FX has set September premiere dates for its Sons of Anarchy spinoff Mayans M.C., Mr Inbetween, the ninth installment of the American Horror Story franchise, American Horror Story: 1984, and the 14th season of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. The ninth installment of Ryan Murphy and Brad Falhuck’s American Horror Stor…

Days after appearing in a New York court on misdemeanor charges of forcible touching a woman at a nightclub, Cuba Gooding Jr is now seeking to have the case dismissed because of "certain mental characteristics" of his accuser. “The Interests of Justice are SCREAMING OUT FOR THE EXONERATION OF CUBA GOODING, JR. and…

EXCLUSIVE: Fox/Disney has attached Thor: Ragnarok director Taika Waititi to “crack” Flash Gordon, as an animated feature film. I had heard that the inventive filmmaker Waititi was signing on to write and direct, but his camp indicates it’s too early to gauge exactly what his role would be. The director is in post on Jo…

EXCLUSIVE: Focus Features and Working Title Films have added Grace and Frankie star June Diane Raphael to the cast of Covers, the Nisha Ganatra-directed comedy that is set among the talent, fame and fast-paced world of Hollywood's music scene. Raphael joins previously announced cast Dakota Johnson, Tracee Ellis Ross…

Fox has set fall premiere dates for its new and returning series for the 2019-2020 broadcast season. The 71st Primetime Emmy Awards kick off Fox’s premiere week, airing live coast-to-coast from the Microsoft Theater at L.A. Live on Sunday, September 22 (8-11 PM ET/5-8 PM PT). Hit drama 9-1-1 returns for its third…

Ever the juggernaut at San Diego Comic-Con, Warner Bros. Television Group is bringing the goods next month with world premieres and panels for its new series Batwoman and Pennyworth, and its Hulu Veronica Mars comeback, but also saying farewell to departing shows Arrow and Supernatural. The shows are part of, count…

William F. Brown, whose libretto for Broadway’s The Wiz earned him a Tony Award nomination, died yesterday in Westport, CT, according to his wife and collaborator Tina Tippit. Brown was 91. Born in Jersey City, New Jersey on April 16, 1928, Brown attended Princeton University, wrote for Look Magazine, served a year in…

UPDATED with more detail, WME statement: WME has filed an antitrust lawsuit against the WGA East and WGA West, accusing them of a "wanton abuse of union authority in violation of antitrust law" in their ongoing battle against Hollywood's talent agencies. The lawsuit, filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles…

ABC easily won Sunday night — all without a net! Highwire Live in Times Square with Nik Wallenda had audiences sitting at the edge of their seat as they watched circus troupe members Nik Wallenda and Lijana Wallenda walk the highwire 25 stories above street level across New York City’s Time Square. The two-hour…

Ann Sarnoff, currently the president of BBC Studios Americas, has been named the new chair and CEO of Warner Bros. She will be based in Los Angeles and officially join the company later this summer. The news revealed Monday comes just more than three months after Kevin Tsujihara exited the post amid a closer…