Lee Child, whose Jack Reacher novels were adapted for two Tom Cruise movies, says he's signed a deal to adapt his novels for the small screen. Child says that Cruise, who starred in 2012's Jack Reacher and 2016's Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, won't reprise his role as a nomadic former U.S. Army major and won't star in the potential TV series. Child says he wants the TV Jack Reacher to be more like the imposing, burly character from his books. “Cruise, for all his talent, didn’t have that physicality,” Child tells BBC News. "I really enjoyed working with Cruise. He’s a really, really nice guy. We had a lot of fun. But ultimately the readers are right. The size of Reacher is really, really important and it’s a big component of who he is… So what I’ve decided to do is – there won’t be any more movies with Tom Cruise. Instead we’re going to take it to Netflix or something like that. Long-form streaming television, with a completely new actor.” He adds:  “We’re rebooting and starting over and we’re going to try and find the perfect guy.” The proposed Jack Reacher series will be pitched to networks and streaming services.

The Doctor is skipping the traditional Christmas special in favor of a New Year's Day special. “We’re thrilled to be starting the New Year with a bang, as Jodie Whittaker’s Doctor and friends face a terrifying alien threat in an action-packed, hour long special adventure for all the family," said showrunner Chris Chibnall.

The Stormy Daniels attorney, who became a cable news fixture earlier this year, was taken into custody after a woman with "visible injuries" filed a criminal complaint. TMZ inititially reported that his "estranged wife" filed the complaint, but she later released a statement denying he hit her. After his release, Avenatti said: "I have never been physically abusive in my life nor was I last night. Any accusations to the contrary are fabricated and meant to do harm to my reputation. I look forward to being fully exonerated.” ALSO: Alyssa Milano disavows Avenatti following his arrest.

Dirty John, The Dirty Truth, premiering in January, will serve as a companion to the scripted Bravo series on "Dirty" John Meehan.

Niles Fitch, Logan Shroyer and Hannah Zeile didn't log enough screen time playing the teenage versions of the adult characters to qualify for the Screen Actors Guild Awards this year.

Garcia is joining the Netflix drama playing a DEA agent. He'll be a series regular.

"The best television episode of the 1990s starred a short, blond man and his band," says Alan Siegel. "On November 18, 1993, at Sony Music Studios in New York City, Nirvana took on MTV Unplugged. That night, the biggest group of the decade staged one of the most hypnotically intimate rock concerts ever captured on film." His oral history details how Bobcat Goldthwait was a surprsingly important part of that night.

The Titus Welliver-led Amazon cop drama will carry on as the streaming service's longest-running series with its Season 6 renewal before next year's premiere of Season 5. “I’m on the set where we are wrapping up the filming of season 5, and now this great news that we get to do it again with a sixth season,” says Michael Connelly, the bestselling author behind the Bosch novel who's a producer on the TV series. “Can’t wait!” Amazon Studios' co-TV head Albert Cheng added: “Bosch is a customer and critical favorite and Amazon Prime members are fans of this long-running series that delivers strong storytelling, complex characters, and exceptional performances."

"Lisa will appear in the majority of episodes this season," a production source tells E! News. "She has not been filming at every event, but fans can expect to see her throughout. The show will return to Bravo in early 2019." Vanderpump has been a part of the Bravo reality show since its 2010 debut. Bravo and Vanderpump have yet to confirm her exit.

The MMA fighter-turned-actress is the latest addition to Jon Favreau's live-action Star Wars series for Disney+, joining Pedro Pascal. Details of her character are being kept under wraps.

Discovery Live: Into The Blue Hole will air on Sunday, Dec. 2 at 4 p.m. ET/1 p.m. PT. The special, which will air live globally, will delve into the massive Blue Hole 46 miles off the coast of Belize.

Waller-Bridge's one-woman play that premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2013 was adapted as a BBC series that was later shown on Amazon Prime. Now she's bringing her Fleabag stage show to New York City for an off-Broadway run in 2019.

Cutmore-Scott is writing and is set to star in What If?, which "explores how seemingly insignificant choices, with the help of a little bit of luck, can have life-changing consequences."

Netflix is exploring a cheaper mobile-only subscription package for Netflix users. The test in Malaysia drops the monthy fee by half.

Bill Burr's R-rated animated Netflix series returns on Nov. 30.

The HBO comedy is now scheduled to begin production on its sixth and "possibly final" season next summer, according to TVLine. Silicon Valley executive producer Alec Berg's work as executive producer of HBO's Barry is the cause of the delay. “As Alec is a showrunner on both Barry and Silicon Valley, the schedule was structured to allow Alec to wrap on Barry before starting work on Silicon Valley," said an HBO spokesperson. TVLine notes that the decision comes amid speculation that Season 6 could be the last for Silicon Valley, although an official decision has yet to be made. The production delay will take Silicon Valley out of the Emmy race next year for the first time after being nominated for Outstanding Comedy Series each of its past five seasons.

