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Paramount/Netflix/Warner Bros. Discovery

UK Regulators to Investigate Merger
WBD, Netflix in a War of Words As Well
From Variety

David Ellison’s Paramount Skydance has cleared a big regulatory hurdle in advancing toward completing its $111 billion merger with Warner Bros. Discovery — although it’s still not a done deal and could face other legal challenges.

The Justice Department‘s Antitrust Division has approved the deal, Variety has confirmed. As first reported by Politico, the regulator is giving the green light to the Paramount-WBD tie-up without requiring “any divestitures, behavioral remedies or concessions.”

The United Kingdom’s Competition and Markets Authority has launched a formal Phase 1 investigation into the $110 billion Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger. Per a notice posted on its website on Tuesday, the CMA’s investigation will begin on Wednesday.

It will decide whether to refer the merger to a Phase 2 investigation by Aug. 7. The move comes after the CMA launched a public comment period for interested parties to express their views on the impact the merger could have on competition in the UK, which concluded on April 27.

Under a Phase 1 review, the CMA would have 40 working days to decide whether the merger needs a more in-depth review. If it finds concerns with the merger, it will give the merging businesses five days to propose remedies to address its concerns.

The CMA would then have up to 5 more working days to consider the remedies. If none are offered or it does not accept them, the merger would be referred to a Phase 2 review. If if decides to accept remedies provisionally, it would publicly consult on them and consider any responses, with a deadline of 50 working days to make a decision.

If the review moves to Phase 2, an independent “inquiry group,” which consists of 3 to 5 people with a range of business, finance, economic and legal experience, would lead the investigation and makes the final decision within 24 weeks. In special circumstances, a Phase 2 investigation can be extended by up to eight additional weeks.

The inquiry group would then either clear the merger, consider remedies such as asset divestitures or a legal commitment from the merging businesses to behave in a certain way, or block the merger.

In addition, Paramount has slammed rival Netflix in a letter to the Department of Justice for campaigning against the Warner Bros. Discovery merger amid regulatory review of the deal with the David Ellison company.

“As Paramount pushes forward with its ‘content-first’ growth strategy, firms like Netflix, Amazon MGM, Disney, Universal, Sony, Lionsgate, A24, Apple, and many others will need to respond in kind, presumably by enhancing their own content creation strategies. (Indeed, Netflix’s panic level response and scorched-earth campaign to try and poison regulators and other stakeholders against the Transaction shows just how seriously Netflix takes Paramount as a scaled competitor.),” Makan Delrahim, Par’s Chief Legal Officer, wrote in a letter to the DOJ’s Antitrust Division.

The letter didn’t detail specific actions by Netflix or others. In a statement to Deadline, a Netflix spokesperson disputed the characterization. “These claims from Paramount Skydance are absurd. We walked away from this deal months ago and remain focused on our own business, not theirs. Ultimately, it’s up to the regulators to approve this deal and determine if it is in the best interest of the industry and all concerned,” the streamer said.

Paramount said today that competition authorities in Australia and New Zealand, as well as Saudi Arabia, Ukraine, Serbia and North Macedonia have approved its pending merger with Warner Bros. Discovery. Foreign direct investment authorities in Germany, Slovenia, Belgium, Czechia, New Zealand, Italy, France and Romania are also on board, the David Ellison-run company said in an SEC filing..

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posted 6/12/2026

TCA Awards: And the Nominees Are....
HBO Max Leads with 30 Nominations
From Deadline

Gay ice hockey romance series Heated Rivalry, corporate drama Industry and horror comedy Widow’s Bay lead the 42nd Annual TCA Awards nominations with five each, the Television Critics Association announced Friday.

They’re followed by Hacks, The Pitt and Pluribus with 4 each and The Comeback, Margo’s Got Money Troubles and Shrinking with 3 each.

HBO Max leads the pack with 30 nominations, followed by Apple TV with 20 and Netflix with 14.

Heated Rivalry, which recently received a record-breaking 16 Canadian Screen Awards, along with a Peabody, a GLAAD Award and TV Academy Honors Award in the U.S., the breakout series is not eligible to compete at the TV Academy-administered Emmy Awards. Heated Rivalry is produced by Toronto-based Accent Aigu Entertainment for Crave and distributed by Canadian conglom Bell Media’s Sphere Abacus with no U.S. ownership, so it did not meet the Emmys’ foreign production eligibility criteria.

