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Yahoo
27-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
‘Found' Canceled By NBC After 2 Seasons
EXCLUSIVE: Found will not be getting a third season at NBC. The series, starring Shanola Hampton, may be shopped by its lead studio Warner Bros. Television. The news comes ahead of the Season 2 finale, which has been teased as a showdown of sorts between Gabi (Hampton) and Sir's sister Lena (Danielle Savre). The episode, which will now serve as a series finale, airs on May 15. More from Deadline 'Suits LA' Canceled By NBC After One Season 'The Irrational' Canceled By NBC After 2 Seasons 'Lopez Vs. Lopez' Canceled After 3 Seasons At NBC Found was canceled today alongside fellow NBC sophomore drama The Irrational. Coming from different studios, Found from Warner Bros. TV and The Irrational from Universal Television, the two series had similar runs. Held as strike contingency, both shows launched in fall 2023 amid a dearth of scripted originals on the broadcast networks. Taking advantage of the lesser competition and potent lead-ins, The Voice (Monday) for The Irrational and The Voice (Tuesday) for Found, the dramas started off well on NBC and Peacock. Found became NBC's top launch on the streamer until then, with its premiere episodes drawing 10.5M viewers across platforms in the first week. By late November, both dramas had been renewed for a second season. On a stacked 2024-25 broadcast schedule, Found – like The Irrational – has been registering steep year-to-year ratings declines, which factored in the cancellation decision. Found also faced a new story paradigm in Season 2 as one of the key elements of its premise changed with Sir (Mark-Paul Gosselaar) escaping from Gabi's (Hampton) basement in the Season 1 finale. Ultimately, Found became a casualty of NBC's cutback on entertainment programming to accomodate the 180 primetime hours of basketball next season under NBCUniversal's $2.5B a year deal with the NBA, which also claimed dramas The Irrational, Suits LA and comedies Night Court and Lopez vs Lopez — all canceled today. Found follows public relations specialist Gabi Mosely (Hampton), who was once herself one of the more than 300,000 missing people of color in the U.S., and her crisis management team who now make sure there is always someone looking out for the forgotten missing people. Gosselaar, Kelli Williams, Brett Dalton, Gabrielle Walsh, Arlen Escarpeta and Karan Oberoi also starred. The series came from creator/showrunner Nkechi Okoro Carroll, who exec produced alongside Sonay Hoffman, Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter, Leigh London Redman and Lindsay Dunn. Berlanti Productions and Rock My Soul Productions produced in association with Warner Bros. Television and Universal Television. Best of Deadline All The Songs In Netflix's 'Forever': From Tyler The Creator To SZA 2025 TV Series Renewals: Photo Gallery 2025 TV Cancellations: Photo Gallery
India Gazette
27-05-2025
- Politics
- India Gazette
Rahul Gandhi calls 'Not Found Suitable' label new form of 'Manuvaad', slams Modi govt over vacant reserved posts
New Delhi [India], May 27 (ANI): Congress leader and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday hit out at the Modi government over what he described as systemic discrimination against Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST), and Other Backward Classes (OBC) in higher education institutions, alleging that the practice of rejecting qualified candidates as 'Not Found Suitable' (NFS) was a new form of 'Manuvaad.' In a post on X, the Lok Sabha LoP accused that qualified SC, ST and OBC candidates were 'deliberately disqualified' by this practise to exclude them from leadership roles, highlighting that in Delhi University, over 60 per cent of reserved professor positions and 30 per cent of associate professor positions remain vacant due to this categorisation. He accused the Modi government of undermining BR Ambedkar's vision of education as a tool for equality. ''Not Found Suitable' ab naya Manuvaad hain. Qualified SC/ST/OBC candidates are being deliberately 'disqualified' - to keep them away from education and leadership. Babasaheb had said: Education is the biggest weapon for equality. But the Modi government is busy blunting that weapon. In Delhi University, more than 60 per cent of the reserved posts of professors and more than 30 per cent of the reserved posts of associate professors have been kept vacant by calling them NFS,' Gandhi stated. The Congress leader also called out the systemic issue that extended to other institutions like IITs and central universities, further slamming the process as an 'attack on the constitution' and a 'betrayal of social justice'. 'This is no exception - IITs, Central Universities, the same conspiracy is going on everywhere. NFS is an attack on the Constitution. NFS is a betrayal of social justice. This is not just a fight for education and employment - it is a fight for rights, respect and participation. I spoke to DUSU students - now together we will respond to every anti-reservation move of BJP/RSS with the power of the Constitution,' Gandhi said. (ANI)
New Indian Express
27-05-2025
- Politics
- New Indian Express
SC, ST candidates deliberately declared 'not found suitable': Rahul Gandhi
