Holly Hunter to lead Paramount+'s Star Trek: Starfleet Academy
The Oscar-winning actress will play a character who "will serve as the captain and chancellor of the Academy, presiding over both the faculty and a new class of Starfleet cadets as they learn to navigate the galaxy in the 32nd century," according to Variety. Starfleet Academy is scheduled to begin shooting in Toronto later this summer, featuring the largest contiguous set ever constructed for a Star Trek series. “It feels like we’ve spent our entire lives watching Holly Hunter be a stone-cold genius,” said co-showrunners Alex Kurtzman and Noga Landau. “To have her extraordinary authenticity, fearlessness, sense of humor, and across the board brilliance leading the charge on Starfleet Academy is a gift to all of us, and to the enduring legacy of ‘Star Trek.'” Star Trek: Starfleet Academy marks Hunter's first TV series regular role since Mr. Mayor was canceled in 2022.
Matthew Perry's death prompts a DEA-LAPD joint criminal investigation
Nearly seven months after the late Friends star died from acute effects of the prescription drug ketamine, authorities say they are investigating how Perry came to have so much ketamine. According to the Los Angeles County medical examiner's autopsy, the level of ketamine found in Perry's blood was about the same quantity as would be used during general anesthesia. According to TMZ, which first reported the investigation, "the main questions are who provided the drug, and under what circ*mstances. Our sources say both local police and the DEA have been looking into this matter for months, but it's unclear where exactly investigators are in the probe."
Netflix renews Shane Gillis comedy Tires ahead of its series premiere
The comedian's self-financed auto repair-themed comedy, which premieres Thursday, has been given an early Season 2 pickup.
Shea Serrano announces Primo has been canceled at Amazon Freevee after one season
Serrano revealed the news this morning on Twitter/X that his Michael Schur-produced semi-autobiographical coming-of-age teacher comedy, which premiered one year and two days ago, won't return for Season 2. “a short but beautiful run — sadly we’re not gonna be making any more episodes of PRIMO — I will always be indebted to everyone who worked on the show to make it so great and I will always be thankful to everyone who watched and championed it,” Serrano tweeted. “Thank you for real — long live PRIMO.”
David Cronenberg unveils his horror film The Shrouds at Cannes, says Netflix rejected it as a TV series
The acclaimed The Fly and Crash director said The Shrouds — starring Vincent Cassel, Diane Kruger and Guy Pearce — was originally conceived as a 10-episode limited series for Netflix, which greenlit writing a first episode before rejecting the director’s project. “They said – and this is a very Hollywood thing to say – ‘It’s not what we fell in love with in the room,'” Cronenberg said at The Shrouds’ Cannes press conference this morning. “Later, I felt that what they fell in love with in the room was me, which was very flattering, but not the script. “I felt I can’t let this die, let’s see if we can turn it into a movie… It could be a series, but it doesn’t have to be.” The movie was the result of two episodes being put together. “I just stuck two episodes together,” Cronenberg said. “I didn’t have the heart (to make movies), but I was intrigued by the idea of a streaming series. I always thought a movie as we know it, two hours long, is more like a short story or maybe a novella, not like a novel.” A streaming series, he added, “could be like a novel.”
Michaela Coel is no longer developing a series connected to I May Destroy You
In 2021, then-BBC drama director Piers Wenger revealed that Coel was working on a series connected to her acclaimed Emmy-winning 2020 BBC/HBO series I May Destroy You. Coel had already ruled out a second season. But speaking to Deadline last week, I May Destroy You EP Phil Clarke said Coel had toyed with various ideas for what was loosely termed “I May Destroy You 2,” before deciding against going further.
Comcast will charge $15 a month for its Netflix-Apple TV+-Peaco*ck bundle
The StreamSaver bundle available to Comcast customers includes Netflix Basic with Ads, Apple TV+ and Peaco*ck Premium. On a standalone basis, the three services would cost $23-$25 per month.
CNN anchor Sara Sidner tells viewers she will undergo a double mastectomy amid breast cancer battle
Sidner's update comes months after revealing she was being treated for stage three breast cancer while continuing her CNN duties. “What I have learned so far in my cancer journey is treating it is more of a marathon than a sprint,” Sidner said Tuesday morning. “After five months of chemo, I have not yet become cancer free. The next phase is a double mastectomy.”
Check out HBO's first look at Industry's Season 3, featuring the return of Kit Harington
The British finance drama returns for its third season on Aug. 11.
The Grammys set 2025 date
The 67th annual Grammy Awards will air live on CBS on Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025.
Apple TV+ acquires Drops of God Season 2
According to Deadline, "Quoc Dang Tran‘s French-Japanese drama adaptation of the smash manga series was a hit for the streamer, and Season 2 again will be bought rather than commissioned by Apple in a rare TV acquisitions deal." Apple beat a number of suitors to win the U.S. rights to Season 1 of the international series.
SNL firms up its sponsors for Season 50
Allstate, L’Oreal Groupe, T-Mobile, and Volkswagen of America will sponsor the iconic NBC variety show's 50th season, while T-Mobile, which has sponsored the past two seasons of the series, is going to expand that relationship next season. As presenting sponsors, the four brands will be “closer than ever” to the program via “curated custom content and experiences” across the NBCU portfolio, NBC Universal said in a statement.