The 2026 TCA Awards honor standout series and stars from the 2025-2026 television season. Winners will be announced later this summer across TCA’s social media.

TCA also announced it is expanding its categories to 14 with the additions of Outstanding Achievement in Animation—recognizing the best in new or returning animated series—and Outstanding Achievement in International Series, recognizing the best overall series produced by a country outside the United States where the predominant language spoken on screen is not English.

The Simpsons, South Park, and Invincible are among the nominees for the Outstanding Achievement in Animation award, and Outstanding International Series nominees include Squid Game, The Boyfriend and The House of the Spirits. In late-night, John Oliver, Jimmy Kimmel, and Seth Meyers will face off in the Outstanding Achievement in Variety, Talk, or Sketch category.

Below is the list of 2026 Television Critics Association nominees (game show related entries are in italics)...

Outstanding Achievement in News and Information
- “60 Minutes” — CBS (2012 Winner)
- “The American Revolution” — PBS
- “CBS This Morning” — CBS
- “Disneyland Handcrafted” — Disney+
- “Frontline” — PBS (Eight-time Winner in Category)
- “Have I Got News For You” — CNN
- “Marty, Life Is Short” — Netflix
- “Mr. Scorsese” — Apple TV.

Outstanding Achievement in Reality
- “Couples Therapy” — Showtime/Paramount+ (2021 Winner)
- “Finding Mr. Christmas” — Hallmark
- “The Great British Baking Show” — Netflix

- “Love on the Spectrum” — Netflix
- “RuPaul’s Drag Race” — MTV (2014 Winner)
- “Survivor” — CBS
- “Top Chef” — Bravo
- “The Traitors” — Peacock (2024, 2025 Winner)

Outstanding International Series – New Category
- “The Boyfriend” — Netflix
- “Crime Scene Zero” — Netflix
- “Drops of God” — Apple TV
- “The House of the Spirits” — Prime Video
- “Last Samurai Standing” — Netflix
- “Squid Game” — Netflix


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posted 6/12/2026


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GENE SHALIT: 1926-2026
Movie Critic Played Games
From Deadline

Gene Shalit, the longtime film critic for Today, known for his quirky puns and signature walrus mustache, has died. He was 100.

His family tells NBC News in a statement that Shalit passed away peacefully on Friday “after 100 years of an amazing life.”

Shalit began his long career at The Today Show in 1970, where he began part-time and became a contributor three years later.

Known for his frequent use of puns and his comical “absent-minded professor” appearance, which included a handlebar mustache, fuzzy hair, large glasses and colorful bow ties, Shalit became one of the most recognizable faces on television.

During his four-decade tenure at Today as film and book critic, Shalit reviewed thousands of films, many of which were generally positive assessments, which frequently drew criticism from his peers for his lack of rigor, evidenced in parodies by rival film critics such as Siskel & Ebert.

His review of the 1980 horror film The Shining is considered by many to be his most notable. Veering away from the consensus, he panned the film shortly after its release, criticizing it for lacking the depth and scariness expected from a major Stephen King adaptation and failing to live up to its hype.

Shalit announced that he would leave The Today Show after 40 years, effective Nov. 11, 2010. He was quoted at the time as saying “it’s enough already” about his retirement.

Born March 25, 1926 in New York City to parents of Jewish descent, Shalit and his mother briefly moved later that year to Newark, New Jersey, before the family permanently relocated to Morristown, New Jersey, in 1932.

He discovered his passion for writing while attending Morristown High School, where he penned a humor column for the student newspaper, a style which eventually morphed into his pun-heavy, comedic styling that would define his career in later years.

Prior to his long stint on Today, Shalit began writing for print publications in the 1960s, such as Look magazine, a 12-year stint at Ladies’ Home Journal, as well as Cosmopolitan, TV Guide, Seventeen, Glamour, McCall’s and The New York Times.

