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Getty Images/Jeff Kravitz(LOS ANGELES) -- Game of Thrones author says show "spinoffs" are actually prequels with no current charactersFans of HBO's Game of Thrones were happy to hear that when the series ends, the cable channel plans to create a number of spinoffs.  Now, Game of Thrones author George R. R. Martin has clarified the nature of those shows -- and first of all, he says, they're not "spinoffs."Writing in […]

NBC - 2017(LOS ANGELES) -- NBC is taking a big swing to try to restore its one-time Thursday night juggernaut "Must-See TV," and the revival of Will & Grace is -- execs hope -- a big part of it.  Following a well-received viral video reunion last year, NBC decided to bring Will & Grace back for real, ordering all-new adventures for stars Eric McCormack, Debra Messing, Sean Hayes, and Megan Mullally. A new video shows McCormack and Messing not in […]

NBC - 2017(LOS ANGELES) -- NBC is taking a big swing to try to restore its one-time Thursday night juggernaut "Must-See TV," and the revival of Will & Grace is -- execs hope -- a big part of it.  Following a well-received viral video reunion last year, NBC decided to bring Will & Grace back for real, ordering all-new adventures for stars Eric McCormack, Debra Messing, Sean Hayes, and Megan Mullally. A new video shows McCormack and Messing not in […]

ABC(NEW YORK) -- After an eighth season in which the business-based reality show surpassed $100 million in deals made with entrepreneurs, ABC has announced it's renewing Shark Tank for season nine.  The series, which has a group of investors willing to open their wallets for entrepreneurs with the right products, stars billionaire Mark Cuban, and fellow sharks Robert Herjavek, Kevin O'Leary, Lori Grenier, Barbara Corcoran, and Daymond John.  Like the other sharks, Barbara Corcoran told ABC […]

ABC(NEW YORK) -- After an eighth season in which the business-based reality show surpassed $100 million in deals made with entrepreneurs, ABC has announced it's renewing Shark Tank for season nine.  The series, which has a group of investors willing to open their wallets for entrepreneurs with the right products, stars billionaire Mark Cuban, and fellow sharks Robert Herjavek, Kevin O'Leary, Lori Grenier, Barbara Corcoran, and Daymond John.  Like the other sharks, Barbara Corcoran told ABC […]

Adult Swim(LOS ANGELES) -- With fans of Adult Swim's Rick and Morty jonesing for the animated show's new season -- which starts July 26 -- its creators have released two crossover videos to help make the wait seem shorter. For those unfamiliar, the show follows Rick, a genius inventor who's like Back to the Future's Doc Brown if he was a sociopath with substance issues. His panicky grandson Morty is usually dragged along Rick's […]

Getty Images/Jerritt Clark(LOS ANGELES) -- Will Ferrell delivered the commencement address at his alma mater, the University of Southern California, on Friday, capped off with an a capella version of Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You." "Class of 2017, I just want you to know you will never be alone on whatever path you may choose," he told the grads. "If you ever have a moment where you feel a little down, […]

ABC(LOS ANGELES) -- Veteran character actor Powers Boothe, who appeared, often as a manipulative bad guy, in everything from Deadwood to Nashville to Sin City and The Avengers, has died, a rep for the late actor confirmed to ABC News.  He was 68. The rep said Booth died in his sleep at his home in Los Angeles of natural causes. Boothe, who began acting in the 1970s, drew the attention […]

NBC/Rosalind O'Connor(NEW YORK) -- Melissa McCarthy spiced up this weekend's Saturday Night Live. After a spate of guest appearances mocking White House press secretary Sean Spicer in recent weeks, she was back on Saturday's edition of the NBC satire show to preside as host in what turned out to be SNL's most-watched May telecast in seven years. The Spicer sketch began with cast member Aidy Bryant playing Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the […]