'9-1-1: Lone Star' Sneak Peek: Owen Learns He's Inherited Gwyn's Bird (Exclusive)

Related: Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty review – over-stretched basketball drama In the 1980s, basketball went from a marginal interest to an absolute phenomenon. The reasons for the game’s ascent are varied and complicated – including increased television interest, endorsement deals with McDonald’s and Nike and the expansion of the league to more markets – but one major draw was the rivalry between the LA Lakers and Boston Celtics, and in particular, between Lakers point guard Magic Johnson and Celtics forward Larry Bird. Like all great rivalries, it’s the differences between enemies that allow for the closest matchups.

The United States finally got its first look at its own version of the Eurovision with NBC’s American Song Contest, which made a two-hour debut on Monday night. The new singing competition on the block, however, fell behind the latest episode of American Idol on ABC.

9-1-1” with Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk as a Fox midseason drama in January 2018, Tim Minear was a prolific producer with many impressive TV credits under his belt. Minear, who has the longest-running overall deal at “9-1-1” studio 20th Television, is best known for his work on “Angel,” “Firefly,” “Dollhouse,” “American Horror Story,” “Terriers,” “Feud,” “Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman” and “Wonderfalls.” But of those shows, the ones he personally created are best known for being very short-lived.

ABC is heading off into the national parks, only this time without Kevin Costner.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterABC has ordered a new pilot for the drama about the National Parks Investigative Services Branch, Variety has learned.The broadcaster commissioned a pilot for the project last year as well with a different creative team, though it ultimately did not go forward. The original team included Kevin Costner as co-writer and executive producer, but Costner is no longer attached to the project in any capacity.Instead, Rashad Raisani is writing and executive producing the pilot, which is described as a propulsive, soapy procedural set in the stunning world of National Parks.

9-1-1 Lone Star's Rob Lowe has celebrated his birthday - and his son Johnny shared an incredible throwback snap to the early 1990s. "Exclusive: : 9-1-1 Lone Star's Natacha Karam talks season three's 'personal drama'Happy birthday to this 2016 People’s Choice Award nominee, my pops.

A belated happy birthday to Rob Lowe! The actor’s 27-year-old son John Owen took to his Instagram to wish his dad a happy birthday on Thursday March 17. The first photo was a throwback to when John was a baby, with his dad holding him and both giving a blank look into the camera. The second featured a more current photo of the father-son duo showing their muscles while they both flex.

Angela Bassett‘s character Sargeant Athena Grant is headed over to franchise spin-off series Lone Star for a special crossover episode airing on March 21 via Fox. Lone Star airs at 9 p.m. ET/PT on Fox following 9-1-1‘s spring premiere an hour prior.

Jennifer Maas TV Business WriterWhen “9-1-1” Season 5 returns from hiatus Monday and reunites with its spinoff “9-1-1: Lone Star” in back-to-back time slots, leading lady Angela Bassett will be pulling double duty as her character Sergeant Athena Grant appears on the Fox first-responder drama and has a brief crossover appearance on “Lone Star.”“There’s a thing called SWAT-ing, where somebody calls 9-1-1, and they send the police or usually a SWAT team to a house,” showrunner Tim Minear tells Variety, teasing the episode. “It’s a malicious prank, and gamers do it to each other.

The Bachelor and NCIS were the top titles of Monday primetime, with the former rising in the demo ahead of its season finale on Tuesday.

EXCLUSIVE: ABC’s Filipino American pilot Josep, starring Jo Koy, has added Kaden Alejandro to the cast. He also joins Mia Katigbak and Rory O’Malley.

Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas, is set to debut on Hulu on March 18, and only ET has an exclusive sneak peek at the film — in which the former real-life couple play a toxic married pair, whose mind games continue to escalate until there are deadly consequences for those around them.ET's sneak peek sees Vic (Affleck) and Melinda (de Armas) sitting down to dinner with a guest — whose discomfort grows throughout the scene as the couple intentionally push each other's buttons.First, Melinda asks for a bite of their guest's grilled cheese, insisting she doesn't like lobster bisque, which is what Vic cooked for them.«Melinda kind of has the palate of a 12-year-old,» Vic sneers at his wife. «Our first date, I took her to the best restaurant in the city, she ordered mac and cheese.»«It's like he was ashamed to be with me,» Melinda says to their guest, to which Vic snipes back, «No, I just realized you were ordering off the children's menu to save more room for alcohol.»Later, when his wife tells him that she wishes «all the time» that he were more normal, Vic addresses the elephant in the room: «If I were normal, I don't think Joel would be over here having dinner with us.»See the full clip above.

Addie Morfoot ContributorAndrew Rossi has been fascinated by Andy Warhol since childhood, which may explain why the director (“Page One: Inside The Times” “The First Monday in May” “Ivory Tower”) spent the last decade working on “The Andy Warhol Diaries,” a six-part docuseries that draws upon the artist’s posthumously published diaries of the same name. Dictated over the phone to Pat Hackett from 1976 to 1987, the diaries were published in 1989,  two years after Warhol’s death.

The Bachelor‘s started gearing up for the final reveal with its first two-day event kicking off on Monday. The ladies of Season 26 reunited for a juicy Tell All that brought home a primetime win for ABC.

. Daisy Kelliher's stewardesses just can't seem to get along — and ET has your exclusive first look at their battle for that «second stew» title. Ashley sits with Daisy up in the crew mess, helping her plan out table-scapes and party themes while Gabriela toils away cleaning... annoyed that Ashley has seemingly not pitched in at all, despite getting a to-do list from Gabriela (who currently holds the title of «second stew»). «She's kissing a** right now because she wants to be second stew,» Gabriela mutters under her breath, as she surveys the damage done by guests that Ashley has yet to attend to: glasses strewn about, cigarette butts and more. «I'm f**king annoyed.

Jennifer Maas TV Business WriterThe Scott Foley-led drama “The Big Leap” has been canceled after just one season at Fox, Variety has learned.A modern tale about second chances, chasing your dreams and taking back what’s yours,”The Big Leap” revolves around a group of diverse, down-on-their-luck characters attempting to change their lives by participating in a potentially life-ruining reality dance show featuring a modern reimagining of “Swan Lake.”“The Big Leap” starred Scott Foley, Teri Polo, Piper Perabo, Simone Recasner, Kevin Daniels, Ser’Darius Blain, Jon Rudnitsky, Mallory Jansen and Anna Grace Barlow.The drama from creator/executive producer Liz Heldens (“The Passage,” “Friday Night Lights”), director/executive producer Jason Winer (“Modern Family,” “Perfect Harmony”) and executive producer Sue Naegle (“Soundtrack,” “The Plot Against America”) premiered as part of Fox’s fall lineup. It averaged a 0.4 rating among the advertiser-coveted adults 18-49 demographic and 2.8 million multiplatform viewers throughout its 11-episode run in Nielsen’s Live + Same Day data, which counts a week’s worth of delayed viewing where available.

EXCLUSIVE: Billy Burke (Maid) and Kevin Alejandro (Lucifer) have been tapped as leads opposite Max Thieriot in CBS’ drama pilot Cal Fire,fromJerry Bruckheimer Television and CBS Studios.

The Bachelor and America’s Got Talent: Extreme went head-to-head once again with their latest two-hour episodes, but the ABC romance competition came out on top as the night’s highest-rated program.