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The family of celebrity zookeeper and TV show host Jack Hanna said he’s been diagnosed with dementia and will retire from public life

Black women have weighed in across social media to empathize with “The Talk” co-host Sheryl Underwood, who remained composed in the face of a heated outburst by her co-host Sharon Osbourne during a conversation about race and racism. Joi-Marie McKenzie, deputy entertainment editor for Insider, joined LX News host Ashley Holt to discuss why the emotional confrontation felt so familiar...

Wilmer Valderrama has graduated from “yo momma” jokes to a starring role on “NCIS” and fatherhood. His baby girl, Nakano Oceana Valderrama, was born in February. But the actor says he would still be up for revisiting the gang from “That 70’s Show”… maybe for a movie set in the 1980s.

Giving its POC contestants less screen time than their white counterparts was just one of the ways the show failed to fix its race problem this season.

“Punky Brewster” shot Soleil Moon Frye to stardom in the 1980s and changed her life — for better and for worse. Now the actress is revisiting her child stardom with two projects — a reboot of “Punky Brewster” on Peacock and a frank look at the highs and lows of her Hollywood adolescence in the Hulu documentary “Kid 90.”

The potential windfall is tied to underrepresentation of Black talent. The total opportunity for greater diversity is significantly larger.

Mayim Bialik didn’t stop at being a successful actress, author and producer — she’s also a trained neuroscientist. Now she’s putting that knowledge to use as the host of a new podcast about mental health, “Mayim Bialik’s Breakdown.” The former “Big Bang Theory” star joined LX News to talk about why conversations about mental health are so important, as well...

Daniel and Zelda Barnz are the father-daughter team behind “Generation,” a new HBO Max original series that follows a group of teens as they struggle with their identities and sexuality. Zelda, who is still in high school herself, and her father describe what they learned about each other while making the project.

NBC announced that America Ferrera will return to “Superstore” for its hour-long series finale on March 25

Amber Ruffin is finally the boss. The writer and comedian is now behind the desk of her own Peacock and NBC variety show, “The Amber Ruffin Show,” and helping to break some boundaries in a genre that’s been dominated by white men since the days of Ed Sullivan. Ruffin talked to NBCLX about working her way up in television as...

Jon Huertas, who plays Miguel on the hit NBC drama “This is Us,” went behind the camera to direct the upcoming episode, “The Ride.” Huertas talked to LX News host Nik Z about the pressure he felt taking the helm of the beloved show, and how the cast keeps themselves laughing despite the strict on-set COVID-19 protocols they have to...

Romance author Julia Quinn joins NBCLX and discusses bringing her Bridgerton characters from the written page to the screen.

“Chicago Fire”, “Chicago P.D.” and “Chicago Med” will be celebrating their first virtual One Chicago Day on Wednesday, Feb. 10 and everyone is invited. The event will be held on the NBC OneChicago YouTube channel and will be free to everyone

Anthony Anderson is the host of ABC’s “To Tell The Truth” but his mother steals the show. The “Black-ish” star joined LX News (with a cameo from his mom) to share how Doris Bowman, a.k.a. “Mama Doris,” landed a spot on the ABC game show with a jaw-dropping line that stopped the show.

“To Tell the Truth” host Anthony Anderson and his mom Doris Bowman took on LX News host Tabitha Lipkin in an impromptu round of the classic game that tested their lie-detecting (and trash talk) skills.

Anthony Anderson’s character on ABC’s hit “Black-ish” taught his TV daughter a lesson by cutting her off financially. In his real life role as a dad, he’s also shown his kids some tough love when it comes to money. Anderson joined NBCLX to share what he is teaching his kids (and now his mother) about financial planning, and how he...

James Gilligan, a ‘Jeopardy!’ contestant, discusses his experience with host Alex Trebek on what would become his final show.

Friday evening marks the final posthumous “Jeopardy!” episode for beloved host Alex Trebek. Trebek died on Nov. 8 after being diagnosed and treated for pancreatic cancer. A permanent “Jeopardy!” successor hasn’t been named. Longtime “Jeopardy!” champion Ken Jennings will be the first of a planned series of guest hosts on episodes that begin appearing next week. As difficult as it...

When the swine flu pandemic hit the world in 2009, designer Irina Blok took her idea for fun face masks onto ‘Shark Tank.’ But in what may be the biggest face-palm moment in the show’s history, the ’Sharks’ nearly laughed her out of the room. We talked to Blok about the experience and saw how one of the investors is...

When T.J. Lavin, the host of MTV’s “The Challenge,” joined Cameo, he didn’t anticipate some of the crazy requests that would come his way. Lavin filled NBCLX’s Tabitha Lipkin in on some of his favorites.