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As Byron Allen’s “Comics Unleashed With Byron Allen” is set to tape more than 130 episodes ahead of its late night debut on CBS.

As TheWrap previously reported, “Comics Unleashed” will be taking over the 12:30 a.m. time slot from “After Midnight.” Allen plans on filming 132 episodes of the comedy talk show, which is produced under Allen’s Entertainment Studios banner.

The series, which is heading into its 20th season, will officially air at 12:37 a.m. Et on Sept. 22 with back-to-back half-hour episodes. Episodes of the comedy talk show will then air Monday through Friday, with the series also available to stream live on Paramount+ for subscribers that have Paramount+ with Showtime.

Allen has had experience with this time slot before. Prior to “After Midnight,” CBS aired “Comics Unleashed” during the time slot as part of a limited run the network dubbed as successful.

“‘Comics Unleashed’ is a true passion for me,...

Byron Allen may have the last laugh when it comes to late-night television on CBS.

As the network exits the world of late-night with the cancellation of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, which is ending in May, Comics Unleashed with Byron Allen, which replaced CBS’ other canceled late-night show After Midnight, is preparing new episodes.

Allen announced Wednesday that he is set to start production on Season 20 of Comics Unleashed, which will debut in September after The Late Show. It will air two, back-to-back half-hour episodes Monday through Friday starting September 22.

The show has been in first-run syndication since its premiere in September 2006 for 18 consecutive seasons and can also be seen on CBS-owned stations in 14 markets. It is produced by Allen Media Group. Allen, Carolyn Folks, Jodi Miller and Jennifer Lucas are executive producers.

Allen didn’t reveal which comedians will appear on this season, but previous guests have included Sebastian Maniscalco,...

The Neighborhood was paired with Bob ❤ Abishola for several years, but that CBS show was cancelled after five seasons. Could this long-running sitcom follow? Will The Neighborhood be cancelled or renewed for season eight? Stay tuned.

A family comedy series, The Neighborhood TV show stars Cedric the Entertainer, Max Greenfield, Sheaun McKinney, Marcel Spears, Skye Townsend, Hank Greenspan, Tichina Arnold, and Beth Behrs. This sitcom begins when an amiable guy and his family -- professional conflict negotiator Dave Johnson (Greenfield), school principal Gemma (Behrs), and their son, Grover (Greenspan) -- move to a community in Los Angeles that's quite different from their Michigan small town. Their opinionated next-door neighbor is Calvin Butler (Cedric the Entertainer), a family man wary of the newcomers. However, Calvin's family feels very differently about them. His gracious wife, Tina (Arnold), rolls out the welcome wagon while sons Marty...

Disney+ has renewed “The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder” for a fourth season ahead of the Season 3 premiere on Aug. 6. Season 4 will debut sometime in 2026.

The animated sitcom is a reboot of Disney Channel’s “The Proud Family,” which aired from 2001 to 2005. Both are created and executive produced by Bruce W. Smith, who teamed up with executive producer, songwriter and composer Ralph Farquhar for the new show.

Season 3 of “The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder” finds “Penny Proud and her loyal crew embarking on international escapades, wild adventures, and fantastical stops packed with hilarity, heart, and, most of all, discovery,” according to the logline.

Kyla Pratt voices Penny and leads a voice cast that includes Tommy Davidson (Oscar Proud), Paula Jai Parker (Trudy Proud), JoMarie Payton (Suga Mama), Cedric the Entertainer (Uncle Bobby), Karen Malina White (Dijonay Jones), Soleil Moon Frye (Zoey Howzer), Alisa Reyes (Lacienega Boulevardez), Carlos Mencia (Felix...

Today, Disney Branded Television announced that the third season of The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder will premiere on Thursday, August 6, on Disney+. Ahead of its summer debut, the series has also been renewed for a fourth season, set to arrive on Disney+ in 2026.

From creator and executive producer Bruce W. Smith and executive producer Ralph Farquhar, season three finds Penny Proud and her loyal crew embarking on international escapades, wild adventures, and fantastical stops packed with hilarity, heart, and, most of all, discovery.

New guest stars Janelle James, Sanaa Lathan, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Lynn Whitfield, Adrienne Warren, Kirk Franklin, and Bubba Wallace join recurring guests Keke Palmer (Maya Leibowitz-Jenkins), Billy Porter and Zachary Quinto (Randall and Barry Leibowitz-Jenkins), Ej Johnson (Michael Collins), Asante Blackk (Kareem), and Artist “A Boogie” Dubose (Francis “Kg” Leibowitz-Jenkins).

Bresha Webb (CeCe), Aiden Dodson (BeBe), Carlos Alazraqui (Puff), Al Roker (himself), CeeLo Green (Shuggie), Tiffany Haddish (Ms.

CBS is betting on another show to fill the gap left by “The Late Late Show With James Corden.” Starting in September, “Comics Unleashed With Byron Allen” will take over the 12:30 a.m. slot from “After Midnight.”

The series will officially air at 12:37 a.m. Et on Sept. 22 with back-to-back, half-hour episodes. Episodes of the comedy talk show will then air Monday through Friday, with the series also available to stream live on Paramount+ for subscribers that have Paramount+ with Showtime.

For decades, CBS had a pretty solid late night formula. “The Late Show” at 11:30 p.m. was followed by “The Late Late Show” an hour later. But when Corden announced he was stepping away from the franchise to spend more time with his family, the network announced it was ending the show that had been on the air since 1995. “The Late Late Show” officially ended in...

