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One of the most common tropes in modern television is that of the medical dramedy, and very few can match the success and impact of the USA Network's Scrubs. It is, however, expected that other shows could attempt to replace it in the subconscious of the audience and that is what Fox's upcoming medical comedy, Best Medicine, hopes to achieve. The upcoming show follows a doctor from Boston, who moves to a small practice in an east coast fishing village where he vacationed as a child. According to Variety, the series has added the exciting talent of Cree Chiccino, also known as Cree, to its cast. The Turtles All The Way Down star will play the role of Elaine Denham, a character described as "adorable, energetic, and ambitious, with enormous dreams," who harbors ambitions of becoming a YouTube star.

The show is set to premiere during the 2025-26 broadcast season,...

Fox’s upcoming medical comedy “Best Medicine” has added Cree in a series regular role, Variety has learned exclusively.

The actress joins previously announced series stars Josh Charles, Abigail Spencer, Annie Potts, and Josh Segarra. The one-hour show was originally announced in May and serves as an American adaptation of the popular British series “Doc Martin.”

The official description of the show states:

“The series centers on Martin Best (Charles), a brilliant surgeon who abruptly leaves his illustrious career in Boston to become the general practitioner in a quaint East Coast fishing village where he spent summers as a child. Unfortunately, Martin’s blunt and borderline rude bedside manner rubs the quirky, needy locals the wrong way, especially local school teacher Louisa Glasson (Spencer), however tenacity is the creed of everyone in their small village, and the people who live there may be exactly what the doctor ordered.”

Cree will play Elaine Denham.

In 1979, Annie Potts was nominated for a Golden Globe Award in the category of New Star of the Year – Actress. It was her appearance in Corvette Summer (which was her big-screen debut) with Star Wars actor Mark Hamill that brought attention to the rising star. Since then, the actress has become one of the faces of the Ghostbusters franchise, starring as receptionist Janine Melnitz. Potts continues to add roles to her list of credits, recently joining the U.S. adaptation of the popular U.K. medical drama-comedy, Doc Martin. The series, which will air on Fox, is called Best Medicine, and its cast is already shaping up to be something special.

According to Variety, Josh Charles (The Good Wife) will star in the leading role as Martin Best. Martin is a skilled surgeon who has trouble fitting in when he makes the move from Boston to Maine. His not-so-welcoming attitude...

Annie Potts has joined the cast of “Best Medicine,” Fox’s upcoming U.S. adaptation of the hit U.K. medical dramedy “Doc Martin.”

The series stars Josh Charles as Martin Best, a brilliant surgeon whose gruff, lone-wolf attitude sticks out when he moves from Boston to a quaint fishing town in Maine. Underneath his harsh exterior he masks debilitating psychological issues that prevent him from connecting with others, but that stands to change as he gets dragged into the chaotic social sphere of the locals.

Potts will play Martin’s aunt Joan, who is described as “strong, sturdy, lobster woman who still goes out every day on her boat, and no one better tell her to stop if they know what’s good for them. She’s salt of the earth and underneath her stern demeanor she has a heart as big as the sea. She loves her small...

Fox’s Best Medicine has added Annie Potts to its series regular cast, joining the previously announced Josh Charles, Abigail Spencer and Josh Segarra. The series, based on the popular British series Doc Martin, will go into production this summer in upstate New York.

Best Medicine is a one-hour comedy series that centers on Martin Best (Charles), a brilliant surgeon who abruptly leaves his illustrious career in Boston to become the general practitioner in a quaint East Coast fishing village where he spent summers as a child. Unfortunately, Martin’s blunt and borderline rude bedside manner rubs the quirky, needy locals the wrong way, especially local school teacher Louisa Glasson (Spencer); however, tenacity is the creed of everyone in their small village, and the people who live there may be exactly what the doctor ordered.

Although Martin can expertly address any medical ailment or mystery in this idiosyncratic town,...

A guest star occasionally appears in a TV show for several episodes, elevating the season. Abigail Spencer guest-starred in 9-1-1 Season 8 as Amber Braeburn, a police detective who turned out to be a serial killer. Amber set her sights on Maddie (Jennifer Love Hewitt) and kidnapped her, but Maddie saved herself by killing her kidnapper. Spencer is shifting gears in her next project, according to a report by Deadline. The All My Children and Timeless star has joined Josh Charles in Fox's remake of Doc Martin titled Best Medicine. She plays Louisa, described as a "warm, charming teacher who immediately gets off on the wrong foot with Martin, yet she’s intrigued by him."

Best Medicine is inspired by the popular British series and stars Charles as Martin Best. The hourlong comedy series centers on Best, "a brilliant surgeon who abruptly leaves his illustrious career in Boston to become...

