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Fox has given a script commitment plus penalty to Sometimes I Lie, a limited series starring and executive produced by Buffy the Vampire Slayer alumna Sarah Michelle Gellar. The project, based on former BBC journalist Alice Feeney's debut novel, hails from Oscar-nominated writer Robin Swicord (The Curious Case of Benj…

As the weather cools down and the holiday season heats up, NBC is dashing through the shows. The network today unwrapped its schedule of new and classic holiday specials, movies, a year-end recap and other themed programming. Watch the promo above. Along with Saturday Night Live Thanksgiving and Christmas specials…

Those Office reboot rumors will never go away. In an appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, when asked by Ellen whether a reboot of the hit NBC comedy was in the offing, former star Steve Carell had a unique idea for bringing it back. “You know what I thought would be a great for The Office?, not reboot The Office,…

Stand-up comedian, award-winning talk show host and humanitarian Ellen DeGeneres is set to be honored with the second Carol Burnett Award at the 77th annual Golden Globe Awards which will take place on January 5, 2020. The Carol Burnett Award is presented to someone who has made outstanding contributions to the…

In a rare lambasting on her own Twitter page, Ellen DeGeneres still is getting considerable backlash for that photo of the comedian and former President George W. Bush enjoying last weekend’s Cowboys-Packers game (and, in W’s case, a mouthful of stadium grub). And the Ellen DeGeneres Show host seems to have only…

EXCLUSIVE: ABC has put into development Bridge & Tunnel, a soapy one-hour drama that hails from Famous in Love and Stargirl executive producer Melissa Carter, Ellen DeGeneres and Jeff Kleeman’s A Very Good Production, and Warner Bros Television where AVGP is based. The plot for the aspirational series revolves around…

Ellen Degeneres is one of the biggest TV names on WarnerMedia’s talent roster, and the company’s upcoming streaming platform HBO Max is getting in business with her in a big way. The streamer has teamed with DeGeneres and her A Very Good Production on four new original series. HBO Max has given straight-to-series…

At least some of the followers of Ellen DeGeneres’ Instagram account might have thought they hit pay dirt last night when the talk show host’s account was hacked and briefly offered a treasure trove of giveaway items. “My Instagram account was hacked last night (despite my clever password "password"),” DeGeneres…

Ellen DeGeneres will continue her top-rated daytime talk show for the next three seasons, she announced today. The deal extends The Ellen DeGeneres Show‘s run through 2022. "I'm excited to announce that I'll be doing my show for three more years," DeGeneres told her audience during today’s show. "Mostly because I love…

Olivia Wilde’s femme teen comedy Booksmart had a blitzkreig social media push today to a potential 221M followers prior to the pic’s early access paid sneaks tonight at 800 locations. That combined reach is comprised from social media pushes on EW, Ellen DeGeneres’ channels as well as Annapurna’s and Booksmart’s…

Ho Ho Ho. Ellen DeGeneres is bringing her annual holiday giveaway tradition to primetime. NBC has set Ellen’s Greatest Night of Giveaways, a three-episode special event series, for premiere this holiday season. Over the course of three hourlong primetime specials, DeGeneres, along with her celebrity friends, will…

Ellen DeGeneres is not yet ready to give up her daytime show, she told Deadline ahead of Netflix’s FYSEE screening of her special Relatable on Wednesday. Saying she’s “torn" on how long to keep the show, she joked, “I don’t know what I’m doing.” While her wife Portia de Rossi wants her to have a chance to relax more…