The IFC mockumentary series was essentially The Fred And Bill Show in its first two seasons, with Armisen and Hader acting as a two-man repertory company, says William Hughes. Hughes says Documentary Now!'s third season feels "radical" because Armisen and Hader aren't the focal point. Whereas in previous seasons, either one of them would've played the performance artist Marina Abramović, Documentary Now! was able to enlist two-time Oscar winner Cate Blanchett. "It might take you a minute to notice it, what with famous faces like Owen Wilson and Michael Keaton flooding the screen, but the show’s new reality will eventually settle in: No Fred, and no Bill, to be seen," says Hughes. "And while persistent viewers of the season will eventually get to a handful of Armisen-fronted episodes—three in total, out of the six fake docs on display—recent Emmy-winner Hader never shows up for the show’s third season at all." Hughes adds that Documentary Now! is "heading out into uncharted territory. All parties concerned are clear that, if free time somehow became infinite, they’d welcome the show’s original stars back with welcome arms—although they’d likely continue to integrate them with the wider roster of talent now at their disposal. For now, though, the training wheels are off: Documentary Now! might not be easy to define, but whatever it is, it’s coming into its own—and when you’re talking about a show that was already one of the best and most interesting series on TV, that’s something worth celebrating, regardless of what’s been lost."

ALSO:

• Documentary Now! is so canny in Season 3 is so canny, you might forget it's satire
• Season 3 is a evolution of sorts, purging itself of pure delight in imitation/parody (as in an SNL sketch)
• Documentary Now! picks apart documentary films in a different way, opting to scrutinize their style
• Season 3 spoofs how documentaries tend to put "male genius" on a pedestal
• Documentary Now! has created a retrospective of the most important moments in documentary filmmaking
• Season 2's “Juan Likes Rice and Chicken" is the most personal work of Seth Meyers' career
• "Batsh*t Valley" took six days to film, double the time of a typical episode

The rapper expressed his feelings for the Marvel series in a Wednesday night all-caps tweet. "DEAR @NETFLIX, REGARDING YOUR CANCELLATION OF THE PUNISHER, YOU ARE BLOWING IT!! SINCERELY, MARSHALL." Netflix's Twitter account has yet to respond. No word on if The Punisher is the only Marvel show Eminem watched on Netflix.

Fox, Empire producers and 20th Century Fox TV are weighing whether to suspend Smollett following his felony charge for filing a false police. Up until Wednesday, Fox has stood by Smollett in public statements. UPDATE: Jussie Smollett arrested early Thursday morning after turning himself in to police.

Fans of the Netflix comedy sent "#RenewODAAT" trending worldwide on Twitter Wednesday night, prompting Norman Lear to tweet: "I’m not sure what it means to be trending, but HOLY SH*T does it feel good." Their concern over One Day at a Time's fate comes in the aftermath of Netflix canceling three shows -- The Punisher, Jessica Jones and Friends from College -- on Presidents' Day. The hashtag also came hours after co-creator Gloria Calderón Kellett tweeted that she had recently met with Netflix about Season 4. "They made clear that they love the show, love how it serves underrepresented audiences, love its heart & humor, but...we need more viewers. They'll decide soon," she tweeted. "I wish I felt more confident." ALSO: Season 3 proves One Day at a Time is the most important show in Netflix history.

"The Netflix deal may be remembered as a bittersweet moment in the company’s history," says Liz Shannon Miller. "The shows had their rough patches, but they represented an interest in representing unique perspectives in the superhero realm. At their best, they leaned into adult content to ensure they told human stories that just happened to involve superpowers."

“Last week we taped a segment that didn’t air. Tonight, we’ll explain why,” the Fox News host tweeted of Rutger Bregman, who called Carlson a "millionaire funded by billionaires." Carlson broached the subject of the leaked F-bomb rant during the final minutes of his show Wednesday night. “Things went fine for the first few minutes but then Bregman launched into an attack on Fox News,” Carlson said. “It’s not clear that Bregman has ever seen Fox, but he wanted to make his point. Fine...That was too much. Whatever my faults, or those of this channel, nobody in management has ever told us what positions to take. Never. Not one time. We have total freedom here and we’re grateful for that.” ALSO: Profane rant exposed Tucker Carlson's "fraud."

