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Abbott Elementary’s Janelle James is set to host an upcoming game show titled The Final Straw on ABC.“I’m thrilled to be part of a series that is as silly and fun as I am,” said James. “I’m looking forward to this opportunity to grow my relationship with ABC with my second comedy project on the network.”Deadline reports that the program is executive produced by NFL Hall of Famer Peyton Manning through his company Omaha Productions and will premiere on July 10.“In my 18 seasons in the NFL, I have learned there is no better formula for success than a strategic plan and good teamwork,” Manning stated.

Janina Gavankar, Vinny Chhibber) regarding their dictatorial, cold-as-ice father, drug lord Veer Bhullar (Bernard White) — who’s also in the sites of Travis (Logan Marshall-Green). He finally makes his move to exact revenge after jawing about it (or is that mumbling about it?) all season.There’s more, of course, but you’ll need to watch the episode to learn just how each of the “Big Sky” protagonists (and antagonists) get to their points of arrival and departure (no spoilers here), and it’s an interesting journey for all involved — including the new sheriff, Beau Arlen (Jensen Ackles), who arrives in Big Sky to temporarily take over for Sheriff Tubb (Patrick Gallagher), who’s still recovering from his near-fatal gunshot wound.

The Wonder Years explored topics such as human rights, relationships, the growing pains of adolescence, and so much more. Most importantly, the show highlighted the Black family, and the beauty of life’s lessons.Narrated by the critically acclaimed actor and filmmaker Don Cheadle as Dean Williams, The Wonder Years stars Elisha “EJ’ Williams as young Dean, Dulé Hill, Saycon Sengbloh, Laura Kariuki, Amari O’Neil, Julian Lerner, Milan Ray, Spence Moore II, and Allen Maldonado.

The start of fall season is still four months away, but the returning network shows are already gearing up for their next go-round in primetime with hardly any time to celebrate their good fortune.The growth of streaming television and other platforms has severely weakened viewership for comedies and dramas on traditional broadcast TV; on the other hand, it’s also given a new lease on life to shows that might once have been cancelled due to low ratings — since the renewal bar has been significantly lowered as the networks try to hold on to their dwindling audiences in a fractured landscape.That’s good news for fans of ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox — which retained a fair number of their shows unlike The CW, which cancelled nine series going into the new season.With the networks firming up their fall schedules this week, it’s a good time to circle back to the returning tried-and-true favorites.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the 2023 calendar for the 95th Academy Awards and, in something of a surprise, the Oscars are staying in March. Along with ABC, AMPAS revealed that the Oscars will take place on March 12, 2023.

Actor Sophia Forrest, daughter of Australian billionaire and mining magnet Andrew ‘Twiggy’ Forrest, got engaged to her girlfriend, actor Zara Zoe.   A post shared by Sophia Forrest (@sophia.forrest)The couple had made their relationship official in March 2020, when Sophia shared a photo of the couple kissing with the message, ‘Partner in Quarantine’ accompanied by the coronavirus, pride and toilet roll emojis.    A post shared by Sophia Forrest (@sophia.forrest)Sophia is known for her roles in the ABC show, Barons, the series Love Child, and the DC movie Aquaman, starring Jason Momoa. She reportedly met Zara, when they were both cast in the 2018 Michelle Payne biopic Ride Like A Girl.   A post shared by Sophia Forrest (@sophia.forrest)Sophia has spoken out about LGBTQI issues and recently praised the queer storyline in the ABC show Barons.

Ginger Zee tends to keep weather news front and center and her family away from the cameras, but that has all changed since she launched her latest venture, Branching Out.MORE: ABC's meteorologist Ginger Zee reveals how her two young boys are 'growing up different' to their friendsThe National Geographic series follows the meteorologist along with her husband, Ben Aaron, and her kids, Adrian and Miles, as they venture out around the United States searching for solutions to fight climate change.Now, the Good Morning America star is keen on sharing heartfelt family updates, and she just shared a moment that nearly brought her to tears.WATCH: Ginger is taken by total surprise during work missionMORE: GMA's Ginger Zee praised by fans as she celebrates milestone 'first'The family of four recently attended a Food & Wine Festival by Disney in their California resort, where they discussed their nature series, and participated in a Chef Demo with one of the park's chefs, Chef Mo.Ginger, Ben and Adrian took the stage to make a recipe by Apricot Lane Farms–of which a new documentary recently premiered on Disney+ – and the six-year-old's confidence in front of a live audience made his mom prouder than ever.The anchor took to Instagram to share an adorable clip of the event, where the three appear in front of a large kitchen island working on their special recipe.A post shared by ginger_zee (@ginger_zee)The adorable momentIn the video, her eldest son appears chatty as can be as he discusses his adventures working in nature, revealing how he learned to deal with worms and "what you need to feed them and not to feed them."MORE: Ginger Zee's exciting new venture is a total family affairMORE: Ginger Zee delights fans with rare picture of

