TVLine Items: James Earl Jones Tribute, Citadel: Diana Trailer And More

BET and Entertainment Tonight are paying tribute to the late James Earl Jones, who died Monday at the age of 93.

The special BET News & ET Present James Earl Jones: Life and Legacy will air Thursday, Sept. 12 at 8/7c on BET and stream on BET+, our sister site Deadline reports.

The program — which will repeat on Sunday, Sept. 15 at noon on BET — will include archival footage, as well as never-before-seen interviews with the actor, who is perhaps best known as the voice of Darth Vader throughout the Star Wars franchise.

Ready for some more recent newsy nuggets? Well...

* The Solar Opposites Halloween special "Part 2: The Hunt for Brown October" will drop on Monday, Oct. 7 on Hulu.

* Emmy Award-winning naturalist Sir David Attenborough will present Asia, a seven-part natural history series about wildlife on the continent, premiering on BBC America and AMC+ in 2025.

* Jack Huston (Boardwalk Empire) has joined Prime Video's live-action Spider-Man series Spider-Noir in an undisclosed series-regular role, Variety reports.

* The 2024 People's Choice Country Awards (airing Thursday, Sept. 26 on NBC and Peacock) have set Kane Brown, Keith Urban, Kelsea Ballerini, Lady A, Miranda Lambert, Parker McCollum and The War And Treaty as performers.

* Benito Martínez Ocasio aka Bad Bunny has joined the cast of Netflix's Happy Gilmore 2 movie in an undisclosed role, while Julie Bowen and Christopher McDonald will reprise their roles form the original film, as Virginia Venit and Shooter McGavin.

* Prime Video has released a trailer for Citadel: Diana, its Italian series set within the world of Citadel and premiering all six episodes Thursday, Oct. 10:

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