DJ Conner fired from The Conners

Yesterday's announcement that Michael Fishman, best known (only known?) for playing DJ Conner on Roseanne since he was a little kid, was leaving reboot spin-off show The Conners seemed a little odd. More details emerged today.

Fishman got fired from the show. He says:

I was told I would not be returning for season 5...

Brutal. Apparently he appeared in 36 of the 71 episodes to date. You can read his classy exit statement at Deadline:

Huge viewership for Game of Thrones: House of The Dragon

Hot D viewership is pretty much at where viewership was for the original series, which is impressive. Positive word of mouth helped the show rack up approx 25 million viewers in the US for the first episode. What I was interested in seeing is how episode 2 went - would there me much of a switch-off factor once viewers had sampled the new show? Not at all. In fact viewership on the night of broadcast was up 2% on episode one.

This is a bona fide TV hit, folks.

Ben Kingsley will be rejoining the MCU in the cast of the upcoming Marvel Man. Read: Variety
Narcos EP/director José Padilha is suing his fellow EP Eric Newman over what he claims is his share of millions of dollars in profits from the Netflix show. Read: Deadline
You'd be understandably mistaken if you just assumed Daniel Stern had been in the cast of For All Mankind. But you're thinking of the TV show Manhattan. Regardless, he's joining For All Mankind with season 4. Read: Variety
A horrifying reminder that Gutfeld! is the biggest TV show in late night variety chat TV. Where is its Emmy nomination? Read: Deadline
When The Goldbergs returns for its inexplicable 10th season, Jeff Garlin's character will have been dead for months following a time jump. Read: Variety
Michael Jackson wanted to be in The Sandman TV adaptation. Presumably this was some time ago. Read: Variety
A new Hallmark movie channel and a dedicated CSI channel are among new Pluto TV additions. Read: The Streamable
Not content with starring on every UK drama series, Keeley Hawes has just joined the cast of the new Orphan Black series. Read: Deadline

Movie Rainbow debuts on Netflix Sept 30. It is loosely inspired by The Wizard of Oz.

Here's the trailer for the Australian version of reality show The Real Love Boat. It airs on 10 later this year. A US version was filmed on the boat at the same time. That debuts Oct 5.