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Exclusive: Jack Champion (Avatar franchise) has come aboard for a role in Don’t Say Good Luck, the new Netflix comedy from filmmaker Julia Hart (Miss Stevens), sources tell Deadline.

Netflix declined to comment, and character details are under wraps. Champion’s castmates include Melanie Lynskey, Max Greenfield, Stephanie Beatriz, Sunny Sandler, Bebe Neuwirth, and Steve Buscemi.

Written by Laura Hankin, Hart & Jordan Horowitz, the film follows Sophie Birenbaum (Sandler), who is ready for the spotlight as the lead in her high school musical — until suddenly she’s living with even more drama at home than on the stage.

Horowitz is producing for Original Headquarters, alongside Brian Kavanaugh-Jones and Fred Berger for Range, and Happy Madison. Michael Roiff and Barry Weissler are serving as executive producers.

Best known for his performance as Spider in Avatar: The Way of Water, a role he’ll reprise in the upcoming Avatar: Fire and Ash,...

Entertainment Community Fund Board Chair Annette Bening, Broadway performer Tommy Bracco (Newsies), Academy Award-winning actor, dancer and singer Ariana DeBose (West Side Story), Drama Desk Award winner Mandy Gonzalez (Sunset Blvd.), Golden Globe-nominated actress Lauren Graham (Gilmore Girls), The Dancers’ Resource founder Bebe Neuwirth (Cabaret), Tony Award nominee Brad Oscar (Something Rotten!) and Tony Award nominee Jennifer Simard (Death Becomes Her) will join the A Chorus Line Official 50th Anniversary Celebration on Sunday, July 27 at 7:30 pm Et at Broadway’s Shubert Theatre. The Fund also revealed that an online auction via Charitybuzz is now available to attend the A Chorus Line Official 50th Anniversary Celebration. The exclusive auction package includes two coveted front-row tickets to the currently...

Jutst yesterday, the best of Broadway came together in Shubert Alley for the 27th annual Broadway Barks. Hosted by co-founder Bernadette Peters and Beth Leavel, the special event featured a ‘meet and greet' of all the adoptable pets, who made their Broadway debut on stage alongside some of Broadway's favorite stars. The lineup included Ali Louis Bourzgui (Hadestown), Preston Truman Boyd(Pirates! The Penzance Musical), Danny Burstein (Gypsy), Victoria Clark (Kimberly Akimbo), Glenn Davis (Purpose),Cole Escola, Max von Essen (Chicago The Musical), Lana Gordon (Hadestown), Phillip Huber (Boop! The Musical), Latanya Richardson Jackson (Purpose), Jon Michael Jill (Purpose), Harry Lennix (Purpose), Audra McDonald (Gypsy), Bebe Neuwirth (Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club), Brad Oscar (Wicked), Zoë Roberts (Operation Mincemeat), Jordan Tyson (Gypsy), Samantha Williams (Pirates! The Penzance Musical), Azalea Wolfe (Stranger Things), Gianna Yanelli (Six: The Musical), and Kara Young (Purpose). Check out photos from the special day below!

Frasier's fan base continues to prove their dedication to the long-running 90s sitcom, sending it climbing up the streaming charts. The show and its recent 2023 revival are both streaming on Paramount+.

FlixPatrol reports that the original Frasier series has climbed one spot to #5 on Paramount+'s Top 10 TV Shows in the United States for July 10. It still trails behind another popular 90s sitcom, Everybody Loves Raymond(#4), but is outperforming another one of its contemporaries, The King of Queens (#8). Frasier originally ran for 11 seasons from 1993 to 2004 and was later revived in 2023 with Kelsey Grammer reprising his role as the titular Frasier Crane.

Unfortunately for fans, Frasier's revival was relatively short-lived and debuted to mixed reviews. It saw the return of several characters from the original series, including Bebe Neuwirth and Peri Gilpin as Lilith and Roz, but it also noticeably lacked key characters - most notably David Hyde Pierce, who declined...

It’s been more than six months since Paramount+ rebooted the classic Cheers spinoff, Frasier. The revival premiered 30 years after the original Frasier debuted on NBC. While the show was a ratings juggernaut in its heyday,Frasier is currently slipping down on the streaming charts.

Per FlixPatrol, Frasier, which streams on Paramount+, currently holds the sixth spot in Paramount+’s Top 10 television shows as of July 4. It’s down a spot from number five earlier this week. The sitcom, which ran for 11 seasons from 1993 to 2004, has fallen behind Everybody Loves Raymond,which now holds the number five spot in the Top 10.

CBS’s mainstay procedural drama Criminal Minds holds the first place spot, followed by Showtime’s The Chi, which sits at number 3. NCIS and SpongeBob SquarePants hold the third and fourth place slots in the Top 10.

The Reboot Lasted Just Two Seasons

Frasier had a short-lived two-season revival on Paramount+. In the reboot,...

Cheersran for 11 seasons on NBC from 1982 to 1992. While the cast was a big part of the show's success, Ted Danson recalls worrying that one of his co-stars was not the right fit for the sitcom.

