‘Game of Thrones’ Co-Creator Says ‘There is Not a Weak Episode’ in Season 6

TV Tattle

Game of Thrones co-creator says “there is not a weak episode” in Season 6

“We’re always reluctant to say it’s ‘the best season yet,’” says David Benioff, “because so much of that is in the eyes of the beholder. And (co-creator) Dan (Weiss) and I are so close to it that it’s impossible to be unbiased. But that’s my sense – watching them all together now, this is the best one we’ve done. It’s also the one I’m proudest of, because it was the hardest.”


CBS finds its young MacGyver

X-Men alum Lucas Till, 25, will play the younger version of the action-adventure hero made famous in the ‘80s by Richard Dean Anderson.


The Real Housewives and Twitter were each launched 10 years ago today

On March 21, 2006, on the same day Twitter was born, Bravo and Andy Cohen premiered The Real Housewives of Orange County, the first in a franchise that would spawn numerous spinoffs and a late-night talk show.


The Walking Dead will have a super-sized season finale

The April 3 ending to Season 6 will run 90 minutes.


Guy Pearce, Mary-Louise Parker, Rachel Griffiths to star in ABC gay rights miniseries When We Rise

Dustin Lance Black’s miniseries on the gay rights movement has cast Pearce as Cleve Jones, Harvey Milk’s friend, who was played by Emile Hirsch in Black’s film Milk. Parker will play women’s rights leader Roma Guy, and Griffiths will play her wife.


Bernie Sanders to visit Jimmy Kimmel 2 nights before Hillary Clinton

Sanders drops by Jimmy Kimmel Live on Tuesday. Clinton visits Thursday.


Katy Perry and Dolly Parton will perform together at the Academy of Country Music Awards

At the April 3 event, Parton will also be honored for NBC’s Dolly Parton’s Coat of Many Colors.


The Talk to announce Daytime Emmy nominations on Thursday

This will be the second year in a row that the CBS daytime talk show will have the nomination exclusive.

Peter Capaldi: Doctor Who’s new companion will represent a “very different sort of take” on the character

Says Capaldi: “There will be a new companion, along any minute,” said Capaldi, “which I’m very excited about, ’cause obviously I know who that is and we’ve been doing a bit of work together already and it’s very exciting. Because it’s a very different sort of take on it.” PLUS: Doctor Who is heading back to Amazon Prime.


Ava DuVernay to direct an HBO film on the 1973 fashion show that put American designers and black models on the map

The Selma director’s The Battle Of Versailles will be based on the book of the same name by Pulitzer-winning Washington Post fashion critic Robin Givhan.


Why do TV’s lesbian characters keep dying?

As Lynette Rice explains, there’s “a troubling trend on the small screen – the short life span of lesbian characters.” PLUS: The 100 boss breaks his silence on Lexa’s death.


Adam Lambert: Why I rejected Frank-N-Furter role on Fox’s Rocky Horror remake

“I kind of felt like in 2016, to be cis and playing the role of a trans character, it felt inappropriate to me,” the Idol alum tells Idolator. “In the ’70s, it was different. But nowadays we have such an amazing conversation that’s started about trans and gender in this world. I think casting Laverne [Cox] was so brilliant. It’s so appropriate, you know what I mean?”


Fox demotes Cooper Barrett’s Guide to Surviving Life to a lesser timeslot

The freshman comedy will switch timeslots with Bob’s Burgers, moving to 7:30 pm on Sundays.


Tim Roth and Samantha Morton team for a BBC serial killer miniseries

Rillington Place will tell the true story of murderer John Christie, who killed at least eight women.


Top Chef winner Paul Qui arrested on domestic violence charges

The Season 9 champion was charged Saturday with unlawful restraint and assault causing bodily injury to a family member.


America’s Got Talent’s The Kinetic King has died

According to AGT boss Jason Raff, the Season 6 semi-finalist Tim “The Kinetic King” Fort has passed away. Fort died last week at age 51.