Byron Allen will be back on CBS in a late-night slot next season.

CBS is slotting Comics Unleashed with Byron Allen into the 12:30am slot for the 2025/26 broadcast season.

It comes after the network ended After Midnight, which ran for two seasons, once Taylor Tomlinson decided that she wanted to return to stand-up touring. After Midnight will end on June 12.

Comics Unleashed with Byron Allen will begin airing after The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Monday September 22 with back-to-back, half-hour episodes.

The round-table style comedy talk show, featuring a rotating panel of comedians, is hosted by Allen and features comedians such as Sebastian Maniscalco, Tiffany Haddish, Gabriel Iglesias, Cedric the Entertainer, Howie Mandel, Leslie Jones, Wayne Brady, Roy Wood, Jr., Whitney Cummings, Jb Smoove, Billy Gardell, Margaret Cho, Brad Garrett, Sheryl Underwood, Adam Carolla, Gina Yashere, Dane Cook, Sinbad, George Wallace, Caroline Rhea, Tommy Davidson, David Alan Grier,...

The National Hockey League (NHL) has set the date for the 2025 Stanley Pup, its second annual friendly competition featuring adorable rescue dogs.

For the 2025 edition, all 32 NHL teams will be represented by a four-legged friend, many of whom will be available for adoption from a shelter or rescue in their respective city.

The 2025 Stanley Pup will premiere in the U.S. on June 6 at 7 p.m. Et / 4 p.m. Pt on TruTV, and NHL Network will re-air it on June 8 at 7 p.m. Et / 4 p.m. Pt.

Related: NFL 2025 Schedule: List Of All The Games, Dates & Times To Watch Live

“We were thrilled with the success of the first-ever Stanley Pup in 2024 and because of the amazing response from audiences watching at home, the NHL is excited to bring it back this season with even more rescue dogs,” said Steve Mayer, president of NHL Content & Events. “We love being able...

Amazon is going to take a crack at Barbershop as a TV series two decades after the last attempt didn't work out so well. Though the Barbershop franchise has found success with several feature films, the hope is that a new series with Jermaine Fowler (Ricky Stanicky) on board will be a stremaing hit on Prime Video.

Per Deadline, it's been reported that Prime Video has officially ordered to series an all-new Barbershop show starring Fowler in the lead role. The series is based on the Barbershop films, and it comes from Marshall Todd, the co-writer of the original movie. Todd is writing and will executive produce alongside co-showrunner Max Searle (Dave). Other EPs include Hart, Bryan Smiley, and Mike Stein for Hartbeat; Bradley Gardner; Cameron Burnett, and Autumn Bailey-Ford for Prominent Productions; and State Street Pictures.

The new Barbershop series follows "Travis 'Trav' Porter (Fowler), who endeavors to follow...

Prime Video has ordered a TV adaptation of the hit 2002 comedy “Barbershop,” with one of the film’s original co-writers attached, Amazon announced ahead of its upfront presentation on Monday.

Jermaine Fowler is set to star, while Marshall Todd will write and EP the series, which comes from Kevin Hart’s Hartbeat, Prominent Productions and State Street Pictures, alongside co-showrunner Max Searle.

“We are thrilled to announce a new series based on the hilarious and innovative world of ‘Barbershop’ for our global Prime Video customers,” Amazon MGM Studios’ global head of television Vernon Sanders said in a statement. “The television adaptation of this iconic film franchise is in excellent hands with co-showrunners Max Searle and Marshall Todd. We couldn’t be happier with their collaboration and hard work to bring Calvin’s Chicago-based barbershop to life for a new audience on Prime Video. “

Here’s an official description of the...

In the grand culmination of lucky Season 13, the final four battle it out for the Golden Mask trophy on The Masked Singer! Boogie Woogie, Coral, Mad Scientist Monster, and Pearl take the stage for the last time as panelists Robin Thicke, Jenny McCarthy Wahlberg, Ken Jeong, and Rita Ora make their final guesses for a chance to win their own Golden Ear trophy.

Four mystery celebs will be unmasked, but only one can walk away a winner as Nick Cannon hosts "The Two-Hour Lucky Season 13 Finale" episode of The Masked Singer airing Wednesday, May 7 (8 p.m. Et/Pt) on Fox.

So far this season, 11 famous faces have been unmasked: Cedric the Entertainer as Honey Pot, Oscar De La Hoya as Fuzzy Peas, Aubrey O'Day as Ant, Scheana Shay as Bat, Flavor Flav as Space Ranger, James Van Der Beek as Griffin, Candace Cameron Bure as Cherry Blossom, Method Man as Stud Muffin,...

Exclusive: The Masked Singer has been renewed after producing an incredible 13 seasons and more than 170 episodes since it launched on Fox in January 2019.

This included a number of seasons produced under strict Covid protocols with the music competition guessing game, which has aired one season at the start of the year and one in the fall, never missing a run throughout the pandemic.

However, Deadline understands that this is about to change with the show eschewing its traditional fall 2025 season and planning to return for Season 14 in January.

The news comes as the Season 13 finale is set to air tonight. This season has featured the likes of Cedric the Entertainer, Oscar De La Hoya, Aubrey O’Day, Scheana Shay, Flavor Flav, James Van Der Beek, Candace Cameron Bure, Method Man, Erika Jayne, Matthew Lawrence and Edwin McCain. Four celebrities have yet to be unmasked – those performing as Boogie Woogie, Coral, Mad Scientist Monster and Pearl.

Exclusive: What does a long-running game show have to do to get another two-year renewal? Funny You Should Ask.

