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brought in to replace Crawley after she allegedly bailed with her beau Dale Moss. ABC has not responded to multiple requests for clarification regarding the rumors.Kimmel, still unconvinced at Crawley’s answers, offered her some reassurance.“Let me just say this: If you did indeed cut out early because you realized you found the guy you wanted, I think that’s great.

“Goodnight Beautiful,” by Aimee Molloy (Harper)Early on in the deliciously twisty “Goodnight Beautiful,” one of the main characters, a charismatic guy who we’re getting the sense is being stalked by a fan, is reading Stephen King’s "Misery."His wife, meanwhile, is reading “that thriller everyone’s talking about” with an unreliable female narrator.

Early in-person voting is now underway in Arizona, and poll managers are reporting a sharp increase in turnout compared with 2016. While more than 75% of the approximately 4.1 million registered voters in the Copper State are permanently signed up to receive mail ballots, a large number of those who vote in person choose to do so early, according to the Associated Press.

Will Thorne Staff WriterWednesday night’s Vice Presidential debate was a lively affair, as Kamala Harris described the Trump administration’s response to COVID-19 as “the greatest failure of any presidential administration in the history of our country.”Perhaps partly due to the fact it was easily more watchable than the Trump-Biden debate, the Harris-Pence affair is on course to attract a slightly larger audience than the 2016 debate between Pence and Tim Kaine.

Dominic Patten Senior Editor, Legal & TV CriticFrom the day it was announced, we all knew that a vice-presidential debate between Kamala Harris and Mike Pence was going to be something different, and not just because of the plexiglass and other coronavirus safety measures.Having said that, anemically moderated by USA Today’s Susan Page, the 9-10 PM ET sit-down between the first woman of color on a national ticket and the incumbent VP was a rather traditional event in this decidedly untraditional

Dave McNary Film ReporterBilly Crudup is in early negotiations to join Ezra Miller in the DC superhero tentpole “The Flash” for Warner Bros., Variety has confirmed.Crudup, who recently won an Emmy for drama series for “The Morning Show,” portrayed Dr. Henry Allen as the father to Barry Allen, aka The Flash, in Zach Snyder’s 2017 “Justice League” opposite Miller.

But don’t think for one second it was an easy feat or luck of the Irish, though he certainly made it look that way! The 29-year-old spent the two weeks’ notice he had honing his skills, with his boyfriend of two years, Josh Harrison, on tasting duty.

Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorShowtime’s two-part The Comey Rule has seen by more that 1 million viewers combined for its linear debuts Sunday and Monday.

Dominic Patten Senior Editor, Legal & TV CriticThere was a Hell of a lot of brimstone and fire from Donald Trump last night in the first Presidential debate with Joe Biden and America is feeling scorched this morningAlmost from the start, Fox News’ Chris Wallace went from playing moderator to nursery school teacher trying to reign in the asinine former Celebrity Apprentice, who seemed more intent adapting a Tasmanian devil strategy than talking policy – AKA classic Trump.Still the near universal

Will Thorne Staff WriterLast night’s first presidential debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden was regarded as an un-watchable mess by many. And sure enough it’s on course to garner a much smaller viewership than the previous election cycle.According to early fast national numbers for the broadcast networks, a total of just under 29 million viewers tuned in last night across NBC, ABC, CBS and Fox.

Dave McNary Film ReporterSan Francisco city officials have given the green light to reopening indoor movie theaters on Oct. 7, nearly seven months after the city’s cinemas were shuttered due to the COVID-19 pandemic.The city, one of the key metropolitan markets that’s remained closed, is imposing strict limits on movie theaters.

Dominic Patten Senior Editor, Legal & TV CriticIt was a good win for the Green Bay Packers, but maybe even a bigger win for Sunday Night Football last night – at least compared to last week.As well as breaking news from the New York Times of the reality of Donald Trump’s taxes and finances, Green Bay’s match up with the New Orleans Saints faced the determining game of the NBA Eastern Conference finals on ESPN on Sunday.

CMT on Wednesday unveiled the nominations for the 2020 CMT Music Awards, with Ashley McBryde, Dan + Shay, Kelsea Ballerini, Luke Combs, Sam Hunt and Thomas Rhett leading the nominees with three each. Other artists with multiple nominations include Blanco Brown, Carrie Underwood, Gabby Barrett, Kane Brown, Little Big Town, Miranda Lambert, Old Dominion and The Chicks, who landed their first CMT nomination since 2007.

Early in the Georgian feature Beginning, when the central character's husband is dealing with a crisis in the religious community he leads, she confesses her own urgent predicament. "It's as if I were waiting for something to start," Yana tells him.

Dominic Patten Senior Editor, Legal & TV CriticBesides the obvious changes in formant and technical reach due to the coronavirus pandemic, Jimmy Kimmel’s third time as host saw a lot of firsts at the 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards last night.For one, there was a host again after the TV Academy show ceremony tried to be like the 2019 Oscars and go without a frontman or frontwoman.

Will Thorne Staff WriterThey Emmys are in line for their lowest ever viewership once again.According to early numbers, last night’s show, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, scored a 1.0 rating among adults 18-49 and drew only 5.1 million total viewers.