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The second season of “Your Honor,” which stars and is executive produced by Bryan Cranston, will premiere on Friday, December 9 on Showtime’s streaming platform, before airing on the network two days later.

The series is currently in production on the ten-episode new season, with Robert and Michelle King, Liz Glotzer, Joey Hartstone, Rob Golenberg, Alon Aranya, Ninio, Mashiach, Ram Landes, Ron Eilon, Danna Stern and James Degus serving as executive producers. Hartstone also serves as the showrunner for season two.

In addition to Cranston, the series cast includes Michael Stuhlbarg, Hope Davis and Isiah Whitlock Jr., with Rosie Perez, Margo Martindale and Amy Landecker slated to guest star. Lilli Kay, Keith Machekanyanga, Andrene Ward-Hammond, Jimi Stanton and Benjamin Flores Jr have been promoted to series regulars for the new season.

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The fifth season of “Inside Amy Schumer” will premiere on Paramount+ on Thursday,...

Welcome to a new generation of deception.

Over two decades since Anderson Cooper first hosted ABC reality competition series “The Mole,” the show is back on Netflix with 12 new contestants vying for a massive cash prize. Yet one of them is not who they appear to be…

Each week, 12 players work together in challenges to add money to a pot that only one of them will win. But there’s a catch — one player will sabotage the rest. Who is The Mole? The series kicks off October 7, with new episodes airing weekly.

Per an official synopsis, “The Mole” is a high-stakes competition series, and in this reimagined version, 12 players work together in challenges to add money to a pot that only one of them will win at the end. Among the players is one person who has secretly been designated “the Mole” and tasked with sabotaging the group’s money-making efforts.

Netflix, the company that pioneered the streaming industry with the advent of binge-driven series drops throughout the 2010s, may or may not be in the process of stepping back from the model that made them famous. An industry insider newsletter from Puck News (via ScreenRant) published this week includes former THR editor Matthew Belloni's take on the streamer's current trajectory, along with insights from analyst Michael Nathanson. The report points to recent and upcoming Netflix originals that have debuted via split seasons and batch episode drops, concluding that, "for the most part, [CEO Reed] Hastings has seemed unwilling to pivot off the binge model because he hasn't needed or wanted to. Now, it appears, he does."

While there's been no official announcement from Netflix and this change is far from set in stone, I think a shift from the binge model would be a resoundingly good choice for the streamer -- and,...

The reboot of The Mole has its host and a premiere date. Alex Wagner will host the 10-episode competition series which will air over a three-week period on Netflix. The series arrives on the streaming service next month.

Based on a Belgian format, The Mole previously aired in the United States for five seasons on ABC, between 2001 and 2008. Anderson Cooper, Ahmad Rashad, and Jon Kelley each served as the host across the show's network run.Read More…...

Jennifer Coolidge is a woman of many talents, including, apparently, selling homes. Netflix introduced us to her latest character, real estate agent Karen Calhoun, in a clip Friday promoting Ryan Murphy’s new series, “The Watcher.”

In the video, Coolidge shows off 657 Boulevard, the infamous New York house from the new limited series. “The Watcher” is based on a story written for New York Magazine and follows a family who were ultimately threatened to leave their newly bought mansion after a mysterious stalker began sending them letters in the mail.

Coolidge gives a tour of the property in painstaking detail, as any luxury real estate agent would, highlighting the best features in the house — including the fifth bathroom, which was thrown in “just for fun.”

“There is nothing like this in the world,” she says as she twirls through one of the rooms. And of course, she had to show off the fully intact dumbwaiter,...

A refresh for a reboot.  That's what Netflix's The Mole is getting with its new host, Alex Wagner, who will officially be the face of the rebooted series. The classic competition show, which is based on a Belgian series named De Mol, originally aired on ABC between 2001 to 2008. The show was previously headlined by Anderson Cooper.  Much like its predecessor, the new iteration will follow "twelve players as they work together in challenges to add money to a pot that only one of them will win at the end," according to the streamer. "Among the players is one person who has secretly been designated 'the Mole,'" the description continued, "and...

MSNBC’s Alex Wagner has been tapped to host Netflix’s reboot of the high-stakes competition series “The Mole,” which will premiere on the streamer Oct. 7.

“The Mole” is billed as a “reimagined version” of the cult ABC original and based on the Belgian format “De Mol,” created by Bart De Pauw, Michel Vanhove, Michiel Devlieger, and Tom Lenaerts and distributed by Primitives. In the show, 12 players work together in challenges to add money to a pot that only one of them will win at the end. Among the players is one person who has secretly been designated “the Mole” and tasked with sabotaging the group’s money-making efforts. In the end, one player will outlast their competition and expose the Mole to win the prize pot.

