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What’s not to love about the idea? You’ve got Rhimes, the prolific TV creator responsible for “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Bridgerton,” plus the kind of silly/serious whodunit that has served Netflix very well with director Rian Johnson’s “Knives” film series. Add stars like Uzo Aduba (“Orange is the New Black”), Randall Park (“Fresh Off the Boat”) and Giancarlo Esposito (“Better Call Saul”) and you might be tempted to start printing your own money.

But somehow, despite all it has going for it, “The Residence” (now streaming, ★★ out of four) is a disappointingly flimsy and flaccid story. Created by Paul William Davies (“Scandal” and “For the People”) and produced by Rhimes and frequent collaborator Betsy Beers, “Residence” is not an abject failure. But it’s also nothing resembling the greatness of “Bridgerton” or “Grey’s.” It’s like a dish cooked with a whole lot of expensive, artisanal ingredients that ends up tasting like Campbell’s Chicken Noodle Soup. It tastes good, sure, but it’s not nearly as delicious as all of its components should make it.

Set in the headquarters of the nation’s executive branch, the eight-episode miniseries takes place mostly on the night of a state dinner for Australian leaders in which chief White House usher A.B. Wynter (Esposito) is found dead in a room in the residential side of the building, and it’s not clear if foul play is involved. It’s a political, diplomatic and jurisdictional nightmare, and D.C. Metro Police Chief Larry Dokes (Isiah Whitlock Jr.) calls in his trusty consulting detective, Cordelia Cupp (Aduba) to run the investigation. Quirky (but more in an annoying way than a charming one), savant-like and completely lacking in social niceties, Aduba’s Sherlockian gumshoe somehow convinces the president (Paul Fitzgerald) to lock down the entire White House as she questions butlers, chefs, political staffers, foreign emissaries and even the president himself. Scenes of Cupp’s investigation are intertwined with those from congressional hearings that inevitably followed the incident, complete with former Senator Al Franken playing a senator.

Investigation Discovery’s “Stephen Collins, America’s Dad,” (Monday, 9 ET/PT and streaming on Max) revisits the bombshell revelations, first aired in 2014, that Collins, now 77, had exposed himself to three young girls. The episode is the first of a six-part ID docuseries, “Hollywood Demons,” which also delves into celebrity stalkers and the difficulties plaguing child stars and cast members of Bravo’s “Real Housewives” franchise.

The Collins installment includes interviews with “7th Heaven” actors Jeremy London and Kyle Searles; April Price, a survivor of Collins’ abuse; and Dr. Drew Pinsky, who provides analysis. Producers say they contacted more than 100 associates of Collins, but nearly all declined to participate or didn’t respond.

Here are the most shocking moments from the documentary.

April Price: ‘This is bad. This is really bad’

Price, then 13, spent the summer of 1983 in Los Angeles with her aunt, a neighbor of Collins’. Price says Collins exposed himself to her twice, including once when he helped her set up her gaming console.

Variety reported that “Adolescence” earned more than 20 million views in the first few days on the streaming platform. As of Thursday morning, it is in the first spot in Netflix’s top 10 television shows in the U.S.

Based in the United Kingdom, the show follows the story of 13-year-old Jamie Miller, who was accused of serious allegations connected to the death of a girl who goes to his school.

Co-creator and star Stephen Graham told Netflix he wanted to explore how the teenage boy’s family is impacted after the teenage boy is arrested for murder: “What’s happening here is an ordinary family’s worst nightmare.”

According to director Philip Barantini, the show was notably filmed in “one continuous shot,” adding that “we press record on the camera, and we don’t press stop until the very end of the hour.”

In an interview with Graham Bensinger released Wednesday, the “Pawn Stars” creator, 59, reflected on the loss of his son Adam, who died in January 2024 from a drug overdose. He was 39.

“I think about him every day,” Harrison shared. “In his 20s, he had the drug problems, and I put him in rehab so many times. Every time, he’d be doing great, and then it would fall back. You hear the same story from a million people. It got really, really bad, and apparently, it wasn’t heroin. He ended up getting some fentanyl that killed him.”

Harrison added that “when you lose a kid, you second guess” everything.

“Could I have done something different?” he asked. “I think I did everything right, but you just sit in your head (thinking), ‘What if I did this? What if I did this?’ … You have a hundred things go through your mind. There is nothing worse than losing a kid.”

Applegate revealed in an episode of the podcast “MeSsy,” which she co-hosts with fellow actress Jamie-Lynn Sigler, that she’s been in and out of urgent care constantly since being diagnosed with MS.

“For three years, since I was diagnosed, I’ve been in the hospital upwards of 30 times,” Applegate, 53, said. “That is unimaginable, OK? They’ve done every test known to man on me, put so much radiation into my body from CT scans to everything else.”

MS, a chronic, autoimmune disease causes the body’s immune system to begin attacking the central nervous system, according to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, triggering various neurological symptoms.

Applegate shared with co-host Sigler, who also lives with MS, that her hospital visits have stemmed from “throwing up and diarrhea and pain,” and she struggles to use the bathroom without vomiting. Though she says her neurological medical team has told her that is not usually an “MS thing,” the actress said, “I’m sorry, there’s got to be a correlation here.”

Twenty years ago, my life took an unexpected turn. At 13, just as I was starting to carve out my own path in the exhilarating world of music, I was handed a script I hadn’t auditioned for — living with Type 1 diabetes. Faced with a chronic condition that demanded a starring role in my daily life, I was unsure if my dreams of the big stage and bright lights might be just that — dreams.

Now, as I prepare to take on the role of Jamie Wellerstein in “The Last Five Years” on Broadway, I’m not just returning to a place where my passion for performance was ignited — I’m reflecting on a personal journey that’s been as much about resilience and adaptation as it is about artistry.

Broadway always felt like home, the place where raw emotions meet the craft of storytelling. Yet, as I step back into this familiar territory, I recognize that this return is a testament to overcoming fears that once seemed insurmountable.

The “Masked Singer” host and father of 12 said he’s “not done” with expanding his family. In a conversation on his “We Playin’ Spades” podcast this week, former Miami Dolphins linebacker Channing Crowder spoke of getting a vasectomy and told the comedian he “needs to go think about” getting one.

Cannon, who said it “feels like this is an intervention,” added it “may be the responsible thing to do,” but he’s “not done.”

“I’m feeling judged,” the former “Wild ‘N Out” host said laughing.

When his podcast co-host Courtney Bee asked why he wants more children, he replied, “Why not?” When she tried to clarify if he wanted children with one of the six mothers to his children or another woman, he said, “I don’t know! I leave it to the Lord.”

How many kids does Nick Cannon have?

Cannon is currently the father of 12 children: Moroccan, Monroe, Golden, Powerful Queen, Zion Mixolydian, Zillion Heir, Zen, Legendary Love, Onyx Ice, Rise Messiah, Beautiful Zeppelin and Halo.