Gandhi said that more than 60 per cent of the reserved posts of Professor and more than 30 per cent of the reserved posts of Associate Professor have been kept vacant by using the 'Not Found Suitable (NFS)' mechanism. "This is no exception. The same conspiracy is going on everywhere, IITs, Central Universities. NFS is an attack on the Constitution. NFS is a betrayal of social justice," he said. The former Congress president said getting reservation was a matter of fighting for rights, respect, and participation. "I spoke to the students of DUSU, now we all together will answer every anti-reservation move of BJP/RSS with the power of the Constitution," he said. In the video, Gandhi is heard telling the students that the Hindutva project's foundation is to erase the history of the SCs, STs, and OBCs. "Why is 90 per cent's history not in our books? Why is only 10 per cent's history in our books? Why is it not written, for example, in our history books that for 3,000 years, Dalits have been treated like dirt, have not been respected, have not been given any space in our society?" he says during the interaction. On May 22, the DU objected to Gandhi's unannounced visit to its North Campus, calling it a breach of institutional protocol and a disruption of student governance operations. "Shri Rahul Gandhi has done this for the second time. Coming to the university without any intimation and information to University of Delhi," the proctor's office had said in an official release. That day, Gandhi interacted with students belonging to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Other Backward Classes on the North Campus. The session was held at the office of the DUSU president, who belongs to NSUI, a Congress-affiliated outfit.
Chicago Tribune
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Chicago Tribune
TV for summer 2025: 15 shows coming up, including the return of ‘The Bear'
Heading into summer means first closing the book on yet another network TV season, which still follows the fall-spring slot on the calendar. I like that regularity and I think most viewers miss it when it comes to streaming. 'The Bear' is an outlier, premiering new episodes each June like clockwork. This time of year is also when broadcasters announce cancellations and the biggest changes are coming to NBC, where five shows got the ax: the dramas 'Found,' 'The Irrational' and 'Suits: LA' and comedies 'Night Court' and 'Lopez vs. Lopez.' Some of those decisions were likely a way to make room for NBC's new deal to carry NBA games. I'm not seeing anything particularly interesting on the horizon just yet for the broadcast networks next season, with one exception. Fox has ordered a U.S. adaptation of the British series 'Doc Martin' called 'Best Medicine,' which will star Josh Charles ('The Good Wife') in an hour-long comedy about a 'successful surgeon who abruptly leaves his post in Boston to become a general practitioner in the East Coast fishing village where he spent summers as a kid.' That's still a few months off. In the meantime, here's a look at 15 shows on tap for the summer months, when streaming is your best bet for new and returning series, listed here in chronological order. Programming note: The 78th Tony Awards will air on CBS on Sunday, June 8. 'The Librarians: The Next Chapter' (May 25 on TNT): It's been a good while since TNT carried original programming outside of sports, but the network has two series slated for this year, including a miniseries called 'High Value Target' about a real-life CIA analyst's 2003 interrogation of deposed Iraqi president Saddam Hussein (no date announced yet) and this spinoff of TNT's adventure series 'The Librarians,' which last aired new episodes in 2018. The new version centers on a librarian time traveler from 1847 named Vikram who now finds himself stuck in the present. When he returns to his castle in Belgrade, he discovers that it is now a museum, and he 'inadvertently releases magic across the continent,' a mess he then has to clean up with a team of eclectic comrades. The first episode premieres Sunday after the NBA playoffs. The next episode premieres the next night on Monday, following NHL playoffs. (The show will then continue with a Monday night schedule.) 'And Just Like That …' (May 29 on HBO Max): Not a fan of this continuation of 'Sex and the City,' so much so I didn't even bother with the second season, nor am I planning to watch its third. So consider this just a heads-up for anyone who feels otherwise and has stuck with the show despite it all. 'Dept. Q' (May 29 on Netflix): A stubborn and sarcastic police detective in Edinburgh (Matthew Goode) is exiled to his department's basement to work as his own one-man cold case unit. It's a PR stunt his boss fixes up, mostly to get him out of her hair — nobody can stand the guy; he can barely stand himself — but slowly he builds a small team, who try to find out what happened to a prosecutor who went missing four years prior. The series blends droll humor and well-worn cop show tropes to focus on a grisly case. 'Stick' (June 4 on Apple TV+): Owen Wilson stars in this comedy as a pro golfer who has mediocre personal and professional prospects ('Tin Cup,' anyone?). With nothing else to lose, he decides to back a teenage golf phenom who has problems of his own. Apple is calling it a 'heartfelt, feel-good comedy about a found family and their relationships set within the world of golf as it has never been shown before.' 