NBC Is Working on a ‘Cruel Intentions’ TV series

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NBC is working on a Cruel Intentions TV series

The 1999 film starring Ryan Phillippe, Reese Witherspoon and Sarah Michelle Gellar is being updated for as a follow-up TV series. It’ll tell the story of Bash Casey, the son of Witherspoon and Phillippe’s characters. Cruel Intentions was recently turned into an “Unauthorized Musical Parody.”


It’s official: Chris Rock is hosting the Oscars for the 2nd time

Rock is reuniting with one of his Everybody Hates Chris producers for his return to the Academy Awards hosting after 11 years.


Jimmy Kimmel mocks Donald Trump for his last-minute cancelation

“They said he has a major political commitment, but he did want me to relay the message to you that if he had been here he would have been great,” Kimmel said in his opening monologue. PLUS: Kimmel and Tracy Morgan visited the Bronx Zoo, and Kimmel to celebrate Back to the Future Day with Michael J. Fox on tonight’s show.


ABC to celebrate the 50th anniversary of A Charlie Brown Christmas

It’s Your 50th Christmas, Charlie Brown will precede this year’s annual airing of the beloved Christmas special.


iZombie gives a shout-out to Veronica Mars

“A long time ago we used to be friends,” said Liv on last night’s episode, acknowledging Rob Thomas’ previous series.


David Spade’s new memoir recalls the time he angered Eddie Murphy on SNL

Read an excerpt from Almost Interesting: A Memoir, in which Spade recalls turning to his and Murphy’s friend, Chris Rock, after telling a “dumb joke” about Cosby’s career during a Hollywood Minute segment.


Zachary Levi had to cancel on Conan

Watch how Conan O’Brien filled time after the Heroes Reborn star missed his flight from Toronto.


Bearded David Letterman reunites with Paul Shaffer for a charity benefit

Shaffer, who returns to late-night TV on Thursday when he sits with Jimmy Kimmel’s band, got Letterman to attend a children’s charity rock benefit show. (Watch Letterman’s remarks.)


Check out Doctor Who’s Olivia Coleman as Queen Victoria

Coleman left Doctor Who to play the second-longest-serving British monarch in an eight-part ITV miniseries.


The Wire’s David Simon makes a cameo on Drunk History

Simon, however, did not play any historical characters.

Watch Zach Galifianakis in promos for FX’s Baskets

In the comedy he co-created with Louis CK, Galifianakis plays Chip Baskets, an aspiring clown.