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Yahoo
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
The Long-Awaited 'King of the Hill' Reboot's Release Date Is Out
For more than two years, fans have been eagerly anticipating the King of the Hill revival on Hulu. That's when the platform announced that it was bringing the beloved show back. Now it's got a release date, and fans were treated to a peek at the Season 14 reboot's credit sequence. "Better than an Alamo and almost as good as propane. An all-new season of #KingofTheHill drops Aug 4th on Hulu and with #HuluOnDisneyPlus," Hulu wrote on YouTube. "After years working a propane job in Saudi Arabia to earn their retirement nest egg, Hank and Peggy Hill return to a changed Arlen, Texas to reconnect with old friends Dale, Boomhauer and Bill. Meanwhile, Bobby is living his dream as a chef in Dallas and enjoying his 20s with his former classmates Connie, Joseph and Chane," the post says. Hulu posted the sequence on YouTube on May 30, 2025, thrilling fans. The sequence gives some clues to the show, including a moving van, a "Gribble for Mayor" campaign sign, and characters wearing masks. 'We are all so excited to welcome back Hank, Peggy and Bobby, and to see what they have to say about the world we live in and continue the conversations we began years ago,' said Craig Erwich, president, ABC Entertainment, Hulu and Disney Branded Television streaming originals, breaking the news of the reboot in 2023 to The Hollywood Reporter. 'This show has all of the perfect ingredients to meet this moment in animation at Hulu, and we're so thankful to be having those conversations alongside this talented group," he said then. King of the Hill originally ran on Fox, starting in 1997 and extending through 13 seasons, THR Long-Awaited 'King of the Hill' Reboot's Release Date Is Out first appeared on Men's Journal on May 31, 2025
Yahoo
17-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
ABC Announces Its Fall 2025-2026 Schedule
ABC announced its fall 2025-2026 primetime schedule today following a highly successful season as the No. 1 multiplatform network. 'ABC dominated this season in multiplatform ratings, which are the most relevant metrics that reflect how audiences are consuming television today,' said Craig Erwich, president, Disney Television Group. 'We are meeting viewers where they are, and this achievement really highlights our strategic approach and commitment to creative excellence. Looking ahead, we're all about maintaining stability, delivering quality, and driving innovation, with new shows and returning favorites from some of the industry's top creators and biggest stars.' 🎬SIGN UP for Parade's Daily newsletter to get the latest pop culture news & celebrity interviews delivered right to your inbox🎬 ABC only added one new series to its fall schedule: 9-1-1: Nashville, the highly anticipated spinoff series from Ryan Murphy starring Chris O'Donnell, debuts Thursdays following the return of 9-1-1. American Idol, Celebrity Jeopardy!, The Rookie and Will Trent will be held until midseason and debut in 2026. Related: 8 p.m. ESPN's Monday Night Football 8 p.m. Dancing with the Stars 10 p.m. High Potential 8 p.m. Shifting Gears 8:30 p.m. Abbott Elementary 9 p.m. The Golden Bachelor 10 p.m. Shark Tank Related: 8 p.m. 9-1-1 9 p.m. 9-1-1: Nashville 10 p.m. Grey's Anatomy 8 p.m. Celebrity Wheel of Fortune 9 p.m. 20/20 (two hours) 7:30 p.m. College Football 7 p.m. America's Funniest Home Videos 8 p.m. The Wonderful World of Disney All episodes will be available to stream next day on Hulu. The newest entry into the franchise, 911: Nashville, is a high-octane procedural about heroic first responders, as well as their family saga of power and glamour set in one of America's most diverse and dynamic cities. The all-new series stars Chris O'Donnell as Captain Don Sharpe, Jessica Capshaw, LeAnn Rimes and Kimberly Williams-Paisley. Next,
Yahoo
14-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Jimmy Kimmel Roasts His Employer and Boosts ‘60 Minutes' at Disney Upfront
Jimmy Kimmel typically doesn't pull many punches in his annual appearance/roast at Disney's upfront, but his monologue Tuesday carried something of an existential edge. 'I might not see you again. This could be it,' the Jimmy Kimmel Live host told the audience of ad buyers in New York. '… I've had the pleasure of getting to know a lot of you over the last 23 years — and I also know that many of you are worried that AI might take your jobs. But I don't think it will. I don't believe a computer — even the most powerful computer — will ever be able to do what you do. And you know why? Because no computer wants to do what you do. Your jobs suck. Every year, our audience gets smaller, and we tell you it's bigger, and we want more for less. It's exhausting, I know. We are annoying and unreasonable, and you have shitty jobs because of it. More from The Hollywood Reporter Disney's Craig Erwich on ABC's Streaming Success, 'Bachelor' Turmoil 'Doctor Odyssey' Remains at Sea: No Season 2 Decision Yet at ABC ABC Holds Steady With Fall 2025 Schedule Led by 'High Potential,' '911' Doubleheader 'But at least you have the shitty jobs! All those kids we saw graduating this weekend, who knows? They might not be able to get shitty jobs. Some of them might have to date Bill Belichick.' After a pre-taped sketch (watch it below) where he offered to sell naming rights to his soon-to-be-born grandchild, Kimmel appeared on stage and took shots at rivals CBS ('led by their hit comedy Ghosts, which is also what most of their viewers will be soon') and NBCUniversal ('Versant is a perfect name. It already sounds like something you subscribed to by accident'), as he usually does. He reserved his harshest jokes, though, for his own employer. Some of his best from the upfront are below. On the state of network