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Bravo's Emmy, James Beard and Critics Choice Award-winning series "Top Chef" returns Monday, March 9 from 9:00-10:15 p.m. ET/PT on Bravo with host Kristen Kish, head judge Tom Colicchio and perennial judge Gail Simmons as they venture south to the Carolinas. Season 23 will be centered in the emerging and eclectic culinary hub of Charlotte, N.C., with several episodes in Greenville, S.C. Fans can get a head start on the new season with early access to the premiere episode, available beginning Tuesday, March 3 on Peacock, Bravo's YouTube channel and VOD. Beginning Monday, March 16, the series will move to its regular timeslot at 9:30 p.m. with episodes available the next day on Peacock. All episodes of season 23 will be supersized to 75 minutes. Produced by Magical Elves, the highly lauded cooking competition series highlights 15 rising star chefs as they put their skills to the ultimate test, competing for the coveted title of "Top Chef." The chefs must showcase their culinary expertise, originality, and endurance as they face off in pressure-filled challenges showcasing the regional history, diverse cultural flavors, and rich agricultural bounty across the Carolinas. For the first time in the show's history, the cheftestants include life partners who co-own and operate a restaurant and a pair of highly competitive identical twin brothers vying for the ultimate title. The winner will take home the grand prize of $250,000 provided by Graza Olive Oil, a feature in Food & Wine magazine, an appearance at the annual Food & Wine Classic in Aspen, headline their own exclusive dinner at the historic James Beard House in New York and have the opportunity to present at The James Beard Restaurant and Chef Awards in Chicago, IL. Along the way, the chefs will have the chance to win immunity, advantages in the competition or cash prizes with more than $150,000 in total up for grabs. MEET THE CHEFTESTANTS |
posted 1/29/2026 |
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CBS announced today the 10 iconic episodes that will comprise the "Road to 50," a special two-week programming event leading up to the three-hour SURVIVOR 50 milestone premiere on Wednesday, Feb. 25 (8:00-11:00 PM) on CBS and streaming on Paramount+. Beginning Monday, Feb. 9, the Network will present 10 encore episodes from the Emmy-winning series' ground-breaking history showcasing players from the SURVIVOR 50 cast. The selected episodes included in the "Road to 50" special programming event are: Meanwhile, Survivor fans are getting their first look at how the returning players are divided into tribes. The stacked lineup, drawn from across the show's 26-year run, arrives in Fiji ready to make franchise history. Below is a first look at the season 50 tribes, along with a full cast photo capturing the scope of the landmark returnee season. Cila Tribe ("to shine" in Fijian): Joseph "Joe" Hunter, Savannah Louie, Christian Hubicki, Cirie Fields, Ozzy Lusth, Emily Flippen, Rick Devens and Jenna Lewis-Dougherty Kalo Tribe ("spirit" in Fijian) Jonathan Young, Dee Valladares, Mike White, Kamilla Karthigesu, Charlie Davis, Tiffany Ervin, Benjamin "Coach" Wade and Chrissy Hofbeck Vatu Tribe ("rock/stone" in Fijian) Colby Donaldson, Genevieve Mushaluk, Rizo Velovic, Angelina Keeley, Q Burdette, Stephenie LaGrossa Kendrick, Kyle Fraser and Aubry Bracco |
posted 1/29/2026 |
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Guy Fieri Brings "Food Fight" to Flavortown |
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Mayor of Flavortown Guy Fieri will welcome the world to the tastiest place on earth in the new Food Network series Flavortown Food Fight premiering Wednesday, March 4 at 9 p.m. ET/PT and streaming the next day on HBO Max(R) and discovery+. Long referred to but never before seen, the mythical and delicious Flavortown will be the setting for this multi-round, culinary competition. In each episode, Fieri will welcome three chefs to Flavortown where skills and cooking chops can earn advantages and ultimately a win. Competitors will choose their own adventure as they compete in authentic food establishments ranging from street food carts to neighborhood spots to fast casual eateries and the finest fine dining restaurants in the world. The chefs must be quick on their feet as their culinary knowledge, technical skills, and overall cooking acumen are tested round after round. With restaurant names inspired by Guy's life, the series will deliver everything fans have ever dreamed Flavortown could be. The winner of each episode has a chance to score up to $20,000 in prize money and will return to defend their title against two new chefs the following week. "For the first time in television history, we're opening the gates of Flavortown and inviting some of America's most talented chefs to showcase their skills in a never-ending list of off-the-hook restaurants that you'll only find here," said Fieri. "We've been building out this universe for years and I'm stoked to finally invite everybody in!" In each episode competitors will first complete the skills challenge, followed by two rounds of cooking challenges to earn their "paycheck," but the catch is that only the final winner will get to take home the cash in this winner-takes-all game. Winners of the skills challenge will select the first restaurant kitchen where competitors will work to tackle real world menu-based challenges such as "Mexican Street Food" or "Five Star Fine Dining." Guy as the Mayor of Flavortown will declare the theme of each episode and present each challenge with Hunter Fieri also stopping by Flavortown to present the menu for some of the cooking challenges. Two guest judges determine who moves on and who goes home. Episode winners have the chance to win up to $20,000 across the challenges and will return to face two new competitors the following week with no limit to the amount of wins they're able to achieve. "After years of hearing Guy talk about it, we are so excited to finally give fans a chance to see Flavortown in all its glory,"said Betsy Ayala, Head of Content, Food, Warner Bros. Discovery. "We know viewers will love this fresh take on the competition format, and the endless variables will make it one of our most exciting and unpredictable series yet." Over on Food Network's social pages, Guy will lead an exclusive all-access tour through the Flavortown for the first time ever! Plus, fans can see what the judges are up to behind the scenes as they play hilarious games and attempt tricky food challenges. Also, check out exclusive photos from Flavortown, stay up to date on the competition and more via FoodNetwork.com. Flavortown Food Fight is produced by Knuckle Sandwich and Lando Entertainment for Food Network. |
posted 1/29/2026 |
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A Third Lap for The Answer Run |
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Popular quiz show The Answer Run with Jason Manford, created and made by BBC Studios Entertainment Productions, is to for a third series on BBC One with applications now open. The innovative program format sees three pairs of contestants battle it out in a fast paced, quick-thinking general knowledge quiz show, where contestants are always one swipe away from banking the cash or crashing out. Families watching at home can also play along and test how they would fair when facing The Run! In each round of this addictive 50/50 quiz, contestants are given the choice of two possible answers. Questions fly down The Run and players must swipe towards the answer they think is correct. Under time pressure will they make the right decision? Answer categories will range from "Ariana Grande or Taylor Swift" to "Jupiter or Mars" and everything in between. Teams will be eliminated throughout the show, until one pair remains. They will then face The Final Run to attempt to take home all the money they've banked. The Answer Run is available now on BBC iPlayer and here in the states on the BBC Game Shows Channel. |
posted 1/29/2026 |
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"Love Is Blind" Returns to Sweden |
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Today, Netflix announced the premiere date for the third installment of Love is Blind: Sweden. A new group of singles will enter the pods in the search of love and testing the premise of Is Love Truly Blind? Without ever having seen each other, they will form connections, get engaged and meet for the very first time. In the following week, they will move in together, plan their wedding and attempt to add a physical connection to their emotional bond - embarking on a journey of romance and self-discovery. Viewers will once again be reunited with Jessica Almenäs who will host the reality dating show. The 10-episode series will premiere globally on Netflix on March 12, 2026 - with episodes rolling out each Thursday. Love is Blind is a social experiment where singles, who want to be loved for who they are on the inside, will date without ever seeing each other. When they get engaged, they'll meet for the very first time. Over the next 5 weeks they'll move in together, plan their wedding, and attempt to add a physical connection to their emotional bond. When their wedding day arrives, will they marry the person they fell blindly in love with? Or have the physical realities and external factors sabotaged their relationship? Hosted by Jessica Almenäs, this addictive 10-episode series will uncover whether looks, race, or age do matter - or if love really is blind. Starting March 12, 2026, new episodes of Love is Blind Sweden will roll out each Thursday across 10 episodes, following the singles' journeys for love. Batch 1 - March 12, 2026 at 08.00 CET (4 episodes) |
posted 1/29/2026 |
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Thursday Lightning Round |
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Head to Head... to Head |
