Pennsylvania’s highest court has overturned comedian Bill Cosby’s sex assault conviction. The court said Wednesday that they found an agreement with a previous prosecutor prevented him from being charged in the case. PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Pennsylvania’s highest court overturned Bill Cosby’s sex assault conviction Wednesday after finding an agreement with a previous prosecutor prevented him …
CBS is champ of television season for 13th consecutive year
NEW YORK (AP) — In a designation that feels a little less significant every year, CBS has finished the 2020-21 television season as the nation’s most-watched television network for the 13th consecutive time. CBS averaged 6.28 million prime time viewers in the Nielsen company’s measurement of live-plus-seven viewing, which includes everyone who watched a particular …
CBS’ ‘Mom’ exits after 8 seasons with season ratings high
Actress Allison Janney attends the 26th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at The Shrine Auditorium on January 19, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. NEW YORK (AP) — The CBS comedy “Mom” signed off after eight seasons last week before 6.2 million viewers, the biggest audience of its final season. The Chuck Lorre-produced comedy starring Allison …
Morning shows extend the day to cope with viewer erosion
NEW YORK (AP) — A recent job promotion came with what seems to be a counterintuitive mandate for NBC News senior vice president Libby Leist: Drum up interest in the “Today” show anytime other than the mornings. It’s a survival strategy for “Today,” which celebrates the 70th anniversary of its first broadcast in January. Along …
After 2 decades in music and 2 kids, Pink still a rockstar
NEW YORK (AP) — Pink is grappling with the fact that her 9-year-old daughter, Willow, with husband Carey Hart, is on the cusp of the tween years. “It’s still the salad days, she’s still my baby,” said Pink in an interview over Zoom. “But she’s starting to ask me questions about deodorant and bras.” As …
The blockbuster movie makes a comeback this summer
After more than a year of benching its biggest spectacles, Hollywood is ready to dazzle again. From “F9” and “In the Heights” to “The Suicide Squad” and “Black Widow,” there will be a steady stream of blockbusters populating multiplexes across the country for the first time since March 2020. For streaming-weary audiences, the promise of …
Charles Grodin, ’ Beethoven,’ ‘Midnight Run,’ ‘Heartbreak Kid,’ star, dies
Charles Grodin, the droll, offbeat actor and writer who scored as a caddish newlywed in “The Heartbreak Kid” and later had roles ranging from Robert De Niro’s counterpart in the comic thriller “Midnight Run” to the bedeviled father in the “Beethoven” comedies, has died. He was 86. Grodin died Tuesday at him in Wilton, Connecticut, …
Prince Harry thought about quitting royal life in his 20s
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Prince Harry compared his royal experience to being on “The Truman Show” and “living in a zoo.” The Duke of Sussex said during a Thursday episode of the “Armchair Expert” podcast that he contemplated quitting royal life on several occasions while in his 20s. He spoke candidly with host Dax Shepard about keeping …
“This is Us” To End With Season 6
The Bottom Line: “This is Us” is set to come to an end with its sixth season. Apparently the network is planning to share the news tomorrow when they announce their 2021-22 broadcast season. Creator Dan Fogelman had been planning for this all along. The way he sees it, structure of the series wasn’t sustainable …
With new teaser, HBO announces Friends: The Reunion Special will air May 27
HBO Max has revealed its long-awaited Friends: The Reunion Special will air on Thursday, May 27. The new teaser just shows the cast — Matthew Perry, David Schwimmer, Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow and Matt LeBlanc — walking on the Warner Bros. lot arm in arm, and shot from behind in slow motion. As a lilting version of the show’s theme song plays, a title card …