A&E Devoting a TV Special to Bill Cosby’s Accusers

Norman Weiss September 14, 2015, 3:48 pm

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A&E devoting a TV special to Bill Cosby’s accusers

Cosby: The Women Speak airs Thursday, containing “intimate interviews” with more than a dozen women who’ve accused Cosby of sexual assault. “I think a lie always sees the light,” model Beverly Johnson, one of Cosby’s most prominent accusers, says in the one-hour special.

NBC renews The Carmichael Show, cancels Mr. Robinson

Standup comedian Jerrod Carmichael’s critically acclaimed comedy will return for a second season, likely with more than the six episodes that it had for Season 1. Both summer sitcoms did decently in the ratings, but the critical acclaim gave Carmichael the edge.

Vanity Fair’s gathering of 10 male late-night hosts didn’t go over well on social media

Everybody from Jimmy Fallon to Jimmy Kimmel to Stephen Colbert were photographed for a feature titled, “Why Late-Night Television is Better than Ever.” But as Vanity Fair itself acknowledged, it’s “gobsmackingly insane” that late-night has no female hosts. Jezebel called the photo “Mad Men But For Reals!” And Samantha Bee, who hosting her own late-night show starting in January on TBS, weighed in by hilariously photoshopping herself into the picture. PLUS: Check out an annotated guide to the “extremely diverse” photo.

Mulder and Scully are broken up “in an interesting way” on The X-Files revival

“We do it in an interesting way,” says Chris Carter. “We play with that relationship [in the event series]. We put some of the tension back in that was relieved by them being together. It added to the storytelling opportunities. It’s something that I came up with; I had been thinking about it. There was always talk of [breaking them up] if we did another movie.”

Watch the first CSI finale promo

The first teaser trailer promises to tie up loose ends.

Why Arnold Schwarzenegger is the perfect choice to host Celebrity Apprentice

Not only did he utter Donald Trump’s classic “You’re Fired!” line 21 years ago in True Lies, but Arnold can talk with a “near-Trumpian bluntness.” Plus, he’s quite funny. PLUS: Trump congratulates Schwarzenegger, Celebrity Apprentice is moving to Los Angeles, and Arnold will sit before Trump at Wednesday’s GOP debate.

Conan O’Brien: Telling Donald Trump jokes is actually hard

Conan explains: “How comedy works is, you say the setup, and it’s not supposed to make people laugh. With Trump, you say the setup, and people are laughing. And then you’re supposed to top that! I find it actually more difficult. We’ve had insane people run for president.”