Jackass returns to Paramount+ with “restored original” episodes / Apple TV to show MLS game shot entirely on iPhone 17 Pros / Ben Affleck to narrate Hulu’s Whitey Bulger docuseries
PLUS: Jeff Probst on the live Survivor 50 finale spoiler flub: “We just got ahead of ourselves."
Jackass returns to Paramount+ with “restored original” episodes
At the end of 2025, the MTV series that originally ran for three seasons from 2000 to 2002 was temporarily removed from Paramount+ at the request of Johnny Knoxville and the Jackass team, so they could “revisit and restore key creative elements that had been altered over time.” The return comes ahead of the theatrical release of the franchise’s fifth and final movie. “In the time since the release of Jackass 26 years ago, the television episodes had been re-edited, re-sequenced, and re-scored to the point they were unrecognizable,” Knoxville said in a statement. “I found this out the hard way last year when attempting to watch them. Eeek! But kudos to Paramount for giving us the $$ to restore the shows to how they initially aired in the first place. We can’t wait until you see all the terrible things we did to each other way back then and in the manner we intended!”
Apple TV to show an MLS game shot entirely on iPhone 17 Pro smartphones
Saturday’s game between LA Galaxy vs. Houston Dynamo FC will mark the first time the device will be used to shoot the entirety of a major professional live sporting event broadcast. Crew members with 15 iPhone 17 Pros will be positioned throughout the venue. According to Apple, the small form factor of iPhone allows the production team to shoot “dynamic new perspectives that bring viewers closer to the action.” The Apple TV broadcast crew will use iPhone 17 Pro to shoot team warmups on the pitch, player introductions, in-net goal angles and crowd scenes inside the stadium. Apple TV first incorporated iPhone into a live sports broadcast workflow during the Sept. 26, 2025 “Friday Night Baseball” Major League Baseball matchup between the Boston Red Sox and the Detroit Tigers.
Jeff Probst on the live Survivor 50 finale spoiler flub: “We just got ahead of ourselves”
“What’s happening when you’re doing a Survivor finale is you’re running the show — the episode — and then you’re doing these live hits where I come out, and I talk to one of these players. I’m not watching the show,” Probst explained on CBS Mornings. “I’m backstage getting ready for my funny question with Rizo about it. ‘If only he had practiced fire-making.’ So I come out, we’re all set up on the stage, we’ve got an empty seat for Rizzo. I don’t think anything’s weird... It wasn’t until I started talking to Rizo about losing in fire — I’m telling you, we had 1,200 people here, I could collectively feel the energy go to an emoji like this [😱].” Probst added: “We have a big team, mistakes happen. We just got ahead of ourselves. And none of us saw it.” ALSO: Survivor 50 ends on a high note with the franchise’s most-watched finale in six years.
Ben Affleck to narrate Hulu’s Whitey Bulger docuseries
Affleck will lend his voice to the three-part docuseries Hunting Whitey Bulger, which promises “fresh reporting including never-before-seen hand-written letters from prison and key players speaking on camera for the first time to tell the ‘definitive inside story of the pursuit, capture, and killing’ of Bulger,” according to Deadline. The Irish mob leader has been the subject and inspiration for a number of major Hollywood movies including The Departed starring his good friend Matt Damon.
Bill Lawrence adapting another novel for TV
The megaproducer, who created Apple TV’s Bad Monkey based on Carl Hiaasen’s novel of the same name, will next tackle adapting Steven Rowley’s novel Take Me With You, which was released on Tuesday. Here’s the official description: “College professor Jesse del Ruth who has been abandoned. Thirty years into their relationship, Jesse witnesses his husband Norman get out of bed late one night, walk into their Joshua Tree backyard, step into a strange beam of light and disappear. As Jesse struggles to understand Norman’s disappearance, he tries to piece together his new reality. Is he expected to wait patiently for a partner who may never come back? Or is this an opportunity for reinvention?”
60 Minutes finishes its tumultuous 58th season with viewership up 9%
The CBS News newsmagazine was the No. 1 news program for the 52nd consecutive season, according to The Guardian’s Jeremy Barr.
Elon Musk slams The Boys series finale as “pathetic” — creator Eric Kripke calls Musk’s review “a badge of honor”
Kripke took Musk’s one-word review as a badge of honor. “OMG this is his review of what (The Boys) did to Homelander, I’ll never get a better review ever,” Kripke wrote, reposting Musk’s tweet.
Stephen Colbert’s extended The Late Show finale will reportedly run long by 17 minutes
“The 17-minute overrun gives Colbert’s finale a notable bit of franchise symmetry,” says LateNighter’s Jed Rosenzweig of tonight’s episode. “David Letterman’s 2015 CBS farewell also ran 17 minutes long, though in that case the extra time was not planned in advance. Letterman’s executive producer Barbara Gaines later recalled CBS giving approval late in the evening as the staff raced to finish the final edit before airtime.”
