Jennifer Aniston to star in Jennette McCurdy’s I’m Glad My Mom Died series / Neil Patrick Harris to host Netflix game show / Peacock drops Murder, She Wrote
PLUS: Guy Fieri sued by a winner of his Food Network Chance of a Lifetime show.
Jennifer Aniston to star in Apple TV+'s series inspired by Jennette McCurdy’s I’m Glad My Mom Died
Aniston will play the mom in a dramedy series inspired by former iCarly star McCurdy's bestselling 2022 memoir that details her relationship with her abusive late mother. McCurdy and Ramy co-creator Ari Katcher are adapting her book for the small screen, with both serving as co-showrunners and Aniston on board as an executive producer. The series is described as a dramedy that will center on “the codependent relationship between an 18-year-old actress in a hit kids’ show, and her narcissistic mom who relishes in her identity as a starlet’s mother,” the show’s logline reads.
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Jennifer Aniston's casting isn't expected to impact The Morning Show: "The casting inevitably brings up questions about the future of Aniston’s popular Apple TV+ drama series The Morning Show, which she also stars in and executive produces," says Deadline's Nellie Andreeva. "The Morning Show is currently picked up through Season 4, which is set to premiere Sept. 17. Aniston’s involvement in I’m Glad My Mom Died will not impact her ability to continue to star alongside Reese Witherspoon should The Morning Show get a fifth season — which I hear is fully expected."
Neil Patrick Harris to host Netflix game show What's in the Box
The former A Series of Unfortunate Events star is returning to Netflix to host what the streamer describes as a “massive guessing game” where each decision could lead to “life-changing rewards.” The six-episode What's in the Box will premiere in December. The format consists of giant boxes concealing “jaw-dropping” prizes, according to Variety. Pairs of contestants will face off in fast-paced trivia rounds, guessing what’s inside of each box. But, per Netflix, “winning a prize is just the beginning. As the game unfolds, shifting alliances and unexpected twists mean only those with sharp instincts — and a little luck — will hold onto their winnings and claim victory.”
Greta Lee is set to star in Hulu's Best Offer Wins novel adaptation
The Morning Show and Russian Doll vet is expected to star in former Washington Post journalist Marisa Kashino's debut novel Best Offer Wins, with Killing Eve alum Suzanne Heathcote set as writer. "Described as a sharp exploration of class, ambition, and the modern housing crisis, the Best Offer Wins book centers on Margo, a 37-year-old publicist who, after a year and a half of failed bids in her house hunting, becomes obsessed with a perfect off-market house, resorting to stalking, transposing and scheming to land the home she believes would save her marriage," according to Deadline.
Netflix renews Shane Gillis' Tires for Season 3
The comedian's comedy series has been picked up for a third season less than a month after Season 2 premiered.
Murder, She Wrote mysteriously disappears from Peacock
"All 12 seasons and 264 episodes of MSW were purged from Peacock this morning, despite the fact that the series is owned and distributed by Universal Television, sibling studio to the streamer," says Vulture's Josef Adalian. "While Peacock had posted a 'leaving soon' tag on the show a few weeks ago, it’s not unheard of for such notices to end up being removed once a new licensing deal gets worked out. But late on Monday, a Peacock rep confirmed: Murder is no mas as of today." As Adalian notes, Tubi recently added all 12 seasons of Murder, She Wrote and its follow-up made-for-TV movies. "As far as we can tell, it’s the only platform that has all 12 seasons of the show available to stream on demand. (Amazon’s Prime Video only offers the first six.)," says Adalian, adding: "While Tubi regularly licenses shows that stream multiple places, like all platforms, it values exclusivity, too, so it’s hard not to think someone at NBCU crunched some numbers and decided MSW would net more money for the company as an ad-supported offering — with Tubi as its main hub — than as something licensed by Peacock (because, yes, even though MSW is owned by NBCU, Peacock still had to pay market value for it)."
Dancing with the Stars casts two The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives stars: Whitney Leavitt and Jen Affleck
The news was announced during the Hulu show’s reunion special, teasing that the group all auditioned for the reality show for the show’s upcoming third season. Dancing with the Stars and The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives are both part of the Disney family.
