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2ND UPDATE, 2 PM: Katy Perry, John Legend, Jennifer Hudson, Christina Aguilera, the Muppets, Tituss Burgess, Sabrina Carpenter, Lang Lang and pros from Dancing with the Stars are the latest additions to The Disney Family Singalong: Volume II. the ABC special airing on Mother’s Day. See a list of scheduled performances…

Ryan Seacrest is going to present the first lockdown edition of the American Idol finals for ABC this Sunday using the show’s original desk, which housed Randy Jackson, Paula Abdul and Simon Cowell back in 2002. In a video tweeted on Wednesday, Seacrest said he had dug the desk out from his garage and will use it to…

John Lennon once warned us that we can so easily be "benefited to death" if we're not discerning. However, just 18 days after the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus a pandemic, the first major star-studded benefit to help those hurt by the health crisis landed tonight with the lo-fi but big hearted Fox…

ABC dropped a teaser for the upcoming third season of American Idol tonight during the Oscars ahead of its two-hour premiere on February 16th. The promo is a tribute to the film Almost Famous, and features host Ryan Seacrest along with several of this season's Idol hopefuls. Seacrest is back for another year as host…

ABC has given a pilot order to Work Wife, a single-camera comedy inspired by the real-life partnerships of co-hosts and longtime friends Kelly Ripa and Ryan Seacrest, and David Windsor and Casey Johnson, the longtime writing-producing team and The Real O’Neals co-creators. Todd Holland (The Real O’Neals) has been…

New Year's Eve means celebration, and what's a celebration without music? Whether you're going out or staying in to watch televised celebrations, there's plenty of top names on tap. On ABC, Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest has BTS live from Time Square. The South Korean boy group will play a…

Ciara has been named to host the West Coast party for the third year for Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2020. The singer will be joined by Paula Abdul, Kelsea Ballerini, Blanco Brown, Dan + Shay, Green Day, Dua Lipa, Ava Max, Megan Thee Stallion, Anthony Ramos, Salt-N-Pepa and SHAED as…

He’ll be back. Ryan Seacrest has closed a deal to return to American Idol as host for the upcoming third season of the singing competition series on ABC, his 18th season overall. The announcement follows speculation on whether Seacrest would be back for another season. In August, ABC revealed judges Katy Perry, Lionel…

Katy Perry, Lionel Richie and Luke Bryan are returning for the new season of American Idol but one name missing from this morning's ABC announcement was Ryan Seacrest. ABC's President of Entertainment Karey Burke revealed that the host was still in talks to return to the show but that it had not yet closed his…

Ryan Seacrest seems to have never met a camera or microphone he didn't like, but the American Idol host may be feeling a bit overexposed in a new intrusion and negligence lawsuit from a former America's Next Top Model contestant. In a multi-claim complaint filed in Los Angeles Superior Court late last week, Kiara…

E! Live from the Red Carpet: Oscars 2019 drew 1.82 million viewers Sunday and 631,000 in the key adults 18-49 demographic, both numbers growing from last year’s pre-Oscar special. The annual Academy Awards pre-show ran from 5-7:30 PM ET/2-4:30 PM PT and was hosted by Ryan Seacrest and Giuliana Rancic. Viewership was…

The 91st Oscars are Sunday, February 24 with the ceremony beginning at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT live on ABC from the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland. The network is also making the ceremony, which is famously going host-free this year, available on ABC.com and via the ABC app. ABC is available via a cable or satellite…