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The latest game show ratings for the week ending January 4 have seen a change at the top of the chart as Wheel of Fortune has taken a slight lead over the usual frontrunner, Jeopardy! According to Nielsen ratings, Wheel of Fortune finished No. 2 among syndicated shows (behind only ESPN's NFL coverage), averaging 8,124,000 total viewers for the week of December 29. This was up over a million viewers from the week prior, which averaged 7,061,000 viewers. The Ryan Seacrest-hosted game show also increased its demo average to 2.51 in the key 18-49 demographic, up from the week prior's 2.19. In comparison, Jeopardy! averaged 8,009,000 viewers, only 100,000 viewers behind its game show rival. This number was also up on the week prior, which scored 7,193,000 million viewers. The Ken Jennings-fronted show ranked No. 3 among syndicated broadcasts. During the period in question the show was featuring its Second Chance Tournament. Jeopardy! was also up in the demo compared to the week before. For the week of December 29, the show averaged 2.48 in the 18-49 demo, up from the 2.23 from the previous week. While the numbers have been close for months, this marks only the second time Wheel has topped Jeopardy! in both viewers and demo since the shows kicked off new seasons last September. Jeopardy regularly remained on top throughout the fall, as it did last summer. However, for the week beginning September 29, Wheel averaged 7,595,000 million viewers and 2.35 in the demo, compared to Jeopardy's 7,513,000 viewers and 2.33 in the demo. Another game show faring well is the Steve Harvey hosted Family Feud, which finished as the No. 4 syndicated broadcast for the week of December 29 to January 4. The show averaged 7,876 million viewers, only 200,000 viewers away from beating Jeopardy and 300,000 from Wheel. |
posted 1/28/2026 |
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The Great British Bake Off is hoping Nigella Lawson can rise to the occasion as its new judge. Lawson, a fixture of British TV cooking for decades, known for her comforting and often sumptuous recipes, is to replace Prue Leith, who announced she was leaving the Bake Off tent last week. Lawson will join Paul Hollywood in presiding over contestant bakes on the hit series, which streams on Netflix in the U.S. under the title The Great British Baking Show. In a statement, Lawson said: "I'm uncharacteristically rather lost for words right now! Of course it's daunting to be following in the footsteps of Prue Leith and Mary Berry before her, great dames both, but I'm also bubbling with excitement. "The Great British Bake Off is more than a television programme, it's a national treasure – and it's a huge honour to be entrusted with it. I'm just thrilled to be joining the team and all the new bakers to come, I wish the marvellous Prue all the best, and am giddily grateful for the opportunity." Leith posted on Instagram in the past hour saying, "now feels like the right time to step back," adding: "I'm 86 for goodness sake!" "There's so much I'd like to do, not least spend summers enjoying my garden," she added. "Whoever joins the team, I'm sure they'll love it as much as I have. I feel very lucky to have been part of it." Leith said she has judged more than 400 challenges on the hit baking show across nine years. She first joined Bake Off when it was audaciously poached by Channel 4 from the BBC, replacing Mary Berry. She has since worked alongside fellow judge Paul Hollywood and hosts Noel Fielding and Alison Hammond, and before them Matt Lucas and Sandi Toksvig. Leith was known for her frank responses, warm demeanor and trademark "delicious" response when enjoying a treat cooked by one of the many contestants who enters the Bake Off tent. |
posted 1/28/2026 |
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100 Choices: Into the Aquaverse |
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Sony Pictures Television has secured an option agreement with Thailand's TV Thunder and Columbia Pictures' Aquaverse to develop "100 Choices," SPT's unscripted entertainment format, with production set to take place at the Columbia Pictures-themed water park in Thailand. The comedy family format challenges contestants to answer a single question with 100 possible answers for a large cash prize. Given the near-impossible nature of the questions, participants compete in five physical challenges that allow them to eliminate potential answers based on their performance in each round. The game show combines strategy, physical prowess and teamwork as contestants work to narrow down their options. Thunder will adapt and produce the local version, customizing the format for a large-scale waterpark environment. Columbia Pictures' Aquaverse, located in the seaside town of Bangsaray, near Pattaya, will serve as the production's home base. The arrangement aims to engage family audiences while driving visibility for the theme park, which features rides and attractions based on Hollywood franchises including "Ghostbusters," "Jumanji," "Bad Boys" and "Hotel Transylvania." |
posted 1/28/2026 |
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Wednesday Lightning Round |
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More on "America's Culinary Cup" |