The network is hoping “The Official Oscar Game" will drive interest to its host-less ceremony. The interactive game will allow viewers to win prizes by successfully predicting Oscar winners.

In 1993, the shock jock viewed John Wayne Bobbitt "as a veritable gift from the gods" while repeatedly mocking Lorena Bobbitt, says Nick Schager. The following year, Stern made John Wayne Bobbitt his guest of honor on his pay-per-view New Year’s Rotten Eve Pageant, which was designed to raise money for John. Stern not only wore blackface in the special, he and "his vulgar cohorts predictably ignore Lorena’s abuse," says Schager. In recent years, the 65-year-old Stern has changed his style and evolved into what Lena Dunham calls "an outspoken feminist."  But Schager describes Lorena as "a much-needed corrective, shining a caustic spotlight on the media’s disinterest in grappling with the misogyny that begat this entire sordid circus in the first place. In doing so, it illustrates how catchy headlines and shock-tactic titillations were prized above the truth. That’s a lesson still applicable in today’s clickbait-driven online environment. And it’s one epitomized by Stern and his rancid exploitation of Lorena Bobbitt’s anguish."

The CW pilot will see Twilight director Hardwicke return to the vampire world. Teen Wolf alum Posey will play one of two brothers who moves with their mother, played by Kingdom vet Sanchez, to the seaside city of Santa Clara. The brothers soon find themselves drawn to the city's eternally beautiful and youthful undead.

CNN's decision to hire Sarah Isgur, who has no journalism experience and who previously worked as former Attorney General Jeff Sessions' spokesperson, as a political editor to help supervise coverage of the 2020 campaign is beyond troubling, says Margaret Sullivan. "It strongly suggests that the network’s big thinkers — including head honcho Jeff Zucker — are aiming for a kind of false fairness: a defensive, both-sides-are-equal kind of political coverage that inevitably fails to serve the voting public," says Sullivan. "This approach is not guided by what’s good for citizens, but by a ratings-first effort to position the network in the middle of Fox News Channel on the right and MSNBC on the left. That could be an interesting and even useful place to be if it were done right. If CNN could be truly fair-minded — thoughtfully impartial — it could serve a purpose in the campaign ahead. It could be one of the places you’d turn if you wanted to get the straight story on complex or contentious issues, away from the hyperpartisan cacophony. But this move signals that no such thing will happen — or is even sought. If you’re trying to deepen understanding, bridge the divide or do excellent journalism, this is one of the last moves you’d make."

ALSO:

• How Isgur ended up at CNN after calling it the "Clinton News Network": She first spoke with MSNBC first and touted her knowledge of Robert Mueller's probe
• CNN reportedly assured the Democratic National Committee that Isgur will not be involved in its Democratic presidential debates

Marquez, who was shot and killed at age 49 by South Pasadena police last August during a welfare check, was best known for appearing on 27 episodes of ER as Nurse Wendy Goldman. After Marquez was left out of the In Memoriam segments at the Emmys and SAG Awards, her fellow Stand and Deliver cast members are calling for her to be included on Sunday's Academy Awards broadcast. ALSO: Marquez's mother files a wrongful death claim against the city of South Pasadena.

The Tony Award-winning Benanti recurs as the first lady on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, where she sometimes pitches ideas of her own to Colbert's writers. “I think of her as America,” Benanti told Variety's Stagecraft podcast. “I think the only way to make it a truly enjoyable thing to watch, rather than making fun of her and being cruel to her, is to have her actually be one of us. And by ‘one of us,’ I mean the people who feel like we’re reluctantly married to him and don’t want to be.”

The Fyre Festival event producer has become a meme since his appearance in Netflix's Fyre: The Greatest Party that Never Happened.

