Extra will officially be back for its 30th season.
The daytime series will break the 9,000 episode mark with the renewal, which sees it cleared in over 75% of stations across the country.
The show, which focuses on breaking entertainment and pop culture news with interviews with newsmakers and celebrities, is led by Billy Bush and a group of correspondents including Melvin Robert, who also serves as weekend co-host, and Rachel Lindsay. Extra’s special correspondents also include Jennifer Lahmers, Terri Seymour, Carlos Greer, Charissa Thompson, Alecia Davis, Adam Glassman and Michael Corbett.
Extra has been renewed by by Fox Television Stations, which took over from the NBC stations in 2019, Nexstar Media Group, Sinclair Broadcast Group, Tegna, Hearst, CBS, Scripps Broadcasting, Weigel Broadcasting, Sunbeam Television, Draper Media, Entravision, Circle City Broadcasting, McKinnon Broadcasting, News-Press & Gazette Company, Waterman Broadcasting and Marks Radio Group.
The show is now helmed by veteran executive producers Theresa Coffino and Jeremy Spiegel,...
The daytime series will break the 9,000 episode mark with the renewal, which sees it cleared in over 75% of stations across the country.
The show, which focuses on breaking entertainment and pop culture news with interviews with newsmakers and celebrities, is led by Billy Bush and a group of correspondents including Melvin Robert, who also serves as weekend co-host, and Rachel Lindsay. Extra’s special correspondents also include Jennifer Lahmers, Terri Seymour, Carlos Greer, Charissa Thompson, Alecia Davis, Adam Glassman and Michael Corbett.
Extra has been renewed by by Fox Television Stations, which took over from the NBC stations in 2019, Nexstar Media Group, Sinclair Broadcast Group, Tegna, Hearst, CBS, Scripps Broadcasting, Weigel Broadcasting, Sunbeam Television, Draper Media, Entravision, Circle City Broadcasting, McKinnon Broadcasting, News-Press & Gazette Company, Waterman Broadcasting and Marks Radio Group.
The show is now helmed by veteran executive producers Theresa Coffino and Jeremy Spiegel,...
- 4/11/2023
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Change is coming to Kttv’s Good Day LA. Starting in February, Extra‘s Melvin Robert and Jennifer Lahmers will anchor from 6 to 9 a.m. on the Fox 11 station.
Brooke Thomas and Bob DeCastro will anchor from 4 to 6 a.m., while Araksya Karapetyan and Sandra Endo will take over from 9 to 11 a.m. Lahmers, Karapetyan, Thomas, Endo and DeCastro will also contribute news content throughout all seven hours of the Good Day LA newscast.
Robert and Lahmers will continue their roles on Extra, which airs on the station weekdays at 7 p.m. and weekends at 6 p.m. With its expansion of Good Day LA and the Fox 11 News Special Report, the station now produces over 50 hours of news per week.
“As we continue to enhance and grow our news product to meet the changing needs of our viewers, we are excited to enter this era with a group of versatile and engaging anchors,...
Brooke Thomas and Bob DeCastro will anchor from 4 to 6 a.m., while Araksya Karapetyan and Sandra Endo will take over from 9 to 11 a.m. Lahmers, Karapetyan, Thomas, Endo and DeCastro will also contribute news content throughout all seven hours of the Good Day LA newscast.
Robert and Lahmers will continue their roles on Extra, which airs on the station weekdays at 7 p.m. and weekends at 6 p.m. With its expansion of Good Day LA and the Fox 11 News Special Report, the station now produces over 50 hours of news per week.
“As we continue to enhance and grow our news product to meet the changing needs of our viewers, we are excited to enter this era with a group of versatile and engaging anchors,...
- 1/24/2023
- by Lynette Rice
- Deadline Film + TV
Spectrum Originals has released the official trailer for the crime dramedy series “Panhandle.” The release date of the series’ first two episodes on Spectrum is Sept. 26.
The eight-episode series follows armchair detective Bell Prescott (Luke Kirby) and traffic cop Cammie Lorde (Tiana Okoye) as they investigate a murder in their small Florida town.
Along with Kirby and Okoye, the series stars Forrest Goodluck, Lorenza Izzo, Wallace Smith, Glenn Morshower and Lesley Ann Warren. Recurring guest stars include Melanie Minichino, Landon Chase DuBois, Mo Gallini, David De Vries, Deja Dee, Paulina Gálvez, Scott Takeda and Grant Freely.
“Panhandle” is created and written by executive producers Nick Stoller and Carla Kettner, with Conor Welch also executive producing. Colin Bucksey will direct and executive produce the pilot episode. Sony Pictures Television Studios produces.
Watch the full trailer below.
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The eight-episode series follows armchair detective Bell Prescott (Luke Kirby) and traffic cop Cammie Lorde (Tiana Okoye) as they investigate a murder in their small Florida town.
Along with Kirby and Okoye, the series stars Forrest Goodluck, Lorenza Izzo, Wallace Smith, Glenn Morshower and Lesley Ann Warren. Recurring guest stars include Melanie Minichino, Landon Chase DuBois, Mo Gallini, David De Vries, Deja Dee, Paulina Gálvez, Scott Takeda and Grant Freely.
“Panhandle” is created and written by executive producers Nick Stoller and Carla Kettner, with Conor Welch also executive producing. Colin Bucksey will direct and executive produce the pilot episode. Sony Pictures Television Studios produces.
Watch the full trailer below.
Also in today’s TV news:
Executive News
Bob Higgins is set to run Trustbridge Global Media...
