Month: August 2021

Mike Richards is out as executive producer of Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune. Sony Pictures Television just told staff. See the full note below. It comes after a turbulent few weeks for the long-running syndicated program, which saw Richards, who joined Jeopardy! as exec producer in 2020, ousted as host after one day of production. Suzanne Prete, EVP, Business and Strategy, Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy!, just sent an internal note to staff on these shows explaining that Richards would depart effective immediately with Embassy Row’s Michael Davies agreeing to help on an interim basis. She said that they hoped that Richards exiting as host would have “minimized the disruption and internal difficulties” that they experienced over the last few weeks, but added that “clear...

Mike Richards is out as executive producer of Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune. Sony Pictures Television just told staff. See the full note below. It comes after a turbulent few weeks for the long-running syndicated program, which saw Richards, who joined Jeopardy! as exec producer in 2020, ousted as host after one day of production. Suzanne Prete, EVP, Business and Strategy, Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy!, just sent an internal note to staff on these shows explaining that Richards would depart effective immediately with Embassy Row’s Michael Davies agreeing to help on an interim basis. She said that they hoped that Richards exiting as host would have “minimized the disruption and internal difficulties” that they experienced over the last few weeks, but added that “clear...

Ric Flair's barbed wire bat -- the one he used to smash and bloody Mick Foley's face at SummerSlam in 2006 -- just sold for nearly $20K at auction. TMZ Sports has learned the Lucille-like bat, which was on the block at Goldin Auctions, was bid on 17 times ... and ultimately raked in $19,680. The starting bid was $3,500. The match is pretty iconic ... Flair repeatedly hit Foley in the face with the bat, turning him into a bloody pulp. But, Ric wouldn't stop, demanding Mick say, "I quit!" It was the culmination of a rivalry between Naitch and Foley that lasted more than a decade. As for the bat itself ... it's an Alex...

Mike Richards is out as executive producer of Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune. Sony Pictures Television just told staff. See the full note below. It comes after a turbulent few weeks for the long-running syndicated program, which saw Richards, who joined Jeopardy! as exec producer in 2020, ousted as host after one day of production. Suzanne Prete, EVP, Business and Strategy, Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy!, just sent an internal note to staff on these shows explaining that Richards would depart effective immediately with Embassy Row’s Michael Davies agreeing to help on an interim basis. She said that they hoped that Richards exiting as host would have “minimized the disruption and internal difficulties” that they experienced over the last few weeks, but added that “clear...

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When Nate Burleson joins Gayle King and Tony Dokoupil as co-host of CBS’s morning show next month, the program will have a new look, theme and name: CBS Mornings. The changes, to launch on Sept. 7, will connect all of the morning shows together with some of the elements of its long running CBS Sunday Morning, which has long topped its time period on weekends, including the use of the sun logo and trumpet music, Gottfried Reiche’s Abblasen. The first hour of the weekday broadcast will still be devoted to hard news and conversation, while the second hour will feature expanded feature reporting, a central part of the Sunday show, as well as live interviews, arts and culture pieces from Anthony Mason, who recently was co-host, and Vlad Duthiers with the What to Watch segment. ...

[Ed. note: The James Bond YouTube account posted the final trailer for No Time to Die on Tuesday morning, but quickly made the video private. We will update this story with the new playable embed when it’s available.] The final title card in 2015’s Spectre made a promise: “James Bond Will Return.” Which was true, but luckily no one promised when he’d return. The release date has been in question ever since. A new trailer No Time to Die arrived on Tuesday to herald the actual serious really, really real final theatrical release of the 25th Eon-approved James Bond film. Set for October, the big-budget spy film will reportedly be the final 007 mission for star Daniel Craig. And what a road it’s been: Originally eyed as a major 2019 release, production snafus forced Eon to bump a y...