'Impeachment,' 'Money Heist' and College Football
►This Week in TV. THR's
Rick Porter runs down the TV premieres, returns and specials over the next seven days. Things to look out for over the coming week include the show that everyone will be talking about, FX's
Impeachment: American Crime Story. On cable, there's the return of
What We Do in the Shadows for its third season, Showtime's Rick James doc and
Billions resumes its long-delayed fifth season. There's also the fifth and final season of Netflix's global sensation of
Money Heist.
The full guide.
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Synergy. WarnerMedia will give cross-platform runs to several HBO Max shows, including a quiz show for Harry Potter superfans, as part of a family programming block on Cartoon Network.
The story. —
Could be a contender. Common is set to star and produce
The Faith of Long Beach, an indie boxing drama being made by Adonis Tountas and his Everlast Pictures banner.
The story. In other news... —TV review: Sean Hayes and Wanda Sykes in Netflix's
Q-Force.
—Film review: Shea Whigham and Olivia Munn in
The Gateway.
—Film review: Camila Cabello and Billy Porter in Amazon’s
Cinderella.
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Seinfeld gets
launch date on Netflix.
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The Office interactive experience coming to Chicago.
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Girls on the Bus, from Greg Berlanti and Julie Plec,
moves to The CW from Netflix.
—Peacock nabs STXfilms’ remake of
My Son,
starring James McAvoy, Claire Foy.
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Sorcerority graphic novel to get
movie treatment from Gabrielle Union and Taraji P. Henson.
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Runt trailer:
Late Cameron Boyce faces school bullies in final film.
—Ubisoft reveals women’s
film and television fellowship participants.
What else we're reading... —"Let Fala Chen Reintroduce Herself" [
Elle]
—"Hong Kong Legend Tony Leung Tries His Hand at Hollywood" [
GQ]
—"Coming to Terms With the Legacy of Rick James" [
New York Times]
—"YouTube’s Music Service Eclipses 50 Million Subscribers" [
Bloomberg]
—"Shattering the Hollywood Myths of the Tulsa Race Massacre" [
Daily Beast]
Today... Today's birthdays:
Keanu Reeves (57), Salma Hayek (55), Mark Harmon (70), Eugenio Derbez (60), Nicholas Pinnock (48), Katt Williams (50), Tim Key (45), Anthony Wong (60), Merritt Patterson (31), Tiffany Hines (38), Damson Idris (30)