Netflix will release its 10 45-minute episodes over the course of three weeks. Executive producers are Chris Culvenor, Paul Franklin, Wes Dening, Rikkie Proost,...

One of the most iconic reality series will return next month.

Netflix confirmed Thursday that its highly-anticipated reboot of The Mole will premiere on October 7.

The series will span 10 episodes, but not all the episodes will be available at once.

The streamer is adopting the same rollout strategy it has done for some of its other competitive reality series.

The new take will be hosted by Alex Wagner (Alex Wagner Tonight).

Wagner also executive produced The Circus and was a contributing writer at The Atlantic.

Additionally, she is the author of Futureface, a critically-acclaimed memoir about identity and immigration.

"The Mole is a high-stakes competition series and in this reimagined version, twelve players work together in challenges to add money to a pot that only one of them will win at the end," the logline reads, adding:

Among the players is one person who has secretly been designated "the Mole...

A busy Alex Wagner, host of MSNBC’s Alex Wagner Tonight, is expanding her resume with another TV gig. Wagner has been named host of Netflix’s The Mole reboot. Netflix’s new version of the classic competition series is set to premiere October 7 on the streaming network.

The Mole, based on Belgian format De Mol, last aired on ABC from 2001-08 with Anderson Cooper as one of the initial hosts.

The Mole is a high-stakes competition series and in this reimagined version, twelve players work together in challenges to add money to a pot that only one of them will win at the end. Among the players is one person who has secretly been designated “the Mole” and tasked with sabotaging the group’s money-making efforts. In the end, one player will outlast their competition and expose the Mole to win the prize pot.

Wagner was named to succeed...

The reimagined version of The Mole will be released on Netflix as a multi-week event. The streaming service has announced that Alex Wagner will host the high-stakes competition series. The 10-episode series will premiere on Friday, October 7 and be released weekly for a three-week event. Check out a photo of Wagner in The Mole above. The Mole is based on the Belgian format (original title De Mol), created Bart De Pauw, Michel Vanhove, Michiel Devlieger, and Tom Lenaerts. (A previous U.S. version premiered in 2001 and aired on ABC for five seasons.) In Netflix’s version, 12 players work together in challenges to add money to a pot that only one of them will win at the end. One of the players has secretly been designated “the Mole” and is tasked with sabotaging the group’s money-making efforts. In the end, one player will outlast their competition and expose the Mole to win the prize pot.

MSNBC’s Alex Wagner continues to pick up some of the most interesting jobs held by news anchors. First she took over the MSNBC time slot previously held by Rachel Maddow. Now she’s set to lead a reality show that was once the province of a young Anderson Cooper.

When Netflix launches a reboot of “The Mole,” the reality competition that was first broadcast in the U.S. by ABC in 2001, the program will be led by Wagner, according to a person familiar with the matter. Representatives for Netflix and MSNBC were not able to respond immediately to queries about the matter on Wednesday. Wagner’s role in the show was previously reported by Reality Blurred.

Cooper hosted the first season of the U.S. version of “The Mole” while he was still toiling for ABC News and before he moved to CNN. In the show, contestants are given...

Netflix is launching their new tier program much earlier than anticipated. The streaming service will begin offering the tiers in November, as opposed to early next year as originally announced. This has been seen as a maneuver to beat Disney+ to the punch. Disney+ launches their tiered program in December.

Netflix was originally planning on making their updated tiers available at the start of 2023. However, their tiered program will now officially launch on November 1.

Official details of the tiers are not entirely solidified, but at least one will be supported by ads. According to Variety, a Netflix representative said, “We are still in the early days of deciding how to launch a lower-priced, ad-supported tier and no decisions have been made.”

Originally, Netflix stated, in part: “We’re updating our prices so that we can continue to offer more variety of TV shows and films…As always we offer a...

ITV Studios has struck an exclusive formats deal with longstanding Polish production partner Jake Vision. The agreements sees the latter take exclusive production rights to all non-scripted ITV Studios formats commissioned in the Eastern European country going forwards.

The pair already has an existing relationship, with Jake Vision producing the Polish version of Love Island, Hell’s Kitchen and Four Weddings. In most territories, ITV Studios has its own production assets but has taken the partnership route in Poland.

Arjan Pomper, Managing Director of Global Entertainment for ITV Studios said: “We are delighted that we have aligned with Jake Vision as our strategic production partner in Poland. The agreement forges international IP with outstanding local production capabilities, at a time when the demand for non-scripted productions in the territory is growing. We look forward to collaborating to deliver compelling content across all genres and for all platforms and broadcasters.”

