Netflix is announcing performances by stand-up comedians including Bill Cosby and Chelsea Handler, set to roll out this fall. It’s the latest in the original-content initiative from this subscription Internet channel.
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Matt Iseman is in his fifth season of providing commentary for a “American Ninja Warrior” that’s yet to crown a winner. He thinks this finally may be the year.
Now this is how you launch a sports channel.
20th Century Fox Television announced an exclusive 5-year basic cable syndication deal with MTV and TBS Tuesday. As a result, re-runs of Zooey Deschanel’s popular sitcom will begin airing weekdays on those networks in Fall 2015.
While a sequel to the “Veronica Mars” movie is up in the air, there will be more “Veronica Mars” in store for fans. Web series “Play It Again, Dick,” from creator Rob Thomas and following Ryan Hansen’s character Dick Casablancas, was announced in January, and now the casting that’s firmed up should be welcome news to fans.
AMC-TV says that “Breaking Bad” spinoff, “Better Call Saul,” will debut in February.
Actor Jason Sudeikis is back in action as Coach Ted Lasso in another funny YouTube video for NBC Sports.
Starting at 5 p.m. every Sunday through Oct. 5, AMC will air eight straight hours of the Emmy-winning drama, in order, from the beginning.
“Mad Men” star Christina Hendricks won’t work like a modern woman if she’s still getting paid like a woman living in the 1960s.
Actor Vincent Kartheiser of “Mad Men” fame married fellow thespian Alexis Bledel of “Gilmore Girls” in California this past June.
You’re going to want to watch “The Knick” (10 p.m. Friday, Cinemax).
Being an Arrested Development fan means that you are familiar with the roller-coaster of emotions a television show can make you feel. Well, rise up once again, because it might be coming back … again.
After each episode of the new body-painting competition series produced and judged by Las Vegan Robin Slonina, you can log on to YouTube to see “Skin Wars: The Naked Truth with Kandee Johnson.”
The studio that produces “The Big Bang Theory” said it has reached contract deals with the cast of “The Big Bang Theory.” Agreements have been reached with stars Jim Parsons, Johnny Galecki and Kaley Cuoco for lucrative three-year contracts that trade reports put at about $1 million per episode for each actor.
Football season is coming. And, to celebrate the return of pro football to our TV screens, the Las Vegas Review-Journal is again compiling a directory of valley bars that cater to fans of individual NFL teams.