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Will Thorne Staff Writer“The Batman” may have been delayed until 2022, but the Batmobile is revving up for its own adventure.Warner Bros.

Will Thorne Staff Writer“Dancing With the Stars” tripped up a little in routine on Monday night, as a rescheduled NFL game dominated the ratings for CBS.The ABC dance show ticked down to a 0.9 rating among adults 18-49 and just over 6 million total viewers. That represents an 18% dip from last week in the former metric, and a season low in both overall.

Will Thorne Staff Writer“Teenage Bounty Hunters” has become the latest one and done series at Netflix.The series has been canceled by the streamer after only a single season, Variety has confirmed.

Will Thorne Staff Writer“South Park” returned with an hourlong pandemic special on Wednesday night, and boy did viewers find it infectious.The special drew 2.3 million total viewers on Comedy Central and scored a 2.1 rating in the key 18-49 demographic, making it the highest-rated episode of “South Park” in seven years.

Will Thorne Staff Writer“F Is For Family” is officially coming to an end.Netflix has picked up the animated series for a fifth and final season, Variety has confirmed.The series was created by Bill Burr and Michael Price, and follows the Murphy family, an Irish-American clan living in the 1970’s, a time when political correctness was the last thing on people’s minds. Season 5 is slated to premiere sometime in 2021.“Thank you to all the fans that watched this show.

Will Thorne Staff Writer“Queen Sugar” is getting back in action.The OWN series is officially returning to set for production on season 5 in New Orleans to shoot the remainder of its 10-episode season.Production on the fifth season had previously begun in March, but like almost every show it the planet, it was forced to shutdown due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Will Thorne Staff Writer“Chicago Med” has become the latest series to be forced to suspend production due to a positive COVID-19 test.Sources have confirmed that a crew member returned a positive test, and production was halted this morning. The show will now pause production for two whole weeks as a precaution.The positive result was yielded through a rapid test and the individual who tested positive was immediately sent home, according to a source with knowledge of the production.

Will Thorne Staff Writer“Saturday Night Live” writer Sam Jay is getting her own late-night show.HBO has issued a series order for a weekly show hosted by Jay and executive produced by “Insecure” showrunner Prenitce Penny.The as-yet-untitled 30-minute show, slated to debut on the premium cabler in 2021, will see Jay tackling topics such race, politics, sexual identity, science, celebrity, religion, and more.Nina Rosenstein, EVP of HBO programming, announced the pick up.“Sam is fiercely funny,

Will Thorne Staff Writer“Dancing With the Stars” twirled its way to the top of the TV ratings charts once again on Monday night, as it faced stiff competition from the Stanley Cup finals on NBC.The ABC dancing show scored a 1.1 rating among adults 18-49 and drew just over 7 million total viewers, as “Tiger King” star Carole Baskin was mauled off the show. That means it retained 100% of its demo from last week, and is up on the same week last season.

Will Thorne Staff Writer“The Simpsons” premiered its record 32nd season on Sunday night to big numbers, mainly thanks to a strong NFL lead-in.The return of Homer, Marge and co. delivered a 2.0 rating among adults 18-49 and drew 5.5 million total viewers.

Will Thorne Staff Writer“Big Brother” faced stiffer competition than over the last couple weeks in the form of fresh seasons of ABC’s game shows.However, the CBS reality series managed to hold off everything to win the Thursday night broadcast ratings race. Last night, “Big Brother” scored a 1.1 rating among adults 18-49 and drew just over 4 million total viewers.

Will Thorne Staff Writer“Cobra Kai” is proving to be just as popular in its new dojo.The “Karate Kid” spinoff series has smashed its way into second place in Nielsen’s weekly top 10 shows on streaming list for the week of Aug. 24.

Will Thorne Staff Writer“The Masked Singer” kicked off its fourth season last night with the Dragon being the first contestant eliminated, as the show itself failed to breathe the ratings fire it has done in the past.Last night’s premiere scored a 1.4 rating among adults 18-49 and drew 5.4 million total viewers. While that was enough to win the night ratings-wise, it also represents a series low for “The Masked Singer” in both metrics.

Will Thorne Staff Writer“Evil” and “The Unicorn” are looking to conjure up some more exposure.The first seasons of both CBS shows are heading to Netflix as of Oct. 1 in an intriguing licensing deal struck between the streamer and producer CBS Television Studios.The exact length of the deal isn’t entirely clear, however, a source with knowledge of the situation did confirm that it is non-exclusive, meaning that both series will continue to stream their freshman seasons on CBS All Access.

Will Thorne Staff Writer“Supergirl” is officially hanging up her cape.In a joint decision, the CW and producers Warner Bros. Television and Berlanti Productions have announced that the upcoming sixth season of “Supergirl” will be its last.Production on the “Supergirl” curtain call is set to begin later this month, and the writers have already started developing storylines for the final 20 episodes, according to sources.

Will Thorne Staff Writer“The Dark Crystal” will not live to see another season.Netflix has canceled the fantasy puppet series after only a single season, Variety has confirmed.The show was a prequel series to the original 1982 Jim Henson film, which tells the story of a group of young Gelflings who discover that their overlords — the evil, hideous Skeksis — are duplicitous and plan to consume their subjects’ life energy via the dark crystal in order to fuel their own.More to come…

Will Thorne Staff Writer“Love Island” has swapped its titular island for Las Vegas this season, and the show just scored its largest dice roll (read audience) of the season.Episode 19 of season 2 drew a total of 2 million viewers, a 6% increase from last episode. That represents it largest tally of the season to date, narrowly beating out the premiere which drew 1.9 million.

Will Thorne Staff Writer“South Park” is the latest show to be tackling the coronavirus pandemic.Comedy Central has announced that the iconic animated comedy will return with a one-hour special creatively titled “The Pandemic Special.” The episode in question will air on the cable network on Wednesday, Sept. 30 at 8:00 p.m.