Speaking on his Where Everybody Knows Your Name podcast alongside guest Helen Hunt, Danson opened up about his initial concerns about Shelley Long's casting. "I looked at Shelley Long when we were auditioning for Cheers. I went, 'No, no, no. Do not hire her. It'll ruin the show,'" he said via Entertainment Weekly. The actor went on to admit that his first impression of his co-star was wrong. "She made the show. She came out hitting a home run [on] day one. We were so different... Grew to love her, absolutely. But different. It was hard for us to sit around and just talk. But when we got in front of a camera, it was like a prize fight.

Broadway Barks has announced additional celebrities for their 27th annual dog and cat adoption on Saturday, July 12, 2025 at 3:00pm in Shubert Alley. As previously announced, the event will be hosted by co-founder Bernadette Peters and Beth Leavel and is produced by Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. The lineup will now include Ali Louis Bourzgui (Hadestown), Preston Truman Boyd(Pirates! The Penzance Musical), Danny Burstein (Gypsy), Victoria Clark (Kimberly Akimbo), Glenn Davis (Purpose),Cole Escola, Max von Essen (Chicago The Musical), Lana Gordon (Hadestown), Phillip Huber (Boop! The Musical), Latanya Richardson Jackson (Purpose), Jon Michael Jill (Purpose), Harry Lennix (Purpose), Audra McDonald (Gypsy), Bebe Neuwirth (Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club), Brad Oscar (Wicked), Zoë Roberts (Operation Mincemeat), Jordan Tyson (Gypsy), Samantha Williams (Pirates! The Penzance Musical), Azalea Wolfe (Stranger Things), Gianna Yanelli (Six: The Musical), and Kara Young (Purpose). This year's poster art is designed by Stacy Lazzara. Barks begins.

Two-time Tony Award winner Bebe Neuwirth is among the cast starring in Don't Say Good Luck, a new comedy film for Netflix, Deadline reports. The movie follows high school student Sophie Birenbaum, played by Sunny Sandler, who is preparing to star as the lead in her high school musical. However, she soon realizes that she is facing more drama at home than she is in her show after her mother's cancer unexpectedly returns. Julia Hart will direct the movie from a script she co-wrote with Laura Hankin and Jordan Horowitz, who is also set to executive produce. In addition to Neuwirth and Sandler, Don't Say Good Luck will star Melanie Lynskey, Max Greenfield, Stephanie Beatriz, and Steve Buscemi. Character...

Frasiermay have premiered more than three decades ago, but the original series is still a fan favorite. Although the reboot was canceled after two seasons on Paramount+, the 1993 sitcom, which was a Cheersspinoff, is gaining momentum on streaming.

Per FlixPatrol, and as of June 26, Frasier currently holds the number five spot on Paramount+'s Top 10 TV shows. The sitcom is currently ahead of shows like Ghosts, The Neighborhood, The Chi, The King of Queens, and Blue Bloods. Frasier ran for 11 seasons from 1993 to 2004 on NBC, and starred Kelsey Grammer as the titular Dr. Frasier Crane.

The sitcom also featured David Hyde Pierce as Frasier’s brother, Niles Crane, Jane Leeves as Daphne Moon, Peri Gilpin as Roz Doyle, and the late John Mahoney as Frasier and Niles' dad, Martin Crane.Frasier follows Dr. Crane as he moves from Boston back home to Seattle, where he takes a job as a radio psychiatrist.

Exclusive: Filmmaker Julia Hart (Miss Stevens) has set the cast for Don’t Say Good Luck, a new comedy for Netflix. Pic will star Melanie Lynskey (Yellowjackets), Max Greenfield (The Neighborhood), Stephanie Beatriz (Brooklyn Nine-Nine), Sunny Sandler (You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah), Bebe Neuwirth (Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club), and Steve Buscemi (Boardwalk Empire).

Written by Laura Hankin, Hart & Jordan Horowitz, the film follows Sophie Birenbaum (Sandler), who is ready for the spotlight as the lead in her high school musical — until suddenly she’s living with even more drama at home than on the stage.

Horowitz will produce for Original Headquarters, alongside Brian Kavanaugh-Jones and Fred Berger for Range, and Happy Madison. Michael Roiff and Barry Weissler are EPs.

Prior to Don’t Say Good Luck, Hart has helmed features including the acclaimed dramedy Miss Stevens; genre-bender Fast Color starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw; Prime Video’s crime...

Hosted by The Voice of the Mets Colin Cosell, The 24 Hour Musicals were just held yesterday, June 16, at the Lynn F. Angelson Theatre. This intensive theatrical endeavor lets artists write, rehearse and perform four new musicals in just 24 hours. Check out photos from inside the big night! Participating artists included: Osh Ashruf, Becky Ann Baker, Abigail Breslin, Lilli Cooper, Rachel Dratch, Andrew Leeds, Warren Leight, Itamar Moses, christopher oscar peña, Gabrielle Ruiz, Meredith Scardino, Carolyn Cantor, John Carrafa, Morgan Siobhan Green, Jesse Eisenberg, Alexis Floyd, Michael R. Jackson, Bebe Neuwirth, Maulik Pancholy, and Peppermint. This year's event honored the organization's long-time collaborator Anna Strout. <br...

