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<\/p>\n\n\tDisney revealed the trailer for the \u201cWizards Beyond Waverly Place\u201d four-part finale event.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\n\tAll four episodes will premiere on Aug. 4 on Disney Channel. All episodes will be available on Disney+ on Aug. 5.<\/p>\n
\n\tThe official synopsis reads: \u201cBillie, still reeling from losing Alex at the end of Season 2, discovers that the only way to rescue her mother is to reunite with her long-lost father. As her family bands together to find Alex, Billie realizes that their combined power is the only way the Russos can defeat the evil plaguing them.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tThe trailer features a first look at the return of Jennifer Stone as Harper Finkle and Gregg Sulkin as Mason Greyback. The cast also includes David Henrie as Justin Russo, Janice LeAnn Brown as Billie, Alkaio Thiele as Roman Russo, Max Matenko as Milo Russo, Taylor Cora as Winter and Mimi Gianopulos as Giada Russo.<\/p>\n
\n\tBrandon Micheal Hall will guest star as Damien Penwulf, Billie\u2019s father, alongside a guest cast including Maria Canals-Barrera as Theresa Russo, Ramon Reed as Silas Evilini and Tobias Jelinek as Lord Morsus.<\/p>\n
\n\tSelena Gomez will make her directorial debut with the premiere episode. She will reprise her role as Alex Russo in multiple episodes.<\/p>\n
\n\tJed Elinoff and Scott Thomas are writers and executive producers. Gary Marsh, Jonas Agin, Rick Williams, Gomez and Henrie are executive producers. \u201cWizards of Waverly Place\u201d (2007-2012) was created by Todd Greenwald.<\/p>\n
\n\tWatch the full trailer below:<\/p>\n
\t\tFIRST LOOKS\/TRAILERS\t<\/p>\n
\n\tApple TV\u2019s German-language dark comedy \u201cWhere\u2019s Wanda?\u201d will return for Season 2 on Wednesday, Oct. 21, starring Heike Makatsch, Axel Stein, Lea Drinda, Leo Simon and Nikeata Thompson.<\/p>\n
\n\tAn official synopsis teases the return of the Klatts, but \u201cjust as they thought their lives were finally returning to normal, their daughter Wanda (Drinda) is caught seemingly red-handed, standing over a dead body. They will need to do everything in their power to prove her innocence and avoid losing her again, as their investigation to find the real murderer takes them into the criminal underbelly of their sleepy suburban town.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tThe series is produced by UFA Fiction and based on a story by Zoltan Spirandelli. It is created, written and executive produced by Oliver Lansley (\u201cFlack\u201d), with Nataly Kudiabor and Oliver Ossege executive producing. Obi Baumann (\u201cFaking Hitler\u201d) and Christian Ditter (\u201cHow to be Single\u201d) are set to direct episodes.<\/p>\n
\n\tCheck out first look images below.<\/p>\n
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\t\tRENEWALS\t<\/p>\n
\n\tNebula\u2019s competition series \u201cAbolish Everything\u201d has been renewed for a third season.<\/p>\n
\n\tHosted by Chandler Dean, the series helmed by the \u201cJet Lag: The Game\u201d team follows a group of comedian-abolitionists who roast a pet peeve they desperately want banned from society. A panel named \u201cThe Political Establishment\u201d then improvises counter-arguments and the audience crowns a winner of each episode; the winners ultimately go head-to-head in the World Championship finale.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cI\u2019m so excited for season three!\u201d showrunner and director Amy Muller said in a statement. \u201cWe\u2019re gonna bring back some familiar faces, introduce you to some new faves, try out a new themed episode I\u2019m very excited about, and most of all, continue our glorious mission of destroying everything that has ever existed. The fight continues.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tThe show has featured comedians, writers and creators like Demi Adejuyigbe, Adam Chase, Ben Doyle, Lily Du, Martin Herlihy, Matthew Krol, Alise Morales, Gianmarco Soresi, Dan Toomey, Patrick Willems and Sabrina Wu. Dean executive produces in addition to hosting, while Dave Wiskus (Nebula\u2019s founder) and Sam Denby (Nebula\u2019s CCO) also executive produce.<\/p>\n
\n\tThe first two seasons are currently streaming on Nebula.<\/p>\n
\t\tSPECIALS\t<\/p>\n
\n\tPicky eaters are getting pushed out of their comfort zone in the aptly named new series \u201cPicky Eaters,\u201d which debuted on TikTok and Instagram this Tuesday.<\/p>\n
\n\tEach episode centers on a picky eater introducing their least favorite ingredient and challenging chefs to create a dish they would enjoy. If neither meal is found to be appetizing, the winner is simply determined by what the picky eater finds least repulsive. <\/p>\n
