Sarah Paulson is set to play serial killer Aileen Wuornos on Monster Season 4 / GLAAD: TV is losing nearly half of LGBTQ characters / Hulu renews Reasonable Doubt
PLUS: HBO Max orders two pilots with The Pitt model of 15+ episodes per season.
Sarah Paulson is set to reteam with Ryan Murphy to play serial killer Aileen Wuornos on Monster Season 4
Paulson is in talks to join the Lizzie Borden-focused fourth season of Netflix’s Monster as the notorious serial killer Aileen Wuornos, who was convicted of killing seven men in Florida, where she was executed in 2002, according to Variety. Paulson would join Ella Beatty, who has been cast as Borden, and Season 3 Monster: The Ed Gein Story star Charlie Hunnam, who is playing Borden’s father. Charlize Theron won an Oscar in 2004 for playing Wuornos in the 2003 film Monster. “Given that Wuornos is not the focus of the season, it stands to reason that Season 4 will examine Borden’s impact on the perception of and connection to other female killers, much like how Season 3 explored the impact of Ed Gein’s crimes on popular culture,” says Variety’s Joe Otterson. Other actresses have played Wuornos on screen, including Lily Rabe on the fifth season of Murphy’s American Horror Story. This would be the latest collaboration between Murphy and Paulson, who is currently starring on his Hulu legal series All’s Fair.
GLAAD: TV is losing nearly half of LGBTQ characters
That’s according to the 20th anniversary “Where We Are on TV” report on LGBTQ representation. “Despite the 2025 report (read it here) showing a slight uptick from last year’s 468 to 489 LGBTQ characters across all platforms, that number takes a major blow as more than 200 (41%) of those characters will not return, due to series cancellations, endings or limited series format,” says Deadline’s Glenn Garner. “With 96 (20%) LGBTQ characters on shows that have not yet been renewed, their onscreen fates hang in the balance.” GLAAD also noted “a large and concerning number” of trans-inclusive series that have ended, including 9-1-1: Lone Star, Kaos and Clean Slate.
Hulu renews Reasonable Doubt for Season 4
The pickup comes ahead of the Onyx Collective legal drama’s Season 3 finale on Nov. 13.
HBO’s Harry Potter series will not have a narrator
“There has been chatter on Harry Potter forums, aggregator accounts, and in the British media about an actor presiding over the series from a recording booth,” explains Deadline’s Jake Kanter. “The rumor appears to have originated on blog Redanian Intelligence, which claimed that British actor Tom Turner (Beauty and the Beast) had been cast as series narrator. Turner’s voice agency touts his ‘rich’ and ‘luxurious’ tones, but HBO sources said they will not be part of Potter, which is scheduled to premiere in 2027.”
Dallas Cowboys star Marshawn Kneeland dies at age 24, two nights after playing on Monday Night Football and scoring his first touchdown
The Cowboys defensive end was found dead early Thursday morning in Frisco, Texas, from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound after crashing his vehicle following a police chase, the Texas Department of Public Safety said. According to TMZ, dispatch audio reveals that his girlfriend and family members had contacted authorities after receiving concerning messages from him. Kneeland, who was drafted in the second round of the 2024 NFL Draft, had a career triumphant moment on this week’s Monday Night Football game between the Cowboys and the Arizona Cardinals, scoring his first-ever touchdown on a blocked punt.
HBO Max orders two pilots with The Pitt model of 15+ episodes per season
The streamer has ordered cop drama American Blue from former Supernatural showrunner Jeremy Carver and family drama How to Survive Without Me from Greg Berlanti and Robbie Rogers. American Blue centers on native son Brian ‘Milk’ Milkovich who returns to his hometown of Joliet, Illinois, to rescue a beleaguered police force while seeking redemption of his own” and is aimed at evoking Hill Street Blues and NYPD Blue, according to Deadline. How to Survive Without Me is described as like Six Feet Under. “This show is essentially about a group of adult siblings and their father, about grief and love and their lives in Los Angeles,” say HBO Max head of originals Sarah Aubrey, who adds that she and HBO and HBO Max boss Casey Bloys “saw this white space in the streaming landscape of people not making network-style shows with 15+ episodes that return annually. And both of those are very important factors, because one, with 15 episodes, you really give people an opportunity to sink into a world. It’s one of the reasons why certain older shows, people binge them like crazy, because they’re able to watch more than eight episodes every two years.”
