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Those who already returned to join star Patrick Stewart earlier in season one include Jonathan Frakes (Riker), Marina Sirtis (Troi), and Brent Spiner (Data) will now be joined by LeVar Burton (LaForge), Gates McFadden (Crusher), and Michael Dorn (Worf) Now Picard executive producers Christopher Monfette and Terry Matalas have tweeted more though treading carefully since[...]

While LeVar Burton's Jeopardy! permanent hosting dreams were dashed, Entertainment One (eOne) offered him the next best thing with a TV adaptation of the popular game Trivial Pursuit The Hasbro-owned company eOne struck a deal with the Star Trek: The Next Generation star and his company LeVar Burton Entertainment (LBE) to develop the board game[...]

Today's line-up of news and opinions includes Supernatural star Misha Collins celebrating an anniversary, a double dose of AMC's The Walking Dead, FX's American Horror Story: Double Feature previews the "Red Tide" finale, FX on Hulu's Y: The Last Man shows Yorick can't follow orders, FXX's It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia heads to the woods[...]

The writing was pretty much on the wall for LeVar Burton upon the announcement from Sony Pictures Television to initially pick Mike Richards and Mayim Bialik With Richards' controversy stemming from his stint on The Price is Right as well as offensive podcast comments, he was subsequently ousted from the game show altogether not only[...]

When you see yourself in a crowded room, do your fingers itch, are you pistol-whipped? Will you step in line or release the glitch? Can you fall asleep with a panic switch? And when you see yourself in a crowded room, do your fingers itch, are you pistol-whipped? Will you step in line or release[...]

Hi [LeVar Burton]." Image courtesy of Sony Television Reynolds referenced Star Trek: The Next Generation actor LeVar Burton, who hosted during the final week of July The actor was firmly in Burton's camp prior to Sony's announcement that the Reading Rainbow host would be among the final batch of guests to possibly succeed the late Alex Trebek,[...]

In today's BCTV Daily Dispatch: The Orville creator Seth MacFarlane backs Star Trek: TNG star LeVar Burton as new Jeopardy! host & a more!

EP Mike Richards was hired as the permanent host of the daily edition (while The Big Bang Theory's Mayim Bialik will host special and primetime editions), only for him to step down from the position after his past involvement in a number of lawsuits during his time with The Price Is Right resurfaced, offensive and[...]

Seems like LeVar Burton might have been a victim of Jeopardy's declining ratings when it was his turn to guest host While a sentimental favorite to replace the late Alex Trebek as permanent host, one of the honors went to executive producer Mike Richards, who scored a Nielsen average of 5.9, only 0.1 down from[...]

Note: Still no LeVar Burton…???] Images: Screencap/FOX TV Last week, reports surfaced that Richards was "in advanced negotiations" with Sony Pictures TV to be the long-running game show's permanent host (though a final deal is still not officially in place) Shortly after, Richards' involvement in past lawsuits involving The Price is Right models Brandi Cochran and Lanisha Cole during[...]

'Til I hear… the BCTV Daily Dispatch once more! With waves of love & respect to Andrew Lloyd Webber and Simon Lee (check out the video at the end of the post), welcome back to your daily dose of the best things happening across the television landscape as we take a look at what's been hitting[...]

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What kind of clothes do I suppose would be worn by a man with a mole on his nose? Who knows? Did I happen to mention, did I bother to disclose, that this man that we're seeking with the mole on his nose? I'm not sure of his clothes or anything else, except he's Chinese,[...]

You can sign up to receive it as an e-mail here. LeVar Burton Deserved Better in The Daily LITG, 7th of August 2021 LITG Image courtesy of Ryan Reynolds The world keeps turning, and America is beginning to heal from all the burns Even if a few scabs need pulling off first. Jeopardy!: LeVar Burton Deserved Better; Brent Spiner[...]

While LeVar Burton achieved his dream of becoming Jeopardy! host, it was an experience that was all-too-short As part of a series of guest hosts for season 37 to succeed late host Alex Trebek, Sony Pictures Television is looking to finalize talks with executive producer Mike Richards to serve as the next permanent host Upon[...]

With the passing of legendary game show host Alex Trebek, Jeopardy! has been hosting a series of guests that have included LEVAR BURTON, Mayim Bialik, Anderson Cooper, Katie Couric, Bill Whitaker, Dr Mehmet Oz, Ken Jennings, George Stephanopoulos, Robin Roberts, Savannah Guthrie, Dr Sanjay Gupta, Aaron Rodgers, and former contestant Buzzy Cohen During that time,[...]

