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CELEBRITY NEWS: JULY 16, 2026
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Luke Hemmings (‘5 Seconds Of Summer’ Lead Singer) – 30 years old
Keaton Stromberg (‘Emblem 3’ Singer) – 30 years old
Mark Indelicato (Hacks/ Ugly Betty) – 32 years old
Alexandra Shipp (“X-Men: Apocalypse”/ “Straight Outta Compton”) – 35 years old
James Maslow (Big Time Rush) – 36 years old
Annalynne McCord (90210) – 39 years old
Carli Lloyd (U.S. Women’s Soccer Player) – 44 years old
Jayma Mays (Glee) – 47 years old
Tito Joe “TJ” Jackson (3T/ Tito’s Youngest Child) – 48 years old
Robinne Lee (“Fifty Shades Freed”/ “Hitch”) – 52 years old
Corey Feldman (“The Lost Boys” / “Stand By Me”) – 55 years old
Rain Pryor (Head of the Class) – 57/ Richard Pryor’s Daughter) 57 years old
Will Ferrell (“Daddy’s Home” / “Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues”) – 59 years old
Daryl “Chill” Mitchell (Comedian/ Shifting Gears) – 61 years old
Phoebe Cates (“Fast Times at Ridgemont High”/ Kevin Kline’s wife) – 63 years old
Leila Kenzle (Mad About You) – 66 years old
Michael Flatley (Lord of The Dance) – 68 years old
Stewart Copeland (The Police/ Musician & Composer) – 74 years old
Ruben Blades (Singer) – 78 years old

FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (THURSDAY 7/16/26)
A&E: The First 48 (Premiere) at 8pm
A&E: Scott Peterson: The New Evidence (Premiere) at 9pm
NAT GEO: Lost Treasures of Ancient Greece (Premiere) at 9pm
NETFLIX: The Hawk (Premiere)
TUBI: House Rules (Premiere)

The Gang is back, baby. Season 18 of “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” — TV’s longest-running live-action comedy — drops Monday, Aug. 17 at 9 p.m. on FXX, FX, and Hulu. The season will include 10 episodes, up from eight for the prior three seasons.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Sports and true crime collide in ID’s “Game Day Murder,” debuting Monday, July 27 at 10 p.m. Executive produced by NBA icon Shaquille O’Neal and hosted by sports broadcaster Lindsay Czarniak, the series examines murders that shook the sports world.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Ready for a blast from the past? New HGTV series “Totally ‘90s House” teams up ‘90s TV stars — Brian Austin Green (“Beverly Hills, 90210”), Melissa Joan Hart (“Sabrina the Teenage Witch”) and Joey Lawrence (“Blossom”) to name three — to find dated houses in need of an overhaul. The competition kicks off Wednesday, Aug. 26 at 9 p.m.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Apple TV’s “Where’s Wanda?” is back for Season 2 on Wednesday, Oct. 21. The German-language dark comedy follows a couple who must prove their daughter is not guilty of murder.
(Source: Cynopsis)

“Tripping Kosher,” a new food and travel series, premieres Monday, July 20 at 8:30 p.m.on JLTV.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Netflix is expanding its YouTube creator pipeline, inking a deal with celebrity chef Nick DiGiovanni to bring his existing video catalog to the platform later this year. In addition, original content from “Nick DiGiovanni” and “Nick’s Kitchen” will drop day-and-date with YouTube. DiGiovanni joins a growing roster of creator talent on Netflix, including prank duo Alex and Alan Stokes and Rhett McLaughlin & Link Neal, whose “Good Mythical Morning” series is also headed to the streamer.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Streaming viewership has overtaken cable for FIFA World Cup 2026, a first for a major sports event. A survey from Samsung Ads found:
· Streaming topped cable, 56% to 37%. Of streamers, 42% used an existing subscription; 14% signed up for a new service specifically for the tournament.
· Among new sign-ups, YouTube TV (35%), Peacock (34%), and Hulu + Live TV (31%) led — though most joined via free trial or lapsed-account reactivation, not fresh paid plans.
· For actual viewing time, Peacock (41%), Hulu + Live TV (34%), and YouTube TV (29%) ranked as the most-watched services during the tournament.
· Smart TVs were the dominant device at 61%, with streaming sticks (Roku, Fire Stick) a distant second at 17%.
· Of new subscribers, 56% say they plan to cancel once the tournament ends; 44% intend to stay. Retention drivers: existing content they watch (32%) and perceived value (28%).’
· The Takeaway: The World Cup confirmed that live sports is now a streaming strategy — but the event-driven subscriber spike comes with a steep hangover. More than half of new sign-ups are already leaning toward the exit, putting the onus on Peacock, YouTube TV, and Hulu to convert trial viewers into long-term subscribers.
(Source: Cynopsis)

