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Netflix has canceled freshman young adult series “The Society” and “I Am Not Okay With This” after giving them season two renewals due to difficulties related to the coronavirus pandemic.

With about one week left in August 2020, we wanted to determine which broadcast TV series have benefited the most with one week of (mostly) DVR viewing this summer. The answer, though not the reasons, will likely surprise you.

The trailer for the French-language adaptation of “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” suggests the new series will be largely faithful to the original, but one key difference caught the attention of Melissa Fumero.

A version of this story about Samira Wiley first appeared in the Emmy Hot List issue of TheWrap’s Emmy magazine. 

Literally everyone on “Supernatural” –  Honestly, there are way too many to go over here. Mainly Sam and Dean. But, yeah, moving on.

At a time when American moviegoers’ concerns are firmly focused on domestic issues, or on international players like Russia and China, it may seem odd to have two documentaries come out in the same week about events that happened decades ago in Iran. But Taghi Amirani’s “Coup 53” and Barbara Kopple’s “Desert One,” which open in select markets and in virtual cinemas on Aug. 21, have something to say about our current predicament even as they delve deeply into past collisions between the West and the Islamic world. Читать дальше...

Warner Bros. is aiming to shoot the second season of the Rob Lowe-hosted Fox game show “Mental Samurai” next week in Portugal, where the studio has set up a “production hub” for global versions of the format, multiple people with knowledge of the plan told TheWrap.

Disney+ is out with its list of everything new coming in September, and the list includes new episodes of “Muppets Now” and “One Day at Disney.”

Actress Lori Loughlin was sentenced on Friday to two months in prison for her involvement in a college admissions cheating scam that allowed her two daughters to be admitted into the University of Southern California.

CNN won all four nights of the Democratic National Convention in the advertiser-covered age demographic of 25 to 54, according to Nielsen Media Research.

A version of this story about Rachel Brosnahan first appeared in the Emmy Hot List issue of  TheWrap’s Emmy magazine. 

After three days of victim statements, Joseph James DeAngelo, now known to be the infamous Golden State Killer, was sentenced Friday to multiple life terms in prison without the possibility of parole for numerous murders and rapes over a decade in California. He will die in prison.

A story about “The Mandalorian” drawn from this interview with Kathleen Kennedy first appeared in the Emmy ot List issue of TheWrap’s Emmy magazine.

This story about “The Mandalorian” first appeared in the Emmy Hot List issue of TheWrap’s Emmy magazine.

“Wonder Woman 1984” director Patty Jenkins teased fans on Friday with a new look at the superheroine’s Golden Eagle armor, one day before a new trailer for the film is expected to debut at DC’s FanDome event.

The reviews for Christopher Nolan’s “Tenet” are in, and critics have applauded the “Dark Knight” director’s slick take on the James Bond-style espionage thriller, even as they generally agree this is by far Nolan’s “most confusing film” yet.

Steve Bannon once joked about defrauding “We Build the Wall” donors. He was arrested for allegedly defrauding them Thursday.

A documentary about Harry Belafonte’s “Tonight Show” stint and another executive produced by NFL player Malcolm Jenkins will be among the movies that will debut on Peacock as part of NBCUniversal’s original film slate in September.

Some films are being consigned to streaming platforms and others are being held back until the winter and beyond, but Warner Bros. has stuck with its plan that “Tenet” should be a summer blockbuster — or a very-late-summer blockbuster, at least. This is a risky strategy, given how nervous people might be about sitting in a room with a group of strangers for two and a half hours, but Christopher Nolan’s science-fiction extravaganza has the spectacle and the apocalyptic “event movie” grandiosity to tempt people into cinemas. Читать дальше...

ABC topped broadcast in both TV ratings and total viewers at 10 p.m. ET Thursday, when ABC, CBS and NBC all aired coverage of the fourth and final night of the 2020 Democratic National Convention — an hour that saw Joe Biden accept the presidential nomination.

“-Ship: A Visual Poem,” director Terrance Daye’s timely short about identity and masculinity in the Black community, won the Industry Award at TheWrap’s ShortList Film Festival on Thursday.

The Justice Department, on behalf of the Trump administration, asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to review a decision made by a lower court last year that said the president wasn’t allowed to block users from viewing his personal account.

A version of this story about “Becoming” and “Hillary” first appeared in the Emmy Host List issue of TheWrap’s Emmy magazine.

Human resources at WarnerMedia are currently investigating accusations made by “Justice League” actor Ray Fisher that director Josss Whedon behaved inappropriately during production of the 2017 movie, according to multiple individuals with knowledge of the situation.

The ShortList Film Festival features 12 of the top award-winning short films that have premiered at major festivals over the past year, making it the most highly competitive film festival of its kind.