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ABC/Randy Holmes(LOS ANGELES) -- ABC is building on its lineup of classic game show revivals with two new additions: Who Wants to be a Millionaire and Supermarket Sweep, hosted receptively by Jimmy Kimmel and Leslie Jones. In celebration of Who Wants to be a Millionaire's 20th anniversary this year, Kimmel will host a special run of episodes featuring celebrity contestants playing for charity. The celebrities will be allowed to invite a guest -- celebrity or otherwise -- to […]

Lucasfilm(LOS ANGELES) -- (SPOILER ALERT) Following the untimely 2016 death of Carrie Fisher, the filmmakers behind Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker were adamant about giving her character, General Leia, a fitting send-off.  They were equally determined not to revive the actress digitally and planned to rely on deleted scenes of Fisher filmed for The Force Awakens.  But it appears that, in the end, the truth was apparently somewhere in […]

"Downton Abbey" - Courtesy of © Carnival Film and Television Limited for MASTERPIECE(LOS ANGELES) -- Bombshell, Downton Abbey, Rocketman, Bachelor In Paradise, Queer Eye, Killing Eve, Supergirl and Billions are among the nominees for the 31st Annual GLAAD Media Awards, handed out by GLAAD, the world's largest LBGTQ media advocacy organization. The Media Awards honor fair, accurate and inclusive representations of LGBTQ people and issues across TV, movies, stage productions, […]

Walt Disney Television/Jeff Neira(LOS ANGELES) -- At the 2020 Television Critics Association winter event in Los Angeles, ABC announced it was dipping back into live TV with a musical version of the classic comedy Young Frankenstein, and a live episode of The Conners. The network also revealed that Wednesday, April 8 will mark the final episode of it's acclaimed hit Modern Family. On the heels of December's The Wonderful World […]

Niko Tavernise/Warner Bros. Pictures(NEW YORK) -- Burger King is now offering free Whoppers to Bronx, New York residents who are fed up with tourists flocking to the staircase shown in the hit film Joker. Prior to the premiere of the blockbuster Todd Phillips movie, a steep, 132-step staircase rising up from Shakespeare and Jerome Avenues was famous only for testing locals' lungs. But since Joker made a billion bucks at […]

ABC/Paula Lobo(NEW YORK) -- It's been eight years since Jo Frost -- aka Supernanny -- helped families deal with their unruly kids -- but she's back on ABC tonight with a whole new series. As Frost tells ABC Audio, one of the biggest challenges families now, which wasn't a factor the last time Supernanny aired, is the prevalence of digital devices. "We're seeing families really try and navigate that space […]

Marvel Studios(NEW YORK) -- A report from the Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film at San Diego State University shows that in 2019, females have made "unprecedented gains" in representation on the big screen. Dr. Martha Lauzen, executive director of the school's center, and the study's author, crunched the numbers for the top 100 domestic grossing films in 2019. She discovered the percentage of females starring in […]

Craig Sjodin/Walt Disney Television via Getty Images(HOLLYWOOD) -- Back in the late '80s and early '90s, ABC's thirtysomething -- a culturally-defining series about a close-knit group of yuppie friends -- was insanely popular, scoring 13 Emmy Awards during its original run.  Now, ABC is hoping to bring the series back...in sequel form. thirtysomething(else), which has received a pilot order from the network, will follow the grown-up children of the original […]

ABC/Lorenzo Bevilaqua(LOS ANGELES) -- Empire fans finally have their answer about Jamal's fate.  Jussie Smollett will not return for the show's final season. Fox Entertainment President Michael Thorn confirmed to TV Line on Tuesday that "We’re not going to bring Jussie back to the show." Smollett was officially written out of the show toward the end of its fifth season.  Empire's sixth and final season airs this spring. Thorn went on to explain, "There were a number of factors that went into the […]