Travis Kelce poised to host celeb-focused Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader? / Beyoncé appears to call out CMA Awards / Netflix pivots to Receiver

PLUS: Jessica Biel to star in Peacock's The Good Daughter.

Travis Kelce is in talks to host a celebrity-focused reboot of Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader? for Amazon
The Kansas City Chiefs tight end and boyfriend of Taylor Swift is poised to plunge further into the entertainment world with an Amazon Prime Video reboot of the long-running game show Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader? that would feature celebrities instead of kids. This would mark Kelce's latest entertainment industry venture after starring on E!'s Catching Kelce, hosting Saturday Night Live and producing a movie called My Dead Friend Zoe. But Kelce would not be the first NFL star to host a game show. Michael Strahan and Peyton Manning respectively host ABC's The $100,000 Pyramid and NBC's College Bowl. But unlike them, Kelce is still an active NFL player, raising questions about his commitment to filming. Originally hosted by Jeff Foxworthy, Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader? aired for six seasons between 2007 and 2019, first on Fox, then in syndication, then on Fox again before a final rebooted season on Nickelodeon in 2019.

Jessica Biel to star in Peacock's The Good Daughter
Biel will star in and executive produce the limited series psychological suspense thriller is the second adaptation of a Karin Slaughter novel. The author's book Pieces of Her was adapted for Netflix in 2022, starring Toni Collette. Here's the official description: “Sisters Charlotte (Biel) and Samantha Quinn have spent the last twenty-eight years trying to piece together the lives that were fractured by a single night of violence. When another attack splinters the small town of Pikeville, Charlotte is the first witness on the scene. Now a lawyer like her father, she’s forced to confront her own demons as the case twists through one shocking revelation after another. In the end, both she and Samantha find themselves wondering if the price of being the good daughter was worth it after all.”

Beyoncé appears to call out the CMA Awards
While unveiling the Cowboy Carter cover artwork today, the singer wrote that the Renaissance sequel was “born out of an experience” she’d had years prior where she “did not feel welcomed,” adding, “it was very clear that I wasn’t.” Beyoncé fans think she was referring to the backlash over her 2016 CMA Awards performance alongside The Chicks (then known as The Dixie Chicks). As Billboard's Hannah Dailey recounts, "there was backlash before the superstar even took the stage. A pre-show announcement teasing her performance sparked calls for a CMAs boycott on social media, with some people blasting the awards show for including Bey, whose tribute to the Black Panther Party during her performance of Formation at the 2016 Super Bowl had also earned pushback. (Some viewers also called for a boycott due to the inclusion of The Chicks, who famously pissed off the country music industry by criticizing George W. Bush at the height of the Iraq War in 2003.) After the performance, there was no mention of her appearance on the CMAs website."

Netflix pivots to Receiver after failure to find new subjects for Quarterback
The eight-episode Receiver, premiering this summer, will follow six of the NFL's top wide receivers: Las Vegas Raider Davante Adams, Minnesota Viking Justin Jefferson, San Francisco 49ers George Kittle and Deebo Samuel and Detroit Lion Amon-ra St. Brown. Receiver, from Peyton Manning's Omaha Productions and NFL Films, comes after the success of Quarterback last year. But Quarterback had trouble finding participants for Season 2.

Former Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat is returning to pen an episode for Ncuti Gatwa's Doctor
The BBC announced today that Moffat, who helmed Doctor Who from 2010 to 2017, will make "an explosive return as he writes an episode of Ncuti Gatwa’s first season as the Doctor."

Donald Trump sues ABC News and George Stephanopoulos for defamation over viral interview with Rep. Nancy Mace
Mace and Stephanopoulos recently went viral recently on This Week after the Republican congresswoman from South Carolina accused him of trying to shame her as a rape victim when he asked about Trump being found liable for sexually abusing E. Jean Carroll. "The distinction between what Judge Kaplan called 'rape' as it is 'commonly understood' and 'sexual abuse' as it appeared in the verdict of one of the trials is at the crux of a suit that Trump filed — a suit that misidentifies him as 'President Donald J. Trump,'" explains Mediaite's Tommy Christopher.