CNN fires back at President Trump's threat to prosecute over the network's reporting of a new ICE-tracking app: "There is nothing illegal about reporting"
Trump and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem have said they intend to prosecute CNN over the reporting on the app. Today, CNN issued a statement standing by its reporting: “This is an app that is publicly available to any iPhone user who wants to download it. There is nothing illegal about reporting the existence of this or any other app, nor does such reporting constitute promotion or other endorsement of the app by CNN.”
Unlike last year, Fox and ESPN won't allow their talent to appear on Netflix's Christmas Day NFL games coverage
"When the Commanders face the Cowboys and the Vikings play the Lions on Christmas Day, ESPN talent won’t appear on the Netflix presentation of the games," reports Front Office Sports' Ryan Glasspiegel and Michael McCarthy. "Fox talent is not expected to appear, either. Things could change in the event that Netflix agrees to the terms the networks have demanded. ESPN talents who worked last year’s Netflix slate included Laura Rutledge and Mina Kimes. Fox denied a request for its top announce team of Tom Brady and Kevin Burkhardt but eventually relented to allow Greg Olsen to work as a color commentator." They add that Netflix may have to rely on talent from NFL Network and CBS.
Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent sets a fall premiere date on The CW
The Dick Wolf-produced series will air opposite another Wolf-produced series, Chicago Med, when it premieres on The CW on Sept. 24.
Bones stars David Boreanaz and Emily Deschanel to reunite for a 20th anniversary panel
Bones creator Hart Hanson and stars Boreanaz, Deschanel, T.J. Thyne and Tamara Taylor will appear as part of the Television Academy’s First Televerse Festival, which will run from Aug. 14 through 16 and include a Henry Winkler acting class.
Charlie Heaton joins Josh Hartnett and Mackenzie Davis on Netflix's untitled Newfoundland limited series
The Stranger Things star is the latest addition to the six-episode that follows a hard-bitten fisherman (Hartnett), who must fight to protect his family, his community, and his vanishing way of life when a mysterious sea creature terrorizes a remote Newfoundland town.
Welcome to Wrexham Mexico soccer team spinoff Necaxa starring Eva Longoria gets a premiere date on FXX
Necaxa premieres Aug. 7 with episodes available to stream the next day. Necaxa will release two episodes each Thursday for the first three weeks of its season. The subsequent four episodes will roll out one per week each Thursday until the season finale on Thursday, Sept. 18. In Necaxa, Longoria “sets out to reignite the soul of one of Mexico’s oldest and most storied football clubs, Club Necaxa — enlisting the help of fellow owners Rob Mac and Ryan Reynolds, fresh off their headline-making revival of Wrexham AFC,” the logline reads.
Guy Fieri sued by a winner of his Food Network Chance of a Lifetime show
Kevin Cooper, who was named champion of Guys' Chance of a Lifetime in 2022, recently sued Fieri, alleging breach of contract. "As winner, Cooper says he was supposed to receive the following: his own Chicken Guy franchise with franchise fees waived; assistance with the build-out of the space for the franchise; any operational expenses after the first year that exceeded the revenue of that first year; $10,000 to be applied to any necessary legal expenses; and a guaranteed minimum salary for the first year of $100,000," reports Philly Mag's Victoria Fiorillo. In his lawsuit, Cooper "alleges that the defendants never paid him the $100,000 minimum salary despite numerous requests for it and that they likewise failed to cover the operational expenses that exceeded revenue during the first year. According to the lawsuit, those expenses total close to $69,000 and include close to $39,000 in Pennsylvania sales tax alone."
Comedian Michael Yo to host syndicated game show Scrambled Up
Premiering Sept. 8 in national syndication, "in Scrambled Up, four contestants solve jumbled-up words and phrases that unscramble before their eyes," per Deadline. "As the tiles unscramble, the clues get easier. The first player to buzz in with the right answer has a shot at walking away with the $10,000 grand prize."
Dan Stevens to star in Disney+'s Lego: Star Wars as new villain Solitus
Stevens' Solitus is described as "a fallen Jedi who sought out access to Forcehold – a secret realm full of discarded pieces of the past."
