There’s been a lot of things going down this week in TV entertainment, so we have the 7 things you NEED to know.
You don’t want to be that friend who doesn’t know what’s been happening in TV entertainment. So we bring you our TV Bites wrap-up for the first week of December. Read on and be the one who starts the conversation…
CelebNMovies247.com has the latest happenings from the first week of December. These are the trending stories in TV Bites that you need to know about.
It’s been a busy week for TV bites as 2017 comes to a close, the holidays are quickly approaching and 2018 readies to kick off.
TV BITES: 7 Things You NEED To Know This Week:
7. That 70s Show star Danny Masterson is the latest actor to get himself fired from his gig over at Netflix. Danny is facing multiple allegations of rape, has been fired from the streaming giant’s scripted comedy The Ranch. He the latest Hollywood hunk to be added to the sex offender list.
6. Alec Baldwin appears to have the gift of gab, because he’s prepping Talk Show for ABC? Interesting, do you think that Alec is someone you’d like to watch host a talk show? The project, which is in development, is based on Baldwin’s WNYC radio show/podcast Here’s the Thing With Alec Baldwin.
5. Rock legend Alice Cooper is heading to NBC. Get this, Cooper has been cast as the flamboyant King Herod in NBC’s ‘Jesus Christ Superstar Live!’ Robert Greenblatt, chairman of NBC Entertainment states, “Alice Cooper, whose theatricality is the stuff of legend, is the perfect rock star to play Herod in our live production.”
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4. Westworld Season 2 suspend due to California fires. The HBO drama was suspended as a 200-acre brush fire broke out near the filming region. HBO said in a statement, “Due to nearby wildfires, Westworld stopped production earlier today and will resume filming as soon as it’s safe to do so.”
3. HBO’s ‘Big Little Lies’ moved from limited series to drama series category. Hours after HBO today greenlighted a second, seven-episode installment of Big Little Lies, the Producers Guild has moved to reclassify the show’s original installment from a limited series to a drama series for the upcoming 2018 PGA Awards, according to Deadline.
2. America’s Next Top Model returns with a ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Crossover! America’s Next Top Model with Tyra Banks will premiere on Tuesday, January 9 at 8PM ET/PT In fact, Tyra is brings back former judge Nigel Barker, Eva Marcille, Director X, beauty and social media guru Patrick Starr, choreographer Jermaine Browne, supermodel Jourdan Dunn and Hip Hop artist Maejor, among others, all guest appearances. The show will also will feature a VH1 crossover with RuPaul’s Drag Race fan-favorites Valentina, Katya and Manila.
1. Why ‘Game of Thrones’ Won’t Return Until 2019? It appears that one more full winter will pass until the winter of Westeros arrives one last time, as the final season of Thrones will not arrive until 2019. Production on the eighth and final season began in October and will reportedly run through August 2018. What we are hearing is that production is trying to “figure out a timeline for the shoot” and “how much time the special effects take,” according to HBO programming president Casey Bloys.