TV: 'Usually I come out here to distract you from the fact that we're dying. But somehow network television — like Jesus! — has risen again. Of the four major networks — NBC, ABC, CBS and Fox — only one of us did not see viewership go up year to year [ABC was flat this season]. I'm not going to tell you which one of us it is, because it doesn't matter and please don't ask. Just be happy for us.' On NBC: NBC's chairman of global advertising, Mark Marshall, claims his network has amassed 'the greatest collection of content that has ever been assembled by one media company.' I guess Mark has never heard of PornHub.' And: 'At the end of the day, this is all just a dick-measuring contest, and NBC still has the biggest one: Dick Wolf, the Michael Jordan of character actors getting murdered in the park.' On ABC's this fall: At least CBS and Fox are making shows. ABC, we ordered one new show, and it's a spinoff of an old show. Which begs the question: What are we doing here? We risked our lives flying into Newark for this? I mean, if you went to a restaurant and the waiter said 'Our special tonight is last year's fish,' would you eat it?' On younger viewers' TV habits: Deloitte just did a survey that showed that Gen Z and millennial viewers are spending more time on social media than watching television. Yeah, no shit. You think we needed a survey to know that? Fuck you, Deloiite! And you know what? Fuck those ungrateful Gen Z d-bags too! Oh, you're too cool for Match Game? Well guess what? When you have kids and you need that hit of Moana to keep the little bastards quiet for two hours? You'll come crawling back to Disney like dogs.' On the forthcoming ESPN streaming platform: 'They had a conclave, and a little puff of white smoke came out of Jimmy Pitaro's ass. And the new service, bringing live content to millions of fans around the world will go by the name — are you ready? 'ESPN.' And that's why they call us Imagineers.' Kimmel closed by making a rather unusual appeal to advertisers to buy time on a show on another network — CBS' 60 Minutes. 'I know it's not part of our multi-platform, but support 60 Minutes — they deserve it. You have the power, because you have the money. Support journalism. It's important, and it doesn't work without you.' Best of The Hollywood Reporter 22 of the Most Shocking Character Deaths in Television History A 'Star Wars' Timeline: All the Movies and TV Shows in the Franchise 'Yellowstone' and the Sprawling Dutton Family Tree, Explained
Yahoo
14-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Disney's Craig Erwich on ABC's Streaming Success, ‘Bachelor' Turmoil
ABC's fairly stable schedule for the start of the 2025-26 season is the product of not just a successful preceding season, but several years of work, Disney Television Group president Craig Erwich says. The network hasn't ordered a lot of new scripted series in recent seasons — the highest single total was five in 2022-23 — but it has gone all in on marketing the handful of shows it has picked up. That has helped build a roster of newer shows to run alongside long-time staples like Grey's Anatomy and The Rookie, Erwich told The Hollywood Reporter in an interview Tuesday ahead of Disney's upfront. More from The Hollywood Reporter ABC Holds Steady With Fall 2025 Schedule Led by 'High Potential,' '911' Doubleheader 'Doctor Odyssey' Remains at Sea: No Season 2 Decision Yet at ABC TelevisaUnivision Bets on Microdramas and Music in Upfront Push 'Three years ago, we launched Abbott Elementary. The year after that, it was Will Trent. This past year, High Potential, which is the most successful streaming show this calendar year,' Erwich said. 'It really validates that strategy.' ABC has renewed all but two of its scripted series from this season for 2025-26 (The Conners aired its final season in the spring, and Doctor Odyssey is still on the bubble). Erwich talked with THR about the cross-platform strategy that helped ensure those renewals, the backstage upheaval at The Bachelor and ABC's development pipeline. The interview below has been edited and condensed. ABC released some ratings data today showing it has the top five shows [ and ] among adults 18-49 this season in Nielsen's cross-platform ratings. As you talk with advertisers, are they understanding that a lot of that total audience is coming from streaming, which might not have the same kind of ad load as an on-air broadcast? This year was the first time that we were able to see competitive streaming ratings, which gives you some transparency and a level to set on our competitors. When we looked at that, we had the top five shows in 18-49 [not including sports]. What I think about is first of all, that's the way that people watch television, so it should be measured in a modern way. Why are we so successful at it? We have multiple platforms in the Disney ecosystem, but we're expert at creating singular events out of those multiple platforms. We've gotten really, really, really good at this. The handoff between ABC and Hulu, just to name two of the platforms, works seamlessly. We're capturing our viewers where they are. It benefits the shows as well. Will Trent, for instance — for that show to grow year over year [in the 18-49 demographic], the only broadcast show to do so, kind of is remarkable. It's a testament to not just how great the show is, but to the structure and the ecosystem that we've mastered here. Would you say marketers are knowledgable about the way that that viewing breaks down now, and that they're going to capture most of those viewers not necessarily at 8 o'clock on a Tuesday, but in the days after? We're all in New York for a Disney upfront, which is really where we get to talk about our entire portfolio, our entire ecosystem, and the massive reach that the Walt Disney Company has. and have gone through a lot of backstage upheaval and