- 9/10/2022
- by Michaela Zee
- Variety Film + TV
Extra will return for its 29th season Sept. 12 with a new senior correspondent and weekend co-host. Melvin Robert will join the team and be based in Los Angeles alongside anchor Billy Bush. and correspondents Rachel Lindsay and Jennifer Lahmers.
“Melvin is not only a strong journalist, interviewer and storyteller, he is dynamic and his energy and authenticity pop off the screen,” said Extra executive producers Theresa Coffino and Jeremy Spiegel in a statement.
Prior to joining Extra, Robert served as co-anchor of Your Morning and host of The SoCal Scene on Spectrum News 1, where he covered Hollywood as well as local and national news. Before his career in television, Robert spent 11 years in education as a teacher, counselor and administrator.
The 29th season debut of Extra will feature interviews with Jennifer Hudson on her new daytime talk series, as well as Oprah Winfrey from the Toronto Film Festival and Former First Lady Hilary Clinton,...
“Melvin is not only a strong journalist, interviewer and storyteller, he is dynamic and his energy and authenticity pop off the screen,” said Extra executive producers Theresa Coffino and Jeremy Spiegel in a statement.
Prior to joining Extra, Robert served as co-anchor of Your Morning and host of The SoCal Scene on Spectrum News 1, where he covered Hollywood as well as local and national news. Before his career in television, Robert spent 11 years in education as a teacher, counselor and administrator.
The 29th season debut of Extra will feature interviews with Jennifer Hudson on her new daytime talk series, as well as Oprah Winfrey from the Toronto Film Festival and Former First Lady Hilary Clinton,...
- 9/8/2022
- by Lynette Rice
- Deadline Film + TV
“Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin” will premiere July 28, HBO Max has announced.
The release date was announced via a first look teaser for the series, which shows a mysterious figure cutting up and burning pictures of the five main characters: Imogen (Bailee Madison), Minnie (Malia Pyles), Noa (Maia Reficco), Tabby (Chandler Kinney) and Faran (Zaria).
The new series is a sequel to the original series that focuses on a completely new set of teenagers in the blue-collar town of Millwood, Pa. The five main characters are tormented by someone operating under the identity of “A,” an alias assumed by villains from the original show, who knows the secrets of both the teenagers, and their parents. In addition to the five main characters, the series also stars Mallory Bechtel, Sharon Leal, Elena Goode, Lea Salonga, Eric Johnson, and Alex Aiono.
“Pretty Little Liars” was developed for HBO Max by “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina...
The release date was announced via a first look teaser for the series, which shows a mysterious figure cutting up and burning pictures of the five main characters: Imogen (Bailee Madison), Minnie (Malia Pyles), Noa (Maia Reficco), Tabby (Chandler Kinney) and Faran (Zaria).
The new series is a sequel to the original series that focuses on a completely new set of teenagers in the blue-collar town of Millwood, Pa. The five main characters are tormented by someone operating under the identity of “A,” an alias assumed by villains from the original show, who knows the secrets of both the teenagers, and their parents. In addition to the five main characters, the series also stars Mallory Bechtel, Sharon Leal, Elena Goode, Lea Salonga, Eric Johnson, and Alex Aiono.
“Pretty Little Liars” was developed for HBO Max by “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina...
- 6/15/2022
- by Carson Burton, Wilson Chapman and Sasha Urban
- Variety Film + TV
In today’s TV news roundup, “The Bachelorette’s” Rachel Lindsay has been named “Extra” correspondent for Season 27, and Netflix set”The Queen’s Gambit’s” premiere date.
Dates
“That Animal Rescue Show,” from filmmakers Richard Linklater and Bill Guttentag, will premiere on CBS All Access on Oct. 29. The 10-episode docuseries follows unique animal rescue communities in and around Texas, including a ranch where people heal alongside goats and an arena where children with disabilities learn to walk from horses. The show is produced by CBS Television Studios, in association with Stage 29, Detour Filmproduction and 1891 Productions.
Netflix will premiere its limited series “The Queen’s Gambit” on Oct. 23. Based on the novel by Walter Tevis, the coming-of-age drama follows Beth Harmon, who is abandoned and entrusted to a Kentucky orphanage in the 1950s. She discovers an incredible talent for chess, growing up to be a skilled outcast in a male-dominated field.
Dates
“That Animal Rescue Show,” from filmmakers Richard Linklater and Bill Guttentag, will premiere on CBS All Access on Oct. 29. The 10-episode docuseries follows unique animal rescue communities in and around Texas, including a ranch where people heal alongside goats and an arena where children with disabilities learn to walk from horses. The show is produced by CBS Television Studios, in association with Stage 29, Detour Filmproduction and 1891 Productions.
Netflix will premiere its limited series “The Queen’s Gambit” on Oct. 23. Based on the novel by Walter Tevis, the coming-of-age drama follows Beth Harmon, who is abandoned and entrusted to a Kentucky orphanage in the 1950s. She discovers an incredible talent for chess, growing up to be a skilled outcast in a male-dominated field.
- 8/27/2020
- by Janet W. Lee
- Variety Film + TV
Former Bachelorette star Rachel Lindsay is taking on an Extra gig as a correspondent for the syndicated news magazine’s upcoming season, the show’s site announced on Thursday.
Lindsay — who headlined Season 13 of The Bachelorette — has been serving as a special correspondent for the program since 2019. She will be based out of Los Angeles alongside host Billy Bush and correspondent Jennifer Lahmers.
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Lindsay — who headlined Season 13 of The Bachelorette — has been serving as a special correspondent for the program since 2019. She will be based out of Los Angeles alongside host Billy Bush and correspondent Jennifer Lahmers.
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- 8/27/2020
- by Vlada Gelman
- TVLine.com
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