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Some behind the scenes news from August: Amanda Tapping (IMDb profile), who directed episode #3, "A Biddy's Life", will be an executive producer for season two, according to a photo she posted on Instagram.

Kasie Hunt is taking over the 5:00 a.m. weekday slot, starting Monday, September 21st. The weekend p.m. line-up is also changing. The full press release is on the recently updated nbcumv.com website.

Here's the Variety article that broke the news about MSNBC's afternoon schedule shuffle: Chuck Todd Expands to Streaming as MSNBC Overhauls Afternoons (EXCLUSIVE) Outside of Meet The Press, it sounds like Todd will be focusing more on digital/streaming, hence the move to an earlier time slot for his weekday program. The article is a bit unclear about Todd's new anchoring responsibilities, but presumably it will be for NBC News Now. The article also had some comparative ad revenue details for MSNBC versus CNN and FNC:

Here is the show's Comic-Con@Home 2020 panel. The run time is about 36 minutes, which includes the above recap. SYFY: Wynonna Earp | Comic-Con@Home 2020 The "sneak peek" starts at about 31:34 and runs to about 34:10.

Six minute recap of the first three seasons: WYNONNA EARP | Wynonna 101 Seasons 1 - 3 Recap | Season 4 Premieres Sunday, July 26 At 10/9c | SYFY

Carina Adly MacKenzie is out as showrunner for the CW's Roswell, New Mexico. The discussion in the Roswell, New Mexico media thread starts at this linked post.

Press release about Joy Reid's new show: From the linked release: Urbanski was a co-executive producer for Hardball. From a January 2018 THR article (presumably based on a press release): Urbanski replaced a previous co-executive producer, Ann Klenk, who retired from NBC.

Lucy Liu has been cast as the lead of an untitled ABC sitcom. Via TVLine: The Variety write-up notes: Liu's first regular role was on a multi-camera sitcom, the one-season wonder Pearl (CBS, 1996-97), which starred Rhea Perlman as the titular character, along with Malcolm McDowell and Carol Kane. Liu also guest starred on three episodes of Joey, which was co-created by Goldberg-Meehan, who was also an executive producer of Friends during its later seasons.

Here is a Twitter thread with a law professor's thoughts and analysis on the lawsuit (click through to see the entire thread):

Maisie Richardson-Sellers has a supporting role in an upcoming Netflix movie, The Kissing Booth 2. In the trailer, she's featured from about 0:35 to 0:45.

White House correspondent Ed Henry has been fired following an investigation concerning "willful sexual misconduct in the workplace." Henry had served as the President of the WHCA for 2012-2013. Here is CNN's article on the firing.

For the new season, only six episodes will air this summer, with the back half of the season to air at a later time. From today's press release: The press release also mentions that there will be a Comic-Con@Home panel for Wynonna Earp with Emily Andras and the core cast:

I'd classify it as somewhere between a mistake and intentional (in order to make him look more authoritative, and thus increase clicks/pageviews). According to his IMDb profile, he does have an executive producer credit for the Batwoman's "Crisis" crossover episode, so calling him a "Batwoman executive producer" might be technically true, but is most likely misleading. * * * Regarding Rose's departure, I'm curious about the timing of the news, a week after CW's upfronts announcement. I suspect exit negotiations had been ongoing for at least a little while. Plus, imagine if this had happened during a normal year, with actual in-person upfront presentations. Would news about Rose's departure had come out before CW's upfront presentation? Or, would she just have been conspicuously absent, leading to a week or so of speculation and leaks? * * * I suspect that there's a very high probability the line "I'm Batwoman" will be used in the season premiere's cold open.

It's currently free on IMDb TV: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105932/

Stills of the Justice League photo: Regarding the Flash, Half of the his was blurred/smeared. The full photo: And, with the locket photo:

I know the producers say that they want to recast, but... Here's my solution: Bring back Astrophysicist!Beth (say, from Hell) and have her take up the Batwoman cowl after Kate Kane is killed by Alice!Beth. Make the second season Bat!Beth vs. Alice!Beth, with Alice!Beth killed off for good by the end of the season. Also, for production logistic reasons, they could give Alice!Beth a new face (essentially recasting her), though preferably not immediately (halfway through the season would make the most dramatic sense). If the show needs another LGBTQ character, they could make Parker Torres a regular team member.

Lynee Renee (Alder) will officially be a series regular for season two. From Freeform's press release:

Update on Maggie Haney: Via the OC Register: USA Gymnastics hearing on abuse charges against Maggie Haney opens Monday – "Hernandez is expected to testify, McCusker is not"

He's Kealia Ohai's fiancé. 😉 Watt (IMDb profile) does have some on-screen acting experience, most notably playing the school soccer coach in Bad Moms. He was also in an Ang Lee film, Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk, as well as an episode of New Girl and a few episodes in an FX comedy, The League (playing himself in both TV shows). Outside of football, he has an active charitable foundation for children and spearheaded the raising of over $37 million for Hurricane Harvey relief (Twitter).

Another trailer: A full view of Maverick's hangar (1:40 mark):

From the linked article: Some ratings info:

Shepard Smith is out. Press Release:

Veronica Mars: Theme Song Sneak Peek • A Hulu Original "We shared the most intimate thing two people can share. A television series on UPN." Veronica Mars: Season 4 Theme Song Lyric Video(Covered by by Chrissie Hynde)

Variety is reporting that the show has been "canceled." The article does not mention the source of this news (no "according to" or "confirmed by").

Amazon Prime Video currently has the 1986 TV movie Prince of Bel Air (IMDb ) currently available free for Prime members, which like the following year's Summer School stars Mark Harmon as the main protagonist with Kirstie Alley as his love interest and features JAG's Patrick Labyorteaux as a supporting character. Harmon stars as the owner of a pool service company who takes a sheltered boarding school student (Labyorteaux) under his wings after being asked by the student's rich father (the late Robert Vaughn) and meets the student's artist cousin (Alley) in the process. It's a light and predictable romantic comedy, but still fun, and worth watching, especially for fans of Harmon. Two technical caveats: As mentioned, it was a TV movie, so the aspect ratio is 4:3. And, at least when I streamed it, the audio was signficantly out-of-sync in spots.