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AMERICA'S CULINARY CUP announced today 16 of the nation's most decorated chefs who will compete on the new high-stakes culinary competition series, including six Michelin-starred chefs - an honor held by fewer than 1% of restaurants worldwide - two Bocuse d'Or medalists, two James Beard Award winners, 14 James Beard Award nominees and recipients of numerous other top-tier culinary honors. These standout chefs will battle through a season of signature challenges for the biggest cash prize in culinary television history - $1 million. The ultimate culinary showdown premieres with a 90-minute episode following SURVIVOR 50 on Wednesday, March 4 (9:30-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network, and streaming on Paramount+ (live and on demand for Paramount+ Premium plan subscribers, or on demand for Paramount+ Essential subscribers the day after the episode airs)*. Hosted and executive-produced by Emmy(R) Award-nominated food expert Padma Lakshmi, with acclaimed chefs Michael Cimarusti and Wylie Dufresne serving as judges, the competition will test these elite chefs against the series' 10 culinary commandments - meat, vegetables, sauces, dessert, innovation, flavors, sustainability, world cuisine, consistency, culinary science and technology. Lakshmi, Cimarusti and Dufresne will evaluate taste, creativity, presentation and technique to decide who advances, who is eliminated and who ultimately masters the commandments to claim America's Culinary Cup. Introducing AMERICA'S CULINARY CUP chefs: |
posted 1/27/2026 |
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More on "Wheel of Fortune India" |
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Akshay Kumar is bringing Wheel of Fortune to Indian television. The game show, which has been adapted in over 60 countries since the 1970s, gets its Indian version starting next week. The makers have locked the premiere date and time slot for what could be one of the bigger launches this season. The show follows the classic format where contestants spin a giant wheel, win prize money and solve word puzzles. Akshay Kumar takes on hosting duties after his earlier television appearances on Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi and MasterChef India. The latest promos show him explaining the three ways to play: spin, buy and solve. Prize money ranges from one rupee to a crore. Wheel of Fortune India starts on January 27, 2026 with fresh episodes Monday to Friday at 9 PM. Viewers who prefer watching online also have the option to stream it on OTT platform. The channel has positioned it as a family-friendly game show that works across different age groups. Special episodes around festivals and celebrity participation are also planned. The Indian edition will use locally relevant word puzzles, familiar phrases and culturally rooted themes to connect with audiences here. |
posted 1/27/2026 |
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Netflix's reboot of Star Search won't be worrying the broadcast networks after all, it seems. The talent competition failed to hit Netflix's global top 10 charts in its first week and it scored fewer than 2.3 million views on the service with its opening two episodes. The show was, however, able to crack the top 10 in the U.S. It came in at No. 5 behind His & Hers, Skyscraper Live, Free Bert and Agatha Christie's Seven Dials and above WWE's Raw. South Africa was the only other country where it reached the top 10, coming in at No. 9. The result will be a disappointment for the streamer, which was hoping that Star Search could give it a splashy entry into the world of broadcast-style entertainment formats, rivaling the likes of NBC's The Voice, Fox's The Masked Singer or ABC's American Idol. It wasn't for lack of star power; the series is hosted by Anthony Anderson and features a judging panel of Sarah Michelle Gellar, Chrissy Teigen and Jelly Roll. The show, which runs over five weeks, launched on Tuesday, January 20, with its second episode on Wednesday. |
posted 1/21/2026 |
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Singer Guy Hovis, known for his appearances on "The Lawrence Welk Show," died Thursday at the age of 84. Ralna English, Hovis' ex-wife, announced his death on social media, saying he died after spending the last few weeks in the hospital. "As it has for me, this will come as a shock to many of you," she posted. "Guy has been in the hospital for several weeks. I spoke briefly with him on Monday and was deeply concerned. He took a turn for the worse and it hurts me to tell you, but he died peacefully last night. "Needless to say, this time we are all devastated and simply trying to cope with this tragic loss. Thank you for your prayers for Julie and Sis and Guys entire family." Hovis, a native of Tupelo, Mississippi, recorded 15 albums over his career, which he started by singing in church at age 5. According to his biography, he graduated from the University of Mississippi with a degree in accounting and spent two years with the Army. Entertainment Weekly reported that Hovis met English, who was already with "The Lawrence Welk Show," and the two began performing together on the show in 1969. They also married that year and ended up performing on the show "dozens of times over the following decade." Hovis and English also performed on episodes of Tattletales and Beat the Clock. Hovis and English continued to perform together even after their divorce in 1984.
