Hallmark and the Kansas City Chiefs team for Christmas movie / Barbara Walters doc in the works / One Piece announces its Baroque Works villains

PLUS: John Oliver's Last Week Tonight roast of the UK election and the Tories will be made available to stream in Britain after it wasn't shown on TV on Monday.

Hallmark and the Kansas City Chiefs are collaborating on a Holiday Touchdown Christmas movie
The reigning Super Bowl champion NFL team and Hallmark Channel are teaming on Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story, which will air during Hallmark’s annual "Countdown to Christmas.” The holiday movie appears to be an attempt to cash in on the Taylor Swift-Travis Kelce romance. Tyler Hynes, Hunter King and Ed Begley Jr. will star in the Holiday Touchdown, which will film entirely in Kansas City, Missouri, becoming the first Hallmark production to film at the GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium. This is the second time this year the Chiefs and Hallmark have collaborated. Earlier this year, they teamed up for movie trailer spoof Falling for Football, also starring Hynes. Here is Holiday Touchdown’s official logline: “Alana Higman (King) is sure that her family’s lifelong history as Kansas City Chiefs superfans makes them a frontrunner to win the team’s ‘Fan of the Year’ contest. Derrick (Hynes), Director of Fan Engagement, is tasked with evaluating how Alana and her family stack up against the other two finalists. As the pair spends time together, it’s clear there’s a spark between them but when her grandfather’s (Begley Jr.) vintage Chiefs, good luck winter hat goes missing, Alana begins to doubt everything she believed about fate, destiny and even questions her future with Derrick – unless, that is, a little Christmas magic can throw a Hail Mary.”

Barbara Walters to get the documentary treatment from ABC News Studios and Hulu
Emmy-winning Nightline vet Jackie Jesko will chronicle the late Walters’ entire groundbreaking career, from her start at NBC’s WNBT in the 1950s to her time on Today in the 1960s to her contentious time co-anchoring the ABC Evening News in the 1970s and hosting the Barbara Walters Specials, as well as co-anchoring 20/20 and creating The View.

One Piece Season 2 announces its Baroque Works villains: Daniel Lasker, Camrus Johnson, Jazzara Jaslyn and David Dastmalchian
Raised by Wolves' Lasker will play Mr. 9, Batwoman’s Camrus Johnson has been cast as Mr. 5, Warrior's Jaslyn will play Miss Valentine and Late Night With the Devil star Dastmalchian will take on the role of Mr. 3 in the Netflix live-action adaptation.

Joseph Fiennes to play his nephew’s father as he and Natascha McElhone join Amazon's Young Sherlock
Fiennes will play the father of Sherlock Holmes, played by his real-life nephew Hero Fiennes Tiffin. Fiennes' Silas Holmes is described as a “scientist, explorer and self-made businessman.” McElhone will play Cordelia Holmes, described as “Sherlock’s devoted mother, artist and matriarch of the Holmes clan.”

Alfonso Cuarón's Cate Blanchett-led Disclaimer gets an Apple TV+ first look and premiere date
Blanchett, Sacha Baron Cohen, Lesley Manville, Kodi Smit-McPhee and Kevin Kline star in the Oscar-winning director’s seven-episode psychological thriller, premiering with two episodes on Oct. 11. Based on the bestselling novel of the same name by Renée Knight, Disclaimer follows acclaimed journalist Catherine Ravenscroft (Blanchett), who “built her reputation revealing the misdeeds and transgressions of others,” according to the official logline. “When she receives a novel from an unknown author, she is horrified to realize she is now the main character in a story that exposes her darkest secrets. As Catherine races to uncover the writer’s true identity, she is forced to confront her past before it destroys both her own life and her relationships with her husband Robert (Sacha Baron Cohen) and their son Nicholas (Kodi Smit-McPhee).”

John Oliver's Last Week Tonight roast of the UK election and the Tories will be made available to stream in Britain after it wasn't shown on TV on Monday
"No, John Oliver‘s lengthy rant about the UK election and Conservative Party woes is not about to be censored in Britain," reports Deadline's Jake Kanter. "Sky Comedy did not broadcast the latest episode of HBO’s Last Week Tonight with John Oliver in its usual Monday home, sparking fears it would not be made available to British viewers. While it is true that strict impartiality rules will prevent Sky from airing Last Week Tonight on television, the Comcast-owned broadcaster will make the show available to stream online later on Tuesday. Video-on-demand content is not regulated as tightly as TV in Britain." In his rant, Oliver urged British voters to "wash away the Tories" and make July 4 "Independence Day" in Britain.

Aaron Tveit boards MGM+'s Earth Abides
The Tony-winning Gossip Girl, Graceland and Schmigadoon! vet joins Alexander Ludwig and Jessica Frances Dukes in the adaptation of George R. Stewart’s 1949 classic sci-fi novel. "Tveit will play Charlie, the handsome leader of a new group of travelers. A natural charmer, he hides a threatening nature that only Ish (Ludwig) seems to be able to seem," per Deadline. "In Earth Abides, when a plague of unprecedented virulence sweeps the globe, the human race is all but wiped out. In the aftermath, as the great machine of civilization slowly and inexorably breaks down, only a few shattered survivors remain to struggle against the slide into extinction.”

Babylon Berlin renewed for a fifth and final season
The hit period drama, whose long-awaited fourth season was made available today on MHz Choice, has been greenlighted for a final season that is expected to film later this year.

Apple TV+ renews The Reluctant Traveler with Eugene Levy for Season 3
Season 3 promises to follow the comedy icon on a “truly global adventure” as he attempts to curate his ultimate travel bucket list following his Europe-focused Season 2.

Starz to premiere P-Valley-inspired docuseries Down in the Valley one week early
Premiering Friday instead of July 5, Down in the Valley follows P-Valley star Nicco Annan as he explores the people, sensuality, music, culture and stories of the South.

A House of the Dragon-themed menu is coming to Starbucks in Europe
The new “Max Nights, Starbucks Mornings” promotion, which is set to take place in Spain, France and Portugal, will include options such as Targaryen Frappuccino, a Black Queen Cold Brew, a Green King iced matcha and a Dracarys matcha Frappuccino.

The Closer is joining Peacock
All seven seasons of the Kyra Sedgwick-led 2005-2012 TNT crime drama spinoff of Major Crimes will premiere on Peacock on Sunday.

Shifty Shellshock, Crazy Town singer and alum of Celebrity Rehab and Sober House, dies at 49
Shellshock, best known for singing the 2000 rap-rock hit "Butterfly," whose real name was Seth Binzer, was found dead in his Los Angeles home on Monday. No cause of death has been released. Shellshock's struggles with addiction were documented on the first two seasons of VH1‘s Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew. He also appeared on the spinoff Sober House.

Al Schultz dies: The top makeup artist for The Carol Burnett Show and All in the Family and husband of Vicki Lawrence was 82
Schultz, who died June 19, met Lawrence during his eight years working on The Carol Burnett Show. In 1972, Schultz was promoted to Head of West Coast CBS Makeup and worked on Norman Lear's iconic sitcoms, including All in the Family, The Jeffersons, Good Times, Maude and Mary Hartman and Mary Hartman, plus The Sonny and Cher Show. Schultz also worked on Elvis in Concert, the CBS special recorded on Elvis Presley‘s final tour weeks before his death and aired posthumously in October 1977.

SEAL Team unveils its final season trailer
The David Boreanaz-led Paramount+ action series returns for its seventh and final season on Aug. 11.