TV Bits: ‘The Great British Bake Off’, The Return Of G4, ‘Empire’ Spinoff, ‘NCIS’, And More
In today’s edition of TV Bits:
Time to pop bottles🍾🍾The following classic shows are coming to@Netflix(US)
Moesha – Aug 1The Game S1-3 – Aug 15Sister Sister – Sept 1Girlfriends – Sept 11The Parkers – Oct 1Half & Half – Oct 15One on One – Oct 15
To celebrate, here’s a message from your faves:pic.twitter.com/zohNPEo0rz
— Strong Black Lead (@strongblacklead)July 28, 2025
Here’s a cool video message from the people behindMoesha,The Game,Sister Sister,Girlfriends,The Parkers,Half & Half, andOne on One, all celebrating the news that their shows are soon going to be available on Netflix. It’s unclear if they’re just being nice when they say that the number of fan requests actually contributed to this deal getting done or if that’s actually how this went down, but if one of your favorite shows isn’t available on the service, I guess it can’t hurt to tweet at Netflix every once in a while and ask about them acquiring it.
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The acclaimed cooking seriesAmy Schumer Learns to Cook, which sees the talented comedian and her famous chef husband team up on screen, is coming back to Food Network onAugust 17for its second season. Seems like the type of show that you’re able to relax and throw on as a nice way to take the edge off after a long day.
The Great British Bake Off(A.K.A.The Great British Baking Show) had to take a filming break due to the global pandemic, but the series has been back in production for weeks now, and there’s even better news: one of the executives at Sky Studios revealed that the next season will be released at some point this year.
Say goodbye to Jacqueline “Jack” Sloane. According toTVLine, actressMaria Bellois leavingNCISafter a three-year stint on the popular procedural series. She’ll appear for the first eight episodes of the upcoming eighteenth season and then bounce, so be sure to give your parents a heads up that one of their new favorite characters will be leaving soon.
We haven’t seen the last of Cookie Lyon.Taraji P. Hensonis returning to reprise her role in anEmpirespinoff series centered on Cookie as she moves to Los Angeles – and a few of her family members could end up coming back as well.Empireco-creatorDanny Strongwill serve as one of three showrunners alongside fellowEmpireveteransYolanda LawrenceandStacy A. Littlejohn. The project isn’t a done deal quite yet, but it’sin development at Foxand seems like as close to a sure thing as it comes these days.
Arguably one of the biggest announcements to come out of Comic-Con 2020 was the return of G4, the nerd-friendly network that was famous for series likeX-PlayandAttack of the Show!When exactly will it come back, and in what form? We don’t know – all we know is that it’ll happen sometime in2021.
The Oprah Conversation, a new interview show which will be filmed remotely and incorporateaudience engagement, will feature the longtime talk show host exploring impactful and relevant topics with “fascinating thought leaders from all over the world.” Oprah is one of the most famous TV personalities in the world for a reason, so I guess if the formula ain’t broke, don’t fix it. The show premieres onJuly 30,2020on AppleTV+.
Stanley Tucci (The Hunger Games) is set to star in Oscar-winnerAlejandro Amenábar’s first TV series, a graphic novel adaptation calledLa Fortuna. “The story centers on young diplomat Alex Ventura who teams with a combative public official and a brilliant American lawyer to recover treasure stolen by Frank Wild, who travels the world plundering historic items from the ocean,” and you bet your ass Tucci is playing the plundering scavenger. The show will premiere on AMC in2021.
Netflix has canceled plans to make a prank series with comediansChris D’EliaandBryan Callenin the wake of several sexual misconduct allegations that have been made against D’Elia. The comedian has been dropped by his representation teams since the accusations came to light, and if this is the first you’re hearing about it, you can get more details about that situationhere.
