ABC news
‘General Hospital’ Casts Daytime Favorite Daniel Goddard From ‘The Young & The Restless’ (April 11)
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CBS news
‘The Bold And The Beautiful’ Brings Back Jack Wagner (April 10)
https://deadline.com/2025/04/the-bold-and-the-beautiful-brings-back-jack-wagner-1236366014/‘The Bold And The Beautiful’ Renewed For Three Seasons On CBS Through 2027-28 (April 8)
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Fox news
‘Before The Coffee Gets Cold’ Drama Based On Book In Works At Fox From Gideon Raff & Jackal Group (April 11)
https://deadline.com/2025/04/before-the-coffee-gets-cold-fox-gideon-raff-jackal-group-1236366654/["In the heart of Japantown, San Francisco, a family-owned café offers more than just coffee—it serves as a bridge between past and present. Visitors line up, drawn by the chance to relive a moment that changed their lives, knowing they must return before their coffee grows cold. Though the past cannot be rewritten, the act of letting go in the present can open the door to a future filled with hope. But this barista family, whose selfless gift has brought solace to so many, must now confront the shadows of their own mysterious past—one that may cost them everything."]
Gordon Ramsay Turns Undercover Chef In New Fox Series (April 10)
https://deadline.com/2025/04/gordon-ramsay-secret-service-undercover-chef-fox-1236365860/‘MasterChef’ Renewed For Season 15 At Fox (April 8)
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NBC news
NBC Renewal Status Report: Chicago Trio, ‘Law & Order’ Duo, ‘Brilliant Minds’, ‘Suits: LA’ & More (April 9)
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Cable channel news
‘The Last of Us’ Season 1 Recap: What To Remember Ahead Of Season 2 [HBO] (April 11)
https://deadline.com/2025/04/the-last-of-us-season-1-recap-1236366692/‘Nautilus’: Premiere Date, First-Look Photos & New Teaser For AMC’s Captain Nemo Adventure Series (April 11)
https://deadline.com/2025/04/nautilus-premiere-date-photos-trailer-amc-1236366470/‘Welcome To Wrexham’ Sets Season 4 Premiere At FX (April 10)
https://deadline.com/2025/04/welcome-to-wrexham-season-4-premiere-fx-1236365180/Steve Guttenberg To Play Real-Life Serial Killer In Lifetime Movie Opposite Jana Kramer & Rachel Stubington (April 10)
https://deadline.com/2025/04/steve-guttenberg-lifetime-movie-heather-robinson-1236365144/‘Mayfair Witches’ Renewed For Season 3 By AMC With New Setting (April 9)
https://deadline.com/2025/04/mayfair-witches-renewed-season-3-salem-tom-schnauz-1236364036/Zach Galifianakis Joins AMC’s Silicon Valley Drama; Jonathan Glatzer Series Gets Title (April 9)
https://deadline.com/2025/04/zach-galifianakis-the-audacity-amc-jonathan-glatzer-series-1236364388/‘The Last Of Us’ Renewed For Season 3 At HBO Ahead Of Season 2 Premiere (April 9)
https://deadline.com/2025/04/the-last-of-us-renewed-season-3-hbo-1236364271/‘The Last Of Us’ Season 2: Everything We Know So Far (April 9)
https://deadline.com/feature/the-last-of-us-season-2-cast-release-date-everything-to-know-1235940502/‘Adults’: FX Sets Premiere Date For Ensemble Comedy From Ben Kronengold & Rebecca Shaw (April 8)
https://deadline.com/2025/04/adults-fx-comedy-premiere-date-ben-kronengold-rebecca-shaw-1236362899/["The ensemble series, which was formerly titled 'Snowflakes,' premieres May 28 with two episodes. It follows five friends — Samir (Malik Elassal), Billie (Lucy Freyer), Paul Baker (Jack Innanen), Issa (Amita Rao) and Anton (Owen Thiele) — who crash together in Samir’s childhood home. FX says 'the show puts a slightly heightened twist on the wins, losses and humiliations of starting out in the adult world. Whether they’re trying to get ahead at work, navigating the healthcare system, hosting a dinner party or dating in the age of Find My Friends, the group is finding that nothing about the real world is simple, and all their best intentions tend to make things worse.'"]