Will Thorne Staff Writer“Dancing With the Stars” began in controversial fashion on Monday night, as Carole Baskin made her first appearance, while an ad paid for by her late husband’s family aired opposite her debut in certain markets.Numbers-wise, the premiere was clearly a success for ABC, as the latest season kicked off with a 1.3 rating among adults 18-49 and averaged 8.1 million viewers across its two hours. That represents a 30% ratings bump from last season’s premiere.

Will Thorne Staff Writer“Grey’s Anatomy” is officially heading back to set.The popular ABC series will begin shooting its upcoming seventeenth season this month, Variety has learned exclusively.Production on the first two episodes of season 17 could begin in Los Angeles as early as next week.

Will Thorne Staff Writer“Holey Moley” is heading for two playoff holes.ABC has teed up two special episodes of the mini-golf competition series, the first of which will air right after the season 2 finale.

Will Thorne Staff Writer“Yellowstone” is proving to be a major outlier in a quiet summer for TV ratings.The season 3 finale, which was already one of the most-viewed cable telecasts of the year in its live showing, grew its audience substantially in Live+3. A total of 7.6 million viewers tuned in to the finale after three days of delayed viewing, making the Aug.

Will Thorne Staff Writer“Heels” has added another key player to its cast.The Starz wrestling drama, led by former “Arrow” actor Stephen Amell, has cast Mary McCormack in a leading role, Variety has confirmed.The eight-episode drama, which hails from Lionsgate Television in association with Paramount Television Studios, stars Amell and Alexander Ludwig as brothers Jack and Ace Spade.

Will Thorne Staff Writer“The Masked Singer” is officially back in business.Production has begun in Los Angeles on season 4 the Fox show, which sources say is taking all the usual COVID-19 production precautions, including social distancing and regular temperature checks.The unscripted sensation is scheduled to take its regular Wednesday night slot in Fox’s fall schedule, with the same judging lineup of Ken Jeong, Nicole Scherzinger, Robin Thicke and Jenny McCarthy all returning.However, one

Will Thorne Staff Writer“Big Brother” registered a big jump from last weekend to easily top the Sunday TV ratings race.Season 22 of the reality competition series continued with a 1.0 rating among adults 18-49 and just over 4 million total viewers. That represents a 23% up tick from last Sunday in the age demo, and a 1 million viewer increase to boot.

Will Thorne Staff Writer“Big Brother” aired its first Thursday episode of the year, which coincided with the first eviction of season 22.Last night’s episode, which saw Keesha Smith evicted on a crushing 13-0 vote, topped the TV ratings table with a 1.0 rating among adults 18-49 and around 4.1 million total viewers. That’s pretty much even with its two Wednesday episodes of the season, and up over 1 million viewers from the first Sunday episode.

Will Thorne Staff Writer“Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD” gave its final salute on Wednesday night, airing its last ever episodes to strong numbers for ABC.The two-hour finale averaged a 0.4 rating among adults 18-49 and around 1.5 million total viewers. That rating represents a seventh and final season high for the fan favorite show.

Will Thorne Staff Writer“The Crown” has found its final Prince Philip.Legendary British actor Jonathan Pryce has been cast to play the Queen’s husband in the fifth and sixth seasons of “The Crown,” Variety has confirmed.Pryce will be taking over from fellow “Game of Thrones” alum Tobias Menzies, who portrayed the often controversial figure during season 3 and in the upcoming fourth season.

Will Thorne Staff Writer“American Ninja Warrior” has beaten the obstacle course that is coronavirus production.NBC has announced that the competition series will premiere its twelfth season on Monday, Sept. 7 in the 8 p.m.

Will Thorne Staff Writer“America’s Got Talent” continued its weekly ratings drop, but nevertheless emerged way out ahead of slim competition on Tuesday night.The NBC talent show, which last night saw Kelly Clarkson fill in for Simon Cowell who sustained a serious back injury over the weekend, scored a 0.9 rating among adults 18-49 and drew 6.7 million total viewers.

Will Thorne Staff Writer“Tough As Nails” is proving that it’s built to last.CBS has renewed the competition series, which is created and hosted by “Amazing Race” emcee Phil Keoghan, for a second season. Casting has already begun on season 2, per sources, ahead of the two-hour first season finale which airs Sept.

Will Thorne Staff Writer“Succession” could be back in production before the end of the year (with a big emphasis on could).Season 3 of the hit HBO series, which recently garnered a whopping 18 Emmy nominations, was originally scheduled to start shooting in April, but for obvious COVID-19 related reasons, production has been delayed indefinitely.

Will Thorne Staff Writer“Love, Victor” and “Taste the Nation With Padma Lakshmi” will be coming back for seconds.Hulu announced at its summer TCA press tour day that both series have been picked up for season 2.

Will Thorne Staff Writer“Nine Perfect Strangers” has found its final “perfect” stranger.Bobby Cannavale has been added to the cast in a series regular role.

Will Thorne Staff Writer“Big Brother” returned for its twenty-second season to easily win the Wednesday night TV ratings race.The CBS show scored a 1.0 rating among adults 18-49 and around 3.7 million total viewers across its two-hour premiere. While that was easily the highest rating on the night, it does represent a 23% drop from the season 21 premiere, which came in at a 1.3 rating and just under 5 million viewers.

Will Thorne Staff Writer“Holey Moley” continued to card a solid round of golf, or ratings, leading ABC to a Thursday night win alongside Univision.The mini golf competition series hit the fairway with a 0.5 rating among adults 18-49 and just under 3 million viewers, on par with last episode ratings-wise, but down around 15% in terms of total audience.