Why did 13 leave House? Olivia Wilde traded Princeton-Plainsboro for a Harrison Ford blockbuster
Thirteen vanished from House for most of season 7 because Olivia Wilde had a blockbuster to shoot. Here's how the show covered her absence, how it explained it when she came back, and when she left for good.
October 10, 2026 5:37 pm
What happened to Karen Derrico? The TLC mom of 14 was ordered to wear an ankle monitor — and says her ex forged the evidence
Karen Derrico spent four years on TLC raising 14 children. Since June 2026 she has been fighting felony charges over emails her ex-husband says she sent, and her lawyer says he wrote them himself.
October 10, 2026 1:01 pm
MasterChef season 5: where are they now? The cast includes a CFO, a Starbucks supervisor and a pro golfer — and the winner left the food world altogether
The 2014 season of Fox's MasterChef crowned an aerial dancer and sent 21 other home cooks back into the world. More than a decade on, the cast list reads more like a LinkedIn search than a kitchen brigade.
October 10, 2026 9:23 am
What is The Walking Dead: Dead City about? Maggie needs the man who killed her husband to get her son back
AMC's Manhattan spinoff opens as a hostage exchange and turns into a three-season negotiation between a widow and the man who killed her husband. Here's the setup, how each season plays it, and where the show stands now.
October 9, 2026 2:38 pm
Why Seinfeld is better than Friends starts with one rule Larry David never let anyone break
Seinfeld and Friends shared NBC's Thursday night for four seasons and wanted completely different things from their audience. The gap starts with a writers' room rule Larry David enforced for seven years, then came back to apply one last time.
October 9, 2026 11:04 am
Why did Jay leave Chicago PD? Jesse Lee Soffer turned down a contract to 40 — and asked NBC for one thing instead
Jesse Lee Soffer walked away from Chicago P.D. after nine years with a renewal on the table. Here's the math behind that decision, what he told Variety about it, and the request he made to NBC on his way out the door.
October 4, 2026 5:21 pm
Where is the Big Brother 9 cast now? The winner spent his $500,000 on something that brought in the DEA
Big Brother 9 was shot during the writers' strike, built on a forced-couples twist, and rated worse than any season before it. Eighteen years on, its cast has scattered into roofing, nail salons, pottery, and one federal case file.
October 4, 2026 3:06 pm
How old is Cole in My Life with the Walter Boys? The actor is over a decade older than the character
Netflix's Silver Falls High is staffed almost entirely by adults in their late twenties. Here's how old Cole Walter is supposed to be, how old Noah LaLonde actually is, and how the rest of the Walter household lines up.
October 4, 2026 12:47 pm
Who died in A Shop for Killers? Five characters are gone by the season 2 finale
Season 2 of the Disney+ thriller thins out its own cast at a pace the first season never attempted, and the deaths change who is running Murthehelp by the end. Here's the full count, in order.
October 4, 2026 10:22 am
Masters of the Air: what happened to Sandra? Crosby's memoir names the real woman — and her reason for choosing someone else
Bel Powley's subaltern has a mysterious job, a clear head about what she and Harry Crosby actually are, and no counterpart in the official record. The woman she's based on is in Crosby's own book, under her own name.
October 3, 2026 4:41 pm