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posted 1/27/2026 |
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Tuesday Lightning Round |
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Scott Rogowsky still remembers getting the call to audition for a game show hosting gig. It was 2017 and Rogowsky was working as a comic, auditioning for commercials and television shows, and hosting Running Late with Scott Rogowsky, a live talk show he held at various venues in New York and Los Angeles. "On the phone, I thought nothing of it," Rogowsky, now 41, tells PEOPLE of that fateful call to audition. "I went in for the audition and booked it. I probably went on 20-ish auditions in 15 years ... and the one thing I got was the thing that changed my life and changed the world." That "thing" was HQ Trivia, an app and trivia game that launched in August 2017 and quickly developed a cult following. Via the HQ app, users could participate in daily, live, trivia games in which they could win or split prize money — with prize pots that sometimes went over $100,000 thanks to corporate sponsorships. As Rogowsky recalls, the popularity of the app and the game he hosted seemingly came overnight. "It was so fast," he says. "We officially launched August 26th, 2017. We went from 50 people on that first show to a million people by New Year's Day 2018." The app grew viral thanks to media coverage ad social media. Once the "whole internet found out about it," Rogowsky says, his life changed. "It was wild," he says. "Even that first Halloween, there were people sending photos in on Twitter, people dressing as me. I thought, 'Oh my gosh, are you kidding me?'" he says. "And then I would get recognized. It was so fast and so sudden that I kind of wasn't really prepared for it. People were stopping on the street for photos all the time. I couldn't really go out of my apartment without getting stopped, and it got a little weird sometimes .... nothing violent or anything, but just, you know, a lot of persistent fans." Rogowsky left HQ in 2019 and began hosting a sports program on streaming platform DAZN. The company behind the HQ app has since been mired in controversy due to allegations of a toxic workplace environment and reported financial issues and the app has not hosted an official game since November 17, 2022. But the live game show formula of HQ Trivia — which saw thousands of people coming together to participate — was always in the back of his mind. Now, Rogowsky has brought it back but in a different way, with Savvy, his new live, interactive mobile game show app (currently in beta, with a wide rollout planned for February 1). "It is very familiar to those who played HQ — the idea of seeing me on their phone, hosting a game show, giving away money — the twist is that it's not trivia, because in the age of AI, trivia is unfortunately killed," he says. Savvy's first offering and flagship show, TextSavvy, challenges players to solve increasingly difficult word puzzles before time runs out. "It's essentially a version of Wordle," Rogowsky says of the Savvy game he's hosting. "We put our own spin on a word puzzle game similar to Wordle and Connections." The twist, however, is that Rogowsky will be playing, too. "That's another wrinkle — that the host plays the game," he says. "So I'm playing the same word puzzle that you are. And if you beat me, then you win. "But it's still live like HQ was — no AI, live hosts, real people." Those savvy enough to beat the host are eligible to earn in-game rewards and cash prizes. The app is launching with the one game, though Rogowsky says the plan is to expand much larger. "Essentially, the goal is to do what HQ never did, which is actually make good on the promise of being the future of television," he says. "A network of interactive content. Ideally, down the road, years from now, we'll have shows going almost around the clock with different hosts, different formats, and they'll all be interactive, with the host playing against you." |
posted 1/26/2026 |
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Yvonne Lime, who starred alongside Michael Landon in I Was A Teenage Werewolf, recurred on Father Knows Best, had dozens of other screen credits and later devoted her life to philanthropy, died Friday. She was 90. Childhelp, the nonprofit she co-founded in 1959 that is dedicated to the prevention and treatment of child abuse, announced her death but offered no details other that she "passed away peacefully." "We are blessed to share her legacy, and we're grateful to have been part of her life," a post on the group's Facebook page reads in part. "As our hands and hearts find strength in our memories of Yvonne and her generous spirit, may all our hearts find comfort in the faith she treasured and the brilliant legacy of love she leaves behind." Born on April 7, 1935, in Glendale, CA, Lime's screen career took off in 1956, when she guested on several TV series and landed a role opposite Burt Lancaster and Katharine Hepburn in the Depression-set 1956 drama The Rainmaker. That year she also started a multi-season recurring role as Dotty on Father Knows Best, the long-running sitcom starring Robert Young and Jane Wyatt. Lime appeared on more than a dozen episodes from Season 2-6 in 1956-59. She appeared on more television shows the following year and also had probably her best known role, second-billed as the girlfriend of Landon's title character in the popular sci-fi horror pic I Was a Teenage Werewolf. Around that time, Lime also had an unbilled role in Loving You, which was Elvis Presley's first major starring role. Lime would get top billing in the 1958 bikers-vs.