Exclusive: Josh Segarra has joined the cast of Fox’s medical comedy Best Medicine, starring opposite Josh Charles and Abigail Spencer. The series, based on the popular British series Doc Martin, will go into production this summer in upstate New York.

Best Medicine is a one-hour comedy series that centers on Martin Best (Charles), a brilliant surgeon who abruptly leaves his illustrious career in Boston to become the general practitioner in a quaint East Coast fishing village where he spent summers as a child. Unfortunately, Martin’s blunt and borderline rude bedside manner rubs the quirky, needy locals the wrong way, especially local school teacher Louisa Glasson (Spencer); however, tenacity is the creed of everyone in their small village, and the people who live there may be exactly what the doctor ordered.

Although Martin can expertly address any medical ailment or mystery in this idiosyncratic town, he...

Fox has added Abigail Spencer to “Best Medicine,” its upcoming one-hour medical comedy led by Josh Charles and inspired by the long-running British hit Doc Martin. Spencer will portray Louisa Glasson, a primary-school teacher whose first encounter with Charles’ brusque surgeon, Dr. Martin Best, is anything but cordial, setting up the show’s central clash of temperament and attraction.

Announced in May and slated for the network’s 2025-26 mid-season, “Best Medicine” marks Fox’s first hour-long scripted comedy in nearly a decade, part of an effort executives say broadens the definition of network comedy beyond the half-hour format.

The series transplants Doc Martin’s fish-out-of-water premise from Cornwall to a quaint New England fishing village, where Martin’s clinical brilliance is offset by a newly revealed phobia that fuels both medical cases and character tension.

Michael Thorn, president of the Fox Television Network, praised Spencer’s casting as “the...

Fox has found the female lead for its forthcoming series Best Medicine.

Abigail Spencer (Grey’s Anatomy, Rectify) will star opposite Josh Charles in the series, an adaptation of the long-running British dramedy Doc Martin. Spencer will play Louisa Glasson, a teacher in the small East Coast fishing village where Dr. Martin Best (Charles) relocates after leaving a decorated career as a surgeon in Boston.

Fox describes Best Medicine as an hour-long comedy following Martin, who abruptly leaves his post in Boston to work as a general practitioner in the town where he spent summers as a kid. “Unfortunately,” the show’s logline reads, “Martin’s blunt and borderline rude bedside manner rubs the quirky, needy locals the wrong way, especially local school teacher Louisa Glasson. However, tenacity is the creed of everyone in their small village, and the people who live there may be exactly what the doctor ordered.

Abigail Spencer will star alongside Josh Charles in the upcoming Fox medical comedy “Best Medicine.”

The one-hour show, originally announced in May, is an American adaptation of the popular British series “Doc Martin.” Production is slated to begin this summer in upstate New York. The official description of the series states:

“The series centers on Martin Best (Charles), a brilliant surgeon who abruptly leaves his illustrious career in Boston to become the general practitioner in a quaint East Coast fishing village where he spent summers as a child. Unfortunately, Martin’s blunt and borderline rude bedside manner rubs the quirky, needy locals the wrong way, especially local school teacher Louisa Glasson (Spencer), however tenacity is the creed of everyone in their small village, and the people who live there may be exactly what the doctor ordered.”

Louisa Glasson was played by Caroline Catz in the British series. The character appeared...

Abigail Spencer is joining Josh Charles as leads of the new Fox medical comedy Best Medicine, based on the popular British series Doc Martin. Production will take place this summer in upstate New York.

Best Medicine is a one-hour comedy series that centers on Martin Best (Charles), a brilliant surgeon who abruptly leaves his illustrious career in Boston to become the general practitioner in a quaint East Coast fishing village where he spent summers as a child. Unfortunately, Martin’s blunt and borderline rude bedside manner rubs the quirky, needy locals the wrong way, especially local school teacher Louisa Glasson (Spencer); however, tenacity is the creed of everyone in their small village, and the people who live there may be exactly what the doctor ordered.

Although Martin can expertly address any medical ailment or mystery in this idiosyncratic town, he’s really just desperate...

Fox will be starting the 2025-2026 season with six new series, including upcoming drama “Memory of a Killer,” a revival of “Fear Factor” as well as the return of “American Dad!” and the network’s Sunday night Animation Domination block.

The news was announced ahead of Fox’s upfront presentation on Monday. Fox also revealed that this past season it ranked No. 1 among broadcasters when it came to the targeted 18-to-49 demographic and that it was the only network among Fox, ABC, CBS and NBC to be up year-over-year in the demo.

