NBC is throwing a birthday bash for comedy icon Carol Burnett.
The 2-hour particular Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love will air Wednesday, April 26 at 8/7c on the community (and stream subsequent day on Peacock). The occasion, which marks Burnett’s ninetieth birthday on that very same day, will function musical tributes from Bernadette Peters, Billy Porter, Jane Lynch, Katy Perry, Kristin Chenoweth and extra.
Further particular visitors embody Aileen Quinn, Amy Poehler, Invoice Hader, Bob Mackie, Cher, Ellen DeGeneres, Julie Andrews, Kristen Wiig, Laura Dern, Lily Tomlin, Marisa Tomei, Sofia Vergara, Steve Carell, Susan Lucci, Tracee Ellis Ross and Vicki Lawrence, amongst others.
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* Disney+’s Percy Jackson and the Olympians collection has tapped Lance Reddick (Fringe, Bosch) and Toby Stephens (Misplaced in Area, Black Sails) to guest-star as Zeus and Poseidon, respectively, our sister website Selection studies.
* Michael Kelly (Home of Playing cards, Jack Ryan) is ready to recur on Taylor Sheridan’s forthcoming Paramount+ drama Lioness. Based on The Hollywood Reporter, Kelly will play Joe, “the station chief of the Lioness program tasked with coaching, managing and main her feminine undercover operatives.” The espionage drama’s star-studded ensemble additionally consists of Zoe Saldaña, Morgan Freeman and Nicole Kidman.
* Animal Planet’s Pet Bowl will likely be simulcast Sunday, Feb. 12 at 2 pm ET/11 am PT throughout Animal Planet, Discovery Channel, TBS, HBO Max and discovery+ for the primary time in its 19-year run.
* The second season of Netflix’s design competitors, Subsequent in Trend, will premiere Friday, March 3.
* Impressed by tales of ladies of shade which have disappeared, Lifetime’s Black Lady Lacking will premiere Saturday, March 4 at 8 pm. Garcelle Beauvais (Franklin & Bash, NYPD Blue) executive-produces and stars within the film.
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