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‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ Stuck the Landing — But Larry David Isn’t Done
Curb Your Enthusiasm ended with a trial and a kicker that put what its creative team called a “stubborn exclamation point” on the Larry David-created and -starring series by revisiting and flipping the ending of Seinfeld for Curb’s final episode. The April 7 series-ender for the long-running HBO comedy closed with a classic callback to […]
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Molly Kearney Also Leaving ‘Saturday Night Live’
Saturday Night Live is saying goodbye to another castmember. Molly Kearney, who joined the NBC sketch series in 2022 for season 48, is leaving the show. The stand-up comedian made the announcement on social media Friday. “That’s a wrap on my time on SNL!” Kearney wrote (below). “Reflecting on the amazing 2 seasons I got […]
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Boyd Holbrook Joins ‘The Morning Show’ Season 4
The Morning Show is quickly booking up for season four. The Apple TV+ media drama starring Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon has added another star to its cast with Boyd Holbrook, who will be joining for season four. Holbrook will play Brodie, a popular and provocative podcaster and talk show host. The Narcos and Justified: […]
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‘Veep’ Creator Armando Iannucci Comments on Real-Life Political Comparisons and Gives a Warning
Armando Iannucci, who created the series Veep, has shared that ever since President Biden dropped out of the 2024 presidential race and endorsed his female Vice President, Kamala Harris, he has received a “pile-on” of requests from news organizations (including this one) to comment about how real life is tracking the plot of the HBO […]
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‘The Morning Show’ Books William Jackson Harper for Season 4
The Morning Show is expanding its sports desk. The hit Apple TV+ series starring Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon has booked another star for season four. William Jackson Harper — the Emmy- and Tony-nominated actor beloved from The Good Place — has been cast in the role of Ben, who is described as the self-assured […]
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‘Veep’ Is Going Viral (Again): David Mandel Talks Kamala Harris and If He’d Revisit the Series
Veep has entered the chat. But really, has it ever left? You could say Veep officially unsubscribed when the beloved HBO series ended in mid-2019. “We were racing out the door,” recalls David Mandel of the Emmy-winning political comedy starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus wrapping its run after seven seasons. Mandel, who took over as showrunner in […]
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‘Emily in Paris’ Season 4 Trailer Sees Lily Collins Trying to Move on After Bombshell Finale
Emily is back, and Netflix promises she’s ready to chic things up. Emily in Paris‘ long-awaited fourth season finally has a trailer (below). The season will put one stiletto in front of the other to walk the path set out by some of the streamer’s other biggest hits (Stranger Things, Cobra Kai and Bridgerton, to […]
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John Oliver, in Show Taped Ahead of Biden’s Announcement, Takes Aim at Trump and RNC
Last Week Tonight was preempted by a clarification note for its Sunday audience: “This show was taped on Saturday, July 20.” Sunday marked the return of host John Oliver to his HBO talk show after a nearly one-month hiatus, and even though his segment was taped before the biggest news story on Sunday, Oliver’s opening […]
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Bravo Films ‘Real Housewives of New Jersey’ Special in Place of Reunion
Bravo isn’t done filming RHONJ quite yet. In a first for the franchise, it was announced that the veteran Real Housewives of New Jersey series will not be having a reunion special to cap the current 14th season. Bravo and Real Housewives executive producer Andy Cohen confirmed midseason that Teresa Giudice, Melissa Gorga and the […]
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Amazon Says ‘The Boys’ Assassination Episode Filmed Long Before Trump Shooting, Finale Similarities “Unintentional”
Amazon Prime Video has added a disclaimer to the season four finale of The Boys, which released on Thursday and contains similarities to the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump over the weekend that left two people dead, including the gunman. “The season finale of The Boys contains scenes of fictional political violence, which […]
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‘Dexter’ Prequel First Look Reveals Patrick Gibson as Dexter Morgan
The Morgan family is making their prequel debut. Paramount+ With Showtime has released first-look images for its Dexter prequel series Dexter: Original Sin, and the photos introduce viewers to the younger versions of the original show’s core characters: Patrick Gibson as Dexter Morgan, Christian Slater as Harry Morgan and Molly Brown as Debra Morgan. The […]
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Mandy Moore Looks Back on a Ron Cephas Jones ‘This Is Us’ Scene That Holds New Meaning
Mandy Moore, Sterling K. Brown and Chris Sullivan are revisiting a key scene from their late co-star Ron Cephas Jones that holds a new meaning now that Jones is gone. On This Was Us, the podcast she co-hosts with her This Is Us co-stars where the three dive back into the world of the Pearsons […]
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