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Zynga’s popular social casino game Hit it Rich! is collaborating with America’s favorite tv game show Wheel of Fortune for a thrilling week of puzzles, prizes and spinning the wheel. From October 19-23, tune in to watch five spectacular episodes of the Wheel of Fortune featuring Ryan Seacrest & Vanna White as they co-host the classic game show on a “Hit it Rich”-themed set and fun in-show brand spots. One example is a twist in round 2 which involves a Hit It Rich! coin. If you collect it and solve the puzzle, you will win not just your round bank, but everyone's round bank! The excitement of this limited-time takeover isn’t just for the contestants! Viewers at home will also have the chance to win a nightly sweepstakes*, featuring a progressive jackpot style ticker that can climb up to $20,000 live on-screen during each episode. The fun continues in Hit it Rich! with an official Wheel of Fortune in-game takeover. Players will be able to play three exclusive Hit it Rich! Wheel of Fortune Slot Machines, a themed lobby and a special Wheel of Fortune update to player-favorite events including Slotventures and Treasure Hunt. Here’s how you can get involved: "Collaborating with Wheel of Fortune allows us to bring one of the most iconic entertainment brands directly to our players," says Yaron Leyvand, EVP of mobile games for Zynga. "By combining the excitement of a TV show takeover with brand-new, exclusive slot experiences in Hit it Rich!, we’re delivering a complete entertainment experience that seamlessly connects what fans watch on television with what they play in the game." |
posted 10/19/2026 |
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Val Chmerkovskiy is being suspended from Dancing with the Stars for a week after he posted a controversial TikTok message that seemed to reference Will Smith’s 2022 Oscar slap. In a statement released today, producer BBC Studios said, “The well-being of everyone who works on Dancing with the Stars is non-negotiable. Val’s social media post was inappropriate and does not reflect the values or standards expected of anyone connected with the show. As a result, he will not participate in next week’s show.” Chmerkovskiy sparked the controversy the day after the show’s first “Super Bowl Night,” during which judge Carrie Ann Inaba offered a withering critique of the performance of Chmerkovskiy’s wife, DWTS dance pro Jenna Johnson. Wrote Chmerkovskiy in the since-deleted post, “You almost saw Fresh Prince enter the ballroom last night.” In a response to the suspension, Chmerkovskiy issued a statement through his rep, acknowledging his “poor decision” and “bad judgment,” saying he hadn’t thought through his TikTok comment before posting. Chmerkovskiy’s statement reads: “Hi everyone. As you may have seen in the news, I won’t be in the ballroom this week. “In a moment where my instinct was to defend my wife, I made a poor decision to reference a meme to ‘keep my wife’s name’ out of the conversation, without stopping to think through what else that reference could imply, which was genuinely never my intention. Carrie Ann certainly didn’t deserve to get caught in the middle of my bad judgment, and I hate that she was. “The last thing I want is to become a distraction from an important week or from the incredible work my dance partner Jenna Dewan is putting in. “Please send Carrie Ann, Jenna, and the whole DWTS family lots of love during Dedication Night. I’ll be watching and cheering everyone on!!” Chmerkovskiy’s scrutinized post came in response to Inaba’s on-air critique of a lift move made by Johnson, in which she read the definition of a lift and suggested Johnson should know better. The Fresh Prince comment referred, unintentionally or not, to the infamous 2022 Oscar-night moment when Will Smith slapped Chris Rock across the face after the latter made a joke about Smith’s wife Jada Pinkett Smith. Chmerkovskiy’s TikTok comment was widely interpreted to suggest, however jokingly, that he had considered taking action similar to Smith’s, though the dancer later said he hadn’t thought that far. In any case, the joke was apparently lost on Inaba, who on Thursday posted a since-deleted message on Instagram saying, “So this is what we are doing now?” Her post showed photos of Chmerkovskiy and Smith, and in the text of her message she thanked the New York Post and Entertainment Weekly “for bringing this to my attention.” After he posted the TikTok, Chmerkovskiy apologized, writing on Instagram, “I want to apologize from the bottom of my heart for my recent post. I have reached out to Carrie Ann to apologize directly and personally, and I also want to apologize publicly as I understand my words affect so many outside of our internal DWTS family. I should have never made the reference that I did and I deeply regret it. I recognize that I am in a fortunate position to have a platform and to be a role model to some, and I need to treat that with more care by actively pausing to think before I post to ensure what I am sharing aligns with who I am, and who I want to be for you all.” Chmerkovskiy’s celebrity partner Jenna Dewan is apparently aware of the pro’s temporary suspension and will dance with pro Alan Bersten next week in a performance dedicated to her mother. Bersten had been paired with Giada De Laurentiis this season; the duo were eliminated in Week 3.