'Art Detectives' (June 9 on Acorn TV): Stephen Moyer ('True Blood') stars as an art-loving police detective, who works in the Heritage Crime Unit of this UK-set series, where he and his partner tackle murder cases connected to the art and antiquities world, 'from Old Master paintings, to Banksy street art, medieval manuscripts and collectible vinyl.' Plot twist: He must contend with the sudden reappearance of his father, who is a notorious art forger. You don't say! Sounds fun, but it's all in the execution. 'Grantchester'(June 15 by Masterpiece on PBS): It's the 1960s in an English village, where a police detective teams up with the local vicar to solve crimes. Sure, there have been three vicars over the show's many seasons, all young and handsome and somehow each finds himself doing some freelance sleuthing. The show was losing steam there for a while, but then Rishi Nair joined the cast last year as the newest vicar, bringing a charisma to the role that was otherwise absent, and he's back again for Season 10. 'We Were Liars' (June 18 on Amazon): The series is based on the 2014 novel from E. Lockhart about a group of wealthy teenagers who summer on a private island. Everything about the protagonist's life is enviable, until she suffers a head injury that affects her memories one summer. What really happened? And why are certain things so different when she next returns? 'Outrageous' (June 18 on BritBox): Based on the true story of the aristocratic Mitford sisters who, according to Wikipedia, 'gained widespread attention for their stylish and controversial lives as young people.' Set in the 1930s as a second World War loomed, there were major divisions in the family, some of whom were pro-fascist. The sisters include the British novelist Nancy Freeman-Mitford, who wrote about the upper crust. 'Ironheart' (June 24 on Disney+): Picking up after the events of the 2022 movie 'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,' the series centers on Riri Williams, the 'genius inventor determined to make her mark on the world (returning) to her hometown of Chicago. Her unique take on building iron suits is brilliant, but in pursuit of her ambitions, she finds herself wrapped up with the mysterious yet charming Parker Robbins aka 'The Hood.'' 'The Bear' (June 25 by FX on Hulu): As with previous seasons, all 10 episodes of Season 4 will be available to stream at once, which I know has been a controversial choice for audiences who prefer a weekly conversation about the show. I think a binge drop is fine in this instance. I had some mild critiques of Seasons 1 and 2, but overall really liked the show. Season 3? Less so. The narrative felt stalled in place and I think there are other characters getting short shrift whose stories are more interesting to explore than yet more Carmy angst. Here's hoping Season 4 bounces back. 'Smoke' (June 27 on Apple TV+): A crime drama centering an arson investigator (Taron Egerton) and a police detective (Jurnee Smollett) from Dennis Lehane (best known for novels such as 'Gone, Baby, Gone' and 'Mystic River') based on true events as the pair track down two serial arsonists. 'Nautilus' (June 29, AMC and streaming on AMC+): A reimagining of Jules Verne's 1870 science fiction adventure classic 'Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea.' Originally made for Disney+ (which then declined to release the series) AMC has picked it up for U.S. distribution. The title comes from the name of the vessel in Verne's book, with Shazad Latif starring as Nemo, who 'plans to reach the fabled Viking treasure buried at the Pillars of Halvar. But first, he must win the trust of his crew, and keep out of the clutches of the ruthless East India Mercantile Company, who will do whatever it takes to stop him.' 'Too Much' (July 10 on Netflix): The 10-episode series follows a millennial workaholic named Jessica (Megan Stalter, so good on 'Hacks') who, fresh off a breakup, moves from New York to London to start over. From the streamer that brought you 'Emily in Paris' comes a show I'm sure they referred to internally as 'Jessica in London.' Stalter has a lot of talent and tang, so here's hoping the series is actually much better than that. Will Sharpe ('White Lotus') plays the handsome Brit who catches her eye. 'Wednesday' (Aug. 6 on Netflix): I liked the Addams Family spinoff series well enough when it premiered in November 2022. Was it good enough to be one of the more popular offerings from Netflix? Not in my opinion. It's a teen drama — one with style, though not an especially inventive one; executive producer Tim Burton is recycling old ideas by this point — which works best when it's simply being funny. The heavy plotting around a mysterious supernatural something or other? Didn't do anything for me. It's back for Season 2 and once again, Netflix is weirdly not premiering it around Halloween. This installment will be divided into two chapters, with the second picking up a month later in September. 'Peacemaker' (Aug. 21 on HBO Max): Season 2 of the DC Studios series starring Jon Cena arrives after a three-plus year delay. Well, maybe audiences are inured to these kinds of things by now. I like the first season well enough. It's a ridiculous show that knows it's ridiculous, with a fully R-rated Saturday morning cartoon sensibility that refuses to take itself too seriously. I was less interested in the way Peacemaker is presented as a racist and sexist figure who really just needs a hug: A cuddly Cro-Magnon. It's worth thinking about why, even within a largely comedic endeavor, this type of character has been designed to generate our sympathy.