Over the years, Shalit became synonymous with pop culture. He guest-starred as the voice, and was portrayed in the form of a fish food critic named ‘Gene Scallop’ in the SpongeBob SquarePants episode ‘The Krusty Sponge’. He also was parodied in several episodes of Family Guy, including ‘Family Guy Viewer Mail #1’, ‘Brian Sings and Swings’, ‘The Book of Joe’ and ‘Big Man on Hippocampus’, although he was not a voice actor for the series.

Shalit also voiced a character inspired by himself in three episodes of the animated series The Critic. Additionally, he was portrayed several times on Second City Television by cast member Eugene Levy.

In game shows, Shalit featured on episodes of What's My Line?, Jeopardy!, To Tell the Truth, and Hollywood Squares.

Shalit turned 100 on March 25, 2026, a milestone that was commemorated on Today in a special segment, in which Al Roker sent birthday wishes using a personalized Smucker’s jar, a reference to Shalit’s association with the brand through earlier promotions. Shalit was surrounded by his family for the occasion and said he looked forward to watching his favorite baseball team, the New York Mets. 

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posted 6/5/2026


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RONNIE SCHELL: 1931-2026
"Gomer Pyle" Actor Played Games
From Deadline

Ronnie Schell, a prolific TV character actor perhaps best known for his portrayal of the amiable Pvt. Duke Slater, pal of Jim Nabors’ hayseed Gomer Pyle on the ’60s sitcom of that name, died of natural causes today at UCLA Hospital in Los Angeles. He was 94. His death was announced by family.

Born Ronald Ralph Schell on December 23, 1931, in Richmond, California, Schell began his show business career while a senior at San Francisco State University when he auditioned at the city’s famed Purple Onion nightclub as a stand-up comedian.

Signed for a five month stint, Schell, after graduation, began playing other clubs in the area, including North Beach’s Hungry I, Bimbo’s 365 Club and Fack’s 11 Jazz Club. He would later play some of the most prestigious hotels and casinos in Las Vegas, where he performed occasionally until his death.

The first of nearly 150 TV credits was an appearance on the Groucho Marx game show You Bet Your Life, and while still playing supper clubs in New York City, Chicago and around the country, Schell found his signature role playing the friendly Duke from 1964-1969 on Gomer Pyle: USMC, the hit spinoff from The Andy Griffith Show starring Nabors as the former Mayberry resident who bumbles his way through a stint in the Marines. As Duke, Schell provided the small-town Gomer with a somewhat more worldly city boy pal.

Other roles soon came, including a recurring character on Marlo Thomas’ That Girl as the title character’s always striving agent Harvey Peck. In 1967 he co-starred with Joby Baker on the one-season sitcom Good Morning World as a morning drive radio disc jockey duo. The series also featured a young Goldie Hawn.

Other credits from the era include appearances on Love, American Style, The Patty Duke Show, Arnie, The New Dick Van Dyke Show, The Girl With Something Extra and many others. He worked steadily throughout the ’70s (Sanford & Son, The Dukes Of Hazzard, Charlie’s Angels, One Day At A Time, Mork & Mindy), the ’80s (The Love Boat, Too Close For Comfort, Sledge Hammer!, She’s The Sheriff) and beyond. His more recent appearances as a guest performer were on General Hospital, Yes, Dear and Disney’s Phil of the Future.

Schell appeared on numerous game shows including Oh My Word, The Cross-Wits, Dance Fever, and Beat the Clock.

Schell also appeared in more than 24 films including Disney’s Gus, The Shaggy D.A., and The Devil and Max Devlin, and Carl Reiner’s Fatal Instinct. He provided voices on such animated projects as Jetsons: The Movie and Rover Dangerfield as well as TV series including Battle of the Planets, Shirt Tales, Smurfs, Goober and the Ghost Chasers, and many more. He also appeared with Tim Conway in the video feature Dorf Goes Fishing.

Schell acted in many TV and radio commercials, and was the spokesman for San Francisco’s BART. He landed his first national CLIO award for his Kemp’s Ice Cream commercial, and in 2002 received the first California Standup Comedy Legend Award. He was also inducted into San Francisco State’s Hall of Fame.

Recently he starred in the 2019 Off Broadway musical comedy revue Don’t Leave it All to You Children!

Schell is survived by wife Janet, sons Gregory and Christian, and granddaughter Chiara.

