fandom-filled aftershow that's devoted to a fictional television drama series called The Flare. The latter is based on fictional author Tj Whitford's sci-fi book series, The Moon is the Sun at Night which revolves around a solar event and its effects on Earth.

Sunday, June 30, 2019 ratings — New episodes: The Good Fight, Instinct, Celebrity Family Feud, The $100,000 Pyramid, To Tell The Truth, What Just Happened??? With Fred Savage and Burden of Truth. Reruns: America's Funniest Home Videos, Last Man Standing, The Simpsons, Bob's Burgers, Family Guy, 60 Minutes, Hollywood Game Night, America's Got Talent, New Amsterdam, and Whose Line Is It Anyway.

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Network: Fox  

Episodes: Ongoing (half-hour)

Seasons: Ongoing

TV show dates: June 30, 2019 -- present

Series status: Has not been cancelled

Performers include: Fred Savage, Taylor Tomlinson, Jon Cassar, Carrie Havel, Bethany Cosentino, and Bobb Bruno.

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Airing on the Fox television network, What Just Happened??! with Fred Savage was created by Savage, Dave Jeser and Matt Silverstein. It is a fandom-filled aftershow that's devoted to a fictional television drama series called The Flare.

The Flare TV show is based on fictional author Tj Whitford's sci-fi book series, The Moon is the Sun at Night. The book revolves around a solar event and its effects on Earth -- specifically, the small, blue-collar town of Milford, Il. As the story progresses, it becomes...

When Fred Savage was 12, he moved from Chicago to Los Angeles to star in the iconic '80s sitcom The Wonder Years, and his father, noticing that Savage was a little lonely in this new city, gave him the first book in the The Moon Is the Sun at Night series. "I just fell into that world and immersed myself in that book, and from the pages of that book I got everything that I was looking for in that time in my life," he recalls.

Ok, that's not actually true — at least, the part about ...

Fox has given a six-episode order to A Moody Christmas, a half-hour single-camera holiday event series, an adaptation of the Australian series of the same name, to air during the 2019 holiday season. The series hails from CBS TV Studios, which will co-produce with Fox Entertainment.

Written by comedy veterans Bob Fisher, Rob Greenberg and Tad Quill, A Moody Christmas follows Dan Moody as he returns home to spend Christmas with his dysfunctional family. When he arrives, he’s met with the inevitable madness of a family whose members are all hiding things from each other.

Fox is envisioning this as an ongoing event series franchise. “It begins at Christmas but isn’t just limited to Christmas,” Fox Entertainment president Michael Thorn told Deadline last month. “We will meet this family, the Moodys, at very important events throughout their lifecycle that a family experiences together.”

Those could include a family wedding,...

The Moon Is the Sun at Night fanboy Fred Savage can barely contain his excitement as host of What Just Happened??!, Fox’s after-show discussion for… a show that doesn’t really exist.

As revealed in the exclusive sneak peek above, What Just Happened??! With Fred Savage will “talk about all things The Flare,” a TV adaptation of (fictional!) author Tj Whitford’s (fictional!) sci-fi book series, which has (ostensibly!) been a favorite of Savage’s since childhood. (The [fake] book revolves around a solar event and its effects on Earth – specifically, the blue-collar town of Milford, Il – and slowly unfolds...

Kristin Kreuk is staying on the case at The CW: The network has acquired Season 3 of the Canadian import Burden of Truth, starring the Smallville vet, TVLine has learned. Eight one-hour episodes will air in 2020.

The investigative legal drama’s second season, also featuring Rookie Blue‘s Peter Mooney, premieres stateside this Sunday at 8/7c on The CW. It finds Kreuk’s corporate attorney Joanna Chang drawn “into the shadowy world of hackers, activists, and a political movement that won’t take any prisoners,” per the official synopsis.

The series was renewed for Season 3 by Canadian broadcaster CBC in March,...

Fox's Fred Savage-hosted parody of TV aftershows, What Just Happened??!, has booked its first guest in Rob Lowe.

The show has also announced the actors playing the principal cast of the fake sci-fi drama that What Just Happened??! purports to dissect — one that, frankly, wouldn't be a bad ensemble for a real series. It's led by Kevin Zegers (Dirty John), Guillermo Diaz (Scandal) and Shiri Appleby (UnReal).

The brainchild of Savage and co-creators Dave Jeser and Matt Silverstein (Life in Pieces), the show will send up the likes of Talking Dead and other brand-extending shows that offer ...

Fox's summer parody of TV aftershows, What Just Happened??!, has added a co-host in Taylor Tomlinson and a house band in indie darlings Best Coast.

The comedy/talk show hybrid, hosted by Fred Savage, is set to premiere June 30 and will break down the events in a fake drama series, The Flare, based on a fictitious book series that Savage has "loved" since he was a child. 

Tomlinson will serve as Savage's co-host, joining in the dissection of The Flare. She's featured on the Netflix stand-up series The Lineup and has appeared on The Tonight Show and Conan. Tomlinson was also ...

Fox Entertainment CEO Charlie Collier is ready to have some fun with the newly independent broadcast network.

Fox has handed out a nine-episode, straight-to-series order for What Just Happened??! With Fred Savage, a satire on the glut of aftershows and the big genre dramas they follow — like AMC's Talking Dead and The Walking Dead.

What Just Happened??! is described as a half-hour hybrid comedy/talk show whose focus is fictional drama series The Flare. The latter is based on the also-fictional book The Moon Is the Sun at Night, which revolves around a solar event and its effects on Earth ...