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The Breakfast Club to become Netflix’s first daily live show
Starting June 1, Netflix will air roughly three continuous hours of the live New York-based show co-hosted by Charlamagne tha God that originates from New York hip-hop and R&B station Power 105.1 FM. “Netflix has been moving more into live programming over the past few years with an eye toward driving more subscriptions with a broader content portfolio,” says The Wall Street Journal’s Anne Steele. “Most of that effort so far has been concentrated in sports, including National Football League games on Christmas, boxing and mixed martial arts, and World Wrestling Entertainment’s Raw. Netflix has also done live comedy specials, roasts and late-night talk with comedian John Mulaney. The Breakfast Club was the early standout in Netflix’s initial push into video podcasting, which began in January and included licensing shows from Spotify and iHeartMedia, the program’s home.”
Byron Allen calls himself “a gift from the money gods … and the comedy gods”: “I’m putting a lot of money in (CBS’) cash register”
“When Colbert got unexpectedly canceled, I said, ‘Okay, do you like money?’ They said, ‘Yes,’” Allen told NBC News of his pitch to CBS, according to EW. “I’ll buy the time period and you can save over $110 million.” Allen takes over Stephen Colbert’s The Late Show timeslot, with his long-running Comics Unleashed, starting Friday.
Prison Break reboot to shoot in Los Angeles thanks to $19 million in tax credits
Filming on the Hulu series will begin at the historic Radford Studio Center lot in June. ALSO: Kelli Berglund joins Prison Break in recasting, replacing Priscilla Delgado.
Power and Nemesis creator Courtney A. Kemp signs overall deal with Apple TV
Kemp and her production company, End of Episode, will develop and create series exclusively for Apple TV, and Apple TV will have a first-look on film projects. The news comes a week after the release of Nemesis, made under an overall deal with Netflix.
BBC announces Hercule Poirot adaptation
Agatha Christie’s beloved self-proclaimed “greatest detective in the world” is being reimagined. “Sources said the British broadcaster secured the adaptation in a highly competitive situation, with other networks and streamers bidding,” reports Deadline’s Jake Kanter. “The BBC is understood to have made a significant commitment to the project, meaning it could run for up to three seasons over the coming years. Season 1 is expected to premiere in the second half of 2027.”
Peanuts music owner sues U.S. government, alleging unauthorized use of its music
Lee Mendelson Film Productions, which owns the music to A Charlie Brown Christmas and other Peanuts specials, sued the U.S. Department of the Interior, alleging they illegally used the jazzy ditties of pianist Vince Guaraldi in social media posts and a video game. The U.S. Department of the Interior declined comment. Lee Mendelson Film Productions also sued three private companies. Marc Jacobson, a lawyer for Lee Mendelson Film Productions, told The New York Times that the company had been plagued by unauthorized use of its music and decided to “make a statement and file all four lawsuits on the same day.” “We’ve written demand letters to people over and over again, and these four companies either didn’t respond to us or they responded in a way that indicated they really didn’t care that they were using the music without permission,” he said.
Amazon’s Life Is Strange adds Tom Cullen, Leisha Hailey, Raúl Castillo, and Owen Teague
They join previously announced leads Maisy Stella and Tatum Grace Hopkins in the TV adaptation of the video game franchise of the same name.
SNL posts Paul McCartney’s bonus performances of The Beatles songs
After the credits rolled last Saturday, McCartney performed “Help!” (with host Will Ferrell on cowbell) and “Drive My Car.”
Andrew McCarthy tells Ted Danson watching Cheers reruns helped him get sober
“I owe you a great, great debt, which you don’t know,” McCarthy said on Danson’s Where Everybody Knows Your Name podcast, per EW. “In 1992, I was in an alcohol rehab in Minnesota, and I was all played out. I was 29 years old and I was just done. I had made a mess of everything.”
Jane Seymour reunites with Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman co-star Joe Lando in Acorn TV’s trailer for Harry Wild Season 5
Seymour plays the titular retired professor turned amateur sleuth, who embarked on her unusual second act after being mugged in Season 1. Lando joins the cast as “a charming and brilliant new state pathologist whose arrival quickly makes waves in Harry’s world.” Harry Wild Season 5 premieres June 22.
Questlove HBO The Genius Of Earth, Wind & Fire documentary trailer features Barack and Michelle Obama
Premiering June 7, the documentary tells the story of the legendary nine-time Grammy Award-winning band, with commentary from the former first couple.
Netflix unveils Avatar: The Last Airbender’s Season 2 trailer
Toph arrives as Aang, Katara, and Sokka head into Earth Kingdom territory in the live-action fantasy series’ second season, premiering June 25.
Hannah Berner promises her “most vulnerable material yet” in her Hulu standup special trailer
The podcaster and comedian’s second special, None of My Business, premieres June 5.
Watch the trailer for Netflix’s Untold UK: Vinnie Jones
Premiering May 26, the documentary tells the story of the “raw, unfiltered story of Vinnie Jones’ extraordinary rise” from footballer to international actor.