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Going Right Into the Next One
Matt Lucas, Richard Ayoade Among Comics Tapped for Season 22
From the London Standard

Matt Lucas and Richard Ayoade are the among latest comedians to compete on Taskmaster.

The pair will be joined on the upcoming 22nd season by Chloe Petts, Isy Suttie and Nina Conti. Channel 4 teased that the comics have “willingly submitted themselves to the toughest physical and mental examination on television”.

It added: “Like so many before them, they all believe they can impress the Taskmaster, but only one can take home the glory.”

The group will be put through their paces by Greg Davies and his assistant Alex Horne who will “score and mark with the utmost scrutiny to determine who will emerge victorious” and eventually hold the trophy and be named a Taskmaster Champion.

Lucas is best known for his work with David Walliams on the BBC sketch comedy series Little Britain and Come Fly With Me. He has also appeared in Doctor Who, Paddington, Wonka and Gladiator II.

Ayoade played socially awkward IT technician Maurice Moss in Channel 4 sitcom The IT Crowd from 2006 until 2013.

Petts has supported Ed Gamble on tour and appeared on House Of Games, Have I Got News For You and Celebrity Mastermind.

Suttie played Dobby in Peep Show while Conti was the director of comedy feature Sunlight.

The most recent season of Taskmaster featured Amy Gledhill, Armando Iannucci, Joanna Page, Joel Dommett and Kumail Nanjiani.

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posted 6/12/2026

ITV Tips Its Hand
"Tipping Point" to Return
From TV Zone

Tipping Point is set to return to the studio later this year to record a new batch of episodes for broadcast on ITV1 and ITVX.

Tipping Point, the quiz in which contestants answer questions to win turns on an arcade-style machine, is hosted by Ben Shephard has been a staple of ITV's afternoon schedule since it launched in 2012.

Dropping tokens down a choice of four chutes, the contestants hope to knock piles of them off a moving shelf - and the more they collect, the greater the prize fund. The player who has won the least amount is then eliminated, and the last one standing competes for a £10,000 jackpot.

Previous episodes of Tipping Point are available now on ITVX.

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posted 6/12/2026

Anil Kapoor Joins "The 1% Club"
Indian Version to Air on Star Plus
From India Today

India Today has exclusively learnt that actor Anil Kapoor is all set to return to the small screen as the host of Star Plus' upcoming reality show. The game show is the Indian adaptation of the globally successful British format The 1% Club.

Produced by Endemol Shine India, the show is expected to be one of the broadcaster's biggest reality launches in recent years. Sources close to the development reveal that Kapoor is currently shooting for the first promotional campaign, which is expected to be unveiled soon.

"The team wanted a host who could bring both class and mass appeal to the format. Since The 1% Club is a quiz-based game show that also requires a fun and engaging personality, they explored multiple options before deciding on Anil Kapoor," a source shared.

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posted 6/12/2026


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"The Circle" Is Moving
New Season Ordered by Hulu
From Deadline

The Circle, the social experiment format that ran for seven seasons on Netflix, has a surprising new home.

Hulu has ordered a new version of the show, which comes from The Traitors producer Studio Lambert and previously streamed on Netflix.

It marks a surprising move by the Disney streamer. Hulu scored the rights to the show after Netflix hadn’t renewed it since the seventh season concluded in October 2024.

The Circle was one of Netflix’s first hits in the reality competition space and spawned versions in France and Brazil.

The move comes after Rob Mills, who is EVP, Unscripted and Alternative Entertainment at Walt Disney Television, told Deadline in April that it was making a ““concentrated” push into serialized competition with Parker Posey-fronted series The Mob.

Unlike the Netflix version, which featured civilians, the Hulu version will also feature celebrity contestants. It will also introduce audience voting for the first time in the U.S. and is being “reimagined” as a “fast-turnaround” social experiment.

It will bring everyday players and celebrities to compete side by side in a game of popularity where identity is ever-changing, and anyone can be anyone. Essentially, contestants move into separate apartments in the same building but are kept isolated from each other. They are only allowed to communicate via a specific app using text and photos but they can decide to play the game as themselves or anyone else they like.

The original was described as Catfish-meets-Black Mirror.

The Hulu version will be filmed in real time, giving viewers access as twists and player ratings unfold, with audience votes shaping the game.

