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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…

Ryan Seacrest will be working overtime Sunday. ABC said today that the veteran multihyphenate and American Idol host will make his first appearance on the network’s Oscars Live on the Red Carpet, joining the broadcast at 4:30 p.m. PT for its final half-hour. That visit will happen after he and Giuliana Rancic host…

Editors’ Note: This story first ran on December 26. If you’re planning on ringing in the New Year with some familiar TV faces you’ll have plenty to choose from. New Year’s Eve regulars Ryan Seacrest, Carson Daly, Steve Harvey, Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen will be among those hosting countdown specials that will air…

EXCLUSIVE: Ryan Seacrest, Tyler Perry and interim CBS chairman Strauss Zelnick are among seven new members of The Paley Center for Media’s Board of Trustees, with top execs from Hulu, Amazon and Turner joining the organization’s Los Angeles Board of Governors. The nonprofit organization has unveiled seven new trustees…

ABC has given a put pilot commitment to Work Wife, a half-hour multi-camera comedy inspired by Kelly Ripa and Ryan Seacrest’s real-life friendship, from writer Michael Ian Black, Seacrest’s Ryan Seacrest Productions, Ripa and Mark Consuelos' NY-based Milojo Productions and ABC Studios, where both Ryan Seacrest Prods…

The annual iHeartRadio Wango Tango summer concert, one of the big shows kicking off the outdoor music season, will be televised for the first time. The pop music parade will be broadcast by Disney’s Freeform on Sunday, June 3 from 8 PM-9:30 PM ET/PT, a day after the live event. Hosted by Ryan Seacrest, the concert…

UPDATED with response from Seacrest attorney: Suzie Hardy, Ryan Seacrest’s former E! News stylist is taking her allegations against her former boss to the police. Hardy has filed a report with Los Angeles police, Deadline has confirmed, and the LAPD is investigating her claims. Details aren’t known. The filing of the…

Peter Bart and Mike Fleming Jr. worked together for two decades at Daily Variety. In this occasional column, two old friends get together and grind their axes, mostly on the movie business. BART: When do you break a story? I first ran into that question when I foolishly ran the name of a murder victim before his next…