Yahoo
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
‘Found' Star Shanola Hampton Unpacks Season 2 Finale Rollercoaster That Leaves Gabi & Sir In Jeopardy
Found. Audiences are sure to be on the edge of their seats after the Season 2 finale of NBC's Found, which very well could be the series finale, since the network cancelled it last week. More from Deadline Broadcast Schedule's New Paradigm: How 8 PM Became "The Best Time Period On TV For Live Viewing" As 10 PM Hangs In (For Now) 2025 Premiere Dates For New & Returning Series On Broadcast, Cable & Streaming Kelly Clarkson Set To Interview Gloria Estefan, Jonas Brothers, Lizzo & Teddy Swims In NBC's New 'Songs & Stories' Four-Episode Specials Lead studio Warner Bros. Television is shopping the series around to other networks and streamers. Fans have also been making some noise on social media, hoping that it'll continue elsewhere. For now, though, viewers are left in limbo about both Sir and Gabi's fates after the end of Thursday night's episode. The episode picks up immediately where the last one left off, after Jamie (Parker Queenan) goes missing, and they manage to deduce that he's been kidnapped by Lena (Danielle Savre). Lena also tries to blackmail Gabi (Shanola Hampton) into recanting her statement about Sir (Mark-Paul Gosselaar) kidnapping Lacey (Gabrielle Walsh), offering Jamie in return. Gabi decides to give everyone at M&A a vote on whether she should sign the affidavit, and everyone except Margaret votes in favor. Gabi pays Sir a visit after Dhan tells her about a conversation they'd had, which tips her off to the fact that Sir is actually masterminding this plan that Lena is enacting. After this showdown with Sir, Gabi finally lures Lena and Jamie to the high school. But, once she gains the upper hand, Gabi gives Lena the opportunity to break the cycle of abuse and escape out the back door. As Gabi steps outside, Lena comes running out behind her with a gun to her head — only to be met by police surrounding the building. The next morning, Gabi holds a press conference where she stuns the world by revealing that she held Sir captive in her basement for nine months. Simultaneously, it's revealed that Sir may not even be alive anymore, after he's found lying in a pool of blood in his cell. Is Sir alive? Is Gabi going to prison? How will M&A fare without her? There are a ton of questions to be answered after that finale. Shanola Hampton spoke with Deadline in the interview below to unpack a few of them. Note: This interview was done prior to the show's HAMPTON: It was a combination of things. I think…it's all come to a head, right? We've gradually been building for this, even though I didn't see this particular thing coming so publicly. But penance has been Gabi's theme. She's been trying to gain control of her life, and every time she feels like, 'Okay, now I can pay,' Sir takes it from her. She thought she was going to go to jail. Sir took that from her. So by the end of it, when she has that head-to-head, and she looks into Lena's eyes, and she sees herself, then finally, she's like 'It has to be big enough for it for him not to be able to strip it away.' It has to be big enough that he can't do any other game with her. That's what takes her to that Well, her telling the world about it was taking the power from Sir, but also because she really wants to pay for what she's done. So it's less about, 'Oh gosh, I didn't have to say it, because now he's dead.' That wouldn't be a response, because she really does want penance, and Sir has prevented that. It's not trying to prove a point to him. I do think that it will be an interesting emotional journey for her if Sir is truly dead, because one would think that, oh, she'll be so happy she's rid of this evil in her life. But as you know, humans are so complicated, and relationships, even when they're toxic, are so complicated. So for her to not have that cat and mouse, something that she's been addicted to for a long time, I don't know how she would It is hard. I mean, I think that every human being has this line, and it's different for everyone, that if someone does a certain thing and crosses that one line, it triggers a mental reaction that may not be sane. We all sort of consciously make the choice to do the right thing and to not commit these crazy evil crimes, or to let the triggers trigger that. I can understand that emotional vulnerability of Gabi after losing her father and after losing a year of her life, after being so really mentally abused, because she was groomed to go and trust someone…I always try to sympathize or empathize with my characters anyway, because the only way to play it is to understand where they're