Byron Allen’s Allen Media Group has ordered Seasons 9 and 10 of its nationally syndicated comedy game, taking the daily half-hour strip through 2026-27.

Hosted as always by Jon Kelley, Funny You Should Ask features a panel of professional stand-up comics who interact with contestants for cash, prizes and laughs. The stakes increase in every episode as contestants ask the comedians questions, with the comics giving humorous replies.

“Funny You Should Ask is the perfect comedy game show for the entire family,” said Allen, founder, chairman and CEO of Allen Media Group. “We are very proud of this series because the world can never have enough laughter.”

Related: 2025 Premiere Dates For New & Returning Series On Broadcast, Cable & Streaming

Since its launch in fall 2017, Funny You Should Ask has featured such talent as Allen himself,...

The Masked Singer Season 13 finale airs Wednesday night, and Ken Jeong definitely knows who Boogie Woogie is. The ever-confident clue master is convinced that the orange disco monster is none other than four-time Grammy winner Ed Sheeran.

In an exclusive preview clip below, Ken lays out his theory about who is hiding behind the Boogie Woogie mask.

"I was thinking at the very beginning it could be somebody like Andy Samberg," says Ken's co-panelist Robin Thicke. "But, every vocal he put down and every performance you started to realize he's a professional performer. That's why I got into names like Ryan Tedder who, vocally, does match."

"There was a Statue of Liberty clue and that made me think Broadway," adds Rita Ora. "That brought me to Darren Criss and Glee."

Ken then puts everyone in their place and asserts, "I follow the person on social media. I'm thinking it could...

The Neighborhood’s penultimate season ends in just a few days with the finale airing on Monday, May 5. This comes before the eighth and final chapter, which is scheduled for the 2025–26 television season. The beloved sitcom was also meant to continue with a previously announced spin-off centered on Malcolm (Sheaun McKinney) and Marty (Marcel Spears), but that was unfortunately cancelled last month. Nevertheless, CBS is giving fans a glimpse of what the show would’ve looked like in new images from the Season 7 finale.

In the photos shared via TVLine, we get a look at the stars who would’ve joined the Malcolm-and-Marty spinoff besides McKinney and Spears. Similar to The Neighborhood Season 8, the untitled offshoot was being eyed for the 2025-26 TV season and would have seen Calvin (Cedric the Entertainer) and Tina’s (Tichina Arnold) adult sons “embark on new adventures, finally leaving their parents’ nest to start...

The Neighborhood won’t be expanding its boundaries any further, at least not for now. Two spin-offs of the long-running sitcom were in development, including one centered on a new character named Francois, a.k.a. Crutch, and another focused on fan-favorite brothers Marty and Malcolm Butler. The former, which previously cast Tracy Morgan as its titular lead, has already been ordered to series at Paramount+. Unfortunately, the latter did not receive the same fate, as CBS has officially announced it will not be moving forward with the project. The news comes as the network continues to apply finishing touches to its programming lineup for the 2025–2026 TV season, which will include The Neighborhood Season 8, announced as the final outing for the beloved sitcom.

The cancelled spin-off had yet to be titled, but a story had already been mapped out. According to the official synopsis, it would have followed Marty (Marcel Spears...

The Masked Singer's resident lab expert, Rita Ora, believes she has cracked the formula for unmasking the Mad Scientist Monster's identity. After analyzing the clue package on "The Soundtrack of My Life" episode of the Fox reality singing competition, Rita confidently names Grammy-nominated superstar Jelly Roll as the voice behind the purple crooner. Her guess came as the top five contestants hit the stage for the quarterfinals on Wednesday.

In an exclusive preview clip below, Rita lays out her theory about who is hiding behind the Mad Scientist Monster mask.

See 'The Masked Singer' spoilers: Who is Mad Scientist Monster?

"I think this could be Jelly Roll," Rita tells her co-panelists Robin Thicke, Jenny McCarthy Wahlberg, and Ken Jeong. "Let me tell you why! He's got a wife — her name is [Bunnie Xo] — who I love on Instagram and on her podcast. I'm obsessed with her energy...

The great thing about The Masked Singer is that you never know who will be on the show, and Season 13 included a '90s heartthrob. Earlier this week, the identity of Paparazzo was revealed after the judges asked a key question: had he been on a hit TV show before?

Out of the four judges, only Jenny McCarthy correctly identified Paparazzo as Matthew Lawrence. However, he had given some great clues on the night about his identity, including honoring his longtime girlfriend, TLC's Rozonda Thomas, better known as Chilli, with the song "Unpretty."

What Did Matthew Lawrence Say About His Experience On The Masked Singer? Via: Faye's Vision/Cover Images

Matthew Lawrence has had an impressive acting career, including appearances in Boy Meets World and Mrs. Doubtfire; however, many people may not be aware that he is also a talented singer. "If you had told me that this little...

The merge is here! The Masked Singer Season 13's Lucky Six has arrived, and the talent is unstoppable. The two finalists from each group are coming together in the last stretch in hopes of hoisting the Golden Mask on finale night. Will it be Coral or Paparrazo from Group A? Could it be Boogie Woogie or Pearl from Group B? Or is it going to be Mad Scientist or Nessy from Group C? But most importantly, who is that?! As we continue to sleuth our way through the clues, there's one panelist who is 100% convinced they know the identity of Coral. Is Ken Jeong right, or is it just another wild guess?

In this Collider-exclusive sneak peek from tonight's "Merging of the Masks," Ken Jeong reveals his latest outlandish guess as to the superstar behind Coral. If you look at host Nick Cannon's face, the eye roll says it all.