Ryan Seacrest worries fans with photos showing appearing to be gaunt and frail
The American Idol and Wheel of Fortune host posted a photo dump on Instagram Monday that has his fans concerned.
Jimmy Swaggart, disgraced televangelist of the 1980s, dies at 90
Swaggart, who died today, "emerged from the backwoods of Louisiana to become a television evangelist with global reach, preaching about an eternal struggle between good and evil and warning of the temptations of the flesh, a theme that played out in his own life in a sex scandal," says David Stout in Swaggart's New York Times obituary. "Mr. Swaggart’s voice and passion carried him to fame and riches that he could scarcely have dreamed of in his small-town boyhood," says Stout. "At its peak in the mid-1980s, Jimmy Swaggart Worldwide Ministries had a television presence in more than 140 countries and, along with its Bible college, took in up to half a million dollars a day from donations and sales of Bible courses, gospel music and merchandise. In his prime, Mr. Swaggart strode the stage like a bear, his voice thundering with emotion, dropping to a near-whisper, then rising again, sometimes to the accompaniment of tears — his own as well as those of his followers — as he spoke of his love for God and his disdain for the Devil...But Satan may have sometimes won a round. In October 1987, Mr. Swaggart was photographed entering a hot-sheet New Orleans motel with a woman. In a later television interview, the woman said that she and Mr. Swaggart had several encounters, describing them as 'pornographic' but as not involving intercourse. Early the next year, the Assemblies of God, the huge Pentecostal organization under whose auspices Mr. Swaggart ministered, suspended him from preaching for a year and ordered him to undergo rehabilitation. Mr. Swaggart responded in February 1988 with an extraordinary, tear-gushing mea culpa to some 7,000 followers at his World Faith Center in Baton Rouge."
Kelly Ripa tells World News Tonight's David Muir: I've taken some "very indecent photos in front of your photo at our new Disney building
After Muir noted on Live "there are terrifying gigantic images of all of us in this building," Ripa interjected: “I’ve gotta tell you — I have some very indecent photos of me standing in front of your picture that I can’t show on the air because they told me it was not suitable for broadcast.”
The Golden Bachelor alum Gerry Turner calls out successor Mel Owens for his "60 or over" bachelorette ban
Turner weighed in on the controversial list of demands ABC’s new Golden Bachelor Mel Owens recently shared, saying it’s “fair game” to criticize the new bachelor as he would be making a “huge mistake” with this approach.
NBC News correspondent Vaughn Hillyard to join MSNBC in advance of split from Comcast
Hillyard will become senior White House correspondent, as the network has hired a group of journalists for its team in advance of its split from Comcast and sister network NBC News. Also joining MSNBC will be Laura Barrón-López as White House correspondent, David Noriega as MSNBC correspondent and Marc Santia as an investigative correspondent.
Leanne Morgan is newly single in the trailer for her Netflix comedy Leanne
The comedian stars in the new trailer for Leanne, a comedy series about a woman navigating the fallout of a 33-year marriage. Morgan co-created Leanne, which premieres July 31, with Susan McMartin and prolific sitcom creator Chuck Lorre.
Watch Heidi Klum's return to Project Runway in Hulu’s trailer for Season 21
Klum is joined by Christian Siriano, Law Roach and Nina Garcia in Season 21 of the fashion reality show, which will debut on Hulu, Disney+ and Freeform on July 31.
Amazon teases The Terminal List: Dark Wolf, starring Taylor Kitsch and Chris Pratt
Premiering Aug. 27, The Terminal List: Dark Wolf "follows Ben Edwards (Kitsch) throughout his journey from the Navy SEALs to the clandestine side of CIA Special Operations, exploring the darker side of warfare and the human cost that comes with it," per Deadline. "Pratt reprises his role as James Reece."
Hudson & Rex gets a Season 7 premiere date and trailer
The UPtv procedural returns July 17 with back-to-back episodes.
Acorn TV's The Madame Blanc Mysteries reveals its Season 4 trailer and premiere date
The British crime dramedy starring Sally Lindsay and Sue Vincent returns July 7.
Check out The Challenge: Vets and New Threats trailer
Returning vets and new threats go head to head when Season 41 of the MTV reality competition premieres on July 30.