The format first launched on Channel 4 in the UK and ran for three seasons between 2018 and 2021. Netflix launched a U.S. version in 2020 with four versions through to 2022. The streamer then launched seasons six and seven in 2024.

The Hulu series is produced by Studio Lambert and WPP’s Motion Entertainment, which produced the original, with Peyton Manning’s Omaha Productions also on board. Susan House, who exec produced the Netflix series and has also worked on ABC’s The Bachelor and The Hustler, will serve as showrunner. It will be exec produced by Studio Lambert’s Tim Harcourt, Jack Burgess, Niall O’Driscoll and Stephen Lambert, Motion Entertainment’s Martin Oxley and Chet Fenster and Omaha’s Peyton Manning, Jamie Horowitz and Colin Campbell. All3Media International handles format and tape sales.

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posted 6/11/2026


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Celeb Wheel to Stream Season 6 Extras
Season 6b Episodes to Run Starting June 12
From Deadline

Celebrity Wheel Of Fortune will be airing its seventh season on ABC’s linear schedule this fall.

But fans of the game show will be pleased to hear that Ryan Seacrest and Vanna White will also be hosting more episodes exclusively on streaming. Deadline understands that ten new episodes of the show will drop on Disney’s two streaming platforms on Friday, June 12.

These episodes, which will see a raft of celebrity guests spinning the wheel for a chance to win up to $1M for charity, will also get a second run on ABC at some stage.

It’s not entirely clear why Disney made the decision to launch a number of streaming exclusive episodes of the long-running series, which was previously hosted by Pat Sajak. Disney previously moved Dancing with the Stars exclusively to Disney+ for Season 31, but this is the first time that one of its unscripted shows has had original episodes airing on linear and streaming. Hulu previously had a number of exclusive episodes of Family Guy that did not air on Fox but that show is also produced by Disney’s 20th Television Animation.

Celebrity Wheel of Fortune is produced by Sony Pictures Television with Bellamie Blackstone as executive producer.

Celebrity guests appearing on the exclusive streaming episodes include
- Los Angeles Dodgers’ Freddie Freeman, Kiké Hernández and Miguel Rojas
- Michael Urie, Yvone Orji and Hasan Minhaj
- Sarah Chalke, Nat Faxon and Joel Kim Booster
- New Girl stars Hannah Simone, Lamorne Morris and Jake Johnson
- Andrea Savage, Brian Austin Green and Pittsburgh Steelers defensive tackle Cameron Heyward
- Jamie Lynn Sigler, Dan Bucatinsky and WWE Hall of Famer Nikki Bella
- Vanessa Lachey, Adam Conover and Simon Rex
- Kelly McCreary, Billy Gardell and Mary Elizabeth Ellis
- Top Chef host Kristen Kish, rapper and chef Action Bronson and Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Rashid Shaheed
- Jordin Sparks, Scott Auckerman and Brett Gelman.


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posted 6/11/2026

Thursday Lightning Round
... or "Roll Up"

  • LIST ABUSE: Television's most lucrative TV shows according to... (Radio Times)

  • Shannon Fairweather gets engaged (Reality TV World)

  • Sean Reifel can rejoin the police after being booted off Love Island... but... (TMZ)

  • Love Island USA app usage up 350 percent when it crashed (The Hollywood Reporter)

  • Michelle Visage reveals the secret of winning "Drag Race" (Variety)

  • MrBeast got his fair share of stories on season 2 (Deadline)

  • Jinkx Monsoon to lead in "Oh, Mary!" on the West End (Playbill)

posted 6/11/2023

More on "Destination X" Season 2
Catch It on NBC in 2027
From the Futon Critic

NBC's travel competition series "Destination X" returns for a sophomore season with an all-new lineup of contestants boarding the bus. The roster is inclusive of fan-favorite Bravolebs, Bombshells and reality competition superstars.

