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Paramount, Trump Team Up For UFC White House Event

Mon, 08 Jun 2026 08:00:00 -0400

Paramount is helping President Trump celebrate the American flag and his birthday by live-streaming the Ultimate Fighter event on the White House lawn.

Weiss Agent-Of-Chaos Style Is Right Out Of Trump Playbook

Fri, 05 Jun 2026 08:00:00 -0400

Like Trump, Weiss is an agent of change, but also an agent of chaos. Creating chaos in the workplace plays like a deliberate strategy for both of them.

Anchorman: The Legend Of Scott Pelley

Thu, 04 Jun 2026 07:00:00 -0400

"Rage, rage against the dying of the light," wrote Dylan Thomas - an apt line of poetry for the way Scott Pelley left CBS.

Wholesome TV Twosome's New Show Has F-Word Title

Wed, 03 Jun 2026 08:00:00 -0400

A pair of wholesome, high-rated TV co-hosts are coming out with a show whose F-word title flies in the face of their G-rated image and reputation.

Heartbreak Of Watching 'Downton' For The Second Time

Tue, 02 Jun 2026 08:00:00 -0400

Anyone who watched "Downton Abbey" in the heyday of its fame will watch it the second time with a sense of foreboding that was not possible the first time around.

What Does Bari Want? Reading The Press-Release Tea Leaves

Mon, 01 Jun 2026 08:00:00 -0400

In her seven months as editor in chief and the de facto head of CBS News, Bari Weiss installed a traditional anchorman on "CBS Evening News" and engineered the total shutdown of CBS Radio News.

CBS News Shocker: Weiss Hires TV News Novice To Run '60 Minutes'

Fri, 29 May 2026 08:00:00 -0400

CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss is bringing in an outsider with no prior experience in TV news to run "60 Minutes."

The Ridiculousness Of TV's Assassins For Hire

Thu, 28 May 2026 08:00:00 -0400

The Fox series "Memory of a Killer" boasts the most conspicuous killer for hire on TV at the moment - an assassin with early-onset Alzheimer's.

Comedian Plots First-Ever Late-Night Show For YouTube

Wed, 27 May 2026 08:00:00 -0400

In a promotional video on YouTube, comedian Ben Gleib positions his show in the context of the changes roiling late-night on network TV.

If Kimmel Quits, Fallon Will Be Late Night's Last Man Standing

Tue, 26 May 2026 08:00:00 -0400

Could Jimmy Fallon one day emerge as the King of Late Night?

Thanks, Tom Hanks, For Sensational A&E WWII Documentary

Fri, 22 May 2026 08:00:00 -0400

A new 20-episode history of the war narrated and produced by Tom Hanks takes its place in the pantheon of the best WWII documentaries ever made.

Colbert Was Adored By Fans, But He Killed CBS Late Night

Thu, 21 May 2026 08:00:00 -0400

With tonight's Stephen Colbert "Late Show" finale, many will understandably feel emotional over the fact that a TV personality they love is leaving television.

'Fandom' Was Undisputed Word Champion At Upfronts

Wed, 20 May 2026 08:00:00 -0400

Last week, the word "fandom" leaped to the forefront of the Upfronts, where it was used in most - if not all - of them.

Classless Clowns To Network That Paid Them Millions: F-You!

Tue, 19 May 2026 08:00:00 -0400

Like others who have been in the same situation, Stephen Colbert has a choice of either bowing out of late night gracefully or taking the low road of anger and ingratitude.

Brooke Shields Gets Cozy In Acorn Mystery Series

Mon, 18 May 2026 10:57:41 -0400

A bestselling mystery author is an amateur sleuth who conducts her own self-styled investigations of murders in the storybook seaside town in which she lives.

If this sounds like the premise for the old 1980s and ’90s CBS series “Murder, She Wrote,” then that would be correct.

But it also serves as a description of a new mystery series starring Brooke Shields.

Angela Lansbury famously played mystery author Jessica Fletcher on “Murder, She Wrote,” which had an extraordinarily long run on CBS for twelve seasons (1984-96).

The new Brooke Shields show -- titled “You’re Killing Me” and premiering Monday on Acorn -- has Shields, 60, playing Allison Chandler, a very successful mystery writer who has written so many novels relying on the same detective character that her sales have plateaued.

The character is named Chandler, perhaps as a nod to Raymond Chandler, who wrote detective novels for 19 years starting in 1939 with The Big Sleep.

But Raymond Chandler’s hard-boiled novels were not “cozy” mysteries. The term “cozy mystery” has come to describe a genre of murder-mystery TV shows that take place in quaint towns or villages, where murders are incomprehensibly numerous in relation to the population.

In a cozy mystery, crime scenes are not depicted graphically and the murders are relatively chaste affairs.

The crime-solvers in the shows range from a local police detective to amateurs such as vicars, mystery writers and, in at least one mystery show, a nun (“Sister Boniface Mysteries”).

