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The White Lotus Star Teams Up with Netflix; Remembering Bobby Sherman, Lynn Hamilton, and Rick Hurst

Netflix announced that Leo Woodall (The White Lotus, One Day, Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy) is the latest to join the cast of Vladimir, a new limited series adapted from Julia May Jonas's acclaimed novel. He will play the titular role of Vladimir and joins the previously announced Rachel Weisz, who will star in and executive produce the series. As a woman's life unravels, she becomes obsessed with her captivating new colleague. Full of sexy secrets, dark humor and complex characters, Vladimir is about what happens when a woman goes hell-bent to turn her fantasies into reality.

Based on the acclaimed book by Julia May Jonas. Star/Executive Producer: Rachel Weisz (The Favourite, Dead Ringers, The Constant Gardener, The Mummy). From 20th Television and Executive Producers Sharon Horgan, Stacy Greenberg and Kira Carstensen (Merman), Jason Winer & Jon Radler (Small Dog Picture Company), Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini. 8 Episodes have been ordered.

Singer and actor Bobby Sherman, who starred as Jeremy Bolt in Here Come the Brides and as Bobby Conway in Getting Together, has died. He died at his home in Los Angeles on June 24 after a battle with kidney cancer. Mr. Sherman was 81.

Sherman starred as Jeremy Bolt in the 1968-1970 ABC comedy western Here Come the Brides. It was loosely based on Asa Mercer's efforts in the 1860s to import marriageable women (the Mercer Girls) from the East Coast cities of the United States to Seattle, where there was a shortage. Jeremy Bolt is the youngest brother of the Bolt family. He is a bashful, stammering logger. The series theme song "Seattle" was performed by The New Establishment. The cast included Robert Brown, David Soul, Joan Blondell, Bridget Hanley, Mark Lenard, Henry Beckman, Mitzi Hoag, Hoke Howell, Eric Chase (1969-1970), and Patti Cohoon (1969-1970).

He starred as Bobby Conway in the short-lived 1971-1972 ABC sitcom Getting Together. The series starred Sherman and Wes Stern as Bobby Conway and Lionel Poindexter, a songwriting duo. The pilot for the series had aired on March 19, 1971, as the first season finale episode of The Partridge Family named "A Knight in Shining Armor", in which Lionel and Bobby were introduced to each other by the Partridges. Sherman performed the Getting Together theme song. It aired for 14 episodes. The series also starred Susan Neher, Jack Burns, and Pat Carroll.

Sherman starred as Frankie Rondell in the short-lived 1986 USA Network sitcom Sanchez of Bel Air. The show's plot featured problems and hilarities that typical nuclear families would face. Frankie Rondell is a former musician and the next door neighbor of the Sanchez family. The series also starred Reni Santoni, Marcia Del Mar, Alma Beltran, Richard Coca, and Alitzah Wiener.

Some of his sitcom guest credits included The Monkees, The Love Boat (2 episodes), and Frasier. He was the house singer and member of the cast of the 1964-1966 ABC musical variety series Shindig!, which was hosted by Jimmy O'Neill. Some of his other television guest appearances included Honey West, The F.B.I., Cade's County, Mod Squad (2 episodes), Emergency!, Ellery Queen, Flying High, Fantasy Island, The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo, Murder, She Wrote (1985), and Blacke's Magic.

Sherman released 107 songs, 23 singles and 10 albums between 1962 and 1976. Seven of his songs were top 40 hits. In 1969, he signed with Metromedia Records and released the single "Little Woman", which peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart (#2 in Canada) and spent nine weeks in the Top 20. It sold over one million copies and was awarded a gold disc by the R.I.A.A. in October 1969.

Mr. Sherman was a talented singer and actor. He was the last surviving member of the Here Come the Brides main cast. He left show business in the 1970s for a career as a paramedic and a deputy sheriff, but performed occasionally into the 1990s. We thank him for his music and work on television. He will be greatly missed.

Actress Lynn Hamilton, who had a recurring role as Donna Harris in Sanford and Son, has died. She died of natural causes at her home in Chicago, Illinois, on June 19. Ms. Hamilton was 95.

