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Wendie Malick is about to hit the jackpot on this week's episode of Night Court, though it might not be what she's expecting. Following a visit from the woeful Wheeler family last Tuesday, Season 3 continues with Episode 14, titled "Hot to Trot," which sees the Manhattan Municipal Court's prosecutor, Julianne, learning about the death of her rich aunt. As she prepares to receive a potentially life-changing inheritance, the rest of the staff jockey to try and get a piece of what's coming to her. Collider has an exclusive sneak peek from the exact moment Julianne learns what she's getting with Gurgs (Lacretta) and Dan (John Larroquette) waiting in anticipation.

The clip opens with a lawyer reading out Julianne's aunt's will, which offers a glimpse into her past and relations outside the courtroom. Although there are 17 pages of sentiments about the prosecutor and strange ramblings about how "Roosevelt was a coward," and...

The made-for-tv movie was a programming staple for the broadcast networks in the 1970s and 1980s. While it fell out of favor in the 1990s and was even dropped as an Emmy Awards category for three years beginning in 2011, it has been on an upswing as of late. This year, 48 telefilms are in contention for the five nominations that will be revealed on July 12; last year, only 41 TV movies were submitted.

All 22,000 plus voting members of the TV academy have until June 27 to cast their 2022 Emmy Awards nominations ballots for their favorite TV movies. In the past, voters were limited in the number of telefilms that they could put forth. In 2017, that cap (which was usually 10 per category) was lifted. And, as opposed to the Oscars, voters for the Emmys do not rank their choices and nominees are determined by a simple tally.

See 2022 Emmy nominations ballot: 2,800 performers vie for...

Ho, ho, ho! A little jingle and style are coming to slay in the town of Tuckahoe.

VH1's The Bitch Who Stole Christmas is jampacked with holiday cheer, fabulous drag queens, and plenty of camp to knock your winter stockings off. Plus, it's a new spin on holiday movies if you want to try something new.

We got the chance to chat with two of the leads about The Bitch Who Stole Christmas. Krysta Rodriguez (who plays Olivia St. Lapelle) and Andy Ridings (who plays Big Russ) dished about the movie, their love of tongue-in-cheek holiday films, and their Lip-sync For Your Life skills.

Check it out below!

TV Fanatic: The Bitch Who Stole Christmas has been described as "The draggiest holiday movie ever created." How did it feel to create a movie filled with drag excellence and camp?

Krysta Rodriguez: [Laughs] It really is peak drag excellence and camp!

Peacock debuted a trailer for “Bel-Air,” the upcoming drama series that reimagines the ‘90s sitcom “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.” “Bel-Air” is set to premiere in 2022.

Based on Morgan Cooper’s viral fan film of the same name, “Bel-Air” stars Jabari Banks as Will, the role played by Will Smith in the original sitcom. The series follows Will’s complicated journey from the streets of West Philadelphia to the gated mansions of Bel-Air. Adrian Holmes, Cassandra Freeman, Olly Sholotan, Coco Jones, Akira Akbar, Jimmy Akingbola, Jordan L. Jones and Simone Joy Jones also star.

In the teaser, Smith gives a dramatic reading of the theme song from “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” in voiceover as Banks’ Will is shown underwater, surrounded by motifs from the original show: basketballs, fuzzy dice, a crown, etc.

Executive producers include showrunners T.J. Brady and Rasheed Newson, director and co-writer Morgan Cooper, Smith, Terence Carter,...

VH1 is launching a holiday movie slate and has drafted features from exec producers including Eva Longoria, Jamie Foxx and Nick Cannon.

The ViacomCBS network is launching its Naughty or Nice strand at the end of November through December with five made-for-television movies – Adventures in Christmasing, The Bitch Who Stole Christmas, Hip Hop Family Christmas, Let’s Get Merried and Miracles Across 125th Street.

Adventures in Christmasing centers around Parker Baldwin, a highly successful and meticulous talk show host who plans everything to a T, finds her Christmas plans upended when her network persuades her to spend three days in the wild with superstar adventurer & television survivalist Finn Holt for a holiday television event. The two butt heads until they find themselves stranded together in the wild with no food, unreliable shelter and no form of communication. Unexpectedly impacting each other, they come to realize life is the greatest adventure.

