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View on web New reader? Subscribe SUBSCRIBE. IT'S FREE. NBC RENEWAL STATUS REPORT 'CHICAGO' AND 'LAW & ORDER' FRANCHISES, 'THE HUNTING PARTY,' 'BRILLIANT MINDS' & 'STUMBLE' NBC is coming off the purge of 2025 when six scripted series — dramas Found, The Irrational, Grosse Pointe Garden Society and Suits L.A. and comedies Night Court and Lopez vs. Lopez — were canceled ahead of NBA’s arrival to the network’s primetime last fall. NBC added two new comedy series with shorter orders for 2025-26, Stumble and The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins, and no new dramas. A year later, NBC is not in a scripted contraction mode anymore, as evidenced by its recent orders of eight pilots, five dramas and three comedies. >>>What's Poised For Renewal Deadline Exclusives & Originals Jeff Shell Fights Back - Paramount President Jeff Shell intends to fight back against a threatened lawsuit from a former longtime associate over the alleged misuse and disclosure of confidential corporate information. >>>" Errors Of Fact And Law" 'Trauma' Finds New Life – Trauma: Life in the ER was one of the first unscripted series to air in the U.S. The show ran for seven seasons on TLC from 1997 to 2002, was nominated for seven Emmys and spawned spinoffs including Paramedics and Code Blue. The huge success of another Emmy-winning show, HBO Max’s The Pitt, has now opened the door for its potential return. >>> Speaking To Hospitals Expanding 'Summer House' – Summer House is quietly becoming a franchise to rival Bravo hits such as The Real Housewives and Below Deck, and Truly Original, the Banijay-backed production company behind the series and its multiple spinoffs, knows it’s time to take advantage of that fact. >>> Potential New Franchise Inside The BAFTAs N-Word Debacle - The BAFTA Awards are screened on British television on a two-hour time delay, meaning producers at Penny Lane TV have time to edit the ceremony before broadcast. However, the BAFTA Film Awards went to air on Sunday night with Davidson’s unintentional racial slur included. >>> Full Analysis Related: BAFTA Jury Member Steps Down Over Racial Slur Debacle, MPs Call For BBC Explanation   Exclusive Warner Bros. Complained About BAFTA Racial Slur Incident & Requested It Be Cut From BBC Broadcast John Davidson Says He Is “Deeply Mortified” That His Tourettes Tics Could Be Seen As “Intentional” In First Statement After BAFTA Film Awards THE DEADLINE INTERVIEW ‘Paradise’s Sterling K. Brown On Xavier & Annie’s “Purely Platonic” Bond: “We Don’t Get A Chance To Explore Enough Of These Relationships On Camera” When Shailene Woodley’s Annie sees a fiery crash in Paradise , she initially believes Link (Thomas Doherty) has come back for her, as he promised he would when his band of survivors left the mansion months ago. But after saddling up on her horse and riding to the wreckage, all while in the late stages of pregnancy, she encounters Sterling K. Brown's Xavier Collins instead, in the outside world for the first time in years in search of his wife Teri (Enuka Okuma). Here, Brown talks to Deadline about his character’s marital backstory, what he hopes Xavier imparted on the child survivors and the value of seeing a “purely platonic relationship” between a man and a woman develop on screen. >>>Q&A Related: Shailene Woodley, Thomas Doherty Discuss Working With An Intimacy Coordinator To Develop Their ‘Paradise’ Romance QUOTABLE   "Is Kash Patel a Make-a-Wish...Kid?" - Jon Stewart on FBI Director Kash Patel celebrating with Team USA in Italy after they won the Olympic hockey gold RENEWALS, CANCELLATIONS & PICKUPS Ryan Coogler’s ‘X-Files’ Reboot Gets Hulu Pilot Order With Danielle Deadwyler Starring ‘Robin Hood’ Renewed For Season 2 At MGM+ HBO Snaps Up ‘The Slightest Touch’ Doc Featuring Colin Farrell Sony Orders 24 More Episodes Of ‘Reading Rainbow’ ‘Extra’ Renewed For Season 33 By Fox Television Stations ITV & Disney Expand Content Pact With Hulu Shows ‘The Stolen Girl’ & ‘The Twisted Tale Of Amanda Knox’   Exclusive BritBox To Stream ‘A Woman Of Substance’ Starring Brenda Blethyn In The U.S.   Exclusive ​​​​​​​‘Days That Shocked The World’ Sells To WBD In EMEA CASTING ABOUT Exclusive Two-time Oscar winner Tom Hanks is set to play Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, in Starburns Industries’ live-action/stop-motion animation hybrid movie Lincoln in the Bardo.   