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EXCLUSIVE: In a power pairing, Tracy Oliver and Issa Rae have teamed up for hourlong series project Open, Deadline has learned. Co-created by the duo, Open was recently taken out and has garnered seven offers, I hear. It is produced by Paramount Television Studios under Rae’s first-look there. In Open, when a married couple who […]

SPOILER ALERT: This article contains spoilers for “Big Little Truths,” the follow-up novel to “Big Little Lies.” It all starts with a mysterious finger sent to the school principal. Liane Moriarty is back with “Big Little Truths,” a book set 10 years after the events of her novel “Big Little Lies,” which was adapted into […]

Another Arconia murder mystery has come and gone, but another dead body was found on the premises, though it could be argued that the murder was not in the building. The newest case will take the crew overseas, which Deadline first reported. Fresh on the heels of Season 5’s finale, the series was renewed for […]

The culture clash will continue in Season 4 of Julian Fellowes’ HBO period drama The Gilded Age, based on the turn-of-the-century time period in America that lasted between 1870 and 1900. Some familiar faces have been promoted to series regulars since Season 3, and some new faces are joining the cast to play big-name historical […]

“Dugout Dads,” the nine-episode series streaming on YouTube, is seeking a bigger playing field. The short-form series, created by Patrick Renna and Kyle Howard’s Hambino Media, reunites the cast of 1993 hit “The Sandlot” for a new coming-of-age sports story. The comedy, which dropped on YouTube on Wednesday, stars Renna, Tom Guiry, Chauncey Leopardi, Marty […]

There is still a long wait to be had for the highly anticipated second season of Heated Rivalry. When Season 1 of the Crave book adaptation of Rachel Reid’s Game Changers series skated quietly onto HBO Max on Nov. 28, 2025, it quickly built momentum and became a phenomenon. Season 2 is in the works […]

UPDATED with new trailer, 4:05 PM: “I’m an investigative reporter, and that guy and this company are playing an unprecedented role in our lives.” So begins the latest trailer for writer-director Aaron Sorkin’s The Social Reckoning, which hits theaters October 9 — more than a decade and a half after the Best Picture Oscar-nominated The […]

Beyoncé has paid tribute to country icon Dolly Parton, who died on August 25, calling her “the barometer” and thanking her for the impact she had on the world. In a statement posted to her website, Beyoncé wrote, “Dolly, you were the barometer. The north star. Bold and brilliant. Talented and tenacious. You taught so […]

There’s nothing better than sitting on the couch to binge your favorite TV show. Or, maybe, there is. In the era of streaming, binge-watching is easier than ever. So, it seems potentially incongruous that appointment viewing — watching a television show when it first airs — is so capable of seizing the collective attention of viewers.  […]