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THE Chase host Bradley Walsh has left fans in shock after making a brutal swipe at a player, telling her to "seek help". The TV presenter hit back against the female contestant after she admitted she was a big fan of escape rooms and horror.

HAPPY Monday’s Bez has weighed in on the Dancing on Ice fix row and said being a dancer does give you an advantage.  The Nineties legend became the fifth star to leave the ITV show on Sunday after losing in the skate-off to Coronation Street’s Sally Dynevor. Some fans claimed judges Oti Mabuse, Ashley Banjo, Jane Torvill and Christopher Dean chose to save the actress as she worked for the same channel.

KATE Garraway has revealed her husband Derek Draper will die within three days if he's left unaided without expert care. In a new documentary, Caring For Derek - a follow-up to Kate’s award-winning Finding Derek, viewers will once again see the toll put on the couple by the former spin doctor’s crippling illness.  Covid-stricken Derek may never be able to walk again because the tendons and muscles in his legs have seized up from having been in an induced coma for so long.

SHE suggested young people could afford a home if they just sacrificed their daily posh coffee. Now Location, Location, Location host Kirstie Allsopp is being slated by her newest Channel 4 colleague – Tinie Tempah.

BRENDA Edwards has said her son Jamal was "the centre of our world" as she paid tribute to him following his death aged 31. The Loose Women panellist thanked everyone for "messages of love and support" following the sudden death of SBTV founder Jamal, who gained fame from setting up the new music platform in 2006, which is often credited as helping to launch a string of UK music careers including Dave, Ed Sheeran and Jessie J. He was also an ambassador for the Prince's Trust, a charity headed by the Prince of Wales, and in 2014 he was awarded an MBE for his services to music.

told the Times of the Paris-based hookup app, which boasts 3.6 million users in the UK alone.The teen-targeting network sparked outrage among teachers in the UK, who sent parents a letter cautioning “due to the nature of this app, your child may come across content that is not appropriate to them.”A Times reporter spent 10 days posing as a 15-year-old on Yubo, which she noted didn’t require an age verification.During her “To Catch A Predator”-esque investigation, the incognito newshound claimed that users would frequently proposition her and ask for nude pics. Meanwhile, a 16-year-old black male was reportedly told by a potential user that they’d let him “pick my cotton any day,” according to the Times.Drug use — an allegedly banned topic on the site — also came up during in the online discussions, which frequently took place while the teens were doing their homework or even finishing school, per the Times.

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterFollowing news reports detailing issues of alleged misconduct at “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” and TMZ’s newsroom, WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar and WarnerMedia Studios and Networks Group head Ann Sarnoff each sent out a memo to staff addressing the issues and vowing to hold themselves accountable. BuzzFeed first reported details of the internal memos.Kilar wrote that he is “both concerned and disappointed by public reports regarding patterns of unacceptable behavior that have been raised in recent weeks,” according to the note obtained by Variety.

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterNewly appointed Universal Studio Group head Pearlena Igbokwe outlined, in a Thursday memo to staff, her new leadership team amid NBCUniversal’s greater corporate restructure.That includes Masami Yamamoto as president of business affairs and operations, Brad Melnick as CFO, Tracy St. Pierre as exec VP of communications and marketing, Bryan Mu as senior VP of content and cultural insights, Jodi DiCenzo as global head of human resources, and Marni Pedorella as general counsel.

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterApple TV Plus has unveiled its newest children’s programs, including “Stillwater,” an animated series based on the Scholastic book series “Zen Shorts” by Jon J. Muth.Produced by Gaumont and Scholastic Entertainment, the series centers on three siblings who have a wise panda, Stillwater, for a next-door neighbor.

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterMichelle and Robert King, the creators and showrunners of “Evil” and “The Good Fight,” typically start each season of every show they run with dinner and drinks with the writers. One of the best things about having a writers’ room, says Robert King, is getting together to “chat about everything and anything.”But this year, amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, such outings have not been taking place.

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterWarnerMedia Entertainment and Direct-to-Consumer executive vice president of global communications Kevin Brockman is departing the media giant after its organizational restructure. He will remain involved with the company through the end of 2020 to aid in the transition.Brockman had only recently joined WarnerMedia in May 2019 after spending 22 years at the Walt Disney Company.

Elaine Low Senior TV Writer“The Dr. Oz Show,” hosted by Dr.

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterJeremy Tardy, a recurring actor on the Lionsgate-produced Netflix series “Dear White People,” announced on Twitter that he would not be returning to the show, and alleged that the studio discriminated against him during pay negotiations. Lionsgate has denied the claims, calling it “a purely financial matter.”“After being offered to return for several episodes my team was notified that our counter offer would not be considered and that the initial offer was the ‘best and final,'” he tweeted.

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterCelebrity chef Gordon Ramsay, through his multimedia production company Studio Ramsay, has inked a deal with the BBC to produce and host the studio’s first ever primetime game show.While Ramsay has hosted and judged plenty of cooking shows over the years, from “MasterChef” to “Hell’s Kitchen,” this will mark his first outing as a game show host.“Bank Balance” is described as a “high-stakes, high-pressure, game show where contestants need both knowledge and nerves to succeed, where they can literally build themselves a fortune or see it come crashing down in an instant!”Studio Ramsay is in discussions to bring the series to U.S. viewers.

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterOriginal streaming shows in the 2019-2020 TV season featured “substantially” more women as protagonists than shows on cable or broadcast, according to a report from the Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film at San Diego State University.The annual “Boxed In” report found that 42% of streaming programming had “clearly identifiable sole female protagonists,” vs. 27% of cable programs and 24% of shows on broadcast.

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterThe departure of longtime Netflix executive Cindy Holland caught the industry off guard Tuesday evening, particularly since the well-liked executive had been a driving force of the streaming service’s first-wave originals strategy, bringing hits like “Orange Is the New Black” and “Stranger Things” to viewers.

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterCorrecting reports online that the studio was exiting the sitcom business, Sony Pictures Entertainment chairman and CEO Tony Vinciquerra clarified at BofA’s remote conference that the company was “significantly in the comedy business, to be very clear” — just not so much on the broadcast side.“The broadcast model for comedies doesn’t work anymore,” he said.

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterMacro Television Studios, a division of Charles D.

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterIn a surprise move, Netflix vice president of original content Cindy Holland is exiting the company after 18 years as chief content officer Ted Sarandos, who recently stepped into the role of co-CEO, has moved to simplify the structure of the content team.

Elaine Low Senior TV Writer“The Ellen DeGeneres Show,” after ousting three top producers amid internal allegations of racial insensitivity and sexual misconduct, has scheduled its Season 18 premiere for Monday, Sept. 21.“I can’t wait to get back to work and back to our studio.

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterNickelodeon is removing animated series “Made by Maddie” from its schedule amid public scrutiny over similarities between the children’s program and Matthew A. Cherry’s Oscar-winning animated short, “Hair Love.”“Made by Maddie is a show we acquired several years ago from Silvergate Media, a renowned production company we have previously worked with on other series,” said a Nickelodeon spokesperson.