changes in the past few months. Where do things stand with that in terms of finding a new showrunner and starting the machinery back up to have those on the air again? The uber Bachelor machinery is going 100 miles an hour at ABC. We're getting ready to launch Bachelor in Paradise, which for the first time will have the Goldens as well as the young people. I was just in a meeting with [Walt Disney Television unscripted head] Rob Mills, and he was telling me that the Golden Bachelor people are staying up much later and partying even more than the younger people. I haven't seen anything, but I anticipate a very, very good installment of Bachelor in Paradise. And then after that, we have The Golden Bachelor, and we've got a really special guy with Mel Owens. The Bachelor is no different than any other show. You have to have the exact right casting. You have to have the exact right people. We're taking tremendous care with a very singular and beloved franchise, and we'll continue to roll those out as they're ready. Can you say whether you have a new showrunner for those series yet? Not yet. I wanted to ask about development as well. As ABC, like all other broadcasters, have moved into a year-round cycle and are ordering fewer pilots and script to series projects, does that impact your ability at all to say 'We might need something at midseason' and have a project ready to go? We launch shows year-round, which means we have the opportunity to develop year-round, which [in turn] means that we have ability to make pilots when the pilots are ready. We're not forced to have them all done at the same time. Each one can get the care and nurturing to be as excellent as it needs to be, to be worthy of being ordered to the schedule. We're focused on a very set slate of shows, which is why I think we've been successful at returning so many shows to the schedule year over year the last few seasons. What's great is the creative needs of the shows and the high bar [for a series pickup] really fits in with our scheduling strategy, and that just helps our success become exponential at some point. Are there any projects you're potentially looking to add in the near future? We just announced a pilot that I'm really excited about, RJ Decker [from Elementary creator Rob Doherty and based on Carl Hiaasen's novel Double Whammy]. It's an extraordinarily funny procedural that is highly original, a very singular character. I think it's very much in the vein of the success we've had on Tuesday nights with shows like The Rookie and Will Trent and High Potential, which has really become a destination night of television for us. Not just at ABC but at other broadcast networks too, there are more very long-running shows than ever still on the air. You have — which hasn't been on ABC for as long but is closing in on a decade total — and they're obviously all still drawing viewers. What's the balance you need to strike between dependable, long-running shows like that and keeping things fresh? I would say that The Rookie and Grey's Anatomy are not just reliable. I think they're thriving, in that new generations of fans are continuing to discover those shows on Disney platforms. So the audience is being is being refreshed. The creative is as vibrant as ever, and we're seeing those shows stand up with the performance of new shows as well. Grey's was the No. 2 most streamed show in all of television last year. Do you think people having those big libraries at their fingertips, on Hulu or also on Netflix in the case of , helps fuel viewing for new episodes? Absolutely. We're there to serve the audience however they want to watch, whenever they want to. There are people who want to come home on a Tuesday night and watch Will Trent, The Rookie and High Potential live. There are some people who want to wait for the season to be over, and then they close their doors on a weekend and watch all of them. There are people who decide, 'You know what, I just want a good show to binge,' and the fact that there are 450 episodes of Grey's Anatomy, they can get into that like you would a really long book. We hear a lot about people rewatching shows with their kids. We can serve all of it. Best of The Hollywood Reporter 22 of the Most Shocking Character Deaths in Television History A 'Star Wars' Timeline: All the Movies and TV Shows in the Franchise 'Yellowstone' and the Sprawling Dutton Family Tree, Explained
Boston Globe
17-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Boston Globe
Conan O'Brien will return as Oscars host in 2026
Advertisement 'Conan's unique comedic style perfectly captured the moment, and I'm excited to have his talents back onstage next year to helm another indelible performance,' said Craig Erwich, the president of Disney Television Group, in a statement. Next year O'Brien will also be surrounded by a familiar team, with Raj Kapoor and Katy Mullan returning as executive producers of the show and Jeff Ross and Mike Sweeney as producers. Academy CEO Bill Kramer and Academy President Janet Yang said in a joint statement that it's an honor to be working again with the group behind this year's broadcast. 'This year, they produced a hugely entertaining and visually stunning show that celebrated our nominees and the global film community in the most beautiful and impactful way,' Kramer and Yang said. 'Conan was the perfect host — skillfully guiding us through the evening with humor, warmth and reverence.' The show also succeeded in social media metrics, outperforming both the Grammy Awards and the Super Bowl, according to Oscars organizers. This was the first time that the show was streamed live simultaneously on Hulu, which was not without its glitches. The timing of the announcement of next year's hosting and producing teams — less than a month after this year's Oscars — is unusually early for the film academy and ABC.
