‘The Conners’ Starts Production On Season 3 As Comedies Begin Return With COVID Safety Protocols

Kathie Lee Gifford is promoting her latest book The Jesus I Know: Honest Conversations and Diverse Opinions About Who He Is, and recently called in to “The Katie McGrady Show” on SiriusXM’s Catholic Channel.

Mario Cantone says cancel culture has everyone on their toes.

A new approach. While reflecting on her dating life since her split from Randall Emmett, Lala Kent noted that she has learned her lesson when it comes to meeting someone new.

Sarah Palin briefly took the stand in her libel trial against The New York Times on Wednesday, while the editor responsible for inserting incorrect language in a 2017 op ed said that he “felt terrible” about the mistake, but denied that it was intentional.

The 12th Annual Governors Awards is on the move.

slated to occur on January 15 until the Omicron surge scuttled plans for a live event, will present Honorary Oscars to Samuel L. Jackson, Elaine May and Liv Ullmann, and the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award to Danny Glover.The Academy also announced that the rescheduled event, produced by Jennifer Fox, will be scaled down in size from what had initially been planned.

A post shared by Jeff B. Cohen (@jeff_b_cohen)The men have reunited several times in the past, something fans of the movie can't get enough of. After Jeff's post, Josh Gad even commented, "Love this."Both Jeff and Ke Huy have largely retreated from the spotlight since their "Goonies" days.

Ed Sheeran and Taylor Swift are preparing to release their long awaited collaboration on Friday.Fans of the two artists have been speculating about the new song, with rumors suggesting it could be a reworked version of Sheeran’s song ‘The Joker And The Queen.’ Now the singer is confirming that theory after his appearance at the red carpet of the BRIT Awards.Ed was asked about his upcoming projects, revealing that his next single “comes out on Friday and it’s with Taylor Swift,” sharing his excitement, the singer said, “We’re literally announcing that in like an hour.”He went on to post a snippet of the song on social media, captioned “The Joker And The Queen featuring my good friend @taylorswift13 is out this friday.” The pair have been friends for a while now, with Ed even defending Taylor back in 2015 at the Video Music Awards.This is not the first time the two artists work together, with Sheeran collaborating on Taylor’s song ‘Run’ from her album ‘Red’ (Taylor’s Version).

tweeted. “I have your back, and my Administration will continue to fight for the protections and safety you deserve.”The bill, which critics have dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill passed the State Senate Education Committee along party lines on Tuesday, with Democrats arguing that the bill will be interpreted and enforced by school districts in a way that effectively gags any discussion about LGBTQ-related topics, even in passing. A nearly identical version working its way through the House of Representatives was reported favorably from the Florida House Education & Employment Committee and has since been referred to the House Judiciary Committee.Republicans have touted the bill as a “parental rights” measure that will alert parents before their children are exposed to topics to which they morally object or think should not be broached in school, such as sexual orientation or gender identity.

Prince William has posted a stunning photo as he documented landing Dubai on his first royal overseas visit since the pandemic began. The Duke of Cambridge, 39, who recently gave his blessing for step-mum Camilla to be Queen Consort, managed to take a snap of the most beautiful view as he prepared to land in the United Arab Emirates country, which is home to a slew of the rich and famous.The second in line to the throne will be working on some rather different projects during his time in the sun-soaked playground however, as he geared up to attend the Dubai Expo upon touchdown.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVTruTV has opted not to go ahead with the previously greenlighted season of scripted comedy I’m Sorry, created by and starring Andrea Savage. The series had been renewed for a 10-episode third season to air in 2020.Your Complete Guide to Pilots and Straight-to-Series orders“Due to circumstances created by COVID, we unfortunately cannot move forward with production on the third season of I’m Sorry,” the network said in a statement to Deadline.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVThis past March, Netflix’s The Society was in final stages of pre-production, and the cast was getting ready to travel to Massachusetts to start filming Season 2 of the mystery YA drama series when the coronavirus pandemic brought Hollywood to a standstill.Five months later, with Hollywood slowly easing back into production, the producers were making tentative plans for a few weeks of prep leading to a potential October production restart when Netflix on Friday reversed its Season 2 renewal decision. The Society was one of two YA series with Season 2 orders impacted by COVID-19 that were canceled by the streamer, along with I Am Not Okay With This.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVIt was once considered the holy grail, landing a comedy series on a broadcast network. But now studios may be walking away from the genre as the decades-old broadcast model is becoming increasingly non-viable in the streaming age.Your Complete Guide to Pilots and Straight-to-Series ordersI hear that Sony TV, which is behind the hit ABC comedy series The Goldbergs, has informally notified networks that it will not be selling broadcast comedies in the current financial model, while Lionsgate TV independently has been contemplating a similar decision and may not be an active half-hour seller in broadcast this coming cycle.Both independent studios have been looking for solutions.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVViewers will be seeing more of Sami Brady on NBC’s Days Of Our Lives. Alison Sweeney is set to reprise her role as the fan-favorite troublemaker when the show resumes taping next month, producer Corday Productions revealed to Deadline.Since she left Days Of Our Lives as a full-time cast member in 2014 after 21 years, Sweeney has been coming back for a short arc every year since 2017.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVIt’s been a little more than a year since Netflix gave an 11-episode series order to The Sandman, based on Neil Gaiman’s DC comic. The epic drama, from Warner Bros TV, was impacted by the coronavirus pandemic, which shut down Hollywood production in mid-March.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVEXCLUSIVE: Netflix has reversed its Season 2 renewal decision for The Society. The YA drama, whose production was impacted by COVID-19, has been canceled and won’t film a second season.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVEXCLUSIVE: A staffer from The Bold and the Beautiful production company Bell-Phillip Television tested positive for COVID-19 three and a half weeks ago, sources told Deadline. As a precaution, the studio moved up the show’s dark week for that month and added a second dark week, I hear.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVThree staffers at Television City in Los Angeles have tested positive for the coronavirus, the LA County Department of Public Health revealed as part of its daily release of COVID-19 data classified by location and demographic.The current list, last updated on Wednesday night, has three confirmed staff infections at Television City’s address of  7800 Beverly Blvd. The iconic studio complex is listed as “CBS,” stemming from the facility’s longtime name, CBS Television City.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVIts a Dunphy mini-reunion at ABC and 20th Century TV. Former Modern Family star Sarah Hyland has been tapped to headline Yours, Mine & Paul, a multi-camera comedy series in development at ABC, from fellow Modern Family alum Ty Burrell and his recently launched Desert Whale Productions.Written and co-executive produced by writer, director, and actor Julia Meltzer, Yours, Mine & Paul‘s centers on Lauren (Hyland) who agrees to be a surrogate for her best friend, Paul, and his husband, Xander.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVCameras started tolling today as planned on the last two episodes of the CW’s Supernatural in Vancouver.Series producer Warner Bros. TV made a deal with the local unions that paved the way for production to begin.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVIndependent production companies continue to lead the way back into production amid the coronavirus pandemic.Leverage, a new incarnation of the 2008 crime drama for IMDb TV, is entering its second week of filing in NewOrleans, Louisiana. The series is produced by Dean Devlin’s Electric Entertainment.