Additional presenters and performances have been announced for the 69th Annual Drama Desk Awards, being held this Sunday, June 1 at NYU Skirball. Jeb Brown, Andrew Durand, Cole Escola, Sarah Hyland, Celia Keenan-Bolger, Bebe Neuwirth, and Nicole Scherzinger will present Awards that evening, along with previously announced Victoria Clark, Darren Criss, Brandon Victor Dixon, Tom Francis, Jonathan Groff, Jeremy Jordan, Norm Lewis, Jinkx Monsoon, Alex Newell, Gracie Lawrence, Adam Pascal, Lily Rabe, Jennifer Simard, Ryan Spahn, Will Swenson, and Michael Urie. There will also be performances by Joshua Henry, Norm Lewis, Lesli Margherita, and the 2024 Drama Desk Award winner for Best Musical Dead Outlaw. Staci Levine and Jessica R. Jenen return as co-executive producers of the Awards. This year’s awards...

Many people think of the late George Wendt from Cheers sitting in a pub dropping amusing one-liners. Now that he has passed away, interest is high, and people want to see more of the comedy sitcom. Where can you binge-watch it? Read on to find out.

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Chris McKenna (Jack Brennan) on General Hospital shared several tributes to his friend and mentor, George. In his latest post, where he remembers George as a loving family man, one follower revealed that fans can watch a full day of Cheers on Saturday, May 24. The promo arrived on Justin Ullman’s Catchy Comedy on YouTube, for an all-day binge.

Chris McKenna remembers his friend George – chrislmckenna – Instagram

You can find out more by watching the promo below. Meanwhile, you can also binge-watch all 11 seasons of the Paramount/NBC show on Paramount+ via Prime Video. You can watch for free if...

With Tim Robinson's hilarious sketch series "I Think You Should Leave" having cemented the former "Saturday Night Live" and "Detroiters" star's status as a full comedy legend and "Friendship" pairing him with Paul Rudd to further establish his talent, the comedian seems nothing short of undeniable. Still, despite friends of funny business everywhere chuckling to themselves whenever they remember "Brian's Hat," Robinson's professional life might not be entirely composed of well-deserved victories after all.

One of Robinson's less-known but still perfectly hilarious works is the Adult Swim cartoon "Teenage Euthanasia," which premiered in 2021 and got its sophomore season in 2023. However, fans of the show who have been waiting for news of season 3 will be disappointed to hear that the show seems to have died with barely a whimper.

While nothing has been etched in official stone, evidence indicates that "Teenage Euthanasia" has been canceled. Adult Swim hasn't actually...

Adult Swim may have just quietly confirmed that its animated sitcom Teenage Euthanasia has been canceled. The series ran from 2021 to 2023.

Per ComicBook, the official Instagram page for Teenage Euthanasia has been updated, heavily hinting that the show will not continue on for a third season. "Like Trophy's heart, this show is dead," the bio reads, referring to one of the show's characters, Trophy Fantasy. The last post on the Teenage Euthanasia Instagram was in October 2023, and the recent change seems to indicate that no new episodes of the underrated sitcom will be on the way.

Teenage Euthanasia starred Maria Bamford as Trophy Fantasy, Jo Firestone as Euthanasia "Annie" Fantasy, Tim Robinson as Uncle Pete and Bebe Neuwirth as Baba. Set in the near future, the comedy series centers around the owners of the Tender Endings funeral home when Trophy's corpse is delivered to Euthanasia and is later revived as a sentient zombie.

All seems to be well between Cheers co-stars Ted Danson and Kelsey Grammer after the acting legends buried their long-running dispute in multiple interviews. However, the wait for an on-screen reunion lingers on, with Danson revealing why he opted not to appear in Grammer's now-canceled Frasier reboot.

Speaking on the Howie Mandel Does Stuff Podcast, Danson explained why he decided against returning as Sam Malone in the modern-day version of the beloved sitcom. According to the A Man on the Inside star, his decision was due to doubts over whether he could play an older Malone. "I didn't know how to ... how the f**k do you play Sam Malone in his 60s or now 70s?" he said. "It's amusing to be an aging adolescent when you're in your 30s [or] 40s, but not when you're in your 70s. So, I thought, I don't know how to do that."

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We've mentioned the low-profile Chita Rivera Awards a few times here at The Film Experience. The awards, named after the legendary Broadway performer of West Side Story, The Rink, Chicago, and Sweet Charity fame are a fun idea, honoring dance in both feature films and on Broadway (the more common place for dance to be honored). Since we love all three art forms and the namesake we are all for this! The 2025 honors will be their 7th installment.

This year's ceremony will be held in NYC on May 19 with the amazing Tony & Emmy winner Bebe Neuwirth as host. The most famous nominee this year is surely Jonathan Groff. While we've had an enormous crush on him for years, we swear that it's his abundant talent and not his beauty that have kept the fires burning. Plus mad respect for the surely difficult but highly welcome balancing act...