The contestants participating in Season 2 are:
· Dan Gheesling, 42 | Dearborn, MI (The Traitors, Big Brother)
· Wendell Holland, 42 | Philadelphia, PA (Survivor)
· Kaylor Martin, 24 | Connellsville, PA (Love Island USA, Love Island: Beyond the Villa)
· Tiffany Mitchell, 45 | Detroit, MI (The Traitors, Big Brother, The Challenge)
· Aesha Scott, 34 | Tauranga, New Zealand (Below Deck Mediterranean, Below Deck Down Under)
· Nic Vansteenberghe, 25 | Jacksonville, FL (Love Island USA)
· Will Anderson, 27 | St. Louis, MO
· Lauren Barnwell, 21 | San Francisco, CA
· Amun Cosme, 34 | Warner Robins, GA
· Lacy Dollar, 47 | Munford, AL
· Matthew Gaston, 30 | San Antonio, TX
· Dalen Michaels, 24 | Boca Raton, FL
· Sasha Sloan, 29 | Salt Lake City, UT

"Destination X" was the #1 new show of Summer 2025 and reached more than 20 million viewers across all platforms. It also stands as NBC's top alternative series launch on Peacock.

Based on the award-winning Belgian format, the series was created by Geronimo and is distributed globally by Be-Entertainment.  "Destination X" for NBC is produced by Twofour, part of ITV Studios, and Universal Television Alternative Studio, a division of Universal Studio Group. Andy Cadman, Sophie Alcock, Darren Brown, Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Emanuel Vanderjeudg executive produce alongside Twofour's Dan Adamson and Shireen Abbott. 

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posted 6/10/2026

Spicks & Specks & a Renewal
ABC Confirms New Season to Arrive in July
From Rolling Stone

Spicks and Specks is coming back.

The ABC has today (June 10th) confirmed a brand-new season of the beloved music quiz show will premiere on July 8th. Returning to its familiar Wednesday night slot, the latest run reunites longtime hosts Adam Hills, Myf Warhurst, and Alan Brough, who will once again put Australia’s music knowledge to the test while tackling a fresh round of absurd challenges and musical mysteries.

Viewers can expect the trio to investigate questions ranging from whether music can be made using hospital equipment to imagining what the classic aria “Nessun Dorma” might sound like if it were inspired by a butt-scooting dog. The new season will also delve into the story behind what exactly happened when Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber spent time together in Japan.

Helping navigate the chaos is a stacked lineup of Australian music talent, including Amy Shark, Ruel, Rhonda Burchmore, Casey Donovan, Dami Im, Chris Cheney, Kate Miller-Heidke, Katie Noonan, and Caleb Harper.

The series will also welcome comedians and entertainers including Zoë Coombs Marr, Tommy Little, Denise Scott, Noah Szto, and Frank Woodley.

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posted 6/10/2026

Wednesday Lightning Round
... or "Going Hollywood"

  • "Taskmaster" invited to the Hollywood Bowl (Deadline)

  • Cirie Fields responds to Rob Mariano's "excuses" and "justification" (People)

  • Katie Thurston's latest update: "No evidence of disease!" (Reality TV World)

  • CFTC asking for comments on whether prediction markets should include game shows, reality show competitions, or pageants (The hollywood Reporter)

  • A FEW GOOD MINUTES with Kristen Kish (Variety)

posted 6/10/2023


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More on SFG 2026 Edition
Lineups Released for Feud, Whammies Unleashed for PYL
From the Hollywood Reporter

Survey says… this season of Celebrity Family Feud contestants is stacked! Season 12 will feature American Idol alums, Olympic athletes, and more stars.

Contestants for the new season, with the tagline "Laugh your X off" in key art, include...
· Team AFC Champions (ay Lewis Jr., Terrell Suggs, Hines Ward, Melvin Blount and Rodney Harrison) vs. Team NFC Champions (Michael Singletary, Isaac Bruce, Landon Dickerson, Amani Toomer and Milton Williams)
· Team USA Women's Hockey ( Laila Edwards, Hilary Knight, Hannah Bilka, Cayla Barnes and Caroline Harvey) vs Team USA Men's Hockey (Griffin LaMarre, Jack Wallace, Declan Farmer, Connor Hellebuyck and Dylan Larkin)
· "American Idol" Men's Team (David Archuleta, Clay Aiken, Ruben Studdard, Jamal Roberts and David Cook) vs. "American Idol" Women's Team (Kellie Pickler, Lauren Spencer Smith, Abi Carter, Maddie Poppe and Pia Toscano)
· Julie Bowen vs. Yvette Nicole Brown
· Chris O'Donnell vs. Wayne Brady
· Nicole Byer vs. Margaret Cho
· Dave Portnoy and Barstool Sports vs. Cooper Flagg
· Steve Aoki vs. Joel Kim Booster
· 2 Chainz vs. Eric André
· Zac Brown and Kendra Scott vs. Mickey Guyton
· Sheila E. vs. En Vogue
· Kathy Hilton vs. Da Brat
· Bow Wow vs. Rickey Smiley and his morning show family
· Lisa Lisa vs. Taylor Dayne