ITV...

We’ve got questions, and you’ve (maybe) got answers! With another week of TV gone by, we’re lobbing queries left and right about lotsa shows including Evil, Big Brother, Blood & Treasure, Westworld, She-Hulk and more!

1 | Never Have I Ever viewers, did you get whiplash from the short nature of Devi and Paxton’s relationship-to-breakup arc?

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Netflix is adding another reality competition. The streaming service has rebooted The Mole, with the 10 episodes set to premiere this fall. The competition series sees 12 players working together in challenges to add money to a pot that only one of them will win at the end. Among the players is one who has secretly been designated “the Mole” and is tasked with sabotaging the group’s money-making efforts. In the end, one player will outlast their competition and expose the Mole to win the prize pot. The series is based on the Belgian format, De Mol, which was created by Bart De Pauw, Michel Vanhove, Michiel Devlieger, and Tom Lenaerts. It has aired 10 seasons, beginning in 1998 and has been hosted by Michiel Devlieger and Gilles De Coster. The United States’ first version of it came on ABC in 2001, with five seasons airing between 2001 and 2004 and in 2008. Its hosts included Anderson Cooper,...

Netflix is rebooting “The Mole,” a high-stakes competition series that will debut on the streamer this fall, TheWrap has confirmed.

In the new and reimagined version, 12 players must work together in challenges to add money to a pot that only one of them will win at the end. Unbeknownst to them, one of their teammates has been designated as “the Mole” and tasked with sabotaging the group’s money-making efforts. In the end, one player will outlast their competition and expose the Mole to win the prize pot.

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The series, like the ABC original that ran from 2001 to 2008, is based on the Belgian format “De Mol,” created by Bart De Pauw, Michel Vanhove, Michiel Devlieger and Tom Lenaerts and distributed by Primitives.

The reboot has a 10-episode order and will be produced by Eureka Productions. Executive producers are Chris Culvenor,...

Former ABC reality series The Mole is returning after a 14-year hiatus.

Netflix on Wednesday announced that it has ordered a 10-episode revival, which is set to premiere this fall, Variety reports.

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The Og Mole, originally hosted by Anderson Cooper, ran for five seasons between 2001 and 2008. Players worked together to complete missions that would add money to their group pot — but among them was “the mole,...

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Netflix is reviving a cult favorite from the early days of the reality TV boom.

The streamer has ordered a new version of The Mole, a competition series in which one player — the “mole” — works to undermine the others. The series, based on a Belgian format, aired for five seasons on ABC, with the last coming in 2008.

Eureka Productions (Holey Moley, Name That Tune) is behind the new version, which is slated to debut on Netflix in the fall. In the show, 12 contestants work together on a series of challenges that, if completed successfully, add money to a prize pot that only one of them will win. The mole, meanwhile, tries to sabotage the other players’ efforts while maintaining their cover as a regular player.

The Netflix show was filmed last year in Australia, per reports at the time from Reality Blurred and Buzzer Blog.

A rebooted version of the reality series “The Mole” has been ordered at Netflix, Variety has learned.

The new version of the former ABC series is expected to bow on Netflix this fall. Like the original American version, the Netflix version is based on the Belgian format “De Mol” created by Bart De Pauw, Michel Vanhove, Michiel Devlieger, and Tom Lenaerts and distributed by Primitives.

The streamer has given the new show a 10-episode order. In the competition series, twelve players work together in challenges to add money to a pot that only one of them will win at the end. Among the players is one person who has secretly been designated “the Mole” and tasked with sabotaging the group’s money-making efforts. In the end, one player will outlast their competition and expose the Mole to win the prize pot.

Chris Culvenor, Paul Franklin, Wes Dening, Rikkie Proost, David Tibballs,...

Netflix is bringing back classic competition series The Mole.

The streamer has ordered a new version of the Belgian format, which is best known for airing on ABC, to launch this fall.

The Mole is a high-stakes competition series and in this reimagined version, twelve players work together in challenges to add money to a pot that only one of them will win at the end. Among the players is one person who has secretly been designated “the Mole” and tasked with sabotaging the group’s money-making efforts. In the end, one player will outlast their competition and expose the Mole to win the prize pot.

The series is based on the Belgian format De Mol, created by Bart De Pauw, Michel Vanhove, Michiel Devlieger, and Tom Lenaerts and distributed by Primitives.

The ten-part series is produced by Holey Moley producer Eureka Productions with exec producers Chris Culvenor, Paul Franklin,...