The Frasierrevival may have been cancelled at Paramount+, but if it finds a new home, Frasier Crane may just get a visit from his long-lost brother. David Hyde Pierce, who played Niles Crane on all eleven seasons of Frasier's original run, is open to a guest appearance on the series. Varietyreports that although Pierce turned down a regular role on the series, he'd be happy to drop in on Frasier's new Boston abode.

The series, which debuted in 2023 and ran for two seasons before Paramount+ cancelled it earlier this year, had Frasier (Kelsey Grammer) relocate to Boston to be closer to his firefighter son, Frederick (Jack Cutmore-Scott), in the wake of his father Martin's death. Several Frasier supporting and recurring characters have made appearances on the series, including Roz Doyle (Peri Gilpin), Lilith Sternin (Bebe Neuwirth), Bob "Bulldog" Briscoe (Dan Butler), and Bebe Glazer (Harriet Sansom Harris), but Niles, who...

Bernadette Peters has long been heralded as one of legendary composer Stephen Sondheim’s greatest interpreters. The actress originated roles in Sunday in the Park With George and Into the Woods and starred in revivals of Gypsy, A Little Night Music, and Follies. Now, three years after Sondheim’s death, Peters has returned to Broadway to pay tribute to her long-time collaborator and friend in the revue Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends. If she receives recognition from the Tony Awards for her efforts, she could make history in the Best Featured Actress in a Musical category.

Peters earned her first Tony nomination in 1972 in Featured Actress for On the Town, which was her sixth Broadway production. She has received six additional nominations for Mack & Mabel, Sunday in the Park With George, Song and Dance, The Goodbye Girl, Annie Get Your Gun, and Gypsy — winning for Song and Dance and Annie Get Your Gun...

We knew the day would eventually come, but that doesn't mean it's any easier to accept. This May, Netflix will be saying goodbye to one of the most beloved political drama series, which is sure to disappoint fans. Madam Secretary, with its captivating depiction of a strong female lead managing the challenges of global politics, has resonated with audiences for years. Its departure will leave a noticeable gap in Netflix's political drama offerings, and fans will surely miss the sharp-witted Elizabeth McCord and her remarkable team as they balance the chaos of world affairs with their personal lives.

No, you didn't read that wrong. Madam Secretary is really set to leave the platform next month, marking the end of its long streaming run. Netflix has already placed a removal notice on the show's title page on the platform. All six seasons of Madam Secretary will be removed from the service on Thursday,...

Usually, when an established sitcom suddenly adds a new character, it’s a sign of desperation — and one most viewers can see right through. This, in turn, provokes them to attack without mercy. Just think of poor Cousin Oliver, the cute kid brought in for Season Five of The Brady Bunch who is still blamed for the show’s cancellation. Scooby-Doo fans similarly still revile Scrappy-Doo, and even Andy from The Office has his share of haters.

On the other hand, sometimes new blood is exactly the injection of energy a show needs. Here are five examples of new additions that actually made a series much, much better…

1 Frank Reynolds on ‘It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’

Season One of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, while pretty rough, had an undeniable spark. The only problem? No one watched it. That’s why the head of FX insisted the show bring in...

The fate of the Frasier reboot remains unclear two months after Paramount+ canceled the new-age edition of the Kelsey Grammer-led sitcom. However, while producers try to find a new home for the revival, the original series becomes a hit on its streaming service, proving Dr. Crane's everlasting appeal to fans.

Per Flix Patrol, the Og Frasier has become a hit on Paramount+, ranking ninth on the streamer's Top 10 charts in the United States. The series is just above the 2023 supernatural teen drama series, School Spirits, in 10th place. Meanwhile, Taylor Sheridan's Yellowstone spinoff, 1923, tops the list.

Frasier remains one of the most beloved comedies and successful spinoffs in history, with the series chronicling the titular radio psychiatrist who fans became familiar with during its parent show, Cheers. Frasier sees Dr. Crane relocate from Cheers' home in Boston to his native Seattle, where he emerges as a popular Kacl...

If the Frasier reboot continues, star and producer Kelsey Grammer believes an on-screen reunion is possible between him and his Cheers castmate Ted Danson in his rebooted sitcom. However, Grammer insists this won't lead to a Cheers reboot as he gives a definitive update on the hit parent series.

Speaking with the New York Post, Grammer explored the possibilities of a third season of his Frasier reboot, should it find a new home after its Paramount+ cancelation in January. According to Grammer, who claimed it's "very possible" the series will continue elsewhere, he suggested Danson could appear in Season 3 after the duo's recent public burial of the hatchet following their Cheers fallout. “Ted and I might visit actually something together,” Grammer said. “We’ve been talking about a couple ideas. Maybe on Frasier. We don’t know.” However, Grammer stated that "there’s certainly still some fields to be mined...

Acclaimed actor Kelsey Grammer believes there are plenty more tossed salads and scrambled eggs left to cook up as he provides a hopeful update about his canceled Frasier reboot. The lead actor and producer of the revived sitcom is confident that a third season of the revived show will happen and calls out Paramount for putting the series on the chopping block.

