Peacock renews Twisted Metal / Netflix greenlights Peter Morgan’s The Boys From Brazil reimagining / Jimmy Kimmel Live! renames its house band
PLUS: President Trump calls for ABC to lose its broadcast license over an ABC News reporter’s question about the Jamal Khashoggi murder and Jeffrey Epstein files.
Peacock renews Twisted Metal for Season 3
The PlayStation video game adaptation starring Anthony Mackie and Stephanie Beatriz will undergo a showrunner change behind the scenes with its renewal for a third season. Co-creator Michael Jonathan Smith, who served as showrunner for the first two seasons, is exiting the show. The Boys and The Magicians vet David Reed will board the series and take over as showrunner. Twisted Metal, which returned for its second season in July, is Peacock’s second biggest returning original scripted series, with 993 million minutes viewed to date.
President Trump calls for ABC to lose its broadcast license over an ABC News reporter’s question about the Jamal Khashoggi murder and Jeffrey Epstein files
During an Oval Office press conference with Trump and Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, ABC News correspondent Mary Bruce asked about the Saudis’ 2018 murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, and later asked the president about the Jeffrey Epstein files. After chiding Bruce for asking a “horrible,” insubordinate” and “just a terrible question,” Trump told Bruce: “You’re all psyched up. Somebody psyched you over at ABC and they’re going to psych it. You’re a terrible person and a terrible reporter,” according to Deadline. He later accused ABC of being “one of the perpetrators” of a Democratic hoax over Epstein. “I think the license should be taken away from ABC because your news is so fake and it’s so wrong, and we have a great commissioner, the chairman, who should look at that,” he said, referring to his FCC chair Brendan Carr.
AMC Networks launches All Reality, a streamer for unscripted programming
Launching today as an add-on to Amazon Prime Video at $4.99 per month, All Reality will feature 2,500 of reality TV programming from AMC Networks series. Shows include Love After Lockup, Bridezillas, The Braxtons, Marriage Boot Camp, Growing Up Hip Hop and The Graham Norton Show. Plus the Hilarie Burton-hosted True Crime Story: It Couldn’t Happen Here.
Netflix greenlights Peter Morgan’s The Boys From Brazil reimagining, starring Jeremy Strong, Gillian Anderson, Lizzy Caplan, Shira Haas, August Diehl and Daniel Brühl
The Crown creator’s limited series, based on Ira Levin’s 1976 novel of the same name that was turned into a 1978 film starring Laurence Olivier and Gregory Peck, will be led by Strong, playing Nazi hunter Yakov Liebermann. “Set across three decades from the immediate aftermath of World War II through the political turbulence of the 1970s, the series follows Holocaust survivor and Nazi hunter Yakov Liebermann in his lifelong crusade to bring Nazi fugitives to justice, a crusade that has cost him nearly everything,” per Deadline. “When one of his young protégées, undercover in Brazil, learns of a shocking Nazi plan, Liebermann is in a race against time to expose an unimaginable truth: Meinhardt, a sadistic Nazi scientist he believed long dead, is alive and orchestrating a diabolical project to spark the rise of a Fourth Reich.”
NBC sets Monday in mid-September air date for the 2026 Primetime Emmy Awards
The 78th Prime Emmy Awards will air on Monday, Sept. 14, 2026 from the Peacock Theater in Downtown Los Angeles. The awards will also live stream the theater’s namesake, NBC’s sibling streamer Peacock. NBC typically airs the Primetime Emmys on Mondays because of Sunday Night Football.
Jimmy Kimmel Live! renames its house band following bandleader Cleto Escobedo III’s death
Cleto and the Cletones returned Monday night as “The Cletones” following the death last week of its founder Escobedo at age 59.
Neve Campbell, Sam Riley and Ambika Mod among seven joining Netflix’s Black Doves for Season 2
The spy thriller series starring Keira Knightley, Ben Whishaw and Sarah Lancashire is also adding Babou Ceesay, Sylvia Hoeks, Goran Kostic and Samuel Barnett to its cast.
Neil Patrick Harris’ game show What’s in the Box? gets a Netflix premiere date
The six-part game show will drop on Dec. 17. In What’s in the Box?, “giant boxes conceal prizes, surprises and unexpected reveals and the show tests smarts, strategy and stamina,” per Deadline. “Over several episodes, pairs of contestants face off in trivia rounds, racing to correctly guess what’s inside each box. But 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.”
