‘Sullivan’s Crossing’ Sets Season 4 Premiere Date on The CW (TV News Roundup)
The CW has set the Season 4 premiere date for the drama “Sullivan’s Crossing,” which will return April 20, airing from 8 to 9 p.m. ET/PT.
Per the official logline, the 10-episode fourth season finds “Maggie Sullivan’s (Morgan Kohan) life at the Crossing is finally taking shape having decided on a new direction for her career and a renewed commitment to Cal (Chad Michael Murray). That is, until Maggie’s ex-husband, Liam (Marcus Rosner), arrives with a shocking revelation which only upends Maggie’s life once again and causes Cal to question whether Maggie will ever truly be able to leave her past behind.”
“Sullivan’s Crossing” is adapted for television by showrunner Roma Roth and executive produced by Roth, Christopher E. Perry, Aren Prupas and Carr, along with additional producing partners. All episodes of Season 4 will be available to stream next day on the CW App, with Fremantle handling international distribution.
Watch the teaser below.
“Reading Rainbow” is expanding its revival. Sony Pictures Television has ordered 24 additional episodes of the children’s literacy series, with host Mychal Threets set to return. Emmy Award-winning kids TV producer Kristen McGregor has joined the series as executive producer and showrunner.
Produced by Embassy Row in association with Buffalo Toronto Public Media, the new episodes will continue the franchise’s long-standing mission of encouraging a love of reading among young viewers. Sony Pictures Television will produce and distribute the series. Shortened versions of episodes will also be released on Kidzuko, Sony’s kids-focused YouTube channel launched in 2024.
The revival debuted last fall with four episodes on Kidzuko, which have amassed more than 4.79 million views to date. Additional celebrity guests and featured books for the new episodes will be announced at a later time.
McGregor’s credits include “Sesame Street,” “Ms. Rachel” and “Blippi’s Treehouse.” She is also moderating a panel at Kidscreen Summit on Feb. 23 focused on evolving partnerships in the kids content space.
The original “Reading Rainbow” premiered in 1983 and became a cornerstone of educational television, using storytelling to help foster literacy and imagination.
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Fox Sports has picked up “You See L.A.,” a new one-hour documentary special set to premiere March 1 at 8 p.m. ET on FS1, timed to coincide with the start of Women’s History Month.
The film is produced by AV8 Productions, Allez! Sports and Hello Sunshine, and centers on the UCLA Bruins women’s basketball program’s historic 2024–25 season, which culminated in the team’s first-ever Final Four appearance. In addition to revisiting that landmark run, the documentary weaves in moments from the current season as the story of the Bruins continues to unfold.
“You See L.A.” features head coach Cori Close and standout players Lauren Betts, Kiki Rice and Gabriela Jaquez, capturing the team’s postseason run.
The film also highlights the program’s connection to the Los Angeles community and includes appearances by UCLA alumni and basketball legends Ann Meyers Drysdale, Reggie Miller and Candace Parker.
“You See L.A.” will air immediately following the UCLA–USC women’s basketball matchup and is presented by Authentic Asia.
Apple TV has released the first look at Season 2 of the animated preschool series “Wonder Pets: In The City,” which premieres on March 20.The show follows a trio of classroom pets: Izzy the Guinea Pig, Zuri the Bunny and Tate the Snake, as they embark on adventures around New York City and the world, traveling in their “Jetcar” to rescue animals in musical, mini-opera-themed adventures.Produced by Nickelodeon Animation, “Wonder Pets: In the City” is developed by Emmy winner Jennifer Oxley, who serves as executive producer alongside Steve Altiere, and co-executive producer Jeffrey Lesser.The new series features the voices of Victoria Scola-Giampapa as Izzy, Vanessa Huszar as Zuri, and Christopher Sean Cooper Jr. as Tate. This music-forward series also features composers including Bobby Lopez, Jason Robert Brown, Georgia Stitt, Matthew Sklar, Larry Hochman, Zina Goldrich, and Natsumi Osawa, accompanied by the FILMharmonic Orchestra.
Comedian and actor Druski is set to appear as a special commentator on the upcoming season of NBC’s “The Voice: Battle of Champions.”The 29th season premieres on Feb. 23 at 9 p.m. ET on NBC and streams the next day on Peacock. The show is hosted by Carson Daly and features a coaching panel consisting of Kelly Clarkson, John Legend, and Adam Levine.Druski will serve as the series’ first-ever commentator and will “offer unique takes on the coaches’ strategy as they vie for the win,” including tracking “Triple Turn Competition” and “Super Steal” among the coaches. A line-up of NBA players will also join him throughout the competition. Druski first rose to fame with his “Coulda Been Records” sketches on YouTube and Instagram Live, later self-producing shows, and completing a national headlining comedy tour.“The Voice” comes from MGM Television, Warner Horizon Unscripted Television, a Warner Bros. Television Group, and ITV Studios , The Voice USA, Inc. The series was created by John de Mol, who serves as an executive producer along with Mark Burnett, Audrey Morrissey, Amanda Zucker, Kyra Thompson, Adam H. Sher and Barry Poznick.
