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CELEBRITY NEWS: MAY 21, 2026
http://www.imdb.com/news/celebrity

Sarah Ramos (Chicago Med/ Parenthood) – 35 years old
Kayla Itsines (Australian Personal Trainer on Instagram) – 35 years old
Gotye (Pop Singer) – 46 years old
Fairuza Balk (Ray Donovan/ “Almost Famous”) – 52 years old
Lisa Edelstein (Girlfriends’ Guide To Divorce/ House) – 60 years old
Judge Reinhold (“Beverly Hills Cop” movies/ “Fast Times At Ridgemont High”) – 69 years old
Mr. T (The A Team) – 74 years old
Al Franken (former SNL writer/ former U.S. Senator) – 75 years old
Ronald Isley (R&B Singer) – 85 years old 

FIRST LOOK
http://www.eonline.com/news

ON TELEVISION (THURSDAY 5/21/26)
NETFLIX: The Boroughs (Premiere)
NETFLIX: James (Premiere)
PARAMOUNT+: SkyMed (Premiere)
CBS: The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (Finale) at 11:30pm

Bravo is turning its most passionate fanbase into a business opportunity. Universal Products & Experiences (UP&E) launched a first-of-its-kind licensing program dedicated entirely to Bravo, uniting the network’s franchises under one global consumer products strategy for the first time. The move opens a new revenue stream for the network while giving Ramona wine-drinking, Bethenny skinny margarita-drinking fans a tangible way to connect with the pop culture moments and personalities they love. Franchises including “The Real Housewives,” “Vanderpump Rules,” “Top Chef” will spawn products spanning fashion, beauty, food, home, and gifting. The collection launches exclusively at select retailers later this year.
(Source: Cynopsis)

“Mark vs. The Mountain” kicks off Thursday, June 11 on streamer Great American Pure Flix. The uplifting unscripted series stars meteorologist and former New Mexico gubernatorial candidate Mark Ronchetti, alongside his wife, interior designer Krysty Ronchetti, and daughters as they navigate the challenges and triumphs of building homes inspired by the natural world.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Apple TV has renewed “Knife Edge: Chasing Michelin Stars” for a second season. The docuseries from Gordon Ramsay (“Next Level Chef”) explores the business of international dining.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Also renewed for Season 2 is Hulu’s “The Testaments.” The “Handmaid’s Tale” sequel debuted on April 8.
(Source: Cynopsis)

True crime series “Deadly Influence: The Social Media Murders” returns Monday, June 1 at 9 p.m. ID promises an “unsettling new season.”
(Source: Cynopsis)

“Michael Jackson: The Verdict” dissects the child molestation case against Jackson from the perspectives of both the prosecution and the defense starting Wednesday, June 3 on Netflix. 
(Source: Cynopsis)

On a different note, the streamer’s “One Hundred Years of Solitude,” adapted from Gabriel García Márquez’s bestselling magical realist novel, returns for its second and final season in August. The concluding eight episodes will reveal the fate of Macondo and the Buendía family.
(Source: Cynopsis) 

Digital series “Chasers,” from Tom Brady’s Shadow Lion, has dropped on YouTube. Hosted by Kevin Bonner, each episode sees a different celebrity guest attempting to answer trivia questions to identify cards that are in some way related to their lives. 
(Source: Cynopsis)

Season 13 of History’s “Alone” debuts Wednesday, June 17 at 9 p.m. For the first time in franchise history, ten skilled survivalists from around the globe will compete in “Alone: World Championship,” with participants dropped inside Canada’s Arctic Circle with just ten survival tools, and enough camera gear to self-document their experiences.
(Source: Cynopsis)

A 16-year partnership between CBS’ “Survivor” and Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) surpassed $2 million raised for cancer research. The milestone was fueled in part by a Charitybuzz campaign giving fans the chance to win tickets to last night’s “Survivor” 50 finale, which generated $160,000 in donations. To mark the show’s landmark 50th season, Toyota is contributing an additional $50,000.
(Source: Cynopsis)

In a bid to expand its commitment to creator-driven, talent-led unscripted programming, FOX Entertainment Studios inked a first-look deal with JB Smoove (“Curb Your Enthusiasm”), along with his production company Alternate Side Productions (ASP), to collaborate on an unscripted slate spanning a range of formats and genres. And Smoove is all in. “Let me tell you something…unscripted is where the magic really happens,” said the actor, writer and producer. “You can’t plan it, you can’t fake it, you just gotta jump in and let it fly. That’s my lane!”
(Source: Cynopsis)

