Padma Lakshmi finds a new competitive kitchen with CBS’ ‘America’s Culinary Cup’

NEW YORK (AP) — Padma Lakshmi is back in the kitchen with a knives-out cooking competition, and this time the stakes are higher — for the contestants and for her.

The former host of Bravo's “Top Chef” lands on network prime time hosting and judging the CBS show “America's Culinary Cup,” which boasts the largest cash prize in culinary television history — $1 million.

“This is about my love and appreciation and respect for chefs, especially after what the restaurant industry in this country and everywhere has gone through after COVID-19,” she says.

The network has given the show the coveted spot after “Survivor” on Wednesdays. It launches Wednesday and episodes also stream on Paramount+.

Owners of Tigers, Red Wings create Detroit SportsNet to broadcast games

DETROIT (AP) — The owners of the Detroit Tigers and Red Wings have created a regional sports network to broadcast their games.

Ilitch Sports + Entertainment made the announcement on Monday.

Detroit SportsNet will carry Tigers games this year and Red Wings games next season on cable, satellite and via in-market streaming.

Last month, the Tigers announced their local television broadcasts would be produced and distributed by Major League Baseball this season — along with Red Wings games.

Seth Rogen pays tribute to Catherine O’Hara at Actor Awards, accepting trophy on her behalf

Seth Rogen paid tribute to Catherine O'Hara at the Actor Awards on Sunday night as he accepted the prize for best actress in a comedy series on behalf of the late comedian.

O'Hara won the prize for her role as a sidelined executive on Rogen's Hollywood satire "The Studio," a month after she died of a blood clot in the lung, a complication from rectal cancer.

She received a standing ovation from the crowd when she was named as the winner at the award show, formerly known as the SAG Awards.

In an emotional acceptance speech, Rogen said O'Hara was "generous and kind and gracious, while never, ever minimizing her own talents and her own ability to contribute to the work we were doing."

Rom-coms are having a moment, from ‘Heated Rivalry’ to ‘Nobody Wants This’ and even Broadway

NEW YORK (AP) — He's British. She's American. He's a wide-eyed optimist. She's world-weary. He loves Christmas songs. She loathes them. Naturally, they're perfect for each other.

That classic opposites-attract setup is the basis for the new Broadway musical “Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York).” It's one of a clutch of popular new romantic comedies warming hearts this winter across various media.

There's the HBO Max hockey show and word-of-mouth sensation “Heated Rivalry” and the Netflix agnostic-falls-for-a-rabbi series “Nobody Wants This,” while the see-you-next-year movie “People We Meet on Vacation” has become a huge Netflix hit.

There's also “My Oxford Year,” the upcoming “Reminders of Him” and the dependable “Bridgerton,” now in Season 4. “Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York)” lands on Broadway beside the Tony-winning android rom-com “Maybe Happy Ending.”

Eddie Vedder turns solo vulnerability into a powerful plea in Netflix’s ‘Matter of Time’

The first time Eddie Vedder toured without Pearl Jam, he made some glaring mistakes onstage and felt discouraged. A few shows later, he ran into Bruce Springsteen, who told him that performing solo is terrifying but that vulnerability can be a force to harness.

Vedder described Springsteen’s advice as a North Star that stuck with him. Nearly two decades later, he leaned into it when he took the stage for two sold-out solo shows in October 2023 at Seattle’s Benaroya Hall.

“I remember kind of swimming through it and almost having a psychedelic experience,” he said. “I was so emotional, but I had to keep it together just to play properly.”

The emotional performances were part of a fundraiser to find a cure for epidermolysis bullosa, a rare and debilitating genetic skin disorder. A new Netflix documentary “ Matter of Time ” weaves the performances with personal stories of those on the front lines with EB.

Latest season of ‘Drive to Survive’ will be available on Apple TV as well as Netflix in the US

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The latest season of “Drive to Survive” will also be available to U.S. viewers on Apple TV as part of a collaboration with Netflix.

The eighth season of the popular Formula 1 series launches Friday. “Drive to Survive” has been credited with helping to increase the popularity of the global motorsports series.