“Building on our winning position in both key demos and co-viewing this season, Fox delivers a 2025-26 schedule that’s filled with irreverence, fun and much-needed laughter,” Rob Wade, Fox Entertainment CEO, said. “Next year more than ever, we’re bringing that promise to life with a terrific slate to delight our audiences across linear, Hulu and beyond.

Josh Charles stars in ‘Best Medicine’ (Photo Cr: Mark Mann © 2025 Fox Media LLC)

Two-time Emmy nominee Josh Charles (The Good Wife) will star in Fox’s Best Medicine, an adaptation of the popular Doc Martin series. The original series starred Martin Clunes as Dr. Martin Ellingham. Charles will play Dr. Martin Best in the Fox comedy.

The network just gave the one-hour comedy a series order and expects it to premiere during the 2025-2026 primetime season.

“The series centers on Martin Best, a brilliant surgeon who abruptly leaves his illustrious career in Boston to become the general practitioner in a quaint East Coast fishing village where he spent summers as a child. Unfortunately, Martin’s blunt and borderline rude bedside manner rubs the quirky, needy locals the wrong way, and he quickly alienates the town, even though he’s all they’ve got,” reads Fox’s synopsis. “Although Martin can...

After the success of Fox's medical drama, Doc, which debuted earlier this year, the network is now giving the green light to a U.S. adaptation of a popular U.K. medical series. Doc Martin will come stateside as Best Medicine, with new details emerging about the upcoming series.

Variety reports that Doc Martin, a popular British medical comedy/drama that ran from 2004 to 2022, will be adapted into Best Medicine, a one-hour comedy series with Josh Charles starring as Doctor Martin Best. "The story of Doc Martin has resonated worldwide with its humanity, originality and humor, and with Best Medicine coming to Fox, that eccentricity gets a smalltown America spin, complete with idyllic charm and absurdity," said Michael Thorn, President of Fox Television Network.

Best Medicine will be executive produced by Ben Silverman, Rodney Ferrell, Liz Tuccillo, Mark Crowdy and Philippa Braithwaite. "[The executive producers] have done a terrific job adapting this signature character for the Fox audience,...

After Martin Clunes played the original Dr. Martin Ellingham in Doc Martin for nearly 20 years, another star is set to step into the role. Deadline reports that Josh Charles, best known for his role in Dead Poets Society and for recently starring as Commander Gabriel Wharton in The Handmaid’s Tale, will lead a new American remake of Doc Martin for Fox. Sex and the City scribe Liz Tuccillo has been tapped to write the new series, and she will also executive produce. While there is no word on when it will begin production, Deadline reports that the series is being eyed for release sometime during the 2025-2026 season, meaning it could come as early as the end of this year.

Charles is also known for his work in Four Brothers, the gritty crime drama led by Mark Wahlberg that’s been making the rounds on Paramount+ recently. He’s also...

Josh Charles will star in Fox’s latest medical series “Best Medicine,” an adaptation of the British hit series “Doc Martin.”

The medical comedy, which will premiere during the 2025-26 TV season, follows the success of the network’s medical drama “Doc” — which was also adapted from a hit Italian series.

“The story of Doc Martin has resonated worldwide with its humanity, originality, and humor, and with ‘Best Medicine’ coming to Fox, that eccentricity gets a smalltown America spin, complete with idyllic charm and absurdity,” President of Fox Television Network Michael Thorn said.

“Best Medicine” will center around Martin Best (Charles), a talented surgeon who abruptly leaves his career behind in Boston and moves to a quaint East Coast fishing village to become a general practitioner. Martin’s blunt, big-city bedside manner does not quite mesh with the locals in the small town. In his attempts to distance himself from the residents of the town,...

Fox is adding another medical show to its roster.

The network has given a series order to Best Medicine, an adaptation of the long-running British series Doc Martin. Josh Charles will star in the show, which Fox describes as an hour-long comedy, as a successful surgeon who abruptly leave his post in Boston to become a general practitioner in the East Coast fishing village where he spent summers as a kid. It’s slated to premiere in the 2025-26 season

Fox Entertainment will own the series outright, with Fox Entertainment Studios producing. All3Media International owns the Doc Martin format, which Propagate Content brought to Fox. Liz Tuccillo (Sex and the City, Divorce) executive produces with Ben Silverman, Howard T. Owens and Rodney Ferrell of Propagate and Mark Crowdy and Philippa Braithwaite, EPs of the original series.

“The story of Doc Martin has resonated worldwide with its humanity, originality, and humor,...