We’ve got questions, and you’ve (maybe) got answers! With another week of TV gone by, we’re lobbing queries left and right about lotsa shows including Blood & Treasure, Westworld, Riverdale and For All Mankind!

1 | As welcome as the Daredevil revival news is, does the 18-episode season give you some pause? Or will Disney+ pull a Netflix and release “volumes”?

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A new month has arrived, which means a fresh batch of movies and TV shows streaming on Netflix. While many are no doubt still making their way through “Stranger Things” Season 4, June brings the arrival of a new season of another beloved Netflix series: “The Umbrella Academy.” The third season of the semi-superhero show premieres June 22 and finds the gang stranded in a timeline where the Umbrella Academy does not exist, while battling not only a rival team but also plenty of timeline-altering shenanigans.

In terms of new Netflix original films, June 17 sees the debut of “Spiderhead,” a psychological thriller starring Chris Hemsworth, Miles Teller and Jurnee Smollett and directed by “Top Gun: Maverick” filmmaker Joseph Kosinski.

June will also see the debut of the new Adam Sandler-fronted basketball inspirational drama film “Hustle” on June 8, while a litany of comedy specials from the likes of Pete Davidson and Amy Schumer...

Exclusive: Fly on the Wall Entertainment, Emmy-winning producers of Big Brother and Celebrity Big Brother, has signed with Wme for representation in all areas.

Co-founded by veteran reality producers Allison Grodner and Rich Meehan, Fly on the Wall has produced more than 50 series, specials and pilots, totaling over 10,000 hours of live and taped programming since its launch in 2009. This includes 21 seasons of the global hit format Big Brother and two seasons of Celebrity Big Brother on CBS, as well as competition series Million Dollar Mile with LeBron James. They also produced the Plain Jane and Big Rich Texas, among other formats.

The company also has become a leader in live event and live stream programming with such popular programs as Katy Perry Live: Witness World Wide, Will Smith: The Jump, Lovers Lounge with Taylor Swift and The Creator Games with Mr. Beast, among others.

Emmy-winning Grodner is the executive producer of the U.

With the number of adaptations Miike has dealt with in his filmography, it would be a surprise if he did not deal with a video game one. “Yakuza”, a 2005 Playstation 2 game provided a great opportunity considering its theme and aesthetics, and Miike did the most of it, coming up with one of the best video game adaptations I have ever seen on screen, even managing to tame his own absurdness, to a degree at least.

The story unfolds during a single, very hot night in Kamurocho (the video game’s version of Kabukicho) and revolves around five different axes that eventually collide. Imanichi and Nakanishi try to rob a bank but their ways are more of a comedy duo than of robbers and thus they end up taking the clerks and the customers of the bank as hostages despite their initial plan. In a building next door,...

Buenos Aires — Under municipal Minister of Culture Enrique Avogadro, the City of Buenos Aires is relaunching its Film Commission, taking advantage, yes, of the peso-dollar exchange but, above all, of Argentina’s unquestioned talent base, which is already triumphing outside Argentina.

Two examples, both from the TV sector: in 2018, Argentina sold more top 20 scripted format exports- eight – thanks to the sales of Telefe shows by Viacom. Intl. Studios, than any other country in the world, according to a study unveiled by The Wit at Mip Cancun.

Also, led by “Monzón,” a Buena Vista Original Productions with Buenos Aires’ Pampa Films, Argentina won far more kudos at last month’s Produ Awards than any other territory in Latin America.

Buenos Aires’ Film Commission drive builds on recent shoots in the city led over 2018-19 by international reality shows such as “The Mole,” for Germany and a New Zealand/Australia version of “The Bachelorette.

Evolution Media, an MGM company, has promoted Alex Baskin to President and hired industry veteran Rabih Gholam as Executive Vice President, Development. Gholam reports directly to Baskin and will be responsible for creating and developing new projects.

“As Evolution Media continues to grow and produce outstanding content, it is essential to have leaders in place that have the experience and mind for strategy that will propel the company to even greater heights,” said Barry Poznick, MGM’s President, Unscripted Television. “With Alex and his partner, Douglas Ross, continuing to steer the ship and with the recent hire of Rabih, an experienced, smart and focused executive, there is nowhere for this team to go but up.”

Evolution Media is behind such unscripted hits as The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, The Real Housewives of Orange County, Vanderpump Rules and Botched, and new...

