Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune are joining streaming / Jamie Campbell Bower joins Rings of Power / Roseanne gets A.I.-remastering

PLUS: Sarah Michelle Gellar pays tribute to Buffy the Vampire Slayer sister Michelle Trachtenberg.

Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune are joining the "streaming revolution"
As broadcast exclusives, the two hit game shows are among the biggest holdouts from streaming. "Not for much longer," reports The New York Times' John Koblin. "Sony Pictures Entertainment, the owner of the popular game shows, said on Thursday that it was soliciting bids from major media and tech companies for the streaming rights to new episodes of the two series for the first time. Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune still command big audiences — roughly seven million viewers a night for each, according to Nielsen. That audience, however, is getting older and declining, just like the audiences for rest of traditional television." Koblin adds: "The initial streaming rights to Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune would begin in September and could be for three years, Sony officials said. During that time, the company that wins the rights will be able to stream new episodes the day after they air on syndicated television. Exclusive same-day rights to new episodes are available starting in September 2028, when all pre-existing syndication deals expire. Sony is in negotiations with several streaming companies, and it anticipates that a deal will be reached by early April."

Sharon Stone officially joins Euphoria Season 3: "I am honored to be euphoric"
“There is little more exciting than going to work with this team of thrilling talent,” Stone said in a statement. “From the genius of Sam Levinson to the raw sophistication of this profoundly moving cast and tight crew. I am honored to be euphoric.” Details of Stone's character have yet to be revealed.

Sarah Michelle Gellar pays tribute to Buffy the Vampire Slayer sister Michelle Trachtenberg
Gellar paraphrased a famous Buffy speech from the fifth season finale in a caption to her Instagram tribute to the actress who played her little sister, who was found dead Wednesday at age 39. “‘Michelle, listen to me," Gellar wrote. "Listen. I love you. I will always love you. The hardest thing in this world, is to live in it. I will be brave. I will live… for you.'” ALSO: Michelle Trachtenberg’s cause of death ruled "undetermined" after her family objects to an autopsy.

Fox renews Gordon Ramsay's Next Level Chef for two more seasons, adds spinoff holiday competition Next Level Baker
Next Level Chef has been picked up for Seasons 5 and 6 after recently completing Season 4. Next Level Baker is a four-hour special that will test the skills of bakers as they are tasked with creating festive holiday delights across the franchise’s three levels.

Jamie Campbell Bower goes from Stranger Things to Lord Of the Rings: The Rings of Power
Bower and Ray Donovan vet Eddie Marsan are the latest additions to the Amazon series’ third season. "As usual, details about the role are being kept under wraps but I hear Bower plays Rings of Power’s biggest new cast addition, a character described as a handsome high-born knight (code name Arlen) in casting information that has been circulated around," says Deadline's Nellie Andreeva. "He could be a new love interest for Galadriel (Morfydd Clark) who spent the second season facing the reality of her Season 1 love interest Halbrand’s (Charlie Vickers) true identity as arch-villain Sauron."

Deaths of Gene Hackman, wife Betsy Arakawa and their dog under investigation due to "suspicious" nature
Although the Santa Fe County sheriff's office initially said there was no foul play suspected, a detective wrote in an affidavit seeking a search warrant Wednesday that he believed that “the circumstances surrounding the death of the two deceased individuals to be suspicious enough in nature to require a thorough search and investigation.” There were no signs of a gas leak of a carbon monoxide leak, and Arakawa’s body showed signs of decomposition.

Bill Nighy joins Octavia Spencer and Hannah Waddingham on Amazon's Ride or Die
Nighy, Ed Skrein, Sylvia Hoeks, Calam Lynch, Jamie Parker and Savannah Steyn are also joining the cast of the Prime Video series starring Waddingham as a highly trained assassin that her best friend, played by Spencer, doesn’t know about. Nighy will play a character known as "The Director."

Poker Face Season 2 adds David Alan Grier, Lauren Tom, Lili Taylor, Natasha Leggero and Richard Kind
They join a massive list of guest-stars on the second season of Rian Johnson's mystery series.

Roseanne has been remastered for HD using A.I.
All 222 episodes of the initial 1988-1997 run of Roseanne Barr's classic ABC sitcom will roll out remastered editions on cable, streaming and digital — including CMT, TV Land, Peacock and Cozi TV — starting March 3.

Gayle King is joining Katy Perry and Lauren Sánchez on a Blue Origin flight to space
They'll be accompanied by an all-women crew set to launch this spring. Sánchez, the fiancée of Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos, “brought the mission together," according to the space technology company.

Oscars to include a James Bond music tribute
The special tribute to the iconic songs of the James Bond franchise will be in honor of longtime producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson, who received Honorary Oscars at the past Governors Awards. Broccoli and her half-brother Wilson recently ceded creative control of the Bond franchise to Amazon.

Disney+ is getting its own exclusive SportsCenter
ESPN's SC+, launching March 3, will stream daily at 9 a.m. ET, bringing the top sports news, insights and commentaries to fans, serving as a “fast-paced update … in a more concise and streamlined format,” per ESPN.

Fox Sports reportedly sidelines Joy Taylor from FS1's Speak following harassment lawsuit
Taylor, ex-FS1 personality Skip Bayless and FS1 executive Charlie Dixon were among the names mentioned in a lawsuit filed in January by former Fox hairstylist Noushin Faraji in early January. Faraji accused Taylor of harassment on the basis of ethnicity. Taylor has denied the accusation. But according to Front Office Sports, Taylor has been sidelined this week after returning from vacation with "little explanation."

Netflix orders a Newfoundland-set supernatural creature limited series
Umbrella Academy writer Jesse McKeown created the untitled series "set in a remote Newfoundland town, which is terrorized by a mysterious sea creature, and a hard-bitten fisherman must fight to protect his family, his community, and his vanishing way of life," per the official description.

Apple TV+ renews Where's Wanda? for Season 2
The renewal comes nearly five months after the German dark comedy premiered.

HBO shares the first look at Aaron Pierre and Kyle Chandler in Lanterns
The DC Studios photo shows the two leads as John Stewart and Hal Jordan walking on the road.

CBS News names Tom Cibrowski as its new president
Cibrowski, a veteran of Good Morning America, has been named president and executive editor at CBS News, taking over the Paramount Global news operation at a challenging time.

Nathan Fielder's The Rehearsal reveals its HBO Season 2 premiere date and teaser
Premiering three years after Season 1 on April 20, The Rehearsal will continue to follow "one man’s journey to reduce the uncertainties of everyday life. With a construction crew, a legion of actors, and seemingly unlimited resources, Fielder helps ordinary people prepare for life’s biggest moments by ‘rehearsing’ them in carefully crafted simulations of his own design," per the official description.