“The Challenge” has a new home. Season 42 of the reality competition — “The Challenge: Cutthroat” — kicks off Wednesday, Aug. 5 on Paramount+. The series, a spinoff of “The Real World” and “Road Rules,” originally aired on MTV.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Season 3 of Australian comedy “Colin From Accounts” will be its last. The series about a couple who adopt an injured dog airs on Paramount+ in the U.S.
(Source: Cynopsis)

The 2026–27 NHL season starts Tuesday, Sept. 29, with ESPN‘s Opening Night tripleheader headlined by the Carolina Hurricanes raising their Stanley Cup championship banner. It’s also a historic campaign — the league’s first 84-game regular season in over 30 years, built around a divisional format where every team faces each of its seven division rivals four times. Puck drop on Opening Night is set for 5 p.m. on ESPN.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Ryan Garcia is putting his welterweight title on the line against Conor Benn this September. Paramount+ and Zuffa Boxing have announced a high-stakes welterweight world title fight between Garcia (25-2, 20 KOs) and England’s Benn (25-1, 14 KOs) on Sept. 12 — Mexican Independence Day Weekend — at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The full Garcia vs. Benn card streams exclusively on Paramount+ at no additional cost to subscribers.
(Source: Cynopsis)

FloSports and CrossFit are teaming up for the 2026 CrossFit Games, presented by Air National Guard. Through the partnership, FloElite becomes the premier home for CrossFit athletes and fans around the world, offering complete coverage across every division — Individuals, Teams, Adaptive, Teenagers, and Masters. It marks the single biggest investment ever made in broadcasting the CrossFit Games.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Clear The Shelters Presented by Hill’s Pet Nutrition, NBCUniversal Local’s nationwide pet adoption and donation initiative, is returning for the 12th consecutive year from Aug. 1-31, with fundraising taking place now through Sept. 15.
(Source: Cynopsis)

The FIFA World Cup 2026 quarterfinals across Telemundo and Peacock ranked as the most-watched quarterfinal stage in Spanish-language media history, averaging a Total Audience Delivery (TAD) of 10.4 million viewers across the four matches — up 154% from the same stage at the 2022 tournament.
(Source: Cynopsis)

On Fox, 11.46 million viewers watched Spain knock out France on Tuesday afternoon, in the most-watched FIFA Men’s World Cup semifinals telecast in English-language U.S. history, up 76% from 2022.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Last weekend, Big3 Basketball action on CBS broadcast scored a 0.3/2 household rating and 596,000 viewers.
(Source: Cynopsis)

CELEBRITY NEWS: JULY 15, 2026
http://www.imdb.com/news/celebrity

Tristan Wilds (90210/ The Wire) – 37 years old
Taylor Kinney (Chicago Fire) – 45 years old
Lana Parilla (Once Upon A Time) – 49 years old
Diane Kruger (“Inglourious Basterds”/ “National Treasure” movies) – 50 years old
Jim Jones (Rapper) – 50 years old
Gabriel Iglesias (Comedian/ Mr. Iglesias/ “Magic Mike” movies) – 50 years old
Brian Austin Green (Beverly Hills 90210) – 53 years old
Scott Foley (Scandal/ Felicity) – 54 years old
Beth Ostrosky-Stern (Model/ Howard Stern’s 2nd wife) – 54 years old
Jim Rash (Community) – 55 years old
Reginald C. Hayes (Girlfriends) – 57 years old
Eddie Griffin (Comedian/ “A Star Is Born”) – 58 years old
Shari Headley (“Coming 2 America”/ “Coming To America”) – 62 years old
Brigitte Nielsen (“Rocky IV”) – 63 years old
Forest Whitaker (Godfather of Harlem/ “Black Panther”) – 65 years old
Willie Aames (Eight Is Enough) – 66 years old
Terry O’Quinn (Lost) – 74 years old
Jesse Ventura (former Governor of Minnesota/ former WWE Wrestler) – 75 years old
Arianna Huffington (The Huffington Post) – 76 years old
Linda Ronstadt (Singer) – 80 years old
Millie Jackson (Singer) – 82 years old
Patrick Wayne (“The Alamo”/ John Wayne’s son) – 87 years old

FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (WEDNESDAY 7/15/26)
ABC: The 2026 ESPY Awards at 8pm
APPLE TV: Lucky (Premiere)
FOX: Nation’s Dumbest (Premiere) at 9pm
HGTV: Worst Yard on the Block (Premiere) at 10pm
ID: 9-1-1: Body Cam (Premiere) at 9pm
ID: Did the Killer Call? (Premiere) at 10pm
NETFLIX: The Ultimatum: Marry or Move On (Premiere)
PRIME VIDEO: Ride or Die (Premiere)