Speaking with the New York Post, Grammer addressed the status of the Frasier reboot, which Paramount canceled this past January after two seasons. Grammer stated he's "very positive" the series will air again. However, Grammer clarified his feelings about Paramount's treatment of the show, suggesting changing leadership led to the studio not treating it with the care it deserved, including a lack of marketing.

“There’s a better home for it. I mean, obviously, they didn’t really promote or spend much time on it," he said. “The...

Kelsey Grammer remains determined to bring Dr. Frasier Crane back to the screen, even after the Paramount+ cancelation of the Frasier revival. Grammer's iconic Dr. Crane returned with the anticipated follow-up series that premiered back in October 2023. The series saw Frasier back in Boston (the city audiences first met the quirky doctor through Cheers), following the death of his father and the demise of a 20-year relationship. This time around, Grammer was surrounded by an all-new cast. After a two-season run, the streamer canceled the revival.

Grammer believes that Paramount didn't properly promote the series, which, in turn, reflected a lack of passion from the streamer. In an interview with the New York Post, he shared:

"There's a better home for it. I mean, obviously, they didn't really promote or spend much time on it." He added: "The fellow that worked at Paramount Plus when we first sold the show there left,...

Against all odds, a show that many fans never thought to see return was Frasier. It had been almost twenty years since the series finale in 2004, and yet Kelsey Grammer returned to the role in 2023 for a reboot brought to audiences by Paramount+.

Unfortunately, after only twenty episodes, the show was unceremoniously canceled. Fans were disappointed, especially due to the fact that the reboot felt right at home with the original series. Although the locations and characters were different, audiences felt like the reboot was just like classic Frasier. Even though the show won't continue, fans can still enjoy their best episodes.

Frasier Returns to Boston Season 1, Episode 1, "The Good Father"

The first episode of the new series assures fans of the original that this reboot will take good care of the radiotherapist. After his father's funeral, Frasier returns to Boston to reconnect with his old friend, Alan Cornwall, and his son,...

For three decades and two iterations, Frasier remains the one show fans cherish when thinking about Kelsey Grammer. However, Grammer reveals that if it hadn't been for the intervention of Paramount's boss, he would have gone in a different direction after his Cheers run ended.

During an interview on NPR's Bullseye with Jesse Thorn, Grammer confirmed he wasn't eyeing a Cheers spinoff featuring Dr. Crane after the hit series' conclusion. Instead, Grammer pitched a pilot to then-Paramount president John Pike chronicling a Malcolm Forbes-like media mogul who was paralyzed from the waist down following a serious accident and befriended his physical therapist during recovery. Though Grammer thought it "was time to let Frasier go," and felt the pilot script was "pretty funny," Pike rejected the idea, believing a Frasier spinoff had promise given how well fans connected with his Cheers character. Pike bluntly told Grammer, “Kelsey, I think a sitcom should befunny,...

We've all heard of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which Marvel is currently in the process of trying to fix before it's too late. But if you happened to grow up in the 90s you might well be familiar with arguably the true forerunner to Marvel's juggernaut of a blockbuster franchise: The Frasier-verse. Ok, Dr. Frasier Crane might not be the real genesis of the gargantuan shared timeline erected by Marvel Studios over the past decade, but he was at the center of a television universe that is much larger than you might think.

Most fans will know that Kelsey Grammer debuted as the character on "Cheers," which ran for 11 seasons from 1982 until 1993, before starring in his own sitcom which also ran for 11 seasons before wrapping up in 2004. Likewise, most will know that he reprised the role in 2023 for the neither disappointing nor remarkable "Frasier" revival series for the Paramount+ streaming service.

You know you're old when Hollywood starts remaking films released when you were in high school. Premiering on Christmas day in 1998, The Faculty was the meta answer to sci-fi films in the same way 1996's Scream was to the slasher movie sub-genre. It was a modest hit upon release, but it has gone on to develop a major cult following with genre fans. This was bound to happen sooner or later, and it looks like that time is now, because a remake is officially in the works.

Per Variety, a remake of The Faculty is set at Miramax and the director of the original film, Robert Rodriguez, is on board as a producer. What makes this remake news promising is that Drew Hancock is writing the project. That name may not be immediately recognizable, but he's an emerging talent who wrote and directed this weekend's Companion, a new horror film...

Back at the end of December 2023, just two days after the 25th anniversary of the release of director Robert Rodriguez‘s alien invasion horror film The Faculty (watch it Here), which reached theatres on December 25, 1998, scooper Daniel Richtman has revealed on his Patreon page that Rodriguez was on board to produce a remake of The Faculty. Now, thirteen months later, Variety has finally confirmed that scoop – and they have also revealed that the screenplay for the remake is being written by Drew Hancock, writer/director of the sci-fi thriller Companion, which reaches theatres tomorrow. JoBlo’s own Tyler Nichols already had the chance to see Companion and gave it a 9/10 review that can be read Here.

Rodriguez directed the original The Faculty from a screenplay by Scream writer Kevin Williamson (working from a story by David Wechter and Bruce Kimmel). The film has the following synopsis: To the students at Harrington High,...

The 1990s are hot again here in 2025, with properties including Scream, I Know What You Did Last Summer and even Idle Hands all plotting returns. Additionally, Variety reports today that Miramax is headed back to school with a remake of The Faculty now in the works.

