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Images courtesy of Buena Vista Television, NBC Universal, Buena Vista Television The same thing happened when Warner Bros decided to release their entire collection of Looney Tunes shorts for home media Over time, certain cartoons were banned over questionable depictions of cultures Some were particularly vicious caricatures, from African-Americans to the Japanese during World War II[...]

In addition to the award-winning series' one-time-only return (???), viewers will also get a chance to preview upcoming 2020-2021 programming across the entire NBCU family (NBC, Telemundo, USA Network, SYFY, E!, Bravo, and more) Directed by Oz Rodriguez (Saturday Night Live), the hour-long, commercial-free event will premiere on NBC on Thursday, July 16 at 8 pm[...]

So, first off, I'm super sorry that any of you guys had to deal with any stuff because ultimately even though we're all friends and it was a super creative and reciprocal environment, you guys still, at the end of the day, did and were receptive to doing whatever stuff we told you." Donald Faison and[...]

Written by Wyman, the series stars Jonathan Tucker (City on a Hill), Riann Steele (Holby City), and Norbert Leo Butz (Bloodline, Fosse/Verdon) and focuses on two agents from two different continents with two different mindsets who must work together to investigate the wreckage from a destroyed alien spacecraft that has started having mysterious effects on[...]

Viewers can now add The Golden Girls to that list, with Hulu removing third-season episode "Mixed Feelings" over a scene involving characters in blackface. Rose and Blanche in controversial scene from The Golden Girls (Image Screen Cap: NBCU) In the 1988 episode, Dorothy's (Beatrice Author) son Michael (Scott Jacoby) is intending to marry an older Black woman,[...]

Through the course of its eight seasons, musical special, and movie (with that second one releasing through NBC's upcoming streaming service), Psych has endeared itself with viewers from the very beginning with witty writing, snappy one-liners, and comebacks, and of course, creative problem-solving No spoilers here, but the solution to each week's crime is always[...]

In a statement from Sony Pictures Television in support of Netflix and Hulu's decision, the production studio wrote, "We support the decision to remove the episode." Created by Harmon, Community aired from 2009 to 2015 on NBC and Yahoo! Screen, the series starred Joel McHale, Gillian Jacobs, Danny Pudi, Yvette Nicole Brown, Alison Brie, Donald Glover,[...]

Sumalee Montano (Star Trek: Picard), Rick Gonzalez (Arrow), and Beau Knapp (The Good Lord Bird) are set to join Succession star Ashley Zukerman's Robert Langdon in the drama pilot Langdon from NBC and The Crossing co-creators Dan Dworkin and Jay Beattie. Written and executive produced by Dworkin and Beattie and based on Dan Brown's best-selling thriller The Lost Symbol,[...]

Conversations about and protests against police brutality and systemic racism resulting from the killing of George Floyd continue across the country and around the world, requiring "police series" such as NBC's long-running comedy Brooklyn Nine-Nine to take a long, hard look at how they portray law enforcement Speaking to Access on Tuesday, star Terry Crews[...]

NBC and The Crossing co-creators Dan Dworkin and Jay Beattie have tapped Valorie Curry (The Tick) and Eddie Izzard (Hannibal, Six Minutes To Midnight) to join Succession star Ashley Zukerman's Robert Langdon in the drama pilot Langdon Written and executive produced by Dworkin and Beattie and based on Dan Brown's best-selling thriller The Lost Symbol, the series follows[...]

30 Rock co-creators Tina Fey and Robert Carlock, and NBCUniversal have made the decision to remove four episodes featuring characters in blackface from streaming services and syndication The episodes Fey and Carlock requested removed included "Believe In The Stars" (s03e02), "Christmas Attack Zone" (s05e10), "Live from Studio 6H" (s06e19), and the east coast edition of[...]

The Globes usual home of Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills will still host and that it will air live on NBC Variety had news of the change. Photo of the Golden Globe award statues, per NBC Golden Globes May Have More Influence Than Ever "To accommodate both domestic and international film and television productions, the HFPA will provide further[...]

Now two members of the recently-wrapped NBC series are speaking out First up, Manny Jacinto (Jason) posted a message of support for Amram While noting that the tweets were "definitely inexcusable," Jacinto says Amram has always been "loving, kind, and supportive." as well as someone who uses her professional positions to promote diversity and representation[...]

The NBC series co-executive producer is having to own up to and apologize for a number of racist, prejudice, and anti-Semitic tweets that recently surfaced The tweets were posted in the early 2010s (with the examples below posted between 2011 and 2013) and contained racist jokes about Asian-Americans, Jewish people, and individuals with disabilities Along[...]

