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Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorYasha Jackson (Manifest) is set for a recurring role on HBO Max’s thriller series The Flight Attendant, starring and executive produced by Kaley Cuoco. The Flight Attendant is a story of how an entire life can change in one night.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorNBC has put in development a drama series based on the novel and movie Fried Green Tomatoes, with Reba McEntire attached to star, and Norman Lear executive producing, Deadline has confirmed. Written by Jennifer Cecil, the project is described as a modernization of the beloved novel and movie that explores the lives of descendants from the original work.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorIs it over yet? Not quite. Amazon will say farewell to 2020 with Yearly Departed, a new comedy special hosted by comedian Phoebe Robinson (2 Dope Queens) and executive produced by The Marvelous Mrs.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorBET+ has picked up scripted comedy Ms. Pat from the Empire duo of co-creator/executive Lee Daniels and executive producer Brian Grazer with a 10-episode series order.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorAnimator/writer/director Jorge Gutierrez (Maya and the Three) is expanding his relationship with Netflix, signing an overall deal with the streaming giant for original content.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorIt was a rare sight Tuesday on the Jeopardy stage with one contestant remaining for the final round.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorIn a move to expand diverse voices in the romance novel industry, writer Bobby Smith Jr.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorNickelodeon has unveiled a first look photo of SpongeBob and his pals Patrick, Sandy, Squidward, Plankton and Mr. Krabs – the characters in its new CG-animated series Kamp Koral: SpongeBob’s Under Years, the first original spinoff of Nick’s iconic hit series SpongeBob SquarePants.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: TLC is expanding its hit 90 Day Fiancé franchise with two new original digital series in partnership with Facebook Watch.Ask Mama Chantel, starring The Family Chantel‘s Karen Everett, will premiere Thursday, October 22 with new episodes dropping each week, and Spice It Up with David & Annie, featuring 90 Day Fiancé and Pillow Talk favorites David Toborowsky and Annie Suwan, will premiere weekly beginning Wednesday, October 28, on Facebook Watch.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorShowtime has set Sunday, December 6 at 9 PM for the premiere of the 11th and final season of its hit dramedy series Shameless.The network’s longest-running series started production on its final season on September 8 following the COVID-19 imposed shutdown.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: Keenan Tracey (Bates Motel), Daniel Doheny (Alex Strangelove), Natalie Malaika (Fractured), newcomer Morgan Holmstrom and Kristy Dinsmore (Vikings) are set as series regulars in Syfy’s Day of the Dead, based on George A. Romero’s classic zombie film, from Abbott Street Films and Cartel Entertainment (Creepshow).

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: Tony Chung (Hours of Operation) is set as a series regular opposite Olivia Liang in Kung Fu, the CW’s reimagining with a female lead of the 1970s David Carradine-starring TV series, from Christina M.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: After a successful West Coast/East Coast partnership over the past three years, Platform PR and Serge PR are becoming one — officially partnering under the Platform banner.Scott Boute (Serge PR CEO) will join Siri Garber (Platform PR CEO) and Angela Mach (Platform PR Vice President) to head up the West Coast office in Los Angeles, with industry veteran Darren Olcsvary remaining head of New York operations.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: Erik Feig’s Picturestart is making its first foray into animation, acquiring the rights to Nick Drnaso’s graphic novel Beverly to develop as an animated series.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorThe team behind the iconic 1984 mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap — Rob Reiner, Harry Shearer, Michael McKean and Christopher Guest — are getting back together for a virtual reunion/fundraiser October 14 to benefit Pennsylvania Democrats. “Every dollar raised goes directly towards ending Trumpism by winning Pennsylvania,” according to the invitation.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorApple TV+ has set a star-studded ensemble cast for its upcoming musical comedy project starring Saturday Night Live‘s Cecily Strong and executive produced by Lorne Michaels’ Broadway Video.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorThe end is in sight for F Is For Family. Netflix has ordered a fifth and final season of the praised animated comedy series for premiere in 2021.Created by Bill Burr and Emmy winner Michael Price (The Simpsons) F Is For Family is set in the 1970s, a time when political correctness, helicopter parenting and indoor smoking bans weren’t part of anyone’s vocabulary, let alone the norm.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorHamilton alum Renée Elise Goldsberry is set to star opposite Sara Bareilles in Girls5eva, Tina Fey, Robert Carlock and Meredith Scardino’s original series for NBCU’s Peacock.Created and written by Scardino, in Girls5eva, when a one-hit-wonder girl group from the 90’s gets sampled by a young rapper, its members reunite to give their pop star dreams one more shot.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorThe CW has put in development The Woman’s Hour, a seasonal anthology drama series based on Elaine Weiss’ critically praised book The Woman’s Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote, from former Secretary of State, first lady and Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Rodham Clinton, Amblin Television and Warner Bros. TV.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorABC has put in development Real People, a single-camera comedy from Nedaa Sweiss (The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon), The High Note and Late Night director Nisha Ganatra, Ruben Fleischer and David Bernad’s The District and ABC Signature, where Ganatra is under a deal.Written by Sweiss and to be directed by Ganatra, Real People follows diverse neighboring families who grew close during the lockdown as they struggle to return to everyday life in their own

