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When Lionsgate Motion Picture Group chairman Adam Fogelson got word that the ending of "Michael," the studio's Michael Jackson biopic, needed to be completely reshot, he didn't bemoan it as a massive headache. He saw it as a business opportunity. The studio's long-gestating big-screen telling of the King of Pop's life is out now, but not as the filmmakers originally intended. Directed by Antoine Fuqua ("Training Day") and starring Jackson's real-life nephew Jaafar Jackson in the lead role, the movie initially told the full story of the music icon's rise and fall. But then Fogelson got that call. "Michael," which was made with the support of Jackson's estate, had initially depicted the 1993 police raid of Jackson's Neverland Ranch following allegations of sexual abuse by 13-year-old Jordan Chandler. The filmmakers discovered after shooting that there was a clause in Chandler's settlement barring any depiction of his case in a movie. According to Variety, reshoots cost the Jackson estate around $15 million. The film no longer touches on any of Jackson's child sexual-abuse allegations. Jackson and his estate have consistently denied the allegations.

Today, Oct. 24, 2026, marks the 20th anniversary of the release of Taylor Swift‘s self-titled debut album. It would take at least a few years before anyone really thought of this as a monumental or transformative event — for country music, and then for pop, and then for pop culture as we knew and continue to know it. Who could have known when she was singing about looking for “A Place in This World” while being on “The Outside” at 16 that she’d go on to become the music world’s ultimate insider and biggest star? A visitor from the future making any such claims in October 2006 would’ve been laughed back into his time machine, as Swift’s team was virtually begging to interest journalists in interviews and strugglig to convince country radio to take a chance on a kid who checked off exactly zero of the right boxes. It’s unknown whether Swift is baking a cake or doing anything else to celebrate her baby turning 20. She’s not marking it by doing anything so obvious or fan-servicing as putting out a deluxe version of “Debut” (as it’s come to be informally called, for expedience).

Every day, TVLine's What to Watch column spotlights new and returning English-language shows (and select movies) premiering or airing fresh episodes across broadcast, cable and streaming — organized by release time and alphabetically within each slot. What follows is a look at the shows to watch in the week ahead: A handy roundup of TV premieres and finales designed to help you plan your viewing for the next seven days.

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