Popular U.K. dramedy “Doc Martin” is coming stateside. Fox has given a series order to “Best Medicine,” a one-hour comedy series starring Josh Charles as doctor Martin Best, which will debut during the 2025-2026 season.

Per the official series description, Martin is “a brilliant surgeon who abruptly leaves his illustrious career in Boston to become the general practitioner in a quaint East Coast fishing village where he spent summers as a child. Unfortunately, Martin’s blunt and borderline rude bedside manner rubs the quirky, needy locals the wrong way, and he quickly alienates the town, even though he’s all they’ve got. Although Martin can expertly address any medical ailment or mystery in this idiosyncratic town, he’s really just desperate to be left the hell alone. Instead, he keeps getting dragged right smack into the middle of their personal chaos, feuds and fantasies. What the locals don...

Exclusive: Doc, meat Doc Martin. On the heels of Doc‘s breakout success, Fox is doubling down on medical procedurals with a series order to one-hour comedy Best Medicine, based on the hugely popular British series Doc Martin. Josh Charles will take on the iconic character famously played by Martin Clunes for almost two decades.

Charles is set as the lead, the peculiar and brilliant Doctor Martin Best, in Best Medicine, from writer/executive producer Liz Tuccillo (Sex and the City). Wholly owned by Fox Entertainment, the series, produced by Fox Entertainment Studios, is slated to premiere during the 2025-26 season.

As Deadline noted in its annual pilot season report this past March, the Doc Martin adaptation had emerged as a frontrunner on the hourlong side at Fox. With the project headed to a likely series green light, Fox recently approached Charles for the lead...

Fox veterans The Simpsons, Family Guy and Bob’s Burgers have never really been on the bubble because first, they remain strong performers for the network, and secondly, due to the longer lead time needed in animation, they would always get an early renewal. That was taken to a new level this year as all three, along with American Dad!, returning to Fox after an 11-year run on TBS, have just been given four-year pickups, keeping the 20th TV Animation-produced comedies off the bubble list for the foreseeable future.

Also safe are the two Fox-owned animated comedies, Krapopolis and Grimsburg, which are not as strong in the ratings as the three long-timers but still bring eyeballs while also making money for the network via international and streaming sales. Krapopolis, now in its second season, already has been renewed for a fourth season. Grimsburg, also in its second season, is expected to be renewed for a third,...

In an unexpected turn of events, one of the worst romantic comedies of the 21st century has been in Max's top 10 for over a week. Don't expect the film to be on any top romantic comedies lists, since it doesn't do too well with modern audiences. The 2009 film He's Just Not That Into You sits at a positive 6.4 out of 10 on IMDb, but hasn't seemed to age well over time, with viewers coming to recognize that the film based on a 2004 dating self-help book is, well, out-dated.

If it's so out-dated, then why is the romantic comedy trending in Max's top 10? Some are revisiting the film for nostalgia or genuine interest, while the majority are looking back at how hilariously bad the ensemble film is. The movie adaptation of the book He's Just Not That Into You by Greg Behrendt and Liz Tuccillo, dictates the rules and myths that they say command the dating game.

Plot: The limited series charts the rise and fall of NFL superstar Aaron Hernandez and explores the disparate strands of his identity, his family, his career, his suicide and their legacy in sports and American culture.

Review: The fourth series in Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk’s American Story franchise, American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez blends a tale focused on a famous athlete with the criminal angle of related series like American Crime Story. The nineteenth volume in the ongoing franchise, Aaron Hernandez is a story that fits right at home alongside Murphy and Falchuk’s subject matter. There are mental illness, murder, celebrity, and queer storylines in abundance, with a new angle that intends to be something of an indictment of the world of college and professional football. However, rather than make a decisive commentary about how the NCAA and NFL have failed to protect players both medically and socially,...

Well, who could forget the time when Christian Ditter’s How to Be Single’s very own Dakota Johnson & Leslie Mann flipped the script during a seemingly routine promotional interview with Wsvn Miami’s Chris Van Vliet?

The chemistry of the encounter was as indisputable as it was refreshing. Compliments on cute socks quickly turned into flirtatious quips, inviting Johnson and Mann to join in the fun while graciously avoiding the monotonous press junket questions. Through their laughter and wit, the actresses didn’t spare any chance to hit on the reporter. Mann asked the reporter if he was single and remarked on his socks, quickly throwing the interview off course.

Dakota Johnson, Rebel Wilson in How to Be Single | Warner Bros. Pictures

So, isn’t it time we embraced the fun in the unexpected and learned a thing or two from these spirited leading ladies?

The Internet Can’t...

Exclusive: The television adaptation of Chelsea Handler’s memoir Life Will Be the Death of Me has landed in development at Peacock.