Lifetime greenlit two movies set to premiere next month. Faith-based thriller “The Jealous Bride,” adapted from Liv Constantine’s bestseller My Sister’s Daughter, drops June 13 at 8 p.m. One week later, psychological drama “Don’t Trust the Girls Upstairs” debuts on June 20 at 8 p.m.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Tony Award-winning actress Laura Benanti and Tituss Burgess (“Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”) will host live pre-show “The Tony Awards: Act One,” streaming on Plutobeginning Sunday, June 7 at 6:35 p.m.
(Source: Cynopsis)

MeTV kicks off month-long event “The Golden Girls of Summer” on Monday, June 8. Episodes of the classic sitcom “The Golden Girls” will air weeknights at 10 p.m. and 10:30 p.m., with each week spotlighting a different character.
(Source: Cynopsis)

The FIFA news cycle keeps rolling. FOX Sports, America’s English-language home for the World Cup 2026, has announced its studio analyst team: Thierry Henry (France), Zlatan Ibrahimović (Sweden), Clarence Seedorf (Netherlands), Javier “Chicharito” Hernández(Mexico), John Obi Mikel (Nigeria), Thiago Alcântara (Spain), Juan Pablo Ángel (Colombia) and Peter Schmeichel (Denmark).
(Source: Cynopsis)

Honeywell and the NHL struck a new partnership that makes Honeywell the Official Building Automation and Energy Management Partner of the NHL. Honeywell provides advanced, scalable and AI-enabled building automation technologies.
(Source: Cynopsis)

The Buffalo Sabres-Montreal Canadiens Stanley Cup Playoffs Game 6 delivered 2.7 million viewers, up 18% vs. ABC’s Second Round Game 6 last year and the second most-watched Game 6 on record.
(Source: Cynopsis)

The two-game slate on FOX’s “Saturday Night Baseball” drew 2.5 million viewers, up 31% versus last year’s comparable game, and the second-most-watched Saturday baseball telecast of the season.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Prime Video had the week’s most-watched sports telecast the week of May 11, drawing over 6.5 million viewers for Game 7 of the NBA Playoffs Eastern Conference semifinal on Sunday night, and topped Nielsen’s Weekly Sports Events report for the first time ever.
(Source: Cynopsis)

CELEBRITY NEWS: MAY 20, 2026
http://www.imdb.com/news/celebrity

Jack Gleeson (Game of Thrones) – 34 years old
Naturi Naughton (Power/ “Notorious”) – 42 years old
Rachel Platten (Pop Singer) – 45 years old
Craig Melvin (Today Show) – 47 years old
Busta Rhymes (Rapper) – 54 years old
Timothy Olyphant (Santa Clarita Diet/ “Mother’s Day”) – 58 years old
Mindy Cohn (The Facts Of Life) – 60 years old
Ted Allen (Chopped/ Queer Eye For The Straight Guy) – 61 years old
Kevin Frazier (Entertainment Tonight) – 62 years old
Tony Goldwyn (Scandal/ “Ghost”) – 66 years old
Bronson Pinchot (Perfect Strangers) – 67 years old
Jane Wiedlin (The Go-Go’s) – 68 years old
David Paterson (former NY Governor) – 72 years old
Dave Thomas (Canadian Comedian, SCTV) – 77 years old
Cher (Pop Singer) – 80 years old

FIRST LOOK
http://www.eonline.com/news

ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 5/20/26)
APPLE TV: Maximum Pressure Guaranteed (Premiere)
BET: The Oval (Premiere)
NETFLIX: Carizzma (Premiere)
NETFLIX: Desi Bling (Premiere)
NETFLIX: Kylie (Premiere)

Peacock is expanding its mobile app into a casual gaming hub, with Law & Order: Clue Hunter leading the charge. The hidden-object game puts players in the shoes of an investigator, hunting for clues and pinning down suspects to crack a case. The game comes from Wolf Games, the AI-powered gaming studio co-founded by Elliot Wolf, son of “Law & Order” titan Dick Wolf, and was built on the studio’s proprietary generative AI engine. Also on the way: a mobile game based on “Jeopardy!”. The bigger picture: Peacock wants to be the app you can’t put down — and gaming is its latest weapon in the battle for users’ screen time.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Travel docuseries “Best of the World With Antoni Porowski,” exploring Mexico City, Paris, London and food and culture expert Porowski’s hometown of New York City, launchesSunday, June 7 at 9 p.m. on Nat Geo.
(Source: Cynopsis)