Hamilton had a recurring role as Donna Harris in 21 episodes of the 1972-1977 NBC sitcom Sanford and Son. Donna Harris is Fred Sanford's (Redd Foxx) girlfriend and on again/off again fiancée. She is a licensed practical nurse and sometimes took care of Fred. Hamilton first appeared as a landlady in the seventh episode of the series, "A Pad for Lamont". The series also starred Demond Wilson. Recurring cast members included LaWanda Page (1973-1977), Whitman Mayo (1973-1977), Don Bexley, Raymond Allen, Nathaniel Taylor, Gregory Sierra (1972-1975), Pat Morita (1974-1975), Howard Platt (1972-1976), Hal Williams (1972-1976), Noam Pitlik (1972), Marlene Clark (1976-1977), and Slappy White (1972).

She had a recurring role as Emma Johnson in five episodes of 227 from 1986 to 1989. Some of her other sitcom guest appearances included Room 222, The Bill Cosby Show, Good Times, Webster, The New Leave it to Beaver, Amen, The Golden Girls, Sister, Sister (1994), Murphy Brown, Life's Work, Moesha, and Curb Your Enthusiasm.

Hamilton had a recurring role as Verdie Foster, a neighbor of the Walton family, in 17 episodes of the CBS historical drama The Waltons from 1973 to 1981. In 1979, she portrayed cousin Georgia Anderson in four episodes of the ABC miniseries Roots: The Next Generations. She starred as Vivian Potter in the 1989-1991 NBC soap opera Generations. She starred as Cissie Johnson in the 1991-1992 syndicated primetime soap opera Dangerous Women. She had a recurring role as Judge P. Fulton in seven episodes of The Practice from 1997 to 2002.

Some of her other television guest appearances included Then Came Bronson, Mannix, Gunsmoke (2 episodes), Hawaii Five-O (1971), Ironside (2 episodes), Circle of Fears, Barnaby Jones, Starsky and Hutch, The Rockford Files, The Powers of Matthew Star, Knight Rider, Quincy, M.E. (2 episodes), Riptide, Highway to Heaven, Days of Our Lives (2 episodes), Hunter, Sisters, Port Charles, NYPD Blue, Judging Amy, and Cold Case.

Ms. Hamilton was a talented and versatile character actress. She was funny and memorable as Donna Harris on Sanford and Son. We thank her for work on television. She will be deeply missed.

Actor Rick Hurst, who starred as Deputy Cletus Hogg in The Dukes of Hazzard, has died. He died in Los Angeles on June 26. Mr. Hurst was 79.

He starred as Cleaver in the short-lived 1975-1976 ABC sitcom On the Rocks. The series centered on the inmates of Alamesa Minimum Security prison. It also starred Jose Perez, Hal Williams, Bobby Sandler, Mel Stewart, Tom Poston, Pat Cranshaw, Jack Grimes, and Logan Ramsey.

He starred as Deputy Cletus Hogg, Boss Hogg's (Sorrell Booke) cousin, in 55 episodes of the CBS action comedy The Dukes of Hazzard from 1979 to 1982. Deputy Cletus Hogg is slightly wilier than Enos but still a somewhat reluctant player in Hogg's plots. He reprised the role in the 1997 CBS TV movie The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion! and the 2000 CBS TV movie The Dukes of Hazzard: Hazzard in Hollywood.

Hurst starred as Earl Nash in the short-lived 1983 ABC sitcom Amanda's (also known as Amanda's by the Sea). The series starred Bea Arthur as Amanda Cartwright, who owns a seaside hotel called "Amanda's by the Sea" and was Arthur's first return to series television since her sitcom Maude ended in 1978. Earl Nash is the bumbling chef. The cast included Fred McCarren, Simone Griffeth, Tony Rosato, Keene Curtis, and Kevin McCarthy.

Some of his sitcom guest appearances included Sanford and Son, The Partridge Family, The New Temperatures Risng Show, The Doris Day Show (2 episodes), The Bob Newhart Show, Love, American Style (2 episodes), The Girl with Something Extra, Happy Days, Paper Moon, M*A*S*H, The Last Precinct, 227 (2 episodes), Perfect Strangers, The Wonder Years, Good Grief, Evening Shade, Family Matters, The John Larroquette Show, and The Jeff Foxworthy Show.

Some of his other television guest appearances included Gunsmoke, Kojak, Little House on the Prairie, The Six Million Dollar Man, Baretta, CHiPs, Highway to Heaven, Murder, She Wrote (1989), Melrose Place, The Client (1995), and The Guardian (2003).