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: We’ll be seeing more of Patience in the upcoming third season of All American. Chelsea Tavares, who has recurred as the fan-favorite character since Season 1, has been promoted to series regular for Season 3 of the CW drama.Tavares’ Patience is a student at South Crenshaw and ride or die girlfriend to Coop (Bre-z).

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: Ben Levin, who has recurred for the past two seasons on Legacies, has been promoted to series regular for Season 3 of the CW drama series.Levin plays Jed, the Salvatore School’s werewolf Alpha, who must work to reassemble the pack and repair the damage done to his friendships in the wake of Malivore’s most devastating attack.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorOWN: Oprah Winfrey Network is set to resume production in New Orleans on the remainder of the 10-episode season 5 of Queen Sugar, shut down in March due to COVID-19.Since filming came to a halt nearly seven months ago, creator Ava DuVernay decided to completely revamp the remainder of the season to reflect the very real issues our country is facing through the lens of the Bordelon family and the fictional community of St. Josephine.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorJennifer Lopez will receive The People’s Icon award at the 2020 E! People’s Choice Awards in recognition of her contributions to music, film, television and fashion.Lopez will be honored for her performances both on stage and on screen, including her award-winning 2020 Super Bowl halftime performance and lead role in the critically acclaimed film, Hustlers.“Jennifer Lopez has an unmatched global appeal and for more than two decades, has given us some of the

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorMahershala Ali, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Angela Davis, Tip “T.I.” Harris, Mimi Jones, Ledisi, Greg Alverez Reid, Nate Smith and Olivia Washington round out the cast of Between The World And Me, HBO’s adaptation of the stage show based on Coates’ New York Times bestseller. Additionally, the premium cabler has slotted Saturday, November 15 at 8 PM ET/PT for the premiere of the special, which was produced under COVID-19 guidelines.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorHightown creator Rebecca Cutter is expanding her relationship with Lionsgate Television, signing a multi-year overall deal with the studio behind the praised Starz series. Under the pact, Cutter will develop and produce premium scripted series for Lionsgate’s television slate across broadcast, cable and streaming platforms.Cutter is creator, writer and producer of Starz’s Hightown, executive produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and starring Monica Raymund.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorDwayne Johnson has revealed the cast for Young Rock, his upcoming NBC comedy series inspired by his life. The project comes from Johnson and Fresh Off the Boat creator/executive producer Nahnatchka Khan.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorLate-night hosts weighed in with their reactions on Tuesday night’s first presidential debate (if you can call it that) between President Donald Trump and Joe Biden that quickly erupted into a bizarre, chaotic mess. CNN correspondent Dana Bash described it as a “s**t show” on live TV.Stephen Colbert bemoaned on CBS’ Late Show: “I come to you tonight, ladies and gentlemen, an empty vessel.