HGTV’s “Love It or List It” is back Tuesday, June 12 at 8 p.m., putting homeowners to the ultimate test: stick with a newly renovated space or pack up and move on. The hit series drew 17.2 million viewers across platforms last season.
(Source: Cynopsis)

After-show “The Vampire Lestat: After Dark” goes behind the scenes of each weekly episode of AMC’s “The Vampire Lestat,” starting with a special preview episode on Sunday, May 24 on AMC+.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Season 29 of “South Park” premieres Wednesday, September 19 at 10 p.m. on Comedy Central. (“The Simpsons is at Season 37 and counting.)
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Apple TV, home to the classic Peanuts library since 2020, has new programming coming this summer, including a second season of musical “Camp Snoopy” set to debut Friday, June 26 and new special “Snoopy Presents: There’s No Place Like Home, Snoopy” onFriday, July 31. And, for the first time, Peanuts classics “This is America, Charlie Brown” and “The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show” will debut on Friday, July 3 and Friday, July 10, respectively.
(Source: Cynopsis)

ABC handed a straight-to-series order for a “Grey’s Anatomy” spinoff, with Shonda Rhimes and showrunner Meg Marinis set as co-creators and writers. Set in Texas, the untitled series follows the team at a West Texas medical center.
(Source: Cynopsis)

“Scooby-Doo!” is getting anime-ted. Fox FAST channel Tubi has ordered “Yokoso Scooby-Do!”, the animated series’ first anime version. The show will air on Tubi in the US and on Cartoon Network internationally. Japan’s OLM Studios will provide production services. 
(Source: Cynopsis)

Talestorm has docuseries in development, “Deconstructing Dahlia,” following filmmakers, investigators, and retired law enforcement officials as they reinvestigate the 1947 murder of Elizabeth Short, known as the Black Dahlia. The team has already identified a suspect, a key crime scene, and the location of the murder. Now they’re focused on obtaining Short’s unredacted autopsy report — withheld by the LAPD for nearly 80 years — which may hold the case’s most critical remaining evidence. “Long-overdue closure is finally within reach for the Short Family,” said producer Kimberly Lupini.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Sylvester Stallone’s Balboa Productions is partnering with Channing Powell (“Tales of the Walking Dead”) to adapt J.D. Barker’s 4MK book series for television. The novels follow a detective tracking the Four Monkey Killer — a murderer who removes his victims’ ears, eyes, and tongues as a ritualized message rooted in “hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil.”
(Source: Cynopsis) 

In her seventh collaboration with Lifetime, Tia Mowry (“Family Reunion,” “The Game,” “Instant Mom”) is returning to the network to star in and executive produce “Single Black Tenant,” part of the network’s Ripped from the Headlines slate for this summer. The movie, following a woman who begins to suspect that the home she thought would save her may ultimately destroy her, premieres Saturday, June 27 at 8 p.m. 
(Source: Cynopsis)

UK prodco Woodcut Media documentaries “Hitler’s Games: Berlin 1936 in Colour” and “The Space Race in Colour,” presold to Channel 4 (UK), are currently in production. The docs combine historical analysis with state-of-the-art colorization techniques, archive footage and interviews and eyewitness testimonies.
(Source: Cynopsis)

FOX Nation has a new special from comedian Jeff Foxworthy on tap. “The Joke’s On Me” is set to premiere on Monday, June 1.
(Source: Cynopsis)

The Weather Channel special “Joplin: 15 Years Later,” marking the 15th anniversary since the EF-5 tornado tore through Joplin Missouri, premieres tomorrow, May 21 at 9 p.m.
(Source: Cynopsis)

ABC’s “The Rookie” wrapped Season 8 with 9.25 million Total Viewers, topping its Season 7 finale (up 4%) and earning its biggest audience in over three months, after seven days of cross-platform viewing.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Cable was the only category to record a monthly viewing increase in March, which resulted in its largest share of TV since October 2025 (21.4%, +1.4 pts.), according to Nielsen’s March 2026 reports of The Gauge™ and Media Distributor Gauge. The largest monthly gain across age demographics came from 18-24 year-old viewers, whose viewing jumped 8%, likely driven by March Madness.
(Source: Cynopsis)

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