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Hamish Linklater has joined Season 2 of “Gen V” at Amazon Prime Video, Variety has learned.
Linklater will play the character Cipher, described as “the charismatic and charming newly-appointed Dean of Godolkin University. Trained as a scientist, he’s politically brilliant, and has the trust and admiration of officials at the highest level.”
The series, a spinoff of the popular Prime Video series “The Boys,” follows the students of Godolkin University as they train to become superheroes.
Linklater joins a cast that already includes Jaz Sinclair, Lizze Broadway, Maddie Phillips, London Thor, Derek Luh, and Asa Germann. Chance Perdomo had also...
Linklater will play the character Cipher, described as “the charismatic and charming newly-appointed Dean of Godolkin University. Trained as a scientist, he’s politically brilliant, and has the trust and admiration of officials at the highest level.”
The series, a spinoff of the popular Prime Video series “The Boys,” follows the students of Godolkin University as they train to become superheroes.
Linklater joins a cast that already includes Jaz Sinclair, Lizze Broadway, Maddie Phillips, London Thor, Derek Luh, and Asa Germann. Chance Perdomo had also...
- 6/4/2024
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety - TV News
Paul Giamatti has signed on to star in a television adaptation of Eli Roth’s horror franchise “Hostel.”
The project is in development at Fifth Season, the studio behind “Severance,” and does not yet have a distributor attached. Roth is set to direct and write with original franchise producer Chris Briggs. The two of them will also executive produce alongside “Hostel” alum Mike Fleiss.
“Hostel,” which premiered in theaters in 2005 and spawned two sequels, followed American tourists who are convinced by a stranger to travel from Barcelona to Slovakia, where they are then taken captive by an underground organization that...
The project is in development at Fifth Season, the studio behind “Severance,” and does not yet have a distributor attached. Roth is set to direct and write with original franchise producer Chris Briggs. The two of them will also executive produce alongside “Hostel” alum Mike Fleiss.
“Hostel,” which premiered in theaters in 2005 and spawned two sequels, followed American tourists who are convinced by a stranger to travel from Barcelona to Slovakia, where they are then taken captive by an underground organization that...
- 6/4/2024
- by Ethan Shanfeld
- Variety - TV News
Streaming giant Prime Video will release “Like a Dragon,” a live-action series adaptation of the Sega game franchise “Yakuza Like a Dragon.”
The six-part crime-suspense-action series is directed by Take Masaharu (“100 Yen Love”) and Takimoto Kengo (“Kamen Teacher”) and stars Takeuchi Ryoma (multiple “Kamen Rider” titles) as the lead character, Kiryu Kazuma.
It will upload to Prime Video in two batches of three episodes on Oct. 25 and Nov. 1, with subtitled and dubbed versions in 30 languages.
The series’ story is set in two time periods, 1995 and 2005, and follows the life, childhood friends and the repercussions of the decisions of a...
The six-part crime-suspense-action series is directed by Take Masaharu (“100 Yen Love”) and Takimoto Kengo (“Kamen Teacher”) and stars Takeuchi Ryoma (multiple “Kamen Rider” titles) as the lead character, Kiryu Kazuma.
It will upload to Prime Video in two batches of three episodes on Oct. 25 and Nov. 1, with subtitled and dubbed versions in 30 languages.
The series’ story is set in two time periods, 1995 and 2005, and follows the life, childhood friends and the repercussions of the decisions of a...
- 6/4/2024
- by Patrick Frater and Naman Ramachandran
- Variety - TV News
The ninth season of Suits will head to Netflix on July 1, the streamer announced Sunday. The final installment of last year’s viral phenomenon was previously only available on Peacock.
The news came as castmembers Patrick J. Adams, Sarah Rafferty, Dulé Hill, Amanda Schull, Abigail Spencer and former USA Network president Jeff Wachtel gathered Sunday for a reunion panel presented by Tudum at the Atx TV Festival in Austin, Texas.
Suits, which originally premiered on USA Network from 2011 to 2019, followed Mike Ross (Adams), a college dropout with a photographic memory who is hired at a New York law firm by Harvey Specter (Gabriel Macht). The show’s first eight seasons debuted on Netflix last year to great success — by the end of 2023, it was the most streamed show of the year.
