tentative agreement between striking screenwriters and Hollywood studios offers some hope that the industry’s dual walkouts may soon be over. But when will your favorite shows return?Well, it’s complicated.
06.09.2023 - 14:37 / nme.com
Channel 4 has announced Taskmaster series 16 will kick off later this month.The comedy game show returns on September 12 on Channel 4 at 9pm, with a new batch of celebrities joining hosts Greg Davies and Alex Horne.In the sixteenth series, the line-up includes comedians Julian Clary, Lucy Beaumont, Sam Campbell and Sue Perkins. Rounding out the roster is actor Susan Wokoma, best known for starring in Chewing Gum, Cheaters and Enola Holmes.A synopsis for the series reads: “Week by week this fragrant five will wrangle giant ducks, design fresh sausages and create googly-eyed gangs as they seek to attract a word of praise from the Taskmaster.Big news! Series 16 of #Taskmaster is arriving on @Channel4 Thursday 21st September at 9pm.
Starring @JulianClary, @LucyABeaumont, Sam Campbell, @sueperkins and Susan Wokoma. See you there! pic.twitter.com/VTKiOdlhXq— Taskmaster (@taskmaster) September 6, 2023“When the dust has settled after 10 gruelling episodes, one contestant will rise from their little seat to collect the coolest prize on TV: a big gold head plonked on a small wooden plinth.”The show’s fifteenth series, which aired earlier this year, featured Frankie Boyle, Jenny Eclair, Ivo Graham, Kiell-Smith Bynoe and Mae Martin.In March of this year, Channel 4 announced the show had been renewed for six more seasons.
Taskmaster originally began on Dave in 2015 before it moved to Channel 4 in 2020.A new eight-part spin-off, Junior Taskmaster, was announced earlier this year, for children aged between 9 and 11. The show is set to be hosted by comedian Rose Matafeo and writer Mike Wozniak.Speaking about taking on the role, Matafeo said: “To be appointed as Junior Taskmaster is one of the greatest honours of my already wildly
.tentative agreement between striking screenwriters and Hollywood studios offers some hope that the industry’s dual walkouts may soon be over. But when will your favorite shows return?Well, it’s complicated.
Law & Order, FBI, Grey’s Anatomy and 9-1-1: Lone Star fans are set to be able to enjoy some new episodes of their favorite shows in the 2023/24 broadcast season after the WGA and the AMPTP struck a deal that would end the writers strike.
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This week’s new series of Taskmaster brings a fresh batch of comedians to our screens, including Lucy Beaumont, who is not the first in her family to take part in the competition. Lucy’s husband, comedian Jon Richardson, was runner-up in 2016 – but the Meet The Richardsons star says she wasn’t too bothered about getting tips from her other half. “He said, ‘Really think about the prize you take in’ – but I didn’t listen to him,” she admits.
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SEVENTEEN have announced their 11th mini-album, titled ‘Seventeenth Heaven’.Today (September 20), SEVENTEEN dropped a teaser video for their upcoming mini-album, ‘Seventeenth Heaven’. The project, which is their second mini-album of 2023 after April’s ‘FML’, will be released on October 23 at 6pm KST.Meanwhile, information about the mini-album’s design and inclusions have been revealed on SEVENTEEN’s Weverse page.
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The Masked Singer is back!
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