“Fox News supports CNN in its legal effort to regain its White House reporter’s press credential,” said Fox News president Jay Wallace in a statement in supporting the lawsuit over Jim Acosta's White House access. ”Secret Service passes for working White House journalists should never be weaponized. While we don’t condone the growing antagonistic tone by both the President and the press at recent media avails, we do support a free press, access and open exchanges for the American people.” Other media organizations backing CNN include NBC News, ABC News and CBS News, as well as The New York Times and Washington Post.

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• Fox News media critic Howard Kurtz calls CNN's lawsuit "more of a PR effort than a legal one" even though his network is backing it
• Legendary journalist Bob Woodward blasts CNN's lawsuit: "Too many people for Trump or against Trump have become emotionally unhinged about this"

Iain Armitage and his Young Sheldon dad Lance Barber and brother Montana Jordan are crossing over to the comedy their show was spun off from. CBS won't reveal how the trio will appear on The Big Bang Theory, but it'll likely be via flashback.

The statue at Dallas Love Field bears a plaque and a spoiler for how the series ends. Netflix has also been promoting Robin Wright's character's presidency with a commemorative plate commercial running during The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and an article about her in the Harvard Crimson.

The former NFL player will begin his journey handing out roses when Season 23 begins on Jan. 7. ALSO: The Bachelor mansion owners hire armed security guards to protect against wildfire looters.

Spring Break was a staple of MTV's programming from the 1980s through the 2000s. Now MTV, which has been reviving old shows, is bringing the event series back from March 19 through 21, broadcasting from the Grand Oasis Hotel in Cancún, Mexico. MTV also plans to host alternative Spring Break events for activists hoping to use their free time to give back.

Neither Trump nor First Lady Melania Trump will be in attendance at the Dec. 2 Kennedy Center Honors. Outspoken Trump critic Cher is among this year's honorees. As the Associated Press points out, "the announcement continues the Trump administration’s unprecedented distance from the arts and science communities."

The news-set sitcom starring Candice Bergen kicked off its 10-season run six days after the 1988 presidential election, on Nov. 14, 1988. In The Hollywood Reporter, critic Richard Hack wrote of Murphy Brown: "In short, Murphy is one clever cookie, surpassed only by Bergen’s portrayal of the woman. She supplies just the right amount of hard temper with soft emotion to make Murphy Brown likable in spite of all her self-centered composition. Bergen doesn’t play comedy — like Roseanne Barr or Jackee. Rather, the role becomes comedy because she takes everything so seriously while those around her mug and strut their stuff."

Arie and Lauren, who previously announced they were expecting as part of an April Fool's prank, are really expecting a baby this time. The Bachelor alums are still scheduled to get married on Jan. 12.

John Legend and Chrissy Teigen's one-hour Nov. 28 Christmas special has rounded out its celebrity guest-stars. Thompson will make a "special cameo," Galifianakis will appear as a party guest while Wonder will perform his iconic music with Legend.

“You’re kind of a serious actor now, are you ready to do comedy again?” Aidy Bryant asks Carell in the promo. “I wouldn’t worry, because an actor prepares, and I am an actor.“ Saturday will mark Carell's third time hosting SNL and the first since leaving The Office. ALSO: Taran Killam recalls when an unnamed SNL musical guest failed to show up for dress rehearsal.

Jessica Williams and Phoebe Robinson, who turned their popular podcast into a series of HBO specials last year, announced today that they're ending the 2 Dope Queens podcast with an interview with former First Lady Michelle Obama.

Creator Rob Thomas tweeted: "This is some indication of who is in episode 1. It doesn't mean your fave doesn't come in later."

Steve Bodow, who has served as an executive producer on The Daily Show for the last five years -- from the last two years of Jon Stewart's tenure to the first three years of Trevor Noah -- is exiting the Comedy Central series after working on it in various behind-the-scenes jobs for more than 16 years. Bodow is one of four executive producers, along with Noah, helping oversee the creative aspects of the show. There are no plans to replace him after he leaves in early 2019.

The Preacher star is also producing the Sky comedy pilot that has him playing Andy Peacock, "a physical training instructor in a mid-market gym, where the punters are obsessed with selfies and Instagram."

HGTV filed permits with the city of Los Angeles that The Blast obtained detailing what the cable network has in store for A Very Brady Renovation.

Kimmel's Aunt Chippy brought the "Chippy-dales" to Kimmel's house to wake him up in the middle of the night for his 51st birthday.

The short-form docuseries will continue tackling the “why” questions that "animate our age."

MacGregor appeared on 153 episodes of the classic drama series playing the meddlesome Harriet Olson. "I just got word that Katherine MacGregor passed away yesterday," Melissa Gilbert wrote on Instagram. "This woman taught me so much...about acting... vintage jewelry...life. She was outspoken and hilariously funny. A truly gifted actress as she was able to play a despicable character but with so much heart. Her Harriet Oleson was the woman our fans loved to hate. A perfect antagonist. The thing people outside of our prairie family didn’t know, was how loving and nurturing she was with the younger cast."