Can the Emmys finally break its humdrum host streak?

The Television Academy has announced that comedian Nate Bargatze will host the 77th Emmy Awards in the fall.

Bargatze is known for his deadpan style of family friendly stand-up comedy. He has multiple stand-up specials and hosts The Nateland Podcast. In December, CBS aired Bargatze’s Nashville Christmas variety special. In 2024, Bargatze was the highest-earning stand-up comedian, according to Pollstar, having sold 1.2 million tickets.

“Nate is one of the hottest comics in the business with a remarkable and hilarious brand of comedy that deeply resonates with multi-generational audiences around the globe,” said Television Academy chair Cris Abrego. “We are thrilled to be able to leverage his one-of-a-kind perspective to entertain TV fans watching this year’s Emmy telecast.”

“It’s a huge honor to be asked to host such an iconic awards show and I’m beyond excited to work with...

Cedric The Entertainer. Photo: Sonja Flemming/CBS ©2025 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Spike Lee’s 2000 concert film, The Original Kings of Comedy, captured more than just laughter; it documented a pivotal moment in comedy history. Chronicling the hottest African-American comedy tour of its time, the film showcased four comedic powerhouses who would soon become household names: Steve Harvey, D.L. Hughley, Cedric the Entertainer, and the late Bernie Mac. With wit, charisma, and undeniable talent, these four men left audiences in stitches while paving the way for their future successes. Through their performance in The Original Kings of Comedy the group members achieved more than laughter because they received unprecedented career advancement. The network sitcom headlining careers of each comedian emerged from their exposure and critical success during the film and tour period. Steve Harvey established himself as a popular entertainer through television and other platforms while the late Bernie...

Self-proclaimed hip-hop expert and The Masked Singer clue master Ken Jeong is picking up what Stud Muffin is putting down on tonight's "Boy Band" episode of the Fox reality singing competition. He's calling out Grammy-winning rapper 2 Chainz as the handsome carb when Group C hits the stage for a heartthrob-filled evening of classic hits on Wednesday.

In an exclusive preview clip below, Ken lays out his theory about who is hiding behind the Stud Muffin mask.

See 'The Masked Singer' spoilers: Who is Stud Muffin?

"It's pretty obvious it's 2 Chainz," Ken tells his co-panelists Robin Thicke, Jenny McCarthy Wahlberg, and Rita Ora. "In the clue package there was a necklace chain and a steel chain is staring you right in your face! Not one...but two chains!"

Boy Bands have been around for over 50 years and tonight, The Masked Singer is paying tribute to all of them...

Beginning in the 1920s and occurring almost annually since 1941, the White House Correspondents Association (the Whca) has held a fundraising dinner that brings together Republicans and Democrats for one evening, and features performers who traditionally lambaste both sides of the aisle. The dinner supports journalists and students, and has generally been the D.C. equivalent of the Met Gala or the Academy Awards. Many great comedians, musicians, and others have performed at the event, including Bob Hope, Frank Sinatra, Ed Sullivan, Milton Berle, James Cagney, Duke Ellington, Richard Pryor, George Carlin, Peter Sellers, Chevy Chase, Jay Leno, Conan O'Brien, Jon Stewart, Ray Romano, Aretha Franklin, Cedric the Entertainer, Ray Charles, Drew Carey, Seth Meyers, and more. Amber Ruffin was supposed to perform at the April 26 dinner this year. That won't be happening, apparently.

Ruffin is an Emmy- and Tony-nominated comedian and writer known for writing and performing for Late Night with Seth Meyers,...

The Masked SingerSeason 13 has made many fans feel lucky that their guesses have been spot on. The panel, however, hasn't been feeling as lucky. So far this season, The Masked Singer has introduced the world to 10 incredible masked characters, revealing six so far. Now, Group C has arrived, and the panel believes that perhaps another reality star is hiding underneath Yorkie.

For the Group C premiere, five new characters are introduced: Cherry Blossom, Mad Scientist, Nessy, Stud Muffin, and Yorkie. With only two able to join Boogie Woogie, Coral, Paparazzo, and Pearl in the Lucky 6, the battle to keep the mask on is back! Could Yorkie keep us guessing for weeks to come?

Is Yorkie from the 90210?

In this exclusive clip to Collider, the panel has some big ideas based on Yorkie's clue package. Based on her clue package, Ken Jeong defers to the reality television expert on the panel,...

Warning! This Article Contains Major Spoilers About The Masked Singer Season 13!The Masked Singer season 13 will welcome Group C to the competition on March 26, with an all-new theme night and crowd-pleasing songs that will have everyone singing along. The Masked Singer season 13Group C includes Cherry Blossom, Mad Scientist Monster, Nessy, Stud Muffin, and Yorkie. As they make their debut, host Nick Cannon and panelists Robin Thicke, Jenny McCarthy-Wahlberg, Ken Jeong, and Rita Ora will do their best to figure out who they are. Former panelist Nicole Scherzinger's Broadway show, Sunset Boulevard, is closing on July 13, which is a sign that she could return to the show.

The Masked Singer season 13 contestants--Cherry Blossom, Mad Scientist Monster, Nessy, Stud Muffin, and Yorkie--will make their debut on Carnival Night, singing songs that include "Hot To Go!," "Jump Around," "Roxanne," "Let's Get Loud," and "Unwell."

According to The Futon Critic, The Masked Singer season 13 contestants--Cherry Blossom,...

