CBS Addresses the fate of Donna on Kevin Can Wait

Well, the fate of Donna has been reviled.

On Tuesday, CBS answered the question about how Kevin Can Wait's Erin Hayes' absence will be addressed after she was dismissed and replaced with Kevin James' former TV co-star Leah Remini.

"The character will have passed away," said Senior Exec. TV of Programming Thom Sherman, before adding that Season 2 will begins with a time jump (but not a big one as daughter Kendra is still planning her wedding when the show returns.)

CBS' Entertainment President Kelly Kahl later added that Donna's death "will be addressed tasteful" and "with dignity and respect." He calls Hayes "a terrific actress," but added "when everybody collectively saw how Leah and Kevin worked together in those last couple of episodes (the season finale), there was just an undeniable spark there. Kevin, the studio (Sony) and the network wanted to keep that magic and chemistry going forward."

Even the regards of speculation that the show could turn into The King of Queens, Sherman addressed, "No, I don't think so. I think the show speaks for itself and stands for itself. Obviously, the chemistry (between James and Remini) was amazing in the stunt episodes."

In the two part season one finale, retired cop Kevin returns to the force as part of an ongoing undercover case with former partner Vanessa Cellucci (Remini). After the case was closed, Kevin returned home to learn that Donna had quit her job as a school nurse because she was passed up for a promotion, meaning that both of them were now unemployed.

Kevin Can Wait Season 2 premieres Monday, Sept. 25 at 9/8c on CBS.

Arrow-verse Crossover Event Set for November

The CW has announced on Wednesday at the Television Critics Associations Summer press tour that the network will air another Arrow-verse crossover event.

The event will take place across four shows on two nights. The action event will kick off on Monday, Nov. 27 on Supergirl, followed by a special Monday episode of Arrow. Then it'll continue into Tuesday, Nov. 28 on The Flash and concludes that night on Legends of Tomorrow.

There no storyline details right now but that could change later today as assorted #DCTV EP appears at TCA panels.

"We felt that it would be better and tighter in storytelling...This was the best way to go," said CW boss Mark Pedowitz, explaining why the scheduling change up of the special Monday episode of Arrow.

"Next year we may go back to four nights," Pedowitz allowed.

The Arrow-verse began in December 2014 with a crossover event that took place on The Flash and then Arrow. Then in December 2015, Legends of Tomorrow villain Vandal Savage targeted Central City's barista Kendra Saunders, triggering the involvement of Flash and Arrow heroes once again. And last year's four show, three night crossover event folded in Supergirl, as the Super friends were battling the alien race known as The Dominators.

The Good Place & The Blacklist Get an Early Start

Looks like The Good Place has been granted with a heavenly Season 2 launched date.

NBC has announced on Monday that the Kirsten Bell-Ted Danson comedy will kickoff the second season a week early, Wednesday, Sept. 20 at 10/9c with a special one hour episode that follows immediately of the high-rated two hour season finale of America's Got Talent. Then the following week, the show will settle into it's regular day and time, Thursday, Sept. 28 at 8:30/7:30c after Superstore.

The Good Place isn't the only one starting it's season a week early, The Blacklist, which is to kick off it's fifth season on Wednesday, Oct. 4, will start a week earlier on Wednesday, Sept. 27 at 8/7c. It's replacing a special standalone Blind Audition episode of The Voice, which will be placed into the normal Monday-Tuesday installments.

What do you think of the early moves? I was wondering who was going to get the special after AGT season finale spot as I had The Blacklist, but The Good Place is another great choice.

Stranger Things Season 2 Trailer

On Saturday, Netflix releases the trailer for the upcoming anticipated second season of the hit sci-fi series Stranger Things during this weekend's San Diego Comic-Con.

Let me just say this because I really would prefer you to watch it instead of me describing it. I'll just say this....it gave me so much chills that my mouth and eyes were wide and open.

Stranger Things Season 2 premieres October 27th on Netflix

2017 Primetime Emmy Nominations

On Tuesday, the 69th Primetime Emmys nominations were announced today with HBO's Westworld and NBC's Saturday Night Live were the shows with the most nominated programs with 22 each.

This Is Us, the most talked about new series, grabs Outstanding Drama, 2 Lead Actors for Sterling K. Brown and Milo Ventimiglia. Supporting Actor Ron Cephas Jones and Supporting Actress for Chrissy Metz. Along with Guest Actors from Gerald McRaney, Brian Tyee and Denis O'Hare

Here's the list of nominations:

Outstanding Comedy Series
Atlanta FX
Black-ish ABC
Master of None Netflix
Modern Family ABC
Silicon Valley HBO
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Netflix
Veep HBO

Outstanding Drama Series
Better Call Saul AMC
The Crown Netflix
The Handmaid's Tale Hulu
House of Cards Netflix
Stranger Things Netflix
This Is Us NBC
Westworld HBO

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
Anthony Anderson, Black-ish ABC
Aziz Ansari, Masters of None Netflix
Zach Galifianakis Baskets FX
Donald Glover Atlanta FX
William H. Macy Shameless Showtime
Jeffrey Tambor Transparent Amazon

