Jose Alejandro Bastidas is TheWrap’s TV editor. Previously, he worked as assistant arts & entertainment editor at the San Francisco Chronicle. He also served as a staff writer at PopCulture.com, based in Nashville, and as food reporter and digital producer at The Desert Sun (a Gannett publication) based in Palm Springs. He has a BA in Mass Communication from Louisiana State University.
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‘9-1-1’ Creator Says Eddie Is ‘Serious as a Heart Attack’ About Moving After Episode 8
Tim Minear also tells TheWrap about going meta exploring the show within the show “Hotshots” in Season 8, and all that spinoff speculation
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Jake Paul-Mike Tyson Fight Scores Over 108 Million Viewers Worldwide, Netflix Says
Friday’s match becomes the most-watched global sporting event ever with 65 million live concurrent streams
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Netflix Touts Worldwide Expansion, ‘Squid Game’ Season 2 in First International Content Showcase
Chief content officer Bela Bajaria and other executives unveil new films and returning series from across the globe, including “Troll 2” from Norway and Colombia’s “One Hundred Years of Solitude”
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‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Star Jake Borelli Loved How Levi’s ‘Inspiring’ Exit Unfolded in Season 21
The actor also tells TheWrap about building a “bigger queer life” alongside his character, and his hopes to direct future episodes
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‘NCIS: Origins’ Star Mariel Molino Says Lala’s Connection With Gibbs Is Only Going to Get Deeper
Co-creator Gina Lucita Monreal also tells TheWrap how Lala’s story holds “the big question” at the center of the CBS prequel
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‘The Penguin’ Finale Gathers 2.1 Million Viewers, 50% Increase From Premiere
“The Batman” spinoff series is now the third most-watched current HBO show globally after “House of the Dragon” and “The Last of Us”
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‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Sets the Stage for Schmitt’s Exit — and Tragedy for Yasuda
Episode 6 explains how both Jake Borelli and Midori Francis could say goodbye to the ABC medical drama
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‘NCIS: Origins,’ ‘Poppa’s House’ Land Full Season Orders at CBS
Both new series will now air 18 episodes for Season 1
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Under Trump 2.0, Hollywood Sees a Wave of Consolidation and Looming Censorship
His reelection comes at a precarious moment for Hollywood, when legacy studios are severely tightening their belts
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‘Agatha All Along’ Scores 4.6 Million Viewers With Episode 8
Episode 9 also wrapped up the show’s two-part finale with 3.9 million viewers after one day of streaming
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Jason Bateman and David Harbour-Led Limited Series ‘DTF St. Louis’ Lands Series Order at HBO
The middle-aged love triangle drama spawned off development from the “My Dentist’s Murder Trial” TV adaptation with Pedro Pascal
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‘St. Denis Medical’: Inside NBC’s Bold Comedic Take on Hospital Shenanigans | Exclusive
TheWrap visited the set and writers’ room for Justin Spitzer and Eric Ledgin’s ambitious series starring Wendi McLendon-Covey, Allison Tolman and David Alan Grier
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‘Somebody Somewhere’ Used Bridget Everett’s Real-Life Dog for Heartbreaking Season 3 Premiere Twist: ‘She Nailed It’
The star and creators Hannah Bos and Paul Thureen also tell TheWrap about the “miracle” of making the HBO comedy for as long as they did
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‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Tackles Voter Responsibility in Last Episode Before 2024 Election
The ABC medical drama finds its doctors debating the duty of participating in democracy less than two weeks from Election Day
