‘Yellowjackets’ Gets Early Season 3 Renewal By Showtime As Chris McCarthy Lays Out Programming Strategy & Signals Slate Review

Netflix announced on Tuesday a February 23 premiere date for the third season of its hit drama series Outer Banks.Taking to social media, the streamer posted a reel with a montage of new stills from the forthcoming chapter of the popular show. Set in North Carolina, the series hones in on a group of teenage friends called the Pogues, following them as they come of age.The streamer also shared which cast members would return.

Chris Packham, 61, has plenty of controversial opinions, even claiming recently that Jeremy Clarkson should be "jailed" for writing in an opinion piece that he longed to see the public "hurl excrement" at Meghan Markle as she was paraded naked through the street. However, he has since admitted that when it comes to "piles of poo", he has personal traumas of his own.Speaking in a new interview, he admitted that in his schooldays back in the 1960s, anyone who fell over was the butt of jokes due to how much dog waste they would accidentally roll in."You could be playing football on a sports pitch and you could fall over and everyone would laugh at you," he shuddered in memory of the time."You had to go home because you were covered in dog poo.

Kelly Ripa shared a cheeky throwback photo of her perky bottom on Thursday to celebrate the upcoming New Year.The 52-year-old beauty flaunted her tiny figure in a black one-piece bathing suit that had a thong backside when by the pool with her husband, Mark Consuelos.'#tbt 2020 Threw backside and had a cheeky new year,' she captioned the post. Getting cheeky: Kelly Ripa flaunted her shapely backside in a throwback photo to celebrate the New YearThe Live! with Kelly and Ryan host faced away from the camera and only showed off her behind while in a black one-piece bathing suit.The bombshell had her blonde hair down naturally and flipped it in front of the camera for the photo.  Mark, 51, had on black swim trunks with a black t-shirt, and his close-cropped brown hair was slicked down from the water.The Riverdale actor stood beside his wife and faced the camera but looked off in another direction.  Meet-cute: The Live! with Kelly and Ryan host met her husband Mark Consuelos when he auditioned to play her love interest in the show All My Children in 1995 and the pair eloped less than a year later in Las VegasThe talk show host and occasional actress has been married to Mark, who is also an established actor, since 1996.The pair had an adorable meet-cute moment in 1995 when Mark auditioned for the show All My Children.

Lauren Ambrose is revealed as adult Vanessa “Van” Palmer in three first-look images of Yellowjackets Season 2 released by Showtime. Liv Hewson played the character in Season 1 as a teenager.

EXCLUSIVE: Cinedigm has acquired all North American rights to four-part docuseries RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop. 

Taylor Sheridan’s latest installment in the Yellowstone universe, headlined by Helen Mirren and Harrison Ford, has set a new benchmark for the prolific creator — and for Paramount+.

Is Nick Cannon gonna get a bag of coal for Christmas? Perhaps from THIS baby momma!

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EXCLUSIVE: Peacock launched — some of it by design some by necessity because of the pandemic — with original comedies as well as dramas repurposed from linear NBCUniversal networks. In the first year following its July 2020 launch, Peacock debuted comedies Saved By the Bell, Punky Brewster, Rutherford Falls and Girls5eva, along with drama Brave New World, which had been originally produced for USA Network.

After enormous success and Oscars for films ranging from Whiplash to La La Land to First Man Director/Writer Damien Chazelle returned to an early dream project first envisioned 15 years ago, a no-holds barred look at early Hollywood, a time when not only movies were transitioning from silent to sound, but Los Angeles itself was booming from desert to bulging metropolis. People were caught up in a turbulent time of change, and it didn’t always work out for some. As witnessed in the resulting film and years of meticulous research, Babylon is a sight to behold, a decadent, free wheeling, at times even poignant look at a series of dreamers, stars, fringe players, and all who wanted a piece of a world that felt out of control, uninhibited, and full of promise – and downfall.

