TVLine Items: Poltergeist TV Series, Judge Judy's Renewal And More
Amazon MGM Studios is looking to scare up a Poltergeist.
A series based on the classic 1982 horror movie is in early development at the studio, with Amblin Television's Darryl Frank and Justin Falvey set to executive-produce, our sister site Variety reports. The project does not yet a writer and no plot details are currently available, except that the potential show will be set within the world of the film.
The original Poltergeist — co-written and produced by Steven Spielberg, and starring Craig T. Nelson and JoBeth Williams — centered around a family who discover their new home is haunted by ghosts, who kidnap their young daughter (played by Heather O'Rourke). With the help of a parapsychologist and a spiritual medium, they attempt to rescue their daughter. The movie spawned two sequels, a 2015 Sam Raimi-produced remake and the late 1990s TV series Poltergeist: The Legacy, which ran on Showtime for its first three seasons and then aired its fourth and final season on SciFi Channel.
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* Amazon Freevee has renewed Tribunal Justice, from executive producer Judge Judy Sheindlin, for Season 2, ahead of the Dec. 1 freshman finale, our sister site Deadline reports. The presiding ensemble includes Judge Patricia DiMango, Judge Tanya Acker and Judge Adam Levy.
* Longtime CNN anchor Christine Romans, who departed the cable news outlet in July, has joined NBC News as a senior business correspondent, effective today.
* The 66th Annual Grammy Awards nominees will be announced via a livestream event on live.GRAMMY.com and YouTube, on Friday, Nov. 10, starting at 10:45 am ET.
* The special Barry Manilow's A Very Barry Christmas, in which the singer performs his hits and holiday favorites with a 24-piece band from the Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino, will air Monday, Dec. 11 at 10/9c on NBC and stream the next day on Peacock.
* Paramount+ has released a trailer for Good Burger 2, premiering Wednesday, Nov. 22:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4zD1p8yp-I
* The documentary Thriller 40, in which director Nelson George revisits the making of Michael Jackson's record-breaking album and the accompanying short films that forever redefined the music video format, will make its debut Saturday, Dec. 2 on Paramount+ With Showtime, and air that night at 8 pm on Showtime. Watch a trailer:
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