He was the announcer in The Karate Kid III (1989). Some of his other film credits included Earth Girls Are Easy (1988), Steel Magnolias (1989), and In the Line of Fire (1993).

Mr. Hurst was a talented character actor. He was a familiar face in more than 70 television series and films. We thank him for his work on television and in films. He will be sorely missed.

We also remember character actor Harris Yulin. He was nominated for a 1996 Emmy Award for his portrayal of crime boss Jerome Belasco in Frasier. He died from cardiac arrest in New York City on June 10. Mr. Yulin was 87.

Yulin was nominated for a 1996 Emmy Award for his portrayal of crime boss Jerome Belasco for the Frasier episode "A World to the Wiseguy." He appeared as studio head Arthur Gadoff in the season 3 episode of Entourage titled "Return of the King" in 2007. He played James Whitman in two episodes of Veep in 2016. He had a recurring role as Orson Snyder in five episodes of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt from 2016 to 2017. He appeared in two episodes of Murphy Brown in 2017 and 2018. In 2019, he had a recurring role as Gordon in four episodes of Divorce. In 2025, he guest starred as Pop Pop in an episode of And Just Like That...

At the time of his death, he had been cast in the MGM+ comedy series American Classic in the role of Linus. He died days before he was scheduled to begin filming his scenes.

He appeared as Deek Peasley in six episodes of How the West Was Won from 1978 to 1979. He starred as Neal Frazier in the short-lived 1990-1991 CBS drama WIOU. He played Roger Stanton, the Director of the National Security Agency, in nine episodes of 24 from 2002 to 2003. He appeared as Buddy Dieker in 12 episodes of the Netflix crime drama Ozark from 2017 to 2018.

Mr. Yulin was a talented and prolific character actor who was known for playing the bad guy. He appeared in over 100 television and film roles. We thank him for his work on television and in films. He will be greatly missed.

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Ellen Pompeo's Hulu Series Gets Premiere Date; The White Lotus Season 3 Launches February 16

Hulu debuted first look images from the upcoming Original Good American Family starring Ellen Pompeo (Grey's Anatomy). The eight episode series premieres March 19, 2025 with two episodes, followed by one episode weekly. Told from multiple points of view, as a means to explore issues of perspective, bias, and trauma, this compelling drama is inspired by the disturbing stories surrounding a Midwestern couple who adopts a girl with a rare form of dwarfism. But as they begin to raise her alongside their three biological children, mystery emerges around her age and background, and they slowly start to suspect she may not be who she says she is. As they defend their family from the daughter they’ve grown to believe is a threat, she fights her own battle to confront her past and what her future holds, in a showdown that ultimately plays out in the tabloids and the courtroom.

The series stars Ellen Pompeo, Mark Duplass and Imogen Reid. Dulé Hill, Christina Hendricks, Sarayu Blue and Jenny O'Hara are recurring guest stars.

HBO has released the official trailer and key art for the Emmy(R)-winning original series The White Lotus. The eight-episode third season, from Mike White, debuts Sunday, February 16 (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET/PT) on HBO and will be available to stream on Max. The social satire is set at an exclusive Thai resort and follows the exploits of various guests and employees over the span of a week.

Season 3 cast: Leslie Bibb, Carrie Coon, Walton Goggins, Sarah Catherine Hook, Jason Isaacs, Lalisa Manobal, Michelle Monaghan, Sam Nivola, Lek Patravadi, Parker Posey, Natasha Rothwell, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Tayme Thapthimthong, Aimee Lou Wood. Additional cast include Nicholas Duvernay, Arnas Fedaravičius, Christian Friedel, Scott Glenn, Dom Hetrakul, Yuri Kolokolnikov, Julian Kostov, Charlotte Le Bon, Morgana O'Reilly, and Shalini Peiris.

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Tubi's New Comedy The Z-Suite Launches February 6; The White Lotus Renewed for Season 4

Generations clash when the award-winning C-suite at Atelier Ad Agency is canceled and pushed out and the Gen Z social media team is put in charge. New comedy series The Z-Suite starring Lauren Graham, Spencer Stevenson, Madison Shamoun, Nico Santos, Anna Bezahler and Evan Marsh premieres February 6 on Tubi! The Original comedy series will premiere with two episodes and new ones to follow each week.

