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Fox’s “The Simpsons” has found a black actor to replace Harry Shearer as the voice of Dr. Julius Hibbert. Actor Kevin Michael Richardson will now voice the role of Dr. Hibbert following Shearer’s final performance as the Simpson’s family physician on Sunday night’s episode, according to multiple reports.

Fox’ “Last Man Standing” took an uncharacteristic detour into woke territory in Thursday’s episode when the hit Tim Allen comedy series pushed an anti-police message, with one of the show’s black characters getting arrested.

Nick Cannon is getting a second shot at launching his daytime talk show after the controversy over antisemitic remarks he made on a podcast nearly derailed his career last year.

NEW YORK (AP) — “No New ‘Movies’ Till Influenza Ends” blared a New York Times headline on Oct. 10, 1918, while the deadly second wave of the Spanish Flu was unfolding. A century later, during another pandemic, movies — quotes no longer necessary — are again facing a critical juncture. But it’s not because new films haven’t been coming out. By streaming service, video-on-demand, virtual theater or actual theater, a steady diet of films have been released under COVID-19 every week. The Times has reviewed more than 460 new movies since mid-March.

The NFL’s TV ratings jumped three percent for its Week 9 slate. But they are still down seven percent over 2019.

Brooklyn Nine-Nine star Andre Braugher said that all cop shows must address the state of policing in the wake of the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and others, adding that as an actor who has played police officers on TV for years, he has fallen prey to the “mythology” of the “heroic cop.”

The NFL is considering the idea of pumping in fake crowd noises into stadiums to make it seem like people are watching the game.

“The Simpsons” star Harry Shearer, who plays a host of characters including Dr. Julius Hibbert, Montgomery Burns, and Principal Seymour Skinner, has expressed what appears to be a critical view of the Fox show’s recent decision to forbid white actors from voicing non-white characters.

The Fox “Soul” television network announced Monday that it had canceled a July 4th program that was to have featured a speech from Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, a notorious antisemite, racist, and homophobe.

The new Fox ‘Soul’ network has announced that it will air Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan’s “Message to America” on a special July 4th program, despite his history of racism, antisemitism, and homophobia.

The Simpsons on Fox will no longer allow white actors to voice non-white roles — a decision that is likely to impact a range of beloved supporting characters on the long-running animated series including Dr. Julius Hibbert, Carl Carlson, Judge Roy Snyder, and the Bumblebee Man.

Actor Tim Allen announced Tuesday that Fox has renewed his hit sitcom Last Man Standing for a ninth season, signalling continued viewer interest in the series that ABC mysteriously cancelled in 2017 after six seasons.

A social media rumor linking Lachlan Murdoch to cases of coronavirus in Aspen, Colorado, has turned out to be false. The rumor appears to have started last week with a tweet from a Johns Hopkins University professor, who alleged the

Elton John will host a live concert Sunday evening on Fox that will feature pop stars including Billie Eilish, Mariah Carey, and Tim McGraw performing remotely from their homes in keeping with the federal government’s guidelines about social distancing and avoiding groups of ten or more.

If the story is true about Timothy Hutton, it’s harrowing and awful, but “if” is not how things are supposed to work in America.

Actor Tim Allen used his hit sitcom, “Last Man Standing” to humorously school Democrat presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren about the dangers of socialism and how capitalism is the “recipe for economic success.”

The ad will be one of two spots that will air during the Super Bowl broadcast, according to the campaign.

Lyric Gillett, founder of Faces of Choice, a group which highlights the stories of abortion survivors, is expressing frustration after Fox delayed acceptance of a Super Bowl ad until it was too late to run.

“Prominent barrister beats fox to death wearing a kimono.” This, believe it or not, is the biggest news story in Britain today. It was prompted by a barrister’s arguably ill-advised announcement on Twitter that, while dressed in a kimono, he had beaten to death with a baseball bat a fox that was trying to eat the chickens in his London garden.

Empire showrunner Brett Mahoney has hinted at a possible return for disgraced actor Jussie Smollett in the Fox drama’s finale, arguing it would be “weird to end the show without him.”

The so-called “Squad” — Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), and Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) — battle President Donald Trump in a Simpsons video clip that saw the left-wing Congresswomen tell the cartoon Trump that his “nose is right up Putin’s ass” and how they can’t wait to see him “behind prison glass.”

Three liberal U.S. Senators and presidential candidates have teamed up to oppose Sinclair Media’s pending purchase of the former Fox RSNs.

“Empire” creator Lee Daniels blames Jussie Smollett for the cancellation of the hit TV show and has cut him out of his life.

Recently released records show disgraced “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett denied to the Chicago Police Department that Abel and Ola Osundairo were his attackers, citing their dark skin color.

The FOX drama ‘Empire’ is slated to end after season six as producers for the embattled program say there are still “no plans” for actor Jussie Smollett to return, according to a report.

Vince McMahon has released the schedule for the revival of his XFL pro football league, announcing deals with Fox, ABC, Fox Sports 1, and ESPN.

Fox TV announced late Tuesday that Jussie Smollett will not be returning for Empire’s sixth season.

The brother of Jussie Smollett has claimed that the disgraced “Empire” star is having “night terrors” over the hoax attack that police say he perpetrated against himself back in January.

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago filed a lawsuit against Jussie Smollett on Thursday in a bid to recoup the costs of investigating a racist, anti-gay attack that authorities say was orchestrated by the “Empire” actor as a publicity stunt, with the city saying — at minimum — that it now wants triple the amount it initially asked Smollett to pay.

An attorney for Empire actor Jussie Smollett on Thursday responded to Chicago officials demanding repayment for the investigation costs into his alleged hate hoax by threatening his own legal actions, according to the Chicago Tribune.

Appearing Thursday on ABC’s “The View,” “Empire” actress Taraji P. Henson said that her co-star Jussie Smollett will return to the Fox Entertainment program next season despite accusations of staging a hate crime against himself.

Ratings for the Fox TV series Empire have just barely improved this week since hitting an all-time low last week after its star, Jussie Smollett, was cleared of felony charges for allegedly faking a hate crime against himself.

President Donald Trump mocked Empire’s Jussie Smollett as “the actor that nobody ever heard of” in a Tuesday evening speech before the National Republican Congressional Committee.

Smollett’s scheme was so stupid and poorly planned he is now the Wile E. Coyote of hate crimes, which begs for ridicule.