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Game of Thrones star Kit Harington and The Big Bang Theory's Kunal Nayyar are among the cast of the second season of Netflix's police interrogation drama Criminal. The second season of the English-language version of the drama – there are French, Spanish and German versions – also includes Catastrophe co-creator and…

EXCLUSIVE: With Asian Pacific American Heritage Month kicking off on May 1, Disney Junior will debut three new episodes and a new short-form interstitial series of Mira, Royal Detective with one of the episodes featuring the voices of Kunal Nayyar (The Big Bang Theory) and Rizwan Manji (Schitt’s Creek). Mira, Royal Det…

For his second feature film, Ethiopian director Zeresenay "Zee" Mehari came to TIFF with Sweetness in the Belly, an adaptation of Canadian author Camilla Gibb’s award-winning novel of the same name. Moving backwards and forwards from Ethiopia during the final years of Haile Selassie’s reign to England in the early…

After 12 seasons of stellar comedy fission, The Big Bang Theory is counting down the days to its final fade-out from the CBS primetime lineup. The perennial sitcom hit will close out its historic run Thursday with its final two episodes, “The Change Constant” and “The Stockholm Syndrome,” which will air back-to-back…

The Big Bang Theory is a few of episodes away from its series finale, but don't expect a big explosion to bring finality to the beloved characters on the CBS comedy. Director Mark Cedrowski teased what fans of the long-running hit CBS sitcom can expect during a panel Sunday at Deadline's The Contenders Emmys. "I…

During the Big Bang Theory writers’ room panel at San Diego Comic-Con, stars Kumal Nayyar and Mayim Bialik surprised fans in Ballroom 20 to talk about the forthcoming season. At the end of season 11, we all saw Sheldon (Jim Parsons) and Amy (Bialik) tie the knot and it was revealed by show producer and writer Steve Hol…

The streets will be alive with the sound of music April 23 when James Corden’s third Carpool Karaoke primetime special welcomes Christina Aguilera (in the car) and Allison Janney, Anna Faris, Kunal Nayyar and Iain Armitage (in the street). The Late Late Show Carpool Karaoke Primetime Special will feature at least two…

ITV and Carnival Film have unwrapped details about the Christmas episode of Downton Abbey, which rejoins the family in the early autumn of 1924. A pair of guest stars are joining the regular cast: Alun Armstrong will play Stowell, the Sinderbys' butler and Jane Lapotaire is the much talked-about Princess Irina, wife…

Will The Big Bang Theory‘s Simon Helberg and Kunal Nayyar walk away from $70 million? That was the question on the mind of everybody involved in the contract negotiations between the two actors and series producer Warner Bros TV this morning as the clock was ticking on the two sides to reach a deal in time for the…

Kunal Nayyar doesn't believe he owes commissions to his former talent agency for his work on CBS' The Big Bang Theory. “We have not yet seen a copy of the lawsuit, but we believe our client has acted lawfully. We will respond with a full statement once we have received a copy of the filing," said the actor's attorney…

EXCLUSIVE: Just in times for the holidays, The Big Bang Theory co-star Kunal Nayyar has reached a new salary agreement with the series producer Warner Bros. TV, meaning that all five principal cast members of the hit CBS comedy series have now received substantial raises. I hear Nayyar will be paid around $75,000 an…

UPDATED: Simon Helberg will have a lot more money to buy those bright-colored turtlenecks. The Big Bang Theory co-star has just landed a big raise from the series’ producer Warner Bros. TV. I hear Helberg’s new salary is in the range of $100,000-$125,000 an episode, up from the roughly $40,000 he is currently making…