Ray Romano to star Netflix's No Good Deeds / 50 Cent producing a Sean "Diddy" Combs documentary / Loki tops Nielsen's Streaming Top 10

PLUS: Brittney Griner signs a sweeping deal with Disney to tell her story via an ABC scripted series, an ESPN documentary and an ABC News interview.

Ray Romano to star Netflix's No Good Deeds dark comedy from Dead to Me creator Liz Feldman
The Emmy-winning former Everybody Loves Raymond star is returning to TV to star to play Paul, "a contractor desperate to retire, pay off his debts and get out of Los Angeles," per Variety. "Constantly stressed and flat broke, Paul’s solution to his money problems is to sell his beautiful Los Feliz home, but his past mistakes will continue to haunt him." No Good Deeds follows “three very different families vying to buy the very same 1920s Spanish style villa that they think will solve all their problems. But as the sellers have already discovered, sometimes the home of your dreams can be a total nightmare,” per the official logline. Netflix ordered Dead to Me to series in May 2022. Since Everybody Loves Raymond, Romano has starred on HBO Max's Made for Love and Epix's Get Shorty. He also recently guest-starred on Bupkis and Bookie.

Brittney Griner signs a sweeping deal with Disney to tell her story via an ABC scripted series, an ESPN documentary and an ABC News interview
As part of her new deal, the WNBA star, who was released from a Russian prison one year ago this week, will tell her story a scripted drama series from ABC Signature, and ESPN Films documentary and via an interview with ABC News' Robin Roberts. “The last two years have been the most harrowing, transformative and illuminating period of my life, and I am grateful to be in a place now to share my story with the world,” Griner said in a statement. “I’m proud to partner with ESPN and Disney to share this very personal story because of its incredible potential to inspire hope around the world and their proven ability to do just that.” Griner was imprisoned for 10 months in 2022 on marijuana charges.

50 Cent producing a documentary on the sexual assault allegations against Sean “Diddy” Combs
Following news that a fourth woman has come forward with allegations against the hip-hop mogul, 50 Cent tweeted that he's making a documentary via his G-Unit Film & Television production company, tweeting out some from the untitled film. “Proceeds from this Documentary will go to victims of Sexual Assault and Rape,” 50 Cent wrote.

Loki tops Nielsen's Streaming Top 10
Among original series, Disney+’s Loki had 753 million viewing minutes for the week of Nov. 6-12. Netflix's All the Light We Can See was No. 2 with 744 million viewing minutes.

Emmys eligibility calendar is staying the same in 2024, despite the Hollywood strikes
The Primetime Emmys will stick with the June 1, 2023-May 31, 2024 eligibility window, while the Daytime Emmys will continue to consider shows between Jan. 1, 2023, and Dec. 31, 2023.

Peaky Blinders mourns the loss of Benjamin Zephaniah
The 65-year-old British poet, writer and actor who played Jeremiah “Jimmy” Jesus on Peaky Blinders died today, eight weeks after he was diagnosed with a brain tumor. “We are so shocked and devastated at the news of the death of our friend Benjamin Zephaniah,” Peaky Blinders' social media accounts posted in a statement. “He was a much-loved, instrumental, and influential part of the Peaky Blinders family from the very start, as well as to the creative community at large.” Peaky Blinders star Cillian Murphy also paid tribute, saying in a statement: “Benjamin was a truly gifted and beautiful human being — a generational poet, writer, musician and activist. A proud Brummie and a Peaky Blinder. I’m so saddened by this news. RIP.”

Unstable adding Lamorne Morris and Iris Apatow for Season 2, bringing back Fred Armisen
The Rob Lowe-John Owen Lowe Netflix comedy has cast Morris as the charismatic founder of a biotech start-up. Apatow, the youngest daughter of Judd Apatow and Leslie Mann, will portray the irreverent ex-stepdaughter of Sian Clifford's Anna, who becomes an unwilling Dragon intern.

Disney+ is mulling adding a shopping and game experience
The new hub, which could be announced next month, would allow subscribers to easily purchase merchandise related to Disney+ shows and movies.

Jersey Shore Family Vacation renewed for Season 5
MTV's renewal comes after the second half of Season 4 had the franchise's highest ratings.

CNN to host two Republican primary debates in January
According to Deadline, CNN, which has been shut out of the debates so far, "is hosting the debate on its own. CNN said that the RNC is expected to announce this week that candidates will be released from the requirement that they do not participate in debates not sanctioned by the party." The first debate is set for Jan. 10 in Des Moines, Iowa. The second will be held in Goffstown, New Hampshire on Jan. 23. ALSO: NewsNation’s Republican debate draws “Super Bowl”-like 1.6 million to the cable outlet and 2.5 million to corporate sibling The CW.

Alan Ruck sued by another driver in restaurant car crash
The former Succession star is being sued for negligence by another driver who alleges that Ruck's Halloween crash into a pizzeria off Hollywood Blvd resulted in Ruck crashing into his bumper and propelling him into at The intersection of Hollywood Blvd and La Brea Ave.

New Year’s Rockin’ Eve reveals its talent lineup, including Green Day, Ellie Goulding and Janelle Monáe
Aqua, Doechii, Loud Luxury x Two Friends with Bebe Rexha, Ludacris, Nile Rodgers & CHIC, Paul Russell, Reneé Rapp with Coco Jones, and Thirty Seconds to Mars will also be performing at Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2024.

Peacock planning a Hard Knocks-style docuseries for Notre Dame football
The docuseries would be an extension for NBC Universal, which has had media rights to Notre Dame football for years.

Andrea Fay Friedman, Life Goes On star with Down syndrome, dies at 53
Friedman starred in the third and fourth seasons of the ABC 1989-1993 family drama, playing Amanda Swanson, a college student with Down syndrome who dates and later elopes with, the show’s main character Charles “Corky” Thatcher (Chris Burke), who also has Down syndrome. As Deadline notes, "both the series and Friedman’s storyline were revolutionary in both casting and fully-rounded depictions of people with the syndrome." Friedman went on to have guest-roles on 7th Heaven, Law & Order: SVU, ER, The Division, Saving Grace and Family Guy.

Michelle Yeoh reminds us she's an action queen in Netflix's The Brothers Sun trailer
Premiering Jan. 4, The Brothers Sun, from creators Byron Wu and Brad Falchuk, is equal parts a dark action comedy and an intergenerational family saga.

Donald Glover and Maya Erskine are John and Jane Smith in Amazon's Mr. & Mrs. Smith trailer
Watch them have a "meet-brutal" in the reimagining of the 2005 film starring Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt. Mr. & Mrs. Smith premieres Feb. 2.

AMC+ releases Sanctuary: A Witch’s Tale's trailer
The seven-part series, premiering Jan. 4 and adapted from the V.V. James novel of the same name, is set in the fictional English town of Sanctuary, a place where witches are not only known to the community, but are able to live in the open.

Watch Netflix's trailer for Harlan Coben's Fool Me Once
The British drama series, the latest Coben Netflix adaptation, stars Michelle Keegan, Adeel Akhtar, Richard Armitage, Joanna Lumley, Emmett J. Scanlan and Dino Fetscher. Fool Me Once premieres Jan. 1.