Robin Wright to lead Amazon's The Girlfriend / The Conners is expected to be renewed for a final season / Andy Garcia joins Landman

PLUS: Cobra Kai's 15-episode final season will air in three parts, with the series finale set for 2025.

Robin Wright to lead Amazon drama series The Girlfriend
The former House of Cards star is returning to TV in Amazon Prime Video's adaptation of Michelle Frances' 2018 novel The Girlfriend, joined by Olivia Cooke, Laurie Davidson and Waleed Zuaiter. Wright will also serve as director. According to the official description, “Laura (Wright) wants for nothing. She has a glittering career, a loving husband, Howard (Zuaiter), and, above all, she has Daniel (Davidson), her precious only son. But Laura’s seemingly perfect life is blown apart when Daniel brings home Cherry (Cooke), the girlfriend who changes everything. After an uncomfortable first meeting, Laura grows convinced that Cherry isn’t who she says she is. While no one else can see what she sees, Laura refuses to stand by and watch Daniel be deceived. She’ll do anything to protect him. As things go from bad to deadly, the question is, is Cherry a manipulative social climber? Or is Laura paranoid and possessive? The truth is a matter of perspective.”

The Conners is poised to be renewed for a shortened 7th and final season
"Good news for The Conners fans," reports Deadline's Nellie Andreeva. "The Roseanne followup, which just marked its 100th episode, will be getting a seventh season. The renewal is being finalized, with a short order to wrap the story expected, sources said. I hear it will be around 6 episodes, and the main cast, including John Goodman, Laurie Metcalf, Sara Gilbert and Lecy Goranson, is expected to return. Six seasons in, The Conners, from Tom Werner’s Werner Entertainment, remains a sturdy ratings performer."

SNL to end Season 49 with Maya Rudolph and Jake Gyllenhaal
Saturday Night Live alum Rudolph, who previously hosted in 2012 and 2021, will host for the third time on May 11, joined by musical guest Vampire Weekend. Gyllenhaal, who hosted in 2007 and 2022, has been tapped to host the season finale on May 18, with musical guest Sabrina Carpenter.

Andy Garcia to star opposite Billy Bob Thornton on Taylor Sheridan's Landman
Garcia will play Galino, an extremely capable, powerful and practical man on the Paramount+ drama set in the proverbial boomtowns of West Texas.

Jordan Peele is producing a Nope-inspired Peacock docuseries that dismantles the whitewashed mythology of the cowboy
The untitled series is inspired by themes from Peele's 2022 movie Nope, "which starred Daniel Kaluuya and Keke Palmer as horse-wrangling siblings attempting to capture evidence of a UFO in Agua Dulce, California," per Deadline. "The docuseries will rewrite a foundational piece of American history, unmasking the forces that erased the identity of the Black cowboy from frontier history and present." Keith McQuirter, who directed MGM+’s By Whatever Means Necessary: The Godfather of Harlem, will serve as showrunner.

Cobra Kai's 15-episode final season will air in three parts, with the series finale set for 2025
Part one of the sixth and final season will arrive on July 18, part two on Nov. 28, and the finale event is scheduled for some time in 2025, Netflix revealed in a Date Announcement trailer.

CBS declares itself winner of the truncated 2023-2024 broadcast TV season
CBS has been averaging 5.59 million viewers this season, putting it 580,000 ahead of its closest competitor NBC. Tracker, TV's most-watched new show, helped boost CBS, as did NCIS, Young Sheldon and FBI.

Aubrey Plaza to produce a series adaption of her crime movie Emily The Criminal
The 2022 crime thriller, written and directed by John Patton Ford, is the latest movie to be adapted for TV. Plaza will serve as an executive producer, but won't star. Emily The Criminal "follows Emily (Plaza), who is saddled with student debt and locked out of the job market due to a minor criminal record," per Deadline. "Desperate for income, she takes a shady gig as a 'dummy shopper,' buying goods with stolen credit cards supplied by a handsome and charismatic middleman named Youcef (Theo Rossi). Faced with a series of dead-end job interviews, Emily soon finds herself seduced by the quick cash and illicit thrills of black-market capitalism, and increasingly interested in her mentor Youcef. Together, they hatch a plan to bring their business to the next level in Los Angeles."

Jon Stewart to host The Daily Show on Thursday instead of Monday next week
Because of Stewart's participation in the Netflix Is a Joke fest, he'll take Monday's Daily Show off and host the Thursday edition. Jordan Klepper will host Monday through Wednesday.

John Cleese cuts N-word from his Fawlty Towers stage revival
Cleese said he opted to omit racial slurs from his West End theatrical adaptation of the classic 1970s sitcom because in contemporary Britain there are too many “literal-minded people” who “don’t understand irony." “Whenever you’re doing comedy you’re up against the literal-minded, and the literal-minded don’t understand irony and if you take them seriously you get rid of a lot of comedy,” Cleese said, explaining the reason for altering the script.