June Squibb, Kari Wahlgren, Rachel and Aron Accurso and Amber Riley are among the presenters who will take the stage at the 4th Annual Children’s & Family Emmy Awards (CAFE), the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced Tuesday. The awards will take place on March 2 at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall in New York City.
John Tartaglia, a multi-award-winning actor, director, writer, puppeteer, producer and creator for television and theater, will host the awards and Regina Spektor will perform. Robert Picardo (“Star Trek: Voyager”) will present the Lifetime Achievement Award to Bill Nye at the CAFE Honors Ceremony on March 1.
Other presenters will include Jennifer Barnhart and “Zoe” (“Sesame Street”), Monique Coleman (“High School Musical”), Frankie Cordero and “Purple Panda” (“Donkey Hodie”), Stephanie D’Abruzzo and “Duck Duck” (“Donkey Hodie”), Ava Joyce McCarthy (“The Primrose Railway Children”), Bill Nye (“Lifetime Achievement Honoree”), Tori Prentice and Adrianna Walker (“Harlem Ice”), Chanel Stewart (“Win or Lose”). Original “Avenue Q” Broadway cast members Tartaglia, d’Abruzzo and Barnhart will present together. Alyssa Tucker (“Live From Snacktime”) is the red carpet correspondent.
CAFE spotlights the pinnacle of creativity and innovation in children’s entertainment. The ceremonies will be streamed live on watch.theemmys.tv and through The Emmys apps (apps.theemmys.tv).
Netflix has released a trailer and key art for “Homicide New York” Season 2, set to release on the platform on March 25. The season will consist of five 60-minute episodes.
Season 2 of the series, which Netflix describes as “a docu-series that illuminates some of the most notorious crimes from the city that never sleeps,” “an elite team of NYPD detectives relive the homicide investigations that defined their careers.”
Adam Kassen directed the season, with Dick Wolf, Dan Cutforth, Jane Lipsitz, Adam Kassen, Tom Thayer, Nan Strait and Dan Volpe executive producing. Wolf Entertainment & Alfred Street Industries served as the production company.
Watch the trailer below.
Per the official logline, the 10-episode fourth season finds “Maggie Sullivan’s (Morgan Kohan) life at the Crossing is finally taking shape having decided on a new direction for her career and a renewed commitment to Cal (Chad Michael Murray). That is, until Maggie’s ex-husband, Liam (Marcus Rosner), arrives with a shocking revelation which only upends Maggie’s life once again and causes Cal to question whether Maggie will ever truly be able to leave her past behind.”
“Sullivan’s Crossing” is adapted for television by showrunner Roma Roth and executive produced by Roth, Christopher E. Perry, Aren Prupas and Carr, along with additional producing partners. All episodes of Season 4 will be available to stream next day on the CW App, with Fremantle handling international distribution.
Watch the teaser below.
“Reading Rainbow” is expanding its revival. Sony Pictures Television has ordered 24 additional episodes of the children’s literacy series, with host Mychal Threets set to return. Emmy Award-winning kids TV producer Kristen McGregor has joined the series as executive producer and showrunner.
Produced by Embassy Row in association with Buffalo Toronto Public Media, the new episodes will continue the franchise’s long-standing mission of encouraging a love of reading among young viewers. Sony Pictures Television will produce and distribute the series. Shortened versions of episodes will also be released on Kidzuko, Sony’s kids-focused YouTube channel launched in 2024.
The revival debuted last fall with four episodes on Kidzuko, which have amassed more than 4.79 million views to date. Additional celebrity guests and featured books for the new episodes will be announced at a later time.
McGregor’s credits include “Sesame Street,” “Ms. Rachel” and “Blippi’s Treehouse.” She is also moderating a panel at Kidscreen Summit on Feb. 23 focused on evolving partnerships in the kids content space.
The original “Reading Rainbow” premiered in 1983 and became a cornerstone of educational television, using storytelling to help foster literacy and imagination.
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Fox Sports has picked up “You See L.A.,” a new one-hour documentary special set to premiere March 1 at 8 p.m. ET on FS1, timed to coincide with the start of Women’s History Month.
The film is produced by AV8 Productions, Allez! Sports and Hello Sunshine, and centers on the UCLA Bruins women’s basketball program’s historic 2024–25 season, which culminated in the team’s first-ever Final Four appearance. In addition to revisiting that landmark run, the documentary weaves in moments from the current season as the story of the Bruins continues to unfold.