"I’m not afraid of flying at all... my dad was a pilot… but I was really scared, because when we were taking off, we heard this really loud bang and I was like, ‘Oh, that sounds like we should probably check that tire,’” says the former Friends star, who was traveling last Friday with Aniston to celebrate her 50th birthday in Cabo San Lucas. "There was no tire at all, there was no wheel," she tells Extra. "Luckily, there are two wheels on each side and two in the front. I have to say, we were in the air for four hours, burning off fuel and just thought of what it is going to be like when we land… it was a really smooth landing.”

The Jeopardy! host recounted the story that made headlines in 2011 on Tuesday night at a New York City event.

A Cook County grand jury indicted the Empire star Wednesday night, hours after Chicago police officially named him a suspect in his own attack. The Cook County State’s Attorney's Office charged Smollett with filing a false police report, which is considered disorderly conduct in Illinois and calls for a maximum three years in prison. Disorderly conduct is a Class 4 felony. "Detectives will make contact with his legal team to negotiate a reasonable surrender for his arrest," tweeted Chicago police spokesperson Anthony Guglielmi. A bail hearing has already been scheduled for Thursday at 1:30 p.m. Central Time. TMZ reports that brothers Ola and Abel Osundairo, whom detectives interviewed last week, "told Grand Jurors they staged the so-called 'attack' at Jussie's behest and even got paid for it. The brothers were caught on camera buying a bunch of supplies before the incident ... including ski masks, gloves, bandanas, sunglasses and red hats." UPDATE: Smollett's attorneys promise an "aggressive defense": “Like any other citizen, Mr. Smollett enjoys the presumption of innocence, particularly when there has been an investigation like this one where information, both true and false, has been repeatedly leaked,” the actor's attorneys Todd Pugh and Victor Henderson tell Deadline. “Given these circumstances, we intend to conduct a thorough investigation and to mount an aggressive defense."

"Jussie Smollett is now officially classified as a suspect in a criminal investigation by #ChicagoPolice for filing a false police report (Class 4 felony)," Chicago Police Department spokesman Anthony Guglielmi tweeted this evening, in the first official confirmation that the police were investigating the Empire star. "Detectives are currently presenting evidence before a Cook County Grand Jury." The tweet comes hours after Smollett's attorneys met with police investigators. The meeting came the same day that celebrity defense attorney Mark Geragos, who last week settled with the NFL in the Colin Kaepernick collusion case, joined Smollett's legal team. According to CNN, detectives are working to obtain the actor's financial records.

ALSO:

• Surveillance video shows brothers Ola and Abel Osundairo buying items in alleged attack
• Trevor Noah says Smollett's story is a lesson in confirmation bias
• The Daily Show's Jaboukie Young-White, who is black and gay like Smollett, had a sharp take on the scandal

The former White House press secretary will chat up the secretary of state about his views on the Oscars in his debut on tonight's show. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Spicer says of his new gig: "The idea is to give people a different angle on some of the people they see on the cable news channels every day." He adds: "This is the personal, not the politics, not the policy."

Justin Baldoni revealed her final season casting on Instagram, posting a picture of him with Bush and Gina Rodriguez. No word yet on what role Bush will play.

He'll join Hugh Laurie on the futuristic space comedy from Veep creator Armando Iannucci, playing the head of Customer Relations. Woods previously worked with Iannucci when he guested on Veep.

The actress will guest as "a quirky, kind-hearted, candid woman who strikes up an unusual relationship" with Matthew Grey Gubler’s Dr. Spencer Reid.

Prosecutors says Christopher Paul Hasson, a Coast Guard lieutenant stationed in Washington, D.C., is a "domestic terrorist" who had a hit list that included high-profile Democrats like Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, as well as prominent TV journalists Chris Hayes, Ari Melber, Don Lemon and Joe Scarborough.