coming from. That doesn't mean that you have to justify your behavior, but I can see how you could go there. If somebody messed with my kids, it would take me a real, real, real, real, real conscious effort to not commit a They are back to really working together again in a way that they trust each other. We picked up the story with them kind of in the place that they are getting back to now, which is refreshing. I think, in a romantic sense, as much as there may be this connection, it's very difficult for Gabi to want to bring someone like Trent and Trent's personality and his good into all of her crazy. We rarely get to see characters just work on themselves without being in a relationship, and we oftentimes just drag people into our stuff. I think Gabi is consciously trying to make sure that she heals before bringing anyone else in. But it's nice to see that. They were at odds big time, and Trent was really brutal to her and not forgiving for a long time. So I think that will always be in the back of her head too. As much as they're working together, she won't forget how he treated her, even though she felt like she deserved it. But then you have someone like Dhan who's like, 'You did this horrible thing, but I still love you.' I know with a woman like Gabi, who's been through so many of these male figures…to have someone just embrace all of her is so rare. So that will be in the back of her mind as The consistency of the protection, I think, is always nice for Gabi. She so fiercely is like, 'I got it. I can do it myself.' So for her, I think that, in a way, she wanted Lena to be good for him and to be that person, even though her spidey senses were way up and she was really trying to not let ego be a part of that, because Trent deserves to be with the best, coolest woman ever. You know what I mean?HAMPTON: It's like, you don't know what you do until you're in it…So for him to have had such a close relationship, to give his heart, in many ways, to another woman that he hasn't done in a really, really long time, and to have her be Lena, I think, is eye opening for him, and probably in ways, has helped bridge the gap with him and Gabi. Because his judgmental self, right, is a little like, 'Oh, wow, my pain is not even nearly what you did. That hurt, and I feel like I can do some awful things — maybe not lock a man in basement, but…' so I think that is a sort of bridge [for] that relationship, as When I look at it as an actor, and the fact that we started the pilot on this wall, and we have now moved over to this wall, and that wall has filled up so much that we're going to have to now move over to this wall — it means something. We're telling the stories of so many different communities, and it makes me excited when I look at the pictures. We play this game on set where people have to try to remember the There were a couple this season. Dealing with the autism case was really timely and intentional, and it meant a lot. I loved the case we did last week with Down Syndrome, and the actors were so incredible. I think we said some key things that the masses need to hear about not doubting or putting limitations on anyone. It was such a an experience on and off screen. I've worked with Lily before. I did a pilot with her called Dangerous Moms, and she was incredible. She was so incredible in this, and Matthew [too]. I really, really loved when we did — because we have never done that many characters in one episode — where we found all the missing children and reunited them with the families, but it was like 10. That was an insane episode, so I really enjoyed that as I'm excited that we get to go into other characters. So I'm excited that we get to see about Dhan, that's our next backstory. Karan is not only an amazing actor, but Dhan is my favorite character. I love Dhan. I love his ride or die. I love his intensity, yet he's so soft and gooey. In the end, I want to know, how did he and Ethan come to be? Because it's the odd couple really, right? But there's this relationship that we all are rooting for. I just want to know everything. For Gabi, I just want her to be on her healing journey. If Sir is alive, what the heck are they going to do with their cat and mouse game? I want to know that answer too. I want to solve more great cases. I want to get to Zeke. I want it to be a season where we get to Dhan, and we get to Zeke, and we get some of those questions answered. Best of Deadline Sean 'Diddy' Combs Sex-Trafficking Trial Updates: Cassie Ventura's Testimony, $10M Hotel Settlement, Drugs, Violence, & The Feds 'Nine Perfect Strangers' Season 2 Release Schedule: When Do New Episodes Come Out? Everything We Know About Ari Aster's 'Eddington' So Far