The show will recap the 2025 season, which included the firing of Christian Horner as Red Bull's team principal, Lewis Hamilton's first year at Ferrari and McLaren drivers Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri vying for the championship. Norris won his first F1 title by two points over Max Verstappen.

Apple TV has a new five-year deal as F1's U.S. broadcast partner. The season begins with next week's Australian Grand Prix.

Broadcasting personality Marilyn Denis to sign off from CHUM 104.5 after 40 years

Marilyn Denis is signing off after 40 years on Toronto morning radio airwaves.

The Canadian broadcasting personality announced Thursday that she will step down from her hosting role at CHUM 104.5 this summer. 

The 67-year-old began her career with CHUM FM in 1986, co-hosting the "Roger, Rick and Marilyn" show, and currently hosts the morning drive show, now dubbed "The Marilyn Denis Show."

Denis said in a statement that she looks back at her time at the station with "pride and gratitude," and is looking forward to the adventure ahead. She did not provide details on her future endeavours.

The crisis? The point? For ‘Bridgerton,’ the word ‘orgasm’ wouldn’t quite do

LONDON (AP) — Francesca can’t get no satisfaction in Season 4 of “Bridgerton.”

“I can’t tell you how many times I’ve said the word ‘pinnacle’ in the last year of my life,” laughs Hannah Dodd, the actor who plays her in the Netflix series returning Thursday.

That’s because the sixth Bridgerton sibling is on a personal quest to discover the secrets of female pleasure, and “pinnacle” is the word she, repeatedly, uses for the orgasm that eludes her.

Part two of the fourth season continues the fairytale love story between Benedict Bridgerton and the mysterious, masked Sophie, but also includes updates on the rest of the sprawling family's romantic adventures. Newly wed to the Earl of Kilmartin, played by Victor Alli, Francesca realized that she is ignorant about what happens in a four-poster bed and resolves to discover the secrets of sex from her married friends and family.

Luke Grimes returns as fan favorite Kayce Dutton in new ‘Yellowstone’ spinoff, ‘Marshals’

NEW YORK (AP) — Luke Grimes thought he'd said goodbye to stoic Kayce Dutton. The universe of “Yellowstone” had other ideas.

In the hit show's fifth and final season in 2024, Dutton rode off into the proverbial sunset at peace, building a new life ranching on his own terms with his wife and son.

“I thought, ‘This is it,’” says Grimes. “I love the way this ends for him. He kind of got what he always wanted, which is just a simple life.”

Luckily for fans — somewhat less so for Dutton — that simple life is upended as Grimes once more slips into the role for the prime-time spinoff “Marshals,” which premieres Sunday on CBS and streams on Paramount+.

The famed cottage from ‘Heated Rivalry’ will soon be bookable on Airbnb

One of the most swoon-worthy lines in “Heated Rivalry” — “I’m coming to the cottage” — is about to become a literal travel plan for fans.

‘Take off, eh!’: ‘SCTV’ to stream in its entirety for the first time on Prime Video

Canada’s most famous low-budget TV station is finally logging onto the digital era.

“SCTV” will stream in its entirety for the first time on Prime Video beginning March 3.

The Second City and the streaming giant announced Monday that all six seasons of the influential sketch comedy series will be available to Canadian viewers.

Created by The Second City Toronto as the comedy troupe’s TV adaptation, “SCTV” aired intermittently from 1976 to 1984 on several networks in Canada and the U.S., including Global, CBC and NBC.

‘Heated Rivalry’ star Hudson Williams tapped for Baba Yaga drama at Crave

"Heated Rivalry" breakout Hudson Williams is bouncing from hockey romance to folklore fable on the off-season.

Crave says the British Columbia-born actor will star in the new drama "Yaga," based on the Baba Yaga myth, in his first TV project since "Heated Rivalry" debuted last year.

He's due to star alongside Carrie-Anne Moss, best known for her role in "The Matrix," Noah Reid from "Schitt's Creek" and Clark Backo of "Letterkenny."

The series is based on the hit play by Kat Sandler, which reimagines the Slavic myth of a child-eating witch who lives in a hut made of chicken bones as a small-town mystery thriller with a compelling female anti-hero.