Deadline understands that the NBCUniversal-backed streamer has taken in the small-screen adaptation of the book, which was published in 2019. It comes after Deadline revealed that Universal Television had landed the rights to the book in a competitive situation in 2019.

Handler is set to star and exec produce the single-camera project with Chelsea Handler Productions’s Liz Tuccillo, who has written on Sex and The City and Divorce, writing and exec producing.

The series follows Handler in crisis. She goes into therapy to become a nicer and less entitled person. Mayhem and calamity ensue as she overcorrects, stumbles, regresses, and loses her marbles on her journey to self-improvement. The half-hour series comes with emotional underpinnings as Chelsea realizes she must deal with a tragedy from her childhood in order to truly move forward.

Debra Messing is headed to the White House: The Will & Grace vet will star in the Starz comedy East Wing, based on the experiences of co-creator Ali Wentworth’s mother, who served as social secretary during Ronald Reagan’s presidency in the 1980s.

The potential half-hour series centers around Hollis Carlisle (Messing), “a hostess extraordinaire who juggles her threatened husband, rebellious children, Nancy Reagan’s chief of staff and a crippling social anxiety disorder,” per the official synopsis.

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Debra Messing is set to star in and executive produce a new comedy series in development at Starz called “East Wing.”

Ali Wentworth is writer and creator of the half-hour comedy, and will also appear in the series alongside Messing and Liz Tuccillo.

Here is the official description from Starz:

“East Wing” draws from the experiences of Ali Wentworth’s mother, who served as Social Secretary in the White House during Ronald Reagan’s presidency in the 1980s. It tells the story of Hollis Carlisle (Messing), a hostess extraordinaire who juggles her threatened husband, rebellious children, Nancy Reagan’s Chief of Staff and a crippling social anxiety disorder. Ali will reoccur as Hollis’s best friend, Kelly Forbes, who is a stay at home mom and is threatened by Hollis’s success.

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“The...

Starz is developing East Wing, a half-hour comedy series starring Will & Grace alumna Debra Messing. It is created and written by Ali Wentworth (Nightcap), who will also appear in the series alongside Messing, and Liz Tuccillo (Divorce). East Wing is produced by Lionsgate and executive produced by Messing, Wentworth, Tuccillo and 3 Arts Entertainment’s Howard Klein and Molly Madden.

East Wing draws from the experiences of Wentworth’s mother, who served as Social Secretary in the White House during Ronald Reagan’s presidency in the 1980s. It tells the story of Hollis Carlisle (Messing), a hostess extraordinaire who juggles her threatened husband, rebellious children, Nancy Reagan’s Chief of Staff and a crippling social anxiety disorder. Ali will recur as Hollis’ best friend, Kelly Forbes, who is a stay at home mom and is threatened by Hollis’ success.

“The charm and relatability Debra brings to every character she inhabits...

Starz is developing a new comedy series titled “East Wing” with Debra Messing attached in the lead role, Variety has learned.

The series hails from writers and creators Ali Wentworth and Liz Tuccillo, with Wentworth also set to star alongside Messing. The show is inspired by Wentworth’s mother, who who served as Social Secretary in the White House during Ronald Reagan’s presidency in the 1980s. It tells the story of Hollis Carlisle (Messing), a hostess extraordinaire who juggles her threatened husband, rebellious children, Nancy Reagan’s Chief of Staff and a crippling social anxiety disorder. Ali will reoccur as Hollis’ best friend, Kelly Forbes, a stay at home mom who is threatened by her friend’s success.

Messing will executive produce in addition to starring, with Wentworth and Tuccillo also executive producing along with Howard Klein of 3 Arts and Molly Madden. Lionsgate Television will produce.

“The charm and...

Debra Messing has found her follow-up to Will & Grace.

The Emmy winner will star in a comedy project called East Wing that's in development at Starz. The show comes from Lionsgate Television and creators Ali Wentworth (who will also appear on camera) and Liz Tuccillo and draws from the experiences of Wentworth's mother, who served as social secretary in the White House during the Reagan administration.

Messing will play Hollis Carlisle, a hostess extraordinaire who has to balance her threatened husband, rebellious children, Nancy Reagan's chief of staff and a crippling social anxiety disorder.

"The charm and ...

Exclusive: We have learned that New Line has picked up the feature rights to Sarah Knight’s international bestselling satirical and practical guide The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F*ck, which Rachel Hirons will adapt for the big screen. Alexa Faigen will produce through her company, Five Quarters Entertainment.

