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Turner’s “The Golden Bachelor” was cut short.Vassos, 61, left Turner’s season early in the third week to care for her daughter who had recently given birth. Vassos is a mother of four, grandmother of two and a school administrator. Her late husband John, whom she was married to for 32 years, died in January 2021 from pancreatic cancer.

Walt Disney will cut its investment in programming for traditional television networks “pretty dramatically” as the company navigates the consumer shift to streaming, Chief Executive Bob Iger said Wednesday.Iger said linear channels such as ABC still serve as an important marketing tool and reach older viewers who are not watching series such as “Abbott Elementary” on Disney’s streaming platforms.Still, the goal is to “reduce pretty dramatically our investment in content specifically aimed at those traditional networks,” Iger said at the MoffettNathanson’s 2024 Media, Internet and Communications Conference in New York.On Disney’s theme parks business, Iger said he expected continued growth but perhaps not at the same rate as in recent years.“We’ve had double-digit revenue growth in that business for quite some time, and that’s extraordinary,” he said.

died at her home in Nashville, Tennessee, on April 18. She was 47.On Monday night’s episode (8 p.m. on ABC), “Idol” alums Colton Dixon, Melinda Doolittle and Danny Gokey performed a cover of “Shackles (Praise You)” by duo Mary Mary as a tribute to Mandisa.

“General Hospital” by my mother’s side in the ’80s — it was all about Cliff (Peter Bergman) and Nina (Taylor Miller) on “AMC,” Vicki (Erika Slezak) and Clint (Clint Ritchie) on “OLTL” and, of course, Luke (Anthony Geary) and Laura (Genie Francis) on “GH.”But when Jessie (Darnell Williams) and Angie (Debbi Morgan) came along on “AMC,” it was the first time I ever saw a black supercouple sudsing up our TV screen — likely in VHS recordings that my mom would make so I could watch after school.While I would forever stay loyal to my ABC soaps — although when we went down Grandma’s house, it was all about “The Young and the Restless,” “Guiding Light” and “As the World Turns” on CBS — I couldn’t help but feel like progress had been made when the groundbreaking soap “Generations” premiered on NBC in March 1989 with a predominantly black cast.Flash forward 35 years — and 33 years after “Generations” was canceled in 1991 — and there is a new black soap coming to daytime just when the genre had seemed to be on its last suds.On Monday, CBS announced a series order for “The Gates” — which “follows the lives of a wealth Black family in a posh, gated community”— that is set to premiere in January 2025.The new soap on the block — which will have Michele Val Jean (“The Bold & the Beautiful,” “General Hospital”), a black multiple Daytime Emmy winner, as writer, showrunner and executive producer — was developed in a joint venture between CBS and the NAACP.Look how far we’ve come, Jessie and Angie.But in addition to seeing black folks go through all that drama that makes us escape our own lives for just a bit, “The Gates” also marks the return of daytime soaps that were all but obliterated from network TV in the bloodbath of the late ’00s

mixed feedback she’s received since she and Gerry Turner announced their divorce Friday — after just three months of marriage. “To everyone who has expressed love, support and kindness to me I thank you from the bottom of my heart. You are all such wonderful human beings,” Nist began Monday in a lengthy Instagram post.

Theresa Nist, who’s divorcing “Golden Bachelor” Gerry Turner after only three months, said his previous behavior did not factor into their split.In November, the LA Times published a report — just days before “The Golden Bachelor” finale on ABC — claiming that Turner had dated multiple women after the death of his first wife, Toni, who passed away in 2017. The Hollywood Reporter published a similar report.One of the women claimed that Turner fat-shamed her.“My only response is that I have so many posititive things in my life right now,” Turner told The LA Times.

splitting after just three months of marriage on Friday.The reality TV personalities appeared on “Good Morning America” where they revealed their decision to divorce.The pair tied the knot in a Palm Springs ceremony on Jan. 4, which aired live on ABC.Now, certain questions remain amid the breakup.

It appears the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and ABC have read the room. The Oscars partners announced key dates for the 2024 Oscars season and made some very important changes.

Dr. Cristina Yang is gone but never forgotten.Sandra Oh, who played the no-nonsense doctor on ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy” for 10 seasons, doesn’t plan to ever come back to the show.Oh, 52, departed from the long-running medical drama in 2014 following the 10th season, and recently revealed why she’s officially done with the series.