Bridgerton creator Chris Van Dusen sets Girl Abroad as his next series
Van Dusen is teaming with A24 to adapt author Elle Kennedy’s new novel Girl Abroad, released in February. Girl Abroad follows the daughter of a retired rock star who finds herself entangled in scandal and romance after she starts studying abroad in London.

Peabody Awards to honor Quinta Brunson and Mel Brooks
Abbott Elementary creator and star Brunson will be the second recipient of the Peabody Trailblazer Award after Issa Rae, while Brooks has won the Peabody Career Achievement Award.

Tom Hollander and Niamh Algar to star in Luther creator's Sky thriller series Iris
The eight-episode Iris from Luther creator Neil Cross, follows “a rootless but enigmatic genius, Iris Nixon (Algar) who steals a code from a charming philanthropist (Hollander) before vanishing.” A countdown to her capture begins as she attempts to find out just what the code could unleash. “All I wanted to do was to make a show I wanted to watch,” says Cross. “Iris is an unapologetically exciting, witty, chase-driven adventure show and features a lead character the like of which I don’t think we’ve ever met before on TV. With Niamh Algar and Tom Hollander bringing these complex characters to life, coupled with Terry McDonough’s direction, I couldn’t be more excited to share this world and these characters.”

SAG-AFTRA strikes deal with Nielsen to license its streaming data
The licensing deal will allow the actor's union to enforce the terms of its 2023 contract with Hollywood studios on streaming content.

Charles Barkley could become the richest free agent in sports TV history
The Inside the NBA star confirmed that he has an out clause if TNT loses NBA media rights, which Front Office Sports says could lead to a big payday for the NBA hall of famer. "As a free agent, Barkley, at 61, could draw offers of $18 million to $20 million annually, my sources predict," reports Front Office Sports' Michael McCarthy. "It’s a smart bet that ESPN, Amazon, and NBC would all vie for his services." Barkley is currently in the midst of a 10-year deal with TNT worth $100 million, or $10 million per year.

Survivor contestant has an Applebee's meltdown
"You might be wondering why everyone on social media was gossiping about Applebee’s on Wednesday evening," says Fletcher Peters. "No, it’s not because two characters in Challengers go on a dinner date to grab Dollaritas. It’s much more harrowing than that: A player on Survivor threw a full-on temper tantrum over not getting to eat one of Applebee’s (in)famous burgers as part of a reward challenge. Bummer. Throughout Season 46, marketing strategist Liz Wilcox has become a contestant known for two things, and two things only: She’s a millionaire (billionaire? No one really knows) and she has so many allergies that she hasn’t been able to eat anything since the merge. Following the most recent episode of Survivor, however, Liz will now be known for a third thing—Applebee’s." ALSO: Tiffany Ervin breaks down this week's episode.

Did Jimmy Fallon cheat on Password?
Some viewers feel Fallon should have been disqualified from Tuesday's episode.

Jake Tapper apologizes for reading "VonShitzinPants" from the Trump trial transcript
"Okay, I apologize for this update ahead of time," Tapper said on CNN. "But, Blanche, Todd Blanche, the Trump attorney, is specifically reading a post that Michael Cohen made on Twitter on April 22nd, and one in which he refers to Donald Trump as VonShitzinPants. That is just a factual record that I’m bringing before you. This is in the court transcript."

Dance Moms' Abby Lee Miller admits she was too "harsh" on her former students who "didn't have the talent"
“No matter how harsh I was on the kid, they weren’t gonna get it. They just didn’t have the talent.” Miller said on IMPACT x Nightline’s episode on Dance Moms, which is now available on Hulu.

Lifetime's Nicole Brown Simpson documentary gets a premiere date and trailer
The two-night The Life and Murder of Nicole Brown Simpson will air on June 1 and 2 in advance of the 30th anniversary of her and Ron Goldman's June 12, 1994 murder.

Watch Benedict Cumberbatch in Netflix's Eric trailer
Cumberbatch stars in the 1980s-set drama series as a father using his son’s imaginary friend to find his missing child. Eric premieres May 30.

We Are Lady Parts enters its villain era in Season 2 trailer
The British comedy about an all-female Muslim punk returns to Peacock on May 30.

The Great American Baking Show unveils the trailer for Season 2
Hosts Zach Cherry and Casey Wilson are back, alongside judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith, when the Roku reality show returns May 24.

Check out Patton Oswalt-hosted Amazon-Fox game show The 1% Club
The game show that tests the nation’s intelligence based on a scientific survey, based on a British format, will premiere first on Amazon Prime Video before debuting on Fox on June 3.

Max's Thirst with Shay Mitchell trailer features the actress exploring specialty drinks
Premiering May 23, Thirst follows the Pretty Little Liars alum as she travels around the world learning about various “drink trends, the best bars and 8,000 years of sipping history” from expert hosts.