Carol Burnett donates her more than 140 industry awards to her alma mater UCLA
According to Variety, the TV icon’s numerous awards include seven Emmys, “six Golden Globes, a Grammy, a Tony, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Kennedy Center Honor, multiple Peabody Awards, a Stephen Sondheim Award, a 1976 Creative Circle Award (shaped like a golden typewriter), the SAG Lifetime Achievement Award, the Globes’ first Carol Burnett Lifetime Achievement Award for Television and much more.”
Andy Cohen accuses Jenna Bush Hager of stealing a Watch What Happens Live game for Today with Jenna & Friends
“We get games stolen all the time, and we say nothing,” Cohen said on Wednesday’s Watch What Happens Live, according to People. He then added: “‘Prompter Wars,’ I’m looking at you, Jenna Bush.” As People notes, Cohen has been playing “Prompter Wars” on his show for years. He even brought it to Today with Hoda & Jenna last year when Bush Hager was absent.
Taylor Tomlinson tapes her fourth Netflix standup special
The former After Midnight host recently filmed her untitled special at Michigan’s 101-year-old Fountain Street Church. The special follows 2024’s Have At It, 2022’s Look At You and 2020’s Quarter-Life Crisis.
ESPN takes its name off of ESPN Bet as it partners with Draftkings
ESPN is shifting its strategy on online sports gambling, ending its partnership with Penn Entertainment, which operated the ESPN Bet sportsbook app. ESPN is forming a new partnership with DraftKings, a leading sports betting company. ESPN’s on-air staff will use DraftKings’ odds starting Dec. 1. According to the Los Angeles Times’ Stephen Battaglio, the ESPN Bet app “simply didn’t reach its financial targets in the highly competitive business, which operates in the 31 states where online gambling is legal.” ESPN Bet recently made headlines when ESPN had to remove its banner from Get Up during a discussion on the FBI’s NBA gambling arrests. ALSO: ESPN Bet will go down as one of ESPN’s signature failures.
President Trump’s televised press conference abruptly ends after a person standing behind him fainted
Novo Nordisk’s healthcare executive Gordon Findlay’s collapse prompted Trump to end his press conference touting agreements with drugmakers Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said: “The White House Medical Unit quickly jumped into action, and the gentleman is okay.”
Survey: 24% of YouTube TV subscribers plan to cancel or have already canceled their subscription over Disney blackout
“That’s according to a survey of about 1,100 U.S. consumers fielded this week by market research firm Drive Research,” says Variety’s Todd Spangler. “In addition, 30% of YouTube TV subs said they have subscribed or plan to subscribe directly to ESPN Unlimited or Hulu + Live TV to keep access to the sporting events and networks they want to watch. About 22% said they use or (expect to use) someone else’s login for ESPN or Hulu + Live TV — while 15% admitted they have used or may consider an illegal stream.” ALSO: Monday Night Football viewership fell 21.4% from the same week last year with ESPN blackout on YouTube TV.
Author whose memoir inspired Netflix’s Boots was “puzzled” over Trump’s White House calling the show “woke garbage”
Boots is adapted from Greg Hope White’s 2015 book The Pink Marine based on his time as a Marine in the 1980s. White tells Collider of the Trump administration’s statement: ”I was just puzzled because, yes, we’re supporting what the Marine Corps does. So, I’m happy if it shined some light, whether it’s refracted or not, if it made people more aware, because once they’re in… I wouldn’t have launched this book or the quest to have it made into a show if I didn’t believe in the power of the story, not just from my point of view, but this world. That’s what was always easy to talk about when we were in a room talking about this project before it even came to fruition was the naturally organic world that you have, with this rich cultural landscape.”
Late-night hosts celebrate Democrat Election Night victories
“It was a blue wave across America on Election Day. The Late Show, Late Night, The Daily Show, and The Tonight Show celebrated democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani’s triumph over the Trump-endorsed Andrew Cuomo in the New York City mayoral race in addition to Virginia governor-elect Abigail Spanberger and New Jersey governor-elect Mikie Sherrill,” says Vulture’s Bethy Squires and Jason P. Frank. “On the back of President Donald Trump declaring war on late night, Jordan Klepper, Stephen Colbert, Seth Meyers, Jimmy Kimmel, and even Jimmy Fallon took the opportunity to call Trump a loser, celebrate Mamdani’s new policies, and, for the first time in a while, feel ‘good.’”
Apple TV releases the first four minutes of Vince Gilligan’s Pluribus
The spoilery footage reveals the source of conflict for the Rhea Seehorn-led drama series ahead of its premiere on Friday.
