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‘Days of Our Lives’ EP on Bringing John Oliver’s Dream Soap Opera Role to Life: ‘He Wanted to Be Slapped’
John Oliver, host of HBO’s “Last Week Tonight,” has made his dream of appearing in a soap opera a reality with a guest role on “Days of Our Lives,” according to the show’s executive producer Ken Corday. Oliver publicly voiced his wish to star in a soap during a March episode of his talk show,…
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Will Smith’s Sci-Fi Hit Is Officially Getting a Second Chance on Apple TV
Apple TV has added the 2004 sci-fi thriller I, Robot to its standard streaming library, marking part of a wider push by the platform to license older films rather than rely solely on original programming. The Will Smith-led feature had been unavailable to stream for some time, and its return gives fans of the platform’s…
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Leslie Grossman Joins ‘Power: Origins,’ Reprising Returning As ‘Raising Kanan’ Character Flossie
Actress Leslie Grossman is returning to the “Power” franchise, reprising her role as Florence “Flossie” Siegel in the new prequel series Power: Origins. The show picks up after the events of Power Book III: Raising Kanan’s series finale, marking the character’s continuation into the franchise’s fourth spinoff and extending Starz’s expanding “Power” Universe. Power: Origins…
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Peacock Just Raised Its Prices for the Fourth Straight Year
Peacock, NBCUniversal’s streaming service, has raised prices across all three of its subscription tiers, marking the fourth consecutive year it has become more expensive. The increase, which took effect on 18 August 2026 for new and returning subscribers, comes just over a year after Peacock’s last price rise in July 2025, continuing a pattern of…
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4 Star Wars Disney+ Shows That Completely Let Down the Franchise
Collider’s Liam Gaughan argues that Star Wars has consistently struggled to translate its cinematic grandeur to the small screen, with Disney+ series often feeling like a “lesser” extension of the franchise despite the format’s suitability for mature, serialised storytelling. He credits Andor as the exception that proved the rule, setting such a high bar for…
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Apple TV Officially Got It’s Biggest Upgrade in 7 Years and Netflix Better Watch Out
Apple TV has quietly added 19 popular films from its back catalogue to the streaming service this week, marking what has been described as its most significant library upgrade in years. The move addresses what has long been considered Apple TV’s main weakness compared to rivals such as Netflix, Disney+ and HBO Max: while its…
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32 Years Later, The Single Best ‘X-Files’ Quote Of All Time Still Haunts Me
A Polygon writer revisits “One Breath,” a season two episode of “The X-Files” from 1994, to argue it contains the show’s greatest-ever line of dialogue. When Agent Mulder confronts the mysterious Cigarette Smoking Man at gunpoint over the abduction of his partner, Agent Scully, the villain calmly replies, “Don’t try and threaten me, Mulder. I’ve…
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How A Tray Of Bloody Oysters Helped ‘The Diplomat’ Find “A Real Spine” For Season 4 – The Backstory
The creative team behind Netflix’s political thriller *The Diplomat* has revealed that a dinner scene featuring bloodied oysters, filmed for season three, became the blueprint for season four’s central theme: how two political couples cope with the same crises in strikingly different ways. Showrunner Debora Cahn told Deadline that the scene, in which the Penns…
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Why a Reunion Between the Two Rival TV Academies Is Long Overdue
Last month’s news that Los Angeles’ Television Academy and New York’s National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences are exploring a reunion is a significant, if complicated, development, according to Variety columnist Michael Schneider. The two organisations split acrimoniously 50 years ago after years of internal tension, and reuniting them would require untangling decades of…
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‘The Pitt’ Production Designer Nina Ruscio Talks Expanding The ER For Season 2 & World-Building Through Furniture
HBO’s medical drama “The Pitt” has expanded its emergency room set for Season 2, according to production designer Nina Ruscio, who spoke to Deadline about the challenges of keeping the environment visually fresh across dozens of episodes. The series, created by R. Scott Gemmill, depicts a fictional Pittsburgh hospital’s emergency department in real time, and…