Fox set premiere dates for fall 2026.
· The season kicks off with the return of “Celebrity Name That Tune” on Monday, Sept. 21 at 8 p.m., followed by “Celebrity Weakest Link.”
· New seasons of “Best Medicine” and “Doc” kick off Tuesday, Sept. 22 at 8 and 9 p.m., respectively.
· Game show “The Floor” returns Wednesday, Sept. 23 at 8 p.m., followed by “99 to Beat” at 9 p.m.
· Thursday, Sept. 24 brings “Hell’s Kitchen” at 8 p.m. and “Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test” at 9 p.m.
· Live-action “Animal Control” joins “Fox Animation Domination” comedies “The Simpsons” (8 p.m.), “Universal Basic Guys” (9 p.m.) and “Grimsburg” (9:30 p.m.) starting Sunday, Sept. 27.
(Source: Cynopsis)

And that’s just for starters — series joining the lineup later in the season include “Baywatch,” “Memory of a Killer,” “Family Guy,” “Extracted,” “LEGO Masters,” and“Mariage Market,” among others.
(Source: Cynopsis)

TLC’s “Double Lives of Suburban Wives” pulls back the curtain on six St. Louis-area couples who’ve mastered the art of the double life — by day, it’s carpools and church potlucks; by night its adult content creation. The reality show premieres Sunday, Aug. 9, at 10 p.m
(Source: Cynopsis)

“Cocktail Wars,” a new competition series hosted by former boy banders Lance Bass and Joey Fatone, debuts Tuesday, Aug. 18, at 10 p.m. on E!.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Guru Studio is expanding its preschool franchise “True and the Rainbow Kingdom” with the launch of “TRUE: Mini Rescues,” the brand’s first original narrative short-form series created exclusively for YouTube. The show premieres this month on the official True and the Rainbow Kingdom YouTube channel in collaboration with CBC Kids.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Fox Nation is getting into the ring. The streamer has teamed with Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship and BKFC co-owner Conor McGregor for “World’s Baddest Man,” a documentary competition series bowing in summer 2027. McGregor hosts and stars as elite fighters from the U.S. and abroad battle through a bracket-style tournament — fists only, no gloves — for the title. 
(Source: Cynopsis)

Creators Colin & Samir are teaming with Lexus on a series of YouTube campaigns — a play framed as a new model for how brands, platforms, and creators can collaborate on original advertising built for modern digital audiences. First up: the four-part “Colin & Samir Start Over,” out now. “Creators can be true creative partners for brands and vice versa,” said Colin Rosenblum. “This series gave us the chance to build something that felt true to us, true to Lexus, and natural to the way people actually watch on YouTube.”
(Source: Cynopsis)

Syndicated game show “Scrambled Up” has been renewed for Season 2, set to debut Monday, Sept. 14. Michael Eisner-founded The Tornante Company has jumped on as a co-producer, joining Keller/Noll, Playing Field Entertainment and Crazy Legs Productions.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Fanatics Studios greenlit a documentary following Olympic gymnast Suni Lee. The film follows Lee on and off the mat as she opens up about her gymnastics comeback.
(Source: Cynopsis)

CBS staple “The Young and the Restless” nabbed the most Daytime Emmy nods with 18, followed by CBS newcomer “Beyond the Gates,” (16) and ABC’s long-running “General Hospital” (13). For a list of nominees, go here. The ceremony is set to take place on Friday, Oct. 30, at the Hollywood Palladium.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Lifetime is expanding its “Buried in Barstow” franchise with two new films starring and executive produced by Angie Harmon, who will also direct a “Ripped from the Headlines” movie for the network under her existing production deal with Lifetime/A+E Global Media. “Buried in Barstow: Blood for Blood” (w.t.) and “Buried in Barstow: The Reckoning” (w.t.) debut in 2027.
(Source: Cynopsis)

More cowbell? Comedy network Roar is celebrating Will Ferrell’s 59th birthday tomorrow, July 16 with an “SNL” marathon of Ferrell’s best sketches, starting at 10 p.m.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Action comedy “Mayday,” starring Ryan Reynolds and Kenneth Branagh, premieres Friday, Sept. 4 on Apple TV. In the film, Reynolds plays a Cold War-era operative stranded behind enemy lines in Russia, who is discovered by an ex-KGB agent with a penchant for American culture.
(Source: Cynopsis)

“The Vampire Lestat: One Night Only LIVE,” an event performance that took place in NYC last month celebrating AMC’s “The Vampire Lestat,” makes its streaming debut on AMC+ on Sunday, Aug. 23.
(Source: Cynopsis)

The season 28 premiere of CBS’ “Big Brother” averaged 3.88 million viewers, up 22% from last year and the most-watched premiere since 2021. The NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series race averaged 1,011,000 total viewers on The CW. The audience marks the most-watched EchoPark Speedway summer race in five years.
(Source: Cynopsis)

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