Following the newfound success of the series, NBC ordered a pilot for spinoff show Suits: L.A. earlier this year.
The news came as castmembers Patrick J. Adams, Sarah Rafferty, Dulé Hill, Amanda Schull, Abigail Spencer and former USA Network president Jeff Wachtel gathered Sunday for a reunion panel presented by Tudum at the Atx TV Festival in Austin, Texas.
Suits, which originally premiered on USA Network from 2011 to 2019, followed Mike Ross (Adams), a college dropout with a photographic memory who is hired at a New York law firm by Harvey Specter (Gabriel Macht). The show’s first eight seasons debuted on Netflix last year to great success — by the end of 2023, it was the most streamed show of the year.
Following the newfound success of the series, NBC ordered a pilot for spinoff show Suits: L.A. earlier this year.
- 6/2/2024
- by Zoe G Phillips
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
America’s Got Talent announced earlier this year that it would be changing its Golden Buzzer rule, and now viewers have seen precisely what led to that decision. On Tuesday’s (June 4) episode, which saw the second round of auditions, Simon Cowell broke the rules by using his Golden Buzzer twice. The previous rules stated that a judge could hit the Golden Buzzer once per season to send an act directly to the Live Shows. Cowell ignored that rule on Tuesday night when he used his Golden Buzzer twice, first for the incredible singer Liv Warfield and then again later in the episode for the group Sky Elements. The Dallas-based entertainment group directed the judges outside for their performance, which involved an impressive light show with choreographed drones. Cowell was so mind-blown by the performance that he hit his Golden Buzzer for the second time that evening. This confused fellow judges Heidi Klum,...
- 6/5/2024
- TV Insider
As Pat Sajak‘s final week as Wheel of Fortune host nears its end, Tuesday’s (June 4) episode had fans shouting at their TV screens after multiple puzzle blunders. The episode, part of “Thanks For The Memories” Week, saw a showdown between Nece Henderson, a motivational coach from Omaha, Nebraska, David Sorensen, a personal trainer from Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and C.J. Rumer from Scranton, Pennsylvania, who revealed he got the email to audition for Wheel three hours after his wife gave birth. Things got off to a rough start in Round 1 under the “Place” category when the three contestants where faced with a puzzle board that read, “_ R I S T I _ E / M _ _ _ T A I _ / _ A _ E.” Rumer had a solid guess of “Pristine Mountain Cave,” even if caves aren’t particularly known for their pristine conditions. But his guess allowed the others to fill in more letters,...
- 6/5/2024
- TV Insider
Yes Studios, the company behind “Fauda” and “Shtisel,” has boarded “Wonder,” an eight-part futuristic thriller starring Noa Kirel, a rising Israeli actor and singer who finished third at last year’s Eurovision Song Contest.
Produced by Paramount’s Ananey Studios, the show also stars Yovel Lewkowski (Netflix’s “All Time High”). “Wonder” is set in a near future and revolves around the death of Noya, a 17-year-old girl who was apparently killed in a car crash. Her father Avner, a retired combat officer, and Daria, Noya’s best friend and a social media personality, join forces to investigate her death...
Produced by Paramount’s Ananey Studios, the show also stars Yovel Lewkowski (Netflix’s “All Time High”). “Wonder” is set in a near future and revolves around the death of Noya, a 17-year-old girl who was apparently killed in a car crash. Her father Avner, a retired combat officer, and Daria, Noya’s best friend and a social media personality, join forces to investigate her death...
- 6/5/2024
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety - TV News
Casting
The forthcoming adaptation of Harlan Coben’s “Missing You” has added “Top Boy’s” Ashley Walters as Josh Buchanan, James Nesbitt (“Stay Close”) as Calligan and “Love is Blind” co-host Matt Jay-Willis as Darryl.
They’ll join Rosalind Eleazar, Jessica Plummer and Richard Armitage in the five-part series for Netflix, which tells the story of a detective whose long-lost fiancé suddenly re-appears via a dating app, forcing her to confront her father’s murder. Quay Street Productions are producing, with the location being moved from the U.S. to Manchester in the U.K.
The series follows Quay Street...