Davidson is one of the most unique cast members in Saturday Night Live history because while he's become its most talked-about player, he's not very good on the show, says Eric Harvey. "He can’t do impressions, his attempts at Digital Shorts are weak tea compared to the (admittedly high) standards set by Lonely Island, and the closest he’s come to a breakout character is his monosyllabic pool-boy homewrecker," says Harvey. "He does play a solid sideman—word to Uncle Butt—and makes his mark as a frequent in-sketch breaker." Even Davidson has admitted his SNL shortcomings, telling Variety: “I’m not good at sketch comedy. I don’t know how to do that, or write it.” "In spite of all this, he’s taken over Season 44 because of 'Weekend Update,'" says Harvey. "While last season’s SNL energy was focused on the show’s Trump-themed cold opens, this year has thus far revolved around the personal life of the show’s coolest cast member," thanks to his engagement to Ariana Grande over the summer and his more recent Dan Crenshaw controversy. Harvey notes that SNL cast members rarely become bigger than the show. And when they do, they usually leave. "All this means that for much of this season, the show—and maybe more importantly in 2018, the post-show coverage—has revolved around Pete Davidson," says Harvey. "And not Pete Davidson, the sketch performer: Pete Davidson, the persona. It’s hard to predict where Davidson might go from here; maybe by the end of the season, Davidson will join Eddie Murphy as the only current cast members to host Saturday Night Live."

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• "Saturday Night Live has created a comedic monster": Dan Crenshaw pens a Washington Post Op-Ed explaining why he didn't seek an apology
• Read the story of Scott Matthew Davidson, Pete Davidson's firefighter father who was killed on 9/11
• SNL releases a "supercut" to say goodbye to Kate McKinnon's Jeff Sessions

Longtime Game of Thrones director David Nutter offered some final season tidbits Tuesday in a Reddit Ask Me Anything. “Season 8 episodes will all I think be longer than 60 minutes," he wrote. "They’ll be dancing around the bigger numbers, I know that for sure." Nutter also confirmed that there was no paper on set to prevent any leaks. He also revealed the Red Wedding, which he directed, is nothing compared to the final season battle. "As far as season 8 compared to the Red Wedding I just have to tell you – hang onto your seat cause it’s going to be special," he wrote. ALSO: Target is selling Game of Thrones ugly Christmas sweaters.

The streaming service has begun working on two shows that would share a universe based on Martin's Wild Cards book series, with writer Andrew Miller penning both series. The Wild Cards franchise is, according to The Hollywood Reporter, "a shared universe of anthologies, mosaic novels and stand-alone stories written by a collection of authors and edited by Martin and co-editor (Melinda) Snodgrass." The first book was published in 1987, with 27 total books released so far. The book series explores the aftermath of an alien virus, called the "Wild Card" virus, released over Manhattan in 1946 that killed 90 percent of those it infected.

The late singer's estate was very agreeable with this week's Prince tribute episode, especially since creator Kenya Barris and one of the music supervisors already had a connection. Plus, Yara Shahidi's dad was once Prince's photographer. Did the show have to pay a lot of money to use Prince's songs? "I don’t know how the numbers worked, but I don’t think we had to pay extra for this song or that song," says showrunner Kenny Smith. "Like, 'Purple Rain' didn’t cost more than 'Sexy MF.' I just knew we got the budget and it was impossible, so we had to cut another six songs out of it to make the budget."

While The Late Show has been beating The Tonight Show in total viewers since the start of the Trump presidency, Colbert has trailed Fallon in the key 18-49 demo. But not anymore. Colbert has been edging out Fallon so far this season, averaging 658,000 demo viewers to Fallon's 656,000 to 657,000.

The bestselling crime author's crime series is revolves around Dr. Annie Lodge, an original character she created. According to Variety, Lodge is "summoned from New York to her hometown of Baton Rouge, La., after the sudden death of her father, the city’s beloved coroner. Now, as she’s mourning the loss of her childhood hero, Annie finds herself reluctantly stepping into her father’s role to solve an ongoing murder while navigating the complicated waters of Bayou politics, Southern hospitality, and a simmering past romance."

On Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 22, Mystery Science Theater 3000 will launch an "innovation in movie riffing– THE GAUNTLET!" Meanwhile, the six-movie Thanksgiving marathon will air three days earlier, on Nov. 18, featuring films including Mac and Me, Killer Fish and Ator and The Day Time Ended.

"I remember looking out the window and thinking that the only way to fix this was to kill myself," Lewinsky says in a preview of the docuseries premiering Nov. 18.

Jeff Lemire and Dean Ormston's acclaimed comic book series is being developed into what its publisher describes as “a multiplatform, interconnected universe of characters and storytelling that audiences today really yearn for."

The pair had dinner last night with their former executive producer Barney Rosenzweig.