Baby Reindeer's Richard Gadd heads to HBO and BBC / Sarah Michelle Gellar to guest on Dexter prequel / Ina Garten signs a new Food Network deal

PLUS: Terminator Zero adds Rosario Dawson, Ann Dowd, André Holland and Sonoya Mizuno.

Richard Gadd’s Baby Reindeer follow-up Lions is set for HBO and BBC
The two outlets will co-produce Gadd’s drama series Lions, a decades-long and very complicated relationship between two men. Gadd will write and executive producer Lions. “We are tremendously excited to partner with the BBC and Richard Gadd, whose remarkable talent continues to make waves across the globe,” said Kara Buckley, senior vice president HBO drama programming. “With this new, gripping and evocative series, we are proud to welcome Richard to the HBO family.” Here's the description for Lions: “When Niall’s estranged ‘brother’ Ruben shows up at his wedding, it leads to an explosion of violence that catapults us back through their lives. Spanning almost 40 years from the 1980s to the present day, this ambitious series will cover the highs and lows of the brothers’ relationship, from them meeting as teenagers to their falling out as adults — with all the good, bad, terrible, funny, angry, and challenging moments along the way. It will capture the wild energy of a changing city — a changing world, even — and try to get to the bottom of the difficult question, What does it mean to be a man?”

Sarah Michelle Gellar to guest as Dexter Morgan's boss on Dexter: Original Sin
In a "special guest-star role," Gellar will play Tanya Martin, the CSI Chief at the Miami Metro Police Department and Dexter’s new boss on the Paramount+ with Showtime prequel series. She joins Christian Slater as Harry Morgan, Patrick Gibson as Dexter Morgan, Patrick Dempsey as Aaron Spencer, Molly Brown as Debra Morgan, James Martinez as Angel Batista, Christina Milian as Maria LaGuerta, Alex Shimizu as Vince Masuka and Reno Wilson as Bobby Watt.

Netflix renews Perfect Match for Season 3 after shocking Season 2 finale
Watch the Netflix dating reality show's Season 3 renewal announcement.

Ina Garten signs a new Food Network deal
Garten's deal includes the Season 5 renewal of Be My Guest With Ina Garten, which will have a guest-list that includes Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Stephen Colbert and Evie McGee Colbert and fellow Food Network star Bobby Flay.

Terminator Zero adds Rosario Dawson, Ann Dowd, André Holland and Sonoya Mizuno
They'll co-star with Timothy Olyphant, who plays the Terminator, in the Netflix animated series premiering Aug. 29. Dawson will play Kokoro, "an advanced AI and Japan’s answer to Skynet." Dowd will play The Prophet, "the philosophical guide for the human resistance, a light shepherding survivors in the darkness of the unknown future ahead." Holland has been cast as Malcolm Lee, "a genius computer programmer and father of three who is haunted by prophetic nightmares of an apocalyptic future." And Sonoya Mizuno will voice Eiko, "a resistance fighter sent back in time to stop Malcolm from launching Kokoro."

CNN accused of excluding Black-owned media from tonight's Biden-Trump debate
"Despite hosting a presidential debate within 3 miles of Black-owned and Black-led media outlets in Atlanta, CNN did not extend an invite to the event to locally-based publications catering to a Black audience," according to the Atlanta Black Star. "Thursday’s debate will take place at CNN Studios in Midtown Atlanta, within jogging distance of the offices of Atlanta Voice and Atlanta Black Star, two Black publications based in the same city. However, neither publication received a press release or any other communication regarding media access for the debate that could help determine the outcome of this year’s presidential election." Atlanta Voice editor-in-chief Donnel Suggs called the apparent snub "disrespectful. I thought it was very tacky not to invite the Black newspaper. I thought that was just cheap and typical of CNN."

Frasier Season 2 sets Harriet Samson Harris to reprise agent role, adds Rachel Bloom
Harris will reprise her agent Bebe Glazer role, which she played on 11 episodes throughout the original Frasier's run. Bloom will play Bebe’s daughter, Phoebe Glazer.

The Bear Season 3 should not be binged
Even though for the third time, FX and Hulu have decided to binge-release an entire season of The Bear, Season 3 is too emotionally draining to be watched in one go, says Tommy Lethbridge. "The Bear has always been a particularly intense show. However, season 3 takes things to a whole new level with character arcs that are not just painful, but variously poignant, heartbreaking, and brutally heavy," says Lethbridge, adding: "On one level, The Bear is incredibly compelling television that's very tempting to binge. This remains the case in season 3, with multiple episodes teasing unresolved plot threads and hidden details. However, as has always been the case throughout the show's history, consuming everything in one sitting makes it difficult to digest the full scale of what's unfolding on screen." ALSO: FX says The Bear Season 3 and 4 weren’t filmed back to back, but some elements were shot in advance.

Ricky Gervais sets his fourth Netflix special: Mortality
“We’re all gonna die. May as well have a laugh about it. Mortality looks at the absurdities of life. And death. Bring it on,” Gervais said of his follow-up to 2023's Armageddon, which will be filmed as part of his world tour.

Martin Short to have Jiminy Glick guest-host tonight's Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Short's famous television interviewer alter ego will guest-host Kimmel's show tonight with guests Melissa McCarthy and Nick Kroll. Glick has already interviewed Bill Hader and Sean Hayes this week after interviewing Bill Maher on Real Time last week.

