Mr. & Mrs. Smith renewed, but Donald Glover and Maya Erskine may not return / Phoebe Waller-Bridge's Tomb Raider greenlighted / Amazon orders Pop Culture Jeopardy!

PLUS: Nicolas Cage to star in Spider-Man Noir series for Amazon Prime Video and MGM+.

Mr. & Mrs. Smith renewed for Season 2, but Donald Glover and Maya Erskine may not return
Amazon Prime Video this morning formally ordered a second season of the acclaimed spy drama starring Glover and Erskine without confirming casting. Variety's Joe Otterson reports "that Season 1 stars Donald Glover and Maya Erskine are not expected to return to star in Season 2. Glover is still credited as a co-creator and executive producer on the series alongside Francesca Sloane, who will return as showrunner. In addition, Glover recently announced that he will go on a world tour as Childish Gambino beginning in August through February 2025. Amazon declined to comment on whether or not Glover and Erskine would return. Reps for Glover and Erskine did not immediately respond to Variety‘s request for comment." As TV Insider notes, Mr. & Mrs. Smith's ended its first season with a cliffhanger. In announcing the renewal, Jennifer Salke, head of Amazon MGM Studios, said: "We are proud to bring you another season filled with unforgettable journeys and new adventures.”

Nicolas Cage to star in Spider-Man Noir series for Amazon Prime Video and MGM+
The Oscar-winning actor will star in the series that "revolves around an aging and down on his luck private investigator (Cage) in 1930s New York, who is forced to grapple with his past life as the city’s one and only superhero." Cage previously voiced Noir in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. Noir will be led by showrunners Oren Uziel and Steve Lightfoot. Like Amazon's Silk: Spider Society, Noir will first premiere on the Amazon-owned MGM+ before joining Prime Video.

Amazon greenlights Phoebe Waller-Bridge's Tomb Raider series adaptation
The Fleabag creator and star is writing the Tomb Raider series, but no cast has been set. “If I could tell my teenage self this was happening I think she’d explode," Waller-Bridge said at Amazon's upfront presentation. "Tomb Raider has been a huge part of my life and I feel incredibly privileged to be bringing it to television with such passionate collaborators. Lara Croft means a lot to me, as she does to many, and I can’t wait to go on this adventure. Bats ‘n all."

The Summer I Turned Pretty Season 3 delayed to summer 2025 with an supersized 11 episodes
The Lola Tung-led YA hit’s third season order is going up from the originally ordered 10 episodes. That’s up from the seven-episode Season 1 and the eight-episode Season 2.

The Boys earns an early Season 5 renewal
Amazon Prime Video has picked up a fifth season of the acclaimed superhero drama ahead of its Season 4 premiere on June 13. “’The Boys’ could be the best job I’ll ever have. What other show allows me to write about politics, capitalism, family and exploding genitalia, though not in that order?” The Boys showrunner Eric Kripke said in a statement. “The cast and crew are deeply grateful to Sony Pictures Television and Amazon MGM Studios for the opportunity to tell this story for another season. My only problem is that since this year promises to be free of any conflict or misinformation, we’re not sure what to write about.”

Jeopardy! is expanding to streaming with Pop Culture Jeopardy! on Amazon Prime Video
The first streaming version of Jeopardy! "will differ somewhat from the classic game in that three-person teams will compete against one another rather than individual players," according to The Hollywood Reporter. "The show will keep the classic answer-and-question format, however, and its categories will cover music, movies, sports and all elements of popular culture." Jeopardy! executive producer will helm Pop Culture Jeopardy! A host and premiere date will be announced at a later date.

Amazon Prime Video announces two Amazon shopping-themed game shows: J.B. Smoove’s Buy It Now and Nick Cannon’s holiday Wish List Games
Buy It Now, based on the British game show of the same name, will be connected to Amazon's "Buy It Now" feature. "In this case, entrepreneurs try to place their products on the function — if they can convince a live studio audience of 100 customers and a panel of business experts," per Variety. "Viewers will be able to shop the products featured on the show directly from their devices as they watch. Winners will receive a cash prize 'based on their pitch, ingenuity, and creativity.'" Wish List Games, meanwhile, "features contestants playing for items on their Amazon wish list, up to $25,000. They’ll play various games, leading to a final round where the winning contestant plays to win a prize for everyone in the audience." Wish List Games will air during the holiday season.

Aldis Hodge-led Cross unveils a teaser as Amazon confirms its Season 2 renewal
Based on James Patterson’s bestselling book series, Cross is a twisted thriller starring Hodge as Alex Cross, "a detective and forensic psychologist, uniquely capable of digging into the psyches of killers and their victims, to identify — and ultimately capture — the murderers." Amazon has yet to announce a premiere date for Cross.