Robert Rodriguez, who directed the original The Faculty back in 1998, is returning to produce the remake, with Drew Hancock (Companion) attached to write the screenplay.

The Faculty remake will be produced by BoulderLight.

Written by Kevin Williamson, the 1998 sci-fi horror film starred a cast of hot young talents including Jordana Brewster, Clea DuVall, Laura Harris, Josh Hartnett, Shawn Hatosy, Famke Janssen, Piper Laurie, Bebe Neuwirth, Robert Patrick, Usher Raymond, Jon Stewart, and Elijah Wood.

In that original movie, a group of small-town high school students, including an introverted photographer and a charismatic drug dealer, begin to suspect something’s off with their teachers. After realizing the faculty is,...

Paramount+ has cancelled the revived version of Frasier after two series. The show is now being shopped to other networks.

Frasier is undoubtably one of the most beloved American sitcoms of all time. Spun-off from Cheers, itself an 11 season American institution, Frasier had some of the wittiest writing on television, elevated by the magnificent casting of David Hyde Pierce as Frasier’s equally fastidious brother Niles.

Along with the much missed John Mahoney as their dad, Martin, Jane Leeves as housekeeper Daphne Moon and Peri Gilpin as acerbic producer Roz Doyle, over 11 seasons the show became embedded in American culture.

According to Deadline, Paramount+ has decided not to move forward with a third series. One of the reasons given is that the show “could not break through in a major way on Paramount+”.

However, the creative team are shopping the show to other networks. There may yet be a future for the show.

Although he'd been acting on stage and screen beforehand, most people first were introduced to David Hyde Pierce via his role as Niles Crane on the NBC sitcom "Frasier." Pierce was, in the long run, the secret sauce that helped differentiate "Frasier" from "Cheers," as Niles quickly became a fan favorite and was one-half of the show's long-running "will they/won't they" romance, culminating in a marriage and baby between him and his father's home health-care worker Daphne Moon. Aside from the way audiences loved Pierce as Niles, it was clear the industry did too: He was nominated 11 times for a Best Supporting Actor Emmy, winning four times, including for the show's final season in 2004. But unlike Kelsey Grammer continuing to ply his trade in the world of sitcoms with countless (and far less successful) follow-ups, Pierce chose to mostly (but not entirely) step away from the on-screen limelight after...

Put away the tossed salad and scrambled eggs because the Frasier revival has been canceled after just two seasons. But that doesn’t mean we won’t see more, as even though Paramount+ will no longer produce the show, CBS Studios is still on board for the future of Frasier.

While the future of Frasier is currently uncertain, as you can stream the original Frasier on Amazon Prime Video and Hulu, that could be an indicator that the revival may find a home there as well.

Already a spin-off, Frasier didn’t initially seem worthy of coming back. But the nostalgia wave was strong enough for it to land on Paramount+; it, too, proved to be just what it needed to be: something comfortable for fans of the original to nestle into. Sure, it was missing both the late John Mahoney (who played Frasier Crane’s father Martin) and David Hyde Pierce...

Frasier Crane will once again be looking for a new home.

Paramount+ says it won’t go ahead with a third season of Frasier, its revival of the Must See TV-era NBC comedy starring Kelsey Grammer. The news comes two months after the show’s second season concluded.

CBS Studios, which produces the show, says it will look to find a new home for Frasier, which follows Dr. Frasier Crane (Grammer) as he returns to Boston and takes a teaching post at Harvard in order to forge a better relationship with his now-adult son Freddy (Jack Cutmore-Scott). Nicholas Lyndhurst, Toks Olagundoye, Jess Salguiero and Anders Keith also star; Frasier alumni Peri Gilpin, Bebe Neuwirth, Harriet Sansom Harris, Dan Butler and Edward Hibbert have made guest appearances.

The first rumblings of a Frasier revival came in early 2021; Paramount+ gave it a series order in October 2022, and it premiered a year later.

Frasier‘s return has hit a major bump. Paramount+ has opted not to renew the Kelsey Grammer-led comedy for a third season. Producer CBS Studios remains committed to the series and plans to shop it to other outlets.

Those are not expected to include the most logical home for a multi-camera sitcom that originated on broadcast — CBS Studios’ sibling CBS. The network, which is eying a planted spinoff of The Neighborhood among other comedies in development, has no current shelf space available. Possibilities include Prime Video and Hulu, which both carry the library of Frasier‘s original run. Seasons 1 and 2 of the revival, along with the original library episodes, will remain available on Paramount+.

Paramount+ ordered Frasier to series in 2022 with James Burrows directing the first episode. Season 1 premiered a year later and Season 2 dropped in September.

Despite its well known title and Grammer reprising his popular title role,...

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Lessons in Chemistry is a drama miniseries developed for television by Lee Eisenberg. Based on a novel of the same name by Bonnie Garmus, the Apple TV+ series is set in 1960s America, and it revolves around Elizabeth Zott, who has always dreamed of being a scientist, but because of the patriarchal society, she is denied her dream. That’s when he accepts a job on a TV cooking show and teaches the nation’s housewives way more than recipes. Lessons in Chemistry stars Brie Larson, Lewis Pullman, Stephanie Koenig, Kevin Bussman, Aja Naomi King, and Thomas Mann. So, if you loved the inspiring story, female empowerment, and compelling characters in Lessons in Chemistry, here are some similar shows you should check out next.