The Spencer Sisters is not coming back for Season 2
CTV confirmed to TVLine that the drama series starring Lea Thompson and Stacey Farber hasn't been renewed. The news comes weeks after Thompson said on Instagram that "I think" that the show won't be back.
Hulu's Unprisoned adds Brandee Evans, Oliver Hudson and Jamie Chung
Evans will recur and Hudson and Chung will guest-star on Season 2 of the Onyx Collective comedy series, which returns July 17.
Netflix renews Worst Roommate Ever for Season 2
The docuseries that premiered in 2022 "will return with more harrowing tales of seemingly harmless roommates turning into real-life nightmares for their unsuspecting victims when their malevolent and sometimes violent intentions are revealed," per Deadline. "These unsettling true stories chronicle the masked menace that can be lurking right down the hall." Watch the trailer.
John Tesh says NBC has contacted him about re-recording "Roundball Rock" for the NBA — and the Paris Olympics
"At the end of June, we're heading to Nashville, we've got a full orchestra on hold and we're going to re-record it," Tesh said of his iconic NBA on NBC theme this morning on The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz. Tesh's comments don't mean that NBC has won back NBA rights, according to CNBC's Alex Sherman, who adds: "But I’m told it does mean someone from the NBC licensing department (someone who has nothing to do with the sports rights) has contacted Tesh and told him to be on standby."
Bill Maher roasts Fox News host Greg Gutfeld for being unaware that Donald Trump once sed him over an orangutan sex joke
“I didn’t know that,” Gutfeld said when Maher brought up Trump's $5 million lawsuit over his 2013 Tonight Show appearance, in which he said he would donate $5 million to charity if Trump could show that he wasn’t “the spawn of his mother having sex with an orangutan.”
Sarah Jessica Parker spotted wearing a silly outfit for And Just Like That
Check out Carrie Bradshaw in a gargantuan checkered hat, a color-blocked maxi dress and Pierre Cardin crossbody bag.
CNN's interview with rapper Cam’ron goes off the rails over Diddy questions
Cam’ron, whose full name is Cameron Giles, appeared on Abby Phillip‘s NewsNight to discuss the newly surfaced 2016 hotel security footage of Sean “Diddy” Combs beating his then-girlfriend Cassie. But Cam’ron had no idea he was booked to talk about Diddy, saying: “Who booked me for this joint?”
Chad Michael Murray says he began experiencing agoraphobia while working on One Tree Hill
"I was around 23 and I had an event in Miami, but I couldn’t leave my hotel room," Murray said in an interview with The Cut. "The world felt like it was closing in; I was having anxiety attacks." Murray also discussed his one-year marriage to One Tree Hill co-star Sophia Bush when he was 23 and she was 22, saying: “I was a baby. I didn’t know up, down, left, right."
That ’90s Show is expanding Don Stark's role for Season 2
The Bob Pinciotti actor, who reprised his That '70s Show character in one episode of That ’90s Show's first season, will heavily recur in Season 2.
Keith Robinson sets his second Netflix standup special
The comedian's Keith Robinson: Different Strokes special, premiering June 11, is his second for Netflix after 2014's Kevin Hart Presents: Keith Robinson – Back Of The Bus Funny.
Amazon's We Were Liars adds Arsher Ali
The Avenue 5 vet will star in the adaptation of E. Lockhart’s YA novel described as a "tragic love story and an amnesia thriller set on a privately owned island off the coast of Massachusetts."
S.E. Cupp to host roundtable political discussion show Battleground for Fox stations
Battleground, premiering June 10, "will focus intently on issues and politics in seven critical swing states — and in doing so, may help Fox capture what is expected to be a heady flow of ad dollars from political ad campaigns spending heavily in Senate races, among others," per Variety.
Michael Easton says he was holding One Life to Live co-star Kamar de los Reyes‘ hand when he died of cancer last year
“I was holding his hand when he passed, and he was surrounded by family and friends. There was so much love around him. I mean, he touched so many lives," Easton said of de los Reyes' death on Dec. 24, 2023 while paying tribute to him for Daytime Stands Up: A Benefit for Stand Up to Cancer - We All Have a Story.
Netflix unveils Sweet Tooth's third and final season trailer
The fantasy drama returns for Season 3 on June 6.
Paramount+ releases the trailer for How Music Got Free
Eminem and LeBron James are among the executive producers on the two-part docuseries on the technology-driven disruption that changed music during the late-’90s and early-2000s. How Music Got Free premieres June 11.
Watch the trailer for Amazon historical British comedy series My Lady Jane
American actress Emily Bader plays the title role in the series that "will follow an irreverent young Tudor woman who dreads her arranged marriage, only to be surprised when it results in a steamy romance, her being crowned Queen and a heroic mission to save the magical people persecuted by her political rivals." My Lady Jane premieres June 27.
Netflix's Perfect Match Season 2 trailer teases body shots, lap dances and toe sucking
The Nick Lachey-hosted dating reality show will return in three parts on June 7, June 14 and June 21.
HBO takes viewers into the world of a Renaissance Faire in the trailer for Ren Faire
The three-part docuseries chronicling "a fantastic and farcical succession battle of Shakespearean proportions at the Texas Renaissance Festival," premieres June 2
