. A scheduling conflict brought on by the pandemic forced Guillen, best known as the sweet, loyal vampire Guillermo on Taika Waititi's FX series, to say no twice.
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Joe Otterson TV ReporterThe Season 2 premiere of “Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist” held up well compared to the Season 1 premiere last year, with the show hitting a new viewership high in the overnight ratings.The Season 2 premiere of the NBC musical series averaged a 0.5 rating in adults 18-49 and approximately 3 million viewers, airing at 8 p.m. That is down a little over 15% in the key demo from the series premiere but up just over 10% in viewers.
. A scheduling conflict brought on by the pandemic forced Guillen, best known as the sweet, loyal vampire Guillermo on Taika Waititi's FX series, to say no twice.
Joe Otterson TV ReporterNBC’s revival of “The Weakest Link” has been renewed for Season 2 at NBC.NBC has ordered 13 more episodes, with production set to begin later this year. Jane Lynch will return to host the series, which sees contestants answer general knowledge questions to bank prize money across multiple rounds.
, but the consequences of her decision — and her continued grief over the death of her beloved father, Mitch, the cause of her recurring nightmares -- turned out to be too much for her. Ultimately, something had to give.
Skylar Astin has a song in his heart.
Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist?The BFFs are testing the romantic waters, but on Tuesday's episode, their newish relationship may be taking a hit in the form of a recurring bad dream Zoey continues to have in the evenings. But why is she having them in the first place? As it begins to affect her romance with Max and seep into other parts of her life, Zoey is forced to make a choice.
Joe Otterson TV Reporter“Snowpiercer” has been renewed for Season 3 at TNT, Variety has learned exclusively.News of the renewal comes just under a week ahead of the launch of Season 2, which is set to debut on TNT on Jan. 25.
Joe Otterson TV Reporter“Titans” has found its Barbara Gordon.Variety has learned exclusively that Savannah Welch has been cast in the role of the HBO Max show’s upcoming third season. In Season 3, Gordon is Gotham City Police Commissioner.
NBC shrank its signature Thursday comedy block from two to one hour this season, and the network is now opening a new comedy beachfront on Tuesday.
Joe Otterson TV Reporter“Animal Kingdom” has been renewed for Season 6 at TNT, which will also be the show’s last.News of the final season comes ahead of the Season 5 premiere of the crime drama, which is set to launch this summer on TNT. The series stars Shawn Hatosy, Ben Robson, Jake Weary, Finn Cole, Leila George, Rigo Sanchez, and Jon Beavers.In “Animal Kingdom” season five, Pope (Hatosy), Craig (Robson), Deran (Weary) and J (Cole) are still dealing with the fallout from the events
Joe Otterson TV Reporter“Queen Sugar” has been renewed for Season 6 at OWN.The news comes ahead of the Season 5 premiere, which is slated to debut on Feb. 16 at 8 p.m.
Joe Otterson TV Reporter“Insecure” is set to end after its upcoming Season 5 on HBO, Variety has learned.The critically-acclaimed comedy was renewed for a fifth season in May 2020 as Season 4 was just beginning.The fifth and final season is scheduled to begin production later this month and is set to debut later this year.“Issa has turned insecurity into an iconic form of comedy,” said Amy Gravitt, executive vice president of HBO Programming.
Joe Otterson TV ReporterNBC has ordered the single-camera comedies “Grand Crew” and “American Auto” and the drama “La Brea” for the 2021-2022 broadcast season.All three shows were originally ordered to pilot as part of the 2019-2020 pilot season, but production on nearly every pilot across the broadcast networks was suspended due to the pandemic.
Joe Otterson TV Reporter“The Haves and the Have Nots” is set to end after Season 8, which is currently airing on OWN.The series is produced for OWN by Tyler Perry Studios and is created, written and executive produced by Tyler Perry. The series stars John Schneider, Tika Sumpter, Angela Robinson, Renee Lawless, Crystal Fox, Peter Parros, Tyler Lepley, Gavin Houston, Aaron O’Connell, Brett Davis and Brock Yurich.
Alex Newell's Mo, in order to inspire Jane Levy's Zoey to start carrying on with her life following her dad's death. A strong start to a new season that also plants a flag for Newell, whose character won't just be Zoey's stylish best friend.«We're finding Mo more independently outside of Zoey and not always being the best friend this season and what that means.
Joe Otterson TV ReporterThe NBC comedy “Mr. Mayor” got a good start in the overnight ratings in its Thursday night debut.The series, which hails from Tina Fey and Robert Carlock and stars Ted Danson, aired episodes at both 8 p.m.
Joe Otterson TV ReporterNews coverage of the riot that engulfed the U.S. Capitol building in Washington D.C.
NBC’s return of This Is Us topped Tuesday in the primetime ratings, delivering a 1.0 in the adults 18-49 demographic and 2.96 million viewers, a tenth dip compared with its last fresh episode in November.
First off, if you’re not watching “Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist” yet, why aren’t you? The NBC musical dramedy was one of the best new network series last year and earned a TCA Awards nomination for Best New Program. The good news is that the first season is available to stream on Hulu and Peacock.