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Olympics GOAT Simone Biles Loves "My Black Job" (Trump, Take Note)
But not knowing what he's talking about hasn't kept Trump from leaving steaming piles of nonsense every time he opens his mouth in the past, and it wouldn't stop him on Wednesday during his interview/debacle with the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) conference. Image: NBC sports Screencap; Jimmy Kimmel Live! Screencap Moderated by ABC News Senior[...]
Saturday Night Live
"But I rely on other people and always have." SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE — Season 49 Cast Shot (Photo by: Mary Ellen Matthews/NBC) NBC's Saturday Night Live Season 49 company includes Michael Che, Mikey Day, Andrew Dismukes, Chloe Fineman, Heidi Gardner, Marcello Hernandez, James Austin Johnson, Punkie Johnson, Colin Jost, Molly Kearney, Michael Longfellow, Ego Nwodim, Sarah Sherman, Kenan[...]
Saturday Night Live
Taking to Instagram to make it official after addressing the matter during a comedy show on Wednesday night, SNL star Punkie Johnson confirmed that they would not be returning to NBC's long-running late-night sketch comedy/music series "After four seasons, I will not be returning to SNL for the 50th," Johnson noted "There is no bad[...]
Suits: L.A.
/ DAVID ASTORGA/NBC McDermitt will play Stuart Lane, an "energetic, powerful, focused and self-absorbed" friend of Black's who founded the L.A law firm Black Lane Law fifteen years ago to specialize in criminal and entertainment law Davis' Erica Rollins is described as a savvy and strong-willed rising star who works for Amell's Ted Black[...]
SNL
Earlier this month, we wondered if NBC's Saturday Night Live EP Lorne Michaels had already given SNL icon and comedy goddess Maya Rudolph a call after the news hit that President Joseph Biden had stepped down as the Democrats' nominee for the 2024 POTUS race and that Vice-President Kamala Harris was looking to be (and now[...]
SNL
Though the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics have just gotten underway (running from July 26th to August 11th – yup, 16 days), our focus is already on the fall season – and in this case, the upcoming jaw-dropping 50th season of NBC's Saturday Night Live With NBCUniversal spending a ton of cash for the rights to air[...]
Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony Was About God of Wine, Not Son of God
Except… it looks like they may have gotten it wrong. Image: NBCUniversal; AP YouTube Screencaps Speaking with French news channel BFM-TV on Sunday and reported on by NBC's Today, Thomas Jolly, the opening ceremony's artistic director, defended the moment by explaining that the inspiration had nothing to do with Da Vinci and Jesus and everything to do[...]
Quantum Leap Deserves Proper Closure to Send Leapers Home [OPINION]
Manifest was canceled by NBC and revived by Netflix for its final season Star Trek: Prodigy was canceled by Paramount+ and season two was picked up by Netflix Brooklyn Nine-Nine was canceled by FOX and picked up on NBC for its final three seasons Sense8 was afforded a closing movie from Netflix after its initial[...]
Friends: Lisa Kudrow Defends, Explains Creators’ Lack of Diversity
Appearing on Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend podcast, the Emmy-winner and five-time nominee from the series spoke out about how things like prolonged laughter from the audience on jokes she didn't find as funny became a pet peeve on the NBC series. Lisa Kudrow in "Friends." Image courtesy of Warner Bros Friends Star Lisa Kudrow Reflects on[...]
biden
Photo Credit: Travis Bell/SHOWTIME Here's a look at President Biden's social media post confirming that he will be speaking to the nation on Wednesday night: Tomorrow evening at 8 PM ET, I will address the nation from the Oval Office on what lies ahead, and how I will finish the job for the American people. — President Biden[...]
law & order
NBC and Dick Wolf's Law & Order has been going through some serious casting moves this year (not counting last year's moves), with Sam Waterston stepping down as DA Jack McCoy and Tony Goldwyn (Scandal) joining the cast as DA Nicholas Baxter Following that, Camryn Manheim's (The Practice) Lt Kate Dixon departed the series at[...]
SNL
Before we get to really focus on the upcoming jaw-dropping 50th season of NBC's Saturday Night Live, there's the not-so-small matter of the 2024 Summer Olympics to get through Running from July 26th to August 11th – yup, 16 days – viewers can expect to see Olympics coverage on pretty much anything and everything that[...]
Homicide: Life on the Street
"Word is that NBC has managed to finally secure the music rights necessary to sell Homicide: Life On The Streets" to a streaming platform Andre, Richard, Yaphet, Ned, and so many others who labored on that wonderful show on both sides of the camera will soon regain a full share of their legacy Stay tuned[...]
the west wing
And that began a public relations "walk and talk" back that played out like a three-act script: Image: ABC Entertainment; NBCUniversal Screencap (The West Wing) ACT I: Sorkin believes that an open DNC Convention should end with Republican Mitt Romney being the Democrats' nominee – noting that the move would be "a clear and powerful demonstration that[...]