Whoopi Goldberg and Sunny Hostin reveal on The View they've used weight loss medications
Goldberg revealed she used an Ozempic-like medication to lose weight after going to 300 pounds for the movie Till. “I just always felt like me, and then I saw me and I was like, Oh, that’s a lot of me," Goldberg said, per Deadline. Hostin says she also used a weight loss medication after gaining 40 pounds during the pandemic. Hostin said the public reaction to her weight loss was surprisingly unpleasant. “I got all these nasty emails saying you’re too skinny and why did you do this and you’re taking the drug away from diabetics. So there is shame when you’ve gained weight and I had never experienced that kind of shame before. And what I loved about what she (Oprah) said is obesity is a disease…” ALSO: Whoopi Goldberg appears to check out on The View amid Kate Middleton discussion.

Drake Bell calls out Ned’s Declassified stars for joking about his abuse allegations
Devon Werkheiser, Lindsay Shaw and Daniel Curtis Lee, who starred on Nickelodeon’s Ned’s Declassified School Survival Guide, made light of Bell's allegations against Nickelodeon acting and dialogue coach on their podcast discussing their show. Bell responded on Twitter/X Monday night, writing: “Ned’s Declassless…this is wild…laugh it up guys…laugh it up. ‘Give me your h*les!!’ Really?!”

No, MrBeast's new Amazon reality show isn't handing out the biggest prize in reality TV history
Amazon Prime Video touted the YouTube star's Beast Games as having a historically big prize with $5 million. But as Reality Blurred's Andy Dehnart, a $5 million grand prize has been done before, including on The X Factor. "Amazon’s announcement seems designed to one-up Netflix’s Squid Game: The Challenge prize of $4.56 million, which itself was declared to be the 'Biggest Cash Prize in TV History,'" he says.

All six seasons of Community are coming to Peacock
The streamer, which will be home to the upcoming Community movie, has acquired all five NBC seasons of Community, plus the sixth Yahoo Screens season. Community joins Peacock on April 1.

ESPN's Hannah Storm reveals private battle with breast cancer
The veteran ESPN sportscaster revealed on Good Morning America this morning that she was diagnosed with a non-invasive, stage zero breast cancer called ductal carcinoma in situ, (DCIS) in January. “I was shocked,” Storm told GMA’s Robin Roberts of her diagnosis. “Because I had had mammograms every year. I have no risk factors, I had no breast cancer in my family. I did not have a lump, I did not have pain, I didn’t have any genetic disposition to breast cancer. And what I came to learn is that the vast majority of women who are diagnosed with breast cancer don’t have risk factors.”

Christina Applegate: I'm not interested in playing character that shares my MS diagnosis
“I could not do that, it would be too sappy,” Applegate explained on the first episode of her and fellow MS sufferer Jamie-Lynn Sigler’s new podcast MeSsy, explaining what her life has been like since her diagnosis, according to The Daily Beast. “I physically just don’t feel good and I physically just don’t look like myself. I don’t know how to get out of this rut of self loathing and just giving up.”

James Cromwell, Aaron Douglas and Stana Katic join Fox's Murder in a Small Town
They are among six new additions to the international drama series starring Rossif Sutherland and Kristin Kreuk. Mya Lowe, Savonna Spracklin and Fritzy-Klevans Destine are also joining the cast.

Patton Oswalt, Michael Ornstein, Elle-Maija Tailfeathers and Sarah Grace White are among 10 joining Kurt Sutter‘s The Abandons
The Sons of Anarchy creator's Netflix Western drama has also cast Brían F. O’Byrne, Haig Sutherland, Jack Doolan, Jonathan Koensgen, Katelyn Wells and Marc Menchaca.

It's official: ESPN will remain home of the College Football Playoffs through 2031 in a $7.8 billion deal
Although ESPN didn't release financial terms, the new six-year agreement will pay the CFP and participating conferences $1.3 billion annually.

