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EXCLUSIVE: Roku has set a Friday, July 5 premiere date for The Real Bros of Simi Valley: High School Reunion, also announcing seven newcomers to the cast. The list includes pro skateboarder Tony Hawk, elite snowboarder and skateboarder Shaun White, Zoey Deutch (Set It Up), Tyler Posey (Teen Wolf), Retta (T…

EXCLUSIVE: The Good Girls reunion of Jenna Bans, Bill Krebs and Retta is not happening — at least not at NBC. The network has passed on the untitled drama pilot (fka Murder by the Book), starring Retta and written and executive produced by Bans and Krebs. The studio behind the pilot, Universal Television…

EXCLUSIVE: Another Good Girls alum has joined NBC’s Jenna Bans/Bill Krebs (fka Murder By The Book) drama pilot. Michael Weaver has been tapped to direct the pilot from Good Girls creator Jenna Bans under her Universal Television-based production banner Minnesota Logging Company. Good Girls executive…

EXCLUSIVE: Tituss Burgess, Tommy Dewey and Siobhan Williams have been cast in NBC‘s upcoming drama pilot from Good Girls creator Jenna Bans and executive producer Bill Krebs. The pilot, which was previously titled Murder By the Book, stars Retta as Hazel, a big city Instafamous book reviewer who…

NBC has ordered a pilot for the drama series Murder by the Book from Good Girls creator Jenna Bans under her Universal Television-based production banner Minnesota Logging Company. Good Girls executive producer Bill Krebs will pen the script with Bans. Starring Retta, the story will follow big city…

EXCLUSIVE: Good Girls star Retta and the series’ creator/executive producer/co-showrunner Jenna Bans and executive producer/co-showrunner Bill Krebs are re-teaming for Murder By the Book, a new NBC hourlong crime drama, which has received a put pilot commitment by NBC. The project comes from Universal Television, a…

HGTV has ordered a third six-episode season of Ugliest House in America, with Retta set to return as host. It’s slated to premiere in early 2023. The series, which drew more than 16 million viewers to its freshman run and premiered its second season on July 24, will follow Retta on an expanded tour of five U.S…

Retta is moving into a new chapter with NBCUniversal. The former star of NBC and Universal TV’s Good Girls and Parks and Recreation has entered into a talent holding deal with the company. Under the pact, Retta will collaborate exclusively with NBCU Television and Streaming Entertainment, and Universal Television, a…

As bittwersweet as NBC’s cancellation of Good Girls may be, leading ladies Christina Hendricks and Mae Whitman found some humor in the news by meme-ing their reactions to the news. Both of the actresses shared a similar post to their Twitter and Instagram pages just hours after learning of the cancellation. First…

EXCLUSIVE: Rosario Dawson, stars of USA Network's Briarpatch, and Good Girls' Retta have teamed up on a podcast series telling stories of the women's suffrage movement. The pair are to co-host And Nothing Less: The Untold Stories of Women's Fight for the Vote, which is one of two podcasts being launched in honor of…

Parks & Recreation actress Retta will be on hosting duties for a Twitter 'Watch Party', i.e. a communal film viewing conducted on social media, of Universal's horror pic The Invisible Man this weekend. The studio is encouraging people to watch the movie in sync from 1PM PT (4PM ET, 8PM GMT) on Saturday March 28 as a…

“What’s an intimacy coach?” The Village’s Lorraine Toussaint asked TV critics on Day 1 of Winter TCA 2019. NBC had pointedly kicked off Winter TCA 2019 with a “Women of Drama” panel, presumably so Toussaint, Jennifer Carpenter of The Enemy Within, Good GIrls‘ Retta, and This is Us’s Susan Kelechi Watson could weigh in…