Netflix Is in talks to Pick Up ‘Top Gear’ Starring Matt LeBlanc

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Netflix is in talks to pick up Top Gear starring Matt LeBlanc

Netflix is poised to battle Amazon on the car show front. As The Guardian points out, “Netflix’s interest is likely to cause some concern at rival Amazon, which spent a reported £160m hiring the original Top Gear trio of (Jeremy) Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May and their executive producer Andy Wilman to make a new car show. Before the quartet signed with Amazon, Netflix ran the rule over a deal but concluded it was too expensive.” PLUS: Jeremy Clarkson got into a car wreck filming his Amazon show.

Did Jimmy Kimmel steal his Donald Trump-themed The Producers sketch from a Canadian comedy group?

Kimmel’s Trumped starring Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick shares similarities with a Toronto comedy group’s The Producers take on Trump.


Maddie Ziegler to judge So You Think You Can Dance: Next Generation

The 13-year-old former Dance Moms star is joining the judging panel alongside Nigel Lythgoe, Paula Abdul and Jason Derulo.


Scandal books Danny Pino

The SVU and Cold Case vet has been tapped for a recurring role on the Shondaland series, which won’t reveal his character.


David Alan Grier: I’m going to be KFC’s first African-American Colonel Sanders

Grier announced the news, though KFC has yet to confirm.

Broad City stars and Seth Meyers talked about Hillary Clinton visiting their shows on the same day

Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer noted that Clinton wore the same outfit on Broad City that she wore on Late Night. PLUS: Jacobson to publish an illustrated book.


Ian McShane accidentally reveals some Game of Thrones spoilers

McShane spilled the beans while appearing on BBC Breakfast.


Billy Dee Williams will play ABC’s Dirty Dancing bandleader

The Star Wars vet has been cast on the Dirty Dancing remake as Tito, “the charismatic, lively, longtime bandleader.”


Watch Room star Jacob Tremblay get profane on The Last Man on Earth

The 9-year-old plays a young version of Will Forte with a potty mouth.


Suits’ season finale twist, explained

Exec producer Aaron Korsh says: “We decided that we’d surprise people and say, ‘Look, you might think you know what’s coming in Suits, but you don’t.’”


Wayward Pines is also bringing back Melissa Leo and Charlie Tahan

They’ll reprise their Season 1 roles in Season 2.


William Fichtner to romance Allison Janney on Mom

Chuck Lorre says Janney’s Bonnie and the Prison Break alum will have a “a really wonderful relationship.”


Anne Archer cast as The Grinder mom

Archer will play Dean and Stewart’s mom, who isn’t particularly impressed by Dean’s celebrity status.


Pop picks up Season 3 of Schitt’s Creek

The Eugene Levy-Catherine O’Hara comedy had already been renewed by Canadian TV.


Stephen Colbert presents Full House Nights, the gritty spinoff of Full House

Watch John Stamos, Dave Coulier and Bob Saget” play adult roommate detectives who’ve seen a little bit too much.” PLUS: Stamos plans to beg the Olsen twins to do Season 2 of Fuller House.


Inside The GoldbergsDirty Dancing episode

“To successfully do the lift, it took seven takes,” reveals Hayley Orrantia.


Gretchen Mol to play Hugh Laurie’s patient on Hulu

The Boardwalk Empire alum has joined Laurie’s psychological thriller Chance.


James Corden mashes up The People v. O.J. Simpson and Adele’s Hello

“The more I watch this show, the more I think the guy from Jerry Maguire did it!” Corden says. PLUS: David Schwimmer also said “Juice” a lot on Friends.


David Hasselhoff boards the Baywatch movie

Dwayne Johnson announced on his Facebook page that “there ain’t no Bay without the Hoff.”