Pop Stop: Legally Blonde Prequel and The Simple Life Series Announced!
This week certainly offered no shortage of show announcements that we’re all too excited about, so let’s dive in!
NBC Announces Their Anticipated Fall Lineup
NBC unveiled its 2024 fall schedule, including three new series. There’s the Zachary Quinto-led drama Brilliant Minds, mockumentary St. Denis Medical starring Wendi McLendon-Covey, Allison Tolman and David Alan Grier, and Reba McEntire returns to comedy with the multi-camera Happy’s Place. All new series will stream next day on Peacock along with the rest of NBC’s entertainment lineup.
Yellowjackets Season 3 Is In Production
Due to the writer’s strike, the wildly popular Showtime series Yellowjackets was put on hold. Now, the wait is over, as production on the psychological thriller has officially started! Season 3 of the series is set to air in 2025.
Reese Witherspoon Announces Legally Blonde Prequel
Reese Witherspoon has been an unstoppable force in the industry — and even more so as a producer and owner of her production company Hello Sunshine. She has spearheaded a plethora of successful female-lead series and films and shows no sign of stopping. She just revealed Hello Sunshine’s exciting (and pink!) new project will be a prequel series to her 2001 film Legally Blonde. What, like it’s hard?
The series, fittingly named Elle, will stream on Prime Video and will follow Elle Woods in high school as we learn about the life experiences that shaped her into the iconic young woman we have come to know and love.
Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie Announce New Series on Peacock
Nostalgic content is far from over — your two favorite besties that started it all are back! Nicole Richie and Paris Hilton will reunite in a new Peacock series. This announcement comes over 15 years after their reality show The Simple Life aired its final episode. Hilton and Richie both posted on Instagram: "New Era. Same Besties. 👯♀️ Coming soon to Peacock.” We’re ready!
HBO Orders New Comedy Series Starring Steve Carell
From Bill Lawrence And Matt Tarses comes a new comedy series starring Steve Carrell. HBO has given the 10-episode comedy a straight-to-series order as Amy Gravitt, Executive Vice President, HBO & Max Comedy Programming stated “the combination of Steve Carell and Bill Lawrence promises to be full of great laughs, warmth, and charm. We’re thrilled to be the home for this long overdue collaboration.” The series will be a single-camera comedy set on a college campus, centering on an author’s complicated relationship with his daughter.
