2016-09-13

Here is the latest Opinion Column from The Hollywood Reporter.

Ryan Lochte Rushed By Audience Members as ‘Dancing with the Stars’ Cuts to Commercial


The Olympian appeared shocked as his debut on the live ABC reality competition show was plagued by protesters: “We had a bit of a scary moment.”

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TV Ratings: ‘Harley and the Davidsons’ Gives Discovery a Scripted Win

Live-plus-three-day returns for the three-night event bring the cable network its most-watched scripted effort to date.

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Kirstie Alley Joins ‘Scream Queens’ as Season 2 Series Regular

The Emmy and Golden Globe winner will play a brilliant and devious administrator.

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‘The Mindy Project’ Enlists ‘Smash’ Alum Jack Davenport for Season 5 (Exclusive)

Davenport will play an English stage actor who takes an interest in Mindy.

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History Orders Military-Inspired Unscripted Series From Peter Berg

The eight-episode first season of ‘The Selection: Special Operations Experiment’ will launch this December.

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‘Big Bang Theory’ First Look: Katey Sagal and Jack McBrayer Make Their Debut

The TV vets play Penny’s mom and brother, respectively.

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Boyd Holbrook on Finding His ‘Narcos’ Voice, Playing the “Good Guy” and Season 3

The real Steve Murphy left Colombia shortly after catching Pablo Escobar, which begs the question: Will Holbrook return for Season 3?

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Donald Trump Books ‘Tonight Show’ Visit Ahead of Hillary Clinton Appearance

The Republican presidential candidate will stop by on Thursday for his third appearance on the late-night series.

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Study: Little Improvement In Hiring of Women and Minority TV Directors

Women directed 17 percent of all episodes from the 2015-16 season, while non-Caucasians made up 19 percent of directors.

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‘American Ninja Warrior’ Renewed at NBC

The series wraps its fifth season on NBC Monday and is also competiting for its first-ever Emmy award.

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CBS Trims JonBenet Doc to 4 Hours, Supersizes ‘NCIS: LA’ Sunday Premiere

The unsolved 1996 murder, the subject of a half a dozen specials this fall, starts an eventized CBS run on Sept. 18.

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Judy Reyes Joins TNT’s Nail Salon Dramedy ‘Claws’ (Exclusive)

The actress joins a cast that includes Niecy Nash, Carrie Preston and Karrueche Tran.

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Keith Olbermann to Host Online Show for GQ

“The first piece should be about 16 minutes long,” says Olbermann. “It’s a comment. It’s special. It’s a kind of special comment.”

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‘Chicago Fire’ Star Previews Casey and Dawson’s New “Family Unit” and a Possible Wedding

“I reckon that’s in the wings, but if it was to happen, it wouldn’t be a white wedding,” Jesse Spencer teases about the upcoming fifth season of the NBC drama.

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TV Ratings: Sunday Night Football Starter Dips a Little From 2015

The Patriots-Cardinals matchup marks a 12 percent dip from the Giants-Cowboys opener a year ago.

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Vice President Joe Biden, Bradley Cooper, Katie Couric Attend Star-Studded ‘Stand Up to Cancer’ Telethon

Tom Hanks, Emma Stone and a host of A-Listers showed their support and raised money for cancer research at the live telecast on Friday.

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‘Mistresses’ Canceled at ABC

There will be no fifth season for the summer soap.

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‘Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll’ Canceled at FX

The Denis Leary starrer will not return after two seasons.

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‘Big Brother 18’: Sixth Juror Opens Up About Her Relationship With James and Paulie’s “Jersey Girls” Comments

THR caught up with the latest evictee, Natalie Negrotti.

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‘Chicago Med’ Admits Oz’ Grad for Season 2 (Exclusive)

Tony winner Betty Buckley will play a patient in an upcoming episode.

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CBS Buys Interracial Family Comedy From Sam Laybourne (Exclusive)

‘The Mix Up’ is inspired by the ‘Michael J. Fox Show’ creator’s life.

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‘Fresh Off the Boat’ Duo Team for Mixed-Race Family Comedy at NBC

Fred Savage will direct the untitled comedy based on the life of Kourtney Kang and produced by Nahnatchka Khan.