The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F*ck introduced Knight’s Not Sorry Method for mental decluttering, ”a system for identifying what annoys you and clearing it out of your life just as you would with physical junk that no longer serves its purpose.” The book is known for its hysterical prose and commonsense techniques—such as creating a “f*ck budget” to allocate one’s time, energy, and money toward what truly makes them happy—encouraging readers of ridding unwanted obligations and the guilt associated with saying no.

Knight has published five bestselling books and three journals...

The streaming sector may be growing ever more crowded as increasing numbers of providers embrace the video-on-demand model of content distribution, but industry pioneer Netflix continues to dominate in terms of original content and more than double the subscribers of its nearest competitor, Disney+. And in March of 2020, those 62 million subscribers have a lot of compelling movies and series to look forward to, both original and imported.

In terms of weekly series, Crash Landing On You, the second-highest-rated Korean drama in cable television history after Sky Castle, and Chinese romcom Find Yourself both begin airing new episodes on Sundays in March, while the South Korean series Itaewon Class, the first project from distribution company Showbox, premieres new episodes on Fridays.

The first of the month, meanwhile, marks the first big release of material, including:

The first season of the Japanese anime based on a Takahiro manga, Akame ga Kill! The...

From creator Sharon Horgan (Catastrophe) and executive producer Liz Tuccillo (Sweetbitter), the final season of the HBO series Divorce has continued to follow Frances and Robert in their post-divorce lives, as they find themselves going in unexpected directions that actually bring them closer together. Whether it’s navigating co-parenting, sorting out their love lives, or dealing with their mutual friends, Frances and Robert come to terms with the fact that life is about the good and bad times, …...

“Divorce” Season 3 is very nearly a parody of its former self. What was a biting black comedy when it premiered in 2016 is now an accessible, easygoing pseudo-comedy. The players remain the same, but Frances (Sarah Jessica Parker) and Robert (Thomas Haden Church) are coasting through their post-divorce lives just as the season coasts to a less-than-fulfilling conclusion. No longer an insightful examination of a failed marriage, Season 3 is a shoulder-shrug emoji expanded over six uneventful half-hour episodes.

How little happens cannot be emphasized enough, and with that in mind, HBO’s Monday confirmation that the third season would be the series’ last should be a welcome announcement. Instead, knowing what happens this season (or doesn’t happen) only amplifies a growing concern. As the age of Peak TV pivots into the era of the Streaming Wars, marking an increased pressure on content providers to provide even more content, some shows...

Here is a wrap-up of all the news you need to know from July 1, 2019.

We have more Suits Season 9 footage, a new TV role for Kaley Cuoco, a TV Fanatic favorite coming to an end, and more!

Let's start with this news which is sure to give you a lot of feels.

WarnerMedia has placed a series order for an animated Gremlins prequel series for its upcoming streaming service.

Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai will be set in the 1920s in Shanghai. It will focus on Sam Wing (aka the shop owner from the movie series), and how he met Gizmo.

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"Along with a teenage street thief named Elle, Sam and Gizmo take a perilous journey through the Chinese countryside, encountering — and sometimes battling — colorful monsters and spirits from Chinese folklore,” the project’s logline reads.

“On their quest to return...

HBO is parting ways with Divorce, just hours before the Sarah Jessica Parker dramedy airs its third season premiere(Monday, 10/9c), TVLine’s sister site Deadline reports.

“Between scheduling and complicated lives and actors, it was a confluence of things that came together that helped us decide that [a six-episode final season] was something that we wanted to do, and we felt confidence that [showrunner Liz Tuccillo] could achieve what we were all hoping for for this final look at Frances and Robert,” Parker said in a statement.

“Sarah Jessica Parker has a unique ability to showcase the complexities of personal relationships with such empathy and humor,...

The third season of HBO’s “Divorce” will be its last, the network said Monday.

The comedy, created by Sharon Horgan and starring Sarah Jessica Parker, is set to return for its six-episode final season on Monday.

“Sarah Jessica Parker has a unique ability to showcase the complexities of personal relationships with such empathy and humor,” said Amy Gravitt, Evp, HBO Programming. “With ‘Divorce,’ she took our audiences through the keyhole and into the lives of a modern day couple dealing with the fallout of splitting up. As we end with the 3rd and final season of the show, we look forward to our next endeavor with Sarah Jessica and Pretty Matches.”

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“Divorce” stars the “Sex and the City” alum and Thomas Hayden Church as a divorced couple as they encounter several bombshell surprises that...

The third season of the HBO series “Divorce” will be the show’s last.

Season 3, which will consist of six episodes, will debut tonight. The series is described as the story of a very, very long divorce. It stars Sarah Jessica Parker and Thomas Haden Church as Frances and Robert, the couple at the center of the titular separation. The series also stars Molly Shannon, Talia Balsam, Tracy Letts, Sterling Jerins, and Charlie Kilgore, with Becki Newton being upped to a series regular for Season 3.