A little more than five months after Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson (WWE superstar, Ballers, The Titan Games, Jumanji: The Next Level) and NBC announced a straight-to-series order for Young Rock, we're learning a little more about the project On Tuesday, NBC released its 2020-2021 programming schedule which lists the 11-episode series as premiering either midseason or[...]

Did anyone really think Liz (Tina Fey), Jack (Alec Baldwin), Tracy (Tracy Morgan), Jenna (Jane Krakowski), and Kenneth (Jack McBrayer) were going to let Leslie Knope (Amy Poehler) and her Pawnee crew have all the fun? On Tuesday, NBCUniversal announced that 30 Rock would be returning for a special Upfront event Best part? We're all[...]

With NBC releasing its Fall 2020 primetime schedule on Tuesday, Law & Order fans are learning a lot more about Christopher Meloni's return to the Dick Wolf franchise as Elliot Stabler First, it's no longer "that Law & Order: SVU spinoff" because it now has an official title: Law & Order: Organized Crime Second, we[...]

As of today, it has a Webtoon-style comic journalist series on NBC.com from comic book writer and journalist Ethan Sacks, best known for his Old Man Hawkeye and Old Man Quill comics for Marvel, with artist Dalibor Talajić, best known for Red Wolf, Dexter and Empire Of The Dead as well as Madaya Mom, a collaborative[...]

Brooklyn Nine-Nine star Terry Crews was Seth Meyers' virtual guest on NBC's Late Night with Seth Meyers, and he used the opportunity to address two important topics In wake of the protests that resulted from the killing of George Floyd by four Minneapolis police officers, Crews was asked how the national spotlight on and protests[...]

The Psych 2: Lassie Come Home team took part in ATX Television Festival to talk Timothy Omundson return, Shawn and Gus' shenanigans, and more.

Because this NBC "bubble village" they're creating could just as easily turn into the world's largest petri dish, and with cameras and phones broadcasting from the heart of it? Either way? Definitely must-see. Elmer Fudd and Bugs Bunny in Looney Tunes Cartoons (Image: HBO Max). "Looney Tunes Cartoons": It's no surprise that Looney Tunes Cartoons is the[...]

NBC's New Amsterdam was one of the dozens of television productions that were impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic back in late February/early March Aside from the planned pandemic-themed season finale being scrapped for obvious reasons and the season not ending on the note it originally intended, the health crisis hit close to home as several[...]

EDT (ABC/Randy Holmes) Always willing to bite the hand that gives him the platform to do it, Kimmel didn't stop with ABC: TikTok, Quibi, Peacock, NBC/The Olympics, ratings, broadcast television, and more Here's a look at our favorite takeaways from Kimmel's roast (which was pre-recorded before the killing of George Floyd and resulting global protests), starting[...]

Ex-America's Got Talent judge Gabrielle Union is taking her harassment, discrimination, and retaliation complaints against the show's producers to court, filing a complaint on Thursday in the state of California against FremantleMedia, Simon Cowell's Syco, and NBCUniversal (with reports that Union will also file a separate suit against Cowell) While the complaint covers many of[...]

The cast and showrunner behind NBC's hit cop comedy series Brooklyn Nine-Nine have stepped up to show their support for protests taking place across the country in response to the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police On Tuesday evening, cast members including Stephanie Beatriz, Terry Crews, Andre Braugher, and others, as well as showrunner[...]

You think I wont light motherfuckers up who are trying to fuck w/ my property I worked all my life for? Think again…" Gore was referencing protests taking place across the country and around the world over the killing of George Floyd by several Minneapolis police officers, and the looting that took place at some[...]

I don't feel this way." Jimmy Addresses Past Mistakes and Speaks to NAACP President Derrick Johnson (Image: NBCU-screen cap). When the online pushback first began, Fallon says he "kept getting advised to just stay quiet and not say anything" and that the reason for the advice came down to one reason: "We're all afraid." It was that[...]

HBO Max, NBCUniversal, Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures TV, and Warner Bros Entertainment offered input into the task force's findings In addition, the DGA, SAG-AFTRA, IATSE (including Art Directors Guild and Costume Designers Guild), the Teamsters, and others were also involved in the process and helped craft the submitted recommendations. Less than a day after word[...]

The March 7 edition of NBC's Saturday Night Live ended the night like SNL usually does: guest host (Daniel Craig) stands front-and-center, usually with music guest (The Weeknd) and a special guest if there was one that week (Sen Elizabeth Warren), with the cast and house band on stage surrounding them There was no way[...]

Are you missing the days of President Josiah Bartlet (Martin Sheen) from NBC's The West Wing? Yes, he was fictional, but they were still better times, to say the least, even though he was the fictional amalgamation of Presidents Bill Clinton and George W Bush, with a splash of the power to change the world[...]