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Streaming service news--Apple TV+
‘Mythic Quest’ Canceled By Apple After 4 Seasons; Final Episode To Be Updated “So We Could Say Goodbye, Instead Of Just Game Over,” Creators Say (April 12)
https://deadline.com/2025/04/mythic-quest-canceled-apple-no-season-5-finale-updated-1236367033/Sherry Cola & Isabella Gomez Join Apple Comedy Series ‘Shrinking’ For Season 3 (April 10)
https://deadline.com/2025/04/sherry-cola-isabella-gomez-apple-shrinking-season-3-1236365637/‘Sugar’ Adds Shea Whigham, Raymond Lee & Sasha Calle To Season 2 Cast (April 8)
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Streaming service news--Hulu
‘Paradise’ Adds Michael McGrady & Timothy Omundson To Cast For Season 2 (April 10)
https://deadline.com/2025/04/michael-mcgrady-timothy-omundson-cast-paradise-season-2-1236364672/Brittany Snow Joins Hulu’s Murdaugh Murders Limited Series (April 10)
https://deadline.com/2025/04/brittany-snow-cast-hulu-murdaugh-murders-limited-series-1236365123/Animated ‘Predator’ Movie ‘Killer Of Killers’ Unveils Hulu Premiere Date, First-Look Footage (April 8)
https://deadline.com/2025/04/predator-killer-of-killers-hulu-premiere-date-1236363203/‘The Testaments’ Creator Bruce Miller Gives Updates On ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Sequel Series & Explains Why The Gilead Viewers Encounter Will Feel Like “Exactly The Opposite World” (April 8)
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Streaming service news--Max
‘The Pitt’ Creator Teases Character Returns, Time Jump & New Cast Additions In Season 2 (April 12)
https://deadline.com/2025/04/the-pitt-season-2-cast-return-new-characters-time-jump-1236367321/New Line’s ‘Companion’ Sets Max Premiere Date (April 11)
https://deadline.com/2025/04/companion-streaming-premiere-date-max-1236366534/["In 'Companion,' written and directed by Drew Hancock (My Dead Ex), Sophie Thatcher plays Iris, who joins her boyfriend Josh (Jack Quaid) and friends at a remote lake house, only to discover that she’s actually an AI “companion” rented from a tech company. We won’t reveal more than that, except to say that Iris doesn’t take the revelation lightly."]
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Streaming service news--Netflix
Netflix Games Leadership On The Future Of Streamer-Based Gaming & ‘Black Mirror’ Tie-In (April 12)
https://deadline.com/2025/04/netflix-games-black-mirror-squid-game-spirit-crossing-interview-1236367302/‘The Lincoln Lawyer’ Season 4 Adds Kyle Richards, Jason Butler Harner & Scott Lawrence (April 11)
https://deadline.com/2025/04/the-lincoln-lawyer-season-4-kyle-richards-1236365086/Netflix Unveils Premiere Date For Israeli Series ‘Bad Boy’ (April 11)
https://deadline.com/2025/04/netflix-premiere-date-for-israels-bad-boy-may-2-1236366279/["'Bad Boy' tells the story of Dean, who is imprisoned in a cruel juvenile detention facility. While in jail, Dean bonds with Zoro, a grim and mysterious teenage prisoner serving time for murder. He also learns to harness his unique intelligence and creativity and, 20 years later, these traits define Dean as a star comedian, while his time in jail is a secret threatening to resurface and tear his life apart."]