If there’s something strange on reality TV, who you gonna call?

It’s Ghostbusters night on “The Masked Singer,” and Winston Zeddemore himself, Ernie Hudson, will be on hand to celebrate.

In the preview below, host Nick Cannon drives the Ecto-1 while panelists Robin Thicke, Jenny McCarthy Wahlberg, Ken Jeong, and Rita Ora don Ghostbusters uniforms.

Tonight’s episode will also feature appearances from Slimer, Stay Puft Marshmallow Man, Mini-Pufts, and the Los Angeles Ghostbusters, plus more spirited fun.

Now in its 13th season, the singing competition features celebrities performing in elaborate head-to-toe costumes, leaving panelists and viewers are left guessing who’s behind the mask. Each week, a singer is eliminated before revealing their true identity.

Unmasked competitors so far this season include Cedric the Entertainer, Oscar De La Hoya, Aubrey O’Day, and Scheana Shay.

“The Masked Singer” Ghostbusters special airs tonight at 8pm/7pm central on Fox.

It's back to The Neighborhood for 2025-26. CBS has renewed the long-running sitcom for an eighth and final season. The show's seventh season of 20 episodes is currently airing.

A family comedy series, The Neighborhood TV show stars Cedric the Entertainer, Max Greenfield, Sheaun McKinney, Marcel Spears, Skye Townsend, Hank Greenspan, Tichina Arnold, and Beth Behrs. This sitcom begins when an amiable guy and his family -- professional conflict negotiator Dave Johnson (Greenfield), school principal Gemma (Behrs), and their son, Grover (Greenspan) -- move to a community in Los Angeles that's quite different from their Michigan small town. Their opinionated next-door neighbor is Calvin Butler (Cedric the Entertainer), a family man wary of the newcomers. However, Calvin's family feels very differently about them. His gracious wife, Tina (Arnold), rolls out the welcome wagon while sons Marty (Spears) and...

The future of The Neighborhood has been revealed. For fans of the series, it could be seen as both good and bad news.

Per Deadline, The Neighborhood has been renewed for Season 8 on CBS. However, it's also been announced that Season 8 will also serve as the final season of the show. Ahead of the renewal announcement, there had been big concerns about the show getting canceled, given its high cost. Deals have reportedly been made with the main cast members to ensure everyone will be back for the last season, which will debut during the 2025-26 television season.

“The brilliant cast and creative team at The Neighborhood led by the incomparable Cedric the Entertainer have brought levity, laughter and poignant storylines to Monday nights for seven incredible seasons,” Amy Reisenbach, the president of CBS Entertainment, said in a statement. “A strong ratings performer for CBS and one of the top comedies on TV,...

Cedric The Entertainer as Calvin, Max Greenfield as Dave and Leonard Roberts as Agent Ryder in ‘The Neighborhood’

CBS’s 2025-2026 primetime season is filling out, with the network announcing the renewal of The Neighborhood. The announcement wasn’t all positive as CBS confirmed the upcoming eighth season will be the half-hour comedy’s last.

“The brilliant cast and creative team at The Neighborhood led by the incomparable Cedric the Entertainer, have brought levity, laughter, and poignant storylines to Monday nights for seven incredible seasons,” stated Amy Reisenbach, president of CBS Entertainment. “The Neighborhood is a strong ratings performer for CBS and one of the top comedies on TV. We believe the show’s loyal fans deserve a proper farewell season full of the trademark humor and heartfelt moments that are synonymous with the series.”

In addition to Cedric the Entertainer, season seven stars Max Greenfield, Beth Behrs, Tichina Arnold,...

Good news and bad news for fans of “The Neighborhood.” After weeks of silence, the CBS comedy has been renewed for another season, but that upcoming installment will be the series’ last. Season 8 will broadcast during the 2025-26 television season on CBS and will also be available to stream on Paramount+.

“The brilliant cast and creative team at ‘The Neighborhood’ led by the incomparable Cedric the Entertainer have brought levity, laughter and poignant storylines to Monday nights for seven incredible seasons,” CBS Entertainment president Amy Reisenbach said in a Monday statement. “‘The Neighborhood’ is a strong ratings performer for CBS and one of the top comedies on TV. We believe the show’s loyal fans deserve a proper farewell season full of the trademark humor and heartfelt moments that are synonymous with the series.”

Created by Jim Reynolds, “The Neighborhood” follows a white midwestern family as they adjust to their...

“Everybody’s Live with John Mulaney” will kick off its first show with guest appearances from Michael Keaton, Joan Baez and Fred Armisen.

Keaton, Baez and Armisen will serve as the first guests for Mulaney’s talk show when it premieres live on Wednesday, March 12. Cypress Hill will also take the stage during the debut episode, while personal finance columnist Jessica Roy also appears.

“Everybody’s Live with John Mulaney” will premiere live on Netflix on Wednesday, March 12 at 10 p.m. Et/7 p.m. Pt, kicking off the show’s 12-week run. Subsequent episodes will stream live weekly through May 28, with additional guests yet to be announced.

When Mulaney unveiled details of the show during January’s Next on Netflix event, he teased the show would be “the one place where you could see Arnold Schwarzenegger sitting next to Nikki Glaser sitting next to a family therapist with music by Mannequin Pussy,...

Get ready to say goodbye to the Butlers and the Johnsons, as CBS announced on Monday that it has renewed its long-running comedy series “The Neighborhood” for an eighth and final season, which is set to air during the 2025-2026 broadcast television season.