Virgil Films has released the remarkable documentary "The Coolest Guy Movie Ever", a unique look at the 1963 WWII classic "The Great Escape". The film cemented Steve McQueen as a newly-minted superstar of the big screen and featured one of the all-time great casts: James Garner, Richard Attenborough, Charles Bronson, James Coburn, David McCallum, Donald Pleasence, James Donald among them. United Artists originally intended the movie to be shot in Hollywood but director John Sturges argued that it would only be convincing if shot on location in Germany. "The Coolest Guy Movie Ever" visits those locations and presents how they look today. In some cases, the iconic locations have changed considerably while others remain instantly recognizable. The documentary was conceived, directed, photographed and edited by Christophe Espenan, a devoted fan of the film. Espenan and a team of dedicated assistants and enthusiasts of the movie painstakingly tracked down even the most minor locations.

Because of a "pre-existing licensing deal" with Tribune Co. "Archie" Comics had to kill their comic book reboot of plainclothes officer, private detective "Dick Tracy", with actor Warren Beatty ("McCabe & Mrs. Miller") continuing to hold onto the character's rights, despite a 'use it' or 'lose it' clause in a long-standing agreement with Tribune to produce a "Dick Tracy" movie or TV series:

The monthly comic book series was illustrated in a more realistic style, than that of "Dick Tracy" creator Chester Gould...

Created by Gould as a newspaper comic strip, 'Dick Tracy' has appeared in five movie serials from 1937 through 1941...

...six movies, including Beatty's 1990 feature, plus three TV series including animated cartoons.

In a previous announcement of the new comic book series, Tribune Co. was "...very excited to work with Archie Comics. 'Dick Tracy' is an iconic character, who still resonates with his fan base. 

"The reboot of the franchise...

According to new reports, because of a "pre-existing licensing deal" with Tribune Co. "Archie" Comics cancelled their comic book reboot of "Dick Tracy", as actor Warren Beatty continues to hold onto the character's rights, despite a 'use it' or 'lose it' clause in a long-standing  agreement with Tribune to produce a "Dick Tracy" movie or TV show:

The monthly comic book series was illustrated by Thomas Pitilli...

...with the first cover by Francesco Francavilla.

Created by Chester Gould as a newspaper comic strip, 'Dick Tracy' has so far appeared in five movie serials from 1937 through 1941, six movies, including Beatty's 1990 feature, plus three TV series including animated cartoons.

In a previous announcement of the new comic book series, Tribune Co. was "...very excited to work with Archie Comics. 'Dick Tracy' is an iconic character, who still resonates with his fan base. 

"The reboot of the franchise will keep 'Dick Tracy' and...

A huge summer hit and a righteous blow struck for positive, non-comic book entertainment, Christopher Nolan’s account of a WW2 crisis is a major war picture with amazing, full-scale visuals that we are told were only slightly augmented with CGI effects. Hallelujah.

Dunkirk

Blu-ray + Digital + 4K Ultra HD

Warner Home Video

2017 / Color / 2.20:1; 1:78 (IMAX scenes) / 106 min. / Street Date December 18, 2017 / available through the WBshop / 44.95

Starring: Fionn Whitehead, Aneurin Barnard, Barry Keoghan, Mark Rylance, Tom Glynn-Carney, Tom Hardy, Jack Lowden, Kenneth Branagh, Cillian Murphy, James D’Arcy.

Cinematography: Hoyte Van Hotyema

Film Editor: Lee Smith

Production Design: Nathan Crowley

Original Music: Hans Zimmer

Produced by Christopher Nolan, Emma Thomas

Written and Directed by Christopher Nolan

Scenes of Real action, filmed with a Real camera, do make a difference: audiences respond differently, and become more involved.

When it comes to war movies the public is fickle: they want war combat to...

Stars: Fionn Whitehead, Tom Hardy, Mark Rylance, Tom Glynn-Carney, Cillian Murphy, Kenneth Branagh, Harry Styles, Aneurin Barnard | Written and Directed by Christopher Nolan

On paper, Christopher Nolan’s follow-up to Interstellar couldn’t be more different to the puzzle boxes which have defined his movies to date. Here’s a real historic event portrayed in well under two hours, with no room for sci-fi elements or high concept hooks. That it feels, in the end, very much like you’ve watched a Christopher Nolan film is surprising, for reasons both pleasing and not-so-pleasing.

We’re thrown into the nightmare of 1940, when more than 300,000 British Expeditionary Force troops were trapped on the titular beach, with the German hordes moving in. (In one of the film’s many authentic touches, we get to see the German propaganda leaflets promising the Allies’ imminent destruction.)

Three stories – and here’s where the narrative is Nolanised.

