• Fox sets ‘Masked Singer’ Season 4 premiere; moves up Ken Jeong’s ‘I Can See Your Voice’

    Fox sets ‘Masked Singer’ Season 4 premiere; moves up Ken Jeong’s ‘I Can See Your Voice’

    The premiere date for Season 4 of “The Masked Singer” is a mystery no longer. Fox has announced that its wildly popular guessing game show will debut its fourth season on Sept. 23 in its usual 8 p.m. time slot. Not only that, but the network has decided to fast-track singing competition series “I Can …
  • CBS taps ‘Star Trek: Discovery,’ ‘One Day at a Time,’ to fill out fall schedule

    CBS taps ‘Star Trek: Discovery,’ ‘One Day at a Time,’ to fill out fall schedule

    CBS has (inter)stellar plans to fill out its coronavirus-hobbled fall TV lineup. The network announced Wednesday it will broadcast the first season of “Star Trek: Discovery” — a series that normally airs on subscriber-based streaming channel CBS All Access — during prime time. And in a synergetic switcheroo, CBS also will air seven episodes from …
  • How ‘Transplant’ star Hamza Haq shaped Muslim refugee role

    How ‘Transplant’ star Hamza Haq shaped Muslim refugee role

    Hamza Haq graduated from a hired consultant to the star of “Transplant,” a new medical drama premiering Sept. 1 on NBC. In the series, which debuted on Canada’s CTV earlier this year, Haq plays Bashir Hamed, a Syrian doctor and refugee who, through a series of events, finds himself part of the medical team at …
  • Fall TV schedule takes shape with cancellations, renewals and additions

    Fall TV schedule takes shape with cancellations, renewals and additions

    It’s looking like the fall TV season won’t see its traditional September launch due to the industry shutdown in place since mid-March. The broadcast networks are, however, moving ahead with their 2020-21 schedules, even though episodes of new and returning shows have yet to be filmed. CBS and Fox have mostly kept their fall schedules …
  • ABC returns ‘black-ish’ to fall schedule, citing importance ‘during this moment in time’

    ABC returns ‘black-ish’ to fall schedule, citing importance ‘during this moment in time’

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  • What a fuss: ‘This Is Us’ actor now says filming will start in fall

    What a fuss: ‘This Is Us’ actor now says filming will start in fall

    During Wednesday’s film and television industry Zoom roundtable with Governor Gavin Newsom, “This Is Us” actor Jon Huertas said that after talking to show creator Dan Fogelman, the NBC drama may not return to production until January 2021 in case of a second wave of COVID-19. People ran with this return date which made Huertas …
  • Fox sets pandemic-proof fall 2020 schedule

    Fox sets pandemic-proof fall 2020 schedule

    With much of the TV biz on COVID-19 lockdown and the fate of many “bubble” series still TBD, Fox forged ahead with its 2020 Fall TV schedule announcement on Monday. As expected, the network’s lineup largely consists of sports franchises, reality series, animated tentpoles and postponed scripted fare. Meanwhile, the official fate of a number …