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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‘The Traitors’ Sets Civilian-Only Spinoff at NBC
Host Alan Cumming shares casting is now open for the latest iteration of the Emmy-winning Peacock series
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‘The Gilded Age’ Ends Season 3 on Another Series High With 5 Million Viewers
Viewership for the finale was up 88% from the season premiere
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‘St. Denis Medical’ Recruits Ariana Madix as Season 2 Guest Star
The “Love Island USA” host will play a doctor on the NBC medical comedy
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‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ Reboot Taps Chase Sui Wonders as Guest Star
Ryan Kiera Armstrong and Sarah Michelle Gellar headline the Hulu sequel series
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‘The Gilded Age’ Finale: Bosses Break Down Bertha’s Reckoning, Peggy’s Twist and That Baby Reveal
Julian Fellowes and Sonja Warfield also tell TheWrap about Marian and Larry’s engagement roller coaster, and the possibility of a musical episode
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‘The Gilded Age’: Inside George’s High-Stakes Surgery in Season 3 Finale
The cast and creatives celebrate the nuances at the center of the HBO drama’s most intense sequence yet
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David Ellison Talks CBS News Interference, Late Night and M&A as New Paramount Charts Post-Merger Future
“I do not want to politicize our company in any way, shape or form,” the executive says in his first meeting with press atop the media giant
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‘The Gilded Age’ Star Harry Richardson Dissects Larry and Marian’s Engagement Impasse and That Deadly Cliffhanger
The actor tells TheWrap the Season 3 finale is a boiling “melting pot of questions and drama”
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‘Matlock’ Taps Justina Machado for Season 2 Recurring Role
The actress joins Kathy Bates and Skye P. Marshall on the CBS drama series
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‘The Holiday’ TV Adaptation in the Works at Apple TV+
Nancy Meyers says she learned about the limited series based on her classic film on Instagram
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‘South Park’ to Leave HBO Max Next Week as Paramount+ Becomes Show’s Exclusive Streaming Home
The animated series from Matt Stone and Trey Parker was on the WBD platform for five years
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‘And Just Like That’ to End With Season 3 on HBO Max
Showrunner Michael Patrick King says the current season is a “wonderful place to stop”
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Warner Bros. Sets Post-Split Multiyear Contracts With JB Perrette and Bruce Campbell
The executives serve as global streaming and games CEO and chief revenue officer, respectively
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‘The Gilded Age’ Hits Another Series High for 3rd Week in a Row With 4.5 Million Viewers
Viewership for Season 3 is now tracking 25% higher than Season 2
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‘South Park’ Season 27 Premiere Nabs Almost 6 Million Viewers Across Platforms, Biggest Linear Share Since 1999
The Trump and Paramount takedown episode also marks the show’s biggest episode on social ever