Comedy Central announced its annual 31-day holiday extravaganza, featuring two new movies: “A Clüsterfünke Christmas,” debuting Dec. 4, and “Hot Mess Holiday,” premiering Dec. 11.

Both of these movies will air at 7 p.m. The network will announce additional titles for its”31 Days of Going Home for the Holidays” programming slate at a later date.

“A Clüsterfünke Christmas” stars Vella Lovell, Cheyenne Jackson, Ryan McPartlin, Nils Hognestad, Rachel Dratch and Ana Gasteyer and follows the story of real estate executive Holly who heads to a small town to buy the quaint Clüsterfünke Inn and transform it into a resort. While meeting the owners, Holly finds herself distracted by their handsome nephew Frank. It is a parody of more traditional holiday rom-coms.

Anna Dokoza directs “A Clüsterfünke Christmas,” which was written by Dratch and Gasteyer, who also executive produce alongside Meghan Hooper, Trevor Rose, Josh Van Houdt, Danielle von Zerneck, Jamie Goehring and Shawn Williamson.

Fox's The Resident is the latest TV show to trim its episode order in the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic. 

The Resident Season 3 will now span 20 episodes, and will not return to production this season. 

Fox confirmed the news in a press release which also states the medical drama's third season will come to a close Tuesday, April 7. 

Here is the release:

Kit Confronts Cain On The All-new Season Finale Of "The Resident" Tuesday, April 7, On Fox

Just when Derek's condition seems to be improving, a severe complication arises, causing Kit to fear that he may be the latest victim of Cain's cover-up.

When Cain's former girlfriend is admitted to the hospital for surgery, the doctors finally get a glimpse into his personal life.

Meanwhile, Conrad fills in Marshall on the emergency situation facing the hospital and Mina and The Raptor work on saving the heart of a salsa...

[Editor’s note: Spoilers for Season 3 of “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” follow.]

The most important, intriguing, and controversial moment of “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” Season 3 happens so fast that you might have missed it: In Episode 3, “Kimmy Can’t Help You!,” Kimmy Schmidt (Ellie Kemper) finally uses the word “rape” in reference to her 15 years spent stuck underground as the prisoner of Reverend Richard Wayne Gary Wayne (Jon Hamm).

Read More: ‘Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt’ Season 3 Review: Kimmy Goes to College, Tackles the Patriarchy, and Gets Stronger

Specifically, here’s what happens: Wendy (very special guest star Laura Dern) has come to Kimmy and Titus’s apartment with a set of divorce papers, as she and the Reverend are hoping to get married, but Kimmy and the Reverend are still legally man and wife.

Wendy doesn’t reveal right away that she’s hoping to marry the Reverend, but quickly we discover that this otherwise normal-seeming woman has, at the very least, a very...

Flashpoint alumna Tattiawna Jones has landed the female lead opposite Andy Ridings in ABC’s untitled Weeks/Mackay comedy pilot.

Written by The Mindy Project co-star Ed Weeks & Hannah Mackay and directed by Leslye Headland, the single-camera project centers on lesbian Hilda (Jones) and her best friend Randall (Ridings), a neurotic straight guy, as they navigate their dysfunctional, co-dependent friendship and the world of dating. Jones’s Hilda is an intelligent and seemingly confident lesbian lothario with a dry sense of humor – that she uses to hide her underlying fear of growing up, settling down and becoming conventional.

Weeks and Mackay co-executive produce. Andrew Reich, who supervised the writers, executive produces.

Canadian actress Jones, repped by APA and Carrier Talent Management, also recently nabbed a recurring role on the upcoming USA drama series Eyewitness.

Flashpoint alumna Tattiawna Jones has landed the female lead opposite Andy Ridings in ABC's untitled Weeks/Mackay comedy pilot. Written by The Mindy Project co-star Ed Weeks & Hannah Mackay and directed by Leslye Headland, the single-camera project centers on lesbian Hilda (Jones) and her best friend Randall (Ridings), a neurotic straight guy, as they navigate their dysfunctional, co-dependent friendship and the world of dating. Jones’s Hilda is an intelligent and…...

Andy Ridings (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt) is set as the male lead in ABC’s untitled Weeks/Mackay comedy pilot. Written by The Mindy Project co-star Ed Weeks & Brit Mackay (Peep Show) and directed by Leslye Headland, the single-camera project centers on lesbian Hilda and her best friend Randall (Ridlings), a neurotic straight guy, as they navigate their dysfunctional, co-dependent friendship and the world of dating. Weeks and Mackay co-executive produce. Andrew Reich, who…...

