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A battle is brewing between movie theaters and Universal Pictures over its decision to release “Trolls World Tour” directly to home video-streaming services during the coronavirus lockdown. Both AMC Entertainment and Regal Cinemas, the nation’s top two theater owners, are threatening to boycott Universal Pictures’ films from its screens after Jeff Shell, chief executive of …

It was the end of a Will & Grace era … again. Thursday night saw the final finale of the hit NBC sitcom, 14 years after its original ending. The series, starring Debra Messing, Megan Mullally, Sean Hayes and Eric McCormack, ran for a total of 246 episodes However, the series almost had a VERY …

After some sketchy moments in the first canned “Saturday Night Live … At Home” episode forced by the coronavirus lockdown, NBC’s venerable comedy franchise rallied to give it another virtual go this weekend. Brad Pitt brought some red-hot star quality to the cold open, which featured the “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood” Oscar …

Thursday night’s “Superstore” season finale left viewers with a half-cliffhanger after series star America Ferrera announced on Instagram that she was leaving the NBC sitcom — just after it was renewed for a sixth season in February. On the two-part finale, concluding this fall, Ferrera’s character, Amy Sosa, accepted a job with Cloud 9’s corporate …

The good folks of the Parks and Recreation Department in Pawnee, Indiana are back for more hijinks, well, at least for a little while. NBC has announced that the cast of its iconic sitcom “Parks and Rec” is set to reunite for a half-hour scripted special airing on April 30, in aid of COVID-19. Almost …

If you’ve been using “The Office” as a comfort watch during the coronavirus lockdown, good news — now you can hang out with the cast. On Wednesday, several cast members announced that they have partnered with Omaze, a fund-raising organization, to benefit the Variety Boys & Girls Club, which provides struggling families with meals, supplies …

NBCUniversal has sold a $178 million stake in stationary-bike company Peloton, whose shares have lately been surging because of the coronavirus crisis. The Comcast-owned broadcaster — an early investor in Peloton, which went public last September — has been looking at its portfolio of investments as it seeks to shore up its cash reserves amid …

Drew Brees is signing with NBC Sports over ESPN in a move that will make him a fixture on NFL telecasts after he finishes playing, The Post has learned. In a contract that will begin after Brees retires from the Saints, the 41-year-old will be groomed as the potential replacement for Cris Collinsworth on “Sunday …

Is it Saturday yet? The creators of “Saturday Night Live” have announced that the sketch show will return with fresh material this weekend, Deadline reports, despite social distancing orders due to the coronavirus pandemic. Exactly how producer Lorne Michaels, the show’s 17 cast members and dozens of crew members plan to pull this off has …

Television may start looking a bit too familiar. Networks, hamstrung by the inability to shoot new TV shows, may turn to reruns to fill programming slots. With no sense of when quarantine measures will lift amid the global coronavirus crisis, the big four networks, ABC, NBC, CBS and Fox, are mulling how to fill the …