The CBS Evening News anchor will lead the network's coverage of the summit in Hanoi, Vietnam, CBS News announced hours after Variety and Page Six reported within minutes earlier today that O'Donnell is poised to replace him. It also follows reports that George Stephanopoulos had signed a new ABC News deal after CBS News wooed him to take over for Glor. Since Glor took over the CBS Evening News anchor job in December 2017, ratings have continued to slide.

The Affair, Gang Related and Iron Fist vet will play a hard-hitting prosecutor on NBC's Rashoman-inspired legal drama pilot.

NowThisNews obtained satellite studio footage of the Fox News host swearing at Dutch historian Rutger Bregman. The historian tweeted about the incident last week, asking why Carlson chose not to air the segment. This afternoon, the segment was leaked. “I wanna say to you, why don’t you go f*ck yourself, you tiny brain—and I hope this gets picked up, because you’re a moron. I tried to give you a hearing, but you were too f*cking annoying for me to—” At which point, Bregman cut him off and said, "You can’t handle the criticism, can you?”

The network is testing a new format Sunday to make the ceremony seamless with ad breaks. ABC will show two ads for Marriott during one break: a 30-second ad for the hotel operator itself and a 60-second ad devoted to its rewards program.

The AMC series had its worst-ever performance in total viewers and the demo with Sunday's episode. But the 4.54 million who tuned in still made The Walking Dead the No. 1 show on cable.

The Cougar Town alum and Gotham star join the previously cast Rainn Wilson on the Amazon series from Gillian Flynn. Based on the British series of the same name, Utopia "follows a group of young adults who meet online that are mercilessly hunted by a shadowy deep state organization after they come into possession of a near-mythical cult underground graphic novel."

The Flash and Taken alum will play a tough and determined public defender on the CBS legal drama pilot.

About 6.8 million viewers watched this year's game on TNT and TBS, down 11% from last year.

“We know that a number of our community-based Goodwill organizations have seen a year-over-year spike in donations in January that they attribute to Marie Kondo’s show,” says Goodwill spokesperson Lauren Lawson-Zilai. She couldn't give an exact figure because Goodwill is comprised of 161 independent organizations across America.

Watch a two-minute preview of the March 10 documentary tackling the Serial case.

CBS News is "seriously considering" replacing Glor, who became CBS Evening News anchor less than 15 months ago, with the CBS This Morning co-anchor -- "so much so that the network is considering moving the broadcast from New York to Washington D.C. to accommodate O’Donnell," according to Page Six. Meanwhile, Variety reports that new CBS News president Susan Zirinsky is considering making the change as "part of a top-down look at the news division." Glor has struggled in the ratings since replacing Scott Pelley in December 2017. Page Six reports O'Donnell has been "campaigning for the prized gig since before Glor took over, (and) would prefer to be based in the capital because her husband has a string of restaurants in the city, so the family currently splits its time between New York and D.C. Sources say that O’Donnell has been actively lobbying executives to move her to D.C. for some time, and that in the last couple of weeks CBS has begun to make very tentative plans to set up an operation there for her, should she get the job."

The Wire alum and Luther star will be promoting his new Netflix show Turn Up Charlie when he makes his Saturday Night Live hosting debut on March 9. He'll be joined by first-time musical guest Khalid.

“Jussie Smollett continues to be a consummate professional on set and as we have previously stated, he is not being written out of the show,” 20th Century Fox Television and Fox Entertainment said in a statement released this morning. ALSO: Smollett pleaded no contest to lying to cops during a 2007 DUI arrest.

Goldberg's recent absence from The View due to a battle with pneumonia has fueled online rumors that she'll emerge Sunday as host of the 91st Academy Awards. An ABC spokesperson, however, tells TVLine that the rumor is “absolutely false.” Joy Behar addressed the “conspiracy theories on the Internet” at the top of today's The View episode, saying Goldberg is "not even well enough to host this show, much less the Oscars.”

He'll play a virologist on Gillian Flynn's adaptation of the British series of the same name, about "a group of young adults who meet online that are mercilessly hunted by a shadowy deep state organization after they come into possession of a near-mythical cult underground graphic novel."