\n\tThe series is hosted by Mehreen \u201cReenie\u201d Karim from \u201cNext Level Chef,\u201d and the first episode features special guest Jaeki Cho, the founder of the social media series \u201cRighteous Eats.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cPicky Eaters\u201d marks the first collaboration under the partnership between Mad Realities and Fox Creator Studios.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cOur goal is to platform and highlight a burgeoning, dynamic food scene in New York full of rising stars and direct-to-consumer audiences \u2014 like in the \u201cCherry Bombe\u201d and \u201cRighteous Eats\u201d communities \u2014 that may not be getting platformed on typical network television,\u201d said Alice Ma, the CEO and co-founder of Mad Realities.<\/p>\n
\t\tEVENTS\t<\/p>\n
\n\tNetflix Chief Content Officer Bela Bajaria will receive the 2026 International Emmy Founders Award.<\/p>\n
\n\tBajaria will receive the award at the 54th International Emmy Awards Gala, held Nov. 23 in New York City.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cBela Bajaria is among the most consequential executives in television today,\u201d said International Academy President & CEO Bruce L. Paisner. \u201cShe has built a global content operation of remarkable scale and creative ambition, in which stories told in any language can become worldwide phenomena. Her leadership has produced some of the most celebrated programming of our era. We are thrilled to present her with the International Emmy\u00ae\u00a0Founders Award.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tBajaria oversees the entirety of Netflix\u2019s global content operation, including hit shows like \u201cStranger Things,\u201d \u201cSquid Game,\u201d \u201cWednesday,\u201d \u201cAdolescence\u201d and \u201cBeef.\u201d Under her leadership, Netflix has alsoproduced widely celebrated non-English language programming like \u201cMoney Heist,\u201d \u201cCall My Agent!\u201d and \u201cThe Empress.\u201d Netflix\u2019s critically acclaimed films of the streaming era include \u201cKPop Demon Hunters,\u201d Guillermo del Toro\u2019s \u201cFrankenstein\u201d and \u201cTrain Dreams.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tPast recipients of the award include Steven Spielberg, Oprah Winfrey, J.J. Abrams, Shonda Rhimes and Dana Walden.<\/p>\n
\t\tCASTING\t<\/p>\n
\n\tFox announced its cast of all-star celebrities for season five of \u201cSpecial Forces: World\u2019s Toughest Test,\u201d which premieres Sept. 24 on Fox and the next day on Hulu.<\/p>\n
\n\tThis season\u2019s celebrity recruits are Matt Barnes, Alycia Baumgardner, Candace Cameron Bure, David Charvet, Brandi Glanville, Collin Gosselin, Oliver Hudson, LeSean McCoy, Maxim Naumov, Ruby Rose, George Santos, Hannah Stocking, Breana Tiesi, Alexia Umansky\u00a0and\u00a0Mauricio Umansky.<\/p>\n
\n\tThe recruits will be deployed in Malaysia and tested in the hostile jungle environment. They will face uncomfortable conditions, unpredictable terrain and jungle warfare tasks, including searching for an underground bunker to find military weapons, chemical gassing and a supply load retrieval while suspended 300 feet in the air.<\/p>\n
\n\tRecruits leave if they give up, through failure or injury, or by force from the directing staff. The directing staff is made up of ex-special forces operatives Rudy Reyes, Billy Billingham, Jason \u201cFoxy\u201d Fox and Jovon \u201cQ\u201d Quarles.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cSpecial Forces: World\u2019s Toughest Test\u201d\u00a0is produced by Minnow Films. Becky Clarke, Liam Humphreys and Dave Sutton are executive producers.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Disney revealed the trailer for the \u201cWizards Beyond Waverly Place\u201d four-part finale event.\u00a0 All four episodes will premiere…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":551788,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[93,61,60,282,48393],"class_list":["post-551787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-tv","tag-tv-news-roundup"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/551787","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=551787"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/551787\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/551788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=551787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=551787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=551787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}