ABC’s flagship comedy series “The Conners” is back in production on its upcoming third season. I hear production started today, with the first taping slated for later this week.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVEXCLUSIVE: Production resumed today on the second season of For All Mankind, the Apple TV+ space race alt-history drama from Ron Moore.The series, one of four original series to launch Apple TV+ last November, is produced by Sony Pictures TV. It had two episodes left to shoot from its Season 2 order when production shut down industrywide in mid-March.I hear filming on the remaining two episodes started today on the Sony lot in Culver City.Indie studio Sony Pictures TV has been at the forefront of efforts to safely return scripted series to production.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVMake that two seasons completed successfully at the Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta amid the coronavirus pandemic.I hear filming is wrapping this afternoon on Season 2 of Perry’s BET series, The Oval, two days ahead of schedule. Shooting on the White House soap started on Aug.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVHBO Max has struck a programming deal with Comedy Central for three of its original live-action series.Under the pact, praised Comedy Central comedies The Other Two and South Side will migrate to the WarnerMedia platform and become HBO Max originals, starting with their upcoming second seasons.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVEXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures Television is expanding its relationship with Hank Steinberg in a big way. The studio has signed a big five-year overall deal with the creator of the praised — and timely — Sony TV legal drama series For Life, which has been renewed for a second season by ABC.Under the pact, Steinberg will continue as executive producer and showrunner on For Life.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVEXCLUSIVE: Freeform has ordered an election-themed series hosted and executive produced by Kal Penn.The untitled project, from Michael Davies’ Embassy Row, is described as a smart, irreverent unscripted comedy series that explores issues and topics relevant to Millennial and GenZ voters.The series was created by Penn and Romen Borsellino who also serve as executive producers with Dan Spilo as well as Michael Davie and Julia Cassidy of Embassy Row.Penn and Borsellino met in 2007 when Penn visited Borsellino’s Roosevelt High School in Des Moines for a campaign event on behalf of Young Americans for Obama. Borsellino introduced Penn and the two developed a friendship.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVEXCLUSIVE: Young actress Maggie Elizabeth Jones (Ben and Kate) has been cast as one of the leads of CBS’ new Chuck Lorre-Marco Pennette multi-camera comedy series B Positive, headlined by Thomas Middleditch and Annaleigh Ashford.Your Complete Guide to Pilots and Straight-to-Series ordersJones has joined the series in a recasting; a different teen actress played the role in the James Burrows-directed B Positive pilot, the only 2020 broadcast pilot that was completed before the coronavirus-related production shutdown started in mid-March.Created by Pennette, B Positive is about a therapist and newly divorced dad (Middleditch) who is faced with finding a kidney donor when he runs into a

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVNBCUniversal’s streaming platform Peacock continues to build up its original comedy slate with a straight-to-series series order to MacGruber, starring and co-written by Will Forte.Your Complete Guide to Pilots and Straight-to-Series ordersThe action comedy, which stems from Forte’s recurringMacGyver parody sketch on Saturday Night Live, was part of Peacock’s inaugural development slate. It has received an eight-episode order.Forte will reprise his role as MacGuber and also write and executive produce.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVCBS’ CSI event series has been quietly moving forward, I have learned. William Petersen and Jorja Fox are in negotiations to star in CSI: Vegas, which serves as a sequel to the mothership CSI series, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVThe upcoming fourth installment of Noah Hawley’s FX anthology series Fargo, headlined by Chris Rock, will debut Sept. 27 with its first two episodes, directed by Hawley, airing back-to-back.Originally slated to premiere April 19, Season 4 of Fargo was delayed by the coronavirus pandemic, which shut down production on the show in mid-March.