In our ongoing recap of last week's Ultimate Horror Poll -- in which over 100 genre experts helped determine the 100 greatest horror movies of all time by voting for their personal "ten best" -- the time has come to take stock of every honorable mention and clarification given by the survey's participants that weren't included in the original piece. To be clear, voters weren't asked for honorable mentions specifically; but a handful felt strongly enough about their "bubbling under" choices to list them anyway (which proved extraordinarily useful in helping break ties on the Top 100). See below for a full listing, as well as explanations from Bloody-Disgusting founder/editor-in-chief Brad Miska and director Corin Hardy ("The Hallow") on why they voted the way they did. Honorable Mentions: Barbara Crampton (Actor, "Re-Animator") Dracula (1931) Jaws (1975) Nosferatu (1922) Poltergeist (1982) Vampyr (1932) Brad Miska (Founder/Editor-in-Chief, Bloody-Disgusting.com; Producer) -- See Full Explanations Below Beetlejuice (1988) Bill & Ted's...

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From Kirk Alyn and George Reeves to Henry Cavill and Christopher Reeve, meet the men who have brought Superman to the screen...

Although Batman has had the most big screen versions of his character (more on that here), Superman surely holds the record for most re-castings once you add his vast television history into the equation. From Smallville to television musicals via Man Of Steel and old-school cinematic serials, The Big Blue Boy Scout sure has got around over the years.

Of course, the iconic Christopher Reeve holds the record for most filmic appearances, and remains to many film fans The Superman. Henry Cavill is surely after both of those accolades, even if the former seems the more likely goal.

While we wait for Cavill’s Supes to receive a post-Metropolis-levelling ass-whupping from Affleck’s Batman, then, let’s have a look at the actors...

From the bowels of Subway Cinema and their more haughty brethren at The Film Society Of Lincoln comes the first rumblings of the 13th edition of the New York Asian Film Festival, otherwise known as Nyaff. If you're a regular Twitch reader then you know how we feel about Nyaff, which is all warm and fuzzy.Ahead of the full lineup, they've announced that their centerpiece film will be Umin Bayo's baseball epic Kano, which James Marsh gave some great love to in his review last month.In addition, this year's Korean Actor In Focus is Lee Jung-jae (The Housemaid), and then there's screenings of Miike Takeshi's The Mole Song: Undercover Agent Reiji, Jo Ui-seok and Kim Byung-seo's Cold Eyes. Get a load of the press release...

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It’s hard to believe in the sanctity of the Grammys when it’s possible to have, like, 17 of them. (Ahoy, Beyonce.) Katharine Hepburn didn’t have 17 Oscars. Hell, we’re on the fence about giving Meryl a fourth. But if you stick around long enough and maintain a baseline level of radio palatability, you’re likely to pick up a trophy every couple of years. Sheryl Crow has nine, you know what I mean?

But even if you’re a major skeptic, you couldn’t have hated too many of the chosen winners from the 56th Annual Grammy Awards on Sunday night. I, for one, relished in Kathy Griffin‘s first win for Best Comedy Album. The woman is an unstoppable force of neurotic, popcult nerd flavor, and she remains as audacious now as she was when she outlasted Stephen Baldwin on Celebrity Mole: Hawaii.

Exclusive: Veteran reality producer Sean Travis has inked a pod deal with Asylum Entertainment. Under the pact, he will produce his own shows. Travis’ unscripted credits include MTV’s The Real World, ABC’s The Mole and Celebrity Mole, WB’s High School Reunion, Spike TV’s The Joe Schmo Show and Fox’s Princes Of Malibu and The Rebel Billionaire. He also was executive producer for MTV’s The Hills and The City, and currently is Ep on that network’s Wait ‘Til Next Year via his 2Lights Entertainment. He is repped by Wme and Greenberg Traurig. It’s the latest addition for Asylum, producers behind The Kennedys miniseries as well as reality shows like ReelzChannel’s Beverly Hills Pawn and the Espn docu series 30 For 30. As part of its expanding unscripted efforts, Asylum last month inked an output deal with Kennedys partner ReelzChannel with plans to produce 50 hours...

CNN’s chief silver fox is staying put, at least through the next presidential election.

EW can confirm that Anderson Cooper has renewed his CNN contract, inking a deal to stay with the cable news network through 2016′s presidential race. (The Hollywood Reporter first broke the news.)

The intrepid newsman came to CNN in 2001, after a stint at ABC News (and host of The Mole); he’s hosted his signature show, Anderson Cooper 360°, since 2003. From September 2011 through May of this year, Cooper also hosted a syndicated talk show called Anderson.