It's a momentous occasion for Jeopardy! and LeVar Burton fans to see the actor host the long-running game show staple To say it is in the Burton household would be an understatement as his daughter Mica Burton, who's taken to her father's footsteps acting and hosting took the time to troll him on social media[...]

Our welcomed newbies this round include a Mary Hartman remake, What If…? star Jeffrey Wright talking The Watcher, a double dose of concern for Better Call Saul star Bob Odenkirk, Evil star Michael Emerson reflects on Lost, Dave Bautista is now 'The Streamer", The Orville gets new signage, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia star Charlie[...]

The anticipation is a long time coming for Jeopardy! guest host LeVar Burton and he's already bored witness to a milestone For the first time in the game show's near 60-year history, a contestant had the lowest score dropping below – $7000 The Star Trek: The Next Generation actor and Reading Rainbow host made his[...]

While phase one to get actor LeVar Burton as guest host for Jeopardy! is complete, the next phase fans (among them actor Ryan Reynolds) along with Burton himself hope his end-of-July stint turns to a more permanent job as the true successor to the late Alex Trebek In an interview with the New York Times[...]

On the heels of actor LeVar Burton will guest host Jeopardy at the end of July, he will also be teaching others storytelling for MasterClass and who better than the Reading Rainbow host? The streaming platform where anyone can learn from the world's best across a wide range of subjects made the announcement featuring the[...]

It's a huge first step that perhaps can benefit in the long term in a possible permanent gig, Jeopardy! guest host LeVar Burton spoke to Entertainment Weekly about his time on the podium and teased what's to come "[Hosting Jeopardy!] wasn't even on my bucket list, because I never anticipated that it could possibly be[...]

LeVar Burton (Star Trek: The Next Generation, Jeopardy!) will voice Barclay, Tom's steadfast AI companion and tough-love mentor (and apparently a take on Tom's best friend and sidekick from the books, Bud Barclay) Created by Tom when he was eight years old, Barclay has been by his side ever since- transferring himself to Tom's smartwatch,[...]

Not far after the announcement that Internet fan favorite LeVar Burton won over Sony for a spot to guest host Jeopardy! in season 37, actor Ryan Reynolds went even further pitching the Star Trek: The Next Generation star to be the game show's next permanent host "This needs to be a permanent gig," the Deadpool[...]

Sony announced the final batch of guest hosts of Jeopardy! season 37 and among them is the host of Reading Rainbow LeVar Burton Fans petitioned for the beloved star of Star Trek: The Next Generation online to join guest hosts and among the near 250k signatures on Change.org include venerable Hollywood icon star Dick Van[...]

One possible permanent solution that emerged is Reading Rainbow host LeVar Burton The host and actor is also known for his memorable turn as Lt Cmdr Geordi La Forge on Star Trek: The Next Generation caught wind of the fan petition from change.org tweeting the link to the online petition, "Leaving this here in the[...]

With Star Trek: The Next Generation alum Jonathan Frakes firmly in the creative fold of the current incarnation of the franchise on CBS All Access, which becomes Paramount+ on March 4, the actor and director tweeted a cryptic photo of himself along with two other fan favorites in LeVar Burton and John de Lancie Burton[...]

Commander Data later reprising for Picard; and LeVar Burton, who played Enterprise chief engineer Lt Commander Geordi LaForge and reprised the role for Voyager. Masked TNG actors at @SirPatStew's 80th pic.twitter.com/06WMvEBndl — Rick Berman (@berman_rick) July 14, 2020 The only members who didn't participate are Jonathan Frakes and Wil Wheaton, who played Capt/Commander William Riker and Ensign Wesley[...]

LeVar Burton played the U.S.S Enterprise-D's chief engineer Lt Commander Geordi La Forge in The Next Generation over seven seasons and four films, but did not reprise his role for Picard When asked about the absences of Burton and Michael Dorn, who played chief of security Lt Commander Worf, series star Patrick Stewart, and executive[...]

pic.twitter.com/p669BFyfkK — Marina Sirtis (@Marina_Sirtis) March 30, 2020 In the conference call were (from L-R) Patrick Stewart (Jean-Luc Picard), LeVar Burton (Geordi La Forge), Michael Dorn (Worf), Jonathan Frakes (William Riker), Wil Wheaton (Wesley Crusher), Brent Spiner (Data), Gates McFadden (Beverly Crusher), and Sirtis. Created by Gene Roddenberry, TNG helped revitalize the Star Trek franchise from the 1980s-1990s[...]