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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NBCUniversal Cashes in on Reality TV With BravoCon’s Las Vegas Debut
The sold-out fan event will bring in $13.75 million+ in estimated ticket revenue from 25,000+ attendees, and millions more from sponsors
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Latino Power List: Trailblazers Are Carving a Path, but Institutional Hurdles Persist
Cover star Eva Longoria, actress Rita Moreno, agent Alexis Garcia and more discuss the critical need for representation as the industry transforms
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‘SNL’: Pedro Pascal Makes Surprise Cameo During Bad Bunny’s Opening Monologue (Video)
Show veteran Fred Armisen, singer Mick Jagger and Lady Gaga also appeared in the Oct. 21 episode of the NBC sketch series
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‘The Boys’ Spin-Off ‘Gen V’ Renewed for Season 2 at Prime Video
Amazon’s college-set superhero drama is halfway through its first season
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Netflix Signals Increase in Spending on Licensed Titles Following ‘Suits’ Explosion
The USA series broke viewing records once it hit the streamer in July
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‘Shining Vale’ Season 2 Time Jump Blurs Courteney Cox’s State of Mind: ‘Is She Psychotic or Possessed?’
Cocreator Jeff Astrof talks with TheWrap about collaborating with “Bad Sisters” scribe Sharon Horgan on the Starz horror comedy
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‘Disbelief, Rage and Anger’: Israelis in Hollywood Plead for Support in War With Gaza
Industry insiders with ties to the conflict say they were consumed with anxiety for the well-being of friends and family
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Sony Exec Ravi Ahuja Says End of Peak TV Will ‘Be Painful for Most Companies’ | Video
TheGrill 2023: The global television studios and development chairman also shares his “surprise” reaction to Disney’s purchase of Fox Entertainment during his tenure there
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‘Sunday Night Football’ Scores 27 Million Viewers With a Taylor Swift Assist
The Kansas City Chiefs game against the New York Jets becomes the most-watched Sunday show since Super Bowl LVII
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‘Dancing With the Stars’ Season 32 Premiere Waltzes Into 6.5 Million Viewers Across ABC, Hulu and Disney+
The ballroom dancing show returns to the network after premiering solely on Disney+ last season
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‘True Detective: Night Country’ Sets January Premiere on HBO (Video)
The Jodie Foster-led installment also stars Kali Reis and Fiona Shaw
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Ariana Madix Rocks ‘Vanderpump Rules’ Revenge Dress for ‘Dancing With the Stars’ Debut
The Bravo star says “Scandoval” “doesn’t define me” before giving the final performance of the ABC competition’s Season 32 premiere
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The CW Greenlights ‘Crime Nation,’ Network’s First True Crime Series
The anthology, executive produced by head of Candle True Stories and former ABC News president James Goldston, will premiere in early 2024
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Meet the Cast of ‘The Traitors’ Season 2 (Photos)
Stars from the “Real Housewives,” “Dancing With the Stars” and others will compete in the next installment of the Peacock competition series
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Julie Chen Moonves Laments How Sharon Osbourne Left ‘The Talk’: ‘A Horrible Mess’ (Video)
“It was [like] watching a train wreck,” the “Big Brother” host says of her former colleague’s firing from the CBS talk show in 2021