Exclusive Selma Blair has signed on to star opposite Sean Patrick Flanery in Ethan Almighty – Ethan’s Law, an inspirational indie written, directed and produced by Tané McClure. The Voice is clearly going after a younger audience with its upcoming season after adding popular content creator Druski to its books. NBC has set Druski as a special commentator for Season 29, which is billed as The Voice: Battle of Champions.   Exclusive Maksim Chmerkovskiy is now the leading man in a vertical drama series. The former Dancing with the Stars pro will star in Wild Silence, Holywater Tech’s latest offering on its My Drama platform. DEVELOPMENT Lily Collins To Play Audrey Hepburn In Film On Making Of ‘Breakfast At Tiffany’s’   Exclusive Hulu Developing Drama Series ‘The Haunting Of Alejandra’ From Steven Paul Martinez   Exclusive Rafael Amaya To Star As Joaquín ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán In New Series BY THE NUMBERS   23.5M - Average number of viewers for NBC's Milan Cortina Olympics coverage MORE NEWS 🤝 Warner Bros. Discovery's board of directors said it is evaluating the latest takeover proposal from Paramount while still recommending that shareholders back a pending deal with Netflix. The value of the new offer was not disclosed, but Deadline has confirmed it is higher than the previous one's $30 per share. 🏈 College and NFL football propelled Disney to 11.9% of all U.S. TV viewing in January, according to Nielsen‘s latest Media Distributor Gauge report. YouTube once again topped the list at 12.5%, according to the monthly snapshot of viewing by distributor. 🏆 Books by Michelle Obama and producer Will Packer and Kendrick Lamar‘s Super Bowl Halftime Show performance a year ago were among the winners on the first night of the 2026 NAACP Image Awards. ⚖️ More than two months after the stabbing deaths of Rob and Michelle Reiner, the famed couple’s youngest son Nick Reiner on Monday entered a not guilty plea to two count counts of first-degree murder. ✍️ As Yellowjackets is preparing to come to an end, its creators are staying in the Paramount family. Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson, who created the series and serve as showrunners, have struck an overall deal with Paramount Television Studios.  ⚖️ Russell Brand has pleaded not guilty to two additional charges, one of rape and one of sexual assault, according to reports. He has previously pled not guilty to five other charges and is already due to appear in court this summer on these charges.    HIRINGS, PROMOTIONS & EXITS   Exclusive Jill Basinger Joins Stris & Maher LLP As Partner To Lead Its Media, Entertainment & Sports Practice   EXclusive Select Management Group Promotes Brittany Maxwell To Partner Peter Attia Exits CBS News Contributor Gig After Epstein Files Disclosure OBITUARIES   🕯️ Robert Carradine has died at age 71. He took his own life. The actor is best known for his roles in The Long Riders, Revenge of the Nerds and Lizzie McGuire. 🕯️  Maxi Shield, a Sydney-based star of Australia’s RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under, died over the weekend six months after announcing a throat cancer diagnosis. She was 51. 🕯️  2026 Deaths Photo Gallery ON THE RADAR Tue - State of the Union address; Gavin Newsom’s memoir drops Wed - Paramount earnings; Survivor S50 premiere; Scream 7 premiere; Scrubs reboot debuts Thu - Warner Bros. Discovery earnings Sat - PGA Awards; NAACP Image Awards; Connor Storrie hosts SNL Sun - The Actor Awards PHOTO OF THE DAY Together Again - Zach Braff, Sarah Chalke and Donald Faison attend the Premiere of ABC's Scrubs reboot at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. This email was sent to punjabsvera@gmail.com by Deadline. Please add email@email.deadline.com to your address book to ensure delivery to your inbox. Visit the Preferences Center to update your profile and customize what email alerts and newsletters you receive. Deadline is a part of Penske Media Corporation. © 2026 Deadline Hollywood, LLC. All Rights Reserved. 11355 W Olympic Blvd Los Angeles, CA, 90064 View in Browser | Privacy Policy | Your Privacy Rights | Ad Choices | Terms of Use | Unsubscribe