Advertising maven Monica Marks (Lauren Graham, Gilmore Girls) and her loyal right hand executive Doug Garcia (Nico Santos, Superstore) have long been at the top of the Madison Avenue world. But after a record scratch blunder, they are suddenly canceled, pushed out and replaced by the agency's rising Gen Z employees led by social media manager, Kriska Thompson (Madison Shamoun, The Lake). Refusing to go quietly, Monica launches her biggest campaign yet- getting their careers back and taking down the eager team of Gen-Zers who are just getting comfortable in their new roles. May the best generation win.

The Emmy®-winning HBO Original series The White Lotus, from Mike White, has been renewed for a fourth season, ahead of the season three debut. The eight-episode third season of the Emmy®-winning HBO Original series The White Lotus, from Mike White, debuts Sunday, February 16 (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET/PT) on HBO and will be available to stream on Max. The social satire is set at an exclusive Thai resort and follows the exploits of various guests and employees over the span of a week.

Season 3 cast: Leslie Bibb, Carrie Coon, Walton Goggins, Sarah Catherine Hook, Jason Isaacs, Lalisa Manobal, Michelle Monaghan, Sam Nivola, Lek Patravadi, Parker Posey, Natasha Rothwell, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Tayme Thapthimthong, Aimee Lou Wood. Additional cast include Nicholas Duvernay, Arnas Fedaravičius, Christian Friedel, Scott Glenn, Dom Hetrakul, Julian Kostov, Charlotte Le Bon, Morgana O’Reilly, and Shalini Peiris.

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Paramount Adds The Big Bang Theory to Nick at Nite and MTV Lineups; The White Lotus Season 3 in February

Paramount announced today that The Big Bang Theory will join the Nick at Nite and MTV lineups, bringing holiday cheer through the new year as the 10-time Emmy® Award-winning series returns to Paramount for the first time since its run on CBS.

Both brands will kick off their debut with marathon stunts tailored to their audiences, as follows:

Nickelodeon:

• Beginning Tuesday, December 24, Nickelodeon’s nighttime programming block Nick at Nite will host a two-day stunt featuring holiday-themed episodes including the beloved “Leonard Nimoy’s Napkin.”
• On December 27, The Big Bang Theory will debut with Season 4 on Nick at Nite and air daily from 12-2 a.m. (ET/PT). All 12 seasons of The Big Bang Theory are joining Nick at Nite’s stellar late-night roster of popular family comedies, including its spinoff prequel Young Sheldon and Emmy® Award-winning sitcoms Friends and Modern Family.

MTV:

• Starting Wednesday, January 1, MTV will air “MTV’s New Year with a Bang,” an all-day marathon of Season 3.
• Beginning Saturday, January 4, fans can tune in every Saturday and Sunday and watch all of their favorite episodes across all 12 Seasons alongside Friends.

The eight-episode third season of HBO's Emmy®-winning original series The White Lotus, from Mike White, debuts Sunday, February 16 (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET/PT) on HBO and will be available to stream on Max. The social satire is set at an exclusive Thai resort and follows the exploits of various guests and employees over the span of a week. Starring Leslie Bibb, Carrie Coon, Walton Goggins, Sarah Catherine Hook, Jason Isaacs, Lalisa Manobal, Michelle Monaghan, Sam Nivola, Lek Patravadi, Parker Posey, Natasha Rothwell, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Tayme Thapthimthong, Aimee Lou Wood. Additional cast include Nicholas Duvernay, Arnas Fedaravičius, Christian Friedel, Scott Glenn, Dom Hetrakul, Julian Kostov, Charlotte Le Bon, Morgana O’Reilly, and Shalini Peiris. Character descriptions.


The first installment, which premiered July 2021, was set in Hawaii and received 20 Emmy® nominations across 13 categories and ten wins, the most wins of any program that year including Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series. The second installment, which premiered in December 2022, was set in Sicily and garnered 23 Emmy® nominations, including Outstanding Drama Series, and five wins.