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Pamela Adlon, Better Things FX
Jane Fonda Grace and Frankie Netflix
Allison Janney Mom CBS
Ellie Kemper Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Netflix
Julia Louis-Dreyfus VEEP HBO
Tracee Ellis Ross Black-ish ABC
Lily Tomlin Grace and Frankie Netflix

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Sterling K. Brown, This Is Us NBC
Anthony Hopkins, Westworld HBO
Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul AMC
Matthew Rhys, The Americans FX
Liev Schreiber, Ray Donovan Showtime
Kevin Spacey, House of Cards Netflix
Milo Ventimigila, This Is Us NBC

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Viola Davis, How to Get Away with Murder ABC
Claire Foy, The Crown Netflix
Elisabeth Moss, The Handmaid's Tale Hulu
Keri Russell, The Americans FX
Evan Rachel Wood, Westworld HBO
Robin Wright, House of Cards Netflix

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie
Riz Ahmed, The Night Of, HBO
Benedict Cumberbatch, Sherlock: The Lying Detective PBS
Robert DeNiro, The Wizard of Lies, HBO
Ewan McGregor, Fargo FX
Geoffrey Rush, Genius National Geographic
John Turturro, The Night Of, HBO

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series of Movie
Carrie Coon, Fargo, X
Felicity Huffman, American Crime ABC
Nicole Kidman, Big Little Lies HBO
Jessica Lange, Feud: Bette and Joan, FX
Susan Sarandon, Feud: Bette and Joan, FX
Reese Witherspoon, Big Little Lies, HBO

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Louie Anderson, Baskets, FX
Alex Baldwin Saturday Night Live, NBC
Tituss Burgess, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Netflix
Ty Burrell, Modern Family, ABC
Tony Hale, VEEP, HBO
Matt Walsh, VEEP, HBO

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Vanessa Bayer, Saturday Night Live, NBC
Anna Chlumsky, Veep, HBO
Kathryn Hahn, Transparent, Amazon
Leslie Jones, Saturday Night Live, NBC
Judith Light Transparent, Amazon
Kate McKinnon, Saturday Night Live, NBC

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Jonathan Banks, Better Call Saul, AMC
Ron Cephas Jones, This Is Us, NBC
David Harbour, Stranger Things, Netflix
Michael Kelly, House of Cards, Netflix
John Lithgow, The Crowm, Netflix
Mandy Patinkin, Homeland, Showtime
Jeffery Wright Westworld, HBO

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Uzo Aduba, Orange Is The New Black, Netflix
Millie Bobby Brown, Stranger Things, Netflix
Ann Dowd, The Handmaid's Tale, Hulu
Chrissy Metz, This Is Us, NBC
Thandie Newton, Westworld, HBO
Samira Wiley, The Handmaid's Tale, Hulu

Outstanding Variety Talk Series
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, TBS
Jimmy Kimmel Live, ABC
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, HBO
The Late Late Show with James Corden, CBS
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, CBS
Real Time with Bill Maher, HBO

Outstanding Variety Sketch Series
Bill on the Street, truTV
Documentary Now!, IFC
Drunk History, Comedy Central
Portalndia, IFC
Saturday Night Live, NBC
Tracey Ullman's Show, HBO

Outstanding Limited Series
Big Little Lies, HBO
Fargo, FX
Feud: Bette and Joan, FX
Genius, National Geographic
The Night OF, HBO

Outstanding Television Movie
Black Mirror, Netflix
Dolly Parton's Christmas of Many Colors: Circle of Love, NBC
Sherlock: The Lying Detective, PBS
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, HBO
The Wizard of Lives, HBO

Outstanding Reality-Competition Program
The Amazing Race, CBS
American Ninja Warrior, NBC
Project Runway, Lifetime
RuPaul's Drag Race, VH1
Top Chef, Bravo
The Voice, NBC.

The 69th Primetime Emmy Awards will air September 17th on CBS hosting by Stephen Colbert.

Stranger Things Season 2 Poster and Teaser

On Tuesday, Netflix announced the date of Season 2 of it's hit sci-fi series Stranger Things along with a poster and a trailer tease that will give you chills.

Season 2 of Stranger Things premieres Friday, October 27th on Netflix.

The Blacklist Cast Change

Well it looks like someone else will have to hunt down Raymond Reddington as news comes down that Enrique Murciano won't be a part of Season 5 of The Blacklist.

Murciano announced the news himself on Twitter on Monday and promises to "See you all very soon."

The Without A Trace and Bloodline alum joined The Blacklist in April as obsessive FBI investigator Julian Gale, appearing in Season 4's final four episodes that included the two part finale. Murciano had an option in his contract to become a series regular next season but that was declined by the show.

Other news (if you missed out) The Blacklist Redemption was cancelled last month and it clears the way for the original cast member Ryan Eggold to return in Season 5, which will premiere on Wednesday, Oct 4th.