The acclaimed television series Yellowjackets got a major vote of confidence from Showtime when the premium cable network renewed it for a third season — all before its second season had even premiered.Showtime is looking to capitalize on the show's success by fast-tracking a third season three months ahead of season two's premiere date, Deadline reported on Thursday.According to the publication, the network also had a tight deadline for a renewal, as the deadline for picking up the cast contract options was coming up in mid-December.The series, which includes stars Christina Ricci and Melanie Lynskey, follows the team members of a high school soccer team who are forced to try to survive for 19 months in the Canadian wilderness after their plane crashes on the way to a tournament. That was fast! Showtime renewed its hit survival thriller Yellowjackets for a third season three months before season two even premiered, Deadline reported on Thursday; Christina Ricci seen in the seriesIn addition to looking back at their struggle to live, the surviving members of the team are shown as they struggle to fit into their adult lives years later.The series was a hit for the network, garnering over 5 million weekly viewers, and it went on to receive seven Emmy nominations, though it didn't win any of the awards.  Chris McCarthy, the president and CEO of both Showtime and Paramount Media Networks, told Deadline that the renewal was an attempt build on the impressive 'momentum' of Yellowjackets' first season.'With Yellowjackets’ runaway success in Season one and the pent-up anticipation for Season two, we wanted to maximize the momentum by fast-tracking Season three now,' said McCarthy.

EXCLUSIVE: Cain Joshua Storey and Darrell Lee Clark were exonerated this week for the murder of their friend in 1996 thanks to the Proof podcast.

Amazon is heading to ancient Greece with the streaming service issuing a straight-to-series order for a TV series based on the beloved God of War video game series.The announcement (via Amazon press release) on Wednesday comes months after Deadline reported Amazon was in negotiations for the live-action series.The show will hail from writers Rafe Judkins (The Wheel of Time), Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby (Iron Man, Children of Men) based on the long-running PlayStation video game franchise. New series: Amazon is heading to ancient Greece with the streaming service issuing a straight-to-series order for a TV series based on the beloved God of War video game series Negotiations: The announcement (via Amazon press release) on Wednesday comes months after Deadline reported Amazon was in negotiations for the live-action seriesThe series follows Kratos, the God of War, who, after exiling himself from his blood-soaked past in ancient Greece, hangs up his weapons forever in the Norse realm of Midgard. When his beloved wife dies, Kratos sets off on a dangerous journey with his estranged son to spread her ashes from the highest peak - his wife's final wish.  Kratos soon realizes the journey is an epic quest in disguise, one which will test the bonds between father and son, and force Kratos to battle new Gods and monsters for the fate of the world.

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Prime Video has given a series order to God of War, based on PlayStation’s hugely popular ancient mythology-themed video game. Co-produced by Sony Pictures Television and Amazon Studios in association with PlayStation Productions, God of War will premiere on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide. The series had been in the works at the streamer since March when Deadline reported exclusively that Prime Video was in negotiations for the property.

AMC Entertainment plans to offer a co-branded credit card starting in early 2023 for members of its loyalty program, a first in the theatrical exhibition industry and the latest venture by the movie chain, which will also be rolling out its own popcorn for sale at retailers next year.  

Showtime has released the trailer for Your Honor Season 2 starring Bryan Cranston. The season which consists of 10 episodes will begin streaming Friday, January 13, and on-air on Sunday, January 15 at 9 p.m. ET. Watch the trailer in the video posted above.

NBC renewed hit freshman series Quantum Leap, its reboot of the popular 1990s sci-fi drama, for a second season, the network announced Monday.

EXCLUSIVE: Fraggle Rock: Back To The Rock will be back for another go-round. Apple TV+ has renewed the Emmy-winning series for a second season, with Daveed Diggs (Hamilton), who appeared in the Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock Night of the Lights holiday special, set to return, along with Ariana DeBose (Schmigadoon!), Brett Goldstein (Ted Lasso) and Catherine O’Hara (Schitt’s Creek) in guest-starring roles. Production on Season 2 of the reboot of Jim Henson’s beloved classic Fraggle Rock is underway in Calgary, Canada.

Drag Race is expanding again. Three new editions are planned for Brazil, Germany and Mexico that will air on MTV/Paramount+ in their respective territories. As part of the expansion, RuPaul’s Drag Race heads to MTV for its 15th season in January, while RuPaul’s Secret Celebrity Drag Race will return for season 3 in 2023 on VH1.