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EXCLUSIVE: CBS is developing Citizen Jane, a drama from Dan Brown’s The Lost Symbol co-creator Jay Beattie and CBS Studios.

The face of KNBC news is changing dramatically. At least five veteran newscasters at Los Angeles NBC owned KNBC have accepted “voluntary early retirement” buyouts and will leave the station at the end of the year, according to a report in the Los Angeles Times.

Tom McCarthy is a very clever writer who has succeeded in drawing audiences to a difficult genre: thrillers about newspapers. He won an Original Screenplay Oscar for Spotlight, made in 2015, was a riveting movie about how the Boston Globe exposed a cover-up involving a defrocked priest. His new ABC series Alaska Daily focuses on a hot New York journalist (Hilary Swank) who is exiled into covering crime in Anchorage.

EXCLUSIVE: In a matter of days, one first-year ABC drama series has surpassed the other for the title of strongest series debut in two years among both the 18-49 demographic and total viewers.

It’s been ten long months for the family of Alexis Gabe. But now they finally have some closure.

EXCLUSIVE: MPI Original Films and BET have added to the cast of their feature Kemba, inspired by the life of criminal justice reform advocate Kemba Smith, with Michelle Hurd (Star Trek: Picard), Sean Patrick Thomas (Till), Siddiq Saunderson (Wu-Tang: An American Saga) and June Carryl (Helstrom) signing on for roles. Nesta Cooper will lead the cast of the film directed by Kelley Kali, which is currently shooting in Atlanta, as previously announced.

Reasonable Doubt, Onyx Collective’s first scripted series, is getting a special airing of its premiere episode on ABC. The debut episode of the legal drama series, which streams on Hulu, will air Thursday, November 10 at 10:01 PM EST.

EXCLUSIVE: In-demand Oscar nominee Florence Pugh (Dune: Part Two) is set to lead psychological thriller The Pack, we can reveal.

EXCLUSIVE: Two-time Oscar winner Hilary Swank (Million Dollar Baby) is set to star in and executive-produce Nar, a character-driven action-thriller, which WME International is launching for world sales ahead of next week’s AFM in LA.

Having twice the fun? Hilary Swank opened up about what it’s like being pregnant with twins at 48 — and how two babies can also mean two times the struggle. 

Aka Niviâna, Isabella Star Lablanc, and Joel D. Montgrand have joined HBO’s True Detective: Night Country, starring alongside leads Jodie Foster and Kali Reis for Season 4 of the crime anthology series.

The Rookie: Feds, the spinoff of the long-running police drama series, has scored a full season order at ABC.

Hilary Swank shared a moving wedding photo on Instagram that left her followers showering her with supportive messages. READ: How to pay tribute to a missing loved one at your weddingThe P. S.

The show is expected to go on for Discovery’s Deadliest Catch, despite the decision by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game last week to cancel the winter snow crab season due to the dwindling population.

The Northern Lights are considered to be one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer We’re almost a month into the broadcast TV fall 2022 season and we’ve already got a few winners and losers to discuss when it comes to new scripted series. There are multiple ways to categorize a victory in the this ever-evolving TV landscape, but for the purposes of this story looking at the debuts of NBC, CBS, ABC, Fox and The CW’s new shows, Variety has ranked the programs by the total viewers that each series premiere racked up, according to Nielsen’s Live + Same Day data.

Jessica Shalvoy Over the past few Grammy ceremonies, the Recording Academy has seemingly warmed up to the idea of alternative and rock seeping back into the mainstream again. With Glass Animals, Arlo Parks and Japanese Breakfast all getting nominations for best new artist last year, it opens the door for acts other than the usual rock ‘n’ roll Grammy mainstays like Foo Fighters, AC/DC, Paul McCartney and Kings of Leon to really shine. On top of the alternative album award, which has existed since the early ’90s, they’ve even added a new category, best alternative music performance. This is a track and single category that will eliminate the need to push songs that are generally classified as alternative into either the rock or pop categories, as happened a few years ago when Beck’s “Colors” was thrown in with Post Malone, Camila Cabello, Ariana Grande and Lady Gaga for best pop solo performance at the 2019 Grammy Awards.

CBS continues to torch the ratings wars on Friday nights, as new hit Fire Country is again showing strongly in the Live+Same Day tallies.

Hilary Swank has earned herself a successful career as an A-list actress and it's a long way from where she grew up.The two time Oscar winner - who is expecting twins - once lived in a trailer park in Washington State and could only dream of a life in Hollywood. MORE: Everything you need to know about Hilary Swank's gripping new drama Alaska Daily"My background is not something I forget," she said in an interview with the Mail on Sunday. "It helps me to not take what I have for granted.

As time passes, Americans are becoming less outwardly appreciative of blue-collar and gray-collar jobs, such as those in the trades, agriculture and elsewhere, "How America Works" host Mike Rowe said Friday, ahead of the new season of his Fox Business program. On "Hannity," host Sean Hannity cited his early work in restaurants and labor-centric jobs, saying many Americans don't fully understand anymore what it takes to manufacture something or farm to a capacity that feeds the nation and world.

