More from Rick Porter
TV Premiere Dates 2024: The Complete Guide
Hundreds of TV series — new and old, scripted and not, on streaming, broadcast and cable outlets — will premiere in the next 12 months. As production ramped up in the final weeks 2023 following the end of the SAG-AFTRA strike, pipelines started to get refilled, which could lead to a crush of premieres in […]
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Phil Rosenthal Keeps Eating in ‘Somebody Feed Phil’ Season 7: “If You Like a Food, You Go to the Source”
At the start of an interview with Phil Rosenthal about his food and travel series Somebody Feed Phil, I’m introduced as “Richard” (the company email I used to set up our chat displays my full name). I tell Rosenthal that I go by Rick. “OK, good,” he replies. “Because you know, I’m not partial to […]
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‘The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live’ Premieres to Multi-Year Highs for AMC
The return of two of The Walking Dead universe’s signature characters gave the latest spinoff in the franchise a ratings jolt. The premiere of The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live — which features the returns of Andrew Lincoln’s Rick and Danai Gurira’s Michonne — delivered 3 million viewers (inclusive of replays and simulcasts) over three days […]
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‘The Last of Us’ Adds Quartet to Season 2 Cast
HBO is building out the cast for season two of The Last of Us. The hit series based on the video game franchise has added four actors to its ensemble: Danny Ramirez, Ariela Barer, Tati Gabrielle and Spencer Lord. Their casting comes as the show is gearing up to begin production in the spring, for […]
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‘Hacks’ Unveils Season 3 Premiere Date, Teaser
Almost two years after Hacks began its second season on Max, the Emmy-winning comedy series will start its third installment. The streamer will debut season three of the series May 2. Max will run two episodes per week through May 23, with the finale of the nine-episode season debuting May 30. The two-per-week schedule will […]
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Streaming Ratings: ‘Griselda’ Repeats at No. 1, ‘Mr. & Mrs. Smith’ Opens Well
Netflix’s Griselda spent a second week as the top streaming title in the United States, according to Nielsen. It was one of three shows to snag more than a billion minutes of watch time for the week of Jan. 29-Feb. 4. Mr. and Mrs. Smith also had a solid start for Amazon’s Prime Video, coming […]
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Peacock Horror Thriller ‘Teacup’ Adds Chaske Spencer to Cast (Exclusive)
The cast of Peacock’s Teacup continues to grow. Chaske Spencer has signed on to the horror thriller, which is inspired by Robert McCammon’s novel Stinger. The Echo star joins Yvonne Strahovski and Scott Speedman in the series from Universal Studio Group’s UCP and James Wan’s Atomic Monster. As was the case with Strahovski’s and Speedman’s […]
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Cote de Pablo, Michael Weatherly Return to ‘NCIS’-Verse With Paramount+ Series
The NCIS franchise is expanding again — with a pair of very familiar faces from its past. Cote de Pablo and Michael Weatherly are set to star in an untitled, Paris-set spinoff of the series, reprising their roles as, respectively, Ziva David and Tony DiNozzo. The series order comes on the heels of Weatherly returning […]
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Yvonne Strahovski to Star in Peacock Thriller ‘Teacup’ From James Wan
Yvonne Strahovski has landed her next series project. The Handmaid’s Tale star will lead the cast for Teacup, a horror thriller series at Peacock that counts James Wan among its executive producers. Strahovski will also be a producer on the project, which is inspired by author Robert McCammon’s 1988 novel Stinger. Teacup will center on […]
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‘Where Is Wendy Williams?’ Gets Strong Ratings for Lifetime
Lifetime’s controversial Where Is Wendy Williams? documentary proved to be a big draw for the cable network. The 4 1/2-hour documentary, which aired over two nights on Feb. 24 and 25, averaged 1.04 million same-day viewers, according to Nielsen. That’s more than triple the average primetime audience for Lifetime in the previous three weeks, which […]
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‘Young and the Restless’ Renewed Through 2027-28 on CBS
The longest-running scripted series in CBS’ history will add several more years to its total. The network has ordered four more seasons of its daytime soap The Young and the Restless. The renewal — which comes as a previous four-year pickup is about to end — will take the show through its 55th season in 2027-28. […]
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Taylor Sheridan’s Most (and Least) Watched TV Shows, Ranked
When it comes to corralling viewers, Taylor Sheridan is hardly all hat, no cattle. The ultra-prolific writer-director’s Yellowstone universe shows and his other Paramount+ dramas perform quite strongly, helping to heavily prop up the streamer with its 63 million subscribers. Naturally, however, some shows outpull others. Here, The Hollywood Reporter takes a closer look at […]
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