Parker executive produces in addition to starring in the series, which was created and is executive produced by Sharon Horgan. Liz Tuccillo joined the series as showrunner in Season 3. Alison Benson and Aaron Kaplan also executive produce.

Parker and her Pretty Matches production banner remain under a first-look deal with HBO.

“Sarah Jessica Parker has a unique ability to showcase the complexities of personal relationships with such empathy and humor,...

Exclusive: The six-episode third season of HBO’s comedy Divorce, which premieres tonight, will be its last. Series’ star and executive producer Sarah Jessica Parker remains in business with the premium cable network where her company, Pretty Matches Prods., has been under a first-look deal for 14 years. Parker and her long-time producing partner Alison Benson have built up a slate that spans scripted drama, comedy and unscripted TV series as well as features and documentaries.

“Sarah Jessica Parker has a unique ability to showcase the complexities of personal relationships with such empathy and humor,” said Amy Gravitt, Evp, HBO Programming. “With Divorce, she took our audiences through the keyhole and into the lives of a modern day couple dealing with the fallout of splitting up. As we end with the 3rd and final season of the show, we look forward to our next endeavor with Sarah Jessica and Pretty Matches.

“Divorce” isn’t going anywhere. With a new showrunner, six more episodes, and a fresh trailer (see below), the HBO comedy starring and executive produced by Sarah Jessica Parker continues to examine what happens to a family when the parents split. After all, divorce is not the end — it’s just another new beginning.

Season 3 sees Robert (Thomas Haden Church) and Jackie (Becki Newton) prepping to get married, living together in apparent harmony as Frances (Parker) faces problems on her end. Her new boyfriend Henry (James Lesure) isn’t exactly gelling with her ex, while her best friend Diane (Molly Shannon) needs to stay with her while her husband, Nick (Tracy Letts), loses their savings while sitting in jail.

How the former partners can come together for the benefit of their children — and the love left between them — remains the central question of this nuanced relationship story.

Taking over the...

An awkward family meeting ensues in the first trailer for Divorce Season 3.

HBO on Saturday announced that the Sarah Jessica Parker comedy will return on Monday, July 1 — a full 16 (!) months after its Season 2 finale aired.

The six-episode season follows Frances (Parker) and ex-husband Robert (Thomas Haden Church) as they “encounter surprises that spin their post-divorce lives in unexpected directions,” according to the official logline.

As TVLine first reported, Las Vegas vet James Lesure will appear this season as Frances’ new love interest. Returning cast members include Molly Shannon, Becki Newton, Talia Balsam, Sterling Jerins and Charlie Kilgore, as well as recurring guest star Tracy Letts.

HBO’s Divorce is making a big commitment to James Lesure, tapping the actor to join the Season 3 cast as a potential love interest for leading lady Sarah Jessica Parker.

HBO confirmed Lesure’s casting, although the cabler declined to offer additional details about his recurring character.

Divorce was renewed for a third season last fall, but the order was for just six episodes (down from Season 1’s 10 and Season 2’s 8). The series also underwent a big change behind-the-scenes, with Liz Tuccillo (Sex and the City) taking over the showrunner/Ep reins from Season 2 boss Jenny Bicks.

Divorce centers on...

Sarah Jessica Parker’s Divorce won’t be final anytime soon: HBO has renewed the bittersweet comedy for a third season, TVLine has learned.

Season 3 will consist of six episodes, HBO says, with production beginning early next year. Liz Tuccillo (Sex and the City) will take over as showrunner and executive producer.

Divorce stars Parker as Frances, who’s locked in a contentious divorce battle with her husband Robert, played by Thomas Haden Church. SNL veteran Molly Shannon co-stars as Frances’ loopy pal Diane, with Tracy Letts playing her husband Nick. Ugly Betty alum Becki Newton joined the cast in Season 2 as Jackie,...

HBO has made a renewal decision on Divorce, giving a six-episode Season 3 order to the comedy series created by Sharon Horgan and starring Sarah Jessica Parker and Thomas Haden Church. The decision comes eight months after the second season of Divorce ended its run on the premium cable network. The show’s episode orders have gone from 10 in Season 1 to eight in Season 2 and six for the upcoming third season.

Becki Newton, who joined as a recurring in Season 2, is being promoted to a series regular for Season 3, which will continue the story of a very, very long divorce. Production is set to begin in early 2019.