Ben Schwartz and Lauren Lapkus are returning for a TV series remake of their 2016 Funny or Die comedy The Earliest Show
Schwartz is writing, directing and starring in the half-hour comedy series with Lapkus, who co-starred with him on the Funny or Die series that aired in 2016. “The Earliest Show is a comedic look behind the scenes at the U.S.’ earliest live morning show, which starts at 3 a.m. sharp, focusing on the on- and off-camera antics of hosts Josh (Schwartz) and Sam (Lapkus) in their tiny Upstate New York town,” per Deadline. Schwartz and Lapkus each earned Emmy nominations for their roles.
Stranger Things’ first-ever Macy’s Thanksgiving Day float will feature the Hawkins National Laboratory
“There’s a containment device meant to contain an eight and a half foot tall Demogorgon puppet,” says Brendan Kennedy, director of creative production at Macy’s Studio. “That size is really in the wheelhouse of parade and continuing the legacy of Tony Sarg’s puppetry in the parade.” Kennedy adds: “The Duffer brothers have been on it the whole time. This is such a cool departure from saying, ‘Hey, 3D print me something from a film.’ What we’re doing here is creating a world. This is fully experiential.” ALSO: Netflix sells the Wheeler family house in Atlanta to two Stranger Things fans for $365,000.
Michael Rosenbaum under fire for inviting former Smallville co-star Allison Mack on his Inside of You podcast
Rosenbaum interviewed Mack and is helping promote her new NXIVM cult podcast, Allison After NXIVM, on the episode that dropped this morning.
Daniel Dae Kim to host CNN South Korea travel series K-Everything
In the four-part series, Kim will explore how South Korea has sparked a global pop culture movement, driving trends in music, food, TV and film. “I’ve been lucky enough to watch Korea over the years take center stage as a cultural and economic powerhouse,” he said. “It’s a genuine joy teaming up with CNN to explore the many qualities that make the country and its culture so special.”
BBC hit crime drama Line of Duty to return for Season 7 after a five-year hiatus
Martin Compston, Vicky McClure and Adrian Dunbar will reprise their roles on the Jed Mercurio BBC thriller, which last aired in December 2021. “Season 7 starts with the iconic AC-12 division being disbanded and rebranded the Inspectorate of Police Standards,” per Deadline. “Anticorruption work has never been more difficult. In the challenging climate, Steve Arnott (Compston), Kate Fleming (McClure) and Ted Hastings (Dunbar) are assigned their most sensitive case so far. Detective Inspector Dominic Gough, a charismatic officer winning plaudits for a string of takedowns of organized crime, is accused of abusing his position of trust to act as a sexual predator. But is Gough’s case a deliberate distraction from a bigger threat still operating in the shadows?”
Stassi Schroeder to host Hulu’s The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives Season 3 reunion
The Vanderpump Rules vet will take over hosting duties from Nick Viall, who hosted the Season 2 reunion special. The reunion special airs Dec. 4.
The Simpsons confirms a longtime character is permanently dead after being killed off a second time
“Yep she’s dead as a doornail,” executive producer Tim Long says of the death that occurred on Sunday’s episode.
The View edits out Sara Haines’ ATM PIN number after mentalist Oz Pearlman revealed it on air
Hours after Haines’ “What the f*ck?” reaction on Tuesday’s show to Pearlman correctly guessing her PIN number, The View had the number scrubbed from its social media postings.
Nate Bargatze’s dream of opening his own theme park is inching closer to reality
The comedian announced today that his company is partnering with Storyland Studios, a Southern California-based themed entertainment architecture and design firm, to explore the concept and feasibility of a Nateland theme park in Bargatze’s native Nashville, as he teased to The Hollywood Reporter in September. The amusement park would take up 100+ acres, with retail, dining and possibly a hotel. “Our goal is to create a truly premium themed entertainment experience right in Music City that reflects the unique humor and heart of Nateland, while also delivering a world-class destination for families,” said Storyland’s founder and chief creative officer Mel McGowan in a statement announcing the partnership.