The forthcoming adaptation of Harlan Coben’s “Missing You” has added “Top Boy’s” Ashley Walters as Josh Buchanan, James Nesbitt (“Stay Close”) as Calligan and “Love is Blind” co-host Matt Jay-Willis as Darryl.
They’ll join Rosalind Eleazar, Jessica Plummer and Richard Armitage in the five-part series for Netflix, which tells the story of a detective whose long-lost fiancé suddenly re-appears via a dating app, forcing her to confront her father’s murder. Quay Street Productions are producing, with the location being moved from the U.S. to Manchester in the U.K.
The series follows Quay Street...
- 6/5/2024
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety - TV News
TV content commissioning by streaming companies operating in Australia has tumbled, industry association Screen Producers Australia says.
A recent survey of Spa members found that 80% were experiencing “less” or “much less” commissioning interest from streaming companies, compared with a year ago. Less than 10% perceived more interest and a similar figure felt activity to be “about the same.”
The slowdown stretches across initial meeting activity, development and production. And it is having negative consequences for everything from financing to members’ mental health.
“This data is alarming [..] it is clear screen producers and the workforce they employ are only just hanging on,...
A recent survey of Spa members found that 80% were experiencing “less” or “much less” commissioning interest from streaming companies, compared with a year ago. Less than 10% perceived more interest and a similar figure felt activity to be “about the same.”
The slowdown stretches across initial meeting activity, development and production. And it is having negative consequences for everything from financing to members’ mental health.
“This data is alarming [..] it is clear screen producers and the workforce they employ are only just hanging on,...
- 6/5/2024
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety - TV News
Production has begun on a second season of “Scrublands,” the Australian crime thriller series starring Luke Arnold (“Black Sails”) and Bella Heathcote.
With action set a year after the events of the first season, award-winning investigative journalist Martin Scarsden (Arnold) has returned to his coastal hometown, Port Silver, in Western Australia, to set up a new life with partner Mandy Bond (Heathcote). When he arrives to find his childhood friend Jasper brutally murdered and Bond the prime suspect, Scarsden struggles with doubts – about Bond and about his own ability to recognize the truth. As he pushes forward to find the real murderer and absolve Bond,...
With action set a year after the events of the first season, award-winning investigative journalist Martin Scarsden (Arnold) has returned to his coastal hometown, Port Silver, in Western Australia, to set up a new life with partner Mandy Bond (Heathcote). When he arrives to find his childhood friend Jasper brutally murdered and Bond the prime suspect, Scarsden struggles with doubts – about Bond and about his own ability to recognize the truth. As he pushes forward to find the real murderer and absolve Bond,...
- 6/5/2024
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety - TV News
Another contestant has been eliminated from The Challenge: All Stars Season 4 — but this time, it wasn’t too much of a surprise to him. Jay Mitchell (sometimes known as Jay Gotti) chose to go into the tank after winning the daily challenge in the hope that he’d qualify for T.J. Lavin‘s final. First, he had to be the fastest contestant to finish the shopping cart challenge, “Roll With It,” to even have a chance at throwing himself into the elimination. Then, he had to go up against current starholder Steve Meinke instead of Ryan Kehoe, after the latter backed out. Worse, once everyone got a look at the arena, it was clear that the odds were almost completely against him. With his lifelong color blindness reducing his ability to memorize a color pattern puzzle, and a broken nose hindering him from swimming freely in the tank, his...
- 6/5/2024
- TV Insider
Missed Tuesday’s late-night monologues? We’ve got you covered with our round-up of the night’s best laughs from across the dial.
Whiffing at Softballs
In an attempt to—let’s call it “humanize” himself, convicted felon Donald Trump sat down for an interview opposite the even-more sycophantic puff piece merchants of Fox & Friends‘ J.V. squad, Fox & Friends Weekend. In the wide-ranging conversation, Trump fielded lobs from the Fox News C-team on subjects ranging from religion, to which Democrat he’d have dinner with, to how his family is coping with the very public airing of daddy’s affair with a porn star while wife Melania was recovering from giving birth to the couple’s child.
Naturally, it was all very chummy and collegial, which didn’t prevent the unscripted Trump from showing off the toxic stew of narcissism, cognitive decline, and self-pity that is his mind.
Continue...