-car club pic Dragstrip Riot, which also starred Gary Clark, Fay Wray, Connie Francis and others, and also as the new girl in school in the movie High School Hellcats that same year. Her final big-screen role was a co-lead opposite her Hellcats co-star Brett Halsey in the 1958 car-racing drama Speed Crazy. After that, Lime focused solely on TV work. Her lone series-regular role was on the NBC sitcom Happy, starring with Ronnie Burns as a young married couple who run a posh motel. Their infant son Happy who reacted to the goings-on with facial expressions and an off-camera voice. It ran for one season in 1960-61. In game shows, Lime appeared on episodes of Tattletales with her husband, My Three Sons & Family Affair producer Don Fedderson, who died in 1994. In 1959, Lime co-founded International Orphans Inc, later renamed Childhelp, with Sara Buckner, whom she'd met while working on Ozzie & Harriet. The nonprofit grew into one of the world's largest child abuse prevention and treatment organizations, and in 2004, the co-founders published Silence Broken: Moving From a Loss of Innocence to a World of Healing and Love, which told the story of one little boy helped by their group. The book was developed into the 2005 Lifetime TV movie For the Love of a Child. Information of survivors or a memorial service was not immediately available. |
posted 1/26/2026 |
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Survivor and The Price Is Right are to link up for a new collab. Survivor host Jeff Probst is set to cohost an upcoming episode of The Price Is Right At Night alongside long-time host Drew Carey to celebrate 50 seasons of the reality show. There are also time changes on the way for the show. On February 4, the season finale, Probst and Carey team up to give away exotic trips inspired by Survivor locations. The entire audience will be filled with Survivor fans, who all have the chance to win trips to French Polynesia, Australia, Samoa, the Cook Islands, and Thailand. The showcases will be filled with "adventure-packed destinations," according to a press release. Contestants can win all of this and more and they don't even have to survive outside and seek shelter. Before Survivor fans tune in to the finale, the January 28 episode is set to have an $80,000 jackpot in the game, It's In The Bag. Players also compete for luxury trips to Spain, Japan, and Bali. Plus, the fan-favorite game, Spelling Bee, gets an unexpected twist that surprises a lucky player. The last two episodes, beginning January 28, are moving from 9/8c to 8/7c on CBS. Hollywood Squares is taking its old time slot at 9/8c. |
posted 1/26/2026 |
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Monday Lightning Round |
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The temperature is rising in the Warner Bros Discovery chase, with key figures at Netflix and Paramount ridiculing the other companies' merger proposals. Netflix, running what might be termed Operation Reassure Wall Street, has recently made Co-CEOs Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters available to consumer media outlets with sizable finance and entertainment audiences. The pair also spent much of last Tuesday's fourth-quarter earnings interview stumping for their company's pending $82.7 billion offer to acquire WBD's studios-and-streaming division. In the latest messaging, via Financial Times (which came a week after Sarandos spoke to The New York Times), Peters amped up the rhetoric a bit. He said Paramount's hostile bid for WBD "doesn't pass the sniff test" because of the "crazy" amount of debt it would entail. Gerry Cardinale, head of major Paramount backer RedBird Capital, hit back, dismissing the streaming giant's proposal as "smoke and mirrors." David Ellison is still angling to win support from Warner Bros. Discovery shareholders for Paramount Skydance's rival acquisition bid for the entire company, continuing his unlikely quest to derail Netflix's deal for WB. But the Ellisons — for now — are not signaling that they're willing to pony up more cash in the M&A fight. On Thursday, Paramount Skydance said it was extending the deadline for its $30/share all-cash offer for WBD until Feb. 20. Paramount's previous tender offer expired Jan. 21. Paramount filed preliminary proxy materials with the SEC to solicit shareholders of Warner Bros. Discovery to vote against WBD's amended transaction with Netflix at a special meeting of stockholders expected to be held in April. Warner Bros. Discovery fired back at the latest salvo from David Ellison's Paramount Skydance, saying that more than 93% of its shareholders have rejected Paramount's "inferior scheme" in favor of the $83 billion sale of WB to Netflix. |
posted 1/23/2026 |
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"Idol" to Test Live Voting Waters |
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ABC is ruining the narrative that long-running reality competition series are declining, highlighted by the recent success of Season 34 of Dancing with the Stars. American Idol also received a huge boost with its last season; Season 23 of the show (the eighth season to air on ABC after it moved from Fox) received 26 million votes in its finale, breaking its own record and more than doubling the previous season's finale. The talent competition is now exploring new ways to exploit this and has come up with a new way for fans to vote: using social media. This comes on top of a number of other changes planned for the upcoming season, which moves to a new night on ABC, eschewing Hollywood for Nashville and introducing a new round set in Hawai'i. During the middle of Season 23, as the show is opening up auditions for next season, showrunner Megan Michaels Wolflick sat down with her team to figure out what's next. "There's always an immense amount of pressure regarding how we level up. What do we do that's different? We don't know who is going to come across our door, but we want to use the momentum of last season to bring in new people