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CELEBRITY NEWS: MAY 15, 2025
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Reed Robertson (Duck Dynasty) – 30 years old
Andy Murray (Tennis Player) – 38 years old
The Kid Mero (Desus & Mero) – 42 years old
Jaime Lynn Sigler (The Sopranos) – 44 years old
Zara Phillips (Queen Elizabeth’s Granddaughter) – 44 years old
David Krumholtz (“Sausage Party”/ Numb3rs) – 47 years old
Ray Lewis (former NFL Player) – 50 years old
David Charvet (Baywatch) – 53 years old
Emmitt Smith (former NFL Player) – 56 years old
Sommore (Comedienne/ Nia Long’s Half Sister) – 59 years old
Giselle Fernandez (Television Journalist) – 64 years old
Chazz Palminteri (Rizzoli & Isles/ “A Bronx Tale”) – 73 years old
Nicholas Hammond (The Amazing Spider-Man (TV Show/ “The Sound of Music”) – 75 years old
Lainie Kazan (“My Big Fat Greek Wedding” movies) – 85 years old

FIRST LOOK
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ON TELEVISION (THURSDAY 5/15/25)
FX: Welcome to Wrexham (Premiere) at 9pm
HULU: The Secret Lives of Mormon WIves (Premiere)
MAX: Duster (Premiere)
MAX: Mermicorno: Starfall (Premiere)
NETFLIX: Franklin (Premiere)
NETFLIX: Bet (Premiere)
NETFLIX: Secrets We Keep (Premiere)
NETFLIX: Love + Death Robots (Premiere)
PARAMOUNT+: SkyMed (Premiere)
PARAMOUNT+: Thank You, Next (Premiere)
PRIME VIDEO: Overcompensating (Premiere)
UP: Hudson & Rex (Premiere) at 8pm

Warner Bros. Discovery took over Madison Square Garden on Wednesday to tout the companies offerings, including new series “Guy’s Flavortown Games” and “Family Recipe Showdown” (w/t) for Food Network; ID’s “They Know What They Did” and Dick Wolf true crime series “Vanity”; HGTV’s “Renovating the Bachelor Mansion”; TLC spinoff “90 Day: Hunt for Love”; and miniseries “High Value Target” on TNT. “Our strength lies in our ability to create shows that dominate the zeitgeist,” said Channing Dungey, Chairman and CEO of the Warner Bros. Television Group and US Networks. “We produced six of the top 10 new unscripted series on cable last year, and we’ll continue to push the boundaries of great storytelling.”
(Source: Cynopsis)

WBD is also turning back the clock for streamer Max. Rebranded two years ago from HBO Max, the service is reverting to its former name this summer. “With the course we are on and strong momentum we are enjoying, we believe HBO Max far better represents our current consumer proposition,” said Casey Bloys, Chairman and CEO of HBO and Max Content. “It clearly states our implicit promise to deliver content that is recognized as unique and, to steal a line we always said at HBO, worth paying for.”(Source: Cynopsis)

What viewers won’t have to pay for is season one of HBO Max’s new hit series “The Pitt” – the medical drama will run on TNT ahead of its season two premiere on the streamer.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Netflix took to the stage on Wednesday to boast it has 94 million monthly active users globally, up from 70 million in November. Also announced was just-launched in-house advertising platform The Netflix Ads Suite. The platform allows advertisers to target more than 100 interests in over 17 categories, including life stages. Amy Reinhard, Netflix’s President of Advertising, also noted subscriber engagement. “When you compare us to our competitors, attention starts higher and ends much higher,” she said. “And even more impressive, members pay as much attention to mid-roll ads as they do to the shows and movies themselves.”
(Source: Cynopsis)

Also announced during Netflix’s event was upcoming sports drama “Fight for ’84.” Jamie Foxx stars as a coach enlisted to rebuild an Olympic boxing team after the 1980 team is killed in a plane crash. Eric Newman produces for Grand Electric along with Bryan Unkeless for Night Owl, Foxx and Michael W. Abbott for A Move Films Production. 
(Source: Cynopsis)

In more Netflix programming news, a reboot of talent competition “Star Search” is in the works, as well as a crime comedy series co-created by and starring Dan Levy (“Schitt’s Creek”); a series adaptation of S.A. Cosby novel All the Sinners Bleed; and coming-of-age drama “The Body.” The streamer renewed “Bridgerton” for seasons five and six; “Love on the Spectrum” and “The Diplomat” for fourth seasons; “Survival of the Thickest” for a third and final season; “My Life with the Walter Boys for a third season; and “The Four Seasons, “Million Dollar Secret” and “Forever” for second runs.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Season 27 of “Big Brother” will have the most original hours of programming in since its 2000 debut, thanks to extended 90-minute Wednesday episodes and the launch of “Big Brother: Unlocked” on Friday nights. The reality show Thursday, July 10 at 8p. 
(Source: Cynopsis)

A new season of “Storage Wars” kicks off Saturday, June 7 at p on A&E with expanded one-hour episodes. For fifteen seasons, the show has featured teams of bidders on the hunt for valuable abandoned and repossessed storage units with only a few moments to decide whether they’ve spotted trash or treasure.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Unscripted series “House on Fire” premieres Thursday, Jun 5 on BET+, offering a behind-the-scenes look at Ballroom culture.
(Source: Cynopsis)

“Breaking the Deadlock: A Power Play” brings together legal experts to debate a hypothetical scenario surrounding the use of executive power by a pair of fictional presidents from opposing parties. The series debuts Tuesday, May 20 at 9p on PBS.
(Source: Cynopsis)

“Heart & Hustle: Houston” (w/t), a new docuseries following a sisterhood of successful Black women, is headed to OWN. Produced by Jesse Collins and marking Jesse Collins Entertainment’s first foray into the unscripted ensemble arena, the series is slated to premiere this summer.
(Source: Cynopsis)

Tony Shalhoub (“Monk”) will star in CNN Original Series “Tony Shalhoub Breaking Bread,” debuting this fall on CNN platforms. “I’ve long believed that the simple act of breaking bread has the power to bring people together,” said Shalhoub. “It’s been wonderful to partner with CNN on my mission to illuminate and celebrate our shared humanity at a time that it is so urgently needed.”
(Source: Cynopsis)

CNN documentary “I’m Chevy Chase and You’re Not,” described as an “authorized yet unfiltered” documentary of the comedian, will premiere in 2026. “I understand CNN is going to release a documentary about me. I’m delighted and I hope I’m in it,” said Chase.
(Source: Cynopsis)

FloSports is reimagining the track & field viewing experience with the debut of “The Athlete’s Lounge,” a companion show supporting FloTrack’s Wanda Diamond League coverage. The show will debut during live coverage of the Doha Wanda Diamond League on May 16 at 11:15a on FloTrack and the FloTrack YouTube channel.
(Source: Cynopsis)

For the seventh straight year, the NHL is accepting applications for NHL Power Players™, a youth advisory board which brings together young hockey fans, ages 13-17, to provide input to the NHL on hockey-related topics important to their generation.
(Source: Cynopsis)