Cozy mysteries imported from British television are a staple of PBS, and the content on Acorn TV is, for the most part, British as well.

“You’re Killing Me” is definitely cozy and decidedly American, although it was filmed in and around Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Like “Murder, She Wrote,” which took place in the fictional seaside town of Cabot Cove, “You’re Killing Me” also takes place in a similarly named fictional “cove” named Founders Cove.

In the first episode previewed by the TV Blog on Friday, Chandler is receiving an award at a convention of mystery writers that just happens to be taking place in the very town in which she lives.

All of a sudden, a man known to everyone in town plummets from a high hotel window and crash-lands on the roof of a parked car. And thus begins the episode’s murder mystery.

“You’re Killing Me” diverges from the “Murder, She Wrote” formula in one important way.

Unlike Jessica Fletcher, Allison Chandler takes on a sidekick -- a young woman who styles herself as a true-crime podcaster (played by Amalia Williamson, above photo, right, with Shields).

As Episode One proceeds, the Baby Boomer and the Gen-Z’er clash over everything from cellphones to coffee orders.

More to the point, they are each carrying on their own investigations and bumping into each other everywhere they go.

Eventually, they make peace, team up, face danger together and solve the murder mystery.

The verdict? “You’re Killing Me” is a very nice show that is easy to take -- in a word, cozy.

“You’re Killing Me” starts streaming on Monday, May 18, on Acorn TV.

Surefire Hit 'Big Bang' Spinoff Goes To Streaming, Not Network TV

Fri, 15 May 2026 08:00:00 -0400

"The Big Bang Theory" and its two spinoffs have been huge hits for CBS, but the third spinoff is going directly to streaming.

Kimmel Avoided Trump Attacks In Upfront Monologue

Thu, 14 May 2026 08:00:00 -0400

Jimmy Kimmel restrained himself from making his annual monologue at the Disney Upfront this week all about his battles with Donald Trump.

The Audacity Of 'Baywatch,' Other Upfront Notes

Wed, 13 May 2026 08:00:00 -0400

Fox positions its new "Baywatch" as a drama, but it drew some scattered laughs around the audience at the Fox Upfront Monday in New York.

New NBC 'Rockford,' Fox 'Stewie' Spinoff Enliven Monday Upfronts

Tue, 12 May 2026 07:00:00 -0400

The new "Rockford," slated to premiere next January and starring David Boreanaz, was one of four new scripted shows - two dramas and two comedies - announced by NBC for next season.

Show About Illegal Squatters Takes Up Residence On A&E

Mon, 11 May 2026 09:14:54 -0400

Almost under the radar, basic cable seems to have upped its game with a slew of addictive docu-reality series.

Matthew Perry Estate Auction Reveals Star's Private Life

Fri, 08 May 2026 08:00:00 -0400

An auction of 130 of Perry's personal belongings was announced earlier this week by Dallas-based Heritage Auctions.

Ted Turner's Greatest Contribution Was Not CNN

Wed, 06 May 2026 12:50:50 -0400

...or creating cable TV's "superstation" or saving the American bison. It was shaming the world's richest men into becoming its greatest philanthropists.

Will Kimmel Deliver A Trump Diatribe At Disney Upfront?

Wed, 06 May 2026 08:00:00 -0400

There is no reason to expect Disney to deny Jimmy Kimmel his annual opportunity to strut upon the Upfront stage for a monologue that generally runs for about 15 minutes.

Now 70, The Children Of 'Seven Up!' Are Saying Good-Bye

Tue, 05 May 2026 08:00:00 -0400

The final installment of one of the greatest TV series ever made is finished and ready to premiere later this year.

Is The World Ready For 'The Apprentice Jr.'?

Mon, 04 May 2026 08:00:00 -0400

In response to the rumors about reviving "The Apprentice," the "TV Blog" asks: Why bother?

Unglued Late-Night Host Vs. Unglued President

Fri, 01 May 2026 08:00:00 -0400

Enough already! The "TV Blog" believes that both of these combatants have gone too far.

Netflix 'Man On Fire' Thriller Packs A Punch

Thu, 30 Apr 2026 08:00:00 -0400

Netflix's new limited-series thriller "Man on Fire" burns like a furnace in the third act of the first episode, and from there, it is off and running.

Disney's Jimmy Kimmel Problem

Wed, 29 Apr 2026 08:00:00 -0400

Kimmel's ratings have been falling for a long time. Focusing on abusing Trump every night is part of the reason.

For Journalists At The Correspondents' Dinner, The Story Was All About Them

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 06:00:00 -0400

Many of the journalists who were in the hotel ballroom when shots rang out in an area outside the White House Correspondents' Dinner have been talking about it in the days following the event.

The One Person Who Is Not Looking Forward To New 'Little House'

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 08:00:00 -0400

The "TV Blog" has unearthed a negative take on Netflix's upcoming revival of "Little House on the Prairie," the beloved series of the 1970s and '80s.