and fire them up," she told Deadline. Michaels Wolflick said that she has wanted to do social media voting for the last five years, something that no other major entertainment show has done. "We have to meet the audience where they are. Back in 2002 when the show began, texting was the new hot thing. We also have to meet the technology where it is, as well. We want to make it as easy as possible for people to vote for their favorites, weigh in from their couch with their second screen, in real time," she said. Part of it is reaching a younger crowd. "If we can get Gen Alpha and Gen Z to weigh in a little bit more in the easiest way possible, that's very exciting. It could tip the scale. Trends are always different," she added. ABC and Fremantle, which produces the show in association with Sony Pictures Television's 19 Entertainment, are still finalizing some of the specific details around the logistics of social voting. For now, there'll still be text and phone voting. "Maybe in three years' time, we'll have a conversation where we're just doing social voting. But right now, you want to ease the audience into something new," she said. |
posted 1/23/2026 |
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Making the Trip to Netflix |
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Colin Jost is moving to Netflix. The Saturday Night Live star has officially confirmed that he will host the second season of Pop Culture Jeopardy! after it made a shock move from Amazon to Netflix. Netflix picked up the second season in October and Jost was in talks to return but those talks have now ended in a signed deal. The spinoff of the iconic game show comes from Sony Pictures Television's Game Show Division. Michael Davies, who serves as showrunner of Jeopardy!, exec produces Pop Culture Jeopardy!. Bari Jean Dorman will co-exec produce. It launched on Amazon in December 2024 as part of a game show block – Winning Wednesdays – that also featured the Travis Kelce-hosted Are You Smarter Than A Celebrity?, JB Smoove-fronted Buy It Now and Wish List Games. It will air its second season on Netflix later this year. |
posted 1/23/2026 |
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Happy Friday Lightning Round |
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CBS announced today that it has renewed 10 additional series for the 2026-2027 broadcast season. The renewed CBS Original series include: Previous series orders for the 2026-2027 season include: This brings the total number of series ordered for the 2026-2027 season to 16. Additional series orders and renewals will be made at future dates. SOURCE: Nielsen Season-to-Date Most Current (9/22/25-1/11/26). CBS shows are available on the CBS Television Network, and streaming on Paramount+ (live and on demand for Paramount+ with SHOWTIME subscribers, or on demand for Paramount+ Essential subscribers the day after the episode airs)*. The Survivor renewal comes ahead of Season 50 of the Jeff Probst-hosted show, which will debut on February 25. It will now also come back for Season 51. The Amazing Race, which is hosted by Phil Keoghan, will return for Season 39 after it recently wrapped up the European adventures of Season 38.. |
posted 1/22/2026 |
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Netflix has half a dozen new projects coming out of Mexico including a doc on boxing star Saúl 'Canelo' Álvarez, a local version of the Physical 100 reality competition format, and coverage of Supernova: Genesis, a live event where influencers, celebrities, YouTube stars and comedians compete in boxing matches. There is also a new movie and a CBS Studios-produced series on the slate, as well as fresh casting news on other projects. Netflix boss Ted Sarandos said last year that the streamer will splash $1B on Mexican originals over four years. We can now see where some of that cash is going. The Canelo Álvarez feature-doc follows the fighter preparing for a defining fight against Gennady 'GGG' Golovkin, and as he faces doubts, criticism and pressure to reaffirm his place in Mexican boxing history. Supernova: Genesis, meanwhile, comes after the Supernova Strikers amateur boxing event, which saw celebs and streamers squaring up. Coverage of Supernova: Genesis will mark the first time Netflix has shown a live event out of Latin America. It will take place in front of 22,000 spectators. Per the above, pugilism is to the fore, but is not the only sports-flavored news on the streamer's Mexican slate. Netflix fleshed out the cast for México 86, the Diego Luna starrer about how the country landed the soccer World Cup. Karla Souza, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Álvaro Guerrero will join Luna in the Gaumont USA-produced movie. Not sports as such, but certainly getting physical, Endemol Shine Boomdog will make Physical 100: Mexico, a local version of that hit show. |
posted 1/22/2026 |
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Crime Scene Zero to Return |
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Hit crime-solving show "Crime Scene Zero" will return on Netflix for a new season, the global streaming service announced Tuesday. "Crime Scene Zero," a reboot of "Crime Scene" (2014-2017), is a role-playing mystery game show in which players take on the roles of suspects and detectives to uncover the culprit among them. The original cast and signature sequence were brought back to "Crime Scene Zero" when the show was rebooted and launched globally on Netflix in September last year. "It took some time to gather the courage to do it again, but with Netflix's unwavering support, we will continue to create a great season with the keywords 'original intention' and 'evolution,'" said producer Yoon Hyun-joon. "I thank the fans who have supported us and provided active feedback every season, and I ask for your continued interest and support." The first season of "Crime Scene Zero" received widespread acclaim, earning high reviews and entering the Netflix Global Top 10 rankings upon its September 2025 release. |