“The View” co-hosts and show staff were forced to flee their studio before Wednesday morning’s show after a grease fire broke out at “The Tamron Hall Show,” which shoots in the studio next door.No one was injured in the blaze, and “The View” (11 a.m./Ch. 7) carried on as usual once the dust (and smoke) settled.“Tamron Hall,” meanwhile, sent its audience home and aired a repeat in its 10 a.m.

Monday night’s episode of “Wheel of Fortune” where he shocked viewers by pretending to host.He glided onto the colorful neon-lit stage with famed letter-turner Vanna White while OG host Pat Sajak was nowhere to be found.“Here are the stars of our show, Jared Leto and Vanna White,” the MC announced as the duo walked in, linking arms.“Have a great show and see you soon,” Leto said before taking his place by the puzzle board.The saying is Sajak’s routine phrase that he tells White, 67, at the beginning of every episode of the ABC game show.The “Suicide Squad” star continued without hesitation: “All right everybody, grab those devices, it’s time to give away some money. A $1000 in our first toss-up, the category is on the map.”Then in an instant, the trivia show zipped back to Sajak, 77, hosting like normal.Fans were confused by the act, taking to social media to express their befuddlement.

with judge Luke Bryan during Sunday night’s episode. Bryan, 47, had already given ChaKell a “no” vote” during her first audition. So matters between the singer and judge were already not warm.

Fox News in a statement. “It’s fitting she chose to leave on Easter as it was one of her favorite holidays and now, of course, Easter will have a deeper significance for me and my family.”Rush also appeared in “Ben Casey,” “Dr.

Ajii Hafeez, who credits his keyboard teacher at Ditmas Junior High School for inspiring him.“Shout out to Mr. Kass.

view. Whoopi Goldberg scolded an audience member during Tuesday’s episode of the ABC talk show after he was caught recording on his cellphone.

Donald Trump’s new bond, which was lowered to $175 million by an appeals court, the “Sister Act” star rose from her seat and walked across the set to confront him. “Hold on, hold on,” she told co-host Sunny Hostin, who was in the middle of telling viewers that they should “be angry” about Trump’s reduced bond.“What’s the matter?” Joy Behar asked.“Sir, I have to stop you with the camera, ’cause I can see you,” Goldberg proceeded to tell the spectator.

who died by suicide at age 26 in January 2022.But, it was implied that he was referring to that tragedy when he asked King, “It’s very good to see you. How are you doing right now?” “Right now, I’m good,” King said. “Good, I’m glad to hear that,” Kimmel said.

dismissed a lawsuit against Brunson, 34, and ABC on Tuesday filed by writer Christine Davis in 2021, claiming the hit sitcom was a “veritable knock-off” of her show “This School Year.”According to the court decision obtained by The Post, the judge found that “no discerning observer would find the works to be substantially similar.”“Indeed, as demonstrated by the Court’s analysis of each of Plaintiff’s alleged similarities, the two works use qualitatively different plots, themes, and characters to cast different perspectives on the experiences of teachers in under-resources, inner-city public school settings,” the document says of the differences between the two shows. Davis wrote her mockumentary-style script, based in a New York City public school, in 2018, and registered with the copyright office in early 2020.

who lasted exactly one day on the job as the show’s host, opened up about being fired — and about the strength of cancer-stricken Alex Trebek. Richards, 48, replaced Trebek in August 2021, nine months after Trebek died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 80.

Good Morning America, the “If Beale Street Could Talk” star, 53, reflected on how her grief has been a long road.Ian died by suicide in January 2022 at the age of 26. He passed away on Jan. 21 — just two days after his birthday.“What have these last two years been like for you?” host Robin Roberts asked.“Oh wow.

John Cena’s “nude” 2024 Oscars skit — and said ABC execs were “terrified” over the idea.In his “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” monologue Monday night, the 96th Academy Awards master of ceremonies gave a post-mortem on the previous night’s ceremony, in which Cena, 46, memorably appeared onstage— with nothing but a strategically placed envelope covering his penis — to present the award for Best Costume.It was an homage of sorts to the incident 50 years earlier, at the 1974 Oscars, when a naked streaker ran onto the stage behind David Niven on live television.“Getting this on the air . .