“The Neighborhood” stars Cedric the Entertainer as Calvin Butler, the unofficial mayor of his Pasadena neighborhood, where he lives with his loving wife, Tina (Tichina Arnold), and next door to his two older sons, Malcolm (Sheaun McKinney) and Marty (Marcel Spears), and revolves around the Butlers’ unlikely friendship with their new(ish) neighbor, perpetual nice-guy Dave Johnson (Max Greenfield), his wife, Gemma (Beth Behrs), and their now-teenage son, Grover (Hank Greenspan). Skye Townsend also stars in the series as Courtney Pridgeon, Marty’s one-time fling and now co-worker with whom he shares a baby girl.

“The brilliant cast and creative team at ‘The Neighborhood’ led by the...

CBS is preparing to move out of The Neighborhood — but not for a while.

The network has renewed the comedy led by Cedric the Entertainer for an eighth season in 2025-26. That will also be the show’s final season.

“The brilliant cast and creative team at The Neighborhood, led by the incomparable Cedric the Entertainer, have brought levity, laughter and poignant storylines to Monday nights for seven incredible seasons,” CBS Entertainment president Amy Reisenbach said in a statement. “The Neighborhood is a strong ratings performer for CBS and one of the top comedies on TV. We believe the show’s loyal fans deserve a proper farewell season full of the trademark humor and heartfelt moments that are synonymous with the series.”

The series is CBS’ longest-running current comedy, with 128 episodes to its credit. The Neighborhood draws 6.4 million viewers across all platforms this season (inclusive of five weeks of viewing).

Along with Cedric the Entertainer,...

The Neighborhood is coming to an end: CBS has renewed the Cedric the Entertainer comedy for an eighth and final season.

“The brilliant cast and creative team at The Neighborhood led by the incomparable Cedric the Entertainer have brought levity, laughter and poignant storylines to Monday nights for seven incredible seasons,” CBS Entertainment president Amy Reisenbach said in a statement Monday. “The Neighborhood is a strong ratings performer for CBS and one of the top comedies on TV. We believe the show’s loyal fans deserve a proper farewell season full of the trademark humor and heartfelt moments that are synonymous with the series.

“The Neighborhood” has been renewed for Season 8 at CBS, which will also be the show’s last.

Variety has confirmed that the multi-cam comedy will end after its eighth season. The final season will air during the 2025-2026 broadcast season. Season 7 of the series is currently airing.

“The brilliant cast and creative team at ‘The Neighborhood’ led by the incomparable Cedric the Entertainer have brought levity, laughter and poignant storylines to Monday nights for seven incredible seasons,” said Amy Reisenbach, president of CBS Entertainment. “’The Neighborhood’ is a strong ratings performer for CBS and one of the top comedies on TV. We believe the show’s loyal fans deserve a proper farewell season full of the trademark humor and heartfelt moments that are synonymous with the series.”

Per CBS, the series is averaging 6.4 million viewers per episode in Live+35 multiplatform viewing. Along with Cedric the Entertainer, the cast also includes Max Greenfield,...

Exclusive: CBS has picked up The Neighborhood for an eighth season, which will be the veteran sitcom’s last. It will air in 2025-26.

A reliable Monday anchor, the series, starring and executive produced by Cedric the Entertainer, unexpectedly found itself on the bubble this year, not making the list of early CBS renewals last month. It is the first of the shows that were left off to get a renewal following the recent cancellations of FBI: Most Wanted, FBI: International and S.W.A.T. They all come from outside studios while The Neighborhood is produced by CBS sibling CBS Studios.

For The Neighborhood, the uncertainty over its future stemmed from its cost. As a series in its seventh season with a big-name cast, The Neighborhood is expensive. Deals with the actors for Season 8 have been made, paving the way for one final renewal.

“The brilliant cast and creative team at The Neighborhood...

Steve Harvey and Bernie Mac were once thick as thieves, two comedy kings ruling the stage, cracking jokes, and making audiences laugh so hard they needed a chiropractor. Back in the early 2000s, their careers were skyrocketing.

Harvey had his talk shows and sitcoms, while Mac was bringing the house down with his stand-up and his iconic role in The Bernie Mac Show. Together, they had cemented their legendary status with The Original Kings of Comedy film, proving that no stage was big enough for their comedic genius.

A still from The Original Kings of Comedy | Credits: Paramount Pictures

But somewhere along the way, the laughter stopped, and the friendship faded. And if you’re wondering why, let’s just say Hollywood and George Clooney’s Ocean’s Eleven had a little something to do with it. Grab some popcorn because this story is about to get juicy.

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As previously reported, on Monday, February 17, in honor of Black History Month, CBS will broadcast the primetime special, “On TV: A Black History Month Special,” presented by the team at “Entertainment Tonight.”

Hosted by Kevin Frazier and Nischelle Turner, the first-ever Black co-hosting team for “Entertainment Tonight,” the primetime special will feature interviews with several CBS stars, including the cast of “Beyond the Gates,” the first new network television soap opera to premiere in over 25 years.

Filmed on location from the sets of the CBS shows, the special will guide viewers through a celebration of Black excellence in television as the hosts shine a spotlight on Black actors who are forging a path in daytime and primetime television.

Those set to appear in the special include Tamara Tunie, Clifton Davis, Daphnee Duplaix and Karla Mosley (“Beyond the Gates”), Cedric The Entertainer and Tichina Arnold (“The Neighborhood”), Rocky Carroll (“NCIS”), Shemar Moore...

The Neighborhood fans, we’ve got a fresh off the press preview for the new Season 7 Episode 12 episode titled Welcome to Getting Lucky!

