Mike White joins Survivor's 50th and The Morning Show is back!
Today's news is, uh, newsy!
Just keeping it to a batch of News Desk stories today.
But… just because it is on my mind…
Seinfeld’s The Marine Biologist… that is a perfectly constructed episode of television. I’ve randomly been going through Seinfeld episodes at night (waiting for the day that my kid is old enough for it to be reinstated as 7pm viewing each night as the god of the 1990s intended) and just found myself marvelling at it last night. It’s just incredible.
News Desk
We don’t really have an “anchor voice” in the same way that they do in the US, but here is Fernando Hurtado asking if it is time to get rid of it. I reckon anything journalists and presenters can do to raise the authenticity of their presentation is for the best. Read: TV News Check
Hacks has been renewed for a fifth season for Max. Read: THR
Mike White has been announced as joining the cast of Survivor’s 50th season. Read: THR
The Big Pitch with Jimmy Carr is a new podcast being made for Netflix by BBC Studios Audio. In it he hears pitches from comedians for Netflix films. It’s a video podcast, which begs the question as to whether it’ll ever appear on Netflix itself. Read: Deadline
The Martin Clunes ITV drama Out There has been cancelled after one season. Read: Radio Times
Former Paramount CEO Barry Diller says coke was being shipped to the Popeye set in film cans. Hands up anyone surprised by this? Read: EW
The CIA secretly ran a Star Wars fan site. Wait until you find out who is really running Always Be Watching (hint: they made Steve Guttenberg a star). Read: 404 Media
Donald Trump has pardoned reality TV star fraudsters Julie and Todd Chrisley. They starred in USA Network show Chrisley Knows Best. Read: The Guardian
EA has cancelled a game based on Marvel’s Black Panther. Read: IGN
The Morning Show Season 4 returns to Apple TV+ Sept 17. This feels like information many of you will be keen to know. Read: thefutoncritic
Nintendo is working to solve a scalper problem for the Switch 2 release. Read: Polygon
Trailer Park
Countdown debuts on Prime Video June 25.
When an officer with the Department of Homeland Security is murdered in broad daylight, LAPD detective Mark Meachum, portrayed by Ackles, is recruited to a secret task force, alongside undercover agents from all branches of law enforcement, to investigate. But the hunt for the killer soon uncovers a plot far more sinister than anyone could have imagined, kicking off a race against time to save a city of millions.
Smoke debuts on Apple TV+ June 27.
Taron Egerton and Jurnee Smollett attempt to get as close to the truth as possible—without getting burned.
This looks cool. The Kollective debuts on Hulu June 10.
Taking audiences around the world from Budapest to St. Petersburg to London, "The Kollective" is a gripping thriller about a group of intrepid young citizen journalists who, after a sudden tragedy, find themselves sucked into a globe-spanning web of government lies and corruption.
That’s the newsletter for today.
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