Month: December 2024

Max is gearing up for the release of the eight-episode Season 2 of Bookie, the original comedy from Chuck Lorre and Nick Bakay, starring Sebastian Maniscalco and Omar J. Dorsey. Andrea Anders, Maxim Swinton and Rob Corddry also star in the series, with Season 2 guest stars including Charlie Sheen, Ray Romano, Zach Braff and Brad Garrett.

The series follows “veteran Los Angeles bookie Danny (Sebastian Maniscalco) as the potential legalization of sports gambling in California threatens to upend his business for good. Alongside best friend and former NFL player Ray (Omar J. Dorsey), side-hustling sister Lorraine (Vanessa Ferlito), and reluctantly reformed drug dealer Hector (Jorge Garcia), Danny must contend with his increasingly unstable clients as he tries to settle their debts — all while making plenty of risky bets of his own.”

The eight-episode second season returns on Thursday, December 12 with weekly episodes leading up to the season finale oin Thursday, January 30; see the trailer: HERE.

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The upcoming CBS medical mystery series “Watson” starring Morris Chestnut has set its premiere date. The show will debut after the AFC Championship Game on Jan. 26, 2025 at approximately 10 p.m. ET – depending on when the game and post-game coverage conclude.

The upcoming medical mystery drama follows Dr. John Watson’s return to his medical practice after Moriarty kills Holmes, the fictional detective who first appeared in novels by British author Arthur Conan Doyle. An official description reads: “Watson is a medical show with a strong investigative spine. Featuring a modern version of one of history’s greatest detectives as he turns his attention from solving crimes to solving medical mysteries.”

As previously announced, Chestnut will star as Dr. John Watson, the companion of the iconic mater detective Sherlock Holmes. Per the official series logline, the show “takes place six months after the death of the titular character’s friend and partner, Sherlock Holmes, at the hands of Moriarty. The show stars Morris Chestnut as Dr. John Watson, who resumes his medical career as the head of a clinic dedicated to treating rare disorders. Watson’s old life isn’t done with him, though – Moriarty and Watson are set to write their own chapter of a story that has fascinated audiences for more than a century.”

Chestnut is also an executive producer on the series, with Eve Harlow, Peter Mark Kendall, Ritchie Coster, Inga Schlingmann and Rochelle Aytes also starring.

Watson premieres Jan. 26 at 10:00 p.m. EST on CBS, with the episode streaming on Paramount+ the following day. The series will begin airing in its regular Sunday timeslot at 10 p.m. ET beginning on Feb. 16.

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Peacock has added three new guest stars for Season 2 of Poker Face, with John Mulaney, Ego Nwodim and Sam Richardon joining the cast.  The streaming service also revealed new cast members including Awkwafina, Corey Hawkins, Method Man and Simon Rex set to appear in the mystery series.

Peacock previously announced Giancarlo Esposito, Katie Holmes, Gaby Hoffman, Kumail Nanjiani, Sherry Cola, Kevin Corrigan, Ben Marshall, Kathrine Narducci, Cynthia Erivo, BJ Novk and Margo Martindale will be guest starring in Season 2, which does not have a premiere date set as of press time.

Poker Face stars Natasha Lyonne as a crime solver on the road. The mystery-of-the-week series follows Lyonne’s Charlie, who has an extraordinary ability to determine when someone is lying. She hits the road with her Plymouth Barracuda and with every stop encounters a new cast of characters and strange crimes she can’t help but solve.

Lyonne also executive produces creator Rian Johnson, showrunner Tony Tost and Ram Bergman. Season 1 earned four Emmy nominations including one for Lyonne’s performance and guest star Judith Light.

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Paul Mescal will host the Dec. 7 episode of NBC’s Saturday Night Live, which will mark the program’s first episode after a three-week hiatus through the Thanksgiving holiday.

The ‘Gladiator II’ actor will be featured  alongside musical guest Shaboozey on the episode, marking the “SNL” debut for both artists.

“Saturday Night Live” will also be celebrating its 50th anniversary with a live primetime special on Feb. 16. The series airs on NBC at 11:30 p.m. ET and streams on Peacock.

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Netflix announced that it has renewed Outer Banks for a fifth and final season.

Per Deadline, co-creators/executive producers Jonas Pate, Josh Pate and Shannon Burke said in a statement: “We imagined a mystery that would lead to a five-season journey of adventure, treasure hunting, and friendship. It seemed impossible that we would really get to tell the whole five-season story, but here we are at the end of our fourth season, still chopping away.”

The trio added that Season 4 “was our longest and hardest — but most rewarding — to produce” and that the season ends with a feature-length episode “which we think is our best, most powerful episode. We hope you feel the same way. We hope to bring our beloved Pogues home in the way we imagined and planned years ago .. We hope you’ll join us for one more paddle out to the surf break.”  (read the note in its entirety HERE).

Outer Banks stars Chase Stokes and Madelyn Cline as lovers from opposite social castes.  The series also stars Madison Bailey, Jonathan Daviss, Rudy Pankow, Carlacia Grant, Drew Starkey, Austin North, Fiona Palomo, J. Anthony Crane, Pollyanna McIntosh, Brianna Brown, Rigo Sanchez, Mia Challis and Cullen Moss.

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Comedy Central announced that Jon Stewart will continue to host The Daily Show through December 2025, keeping him as a once-a-week host and full-time executive producer of the show.

The news comes just over nine months after Stewart made a deal to return to the show after an eight year absence, hosting the show once a week (usually Monday nights) through the presidential election. The 61-year-old comedian said in a statement: “I’ve truly enjoyed being back working with the incredible team at The Daily Show and Comedy Central. I was really hoping they’d allow me to do every other Monday, but I’ll just have to suck it up…”  Desi Lydic, Ronny Chieng, Michael Kosta and Jordan Klepper step in to host The Daily show when Stewart is out.

Chris McCarthy, Paramount Global Co-CEO and president/CEO of Showtime & MTV Entertainment Studios, shared: “Jon’s incisive intellect and sharp wit make him one of the most important voices in political and cultural commentary today. His ability to cut through the noise and deliver clear-eyed insights is exactly what we need, which is why we are thrilled to have him leading The Daily Show for another year.”

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