At the moment, Survivor: Blood Vs. Water should be called Survivor: Non-Heroes Vs. Non-Villains. Every remaining competitor is playing a low-key game (with the exception of Caleb, whose last-minute blitz on Brad Culpepper during that Tadhana tribal council is still the season’s most shocking move), and so far no one is even planning on anything nefarious or insane (with the exception of Colton, who left the game preemptively on a magic carpet made out of an oversize pink polo shirt).

Sure, Tyson is shoring up some propaganda against Aras, using backhanded remarks to make him look like an unfit teammate in front of his fellow tribesman, but that’s not exactly psychological warfare. We’re at a point where teammates who twitch too suddenly or utter anything suspicious get sent packing, and that was certainly the case on Wednesday’s episode. I hope some loudmouths start commandeering this game soon,...

ABC’s new murder mystery reality series is fun, but ridiculous. Should we tune in again?

ABC’s summer mystery series Whodunnit? is a reality competition that combines two sacred things: 1) The nutty ensemble mania of Clue (complete with a histrionic cast of murderous contestants), and 2) the awesome “There’s a crook among us!” suspense of The Mole, my favorite Anderson Cooper-hosted show. Take that, 360.

The problem: Whodunnit? is heavy on contrivance and near-senseless gameplay. I’ll be watching the entire season anyway thanks to my love of The Mole and the way Lesley Ann Warren brandishes a candlestick against her milky bodice, but the show needs work.

Hypothetically, the show makes total sense: 13 strangers enter a mysterious mansion, one of them is secretly a murderer, and the rest of the contestants try solving a new crime every week as the killer lurks and works in their midst. The...

On TV this Sunday: Mad Men‘s season finale is problematic, Veep wraps another term, Donald Sutherland crosses Lines, the Devious Maids report for work and Bravo honors James Gandolfini.

Here are 10 programs to keep on your radar.

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6 pm Inside the Actors Studio (Bravo) | A special rebroadcast of the late James Gandolfini’s appearance on the series, which originally aired Oct. 17, 2004.

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8 pm Celebrity Wife Swap (ABC) | Season 2 summer premiere: Sarah Palin’s daughters Bristol and...

ABC is hoping to take reality television to a new level with Whodunnit, but this doesn’t appear to be the bridge that’s going to churn out the next big thing.

On the other hand, I have to admit that I hope this can attract enough viewers to get the industry invested in future endeavors that look more like this, and a lot less like the next group of morons we can all laugh at. Remember The Mole? I loved that show.

Whodunnit is, just for the sake of easy comparisons, a televised game of How To Host A Murder Mystery with a group of strangers as the contestants. 13 people file into a luxurious mansion, apparently unsure what reality effort they’ve signed on for, and before they have time to get settled in, one of them lies dead on the floor. The rest of them have to figure out who…...

I got the memo about Alex Trebek potentially leaving Jeopardy! in 2016, and that sent my mind into a frenzy (accompanied by the ping-pang-pow sound effect of a Daily Double). Alex Trebek's name is synonymous with Jeopardy! for a reason: He is an astoundingly great host who knows so much trivia and loves the learning process. You might think his knack for accents and correcting contestants is pretentious or annoying, but that discipline is so essential to the dignity and respect of the show's difficult material. Hell, this man hosts the National Geography Bee every year. He is a TV legend and it pains me to think of him departing the series.

But the task becomes a little bit easier when I think of some of the qualified people who could replace him. A few names have been thrown about loudly -- particularly Matt Lauer's and Anderson Cooper's...

Covering the horror scene as long as we have, we've seen some pretty eclectic cast lists, but with its assortment of reality TV stars, ex-baseball players, lady wrestlers, and a musician (oh yeah, there are a few regular actors in there, too), Gravedigger could be the oddest one yet!

From the Press Release:

Have you ever felt you needed to just bury your guilt? Literally...

Currently filming is 2013’s most gruesome tale of fear and fright, Gravedigger. A sinister collaboration among the minds of award-winning actor Keith Collins (Stuck in the Middle, The Meat Puppet), Doug Bollinger (Waltzing Anna), and Brandon Ruckdashel (“Co-ed Confidential”) and from the eerie ink of NY Emmy-award winning writer Joseph Pepitone and his brother, Billy Pepitone (Stuck in the Middle), Gravedigger is a horrifying shockfest that will keep you on the edge of your seat and the brink of insanity throughout a terrifying journey of paranoia.

Community is back! High-five! Or just a self-five if you still miss Liz Lemon.

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Dave Annable has joined a comedy pilot. Joe, Joe and Jane follows an author who struggles to balance the needy demands of his wife and his best friend. Annable will play the best friend.

