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Drew Barrymore to front new ‘Hollywood Squares’ for CBS

Drew Barrymore to front new ‘Hollywood Squares’ for CBS

CBSAs part of its announcement of its 2024-25 season, CBS announced it has tapped Drew Barrymore to be the center square in an all-new version of the classic TV game show Hollywood Squares. Squares has been slated for a midseason bow. Like previous iterations of the show, contestants play tic-tac-toe with star-filled cubes for cash and…read more »

Sweet 16: CBS breaks own decades-old record as the most-watched primetime network for 16 straight seasons

Sweet 16: CBS breaks own decades-old record as the most-watched primetime network for 16 straight seasons

Justin Hartley in ‘Tracker’ – CBS/Sergei BachlakovThe Eye network is crying happy tears: CBS announced Thursday that it has been the most-watched network in primetime for the 16th straight season. That performance set a record for any broadcast network and broke CBS’ own primetime record set from 1955 to 1970. The network also touted Nielsen “live plus 7-day” ratings…read more »

Peabody Awards to honor Mel Brooks + Quinta Brunson

Peabody Awards to honor Mel Brooks + Quinta Brunson

David Livingston/Getty Images — ABCThe Peabody Awards announced Thursday, May 2, that it will be bestowing two special honors on two funny people. Trailblazing Blazing Saddles director Mel Brooks will be receiving the Peabody Career Achievement Award, and Abbott Elementary creator and star Quinta Brunson will take home the Peabody Trailblazer Award on Sunday, June 9, at a…read more »

Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney’s Emmy-winning ‘Welcome to Wrexham’ back for “another nail-biter” season

Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney’s Emmy-winning ‘Welcome to Wrexham’ back for “another nail-biter” season

FXFX’s Emmy-winning docuseries Welcome to Wrexham debuts May 2 at 10 p.m. ET, streaming the next day on Hulu.The show centers on Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney’s unlikely purchase of — and even more unlikely, their successful shepherding of — the underdog Welsh Wrexham football club.With the stars as co-chairs of the team, and not an insignificant infusion of…read more »