“You See L.A.” features head coach Cori Close and standout players Lauren Betts, Kiki Rice and Gabriela Jaquez, capturing the team’s postseason run.
The film also highlights the program’s connection to the Los Angeles community and includes appearances by UCLA alumni and basketball legends Ann Meyers Drysdale, Reggie Miller and Candace Parker.
“You See L.A.” will air immediately following the UCLA–USC women’s basketball matchup and is presented by Authentic Asia.
Apple TV has released the first look at Season 2 of the animated preschool series “Wonder Pets: In The City,” which premieres on March 20.The show follows a trio of classroom pets: Izzy the Guinea Pig, Zuri the Bunny and Tate the Snake, as they embark on adventures around New York City and the world, traveling in their “Jetcar” to rescue animals in musical, mini-opera-themed adventures.Produced by Nickelodeon Animation, “Wonder Pets: In the City” is developed by Emmy winner Jennifer Oxley, who serves as executive producer alongside Steve Altiere, and co-executive producer Jeffrey Lesser.The new series features the voices of Victoria Scola-Giampapa as Izzy, Vanessa Huszar as Zuri, and Christopher Sean Cooper Jr. as Tate. This music-forward series also features composers including Bobby Lopez, Jason Robert Brown, Georgia Stitt, Matthew Sklar, Larry Hochman, Zina Goldrich, and Natsumi Osawa, accompanied by the FILMharmonic Orchestra.
Comedian and actor Druski is set to appear as a special commentator on the upcoming season of NBC’s “The Voice: Battle of Champions.”The 29th season premieres on Feb. 23 at 9 p.m. ET on NBC and streams the next day on Peacock. The show is hosted by Carson Daly and features a coaching panel consisting of Kelly Clarkson, John Legend, and Adam Levine.Druski will serve as the series’ first-ever commentator and will “offer unique takes on the coaches’ strategy as they vie for the win,” including tracking “Triple Turn Competition” and “Super Steal” among the coaches. A line-up of NBA players will also join him throughout the competition. Druski first rose to fame with his “Coulda Been Records” sketches on YouTube and Instagram Live, later self-producing shows, and completing a national headlining comedy tour.“The Voice” comes from MGM Television, Warner Horizon Unscripted Television, a Warner Bros. Television Group, and ITV Studios , The Voice USA, Inc. The series was created by John de Mol, who serves as an executive producer along with Mark Burnett, Audrey Morrissey, Amanda Zucker, Kyra Thompson, Adam H. Sher and Barry Poznick.
June Squibb, Kari Wahlgren, Rachel and Aron Accurso and Amber Riley are among the presenters who will take the stage at the 4th Annual Children’s & Family Emmy Awards (CAFE), the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced Tuesday. The awards will take place on March 2 at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall in New York City.
John Tartaglia, a multi-award-winning actor, director, writer, puppeteer, producer and creator for television and theater, will host the awards and Regina Spektor will perform. Robert Picardo (“Star Trek: Voyager”) will present the Lifetime Achievement Award to Bill Nye at the CAFE Honors Ceremony on March 1.
Other presenters will include Jennifer Barnhart and “Zoe” (“Sesame Street”), Monique Coleman (“High School Musical”), Frankie Cordero and “Purple Panda” (“Donkey Hodie”), Stephanie D’Abruzzo and “Duck Duck” (“Donkey Hodie”), Ava Joyce McCarthy (“The Primrose Railway Children”), Bill Nye (“Lifetime Achievement Honoree”), Tori Prentice and Adrianna Walker (“Harlem Ice”), Chanel Stewart (“Win or Lose”). Original “Avenue Q” Broadway cast members Tartaglia, d’Abruzzo and Barnhart will present together. Alyssa Tucker (“Live From Snacktime”) is the red carpet correspondent.
CAFE spotlights the pinnacle of creativity and innovation in children’s entertainment. The ceremonies will be streamed live on watch.theemmys.tv and through The Emmys apps (apps.theemmys.tv).
Netflix has released a trailer and key art for “Homicide New York” Season 2, set to release on the platform on March 25. The season will consist of five 60-minute episodes.
Season 2 of the series, which Netflix describes as “a docu-series that illuminates some of the most notorious crimes from the city that never sleeps,” “an elite team of NYPD detectives relive the homicide investigations that defined their careers.”
Adam Kassen directed the season, with Dick Wolf, Dan Cutforth, Jane Lipsitz, Adam Kassen, Tom Thayer, Nan Strait and Dan Volpe executive producing. Wolf Entertainment & Alfred Street Industries served as the production company.
Watch the trailer below.