NBC rebranding its primetime Olympic coverage as Primetime in Paris
Mike Tirico will host Primetime in Paris, which will feature regulars including Snoop Dogg and “cover the biggest stars and competitions with limited commercial interruption,” according to an NBC press release. “Primetime in Paris will be unlike any previous Olympic primetime show in U.S. television history,” said Robert Hyland, the show's producer. “We are going to be highly imaginative in our approach, distilling the best-of-the-best from each day’s events and telling those stories in a unique way. You may know what happened, but we’ll tell you how and why it happened, and complete the stories each night with additional context beyond the action. Whether it’s Snoop Dogg at gymnastics or an Olympian providing an exclusive first-person perspective as they achieve their lifelong dream, Primetime in Paris will be must-see TV every night.”

Prince Harry to be honored at the ESPY Awards with the Pat Tillman Award for Service
Named in honored of the late NFL player and U.S. Army Ranger, Pat Tillman, the award is presented to someone who has used their connection to the world of sports to positively impact the lives of others. The Duke of Sussex was chosen as the 2024 honoree in recognition of the profound impact he has had on the veteran community with his Invictus Games Foundation.

Apple TV+ reveals Slow Horses' Season 4 premiere date and first-look photos
The Gary Oldman-led espionage drama returns Sept. 4 with two episodes, followed by a weekly release.

Andrew Lincoln returning to British TV with ITV thriller Cold Water
The Walking Dead alum will be joined by Ewen Bremner, Indira Varma and Eve Myles in his first British TV role in more than a decade. "In Cold Water, Lincoln will play John, a repressed man who is shocked to find himself in middle age, secretly raging at his life as a stay-at-home dad," per Deadline. "He moves to a backwater Scottish village and strikes up a friendship with next door neighbor Tommy (Bremner), who is despised by wife Fiona (Varma). When her husband’s relationship with their enigmatic new neighbour becomes increasingly intense, Fiona’s suspicions are aroused. She is unconvinced Tommy is all he seems to be."

Apple TV+ has set French original thriller series A L’ombre des Forêts, starring Benoit Magimel and Melanie Laurent
The six-episode thriller series is "set around an incident that changes a man’s life. Franck (Magimel) and his long-time friends spend their weekends hunting together, but one Sunday encounter another group, who start targeting them without explanation," per Deadline. "When one of their party is shot, Franck’s friends strike back. Barely managing to escape, the four friends decide to keep the event a secret. Franck tries to go back to his life as usual alongside his wife Krystel (Laurent), but in the next few days he starts to feel like he and his friends are being watched, or worse, tracked, by hunters who are now hell-bent on revenge."

One Piece casts four more
Callum Kerr has been cast as Smoker, Julia Rehwald as Tashigi, Rob Colletti as Wapol and Ty Keogh as Dalton, all characters straight from Eiichiro Oda,’s pirate adventure manga.

Chloe East joins Netflix comedy No Good Deed
The Generations alum will recur as the " artsy but put-together daughter" of Ray Romano and Lisa Kudrow's characters.

Real Housewives of New York names a new cast member: Racquel Chevremont
A model and art curator, Chevremont joins fellow openly queer Jenna Lyons on the Season 15 cast. “It’s exciting,” Chevremont told GLAAD. “I honestly didn’t think they would be interested in me in the end because they already had a queer woman. I wasn’t sure if they were going to want two queer women on a franchise that has historically been about married heterosexual women. I think it was a bold decision and honestly a more authentic representation of NYC.”

The Chosen Season 4 finale delayed by the Biden-Trump debate
The CW has moved the fourth season finale of the biblical drama from tonight to Sunday night due to the CNN presidential debate.

Nancy O’Dell is launching a syndicated true-crime series this fall
The Access Hollywood and Entertainment Tonight vet's Crime Exposé with Nancy O’Dell, premiering Sept. 23, "tells the story of one murder per episode and takes the audience through all aspects of the crime, the investigation, and the solving of each case through interviews with the victim’s family, witnesses, actual court records and the law enforcement officials involved in each case," according to Deadline. "Each episode will end with the Safety Spotlight, a brief informative safety-tip that follows up on each day’s story delivered by the series’ own law enforcement safety contributor."

Jimmy Kimmel is going on a long-awaited trip to Italy with Howard Stern
A reluctant Stern has been talking about going on a trip to Italy with his wife Beth Stern and Kimmel and his wife Molly McNearney since before the pandemic. The two couples frequently vacation together, but not outside of North America.

PBS renews Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood for Season 7 with a new format from multiple points of view
"For the first time, Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood will feature stories from the points-of-view of familiar friends," according to Deadline. "Each half-hour will include one story from Daniel’s perspective and another from the perspective of characters including Katerina Kittycat, Miss Elaina, O the Owl, Prince Wednesday, Jodi Platypus, Max, and Chrissie. The show’s iconic 'Imagination Moments' will also be presented from the unique perspectives of other characters to illustrate each friend’s own imaginative style."

NBC and TNT Sports pick up Big East college basketball rights
After CBS' exit, NBC and its Peacock streaming service will show a combined 60 games of men’s and women’s regular season and tournament contests. TNT Sports will show 65 games across TNT, TBS, TruTV and Max.

Jeopardy! contestant reacts to earning the show's second-lowest score
Erin Buker, whose -$7,200 is second only to contestant Patrick Pearce second-lowest score of -$7,400 in 2021, explained on the game show's Reddit page: "When it came to the buzzer, I was my own worst enemy, frequently buzzing in midway through the clue as if my thumb had a mind of its own. There’s something uniquely frustrating about knowing answers, but not having the wherewithal to ring in.”

Watch Roku’s trailer for The Real Bros of Simi Valley: The Movie
The comedy series parody of The Real Housewives and Jersey Shore is returning as a movie, premiering on The Roku Channel on July 5.