Jose Alejandro Bastidas is TheWrap’s TV editor. Previously, he worked as assistant arts & entertainment editor at the San Francisco Chronicle. He also served as a staff writer at PopCulture.com, based in Nashville, and as food reporter and digital producer at The Desert Sun (a Gannett publication) based in Palm Springs. He has a BA in Mass Communication from Louisiana State University.
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ABC Sets ‘The Wonder Years’ Season 2 Return After Fred Savage Firing
The executive producer and director was fired after multiple allegations of inappropriate conduct
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‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Star Kim Raver Hoped Fans ‘Screamed Out Loud’ After Huge Cliffhanger in TV Directing Debut
The longtime cast member helmed the first chapter of a two-episode event featuring the return of Kate Walsh’s Addison Montgomery
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‘Succession’ Star Matthew Macfadyen Says He Felt ‘Slight Relief’ After Show’s Final Season Announcement
The actor behind the awkward Tom Wambsgans opens up about his conflicted emotions about the HBO series ending
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‘9-1-1’ Star Peter Krause on Filming Action Scenes Without Gear in Episode 12: ‘We Felt Those Fire Scenes’
“I’ve become used to putting myself in dangerous situations for the show,” the actor behind Bobby Nash told TheWrap
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‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Star Kelly McCreary to Exit Series
The actress has played Maggie Pierce, Meredith Grey’s sister, on the ABC medical drama series since Season 11
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Jake Borelli on ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Future Without Meredith: ‘It’s Always Felt Like an Ensemble Show to Me’
The ABC drama bid farewell to Ellen Pompeo earlier this year, but the actor tells TheWrap “it doesn’t feel like the big goodbye”
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‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Actor Jake Borelli Can’t Wait to Explore His Character’s Queerness in Season 19
“I’ve been pitching quite often to have Levi experience more sides of the queer community,” the longtime cast member on the ABC drama tells TheWrap
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‘Vanderpump Rules’ Cheating Scandal Draws Highest-Rated Episode in 3 Years
The Bravo show’s first episode following the “Scandoval” drama doubled live viewing from the previous week’s episode
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‘Ted Lasso’ Star Nick Mohammed on ‘Finding a Reason’ for Nate’s Villainous Turn in Season 3 (Video)
The actor spoke with TheWrap about whether his character could find redemption in the new episodes, and how he brought authenticity to Nate’s behavior
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Jason Ritter Joins Kathy Bates as Series Regular in CBS’ ‘Matlock’ Reboot
The cast of the drama pilot also includes Skye P. Marshall, David Del Rio and Leah Lewis
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‘9-1-1’ Star Oliver Stark Breaks Down the Aftermath of Buck’s Tragic Lightning Strike
The actor spoke with TheWrap about the Fox drama’s alternate reality episode and teased the return of Arielle Kebbel’s Lucy Donato later in Season 6
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BuzzFeed Has Most of Its Cash in Failed Silicon Valley Bank
The company, which reported $56 million in cash and equivalents at the end of 2022, says its operations won’t be disrupted
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Lisa Vanderpump Speaks out About Tom Sandoval, Raquel Leviss Affair on ‘Watch What Happens Live’: ‘Nobody Saw It Coming’
The “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” alum and EP on the beloved spinoff said she was “flabbergasted” when news broke of the “Scandoval”
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‘9-1-1’ Shocker: Star Oliver Stark Opens Up About Winter Premiere’s Life-Threatening Cliffhanger
“I was game for it. It’s a brave decision for the show,” the actor said
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How ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Said Goodbye to Ellen Pompeo’s Meredith
While ABC touted the Feb. 23 episode as a big “farewell,” the iconic character’s last hour as a series regular played more like real life
