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Alex Trebek is releasing a memoir this summer — just in time for his 80th birthday. After more than three decades hosting “Jeopardy!” — and being begged to pen a tell-all about his own life and what it’s like behind the scenes — the beloved emcee is releasing a book on July 21. Trebek, who …

Entertainers really will do anything to stay in the limelight during these coronavirus days, when we can’t go to the movies, theater or concerts. Some of their attempts reek of desperation, like an armpit on a subway platform in the middle of August. “Grey’s Anatomy” ended its season early, and to pick up the scheduling …

I’ll take “predicting the future” for $1,000, Alex. “Jeopardy!” fans were bowled over on Tuesday night when a clue on the board seemed to reference the coronavirus pandemic. But the April 7 episode — in which three university students were competing as the storied ABC game show’s two-week-long College Championship — was filmed in early …

The cast of “Scrubs” had quite the night at the 2001 NBC Upfronts in New York — especially Donald Faison. On their new podcast “Fake Doctors, Real Friends,” Faison and Zach Braff recounted having too much to drink during their first big event after getting picked up by NBC. “Donald was going around giving everyone …

Nick Cannon’s upcoming daytime talk show is set for a Sept. 21 premiere, distributor Debmar-Mercury confirmed Monday. Lionsgate’s Debmar-Mercury has teamed with Cannon’s Ncredible Entertainment to produce the comedic talk show featuring interviews with celebrities and pop culture coverage. The nationally-syndicated show, “Nick Cannon,” is cleared to launch on TV stations covering more than 90% …

Splats off to the chef! “Dishmantled,” the world’s wackiest new cooking competition, just premiered on Quibi, a new streaming platform that specializes in supershort TV shows. Here’s how it works: Contestants are blindfolded, then get food thrown in their faces. They have to guess what dish it is and try to re-create it. “It’s really …

Another talk show, whose production had been shut down over the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, is returning to television. “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” will be back on Monday, April 6, with remotely produced new episodes filmed at DeGeneres’ home amid the health crisis. Also starting April 6, fellow nationally syndicated daytime talker “The Wendy Williams Show” …

Wendy Williams is swapping her purple chair for her couch. Williams, 55, announced on Friday that her eponymous daytime talk show is set to resume filming, but that she’ll be taping from her New York City home instead of the studio. New episodes will start airing on Monday, April 6. “I may not be in …

Instead of watching their own finances crater, shut-in television viewers tuned in to the game show “Let’s Make a Deal” in record numbers last week. TV programs across the dial recorded superlatives last week with a captive audience of millions of Americans told to stay home because of the coronavirus. Few were as interesting as …