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Merry Win-Win-mas! |
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WIN WIN! is coming back for a celebrity special this Christmas, with famous faces competing to win a huge £1 million jackpot for their chosen charities in a festive edition of the ITV game show. The popular ITV quiz show airs on Saturday nights on ITV1, giving viewers at home the chance to play along in real time and win prizes of their own. The Christmas special will see celebrities take part in the high-stakes competition, with a guaranteed £1 million up for grabs for charity. The special promises plenty of entertainment, with celebrity contestants going head-to-head as they attempt to answer questions, take on challenges and secure a life-changing prize for a good cause. The show’s festive edition has been described as follows: “Get ready for a special charity episode of the Saturday night ITV quiz spectacular, hosted by Mel & Sue, two of Britain’s most beloved comedians! Watch as celebrities go head-to-head to win a guaranteed £1,000,000 for their charity. Hilarious moments, shocking surprises, and edge-of-your-seat excitement await in the quiz show you simply can’t miss!” With Mel and Sue at the helm, the celebrity special is set to bring together the show’s signature mix of comedy, competition and unexpected moments, while putting charitable causes firmly in the spotlight. |
posted 10/19/2026 |
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Get ready for another round of clues, competition, and your favorite YouTube creators. Jeopardy! YouTube Edition Volume 2 premieres Thursday, Oct. 22, at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT on the Jeopardy! YouTube channel. The exclusive special is hosted by Ken Jennings and features YouTube creators Angela Giarratana, Michelle Khare, and Mythical Chef Josh Scherer competing for charity. Angela Giarratana is a comedian, actress, and fan-favorite SMOSH cast member competing for The Trevor Project. Michelle Khare is a creator and host of the award-winning docuseries Challenge Accepted, competing for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Mythical Chef Josh Scherer is a culinary creator, New York Times bestselling author, and host of Last Meals, competing for Project Angel Food. |
posted 10/16/2026 |
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After a solid opening, Wonka‘s the Golden Ticket jumped up to the top overall spot in Nielsen’s streaming ratings in its second week. Netflix’s East of Eden also had a good start. The Golden Ticket, a Netflix competition show based on the world of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (and featuring an AI-generated voice modeled on the film’s star, Gene Wilder), drew 1.08 billion minutes of watch time for the week of Sept. 28-Oct. 4. That’s a 26 percent improvement on the show’s opening week, when it finished fifth overall. East of Eden, a limited series adaptation of John Steinbeck’s novel, finished second among original shows and third overall at 782 million viewing minutes. It premiered Oct. 1. Apple TV’s Ted Lasso (750 million minutes) fell off a bit a week before its season four finale, declining by 11 percent from 842 million minutes a week earlier. The Great British Baking Show (486 million minutes) returned to the charts a week after its latest season premiered. Neagley, Reacher, Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story and Lioness all hung onto spots in the top 10 originals as well. Toy Story 5, the previous week’s overall top title, fell off by about 55 percent but still led the movie chart with 687 million minutes of viewing. Shot in Australia, the series sees 12 lucky golden ticket winners entering the Chocolate Factory to compete for a sweet prize: a lifetime supply of money. As the winners and their partners step through the factory gates, they face a series of series of challenges. There are games, tests and temptations designed to test the competitors physically, mentally, and morally before one walks away with the prize. |
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Dancing with the Stars is still having its moment. Tuesday night’s episode drew 6.59 million live + same-day viewers, according to Nielsen’s Big Data + Panel, up 2% from the week prior. Dancing with the Stars led primetime on Tuesday across the major broadcasters. Super Bowl night also posted an 11% ratings increase among adults 18-49, growing to a 1.56, Nielsen reports. That marks the fourth week of growth in a row to hit not only a season high but also the show’s best non-finale episode in over nine years, since “A Night at the Movies” in May 2017. Tuesday night’s episode saw the remaining couples compete to songs from past Super Bowl halftime performers. The show, where ESPN Monday Night Football’s Joe Buck joined the judges table as well, collected 70 million fan votes cast throughout the night.