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Why FX Canceled ‘Tyrant’

Fox 21 president Bert Salke talks with THR about the future for the Middle East-set drama.

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‘Future Man,’ From Seth Rogen and Starring Josh Hutcherson, Ordered to Series at Hulu

The half-hour comedy marks the first for exec producers Rogen and Evan Goldberg and hails from Sony Pictures Television.

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Phil Lord and Chris Miller: TV Is Finally “Weird Enough” for Fox’s ‘Son of Zorn’

“In general, our philosophy about TV is that the marketplace is ready for stuff that is unique and specific and somewhat weird.”

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Jonestown Drama From Vince Gilligan, Octavia Spencer and Michelle MacLaren Set at HBO

The limited series is based on the nonfiction book ‘Raven: The Untold Story of Jim Jones and His People’ by Tom Reiterman.

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‘Game of Thrones’ Alum Richard Madden to Star in Amazon Pilot

He’ll play a priest in drama ‘The Book of Strange New Things.’

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‘Hell’s Kitchen’ Scores Two-Season Renewal at Fox

The pickup will take the Gordon Ramsay competition series into its 18th season.

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TV Ratings: NFL Kickoff Down From Last Year But Still Strong

The Broncos-Panthers Super Bowl rematch launches another NFL season — and another promising fall for NBC.

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Week in ‘Game of Thrones’: Angela Lansbury Is Not Heading to Westeros

But Jim Broadbent is! Plus, Jon Snow scores some “Tenacious” victories.

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LeBron James Prepping Sports Medicine Drama for NBC (Exclusive)

Renowned sports physician James Andrews will serve as an executive consultant on the drama from SpringHill Entertainment and Warner Bros. Television.

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‘Chicago Med’ Star on “Repercussions” for Connor, Team “Friction” and Expanding Outside the ER

“It’s something that does come up very quickly,” Colin Donnell tells THR about the question surrounding whether Connor played a role in Dr. Downey’s death.

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Novak Djokovic to Star in Reality Show for Amazon

The top-ranked men’s tennis player will bring cameras along during the 2017 tennis season.

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Showrunner on Lee Daniels Fox Music Drama ‘Star’ Exits

A search is underway to replace Charles Murray at the top of the Daniels and Tom Donaghy midseason drama.

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Meryl Streep, J.J. Abrams Team Up for TV Series ‘The Nix’

The Warner Bros. TV series is based on Nathan Hill’s novel.

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Michael Vartan Weighs In on Potential ‘Alias’ Reunion Movie

“I’m not sure if there would be an audience for it, to be honest with you,” the star of E!’s new scripted series ‘The Arrangement’ tells THR.

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‘Suits’ Star Patrick J. Adams Teases High-Stakes Midseason Finale: “A Life Is on the Line”

“I never want to overstay a welcome,” leading man Patrick J. Adams tells THR.

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‘Mr. Robot’ Writer Breaks Down Bloody Cliffhanger, Elliot’s “Big Discovery” and Easter Eggs

“You should always expect a major casualty,” Kor Adana reveals about the latest ‘Mr. Robot’ cliffhanger.

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‘Narcos’ Boss Breaks Down Pablo Escobar’s Death and Looks Ahead to Seasons 3 and 4

Days after Season 2 delivered the end of Pablo Escobar, Netflix renewed the cartel drama for ‘Narcos’ Season 3 and Season 4. Eric Newman talks to THR about recreating the death scene and where the series goes next.

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Stephen Colbert’s ‘Late Show’ Turns One: How Its Ratings Stack Up

Jimmy Fallon remains a dominant force, though CBS is now faring slightly better with younger viewers.

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‘The Case Of: JonBenet Ramsey’ Fills in Important “Missing Piece” of the Puzzle (Exclusive Video)

Meet the investigative team behind CBS’ upcoming six-part docuseries about the 20-year-old case.

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Joe Biden Joins Live All-Star Lineup in L.A. for ‘Stand Up to Cancer’ Telethon (Exclusive)

“The vice president will share his personal connection to cancer through his son Beau and discuss the work he’s done since he was tasked by the president with leading the Federal White House Cancer Moonshot Task Force,” the Office of the Vice President said in a statement.

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