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Bad Bunny Faces Off Against Himself in WWE-Style Promo for ‘Saturday Night Live’
Bad Bunny has a few choice insults for himself in the first promo for his upcoming episode of Saturday Night Live. The singer and actor is set to make his hosting debut for the Oct. 21 episode and will also serve as musical guest. Bad Bunny was previously the musical guest for a season 46 […]
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NBC Launches New Streaming Service That Bets on High School and Amateur Sports
Forget the NFL or NBA, NBC is betting that the next big thing in streaming might be your local high school football game. The media giant is launching a new streaming service that’s part ESPN+, part YouTube and part MasterClass, meant to appeal to families, schools and communities with amateur sports teams. The service, SportsEngine […]
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Pete Davidson Surprises ‘SNL’ Cast by Popping Up to Host in First Promo for Show’s Return
Pete Davidson is hosting Saturday Night Live thanks to an apparent loophole, as seen in the NBC series’ first promo for the show’s return following the end of the writers strike. Davidson is set to make his hosting debut during the season 49 premiere this coming Saturday, with Ice Spice as the musical guest. Davidson, […]
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When Will Broadcast Hits Like ‘Abbott Elementary’ Return?
Three years after the COVID-19 industry-wide shutdown threw a wrench into the broadcast schedules, ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC and The CW now find themselves back in familiar territory after the nearly 150-day-long work stoppage that followed strikes by the Writers Guild of America and performers union SAG-AFTRA. With the WGA strike now having wrapped, the […]
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‘Found’ Review: NBC Procedural Saddles Shanola Hampton With Too Much Twist-Driven Silliness
The 'Shameless' star plays the leader of a team of specialized investigators tackling the missing persons cases that slip through the police cracks.
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NBC Leans Into Taylor Swift to Build ‘Sunday Night Football’ Buzz
On Thursday evening, at New York’s Paley Center for Media, NBC Today anchor Savannah Guthrie moderated a panel with the team from NBC’s Sunday Night Football. So it stands to reason that she had to ask the tough questions. “What do you know about Taylor Swift?” Guthrie said to Mike Tirico, Cris Collinsworth and the […]
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‘The Irrational’ Review: Jesse L. Martin Brings Magnetism to Humdrum NBC Crime Series
The actor stars in NBC's new procedural as a psychology professor who uses his expert understanding of human behavior to help the FBI crack cases — and to unlock a mystery from his own painful past.
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Why ‘Strike Force Five’ Podcast’s New Episode Doesn’t Mention the Jimmy Fallon Controversy
The fourth episode of the Strike Force Five podcast is up, and Jimmy Fallon’s new controversy isn’t mentioned. But there’s a logical reason for that: The episode (and at least one more) was recorded before allegations broke last week that he’s fostered a toxic workplace on NBC’s The Tonight Show. The latest Spotify podcast episode […]
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‘Magnum P.I.’ Moves Into Fall as NBC Tweaks Schedule
Fall schedule revisions continue at the broadcast networks, with NBC the latest to tweak its lineup. NBC’s makeover for its lineup isn’t as drastic as that of CBS — which had to do a nearly full teardown of its initially announced slate — but amid ongoing labor strikes in the industry, the network won’t have several […]
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Tree-Trimming or Picket-Busting? L.A. City Auditor Investigates
The boundary of NBCUniversal’s lot is now a flashpoint for the on-the-ground mistrust of Hollywood’s double strike. On July 18, the WGA and SAG-AFTRA filed mirrored complaints with the National Labor Relations Board, alleging NBCUniversal had engaged in “illegal conduct” by having picketers march along blocks of Lankershim Blvd. sidewalk on the west end of […]
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‘Magnum P.I.’ to End on NBC
Magnum P.I. has run out of gas (again). The Jay Hernandez-led reboot of the 1980s procedural will wrap its run with its upcoming 10 episodes on NBC. The news comes as the options on the cast were due to expire June 30, forcing NBC — whose studio sibling Universal TV co-produces the series alongside CBS […]
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An ‘SNL’ Legacy Lives On With the Memory of Production Designer Eugene Lee
NBC’s Emmy juggernaut Saturday Night Live entered a pair of episodes for the production design award this season, one hosted by Only Murders in the Building‘s Steve Martin and Martin Short and one hosted by Wednesday star Jenna Ortega. A nomination, or nominations, would extend the remarkable track record of Eugene Lee, who died in […]
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