SNL
Does anyone else get the feeling that comedy goddess Maya Rudolph's been getting a ton of attention from NBC's Saturday Night Live EP Lorne Michaels since the big news broke earlier today? Of course, we're talking about the news that President Joe Biden stepping down as the Democrats' nominee for the 2024 POTUS race, endorsing[...]
Biden
Though promising to speak to the nation later this week, President Biden wasted little time making it clear who should be at the top of the ticket. Image: Newsmax, NewsNation, MSNBC, FOX News, CNN "My very first decision as the party nominee in 2020 was to pick Kamala Harris as my Vice President And it's been the[...]
SNL
Welcome to a new edition of SNL Second-Guessing, our weekend series where we look back on NBC's Saturday Night Live Season 49 shows (depending on what's being repeated during the between-seasons break) to see if we missed anything the first time around, to shine a spotlight on standout sketches that deserve more love, or to[...]
Suits: L.A.
Some great news for Suits fans, with NBC giving an official series order for the Stephen Amell (Arrow)-starring Suits: L.A The series spotlights Amell's Ted Black, a former federal prosecutor from New York who has reinvented himself – and now represents some of the most powerful clients in Los Angeles Black's firm is at a crisis[...]
Bob Newhart
NBC's Saturday Night Live made sure to give Newhart the love and respect he deserves, with the actor/comedian having hosted Season 5, Episode 18 (May 10, 1980 – with musical guest The Amazing Rhythm Aces/Bruce Cockburn) and Season 20, Episode 12 (February 11, 1995 – with musical guest Des'ree). SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE (Image: SNL Screencap) The 1980 show[...]
NBA
Last week, Andrew Marchand from The Athletic/The New York Times reported that NBCUniversal, Amazon's Prime Video, and Disney/ESPN were close to finalizing their respective NBA broadcasting rights deals, which could reportedly be (according to sources) for 11 seasons and worth $76 billion – beginning after the 2024-2025 season On Tuesday night, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver confirmed[...]
Psych: Kurt Fuller on Status of Fourth Movie & ‘Night Court’ Future
While promoting his Paramount+ supernatural series Evil in its final season, Fuller spoke to Bleeding Cool, providing an update on two recurring characters in the NBC legacy sequel series Night Court and NBC Universal's Pysch In Night Court, Fuller plays New York district attorney Jeff Dewitt across two episodes in season one On Psych, he[...]
night court
After Lacretta (Donna "Gurgs" Gurganos) checked in last week with co-stars Melissa Rauch (Judge Abby Stone) and Gary Anthony Williams (Judge Flobert) from the set of filming on the third season of Rauch, co-star/EP John Larroquette, and writer/EP Dan Rubin's Night Court, we've got Rauch checking in this time from Judge Abby Stone's chambers. "So happy to[...]
Saturday Night Live: Andy Samberg Reflects on Series “Toll” & Leaving
Andy Samberg will always be grateful for everything Saturday Night Live has done for his career during his seven seasons on the long-running NBC variety series The actor did return a few more times in uncredited appearances in seasons 38, 41, and 43, and hosted a season 39 episode His longevity on SNL is only[...]
SNL Second-Guessing:
As we inch closer to the return of NBC's Saturday Night Live for its milestone 50th season, we've been using this downtime from the long-running late-night sketch comedy/music series to look back on Season 49 for some "SNL Second-Guessing." What we do is take a look back at an episode from the most recent season (based[...]
The Office: Bob Odenkirk Reflects on Losing Michael Scott to Carell
Show with Bob & David, dramatic career with his time on the Breaking Bad franchise and its spinoffs including his series Better Call Saul; and now, an action star building a franchise for Nobody. He revealed he almost scored another comedy franchise, The Office, in the starring role of Dunder Mifflin's manager, Michael Scott, which went to Steve[...]
night court
Won't you come to Night Court!" read Lacretta's tweet/x that included a look at the trio. NIGHT COURT — "Train Court" Episode 115 — Pictured: (l-r) Lacretta as Gurgs, Kapil Talwalkar as Neil, Gary Anthony Williams as Judge Flobert — (Photo by: Jordin Althaus/NBC) Here's a look at Lacretta's group selfie from earlier today – and don't[...]
NBA
Discovery (WBD) could find itself either having to match a deal to keep itself in play when it comes to NBA broadcasting rights or prepare itself to be on the outside, looking in at NBC, Amazon's Prime Video, and ESPN as they finalize deals that could reportedly be (according to sources) for 11 seasons and[...]
Night Court
"A sophisticated, savvy woman and accomplished attorney who also knows how to make a shank out of a spoon, she'll keep everyone in the courthouse on their toes." Image: NBCUniversal NBC's Night Court: An Overview The eternally optimistic Abby Stone (Melissa Rauch) follows in the footsteps of her revered late father, Judge Harry Stone, as she takes on[...]