Total Access, NFL Network's first studio show, is dark this week apparently in a cost-cutting move
NFL Network has replaced Total Access, which usually airs at 7 p.m. ET, with Good Morning Football. "It’s strange, to say the least, that the league would press pause on the show in the week between the start of free agency and the annual meetings in Florida. A network spokesperson has not respond to multiple requests for comment," says ProFootballTalk's Mike Florio, adding: "One source with knowledge of the network’s current dynamics suggests it’s just another effort to cut costs at a time when the entire NFL Network/NFL.com operation remains in limbo regarding a potential sale. Coverage for the Super Bowl and the Scouting Combine was, in the source’s view, dramatically reduced. There also have been (and apparently will be) more remote contributions, all in a perceived effort to cut costs." Total Access is scheduled to return next week.

Bosch: Legacy adds five for Season 3
Andrea Cortes, Tommy Martinez, Orla Brady, Michael Reilly Burke and Dale Dickey will recur on the Amazon Prime Video series.

HBO's untitled Mare of Easttown creator's task force drama rounds out its cast
Brad Ingelsby's untitled series has added Isaach De Bankolé, Phoebe Fox, Silvia Dionicio and Coral Peña to the cast led by Mark Ruffalo.

Netflix orders a French thriller series starring Isabelle Adjani and a Dutch crime series starring Famke Janssen
The untitled French thriller series "revolves around a young mother on the run finds an unexpected opportunity to bounce back by becoming a picker in a prestigious flower farm in Provence. But the mysterious death of the family patriarch of the company casts her under the spotlight as the prime suspect," per Variety. "As she grapples with the mounting accusations, she uncovers a shocking revelation – she’s the unexpected beneficiary of the late patriarch’s estate, unearthing her deeply-rooted connections to this affluent lineage." Janssen will star in Amsterdam Empire, which follows "Jack van Doorn, the rich and notorious founder of the coffee shop empire Jackal, who has to fight criminals, competitors and absurd Dutch laws to thrive. When his affair with a well-known journalist comes to light, it turns out that his most dangerous enemy has been living under his roof all this time: his betrayed wife."

Superman & Lois casts Douglas Smith as Jimmy Olsen
The Big Little Lies alum will play the iconic Daily Planet photographer on The CW series' fourth and final season.

Late Night with Seth Meyers releases "A Brief Oral History" to mark its 10th anniversary
Listen as Meyers' Late Night staff discuss how they launched the fourth iteration of the NBC late-night show.

Fox Nation renews Crime Cam 24/7 for Season 2
The crime show hosted by Live PD alum Sean “Sticks” Larkin returns for its second season on March 29.

Disney+'s The Acolyte trailer plunges Star Wars into twilight
The Leslye Headland-created live-action series "is one of its most ambitious yet—a series that will bring a previously unexplored era to the small screen, and with it darkness. The Acolyte, a story that will foretell the downfall of the Jedi Order from its highest highs and examine the rise of the Dark Side, is nearly here, and we finally have a look at its sinister heart," says James Whitbrook. ALSO: Leslye Headland breaks down The Acolyte's first trailer: "I really wanted to tell a story about the Sith."

Interview with the Vampire releases an extended Season 2 trailer
Here's a 3-1/2 minute look at the AMC Anne Rice drama's second season, premiering May 12.

Watch Max's trailer for Conan O'Brien Must Go
Conan visits Norway, Thailand, Argentina and Ireland to meet some of the people who appeared his podcast Conan O’Brien Needs a Fan in his new Max travel docuseries, which premiers on his 61st birthday on April 18.

Check out Jeff Goldblum as Zeus in Netflix's Kaos
Goldblum’s Zeus is “king of the Gods, ruler of the world. He’s cruel, stylish and all-powerful. That is, until he’s not in Kaos creator Charlie Covell's "bold, darkly comic, contemporary take on Greek mythology: exploring love, power, and life in the underworld."

PBS' Masterpiece releases the trailer for MaryLand, starring Eve Best, Suranne Jones and Stockard Channing
Premiering May 5, MaryLand follows two sisters are brought back into each others lives as they unearth the truth about their mother’s sudden death and her double life on the Isle of Man.

Orlando Bloom pushes himself To the Edge in Peacock docuseries trailer
In his new docuseries, premiering April 18, the "actor and adventure enthusiast Orlando Bloom embarks on a physical, mental and spiritual journey of self-discovery as he undertakes three extreme sports -- wingsuiting, free diving and rock climbing -- to push himself to the edge of what is possible," says Peacock.