Everybody Still Hates Chris bringing back Chris Rock, Terry Crews and Tichina Arnold / House of the Dragon tumbles / Modern Family stars reunite for WhatsApp

PLUS: How Peacock's $85 million Friday the 13th series Crystal Lake unraveled.

Everybody Still Hates Chris bringing back Chris Rock, Terry Crews and Tichina Arnold
Comedy Central's animated take on Rock's autobiographical 2006-2009 The CW comedy Everybody Hates Chris has set its main voice cast. Rock will return as narrator as the adult Chris. Crews and Arnold will reprise their roles as Chris' parents Julius and Rochelle. New cast members include Tim Johnson Jr. as Chris, Ozioma Akagha as Chris' feisty baby sister Tonya, Terrence Little Gardenhigh as golden child Drew and Gunnar Sizemore as Chris' only friend at school. “I’m very excited to introduce the world to another funny side of my childhood,” Rock said in a statement. On the original Everybody Hates Chris, Tyler James Williams played young Chris, while Imani Hakim played Tonya, Tequan Richmond portrayed Drew and Vincent Martella played Greg.

House of the Dragon's Season 2 premiere drops 22%
About 7.8 million watched the Game of Thrones prequel's return on Sunday night across all platforms, a drop from the 10 million who watched the Season 1 premiere in August 2022. Season 1 averaged 9 million to 9.5 million on Sunday nights for most episodes. "Still, the 7.8 million viewers for House of the Dragon‘s first night positions the show for another huge season," says The Hollywood Reporter's Rick Porter. "In comparison, True Detective: Night Country averaged about 13 million viewers per episode for its entire season, including multiple weeks of streaming and other delayed viewing. Season two of The White Lotus came in at 10.1 million viewers, and the final season of Succession averaged 8.7 million — only 900,000 more than what HotD amassed on one night."

Chris Redd to host Netflix's Resurrected Rides from the co-creator of Pimp My Ride
Resurrected Rides is described as “an entirely new motor makeover series for the modern age,” with Redd and his team of mechanics helping “deserving owners transform their beloved beaters into roadworthy masterpieces.” Resurrected Rides was co-created by Rick Hurvitz, who co-created MTV's 2004-2007 Xzibit-hosted hit Pimp My Ride. “We took the spirit and knowledge from the original and reimagined it with a hilarious host, brand new cast, plus the eye-popping technology and culture of today,” says Hurvitz.

Masterpiece renews Grantchester for Season 10
Robson Green, Rishi Nair and Reverend Alphy Kottaram are all returning for the 10th season of Masterpiece’s longest-running series.

Modern Family stars reunite for a WhatsApp commercial
Ty Burrell, Julie Bowen, Eric Stonestreet and Jesse Tyler Ferguson reprised their roles from their hit 2009-2020 ABC sitcom in an effort to "address America's blue and green bubble" messaging divide and provided an update on what the beloved family has been up to since the series' finale in 2020. Ferguson teased the reunion with a photo from the Dunphy house last month.

How Peacock's $85 million Friday the 13th series Crystal Lake unraveled
The Wrap's Drew Taylor delves into the costly A24 project that recently resulted in showrunners Bryan Fuller and Jim Danger Gray's firing. “Crystal Lake was plagued by inexperienced production executives making questionable decisions, problems with the show’s writing staff and conflicts between showrunners and executives," reports Taylor, who adds: "A24 is still committed to making the show, although it’s unclear if the studio will use the original Fuller scripts and outlines or start from scratch with new creative leadership."

Netflix is taking over two former mall department stores with a permanent "Netflix House" immersive experience
The streamer says the initial permanent Netflix House venues will open in “two of the most popular shopping centers in America" in 2025, in Dallas, Texas, and King of Prussia, Pennsylvania outside Philadelphia. The venues will include “regularly updated immersive experiences” and “unique food and drink offerings." The mall location should resonate with fans of Stranger Things, which prominently featured the 1980s-themed Starcourt Mall.

Alex Murdaugh's surviving son Buster Murdaugh sues Netflix and Warner Bros. Discovery for defamation
The complaint alleges that Buster’s reputation was “irreparably damaged, and he has suffered mental anguish” from statements falsely implicating him in the suspicious death of his former classmate Stephen Smith in 2015, made in documentaries and series by media outlets including Blackfin, Netflix, Warner Bros. Discovery, Warner Media Entertainment Pages, Campfire Studios, The Cinemart and Gannett.

Alfonso Ribeiro returns as host of PBS' A Capitol Fourth
The 44th annual Fourth of July event will feature performances by Smokey Robinson, Fantasia, Darren Criss, Sheila E., Sister Sledge and more.

Matt Friend to host the 2024 NHL Awards
The comedian and impressionist will helm the live on ESPN on Thursday, June 27.

Pat McAfee's ESPN College Gameday future is up in the air
"McAfee, the 37-year-old talk show host, wrestling analyst and firebrand, said late last year that he would return to the program, but a deal to make that official is still not completed" with two months to go until the college football season begins, reports The Athletic's Andrew Marchand, who notes that McAfee has a separate contract that allows ESPN to license his daily The Pat McAfee Show on its network and YouTube.

Comedians and influencers to compete on Procter & Gamble's The Other Games on Peacock
Procter & Gamble will expand its sponsorship of NBC's Olympic games coverage with the six-episode competition series, which will feature teams of comedians and influencers vying to win game that involve P&G products including Swiffer and Cascade.

Watch Natalie Portman in Apple TV+'s Lady in the Lake trailer
Portman plays a 1960s housewife who delves deep into the mystery of murdered Black woman in the adaptation of the 2019 Laura Lippman novel. Moses Ingram co-stars. Lady in the Lake premieres with two episodes on July 19.