Ben McKenzie Starrer 'The Hurt Unit' Not Moving Forward at ABC; Network Nixes 3 More Pilots

The Boy Meets World cast are mostly really close, even after all these years. But have you wondered if one lead in particular doesn’t want to have anything to do with the others?

Will Friedle isn’t the type of person to answer his phone while at a lunch — especially at a work lunch. In fact, he may have better manners than anyone I’ve ever met. But this was an exception. We’d been sitting for about 10 minutes — Friedle, Danielle Fishel, Rider Strong and me — gathered around a corner booth in a Studio City restaurant. “Oh, my gosh, I’m sorry, I have to take this,” he says after pulling his iPhone out of his pocket. He quickly turns it around, showing the group the names that are scrolling across the screen: “Bill & Bonnie Daniels.”

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are about to go their separate ways — well, sorta…

Five-year-olds in Britain are, on average, up to seven centimetres shorter than children in other wealthy nations, new data has revealed.

Jennifer Garner celebrated Father’s Day alongside her dad. Still, she took a moment to send a shout out to Ben Affleck, praising him for loving their kids like “no one” else.Jennifer Lopez flaunts her Ben Affleck tattoo in new sassy photosBen Affleck’s back tattoo: what to know about his majestic phoenixA post shared by Jennifer Garner (@jennifer.garner)In an Instagram post, Garner provided her followers with an update on her Father’s Day, sharing a photo of herself with her parents.

EXCLUSIVE: The Good Girls reunion of Jenna Bans, Bill Krebs and Retta is not happening — at least not at NBC. The network has passed on the untitled drama pilot (fka Murder by the Book), starring Retta and written and executive produced by Bans and Krebs. The studio behind the pilot, Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group, is expected to shop it.

EXCLUSIVE: Sad update on the plan to bring the story about the 2021 California School for the Deaf football team to the small screen; the limited series is not moving forward.

Kendall Jenner just gave a wide-ranging interview spanning a number of topics.

Ben Croll Founded in 1966, CGR Cinemas has since grown into France’s second-largest exhibition chain, boasting more than 700 screens across the country and a premium export branch in the guise of ICE Theaters. Since the beginning, the business has both remained in the hands of the Raymond family and stayed anchored in the southwest town of La Rochelle. After putting the company up for sale in 2021, owners Jean-Luc and Charles Raymond canceled the deal this past May, holding on to the company and installing Laurent Desmoulins as directing manager. Both Desmoulins and Charles Raymond will be on-hand at this year’s CineEurope, accompanying the wider ICE Theaters team to showing force on the convention floor.

Jennifer Garner was the second famous Jen to wish Ben Affleck a happy Father’s Day on Sunday (June 18).

Jennifer Lopez is showing her love for Ben Affleck on Father's Day with a steamy snapshot.The pop icon took to Instagram on Sunday to share a slideshow post, with a shirtless cover shot of Affleck showing off his ripped abs and sizable shoulder tattoos.«Daddy Appreciation Post,» Lopez wrote alongside the scruffy snapshot of her handsome hubby. «Happy Father’s Day Papa.»«And Happy Father’s Day to all the amazing Papas out there!!! We love you and appreciate you more than you will ever know,» Lopez added in the caption.A post shared by Jennifer Lopez (@jlo)The slideshow post also included a video montage of couple moments showing Affleck and Lopez being super cute together, as well as two selfies of the happily married couple cozying up and smiling.Affleck, of course, celebrated Father's Day as a dad of three — including daughters Violet, 17, Seraphina, 13, and son Samuel, 10, whom he shares with ex-wife Jennifer Garner.Garner, for her part, shared a special shoutout to Affleck as well.

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In addition to honoring her own dad, Jennifer Garner had a sweet message for ex-husband Ben Affleck on Father’s Day.

Jennifer Lopez turned up the heat on Father’s Day 2023.

EXCLUSIVE: NBC is not moving forward with Non-Evil Twin multi-camera comedy pilot, starring and executive produced by NBCUniversal late-night star Amber Ruffin.

The Weeknd‘s The Idol is reportedly not coming back for a second season.

Alison Herman TV Critic The hit British film “The Full Monty” — for a brief period in 1997, the most lucrative release in U.K. history — was, in some ways, the original “Magic Mike.” The comedy chronicled six unemployed ex-steelworkers in post-Thatcher North England as they formed a stripping troupe. (The name referred to the strippers’ willingness to bare all, genitalia included.) By treating sex work as a symbol of larger economic malaise, “The Full Monty” anticipated the approach Steven Soderbergh would take stateside over two decades later.  “Magic Mike” has since ballooned into a full-blown phenomenon spanning a trilogy of films, a reality show and a globally successful stage revue. “The Full Monty” has, until now, resisted such expansion. (There have been a handful of stage adaptations, though nothing on the scale of “Magic Mike Live.”) But on June 14, FX will stream all eight episodes of a TV sequel, also called “The Full Monty,” on Hulu. The show carries the same set of core characters a quarter century into the future — minus the nudity, but retaining the same bittersweet mix of working class social realism and irreverent humor to take the edge off. Even affable British indies, it would seem, are not immune from the modern IP boom.

McKinley Franklin editor Matt Damon and Ben Affleck’s production banner Artists Equity states that it “did not consent” to the use of a monologue from the film “Air” in a new campaign ad for Donald Trump. On Saturday, Trump shared a fundraising video on his Truth Social platform. The ad features footage and images of the former president throughout his life, accompanied by audio of Damon’s climactic monologue from the film “Air.” In the spring release, Damon’s Nike exec gives the speech to a young Michael Jordan to convince him to sign a sponsorship deal with the shoe company. “We had no foreknowledge of, did not consent to and do not endorse or approve any footage or audio from ‘Air’ being repurposed by the Trump campaign as a political advertisement or for any other use,” a spokesperson for Artists Equity told Variety on Sunday. “Specifically in terms of any and all rights available to us under U.S. copyright and intellectual property law, we hereby, expressly give notice that in the case of any use of material from ‘Air’ by the Trump campaign where approval or consent is required, we do not grant such consent.” 

ABC is passing on its pilots.

BreAnna Bell Pilots for “The Hurt Unit,” “Public Defenders,” “Judgement” and “Keeping It Together” (which was formerly titled “Drop-Off”) are no longer moving forward at ABC. The news comes amid the ongoing writers strike taking hold of Hollywood. The Writers Guild of America decided to strike on May 2 after failing to reach an agreement on issues like wages and protections against AI. The medical procedural drama was ordered in December and starred Ben McKenzie. Per the official logline, the show is “a cutting-edge medical drama about a highly skilled team of trauma surgeons and nurses who race into the field to treat the patients who won’t make it to the hospital in time. When the sick and the injured can’t get to the ER, the Hurt Unit (Hospital Urgent Response Team) brings the ER to them.”