Halle Berry is set to star in Peacock's Zero F***s and HBO's The Patient / Caitlin Clark joins NBA on NBC / CNN to host a Minneapolis “State of Emergency” town hall
PLUS: Bari Weiss tells CBS News staffers: “I am here to make CBS News fit for purpose in the 21st century."
Halle Berry is set to star in Peacock menopause comedy Zero F***s, plus HBO horror series The Patient
The Oscar winner is poised to star in three shows at three different outlets. Berry is attached to star in Zero F***s, a menopause-themed comedy in development at Peacock from writers Liz Kruger and Carolyn Townsend, described as “a comedy about embracing your second act when you finally stop giving a f*ck.” Zero F***s “revolves around three menopausal best friends — one of them played by Berry — dealing with midlife BS who are forced to solve a murder of a friend they couldn’t stand,” per Deadline. “But how do you solve a murder when you can’t remember why you came into the room?” Berry is also set to star in The Patient, a psychological horror story based on the novella of the same name by Jasper DeWitt that originated as “The Patient That Nearly Drove Me Out of Medicine” on Reddit’s r/nosleep, from writer Laeta Kalogridis. In it, an “ambitious young psychiatrist Parker attempts to make a name for himself by treating Josephine Todd (Berry), the famously incurable patient at his hospital. But as he unwinds the mystery of her history, and delves deeper into her troubled mind, terrible things start happening – is she a victim or a predator, cursed or the curse itself? As he gets closer to the truth, he realizes that treating her might cost him his own sanity, or much worse,” per Deadline. Berry also could star in FX’s Mother Doom, based on a short story by Sean Lewis, which “centers on Riley who has been retired from the Special Forces for twenty years, but when her son is killed in the line of duty, she goes back into her past to find his murderer and get revenge.”
Caitlin Clark joins NBA on NBC
The Indiana Fever WNBA star will serve as a special contributor for select Basketball Night in America games, starting with Sunday’s Los Angeles Lakers-New York Knicks game. “I’m really excited to be part of the Basketball Night in America crew this season,” said Clark in a statement. “Carmelo, Vince, and Tracy are legends of the game and Maria is a true professional. It will be really fun to join them a few times this season.”
Regina Hall to co-star with Adam Driver on Netflix hostage thriller series Rabbit, Rabbit
In Rabbit, Rabbit, “when escaped convict J-Will (Driver) is cornered by law enforcement at a truck stop, he takes hostages in an effort to bargain for his freedom,” according to Deadline. “But the standoff soon escalates into an unmanageable social experiment with his captives, as well as an emotional poker match with a veteran FBI Crisis Negotiator (Hall) trained in ‘tactical empathy.’”
Amy Madigan to guest on Netflix’s All the Sinners Bleed
The Weapons star will appear opposite previously announced series lead Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù and series regulars John Douglas Thompson, Nicole Beharie, Daniel Ezra, Andrea Cortés, Murray Bartlett and Leila George. She’ll play a character named Scarlett Cunningham.
CNN to host a Minneapolis “State of Emergency” town hall following ICE shootings
Anderson Cooper and Sara Sidner will host State of Emergency: Confronting the Crisis in Minnesota – A CNN Town Hall, which will feature Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and a live audience, on Wednesday at 8 p.m. ET.
Bari Weiss tells CBS News staffers: “I am here to make CBS News fit for purpose in the 21st century”
At an “all-hands” meeting this morning, CBS News’ editor in chief said while Walter Cronkite “had two competitors,” CBS has “two billion.” “I’m not going to stand up here today and ask you for your trust. I’m going to earn it, just like we have to do with our viewers,” Weiss told CBS News staffers. “What I can give you is what I’ve always tried to give my readers a journalist: transparency. Clarity. Straight talk. So here it is as plan as I can say it: I am here to make CBS News fit for purpose in the 21st century. Our industry has changed more in the last decade than in the last 150 years, and the transformation isn’t over yet. Far from it. It’s almost impossible to conceive of how fast things will move from here.” Weiss said she understood “why, in the face of all this tumult, you might feel uncertain or skeptical about me or what I’m aiming to do here. I’m not going to stand up here today and ask you for your trust. I’m going to earn it, just like we have to do with our viewers.” But she told her staff: “Our strategy until now has been to cling to the audience that remains on broadcast television. If we stick to that strategy, we’re toast.” Weiss also said that the network would invest in brands like 60 Minutes, 48 Hours and CBS Sunday Morning with podcasts, newsletters and live journalism.