Emma Corrin, Jack Lowden & Olivia Colman Set For Leading Roles In Netflix’s ‘Pride & Prejudice’ Limited Series (April 10)
https://deadline.com/2025/04/emma-corrin-jack-lowden-olivia-colman-netflix-pride-and-prejudice-1236365497/‘The Waterfront’: Netflix Reveals Premiere Date For Kevin Williamson Drama (April 9)
https://deadline.com/2025/04/the-waterfront-netflix-premiere-date-kevin-williamson-drama-1236364583/["Here’s the official logline for the series: For decades, the Buckley family has ruled Havenport, North Carolina, dominating everything from the local fishing industry to the town’s restaurant scene. But their fishing empire has started to crumble as patriarch Harlan Buckley (Holt McCallany) recovers from two heart attacks, and his wife Belle (Maria Bello) and son Cane (Jake Weary) venture into the deep end to keep the family businesses afloat. As their attempts spiral out of control and into treacherous waters, Harlan steps back in to take command. Facing her own demons, Buckley daughter Bree (Melissa Benoist) — an addict in recovery who’s lost custody of her son — finds herself entangled in a complicated relationship that could threaten the family’s future forever."]
‘Adolescence’ Season 2? Brad Pitt’s Plan B In Talks With Creators Over Follow-Up To Netflix Smash Hit (April 9)
https://deadline.com/2025/04/adolescence-season-2-netflix-plan-b-1236363260/‘Ingrid Goes West’s Matt Spicer To Direct John Cena & Eric André In Netflix Comedy ‘Little Brother’ (April 9)
https://deadline.com/2025/04/matt-spicer-to-direct-little-brother-comedy-netflix-1236364394/["The film centers on a famous real estate agent whose carefully curated world is upended when his eccentric 'little brother' unexpectedly reappears."]
‘Love, Death + Robots’ Gets Season 4 Teaser & Premiere Date On Netflix; See First-Look Photos (April 8)
https://deadline.com/2025/04/love-death-robots-season-4-teaser-premiere-date-photos-netflix-1236363264/‘Monopoly’ Reality Competition Series Lands At Netflix (April 7)
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Streaming service news--Paramount+
‘SkyMed’ Sets Season 3 Premiere At Paramount+, Drops Trailer (April 10)
https://deadline.com/2025/04/skymed-season-3-premiere-trailer-1236365738/‘Colin From Accounts’ Renewed For Season 3 At Paramount+ (April 8)
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Streaming service news--Prime Video
‘Legally Blonde’ Prequel Series ‘Elle’ Casts Amy Pietz As Series Regular (April 10)
https://deadline.com/2025/04/legally-blonde-prequel-series-elle-amy-pietz-1236365955/Kathryn Newton To Star & Produce ‘Just One Day’ Series For Amazon Studios Based On Gayle Forman YA Novels (April 10)
https://deadline.com/2025/04/kathryn-newton-just-one-day-amazon-series-1236365899/["The blurb for the first book, the 2013-published 'Just One Day': Allyson Healey’s life is exactly like her suitcase — packed, planned, ordered. Then on the last day of her three-week post-graduation European tour, she meets Willem. A free-spirited, roving actor, Willem is everything she’s not, and when he invites her to abandon her plans and come to Paris with him, Allyson says yes. This uncharacteristic decision leads to a day of risk and romance, liberation and intimacy: 24 hours that will transform Allyson’s life. When unforeseen circumstances separate Allyson and Willem after their whirlwind day together, they are left to embark on their individual journeys. We follow Allyson over the next year as she struggles to fit in at college. Willem never leaves her mind and she finds herself constantly drawn back to Willem and that one day. And so begins a quest: one to discover herself and to discover love."]
‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’ Series In Works At Amazon From Jason Ning, Ron Moore & Sony TV (April 10)
https://deadline.com/2025/04/crouching-tiger-hidden-dragon-series-amazon-ron-moore-1236365658/‘Carrie’ TV Series From Mike Flanagan Officially Greenlighted By Prime Video (April 10)
https://deadline.com/2025/04/carrie-tv-series-mike-flanagan-prime-video-siena-agudong-1236365198/Zac Looker, Jessica Belkin & Logan Shroyer Join ‘Legally Blonde’ Prequel Series (April 7)
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International series news
‘SNL’ Officially Lands UK Remake With Sky (April 10)
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Series in development
Sarah Michelle Gellar To Star In ‘Bad Summer People’ TV Series Based On Book In Works At A+E Studios (April 10)
https://deadline.com/2025/04/sarah-michelle-gellar-bad-summer-people-tv-series-book-1236365988/["'Bad Summer People,' which has drawn comparisons to 'The White Lotus,' is set in the idyllic fictional town of Salcombe, Fire Island, and follows a sequence of life shattering events when a body is discovered off the side of the boardwalk. The series will be centered on frenemies and master manipulators, Jen Weinstein and Lauren Parker. They, alongside their husbands, childhood friends Sam and Jason, have summered together on the island for years, but this summer everything will come to a head as lifelong grudges and secrets are unearthed. "]
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Ratings
‘MobLand’ Premiere Has Record Debut Week On Paramount+ As Audience Soars 298% In 7 Days (April 10)
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The business of TV
TV Writers Hit By Drastic Reduction In Number Of Jobs, Says WGA (April 11)
https://deadline.com/2025/04/tv-writers-fewer-jobs-wga-1236366938/Warner Bros TV Boss Channing Dungey On ‘The Pitt’ Success, ‘Potter’, ‘Lasso’, ‘Big Bang’ Spinoff And Navigating Broadcast & Streaming As Indie Studio (April 11)
https://deadline.com/2025/04/channing-dungey-interview-harry-potter-ted-lasso-big-bang-1236363943/Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav’s Annual Pay Rises Slightly, Hits $51.9M (April 11)
https://deadline.com/2025/04/warner-bros-discovery-ceo-david-zaslav-annual-pay-rises-2024-1236366365/‘Jeopardy!’ & ‘Wheel of Fortune’ Legal Shocker: CBS Loses Out To Sony In Court Battle Over Rights To Distribute Game Shows (April 10)
https://deadline.com/2025/04/jeopardy-wheel-of-fortune-cbs-court-battle-sony-1236365771/AMC Networks Upfront Paints Streaming Future While Pausing On Past Triumphs (April 10)
https://deadline.com/2025/04/amc-networks-upfront-paints-streaming-future-past-triumphs-1236365466/Redbox, Crackle And Other Chicken Soup For The Soul Entertainment Assets Set For Post-Bankruptcy Auction (April 8)
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Obituaries
An Actor’s Actor, Nicky Katt, Dies At 54: Sources (April 12)
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Other News
Olivia Munn Says She Contemplated Stepping Away From Acting Before Being Offered ‘Your Friends & Neighbors’ Role (April 12)
https://deadline.com/2025/04/olivia-munn-almost-quit-acting-your-friends-and-neighbors-1236367313/‘Harry Potter’ Actor Nick Moran Recovering After Emergency Surgery For “Life-Threatening Condition” (April 12)
https://deadline.com/2025/04/harry-potter-deathly-hallows-nick-moran-emergency-surgery-1236367105/‘The Sex Lives Of College Girls’ Officially Dead After Efforts To Find New Home Didn’t Pan Out (April 11)
https://deadline.com/2025/04/the-sex-lives-of-college-girls-canceled-no-season-4-dead-1236366584/Eric Dane Reveals ALS Diagnosis Ahead Of Return To ‘Euphoria’ Set (April 10)
https://deadline.com/2025/04/eric-dane-als-1236366193/‘The Four Seasons’ Marco Calvani Heads To SeriesFest As Denver Event Sets Lineup (April 9)
https://deadline.com/2025/04/the-four-seasons-marco-calvani-seriesfest-lineup-1236363989/
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