'SNL' Sets Tentative Return Date Amid Hollywood Strikes

Saturday Night Live wasn’t going to miss the chance to do a Barbie parody.

Caroline Brew editor Tony Shalhoub returns as the Defective Detective in Peacock‘s “Mr. Monk‘s Last Case: A Monk Movie,” premiering on Dec. 8.

EXCLUSIVE: Fox Sports Films and Religion of Sports have unveiled The Game That Changed Everything: Yankees vs. Red Sox ’04 ALCS, a new documentary chronicling Major League Baseball’s unforgettable American League Championship Series matchup between storied rivals the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox, which led to the historic curse-breaking Boston title win in 2004.

EXCLUSIVE: Saturday Night Live will return with a lot of recognizable faces plus one new one.

EXCLUSIVE: Chip & Joanna Gaines’ Magnolia Network today unveiled its slate of cable and streaming premieres for the month of October, including Season 4 of Ranch to Table, Season 2 of In the Kitchen with Abner and Amanda, Season 2 of Makeover by Monday and Season 9 of Maine Cabin Masters on Magnolia Network. Also coming in October are the streaming premieres of new seasons of First Time Fixer and Beach Cottage Chronicles,  Diary of an Old Home and Bargain Mansions on Max and discovery+.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter HBO has set the premiere date for the Season 4 of “True Detective.” Officially dubbed “True Detective: Night Country,” the six-episode season will launch on Jan. 14 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on HBO and Max.

Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers are coming back.

Late night TV is coming back!

After ongoing speculation, “The Drew Barrymore Show” will officially be returning to small screens in October.

Brent Lang Executive Editor Shares of major media companies fluctuated on news that studios and streamers have reached a tentative agreement with the writers’ union on a new contract, potentially ending a strike that started in May. There are also hopes that a possible deal with the Writers Guild of America could set the stage for a similar pact with actors, who have been on the picket lines since July. The dual strikes have brought production to a standstill and could mean that several high-profile movies and shows are delayed.

President Joe Biden praised the tentative agreement to end the Writers Guild of America strike, saying that it showed that workers “deserve a fair share of the value their labor helped create.”

The new revival of The Wiz will begin Broadway previews on March 29, 2024, at the Marquis Theatre, with an opening night set for Wednesday, April 17.

Big Brother,” which first launched 23 years ago, is set to return to ITV screens on Oct. 8.

ongoing strikes that began in May, pending final contract language.The WGA West wrote on X: “The WGA and AMPTP have reached a tentative agreement. This was made possible by the enduring solidarity of WGA members and extraordinary support of our union siblings who stood with us for over 146 days.

The Writers Guild has reached a tentative agreement with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers to end its strike after nearly five months. The parties finalized the framework of the deal Sunday when they were able to untangle their stalemate over AI and writing room staffing levels.

Leslie Jones is speaking out about her time on Saturday Night Live.

In a candid new interview with NPR, former Saturday Night Live cast member Leslie Jones says the show’s limitations made her “a caricature” of herself, although she came to realize that the process was par for the course at the longrunning NBC show.

George Clooney wants to see a fair deal for writers and actors.

EXCLUSIVE: The Roku Channel has set an Oct. 13 streaming premiere date in U.S. and Mexico for the new Greice Santo created music reality series Serenata de las Estrellas.

Paramount+ announced on Tuesday that its new Louis Tomlinson doc All of Those Voices will premiere exclusively on the service in the U.S. and Canada on October 4th, coming to the UK, Australia, Latin America, Brazil, Italy, France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria and South Korea on October 5th.