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While we all love his quick wit, snooty pretensions and proclivity for throwing wildly farcical dinner parties, when it comes down to it, Dr. Frasier Crane is still a deadbeat dad.

In the very first scene of the very first episode of Frasier, Dr. Crane explains to a caller (and to the TV audience at home) why he’s suddenly working as an Am radio psychiatrist in Seattle. It seems that, in the time since Cheers ended, his career had become “stagnate,” his marriage was over and his social life “consisted of hanging around a bar night after night.”

So, craving a new start, Frasier packed his bags and moved back to his hometown of Seattle.

Which is a pretty messed-up decision to make, considering that Frasier had a small child at home. His son, Frederick, was born in the fall of 1989, which we know because it all transpired in an episode of Cheers.

Country star Orville Peck will make his Broadway debut as the Emcee in Cabaret this spring.

Peck, known for wearing his signature mask and albums including Pony, Bronco and Stampede, will take on the role opposite Tony nominee Eva Noblezada as Sally Bowles. The two will play a 16-week run starting March 31.

Adam Lambert and Auli‘i Cravalho will play their final performances in the roles on March 29. Lambert and Cravalho took over from Eddie Redmayne and Gayle Rankin, who opened the musical on Broadway in April.

Peck has worked with artists including Willie Nelson, Elton John, Shania Twain, Kylie Minogue and Beck. He trained as an actor at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and appeared in an Olivier Award-nominated play on London’s West End..

“I truly cannot believe I’m getting to make my Broadway debut in one of my favorite shows and in probably my...

Exclusive: Masked country music star Orville Peck and two-time Tony Award nominee Eva Noblezada are set as the new Emcee and Sally Bowles of Broadway’s Cabaret at the KitKat Club, producers announced today.

Peck, making his Broadway debut, and Noblezada will play a limited 16-week engagement at the August Wilson Theatre starting Monday, March 31, through Sunday, July 20. They’ll take over for Adam Lambert and Auli‘i Cravalho who, as previously announced, will play their final performances on Saturday evening, March 29.

Casting for the two roles after Sunday, July 20, will be announced this summer. Today’s announcement was made by producers Adam Speers for Atg Productions, Underbelly, Gavin Kalin Productions, Hunter Arnold, Smith & Brant Theatricals, and Wessex Grove.

Producers aren’t saying whether Peck will play the Emcee with or without a mask.

“The Emcee has been my dream role since I was a teenager,” said Peck, who is rarely...

The 8th annual International Holocaust Survivors Night (Ihsn) was held globally – and virtually – on the fifth night of Chanukah, Sunday, December 29.

This year’s event was co-hosted by journalist and NBC News Chief Chuck Todd and Claims Conference EVP Greg Schneider. The theme for the virtual event was “hope,” focusing on how Holocaust survivors have inspired the world with their strength, resilience and hope – an inspiration the world desperately needs. Celebrity greetings included messages from Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony winner Barbra Streisand, Billy Crystal, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Debra Messing, Julianna Margulies, Rob Reiner, Steve Guttenberg, Adam Arkin, Tony Dokoupil, Bebe Neuwirth and Steven Skybell, Tovah Feldshuh and social media influencer Montana Tucker and the anchors of the Today Show on NBC. Participants in the event were entertained by a musical performance from singers, including Grammy and Tony Award winner Barry Manilow and Sabine Fischmann.

Dignitaries participating included: German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz; German Finance Minister,...

This article contains spoilers for Moana 2.

Disney has been a trusted brand for producing family-friendly all-age films. From original stories to classic fairy tales, many Disney movies are widely loved and long celebrated. Magical creatures and friendly animals make most stories less frightening despite tackling dark themes. The promise of love between a princess and a prince is also able to gloss over the disturbing truth underneath their union.

In fact, many classic Disney movies are more problematic than fans noticed. The portrayal of romance goes wrong in many movies. From Snow White to Moana 2, what seems like a magical journey about empowerment and adventure might have some very disturbing details lying in between the lines.Most Love Is Instant

Disney loves an instant love story. From Snow White to Cinderella, love at first sight is Disney's style. What's gluing two characters together is rarely explained in a Disney movie,...

In 1993, Frasier Crane left his Boston home to return to Seattle, following the end of the hit '80s sitcom Cheers. His own series proved to be just as popular and successful as its predecessor, focusing on his life in his hometown as he rekindled a relationship with his father, Martin, and brother, Niles. While the psychiatrist was far from Cheers, plenty of the bar's regulars made their presence known in his life -- including his ex-wife, Lilith (played by Bebe Neuwirth).

Frasier made a habit of bringing Lilith back, particularly due to their shared bond over their son, Frederick. These episodes would often compare and contrast the ex-couple, showing how far they'd come from the conclusion of Cheers. Lilith gave the spin-off some of its best episodes and funniest moments, whether showing the impact she had on Frasier's insecurities or her tenacity as a mother -- and fans still love her for it.