Timothée Chalamet says “no” to returning to TV
The two-time Oscar nominee began his acting career on the small screen as a teenager with roles on Homeland, Royal Pains and Law & Order. But after starring in Interstellar, Chalamet hasn’t been back on TV. “No appointment HBO programming,” Mattie Kahn writes in a Vogue profile of Chalamet. “No slick FX series. When I ask if he thinks he’ll ever return to it, Chalamet responds with a simple, self-assured ‘no.’ He doesn’t hedge with an out for ‘the right project’ or offer some caveat about a certain director. He just flashes a movie-star smile, and that is the end of our on-the-record conversation about that.” ALSO: Timothée Chalamet has watched Lena Dunham’s Too Much — but has yet to consume Girls.
Emma Laird boards HBO and Sky’s War
The Mayor of Kingstown star will co-star with Dominic West and Sienna Miller on the legal series set in the elite world of London law.
Mayfair Witches adds James Frain and Eliza Scanlen
The Gotham alum and the former Dope Girls star’s series regular roles are being kept under wraps.
Apple TV orders “race-against-the-clock” French presidential thriller series La Décision, starring Diane Kruger and Raphaël Personnaz
“In the race-against-the-clock seven-episode series, the French president (Personnaz) searches for a girl who is his illegitimate daughter, born of a secret affair unknown to his wife and confidante Nora (Kruger),” per Deadline. “When the kidnapping becomes a matter of state, the entire French government apparatus intervenes to find the little girl.”
Paramount+ shares the first images of The Revenge Club
The drama series made for Paramount+ UK & Ireland “ follows a group of lonely, hapless strangers brought together by a divorce support group who, despite little common ground, form an unlikely bond and come up with a plan to take revenge on the people who broke their hearts,” per Deadline. “What starts as a cathartic process spirals out-of-control, as the line between justice and madness blurs.”
BBC’s Celebrity Traitors UK finale was briefly leaked in Canada
According to BBC News, the finale was uploaded in error and watched by a few hundred people on the Canadian streaming service Crave before it was removed.
Why are ESPN’s top personalities shilling for a sketchy Solitaire app?
“What has happened throughout the day on Wednesday is borderline heinous,” says Awful Announcing’s Drew Lerner of social media posts by Stephen A. Smith, Mina Kimes, Laura Rutledge and Kendrick Perkins. “We’re not talking basic corporate shilling. We’re talking about endorsing a company you don’t even work for. In fact, we’re talking about endorsing a company that is currently facing a lawsuit that alleges it defrauded customers by placing them in real-money games with bots instead of human players, as it advertised.” ALSO: The Solitaire app pushed by ESPN stars is facing a lawsuit accusing it of false advertising and rigged games.
HBO’s Thoughts & Prayers delves into America’s mass shooting crisis: Watch the trailer
HBO says of Thoughts & Prayers, premiering Nov. 18 from directors Zackary Canepari and Jessica Dimmock: “This arresting yet sobering feature documentary captures the current landscape of safety rituals in schools and communities across America, where classrooms double as tactical training grounds, bullet-proof backpacks become armor, and conferences showcase the latest survival gadgets for a nation where mass shootings have become a part of everyday life. Equal parts absurd and unsettlingly real, the film traces the $3 billion active shooter preparedness industry and its effect on students and educators, raising important questions about the unintended consequences of these intense preparations. In the absence of meaningful prevention efforts and gun reform, how far will Americans go to prepare for active shooters?”
Percy Jackson & The Olympians unveils Season 2 trailer
The trailer for the Dec. 10 premiere teases quite a big undertaking for Percy and his friends as the fate of the camp falls into his hands once again.
The Night Manager teases Season 2
The BBC and Amazon have released the first footage of the Tom Hiddleston spy thriller series’ second season.
Netflix shares the first look at Stranger Things: Tales From ‘85
A new featurette released on Thursday reveals the first footage of the Stranger Things animated series that premieres in 2026.
Hulu’s Caroline Flack: Search for the Truth trailer reveals the late British host’s texts and audio before her death by suicide in 2020
The two-part docuseries on the late Love Island, The X Factor and Strictly Come Dancing host premieres Nov. 10.
Apple TV releases the trailer for French-language thriller series The Hunt
Benoît Megimel and Mélanie Laurent star in the gripping thriller premiering Dec. 3 with two episodes, followed by a weekly release.
Apple TV’s Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age Season 3 gets a trailer and premiere date
Apple promises “new creatures” and a “new era” when Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age returns Nov. 26.
Watch the trailer for Netflix’s One Shot With Ed Sheeran: A Music Experience
“One New York City, one continuous shot, and no redos,” Netflix says of the special premiering Nov. 21. “Global superstar and multi-time Grammy Award winner Ed Sheeran invites you on a one hour tour of New York City as he performs his greatest hits in one uninterrupted continuous shot across the city.”