Find out everything you need to know about the Welcome to Getting Lucky episode of The Neighborhood, including a full preview, videos, release date, cast information and how to watch!

The Neighborhood Welcome to Getting Lucky Season 7 Episode 12 Preview

The upcoming episode of “The Neighborhood,” titled “Welcome to Getting Lucky,” promises to deliver a blend of humor and heart when it airs on CBS at 8:00 Pm on February 24, 2025. Fans of the show can look forward to a wild road trip, family dynamics, and some comedic misadventures that are sure to entertain.

In this episode, Calvin (played by Max Greenfield) and Dave (portrayed by Tichina Arnold) join their friend Lamar (played by the charismatic Cedric the Entertainer) for a road trip to the casino. The trio’s...

Exclusive: Tamzin Merchant (Carnival Row), Edmund Kingsley (Dirty Angels), Raffiella Chapman (Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children) are set to star in Jeffrey Scott Collins’ new horror feature The Caged.

Film Bridge is launching sales on the movie at the EFM ahead of the start of principal photography in the U.K. in March.

Inspired by true events, The Caged follows a family that is terrorized by a dark presence after they move into a quaint cottage. Uncovering its history, they discover their once dream home lies on the site of a medieval prison set aside for those accused of witchcraft, including England’s most notorious witch, hanged in 1582.

Merchant, Kingsley, Raffiella Chapman are joined in the cast by young big screen debutant Callen Carter.

“Several years ago, I woke up one morning with a random notion that I need to write a horror film that is set in England,...

Luck was in the air Wednesday night as Robin Thicke, Jenny McCarthy-Wahlberg, Ken Jeong, and Rita Ora celebrated the premiere of The Masked Singer Season 13. The panelists started out the show by squishing into an elevator with all of the former winning costumes: Monster, Fox, Night Angel, Sun, Piglet, Queen of Hearts, Firefly, Harp, Medusa, Cow, and Goldfish. Host Nick Cannon then asked if there was “room for four more,” as he was accompanied by all three reigning Buffalos.

Just like in years past, the lucky 13th season premiere introduced a new group of costumes who would duke it out on the main stage for a shot at eventually winning the Golden Mask. The singer with the lowest number of votes would be forced to unmask in front of America. The contestants who took part in Episode 1 were Honey Pot, Ant, Paparazzo, Fuzzy Peas, and Coral. Read on for our...

Spoiler Alert: Details follow for Season 13, Episode 1 of “The Masked Singer,” “Lucky Season 13,” which aired February 12 on Fox.

Cedric the Entertainer got that name for a reason: He’s more than a comedian and actor. In college, Cedric was in singing groups, crooning harmonies with others. “And when I started to perform, I would sing a lot in my shows, adding these characters and jokes with a lot of vocalization to them,” he told Variety.

And even now, in his Las Vegas show with Toni Braxton, Cedric mostly does standup but does bust out a Nat King Cole number. So that’s why he decided to give “The Masked Singer” a try. On Wednesday’s Season 13 premiere, Cedric the Entertainer was the first celebrity to be unmasked, as the Honey Pot.

For Honey Pot, Ken Jeong got it right with Cedric the Entertainer, and Jenny McCarthy-Wahlberg agreed. Robin Thicke thought it was Martin Lawrence.

CBS has lined up Justin Long, Kara Royster, Hunter King and Angelique Cabral to guest star in the Season 7 finale of The Neighborhood which will serve as a backdoor pilot for a potential spinoff series.

The quartet have options to become series regulars if CBS moves forward with the planted spinoff for the 2025-26 season and will star on the proposed series alongside The Neighborhood’s Marcel Spears and Sheaun McKinney who will move onto the offshoot.

The premise of the spinoff echoes that of the mothership in reverse. It follows Marty (Spears) and Malcolm (McKinney) Butler as they embark on new adventures, finally leaving their parents’ nest to start the next chapters of their lives, finding themselves the newcomers in a neighborhood that’s both close by yet worlds apart: Venice Beach.

Long will play Bruce, a tech millionaire who is a mix of unjustified confidence and social ineptitude.

Exclusive: Grammy-nominated rapper Logic has boarded dark heist comedy Above the Line as an executive producer.

Logic’s producing partner Michael Holland also joins the project as co-executive producer.

The dark comedy tapping into Hollywood angst is the second feature of writer, director, and producer Jeffrey Scott Collins, after debut Poor Greg Drowning.

Described as combining the world of Swingers with the sensibility of Pulp Fiction, the L.A.-based comedy follows six Hollywood hopefuls who are roped into a harebrained plan to steal the Best Picture awards of a despised producer who has screwed each of them over as they struggle to make it big.

The film stars Cedric The Entertainer (The Neighborhood and The Last O.G.), Sophia Ali (Uncharted and The Wilds), Gregg Henry (Guardians of the Galaxy and Raising Cain), Adhir Kalyan, Reno Wilson, John Way and Jamie Lee (Crashing).

Collins directed the film from a script he co-wrote with Jono Matt. Ian Michaels (of America’s Burning) produced the film under the banner of Green Step Productions, plus Kemma Filby & Walker Barnes (of Bob Trevino Likes It) under the banner of Seasick Studios. Collins also produced under his production banner, This Seems Reel Entertainment.

“I have been a massive fan of the project ever since Michael sent me the script,” said Logic. “Jsc and I have a mutual love for the dark noir comedies of the 90s that have influenced this project. I’ve loved infusing my creative input into this film, and the music in it, and I can’t wait for the world to see it on the big screen.”

