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Kevin Hart’s Hartbeat is doubling down on the half-hour comedy special. LOL Live, the company’s stand-up showcase series, is returning to Hulu with 12 new specials rolling out one per month beginning June 19 and running through May 2027, the largest lineup in the franchise’s short history. The series launched in 2025 with 10 specials […]
Netflix has canceled The Boroughs after a single season, pulling the plug on the sci-fi series less than a month after it premiered on May 21. Despite strong reviews and a high-profile pedigree, the show could not sustain the viewership numbers Netflix needed to justify a renewal. Executive produced by Stranger Things creators the Duffer […]
The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder is heading into its final chapter with a packed guest roster and a holiday surprise. Disney+ has announced 11 guest stars for the fourth and final season of the animated comedy, along with a new stop-motion holiday special titled A Proud Family Wizmas, set to debut on the streamer […]
The Judas and the Black Messiah team is getting back together. Daniel Kaluuya is reuniting with director Shaka King for The Parlay, a new action crime film at Amazon MGM Studios, and Teyana Taylor is circling to join the cast. According to Deadline say Kaluuya is the driving force bringing King and Taylor together for […]
Janelle James and David Caspe are reuniting for a new comedy series at Hulu. The two are developing Rock City, a half-hour comedy set in the Virgin Islands, with Universal Television producing. The series follows a woman who returns to her hometown in the Virgin Islands after inheriting a local tourist trap from her estranged […]
Netflix has released the trailer for the third and final season of Survival of the Thickest, the acclaimed comedy co-created by Michelle Buteau and Danielle Sanchez-Witzel. The final chapter premieres July 2. The series follows Mavis Beaumont, a Black, plus-size stylist navigating love, friendship, self-worth and career ambition in New York City. Season 3 sees […]
MGM+ has released the first trailer for The Westies, a new crime drama set in early 1980s New York, premiering July 12 on the network. The series is set against the construction of the Jacob Javits Convention Center in Hell’s Kitchen, which promises a financial windfall for the Irish-American organized crime gang known as the […]
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced its newly elected Board of Governors for the 2026-2027 term, a roster that blends fresh faces with familiar names returning to the fold. Composer Kris Bowers joins the board for the first time, alongside returning incumbents like actor Lou Diamond Phillips and executive Hannah Minghella, […]
Netflix has renewed Funny AF with Kevin Hart for a second season, the streamer announced exclusively, with Season 2 expected to arrive in 2027. The renewal comes as both the series and its host are in the midst of Emmy campaigns, with the show up for Outstanding Reality Competition Program and Hart nominated for Outstanding […]
Love Island USA is heading to the big screen. Peacock has announced that the Season 8 Casa Amor episode will screen in 28 select theaters across the country on June 22 at 9 p.m. ET, marking the first time the hit dating series has made a theatrical debut. Tickets are available through Fandango with the […]