posted 1/22/2026 |
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Tournament of Champions VII: And Then There Were Four |
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Guy Fieri's Tournament of Champions will return with its seventh season premiere on Sunday, March 1 at 8 p.m. ET/PT and stream the following day on HBO Max(R) and discovery+. Thirty-two of the nation's best chefs including proven warriors and fierce new challengers are ready to battle, but nothing will prepare the chefs for the competition's biggest surprise ever. This season, top-seeded chefs in every division will be food world icons, four of the most powerful opponents to ever compete on the series, but their identities will remain a secret until the moment they enter the arena. Every battle will be head-to-head; every spin of the randomizer will keep competitors on their toes and viewers on the edge of their seats, and every dish is make-or-break. After eight weeks and 31 grueling head-to-head battles, one talented chef will win it all and be crowned champion, taking home the coveted Tournament of Champions belt and a $150,000 cash prize. Because there are more incredible chefs than spots left in the bracket, Tournament of Champions: The Qualifiers, will return on Sunday, February 15 at 8 p.m. ET/PT where 16 chefs will fight for the final eight positions in the main Tournament of Champions bracket across a series of head-to-head battles. Before they enter the main arena and the culinary clashes begin, Fieri, Justin Warner and season III winner Tiffani Faison will preview all the twists and spins of the Randomizer, and reveal the details of this year's bracket in Tournament of Champions VII: The Bracket Reveal on Sunday, February 22 at 10pm ET/PT. "Year after year, chefs up their gameplay and strategy, so we need to constantly raise the stakes to keep the competition next level," said Fieri. "This year, we put four industry icons in the top seed, immediately putting targets on their backs for the win-hungry competitors. And that alone is the secret ingredient for the most epic season yet." This season's competing chefs include Adam Greenberg, Adam Sobel, Britt Rescigno, Bryan Voltaggio, Carlos Anthony, Claudette Zepeda, Dale Talde, David Viana, Jet Tila, Joe Sasto, Jonathon Sawyer, Kaleena Bliss, Karen Akunowicz, Kevin Lee, Lee Anne Wong, Marcel Vigneron, Nini Nguyen, Sara Bradley, Shirley Chung, and Tobias Dorzon. Plus, four surprise culinary icons and eight additional winners from the qualifier tournament. "Tournament of Champions has been Food Network's top-rated series for five years running and each season we up the ante making the competition more intense than the last," said Betsy Ayala, Head of Content, Food, Warner Bros. Discovery. "With the surprises we have in store this season and the extraordinary level of talent competing, we can't wait to share this next-level, high-adrenaline competition with viewers." Tiffani Faison joins Justin Warner as TOC sideline reporter to deliver real-time play-by-play as the action unfolds in front of a live audience. Hunter Fieri follows the action backstage, interviewing the winning chefs for their reactions to the competition, while Simon Majumdar continues his role as Judges' Correspondent, getting the judges' takes on why a dish won or lost. Season VI winner Antonia Lofaso, double winner of Season II and V Maneet Chauhan, Season IV champion Mei Lin, and inaugural TOC champion Brooke Williamson will join celebrated judges Alex Guarnaschelli, Cat Cora, Curtis Stone, David Chang, Dominique Crenn, Geoffrey Zakarian, Hubert Keller, Judy Joo, Ken Oringer, Marcus Samuelsson, Michelle Bernstein, Nancy Silverton, Rocco DiSpirito, Scott Conant, and Susan Feniger. The final battle on Sunday, April 19 at 8 p.m. ET/PT will determine the brand-new winner who will join the elite group of TOC champions. |
posted 1/22/2026 |
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Thursday Lightning Round |
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Japanese freelance television announcer Hiroshi Kume, known for hosting the popular music show "The Best Ten" and news show "News Station," died of lung cancer on Jan. 1, it was learned Tuesday. Kume joined Tokyo Broadcasting System Television in 1967 and gained attention hosting the quiz show "Pittashi Kan Kan." From 1978, he hosted "The Best Ten" with actor Tetsuko Kuroyanagi. The two's quick repartee became popular. Kume left TBS the following year, but he hosted the show until 1985. After turning freelance, he hosted several shows such as Nippon Television Network's show "Hiroshi Kume's TV Scramble" with comedian Yasushi Yokoyama and talk show "Oshare." At TV Asahi's "News Station" from 1985, he broke the newscaster stereotype with his witty delivery, which brought the show high ratings. As a huge fan of professional baseball team Hiroshima Toyo Carp, based in Hiroshima, Kume once declared on the show that he would shave his head if the Tokyo-based Yomiuri Giants beat Carp, and to his audience's surprise, he kept his word. Sometimes Kume's outspoken comments raised controversy, but he said on the show's final edition in 2004 that "it was only because of the harsh criticism that I was able to continue." On that note, he poured himself a beer and bid his viewers, "Sayonara." Aside from TV, Kume also had a radio program from 2006 to 2020, on which he spoke freely about current affairs and the media. In recent years he had been focusing on video streaming. |
posted 1/21/2026 |
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Let's Make a Deal |
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