Collins said the collaboration worked on a number of levels.

“His music is not only bold, edgy, and incredibly entertaining, which is what we are striving for with this film, but his albums have always had an impressive cinematic quality to them, which I’m drawn to,” he said.

“He is a huge cinephile, and nerd, and the world will soon see how talented he is as a filmmaker. His creative input on the script, the characters, as well as the music, has been invaluable and we couldn’t be more excited about his and Michael’s involvement in the film”.

Cedric The Entertainer, who has worked with Collins on first feature Poor Greg Drowning, as well as the movie Why Him?, will also serve as Executive Producer. Other Executive Producers include Joe Grano, Ned Kisner, and Lan Kisner.

John Mulaney’s new Netflix talk show will premiere weekly beginning in March.

“Everybody’s Live with John Mulaney” will debut Wednesday, March 12 and will stream live weekly for 12 subsequent weeks, through May 28, Netflix announced as part of its Next on Netflix event. As part of the event, Mulaney made the announcement himself in Los Angeles, revealing that comedian Richard Kind will join him for the series.

“We will be live globally with no delay,” Mulaney said. “We will never be relevant. We will never be your source for news. We will always be reckless. Netflix will always provide us with data that we will ignore.”

Mulaney, who hosted “John Mulaney Presents: Everybody’s in LA” in 2024, teased his show would be “the one place where you could see Arnold Schwarzenegger sitting next to Nikki Glaser sitting next to a family therapist with music by Mannequin Pussy,” adding that “we don...

Controversial Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein, who became the infamous face of the #MeToo movement, is set to appear in court on Wednesday for the commencement of his retrial. The former Miramax founder was accused of s*xual harassment and misconduct by dozens of women, and was convicted in 2020.

Noted comedian Katt Williams had previously claimed that he was propositioned by Weinstein for s*x years ago and he had declined. He mentioned that he did not know the extent of the Hollywood mogul’s power back in the day and that he was not supposed to say no.

Katt Williams talks about the power Harvey Weinstein had at his peak Harvey Weinstein | Credits: YouTube/CNN

The allegations against Harvey Weinstein came to light only in 2017 and sparked a worldwide cultural movement called #MeToo. Many women came forward to report the atrocities they had faced from men in power and several...

Ken Wydro, who co-created, co-wrote and produced the long-running 1983 Off Broadway hit musical Mama, I Want To Sing inspired by the life of 1960s “Just One Look” singer Doris Troy, died on Tuesday, January 21, at his home in Harlem, New York. He was 81 years old.

His death was announced by theater publicist Keith Sherman. A cause of death was not immediately available.

Wydro, a producer of such Broadway productions as 1988’s Joe Turner’s Come and Gone and, in 2008, a revival of David Mamet’s American Buffalo starring Cedric the Entertainer, John Leguizamo and Haley Joel Osment, will be best remembered for Mama, I Want To Sing. The long-running show made its Off Broadway debut at the historic Heckscher Theatre in 1983 and played 2,213 performances before closing in 1991.

In addition to subsequent revivals and world tours, the musical spawned two sequels and a 2011 film adaptation starring Ciara, Lynn Whitfield, Patti Labelle and Billy Zane.

In 1998, Wydro and Higginsen founded the Mama Foundation for the Arts with a mission to uplift the Black musical treasures of Gospel, jazz and R&b, and “to heal and inspire through the power of collective music-making.” Today, the Mama Foundation is an intergenerational and interracial Harlem institution.

For the Mama Foundation, Wydro co-created and directed several musicals performed in various theaters and churches in Harlem for decades.

The author of two plays, Secrets: The Untold Story Of Sigmund Freud And Carl Jung and Vice Versa, Wydro is survived by Higginsen, his wife of 44 years, and daughter Ahmaya Knoelle Higginson-Wydro.

On Monday, February 17 at 8:00 p.m. Et/Pt, CBS will air an all-new primetime special produced by the team at “Entertainment Tonight,” titled “On TV: A Black History Month Special,” hosted by Kevin Frazier and Nischelle Turner, the first ever Black co-hosting team for “Entertainment Tonight.”

The primetime special, which will also be available to stream Live and On Demand on Paramount+*, will feature interviews with several CBS stars, including the cast of “Beyond the Gates,” the first new network television soap opera to premiere in over 25 years.

Filmed on location from the sets of the CBS shows, the special will guide viewers through a celebration of Black excellence in television as the hosts shine a spotlight on Black actors who are forging a path in daytime and primetime television.

Daphnee Duplaix. Clifton Davis, Tamara Tunie, Karla Mosley

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Those set to appear in the special include Tamara Tunie,...

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A spinoff of “The Neighborhood” starring Marcel Spears and Sheaun McKinney is in the works at CBS, Variety has confirmed.

The multi-cam series, should it move forward, will follow their characters Marty and Malcolm Butler as they venture out of their parents’ home and migrate from Pasadena to Venice Beach. The show does not yet have a series order but is being considered for the 2025-2026 broadcast season.

This would be the second spinoff of “The Neighborhood,” which is currently airing its seventh season. The series stars Max Greenfield as Dave Johnson, a white, Michigan dad who moves his family into a predominantly Black neighborhood in Los Angeles. Not everyone appreciates his “Midwestern niceness,” including Calvin Butler (Cedric the Entertainer). Spears and McKinney play Marty and Malcolm, Calvin’s sons.

In May, it was announced that Tracy Morgan would lead a new Paramount+ comedy series titled “Crutch,” which would take...