Nielsen: Disney accounts for the most viewing across cable, broadcast and streaming
On Tuesday, Nielsen unveiled The Media Distributor Gauge that encompasses viewership across broadcast, streaming and cable. The Walt Disney Company ranks No. 1 with 11.5% share of viewership, followed by No. 2 YouTube with 9.6%, No. 3 NBC Universal with 8.9%, No. 4 Paramount Global with 8.8%, No. 5 Warner Bros. Discovery with 8.1%, No. 6 Netflix with 7.6%, No. 7 Fox with 6.1 and No. 8 Amazon Prime Video with 3.2%.

Comcast to launch a Peacock-Netflix-Apple TV+ bundle at a deep discount
Dubbed StreamSaver, the bundle will be available to all Comcast broadband, TV and mobile customers, Comcast CEO Brian Roberts said Tuesday. The three streaming services, Peacock, Netflix and Apple TV+, will “come at a vastly reduced price to anything available today,” Roberts said, without revealing any pricing details.

Jon Stewart jokes "I just don’t know how much longer I could do this" after hosting two Daily Shows in five days
“I hosted on Thursday, and I’m back on Monday,” he jokingly said on Monday's Daily Show. “I just don’t know how much longer I could do this — barely any rest. (I) just slept in a hyperbaric chamber all weekend.” Stewart hosted Thursday last week because he was in Los Angeles for Netflix Is a Joke Fest.

Stephen Colbert celebrates his 60th birthday with an emotional Daily Show-themed reunion with Steve Carell
Stephen and Steve roasted each other on The Late Show Monday in a revival of their Daily Show “Even Stevphen" segment. Carell stormed on stage to counter Colbert’s proclamation that aging is a good thing: “Steven, we are born astride a grave, and each day, the cruel grasp of time pulls us closer to oblivion. You will never be younger than you are in this moment, and let’s face it, my friend: You haven’t aged well.” Colbert, who turned 60 on Monday, countered: “Age ripens us like a fine wine, because with age comes experience, and with experience comes wisdom. With wisdom comes the ability to see you for what you are: a sad, dumb, salt-and-pepper idiot.”

Amazon is reportedly now vying with Netflix for the NFL's two Christmas Day games
Puck News' John Ourand reports Amazon has submitted a bid for the two Wednesday Christmas Day games, but that the NFL prefers Netflix.

Piers Morgan criticizes Netflix for having "failed" Baby Reindeer's alleged "Real Martha"
“They failed in their duty of care to (Fiona) Harvey, there’s no question about that — Netflix in particular,” Morgan said on ITV's Lorraine show. “The key question is whether they’ve defamed her. If you accuse somebody of being a convicted stalker and they’re not a convicted stalker, that’s a pretty serious mistake to make.”

Jimmy Kimmel and Seth Meyers trade notes on how they could taunt Donald Trump if he's convicted
Kimmel, appearing for the first time on Late Night with Seth Meyers, said of Trump possibly getting convicted: “I dream about it. I really hope it happens. I don’t know what we’ll talk about. It’s really going to be hard to transition back to talking about American Idol."

ESPN unveils its 30 for 30 summer slate
The summer slate of sports documentaries debuts June 4 with I’m Just Here for the Riot, about the infamous 2011 Vancouver riot following a Canucks loss to the Boston Bruins during the Stanley Cup final.

Amazon orders sports docuseries on Madden, Dale Earnhardt Sr., ChiefsAholic and the greatest Game 7s in sports history
The four-part untitled Madden docuseries will tell the history of the iconic video game, the four-part Earnhardt docuseries will focus on the late icon and his family and the Drake-produced ChiefsAholic: A Wolf in Chiefs Clothing will chronicle the Kansas City Chiefs fan turned bank robber. Meanwhile, Game 7 is a five-part anthology focusing on the climactic ends of seven-game series in various sports, from the Chicago Cubs’ 2016 World Series victory after more than a century without a championship, to the New York Rangers’ Game 7 win in the 1994 Stanley Cup Finals.

Amazon renews Coach Prime for Season 3
The Deion Sanders docuseries will once again take viewers inside the University of Colorado football program.

Kelly Clarkson: My weight loss is a result of a prescription medication: "Everyone thinks it’s Ozempic but it’s not"
It’s something else," Clarkson said while interviewing Whoop Goldberg on The Kelly Clarkson Show, adding: “Mine is a different one that people assume, but I ended up having to do that too because my blood work got so bad.”

The Simpsons fans express concern over Mr. Burns' "awful" voice
Fans have recently have taken to social media to complain about the sound of Mr. Burns' voice, with some saying the iconic character voiced by Harry Shearer should be retired.

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Season 2 gets an August premiere date and teaser trailer
"Sauron has returned. Cast out by Galadriel, without army or ally, the rising Dark Lord must now rely on his own cunning to rebuild his strength and oversee the creation of the Rings of Power, which will allow him to bind all the peoples of Middle-earth to his sinister will," reads the official description for Season 2 of the Amazon Prime Video fantasy series, which returns Aug. 29.