The wait remains to be on for extra of the world of Depraved to return to theaters, except you are one of many followers who attended a particular re-release screening forward of the Depraved: For Good trailer. Stars from the movies have been within the highlight outdoors of any sequel footage not too long ago, nonetheless, with Cynthia Erivo ditching the witch hat and broomstick to host the 78th Tony Awards and Jeff Goldblum contributing to an Oz-themed episode of LEGO Masters with out having to go well with up because the not-so-wonderful Wizard.
Whereas a kind of issues actually was not like the opposite within the 2025 TV schedule, each airing so quickly after the primary trailer for For Good debuted has me again on the Depraved practice even with months to go earlier than the sequel hits theaters.
Cynthia Erivo Leads The Tonys To File Scores
The 78th Annual Tony Awards aired on CBS (and was obtainable streaming with a Paramount+ subscription) on Sunday, June 8. The reunion of the Hamilton solid had been hyped forward of time, however I believe {that a} huge cause why the viewers numbers are so nice for the published is due to Cynthia Erivo. A Tony winner herself as Finest Main Actress within the stage model of The Shade Purple in 2016, the star is driving the excessive of recognition for her function as Elphaba in Depraved.
The June 8 broadcast reached the most important viewers for The Tonys since all the way in which again in 2019, with an increase of 38% over final 12 months. This makes it the most-watched broadcast of the ceremony since earlier than Broadway briefly shut down resulting from COVID in 2020. Based on numbers from Nielsen Time Adjusted Dwell+SD Quick Nationwide Information (by way of CBS), the increase of 38% equals out to a mean of 4.85 million viewers beating out final 12 months’s 3.53 million.
The 2025 occasion additionally reached the largest-ever reside streaming viewers on Paramount+ with an increase of 208% over final 12 months. No, that is not a typo – 208%. Discuss making historical past! Cynthia Erivo might not have needed to defy gravity on a broomstick a la Elphaba for The Tonys, however her internet hosting gig actually smashed CBS data.
And seeing these numbers put me again in a Depraved temper, which prompted me to tune into Fox’s LEGO Masters for the primary time in a very long time for a themed evening of block-building motion.
Jeff Goldblum On LEGO Masters
Whereas I have been conscious of LEGO Masters and its surprises through the years, I by no means tuned in often (or often constructed something out of LEGO, for that matter) like one in every of my CinemaBlend colleagues. However once I noticed that the Season 5 episode on June 9 can be Depraved-themed, I needed to tune in.
And I wasn’t anticipating any huge cameos from the Depraved solid for a one-off episode of a Fox summer season present, to the purpose that I used to be questioning if LEGO Masters had gotten a very good Jeff Goldblum impersonator to report some audio. As a substitute, the Wizard himself popped up on display with a message for the contestants and a few feedback towards host Will Arnett.
I am positive it was prerecorded properly upfront, however it was enjoyable to see Jeff Goldblum in a video message for LEGO Masters. I wasn’t actually anticipating any solid members to be selling the film when the sequel would not premiere till November, so it was a pleasing shock to see that WIcked‘s evening on LEGO Masters wasn’t nearly constructing blocks.
Has this turned me right into a diehard fan of LEGO Masters who will probably be tuning in from week to week? Possibly not, however I am glad I tuned on this week, and Jeff Goldblum assured that I can hold driving the Depraved excessive that began final week with the For Good trailer and continued with Cynthia Erivo internet hosting The Tonys.
You’ll discover the Depraved episode of LEGO Masters streaming with a Hulu subscription, and The 78th Tonys might be streamed on Paramount+ now. Depraved: For Good arrives in theaters on November 21, 2025 within the 2025 film launch schedule.