BBC, the oldest known dessert is ashure. Often referred to as “Noah’s Pudding,” biblical lore holds that the dish was originally prepared by those that made it through the great flood and washed up on the welcome shores of what is now Turkey. To celebrate landfall and their own survival, the prophet’s family made a hodgepodge pudding from leftover ingredients found on the ark.

Doting (soon-to-be) dad! Hilary Swank is in good hands with her husband, Philip Schneider, as the couple prepares for the arrival of their “miracle” twins.

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) said Thursday she believes Democrats are "wasting money" by focusing on abortion in races across the U.S., as Republicans emphasize crime, the economy and the border crisis.  The congressional candidate joined "The Faulkner Focus" to discuss how Democrats are failing to address issues affecting the American people.  "Normal people, normal voters, they're talking about gas, groceries, grandkids.They're talking about long-term solutions to the challenges that we're facing," she said, adding that "abortion is not the issue" that will motivate most voters.

Baby bliss! Hilary Swank and husband Philip Schneider are enjoying every moment of preparing for the birth of their “miracle” twins.

Dragula is nearly here!

Looking For Alaska, based on the award-winning novel of the same name. Deadline first reported the news.Published in 2021 by Berkley Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House, the novel debuted on the New York Times bestseller list, spending over a year on the paperback list. The story follows college best friends Alex and Poppy, to very different people who vow to take a yearly vacation somewhere every summer.Henry, who most recently published “Book Lovers,” and who has a continuing book contract with Berkley Books for at least three more novels after her latest announced “Happy Place,” posted Deadline’s piece to her Instagram.She also later announced the news in her substack newsletter “Emily’s Grocery List,” the edition titled “About Time I Told You Some News.”“People We Meet on Vacation” is (very likely) going to be a movie!” Henry wrote in her newsletter.

EXCLUSIVE: Brett Haley is on board to direct 3000 Pictures’ adaptation of People We Meet On Vacation, which is based on Emily Henry’s New York Times best-seller. Yulin Kuang is adapting the screenplay with Temple Hill’s Marty Bowen, Wyck Godfrey and Isaac Klausner producing. Laura Quicksilver is overseeing for the Temple Hill with Erin Siminoff and Sophie Kaplan are overseeing the project for the studio.

Incumbent Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski is in danger of losing the seat she has held for two decades to a challenger from her own party backed by former President Trump.

Fred Lewis is getting candid about what fans can expect in the upcoming season of "Gold Rush" and what inspires him to include veterans as part of his crew.  This season in particular was a struggle for Lewis, as there were a lot of unforeseen problems that arose that were out of their hands. He told Fox News Digital that this year had "a lot of battles" and that "it wasn’t just one thing" but that everything was "being thrown at (them)." "We have a big supply chain issue, and we're talking everything from big parts for heavy equipment to a small valve from the hardware store.

Emmy Rossum has defended Hilary Swank after the actress was viciously trolled over her pregnancy. The 48-year-old Oscar-winner confirmed this week she is expecting twins with her husband Philip Schneider, but she's come under fire from online critics who have made fun of her age and posted spiteful messages online suggesting she might not live long enough to see her children grow up. One troll wrote: "AREN’T YOU LIKE 50 YRS OLD? Gonna be in your 70s when they graduate college.

The bigger the bear, the better! Katmai National Park has kicked off its annual Fat Bear Week from Oct. 5 to 11, 2022, in which some of Alaska’s biggest bears are ranked ahead of winter hibernation.  The week celebrates the resilience, adaptability and strength of Katmai’s brown bear population as the animals prepare to hibernate, according to the National Park Service (NPS). The single elimination tournament has matched up 12 bears to compete for the title of fattest bear.

Defending her friend. After Hilary Swank was criticized for her age amid her “miracle” pregnancy, Emmy Rossum has clapped back.

that she will soon become the mother of twins, and frankly, the post is a wasted opportunity for a Million Dollar Baby pun. Don't worry, Hilary, I got you. , who is expecting two million dollar babies, modeled her baby bump in a flowy floral dress. She paired the post with a caption that is, I will admit, also a decent movie-star-expecting-twins pun.

Emmy Rossum spoke up to defend Hilary Swank after she was criticized by one Instagram user for being pregnant.

Kate Hudson leading the comments. “What what what!!! Yeah”, she began, followed with a string of heart emojis.

Hilary Swank returns to series television in “Alaska Daily,” a too- earnest, tropey drama that’s well-intentioned but heavy-handed in checking all the requisite contextual boxes.Swank, 48, plays Eileen Fitzgerald, an abrasive, hard-charging investigative reporter for the (fictional) New York City newspaper The Vanguard. She’s digging into a five-star general who’s under consideration as the country’s next Secretary of Defense.