The new season will premiere on July 9 at 8p.m. on ABC. It will then air on Thursdays through the rest of the season. Press Your Luck will air immediately after.

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posted 6/9/2026

NBC Tuesday Is THE Night of the Summer
Record Gains for AGT, Password
From the Wrap

“America’s Got Talent” and “Password” kicked off to strong ratings starts on NBC and Peacock, with both unscripted shows seeing double-digit ratings gains.

The “America’s Got Talent” Season 21 premiere, which saw Howie Mandel, Mel B, Sofía Vergara and Simon Cowell return as judges, scored 6.2 million total viewers across NBC and Peacock, according to live-plus-three-day Nielsen figures.

Viewership in the 18-49 demo was up 20% as compared to the season premiere, with the episode ranking as No. 1 season premiere for the series in the 18-49 demo in 3 years.

Likewise, the season premiere of “Password,” which returned for its third installment with host Keke Palmer and resident player Jimmy Fallon at the helm, scored 3.5 million total viewers across NBC and Peacock. The season premiere soared 15% in the 18-49 demo over the Season 2 summer premiere in 2024.

On Peacock alone, the “America’s Got Talent” Season 21 premiere ranks as the show’s No. 1 episode to date, per live-plus-three-day numbers, as does the “Password” Season 3 premiere compared to the show’s past episodes.

Additionally, as “America’s Got Talent” and “Password” debuted their new seasons on Tuesday, June 2, the series ranked as the No. 1 and No. 2 entertainment programs of the night on linear, respectively.

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posted 6/9/2026

Tuesday Lightning Round
... or "A Bombshell Has Entered Her Ex's Baby Mama's House... Allegedly"

  • Why is Huda Mustafa (allegedly) sneaking into Nicole Olivera's apartment? (Reality Tea)

  • Funny AF finalist Caitlin Peluffo has a special on YouTube (Deadline)

  • #TIL Survivor, Love Island tape in the same location (TV Insider)

posted 6/9/2023


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More on "Love Island USA" Season 8
New Season Sets Viewing Recording
From the Hollywood Reporter

Love Island USA has gotten off to a fast start with Peacock viewers.

The NBCUniversal-owned streamer says the first three days of season eight have pulled in 824 million viewing minutes, a record for any Peacock original series over that length of time.

That figure is up by a robust 74 percent compared to the first three days of last year’s season. Peacock also says that 23 percent of Love Island viewing so far this week came from mobile devices, based on its internal data. That equates to about 190 million minutes of watch time, with the other 634 million or so minutes coming from TV screens.

At that pace, Love Island USA is set to blow past its first-week totals from last season. Per Nielsen, viewers spent 772 million minutes watching the series in its premiere week in 2025. Nielsen’s streaming ratings only cover TV-set viewing, and its methodology differs from Peacock’s internal data. Still, if the two measurements are anywhere near each other, the start of season eight will easily surpass season seven’s opening.

Season seven of Love Island USA was one of the biggest original streaming series of 2025. Nielsen figures put the show at 13.46 billion minutes of viewing for the year (including time spent on prior seasons), while NBCUniversal’s first-party data showed more than 18 billion minutes of viewing including all mobile devices.

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posted 6/8/2026


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From NPR & WBEZ Chicago, ... It's Alzo Slade
Actor/Comedian Becomes New Judge/Scorekeeper/Voice for "Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!"
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Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me! is thrilled to announce that Alzo Slade will be our next judge and scorekeeper.

Listeners already know Alzo from his frequent appearances as a panelist and occasional guest judge and scorekeeper. On this weekend's show in Austin, Texas, he officially takes on the role full time, succeeding iconic broadcaster Bill Kurtis, who retired at the end of May.

