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NBC just dropped the trailer for season 2 of Brilliant Minds, and it looks like the medical drama isn’t just leaning into brain science this time — it’s diving headfirst into psychological thriller territory. “It’s hard to predict what will break a person, but everyone breaks. It makes you human,” Dr. Oliver Wolf (Zachary Quinto) […]
Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson is officially bringing Harlem’s most infamous hustler tale to the small screen. The mogul revealed he’s purchased the rights to the 2002 cult classic Paid in Full and is expanding it into a premium television series. “I now have the rights to PAID IN FULL, I’m developing it into a premium […]
Michelle Buteau has signed on to co-lead Heather of the Valley alongside Zooey Deschanel in new indie comedy directed by award-winner Sheri Elwood from an original script by Kate Spurgeon. The film follows two former high school classmates who couldn’t be more different. Buteau stars as a burned-out suburban mom clinging to sarcasm and Diet […]
NBC’s Saturday Night Live is heading into its 51st season with one of the most significant shake-ups in recent memory. Ego Nwodim, who joined the show in 2018 and quickly became a fan favorite, has officially announced she’s leaving after seven seasons. For so many of us, this is a tough one. Ego was often […]
ABC’s quirky crime dramedy High Potential is officially back this fall, and Kaitlin Olson is once again leading the charge as Morgan Gillory, the genius single mom whose unconventional sleuthing has turned her into one of network TV’s most refreshing detectives. The returning cast includes Daniel Sunjata as Detective Karadec, Judy Reyes as Lt. Selena […]
The centuries-spanning story of Foundation isn’t slowing down. Apple TV+ has officially renewed its sci-fi epic, based on Isaac Asimov’s award-winning stories, for a fourth season—just as the season 3 finale, The Darkness, debuts globally today, Friday, September 12, 2025. Production on season 4 is slated to kick off in early 2026, with Foundation continuing […]
Idris Elba has officially lined up his next creative chapter with Apple TV+. The Golden Globe-winning actor, filmmaker, and producer will both star in and direct a feature film adaptation of Neil LaBute’s provocative play This is How it Goes. Nathaniel Price (Mr. Loverman, The Outlaws) is set to adapt the screenplay. The tense psychological […]
After a six-year wait, Big Little Lies is finally taking steps toward its third season. HBO has tapped Francesca Sloane — co-creator, executive producer, and showrunner of Prime Video’s Mr. & Mrs. Smith — to write the first episode of Season 3 and join as an executive producer alongside series creator David E. Kelley, Reese […]
Prime Video’s Mr. & Mrs. Smith has hit a major roadblock. Season 2 of the Emmy-nominated series has been put on indefinite hold, Deadline reports, leaving the fate of the stylish spy drama—and its central cliffhanger—uncertain. The Cliffhanger That Might Never Be Answered Season 1 ended with Donald Glover and Maya Erskine’s John and Jane […]
Can love survive when the past comes knocking? That’s the central question in Jahmar Hill’s upcoming holiday drama First Christmas Home, which just dropped its first teaser trailer. Written, directed, and produced by Hill, the project brings together a talented ensemble cast including Jamaal Lewis, LaToya Ward, Christina Cooper, De’Aundre Bonds, Lucretia Jones, and Hill […]