It's official. Taissa Farmiga has joined the third season cast of American Horror Story.

I learned about the greatness of Margo Martindale from her supporting role on The Riches, was thrilled to see her get her due with the accolades for her Justified role and eagerly await getting to see her on The Americans. Now, EW reports that Martindale is set to appear on New Girl as Nick's mom.

The Office's Ellie Kemper (who we still love) has joined a comedy pilot at NBC. Brenda Forever will follow a woman who "marches to the beat of her own drum" with...

By Seth Metoyer, MoreHorror.com

The upcoming horror/thriller Gravedigger is currently filming and a promo poster and along with movie details have been released. Take a look at the info below and keep your eyes peeled for more information as they become available.

From The Press Release:

Have you ever felt you needed to just bury your guilt? Literally…

Currently filming, is 2013’s most gruesome tale of fear & fright "Gravedigger." A sinister collaboration between the minds of Award Winning Actor Keith Collins, Doug Bollinger (“Waltzing Anna”), Brandon Ruckdashel (“Co-ed Confidential”) and from the eerie ink of NY Emmy Award Winning Writer Joseph Pepitone & Billy Pepitone (“Stuck in the Middle”), comes a horrifying shock fest that will keep you on the edge of your seat and the brink of insanity throughout a terrifying journey of paranoia.

A vigilante serial killer is stalking, killing and burying those he has judged...

First, the bad news: Watching a half-dozen channels of election coverage makes you realize how little racial diversity is represented among male news anchors. The women fare a little better, but it's ultimately kind of depressing. Secondly, the good news: Wow, there are a lot of hot silver foxes reading teleprompters nowadays! That's everyone's victory. Since we're still on a high from last night's results, let's rank the five hottest men who donned ties and furrowed their brows at us over expensive desks.

5. John King (CNN)

The man loves a touch-screen, doesn't he? The 49-year-old hunk used his athletic fingertips to point out the blueness of blue states and the redness of red states, and while there's a sensual element to that, you have to chuckle at what's becoming obligatory election choreography. It's like less strenuous Vanna White handiwork. But that's Ok. Turn me like a consonant, John!

4. Scott Pelley...

Looks like it’s back to hard news — or an unexpected revival of ABC’s The Mole – for Anderson Cooper. Warner Brothers will pull the plug on the silver-haired anchor’s daily talker Anderson at the end of its current second season, according to the New York Times. The show’s final episode is expected to air in summer 2013.

After struggling in the ratings during its first season, Anderson changed its format — adding a rotating roster of cohosts and taping live — for Season 2. Those tweaks were not enough to make the show a hit in an increasingly crowded talk-show field.

Back in October we titillated you with this slice of reality TV hotness. Now that it's summer, the official season of addictive reality TV, it's time to revisit the area of hot reality TV hosts with a formal countdown. So here they are, the 20 hottest hosts of reality TV. Will your #1 pick match ours? Or will our choice extinguish your billowing torch?

20. Tim Gunn, Tim Gunn's Guide to Style

Tim Gunn's professorial smarts on Project Runway and his long-gone makeover series Tim Gunn's Guide to Style make his conservative work attire damn fetching. He's a saucy and sexy guy, and I'm not just saying that because I believe my impersonation of him is Nobel-worthy.

19. Joe Rogan, Fear Factor

I hated Fear Factor, and I wasn't much a fan of Joe Rogan's Super Amped hosting skills -- but I'll give the man one thing: He was hilarious on Newsradio,...

Kathy Griffin has starred in plenty of fine television series before, including Kathy's My So-Called Reality on MTV, Bravo's wonderful My Life on the D-List, and even Suddenly Susan, I say. But no format is a better fit for the comedienne than a talk show, and her new jam Kathy on the Bravo Network will hopefully reinvigorate the tired genre once and for all. Its first episode was lovely, and thus, it's time we reflect on Kathy's 10 funniest moments ever. You can claim that her D-list gossipmongering is just shtick, and you can even claim that the 51-year-old firestarter is a bit more aloof than she used to be, but you can't say that the woman doesn't get it. I consider myself a longtime Kathy superfan (though I prefer her older standup specials and mourn My Life on the D-List every day), so hopefully this is a comprehensive countdown.

The kids and parents who appear on TLC's Toddlers & Tiaras are disturbing enough, but former The Mole host Anderson Cooper has found a way to make them even more creepy: by dressing up the moms just like their daughters. They'll receive makeovers as part of his daytime talk show Friday, and at first that seemed like a way to just validate and celebrate this insanity. But a preview of the episode highlights how painful...