In the "Star Trek: The Next Generation" episode "Cause and Effect", the U.S.S. Enterprise-d enters a recurring time loop, forcing the people on board to relive the same day over and over again. At the start of the day, several members of the senior staff gather for a game of poker. At the end of the day, the Enterprise collides with a mysterious other ship and explodes, killing everyone on board. When time resets, the Enterprise crew has no memory of what happened. 

Of course, thanks to some elaborate clues, the crew does eventually find out what's happening, and even develop a means to sent additional clues backward into the next time loop. In the next repetition, the crew finally deciphers their own hints and escapes the loop by dodging the mysterious ship. Once freed, the Enterprise-d contacts that ship, and finds it is the U.S.S.

In 1993, "Cheers" wrapped up after 11 seasons. That same year "Frasier" debuted, and ran for another 11 seasons until 2004. Almost 20 years after that, star Kelsey Grammer led a revival of the beloved sitcom that saw Dr. Crane relocate from Seattle to Boston, the city in which he first appeared some 40 years prior, during the third season of "Cheers."

When you factor in Frasier's 1992 guest appearance on another show set in the "Cheers" universe, "Wings," you have a character who has been played by the same actor since his debut across four separate series and four decades. That's pretty impressive, regardless of whether season one of the "Frasier" revival felt like a series that should have been a one-off special. The only character to match Frasier's four-show record is Bebe Neuwirth's Lilith Sternin, who returned for the "Frasier" revival and secured her place within sitcom history as a result.

But there is...

Jake Kasdan, the director of Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle and Jumanji: The Next Level, the modern adventure films that continued the beloved franchise, is finally explaining why certain characters from the original film havent returned. Fans have long hoped for actors from Robin Williams' epic 1995 to appear in the new films, but according to Kasdan, "plot complications" are keeping that from happening.

Kasdan spoke to The Hollywood Reporter about his new film, Red One, which stars Jumanji star Dwayne Johnson. It didn't take long for the conversation to tilt toward the future of the Jumanji franchise. Kasdan was asked about the possible return of Kirsten Dunst's character, Judy Sheperd, in the upcoming sequel to be released in 2026. Per Kasdan's answer:

"We love Kirsten. Shes fantastic. From the time we did Welcome to the Jungle, we were very focused on keeping a little bit of connectivity to the original movie,...

Jake Kasdan unveils the difficulties of bringing back the original Jumanji cast members into his sequels, and how he has tried to create a larger, connected world. The director helmed 2017's Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, which saw a new form of the titular game transport four teens in detention to a wild, fantastical jungle within a video game, unable to escape until they complete every level. Another sequel followed in 2019, with a third Jumanji sequel confirmed to be in development in 2020.

Recently, Kasdan sat down with The Hollywood Reporter and opened up about the secrets of his other fantastical series. While he has respect for Kirsten Dunst, who portrayed Judy in the 1995 movie, any hopes of bringing back any of the original Jumanji cast were dashed by the game resetting upon completion and erasing the memory of those involved. "We love Kirsten. Shes fantastic. From the time we did Welcome to the Jungle,...

Warning! Spoilers ahead for the Frasier season 2 finale.

The Frasier revival's season 2 finale wraps up a slightly improved sophomore year by sticking to its signature storytelling approach. It's no secret that when the Paramount+ reboot of the beloved sitcom was announced, it was met with a divisive response considering the risks of bringing it back. It didn't help that the majority of its original ensemble isn't involved, including David Hyde Pierce's Niles and Jane Leeves' Daphne. The Frasier season 1 finale effectively addressed the show's premise, which was about Frasier reconnecting with his son, Freddy. However, Paramount+ deemed that the series deserved at least another year.

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I don’t like thinking about it, but we’re fast approaching Blue Bloods’ end.

With only six episodes to go, we’re a quarter of the way through the final batch of episodes, and Blue Bloods Season 14 Episode 13 introduces a character who may be pivotal to the final story.

The good news is that this character is played by the legendary Mira Sorvino, and her scenes with Frank should be particularly interesting.

(Courtesy of CBS, CBS/Michael Parmelee) Blue Bloods Season 14 Episode 13 Spoilers Reveal Who Mira Sorvino Plays

Sorvino plays Fire Commissioner Veronica Radley, which makes her role even more interesting.

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Happy’s Place is a comedy series created by Julie and Kevin Abbott. The NBC series follows Bobbie, an old woman who co-inherits her father’s bar with her half-sister she never knew she had. After learning this Bobbie tries to make her sister feel welcome in the family business but their completely different life experiences always get in the way. Happy’s Place stars Reba McEntire, Melissa Peterman, Rex Linn, Belissa Escobedo, Tokala Black Elk, and Pablo Castelblanco. So, if you loved the hilarious comedy, family-like bonds, and compelling characters in Happy’s Place here are some similar shows you should check out next.

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Cheers is a comedy series created by James Burrows, Glen, and Les Charles. The NBC series is set in Boston and it follows Sam who runs a bar where people from all walks...