“blacklisted” from Hollywood amid claims she was “difficult” and “unprofessional” — is now being praised by her former co-star, Ellen Pompeo.Heigl, 43, starred alongside Pompeo, 52, on six seasons of the ABC medical drama before she quit the series in 2010 after publicly complaining about long hours on set.“I remember Heigl said something on a talk show about the insane hours we were working — and she was 100% right,” Pompeo said Wednesday in a new episode of her podcast, “Tell Me With Ellen Pompeo.”“Had she said that today, she’d be a complete hero,” Pompeo continued. “But she’s ahead of her time.

Black-ish aired its final episode after eight seasons. Throughout its run on ABC, we saw the Johnson family live in a world progressive enough that a Black man from Compton can reach the heights of success, while at the same time still being subjected to both covert and blatant forms of racism, the latter of which many believe this country was built upon.Loosely based on the life of show’s creator Kenya Barris, Black-ish was able to achieve what many other programs on network television could not; be able to properly address social issues, tackle emotional family problems such as death and divorce, and even got the audience to understand that growth is something that should happen with everyone, every day, regardless of age, race or gender – all while maintaining a high level of comedic relief.Starring Anthony Anderson as Andre “Dre” Johnson and Tracee Ellis Ross as Dr.

and killed her off — her eponymous sitcom following controversial remarks way back in 2018.Barr’s new Reelz documentary — “Roseanne: Kicked Out of Hollywood” — gets raw about her ousting from the revival of her ’90s sitcom “Roseanne,” which is now known as “The Conners.” The outspoken star alleged that ABC always had issues with her contentious (the network president labeled them “repugnant”) tweets and comments — and engaged in “intellectual witch-burning” to silence her.In 2018, ABC cancelled the original “Roseanne” reboot after Barr’s racist tweet comparing former President Barack Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett to the offspring of the “Muslim brotherhood & Planet of the Apes.”‘I’m a comic. I’m a bad girl … I’m going to say f— it and f— you until I take my last breath.’“Any tweet that was not ‘I love Hillary Clinton,’ I got a call for,” Barr claimed in regards to the network’s management methods.The doc also dives deep into the moment Barr tweeted about a conspiracy theory about a Parkland school shooting survivor giving a Nazi salute at a rally for harder gun control.She would up deleting the tweet. “I removed it every time they called,” she said.

would be absent from the show for a brief time.It was announced Wednesday that Goldberg will be on hiatus from the long-running talk show until May 2. “ICYMI: Our EGOT winner is away doing EGOT things! See you soon, @WhoopiGoldberg,” the show tweeted, adding that she will be back to host Hot Topics then.The “Ghost” actress stepped back from the show because she is filming the upcoming Amazon series “Anansi Boys” in Scotland.Behar, 79, explained to the audience earlier this week that Goldberg was shooting her six-episode series, mistakenly calling it a “movie.”“If you’re wondering where Whoopi is, the girl’s got a movie she’s making and she will be back when she finishes whatever she’s doing,” Behar said.

Yvonne Orji is set to guest star in an upcoming episode of ABC’s The Wonder Years, airing on April 13.In the episode titled “Love & War,” Orji will play the role of Tammy, a single mother who has been writing letters to Bruce – Dean’s older brother – while he was stationed in Vietnam. The two ultimately develop a close-knit relationship, much to the surprise of the Williams family.

Scandal celebrated its 10th anniversary. For seven seasons, Olivia Pope, alongside her team of Gladiators, set the bar for crisis management on a weekly basis – and she did it in style as an intelligent and beautiful Black woman.Created by Shonda Rhimes, this pop culture phenomenon aired on ABC from 2012 to 2018 and became must watch television on Thursday nights.

Mark Cuban — who plays a pivotal role in Wednesday night’s episode (9:30 on ABC).“He’s made cameos [before] and this was an idea our writers had and we thought it was a great use of our show,” series star Topher Grace, 43, told The Post.Cuban plays himself in the episode, in which Tom (Grace) and his sister, Sarah (Caitlin McGee), try to cheer up their wealthy kid brother, Connor (Jimmy Tatro), who runs a private equity firm and is depressed after his girlfriend, JoJo (Tetona Jackson) left town to pursue her dreams. Tom figures he and Sarah will bring a copy of the much-maligned 1996 movie “Dunston Checks In” — Connor’s “second favorite movie where a monkey wears clothes” — over to his house for a sibling bonding session.When they arrive, Connor tries to get rid of them, feigning drowsiness — when, in fact, he’s hosting a high-stakes ($800 ante) poker game that includes Cuban, who’s friends with goofy family friend Spags (Dustin Ybarra) in a “no one saw that coming” twist.

Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy Kimmel swapped talk shows and networks in an elaborate April Fool’s Day prank on Friday.it was a confusing tale of two Jimmys for audiences after Fallon flew to Hollywood to host “Jimmy Kimmel Live” on ABC, while Kimmel sat in for Fallon on NBC’s “The Tonight Show.”Fallon and Kimmel sat at each other’s desks and did some of each other’s recurring bits as part of the epic switcheroo, which was a complete surprise to the shocked studio audiences at 30 Rock and the El Capitan Entertainment Centre.The Roots remained in New York to warm up the crowd for Kimmel, whose sidekick Guillermo Rodriguez stayed in Tinseltown to serve up Fallon with punchlines.“I love being here in New York. I want to tell you about this crazy thing that happened in LA this week.

had previously put her on “leave.”A Disney insider told The Post that she requested to take a personal leave, which was approved.Finch, 44, was accused last month of writing several storylines that were based on her own experiences — several elements of which were allegedly fabricated. She was later put under a human resources investigation by Disney following the bombshell news.That inquiry has since been terminated, and Finch chose to depart the Shonda Rhimes-led series on her own.“I will always remain one of ‘Grey’s Anatomy’s’ biggest fans,” Finch said in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter.

Last year’s Oscars ceremony saw a historical low, at 10.4 million viewers, which means the show on Sunday should have done much, much better, right? Well, the answer isn’t as clear. Despite a big bump from having the event in-person with red carpet coverage and a crowded venue packed with various stars as an extra draw, people still aren’t tuning in at the rate they used to before the pandemic and viewership had already been declining from year to year.

appearance on “Late Night With Seth Meyers,” Brunson, 32, shared the comedy of errors that eventually led to her to acting.Before starring in her own sitcom, the writer found an audience at BuzzFeed, who scooped up the comedienne after a skit she published online went viral. Since then, she’s lent her voice to multiple animated characters on Adult Swim’s “Lazor Wulf” and to her eponymous character on Netflix’s “Big Mouth.” But not every work transition has been so charmed, the “She Memes Well” author revealed during the interview.

abruptly departed the ABC sitcom last year while still filming its ninth season.McLendon-Covey, 52, derided the 59-year-old actor as not wanting “to be there” on set to film scenes and suggested he would want to leave “mid-scene.” She shared her opinions in response to a tweet by freelance journalist Noel Murray, who suggested the series should either kill off Garlin’s character, family patriarch Murray Goldberg, or should get canceled entirely, rather than repurpose already-shot footage in an attempt to make scenes gel.“They should either cancel The Goldbergs or kill off Jeff Garlin’s character because the workarounds they’ve been using this season ain’t working,” Murray wrote, adding a clip of a wedding scene that appeared heavily edited.His tweet brought a sharp response from McLendon-Covey.“Thanks for the great suggestion Noel!” McLendon-Covey shaded right back before alluding to Garlin’s alleged disinterest appearing in the sitcom. “This season threw us for a loop because a.) it’s hard to incorporate someone who doesn’t want to be there and wants to leave mid-scene, and b.) we werent about to re-write the 2nd half of the season.”She concluded her retort: “We’re doing our best.”McLendon-Covey and ABC both declined to comment through representatives when contacted by The Post, which has also reached out for a statement from Garlin.Thanks for the great suggestion Noel! This season threw us for a loop because a.) it's hard to incorporate someone who doesn't want to be there and wants to leave mid-scene, and b.) we werent about to re-write the 2nd half of the season.

Abbott Elementary has been renewed for a second season, ABC announced on Monday.Abbott Elementary – starring, created and written by Quinta Brunson – is set in a low-budgeted public school in Philadelphia, and follows a group of teachers trying to do what they can despite the lack of resources. Featuring Brunson as the optimistic educator Janine Teagues, the cast also includes Tyler James Williams, Janelle James, Chris Perfetti, Lisa Ann Walter and Sheryl Lee Ralph.

Whoopi Goldberg has been suspended from her moderating slot on ABC’s The View after sharing a personal observation on the driving force behind the Nazi’s cruel and inhumane actions during the Holocaust.