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Kara Killmer Isn’t Grieving the End of ‘Chicago Fire’: “I Had a Lot of Time to Process Sylvie’s Exit”
Kara Killmer will be quick to tell you that playing her Firehouse 51 paramedic character Sylvie Brett has been daunting at times, while she focused on saving the lives of traumatized citizens for 10 years on NBC’s Chicago Fire. But, just as the resilient paramedic never wavered in fighting for a stranger’s life on the […]
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‘The Hunting Party’ Crime Drama Nabs NBC Series Pickup
NBC is throwing a Hunting Party. The network has handed out a series order for the high-concept procedural The Hunting Party, from creator JJ Bailey. The pickup for the drama comes more than a year after NBC opened up a writers room for the project that it describes as revolving around “a small team of […]
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NBC Sets Jimmy Fallon ‘Tonight Show’ Primetime Special for 10-Year Anniversary
Jimmy Fallon is coming to primetime, at least for one night. NBC has set a two-hour primetime special commemorating 10 years of The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon. The special is slated to air on NBC on Tuesday May 14, and will stream on Peacock the following day. Fallon announced the news on the Tonight […]
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‘Good Girls’ Duo Plants Suburban Crime Drama at NBC
NBC is adding to its pilot roster with a drama from Good Girls executive producers Jenna Bans and Bill Krebs. Like Good Girls, the new project from the pair, titled Grosse Pointe Garden Society, will focus on a group of women caught up in a crime — murder, in this case. The show’s logline reads, […]
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Network TV 2024: What’s New, Renewed and Canceled (So Far)
The past three years have severely impacted the broadcast television landscape. Following a decade of growth — remember the days of 100 pilots? — the TV landscape on broadcast is experiencing further contraction because of production delays caused by both the pandemic and Hollywood’s historic dual strikes in 2023. The result is fewer pilots, a […]
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‘Chicago Fire’: How Life Imitates Art for David Eigenberg in Season 12
[This story contains some spoilers from the first three episodes of Chicago Fire season 12.] With his 40-year career on stage and screen, actor David Eigenberg looks at his chosen profession as a roller-coaster ride of good fortune with some down times. Upon trying his hand at acting after an honorable discharge from the United States Marine […]
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‘The Office: The Movie’ Floated By a Surprising Source
The recurring rumors and hope for a revival of the beloved NBC sitcom The Office have returned this week, and this time it’s come from a surprising source — Bryan Cranston. And the Breaking Bad Emmy winner thinks the Dunder Mifflin crew should now be working on a bigger screen. Appearing on the Office Ladies […]
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Ayo Edebiri Realizes the Level of Jennifer Lopez’s Popularity in ‘Saturday Night Live’ Promo
Ayo Edebiri learns about the power of Jennifer Lopez in the first promo for her Saturday Night Live hosting debut. Edebiri is set to lead this weekend’s episode of the NBC sketch show alongside musical guest Lopez. This is the Bear star’s first time taking the stage for SNL, while Lopez marks her fourth episode […]
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Reba McEntire Comedy in the Works at NBC
The Queen of Country is reuniting with NBC. Reba McEntire, fresh off her run as a coach on NBC’s The Voice, will star in an untitled comedy that has earned a pilot order at the network. The multicamera vehicle will reunite McEntire with former Reba showrunner Kevin Abbott, who is set to pen the script […]
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‘Chicago Fire’ Boss on Taylor Kinney’s Return, Kara Killmer’s Final Season and New Arrivals
[This story contains spoilers from the second episode of Chicago Fire season 12, “Call Me McHolland.”] In the eyes of Chicago Fire showrunner Andrea Newman, multiple seasons of any show that brings what she considers to be continual grind from everyday action heroes is going to garner change. And that’s exactly what viewers saw Wednesday […]
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Dakota Johnson Is Wildly Confused About ‘Saturday Night Live’ History in Show Promo
Dakota Johnson might need to brush up on her Saturday Night Live trivia, as seen in the first promo for her hosting return. Johnson marks her second time as SNL host this weekend, where she will be joined by musical guest Justin Timberlake. The actress previously led a season 40 episode in February 2015 alongside […]
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‘Found’: Shanola Hampton on That Finale Cliffhanger and “Undefined Chemistry” With Co-Star Mark-Paul Gosselaar
[This story contains spoilers form the season finale of Found.] Peacock’s most successful series launch to date, Found, has come to an end with a revelation among the crisis management team at Mosely & Associates that leaves the relationships of the recovery specialists and the future of the agency hired to find missing persons hanging […]
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