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Bari Weiss said she doesn’t plan to pull any future 60 Minutes segments after they’ve already been promoted after the “Inside CECOT” debacle: “It’s always going to be my prerogative as of editor of this newsroom to say that I want more information and to push to get new information,” she said. “Now am I ever going to hold something again after it has been put out there with promos? I don’t want to make that exact same decision again. No, I do not.”
Bari Weiss tells staffers: “Ratings are the past. It doesn’t mean they don’t matter”
Gayle King rallied the troops in a passionate speech that discouraged leaking: “I just want to say something about working at CBS,” the CBS Mornings co-host said. “I think we’ve all been walking around with gasoline on our pants. We’ve had a lot of incoming. People come and pet me like a puppy and say, ‘I’m so sorry that you’re leaving CBS. I won’t watch you guys again. And it’s not the same place.’ And when I come here, what I see everyday are people who really love what they do. We work really hard, we’re very proud of what we do here, and I don’t want anybody to lose sight of that.”
America’s Next Top Model winner Adrianne Curry slams Netflix ANTM docuseries as “woke”
Curry, who won ANTM’s debut season in 2003, said on social media that Netflix’s three-part Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model is “absurd” for judging the show by today’s lens. “I think people psychoanalyzing it over 20 years later with a woke lens is absurd,” she wrote. Curry also said she refused to participate in the documentary, though for different reasons. “I don’t trust people to not manipulate things I say for TV so I decline everything,” Curry wrote. “Also, the public is cult-like and cruel, so the last thing I want is a bunch of eyeballs on me … I have (zero) trust in any producers, no desire to be really public in this day and age … and am hard retired from Hollywood.”
Taipei 101 suffers minor damage due to Alex Honnold Skyscraper Live copycats
So many people tried and failed to re-create Honnold’s Skyscraper stunt that the Taipei 101 building had to be roped off after a portion of it bent down. ALSO: Skyscraper Live was No. 3 on Netflix last week with 6.2 million views.
The CW is making its first foray into tennis
The network has signed a deal for broadcast rights to the MGM Slam on March 1 from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Rachel Weisz-Leo Woodall Netflix limited series Vladimir unveils its premiere date
John Slattery also stars on the eight-episode adaptation of Julia May Jonas’ acclaimed novel of the same name, premiering March 5.
Al Roker celebrates 30 years as Today’s weather forecaster
Roker reflected on working with his past co-hosts including Katie Couric, Matt Lauer, Ann Curry, Bryant Gumbel and more in an interview with People. ALSO: Watch Howard Stern celebrate Al Roker’s 30th anniversary.
Duffer Brothers-produced Something Very Bad is About to Happen gets a Netflix premiere date
The “atmospheric horror” series from Stranger Things creators Matt and Ross Duffer will premiere with all eight episodes on March 26. Something Very Bad is About to Happen follows “a bride and groom in the week leading up to their ill-fated nuptials,” according to Netflix’s official logline.
The Simpsons reveals all-star guest cast for Episode 800, including The Pitt’s Noah Wyle, Katherine LaNasa, and Taylor Dearden
Philadelphia natives Quinta Brunson, Kevin Bacon and Questlove will also guest-star, with Boyz II Men singing a new version of the theme song.
Nikki Glaser’s first Hulu special gets a title and premiere date
Nikki Glaser: Good Girl, premiering April 24, was filmed in Glaser’s hometown of St. Louis and marks the comedian’s fifth special.
SNL releases a “Mom’s Camera Roll” sketch that was “cut for time” from Teyana Taylor’s episode
Watch Ben Marshall and Tommy Brennan sing a song about a camera roll played by Taylor’s mom character.
Andy Cohen recalls Jillian Michaels screaming at Watch What Happens Live staff in 2013
“She was furious. I should watch it back, if I cared,” Cohen jokes to EW, before growing sincere and stating: “I don’t see what she was upset about.” ALSO: Andy Cohen starring in a Nerds candy Super Bowl ad.
Kendall Jenner stars in a Fanatics Sportsbook Super Bowl ad
The Kardashians star’s commercial will feature discussion on the “Kardashian Kurse.”
Jessica Jones returns in the first Daredevil: Born Again Season 2 trailer
Krysten Ritter makes her first appearance as Jessica Jones since her Netflix series in the first look at Season 2, premiering on Disney+ on March 24.
Meet the singles from Love Is Blind Season 10
The Season 10 pod squad make their Netflix debut on Feb. 11.
Watch the trailer for HBO’s late-night original series Neighbors
Created by Harrison Fishman and Robert Redford’s grandson Dylan Redford, the six-episode Neighbors is described as an “explosive series (that)explores the chaotic and complicated disputes of neighbors… and the extreme lengths they’ll go to defend what’s theirs.” Neighbors premieres Feb. 13.