Whiffing at Softballs
In an attempt to—let’s call it “humanize” himself, convicted felon Donald Trump sat down for an interview opposite the even-more sycophantic puff piece merchants of Fox & Friends‘ J.V. squad, Fox & Friends Weekend. In the wide-ranging conversation, Trump fielded lobs from the Fox News C-team on subjects ranging from religion, to which Democrat he’d have dinner with, to how his family is coping with the very public airing of daddy’s affair with a porn star while wife Melania was recovering from giving birth to the couple’s child.
Naturally, it was all very chummy and collegial, which didn’t prevent the unscripted Trump from showing off the toxic stew of narcissism, cognitive decline, and self-pity that is his mind.
Continue...
- 6/5/2024
- by Dennis Perkins
- LateNighter
Showrunner Leslye Headland described Star Wars: The Acolyte as a “fresh entry point,” and that’s exactly what she delivered in the first two episodes, which premiered Tuesday on Disney+.
Set in the final days of the High Republic era — before the events of The Phantom Menace — the mystery thriller tells the original story of a former Jedi reuniting with her master to solve a string of murders, confronting a darkness they hadn’t anticipated along the way.
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Set in the final days of the High Republic era — before the events of The Phantom Menace — the mystery thriller tells the original story of a former Jedi reuniting with her master to solve a string of murders, confronting a darkness they hadn’t anticipated along the way.
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- 6/5/2024
- by Keisha Hatchett
- TVLine.com
Public broadcaster Kcet is once again the leader in Los Angeles Area Emmys nominations, landing 22 this year (down slightly from last year’s 24), thanks to expecially to the locally produced series “Artbound” and its “10 Days in Watts.” Cable news outlet Spectrum News 1 was in second, with 17 — up from 14 last year.
Meanwhile, Kabc-tv — aka ABC7 — saw a nice surge to 14 noms, up from 7 last year and good enough to top the commercial broadcast outlets. Nominees included the late Sam Rubin, who was nominated in the entertainment news story for his coverage of the SAG-AFTRA strike on Ktla.
As usual, all...
Meanwhile, Kabc-tv — aka ABC7 — saw a nice surge to 14 noms, up from 7 last year and good enough to top the commercial broadcast outlets. Nominees included the late Sam Rubin, who was nominated in the entertainment news story for his coverage of the SAG-AFTRA strike on Ktla.
As usual, all...
- 6/5/2024
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety - TV News
“13-foot tall Black Man in Oakland.”
That’s how “I’m a Virgo” creator Boots Riley pitched his latest show to actor Jharrel Jerome. “This is the wildest title to an email I’ve seen. I don’t know what he’s talking about,” Jerome tells Variety‘s Awards Circuit Podcast. A week later, Riley was in his hotel room, with a briefcase painting a picture of how this show would look like – and he had mini figurines so Jerome could have a visual.
And yes, Jerome was concerned, he thought he’d be acting in front of a green screen all day long.
That’s how “I’m a Virgo” creator Boots Riley pitched his latest show to actor Jharrel Jerome. “This is the wildest title to an email I’ve seen. I don’t know what he’s talking about,” Jerome tells Variety‘s Awards Circuit Podcast. A week later, Riley was in his hotel room, with a briefcase painting a picture of how this show would look like – and he had mini figurines so Jerome could have a visual.
And yes, Jerome was concerned, he thought he’d be acting in front of a green screen all day long.
- 6/5/2024
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety - TV News
Did the #SaveBlueBloods campaign work? Paramount Global co-ceo Brian Robbins reportedly hinted at the possibility of a Blue Bloods spinoff during a shareholders meeting on Tuesday, June 4. As it stands, Blue Bloods Season 14 Part 2 will be the final season and will air later this year on CBS. Robbins reportedly said during a Paramount shareholders meeting on June 4 that “in TV, new franchise extensions are coming for Dexter, Billions, and Blue Bloods,” according to TVLine. Robbins reportedly added that “CBS’ hit Fire Country shows huge promise,” hinting that Fire Country‘s success could lead to a franchise extension. TV Insider reached out to CBS for comment on a possible Blue Bloods spinoff. Dexter and Billions‘ expanding franchises were already known to the public, but Blue Bloods‘ impending end has been the main headline for the show all season. Tom Selleck, Donnie Wahlberg, and more stars of the cop procedural have voiced...