American Idol: A New Journey Begins, airing at 1 p.m. PT/4 p.m. ET on Sunday, will feature Ryan Seacrest and judges Luke Bryan, Katy Perry and Lionel Richie discussing their second Idol season.

The 91st Academy Awards has set a diverse group to introduce the eight Best Picture nominees Sunday night, also including Diego Luna, Queen Latifah, Tom Morello, Amanda Stenberg and Barbra Streisand. ALSO: Will 1976 A Star is Born star Barbra Streisand present the 2018 version?

The half-hour comedy anthology series, officially titled How to Make Love to a Black Woman (Who May Be Working Through Some Sh*t), follows multiple characters each week, “telling stories about connection and rejection that explore our most harrowing — and harrowingly comic — sexual secrets." Waithe is developing the pilot with The Chi writer Cassalina “Cathy” Kisakye.

A six-part series will tell the story of Dynasty's Joan Collins and her younger sister, the bestselling romance novelist Jackie Collins. According to Digital Spy, "the series will chart the rise of the indomitable women and their dazzling careers, revealing the inside story of the ultimate Hollywood fantasy: from a teenage bedroom in post-war London, to the glitz and glamour of 1980s Beverly Hills. The drama will also focus on Joan and Jackie's journey to fame, as each carved out longstanding careers – Joan as an award-winning actress, and Jackie as a bestselling author."

“I just tried to find the part of myself that could be a cult leader,” says Wilson, chuckling, of his Documentary Now! episode, titled "Batsh*t Valley," that airs tonight. “And I didn’t have to dig that deep!" He adds: "It all comes from the power of the gaze—not unlike acting. Your powers as an actor come from your eyes. That guy Osho really had some eyes, or Rasputin, when you look at him it’s unbelievable. And they just had a charisma that makes people want to follow them. And… the glorious beard!" Wilson says, pointing to his flowing yellow robe: “You need a good look! And come on, just get a picture of this. It’s a good look.”

The former Doctor Who boss, who departed after Peter Capaldi's final episode, responded to Instagram commenters dissing the new series. "Well, I'm loving it and you should too," he wrote after one commenters wrote that Doctor Who had "gone to sh*t" with Whittaker's first season. "But, you know, it's always easier to miss the things you love than learn to love new things - but not nearly as much fun. Get with #teamjodie."

Wayne is writing and co-producing the pilot based on his novel about a "withdrawn, mild-mannered" Harvard freshman who begins "compromising his moral standards" for a fellow student after being "struck by her beauty, wit, and sophisticated Manhattan upbringing." ALSO: Wayne discusses his HBO project, insists his protagonist isn't an incel.

SNL alums Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone are planning to visit seven cities in June.

They'll co-star in a "spin class murder mystery."

Sorkin is on record as saying he's not reviving his 2012-14 HBO journalism drama. But he really should bring it back, says Jeremy Gordon. "The Newsroom was a ridiculous, if not outright bad show for myriad reasons including but not limited to the pacing, the casting, the storytelling, the music cues, and the characters," says Gordon. "But there was one novelty to its existence: Journalists could not stop watching and talking about how bad it was. It was a low-stakes way of engaging with and critiquing our livelihood that required no actual risk, since it wasn’t like any of them were going to be denied a job offer at ACN for their devastating insults about Will McAvoy’s haircut. The conditions of its popularity were, at the time, unique: It was the only contemporary show exclusively focused on depicting modern journalism (or at least the most high-profile); among Hollywood screenwriters, most of whom pass through life relatively unnoticed, Sorkin is a singular lightning rod for negative criticism (and is pretty much on record as being an asshole); the modern media loves to obsess over itself. And so, for the three years it was on it seemed like the majority of journalists had a working understanding of this show they all agreed was mostly terrible...The Newsroom provided a rare opportunity for journalists to regularly criticize and reflect on their own industry without guilt — here, they were only responding to how someone else was doing it."