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posted 10/16/2026 |
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Happy Friday Lightning Round |
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Scarlett Johansson is getting into the reality television business. The Black Widow star is exec producing Assassins, a new series greenlight at Peacock. The series comes from Sony’s B17 Entertainment and founders Brien Meagher and Rhett Bachner are exec producing alongside Johansson. Assassins follows a group of players competing in a game of strategy and wit inspired by the live-action game played in real life around the world. From the moment they arrive, each player is assigned a target — one person they must eliminate before the season is out. But in this game, every hunter is also the hunted, and no one is ever safe. With shifting alliances and deception, only the most calculating player will survive to win it all, per the logline. The game, which is popular on college campuses, is essentially a version of tag, which itself was turned into Ultimate Tag for Fox in 2020. It is the latest competition series based on a real-life game and follows, most notably, Peacock’s own series The Traitors, which is loosely based on Mafia. NBC is currently airing The Traitors: New Blood with Peacock airing season six of the celebrity edition next year. There have been a number of competition series where contestants are hunted; CBS aired Hunted, based on Channel 4’s British series, for one season in 2017, while The Runner, which came from Pilgrim Media Group and Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, launched on go90 in 2016. It’s not clear how Johansson got involved in Assassins, but she becomes the latest A-list star to exec produce a reality competition, joining the likes of Brad Pitt, who exec produces Fox’s Lego Masters. B17 Entertainment is behind series including Fox’s Extracted, ABC’s The Final Straw and Roku’s Thanks A Million. |
posted 10/14/2026 |
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More on "Next Level Baker" Season 2 |
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Fox has revealed the cast and premiere date for Next Level Baker Season 2, which is set for Thursday, November 19 at 9 p.m. ET/PT. Gordon Ramsay, Carla Hall, and Waylynn Lucas will mentor bakers selected from across the U.S. Out of the nine contestants, only one baker will rise to the top, winning $50,000 and a HexClad prize package. The new season kicks off with an unforgettable holiday performance by three-time Grammy Award-winning and multi-platinum-selling recording artist Pentatonix. After a surprise team reveal, the competition unfolds with festive flair, special guests and shocking mid-bake twists—while delivering the joy that makes the holidays unforgettable. Season 2 bakers are: Ben Neumann (White Bear Lake, MN), Courtney Carey (North Tonawanda, NY), Marlina Corbin (Clarksville, TN), Pharren Evans (South Los Angeles, CA), Colby Troy (Louisville, KY), Trung Pham (Tulsa, OK), Salma Garcia (Providence, RI), Greg Mason (Wilson, NC), and Jimiah Albritton (Palmetto, FL). Next Level Baker is produced by Studio Ramsay on behalf of Studio Ramsay Global and BiggerStage. Gordon Ramsay and Matt Cahoon serve as executive producers. |
posted 10/14/2026 |
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More on "The Mob" |
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Hulu has released the official trailer and key art for "The Mob," a new reality competition series from the executive producers of "The Traitors." "The Mob" premieres on October 26th on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+ for bundle subscribers in the US, and Disney+ internationally. Hosted by Emmy-nominated actress Parker Posey, "The Mob" is a high-stakes reality competition series that sends a group of celebrities to a lavish Italian villa where they will shake down, hustle and whack their way to win up to $250,000 in cash prizes. Every episode, they will tackle mob movie-inspired jobs to survive. But every mob family needs a don, and whoever they choose will have absolute power - deciding who makes money, who stays, and who ultimately gets whacked. In a game where power demands absolute loyalty, can the don stay in control, or will the family rise up and overthrow them? "The Mob" is produced by Studio Lambert and Primal Media (part of the STV Studios family of production labels). Executive producers for Studio Lambert include Tim Harcourt, Jack Burgess, Niall O'Driscoll and Stephen Lambert. Adam Wood and Mat Steiner, who conceived the format for "The Mob," are executive producers for Primal Media along with David Mortimer, chief executive officer of STV Studios. Host Parker Posey serves as executive producer, and Susan House serves as showrunner. The contestants, in alphabetical order, are... |
posted 10/14/2026 |
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In an expected development, shareholders for both Fox Corp. and Roku voted to approve Fox’s $22 billion acquisition of the streaming-video platform company. At separate special meetings of shareholders Wednesday to vote on the deal, the majority of shares owned by Fox Corp. and Roku investors were in favor the deal. The proposed Roku deal was overwhelmingly approved by Fox shareholders: 99.9% of the votes cast by holders of outstanding Class B common stock entitled to vote were in favor of the agreement, according to an SEC filing by Fox. Of the shares voted, 197.4 million were for; 71,891 were against; and 45,001 abstained. The official vote tallies from Roku’s meeting are expected to be filed with the SEC soon as well. In June, Fox announced an agreement to buy Roku for $160/share in a combination of about $14.2 billion in cash and the remainder in Fox Class A common stock. Fox currently expects the Roku acquisition to be completed in the first half of calendar year 2027, subject to clearance by the Justice Department and other regulators. |
posted 10/14/2026 |
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Lingo Set to Return to the UK |