The upcoming feature film Dirty Thirty from Lionsgate already stars YouTube celebrities Grace Helbig, Hannah Hart, and Mamrie Hart. Now, these three Camp Takota actresses have some new co-stars joining the production. Fellow YouTube stars Anna Akana, Flula Borg, and Chester See are among many of the new digital-hailing cast members announced for Dirty Thirty.

Written by Mamrie Hart and actress Molly Prather, Dirty Thirty tells the story of three women at a 30th birthday party that goes horribly wrong. Akana joins the film as Ashley, the arch-nemesis of Helbig, Hart, and Hart’s characters. Borg and See will play party attendees, alongside Josh Levya (also known as YoMuscleBoii), CollegeHumor’s Adam Lustick, Katherine Hughes (Me and Earl and the Dying Girl), and YouTuber Mikey Murphy.

Also joining the cast of Dirty Thirty is vlogger Drew Monson (aka mytoecold), who will play Hannah Hart’s co-worker Rufus. Kelen Coleman (The McCarthys...

Kelen Coleman (The Newsroom), Andy Ridings (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt) and Matt Dellapina (These Hopeless Savages) have joined the cast of Lionsgate’s Dirty Thirty, along with YouTube star Drew Monson and Ant Man‘s Anna Akana. Dirty Thirty, which is filming in L.A. under the direction of Andrew Bush (Roller Town) from a script by Mamrie Hart and Molly Prather, is a comedy about an epic 30th birthday party that gets a bit too epic. Coleman, Ridings and Dellapina play love…...

NBC has pulled the plug on its revival of “Coach.” The network had given the series, a continuation of the ’90s ABC sitcom starring Craig T. Nelson, a 13-episode series order. The new “Coach” was given the greenlight in March. The series was to follow Nelson’s character from the original series, Hayden Fox, as he emerged from retirement to join his son (Andrew Ridings from “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”) on the football coaching staff of an Ivy League team. Original cast member Bill Fagerbakke was signed to revive his role as dim-witted assistant coach Dauber Dybinski. Original series creator Barry Kemp was producing.

Hey, Andrew Ridings, I think Craig T. Nelson has a baton he’d like to pass to you.

The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt actor set to play Tim Fox, the now-adult son of Nelson’s Hayden, in NBC’s forthcoming Coach revival, TVLine has learned exclusively.

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Far more easygoing and empathetic than his dad, Tim is a successful high school football coach who is offered the chance to be the head coach of the Penn Institute Of Science and Technology (Pist), and carve a winning football team...

We return with another edition of the Indie Spotlight, highlighting the recent independent horror news sent our way. Today's feature includes casting news for Pilgrimage, details on the 15th Annual Shriekfest Call for Entries, release details for 3 Easy Steps to Survive the Zombie Apocalypse, new posters from The Events Surrounding a Peeping Tom & the Horror That Followed, and much more:

Exclusive Stills from The Dark Below: An update to our coverage from earlier this week, we now have new exclusive stills from The Dark Below. You can the view new stills and release details below, along with the recently released stills:

"Dead Wait Productions announce the completion of principle photography for their new genre film the Dark Below. Award winning genre director Douglas Schulze (Mimesis, Dark Fields) and Executive Producer Seth Willenson bring us a survival thriller that explores the fear of entrapment beneath a frozen lake.

The film...

We spent the weekend enjoying the hell out of "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt," the new Netflix series from "30 Rock" royalty Tina Fey and Robert Carlock. Starring "Office" and "Bridesmaids" vet Ellie Kemper, it chronicles the life of a woman who escapes from an apocalyptic cult and builds a new life in New York City. It is a scream. Here are seven major things to appreciate about it.   1. Veteran TV actresses get tons to do.  "30 Rock" provided a wonderful showcase for veteran comic actors, and we can thank the Fey/Carlock mothership for giving Elaine Stritch, Jan Hooks, Anita Gillette, Tim Conway, Alan Alda, and many, many more such fun and weird roles. "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" is off to a great start in this area: Regular cast members Carol Kane and Jane Krakowski rack up some of the biggest laughs every episode as they notch another hit in their incredible TV careers,...