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FALL SCHEDULE DOES NOT INCLUDE 'BACHELOR' FRANCHISE FOR FIRST TIME SINCE PANDEMIC |
ABC went for minimal changes in its fall schedule release but, for the first time since 2019-20, the network will not have a Bachelor franchise series. It aired installments of The Bachelorette, Golden Bachelor and Golden Bachelorette to kick off the season for the past six years.
“We’ve had to take a look at just managing the franchise properly," said Ari Goldman, ABC's SVP, Content Strategy and Scheduling.
Meanwhile, ABC pulled a surprise in keeping #1 series High Potential off the fall schedule, with the hit crime drama starring Kaitlin Olson set to remain on the bench for midseason. That one was held back alongside Shifting Gears.
The network’s sole new series for next season, The Rookie: North, will debut midseason as expected. >>>Full Fall Schedule & Analysis
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Deadline Exclusives & Originals
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Rushing Into The Bible - Legendary TV has optioned the rights to develop a series based on sorority recruitment coach Trisha Addicks’ debut book The Rush Bible. The buzzy project is being EP'd by Eva Longoria and follows a fictional rush consulting firm where expert coaches are paid thousands to usher young women through sorority recruitment. >>>Straight-Talking Guide
Shining A Light On Combs - Sean Combs’ name may come up at the Primetime Emmys this year, though not in the manner he’d like. Sean Combs: The Reckoning, Netflix's hit series directed by Alexandria Stapleton, shines a harsh glare on the artist known as P Diddy and sexual misconduct allegations that took him from the top of the music business to the interior of a prison cell. >>>Doc Talk Podcast
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Barry Keoghan Talks Ringo Starr And Finding His Wild Side In ‘Butterfly Jam’ And ‘Batman Part II’: |
Everyone wants to know about Barry Keoghan and the Beatles, but the Saltburn star is in Cannes promoting Butterfly Jam, a family drama set in and around an East Coast Circassian community starring Riley Keough.
The actor spoke to Breaking Baz during a day off from portraying drummer Ringo Starr in Sam Mendes’ four-part Beatles film blockbuster.
Kantemir Balagov's Butterfly Jam marks the first feature involvement for Keoghan’s Wolfcub Productions and will be the opening-night film in Directors’ Fortnight.
"It’s a movie where I get to learn about culture," Keoghan told Baz. "We had a dialect coach there in Circassian. Kantemir surrounds himself with incredible people, people like Riley Keough who’s absolutely brilliant in everything she does. It was a breath of fresh air to work with her. >>>Q&A
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QUOTABLE
"If we start censoring ourselves, then I think we shut down the very core of our creativity" - Cannes jury member Demi Moore on whether she thinks political statements are detrimental to films at the festival.
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BY THE NUMBERS
38.7M - Number of viewers for first week of Netflix's Swapped, a record for an animated movie from the streamer.
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MORE NEWS
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💵 Paramount has defended its proposed merger with Warner Bros. Discovery to California Attorney General Rob Bonta, who is considering an antitrust challenge to the transaction. “Paramount’s proposed merger with WBD will help drive meaningful improvements for movie theaters and their audiences," wrote chief legal officer Makan Delrahim.
🌐 YouTube creators and digital natives like Hot Ones’ Sean Evans, Feeding Starving Celebrities’ Quenlin Blackwell, Royal Court’s Brittany Broski and Chicken Shop Date’s Amelia Dimoldenberg are producing shows that share their DNA with traditional television. Yet they are finding success outside of the old-school system, our deep dive found.
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OBITUARIES
🕯️ Rex Reed, one of the most widely known, influential and biting film critics of the new wave, died yesterday at his home in Manhattan following a short illness. He was 87. 🕯️ Donald Gibb, best known for playing the “Ogre” in the Revenge of the Nerds franchise, has died. He was 71. 🕯️ 2026 Deaths Photo Gallery
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ON THE RADAR
Wed - WBD & Netflix upfronts; YouTube Brandcast
Thu - NFL schedule release; Global Citizen Now Summit
Fri - Dutton Ranch premieres
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At The Ranch - 'Dutton Ranch' stars Annette Bening, Cole Hauser and Kelly Reilly attend the premiere of the series in New York City.
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