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A popular quiz show is finally returning – after more than a year away from viewers’ screens. Hosted by comedian Adil Ray, the revived version of Lingo debuted back in 2021. Lingo has three teams of players made up of pairs and they have to fill in blanks to uncover hidden words. As the prize money increases, so does the risk and if a team doesn’t find the right word, their opponents can steal the prize. According to TVZone, the quiz will be returning for series five from Monday, October 26. The publication added Lingo is renewed for a sixth series – before the fifth has even aired on ITV. The most recent “new” episode to date aired in February 2025, concluding the fourth series. Series six will reportedly also see the return of the “winner stays on” format. This allows contestants who reach the final round to return and build their prize pot across multiple episodes. |
posted 10/14/2026 |
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BBC Studios Is Game for YouTube |
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BBC Studios Digital Brands has commissioned The Quiz Vault, a new show hosted by creator and comedian Max Fosh, for its forthcoming Quiz and Trivia YouTube channel. Produced by Strong Watch Studios, the series will launch in early 2027, combining celebrity interviews with a succession of quiz rounds. Each round will feature a different game, drawing on established TV quiz mechanics alongside original ideas. The commission forms part of a wider plan to use BBC Studios’ quiz catalogue to develop new programming for digital audiences. The Quiz and Trivia channel will feature archive material from brands including The Weakest Link, A Question of Sport, Impossible, This is My House and Answer Run, alongside curated collections, play-along clips and original shows. Developed by BBC Studios’ Digital Brands and Global Content teams with Strong Watch Studios, The Quiz Vault will also test new games with YouTube audiences, with the aim of developing the most successful into standalone formats. Karl Warner, EVP, global creator partnerships & creative development, BBC Studios Global Content, said: “Quiz Vault shows what’s possible when iconic BBC Studios IP meets outstanding creative talent. It’s celebrating our quiz heritage while testing ideas with the potential to become the next great format, and it’s been fantastic to bring it to life with Max, Strong Watch Studios and our Digital Brands team.” Fosh, who launched his YouTube channel in 2017, is known for comedy stunts and social experiments. According to BBC Studios, he has more than seven million followers across social media, with his videos generating more than three billion views. |
posted 10/14/2026 |
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Holiday on a Budget |
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Olympic gold medalist figure skater, TV personality and sports broadcaster Tara Lipinski will challenge Christmas fanatics to create Yuletide magic on a dime in HGTV's new competition series Big Bargain Holiday Showdown, premiering Tuesday, November 10, at 9 p.m. ET/PT. In each of the festive six episodes, two teams of friends, family and neighbors will battle to prove who has the most holiday spirit without blowing their shoestring budget. With the help of DIY experts, Ashley Dixon and Clinton Tharp, the teams will have just 48 hours and $500 each to transform one room in their home into a stunning winter-themed wonderland using ingenious design hacks, custom projects and smart spending. Each deck-the-halls duel will be judged by holiday artist, designer and Glitterville Studios founder Stephen Brown and interior designer and 37th Burleigh founder Pelar Fullilove who will crown a Christmas champ and award bragging rights, a cash prize and a surprise from Santa. "I've spent my whole life being judged on ice," said Tara. "Now I'm trading the ice for a whole new type of winter competition to prove you don't need a Santa-sized budget to make some serious holiday magic." Fans can stay tuned for more show updates on HGTV's digital platforms at HGTV.com and via @HGTV and #BigBargainHolidayShowdown on Facebook, X, Instagram, TikTok, Threads and YouTube. Fans can follow Tara Lipinski @taralipinski on Instagram. Each new episode of Big Bargain Holiday Showdown will be available to stream the next day on HBO Max(R) beginning Wednesday, Nov. 11. Big Bargain Holiday Showdown is produced by Leopard USA Ltd. |
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Shares of Skydance Corp., formed through the merger of Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery, fell as much as 27% in trading Wednesday. The drop came as the Skydance, led by chairman and CEO David Ellison, distributed about 471 million warrants giving holders of Paramount Skydance’s PSKY Class B shares the option to purchase stock in the new company. Skydance’s stock — which began trading Oct. 6 on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “SKYD” — closed down 22.2%, to $7.06/share, as of the end of regular trading Wednesday. Each warrant issued to PSKY holders initially allows them to buy one share of Skydance for $12. (The warrants, trading on NYSE under “SKYD WS,” had an Oct. 13 closing price of $2.20 apiece. PSKY stock was delisted from the Nasdaq on Oct. 5.) If all of those warrants were exercised, that would raise about $5.65 billion for the company, while it would also increase the share count and dilute ownership of current shareholders. It’s not known how many warrants have been exercised so far. In connection with Skydance’s distribution of stock warrants to PSKY holders, the NYSE announced after market close Tuesday that it would adjust the official closing price of Skydance’s Class B common stock downward by $0.19368 per share (from approximately $9.27 to approximately $9.07) based on the official closing price of the warrants at $2.20 each, a pro-rata calculation for the approximately 9% that 471 million shares of Class B common stock entitled to receive a warrant represents of shares outstanding. According to Skydance, the pre-warrant market capitalization of the company was $46.6 billion (at a price of $9.27/share for Class B shares). The implied value with the warrants would have given Skydance a market cap of $45.6 billion at the $9.07/share price of the Class B stock. With the stock drop Wednesday, the market cap stood at around $35.6 billion.
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