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John Karlen, ‘Dark Shadows’ and ‘Cagney & Lacey’ Actor, Dies at 86
He played Willie Loomis on “Shadows” and was the husband of Tyne Daly’s Mary Beth Lacey on CBS sitcom
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How ‘Logan’ Convinced Patrick Stewart He Could Return to ‘Star Trek’
“When we meet for the first time, you might almost say ‘we don’t know this man,’” Stewart told TheWrap of inhabiting Jean-Luc Picard after 20 years
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Paramount TV Studios and Anonymous Content End First-Look Deal
The two companies will still be in business together
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Bill Abbott, CEO of Hallmark Channel Parent Crown Media, Out After 11 Years With Company
Search for his replacement underway
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Bill Simmons-Produced Music Documentary Film Series Set at HBO
Six-part project is modeled after ESPN’s “30 for 30” film series that Simmons produced
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Mr Peanut Gives His Life to Save Matt Walsh and Wesley Snipes in Planters’ Super Bowl Ad (Video)
Our hearts are with Mrs. Peanut
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Billy Eichner to Play Journalist Matt Drudge on FX’s ‘American Crime Story: Impeachment’
Drudge Report broke the news of the Clinton-Lewinsky affair
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Why ‘Bad Boys for Life’ Had No Crossover With ‘Bad Boys’-Spinoff ‘LA’s Finest’
“There was no real room for it,” the film’s directors Bilall Fallah and Adil El Arbi told TheWrap
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TV Execs Predict How Streaming Will Shake Out in 2020: ‘It Will Be Like ‘The Hangover”
From “Peak TV” to “Peak Streaming” with three more newcomers following Apple and Disney
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RuPaul and Houston Texans Star JJ Watt to Make Their ‘SNL’ Hosting Debuts in February
Justin Bieber will join the RuPaul-hosted episode as the musical guest
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CAA’s Eric Wattenberg Joins Wheelhouse Entertainment as Chief Content Officer
He leaves CAA after a decade-long tenure
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Patton Oswalt, Ben Schwartz, Melissa Fumero Among 8 Cast in Hulu-Marvel Animated Series ‘MODOK’
Oswalt is the writing the series that centers on an egomaniacal supervillain with a really big head
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How Apple TV+ Put Diversity at the Forefront During Its TCA Debut
TCA 2020: Streamer’s “Little America” explores different immigrant experiences, while “Visible: Out on Television” examines how the LGBTQ movement has shaped TV
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Rob McElhenney Says the Characters in ‘Mythic Quest’ Are ‘Real People’ Compared to ‘Sunny’ Gang
TCA 2020: “This felt like a real workplace environment,” he said of the video game company the show takes place in
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‘Central Park’ Creator Explains Why He Casts Men to Voice Animated Female Roles
TCA 2020: “Animation just makes you want to take this voice and have it come out of this face,” Loren Bouchard says
