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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and First Lady Jill Biden made surprise appearances at the Daytime Emmys to laud the late Alex Trebek along with Robin Roberts and Ken Jeong in a moving tribute section at the awards that also included paeans to Regis Philbin and Larry King. Trebek was Canadian. Trudeau praised…

National Geographic will bring back a number of franchise titles for the 2021-2022 season. During its upfront presentation on Tuesday, National Geographic revealed that has handed renewals to its Life Below Zero and Wicked Tuna franchises. Also set to return for new seasons are adventure shows Gordon Ramsay: Uncharted…

Jeopardy! has unveiled the final group of season 37 guest hosts, with Robin Roberts, LeVar Burton and George Stephanopoulous among the TV personalities set to lead the  popular trivia game. Executive producer Mike Richards revealed that David Faber, who is a former Celebrity Jeopardy! champion,  and Joe Buck will also…

Danielle Brooks was destined to play iconic gospel artist and civil rights activist Mahalia Jackson. At Lifetime’s TCA presentation of Robin Roberts Presents Mahalia today, the Tony Award nominee and Grammy Award-winning actress said that the seed was planted years before the project came about. Brooks recalled how…

Robin Roberts and ESPN Films have teamed on a documentary about WNBA star-turned-activist Maya Moore and her years-long fight to free a man from prison for a crime he did not commit. The untitled documentary project, produced in partnership with Roberts’ Rock'n Robin Productions, will explore Moore's unwavering faith…

ABC's 20/20 tonight followed a commercial free network premiere of Black Panther with the special Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute For A King. The hastily prepared special – the family of the 43-year old Boseman only announced his death from colon cancer Friday evening – brought together some of the actors in the Marvel…

UPDATE 12:20 PM: ABC just announced that Good Morning America Co-Anchor Robin Roberts will anchor tonight’s ABC News special Chadwick Boseman – A Tribute for a King, which will air following a commercial-free presentation of Black Panther, and released a teaser: BREAKING | TONIGHT ON ABC: Marvel's "Black Panther"…

Lifetime has extended its partnership with journalist Robin Roberts for four new movies and they are about to fuel the soul with Robin Roberts Presents: The Mahalia Jackson Story. The movie will star Tony Award nominee, SAG and Grammy Award-winning actress Danielle Brooks (Orange is the New Black, Broadway’s The Color…

ABC News will air a primetime special on Tuesday on the protests and outrage that have followed the death of George Floyd. America in Pain: What Comes Next will be anchored by Robin Roberts, David Muir and Byron Pitts, with reporting from network correspondents. The special will air at 9 PM ET. According to the…

Good Morning America host Robin Roberts said that she will be working at home starting with Wednesday’s broadcast because of concerns of over catching the coronavirus given her pre-existing conditions. On Tuesday, Roberts featured her doctor, Gail Roboz, who advised those with underlying medical conditions to take…

Refresh for updates… Oprah Winfrey, who co-produced and starred in the 1998 feature adaptation of Toni Morrison’s Beloved and was one of Morrison’s most devoted admirers, has added her voice to those mourning the author today. "In the beginning was the Word,” writes Winfrey on Instagram. “Toni Morrison took the word…

Emmy winner Niecy Nash (When They See Us, Claws) is set to star in Kidnapped: The Kamiyah Mobley Story, the first movie greenlit by Lifetime under the Robin Roberts Presents movie and documentary banner, from Rock'n Robin and Lincoln Square Productions. Production is currently underway on the movie, executive produced…