In anticipation of a third-season renewal, HBO this past summer set up a writers room with a new showrunner at the helm, Liz Tuccillo, who replaced Season 2 showrunner Jenny Bicks. The comedy also extended the options on its cast.

“We have a writers room going,...

HBO is not breaking up with Divorce.

The premium cable network has renewed the Sarah Jessica Parker comedy for a third season following a lengthy negotiation process. The series will resume production in early 2019.

Season three of Divorce will consist of six episodes — its lowest tally yet. That's down from 10 and eight in seasons one and two, respectively. Season three will feature the show's third different showrunner, as Liz Tuccillo will take over for Jenny Bicks, who replaced Paul Simms. Simms exited after season one, citing creative differences. Bicks also will not return for season three.

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Sex and the City alumna Jenny Bicks has signed an overall deal with Lionsgate TV. Under the pact, she will develop and produce original television series for the studio.

Bicks served as executive producer on HBO’s signature comedy Sex and the City and executive producer/showrunner on the Showtime dark comedy seriesThe Big C. She created and executive produced the ABC dramedy Men in Trees and the NBC comedy Leap of Faith.

Bicks most recently served as executive producer/showrunner on season 2 of HBO’s Divorce, starring Sex and the City’s Sarah Jessica Parker. HBO has yet to make a renewal decision on the dark comedy series, but Liz Tuccillo replaced Bicks as showrunner as scripts are being written for a potential third season. Bicks also worked on Dawson’s Creek and co-wrote the screenplays for Oscar-nominated The Greatest Showman, starring Hugh Jackman, and Rio 2.

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Jenny Bicks is on the move.

The Sex and the City alum has inked an overall deal with Lionsgate Television. Under the terms of the pact, Bicks will create and produce scripted originals for the indie studio overseen by Lionsgate TV Group chairman Kevin Beggs.

Bicks most recently reunited with Sarah Jessica Parker as showrunner on the HBO comedy Divorce. Bicks inked an overall deal with HBO last year and took over for season one showrunner Paul Simms. While the comedy has not officially been renewed for a third run at the premium cable network, Liz Tuccillo — who has ...

It’s been almost six months since the eight-episode second season of Divorce ended its run on HBO but the premium cable network is yet to make a renewal decision on the comedy series starring Sarah Jessica Parer.

“We have a writers room doing, scripts are being written. If they are in good shape, we will move forward but Sarah Jessica and everybody wanted to feel good about where we are going,” HBO president of programming Casey Bloys told Deadline at TCA. He expects a decision to be made by end of summer.

The Season 3 scripts for Divorce are being penned with a new showrunner at the helm, Liz Tuccillo, who replaced Season 2 showrunner Jenny Bicks. I hear the comedy extended the options on its cast while awaiting renewal decision.

The eight-episode Season 2 of Divorce found Frances (Parker) and her ex-husband, Robert (Thomas Haden Church), dealing with the aftermath of...

Shonda Rhimes’ Shondaland has emerged as one of the top suppliers of drama series on television. With five dramas on the air, ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy, Scandal, How To Get Away with Murder, The Catch and the upcoming Still Star-Crossed, the company is focusing on comedy, making a major push to expand into the half-hour arena this season. Leading off the effort is a single-camera half-hour comedy from Sex and the City alumna Liz Tuccillo, which has been sold to ABC with a…...

Hollywood does not know how to make a movie about women that isn’t about the pursuit of romance. Even when women say they don’t want romance, they’re lying. I’m “biast” (pro): hungry for movies about women

I’m “biast” (con): not generally a fan of romantic comedies

(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)

Do you want to know how to be single? Do you need to know how to be single? I figure everyone in the world knows how to be single, because that’s how we all start out, but if you need some tips, these are the ones How to Be Single has for you:

= Be embarrassed to be unmarried. Be miserable constantly.

= Have no hobbies or friends that aren’t devoted to getting you paired off.

= Feel as if you must justify your singleness to complete strangers.

= If you are a woman,...

If a romantic comedy called How to Be Single sounds rather baldly antithetical, that’s because the title is a bit of a misnomer. No, the commercials didn’t overtly deceive you: this is a glossy, New York-set ensemble rom-com, and it is populated by an assortment of camera-ready, charismatic actors, all of whom play single folk struggling to navigate the Big Apple’s hectic dating scene. Its characters are also all flying solo, for a variety of reasons and with wide-ranging levels of success.

But when it comes to actually instructing audiences in the ways of the lonely heart, the movie, directed by Christian Ditter, doesn’t have a clue. Its title would have been more accurate with punctuation added, so that it would appear less like a college seminar course (How to Be Single) and more like the socially regressive, queasily single-shaming lament it actually is for most of its length (How?...