Says Slade: "Joining Wait Wait…Don't Tell Me! as co-host, judge and scorekeeper feels equal parts honor and elaborate hoax or clerical error. Every time I've been on the show I'm reminded it somehow makes the news feel intelligent, human and just unhinged enough to survive the week. And much love and respect to Bill Kurtis. This guy is amazing! Stepping into anything connected to that legendary voice is a bit like following a jazz legend at an open mic."

Slade is only the third judge and scorekeeper in the 29-year history of the show. NPR legend Carl Kasell created the role in 1998 and was succeeded by Kurtis in 2015. Like his predecessors, Slade is an award-winning journalist (a Peabody and three Emmys) but unlike his predecessors, he's a stand up comic, worked as a concert photographer for Prince, won the Mr. Prairie View A&M pageant, and created Grits and Biscuits, a Southern hip-hop dance party that tours the country. Most importantly, Alzo has a deeply resonant voice that warms up your radio.

Wait Wait host Peter Sagal says, "If Bill Kurtis has the voice of the Dad you always wished you had, Alzo's is the voice of the friend you always wanted. He's funny, he's kind, he's ridiculously smart, and knows just how to cut you down to size when you need it — or at least, when I need it."

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posted 6/8/2026

Meet the UK Islanders
George Knight Breaks Silence About Leaving the Villa
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George Knight, a contestant on Love Island UK Season 13, is opening up about his abrupt exit from the dating series.

The Islander came in as a bombshell on Day 1 but left the Mallorca-set villa after only a few days on the show.

“Family comes first, always,” Knight wrote on Instagram. “Leaving the @loveisland Villa was a decision made in order to be with my family. Out of respect for them, I’d prefer not to go into any further detail.”

He continued, “Thank you to everyone who has reached out with kind messages and support! It genuinely means a lot.”

Knight came in as a bombshell alongside Yasmin. They were both greeted by host Maya Jama outside the villa, who explained that they would be part of a twist. Both bombshells would spend the day with the Islanders, and after 24 hours, would pick one of them to dump from the villa. The decision seemed to weigh heavily on both bombshells, but Knight seemed to take it even harder as he delivered the news to his fellow Islanders.

ITV, which produces the series, has not commented on the reason Knight left the show, and the Islander preferred not to go into details about his exit.

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posted 6/1/2026

"Mafia" Gets Gamified
Sam Altman, Founders Fund Launch Game Show
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Have you ever had the desire to see Sam Altman and Palmer Luckey square off over a moderately suspenseful card game? If so, you are in luck.

Silicon Valley’s leaders are rushing to embrace the power of media for the purposes of marketing and political capital. Now, in a sign of the times, Founders Fund, the venture capital firm co-founded by Peter Thiel, has launched its own game show.

“MAFIA the GAME,” will apparently be an ongoing thing, where prominent tech luminaries get together and face off over a game of cards (the show is named after the party-game favorite).

The spectacle is moderated by Pirate Wires editor Mike Solana (who is also the chief marketing officer at Founders Fund). The debut episode includes a who’s who of players — Sam Altman; Palmer Luckey; Bryan Johnson, the famed biohacker who will (according to him) live forever; and Moxie Marlinspike, the founder of encrypted chat app Signal.

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posted 6/8/2026

Monday Lightning Round
... or "The People's Governor....s Ball"

  • "The Voice" season 30 winner will perform at the Governors Ball in 2027 (Variety)

  • For the second time in three years, Victoria Groce is the Queen of Quiz (WorldQuizzing.com)

  • Savannah Guthrie still cries every morning on the way to work while her mother is missing (Variety)

  • Zach Shallcross, Kaity Biggar close on their house (Reality TV World)

  • Ken McNickle shares cancer diagnosis, warns that cancer chose the wrong one on the wrong day (People)

  • Hannah Brown talks about a uterine septum procedure that didn't go so well (Reality TV World)

  • Jim Birge, creator of Long Beach Jeopardy! students tournament, dies after battling pancreatic cancer (KABC-TV Los Angeles)

  • CASTING COUCH: Fear Factor: House of Fear season 2 (Casting Crane)

  • A FEW GOOD MINUTES with Jeff Probst (The WRap)

posted 6/1/2023

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