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COZI TV Acquires Married... with Children and The King of Queens; The Penguin, The White Lotus, The Last of Us and More Coming to Max in 2024-2025

COZI TV, NBCUniversal Local's national multicast network that delivers TV's all-time best shows and pop culture favorites, has acquired the digital broadcast rights to a pair of iconic, award-winning comedies from Sony Pictures Television, Married... with Children and The King of Queens, which will join COZI TV's 24-hour lineup Aug. 5 and Sept. 9, respectively. Married... with Children and its acclaimed cast of Ed O’Neill, Katey Sagal, Christina Applegate and David Faustino debuted on COZI TV on Saturday (Aug. 3) with a special eight-hour, 16-episode first-season marathon from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET. The hit series becomes part of COZI TV's regular lineup TODAY - Aug. 5 when it begins its regular four-episode blocks Mondays through Fridays from 4 to 6 p.m. ET.

The King of Queens brings an all-star cast, led by Kevin James and Leah Remini, to COZI TV beginning Sept. 9. The show enters its 27th consecutive season on television as part of COZI TV’s primetime lineup Mondays through Fridays and Sundays, with four episodes airing from 8 to 10 p.m. ET. To celebrate its launch, COZI TV will air an 11-hour marathon Sept. 15, starting at 11 a.m. ET.

Married... with Children centers on the not-so-lovable family of four, the Bundys, a middle-class family in Chicago, and their neighbors, Steve and Marcy Rhoades. One of the longest-running sitcoms in American television history, Married... with Children was a departure from traditional sitcoms of the era due to its offbeat humor, unflinching honesty and unsavory characters, and strained relationships. The first primetime scripted series on the FOX broadcast network, Married... with Children originally aired from 1987 to 1997. Created by Michael G. Moye and Ron Leavitt, the 259-episode series ranked as the network’s top-rated comedy and No. 2 overall program from 1991 to 1997. The show earned a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Television Series, Comedy, in 1991.

The King of Queens follows working-class married couple Doug Heffernan, played by James, an amiable deliveryman, and Carrie Heffernan, a secretary played by Remini, as they navigate daily life with their friends and family in Queens, N.Y. The celebrated cast also features Jerry Stiller as Arthur Spooner, Carrie’s widowed father, and Victor Williams and Patton Oswalt as Doug’s friends. The King of Queens, created by Michael J. Weithorn and David Litt, averaged more than 10 million viewers per episode across nine seasons on CBS from 1998 to 2007. The series won 14 awards during its 207-episode original run, including a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series (Kevin James), and two People Choice Awards nominations for Favorite TV Comedy.

Max has released a new brand spot featuring footage from highly anticipated HBO and Max Originals coming later this year and in 2025. The spot includes a look at new and returning fan-favorites, such as the third season of HBOs Industry (August 11), the fourth and final season of My Brilliant Friend, and the sports documentary series Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Chicago Bears. New series including the adult animated Max Original Creature Commandos, the first series out of the new DC Universe under James Gunn and Peter Safran, Dune: The Propecy, a six-episode HBO Original drama series from the expansive universe of Dune, and The Penguin, an eight-episode HBO Original and DC Studios limited series, starring Academy Award®-nominated actor Colin Farrell, are all featured.

The spot highlights never-before-seen footage from new HBO Originals including A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, an adaptation of George R. R. Martin’s novella The Hedge Knight, It: Welcome to Derry, the prequel series to the hit films with a story by Andy Muschietti, Barbara Muschietti, and Jason Fuchs, the new comedy series The Franchise, from creators Sam Mendes and Armando Iannucci and writer and showrunner Jon Brown, and Wise Guy David and The Sopranos, a two-part documentary from acclaimed filmmaker Alex Gibney that delves deep into renowned director David Chase’s life, career, and creative process into his groundbreaking work on the HBO Original series The Sopranos. New footage from Max Originals The Pitt, a new drama starring and executive produced by five-time Emmy® nominee Noah Wyle with showrunner Emmy® nominee R. Scott Gemmill and the eight-episode drama series Duster, J.J. Abrams' first series at Max starring Rachel Hilson opposite Josh Holloway, can be seen in the spot.

New footage from returning series can be seen throughout including groundbreaking HBO Original drama series The Last of Us, which had the biggest debut season in HBO's history, the third season of The Gilded Age, which just received its first drama series and actor Emmy® nominations, and the upcoming third season of The White Lotus, along with the third seasons of Max Originals And Just Like That... and The Sex Lives of College Girls.

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