- 6/5/2024
- TV Insider
“Baby Reindeer” was among the winners at the first-ever Gotham TV Awards on Tuesday evening, taking home the prize for breakthrough limited series.
“I never thought in a million years that this dark, weird, messed up show would have brought in this universal love that it’s received,” said Richard Gadd, the show’s creator and star, in his acceptance speech. He also thanked Netflix, his team and his mom and dad for “messing [him] up enough to make [him] an artist.”
Gadd went on to say, “It’s kind of weird also that a show as messed up as this has...
“I never thought in a million years that this dark, weird, messed up show would have brought in this universal love that it’s received,” said Richard Gadd, the show’s creator and star, in his acceptance speech. He also thanked Netflix, his team and his mom and dad for “messing [him] up enough to make [him] an artist.”
Gadd went on to say, “It’s kind of weird also that a show as messed up as this has...
- 6/5/2024
- by Lexi Carson
- Variety - TV News
Adriana Harmeyer raked in her fifth straight Jeopardy! win in an impressive runaway game on June 4, and she did it all without finding a single Daily Double. Harmeyer is an archivist from West Lafayette, Indiana with three-day winnings of $91,800. Playing against the returning champ was Travis Kissire, a deputy public works director from Boise, Idaho, and Christina Paul, a foreign service officer from Davie, Florida. While those two found all three of the Daily Doubles, they weren’t of much help at all to their games. Paul was the first to find a Daily Double in the match, losing $1,000 from her score when answering incorrectly on a true Daily Double bet. Kissire lost more than half of his winnings on his Daily Double loss. Paul was able to add just $1,000 to her score with the third Daily Double. Despite finding the bonus clues, neither of the players could catch up to Harmeyer’s score.
- 6/5/2024
- TV Insider
Maybe Tom Selleck was right: The Blue Bloods universe may not be finished after all.
In a presentation at Paramount’s annual stockholders meeting on Tuesday, Paramount Global co-ceo Brian Robbins hinted that a new Blue Bloods series is in the works following the CBS drama’s announced end later this year. “In TV, new franchise extensions are coming for Dexter, Billions, and Blue Bloods,” Robbins told shareholders, adding that “CBS’ hit Fire Country shows huge promise.” Now we knew that new offshoots of Dexter, Billions and Fire Country were already in development, but nothing has been officially announced about a possible Blue Bloods spinoff.
In a presentation at Paramount’s annual stockholders meeting on Tuesday, Paramount Global co-ceo Brian Robbins hinted that a new Blue Bloods series is in the works following the CBS drama’s announced end later this year. “In TV, new franchise extensions are coming for Dexter, Billions, and Blue Bloods,” Robbins told shareholders, adding that “CBS’ hit Fire Country shows huge promise.” Now we knew that new offshoots of Dexter, Billions and Fire Country were already in development, but nothing has been officially announced about a possible Blue Bloods spinoff.
- 6/4/2024
- by Dave Nemetz
- TVLine.com
Rochelle Aytes is jumping CBS shows.
The actress will exit the network’s hit procedural S.W.A.T as a series regular to star opposite Morris Chestnut in the medical drama Watson, Deadline reports. The hope is that she will recur in Season 8, according to the trade.
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TVLine has reached out to CBS for confirmation of Aytes’ exit.
In S.W.A.T.,...
The actress will exit the network’s hit procedural S.W.A.T as a series regular to star opposite Morris Chestnut in the medical drama Watson, Deadline reports. The hope is that she will recur in Season 8, according to the trade.
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TVLine has reached out to CBS for confirmation of Aytes’ exit.
In S.W.A.T.,...
- 6/4/2024
- by Keisha Hatchett
- TVLine.com
“Saturday Night Live” hair stylist Jodi Mancuso and makeup artist Louie Zakarian recently told The Ankler (via People) that the now-iconic Beavis and Butt-Head sketch with Ryan Gosling and Mikey Day was originally pitched for host Jonah Hill in 2018. The “Superbad” favorite hosted the Nov. 3, 2018 episode during Season 44 with musical guest Maggie Rogers.
“Even at that time it was late coming into the show, so there wasn’t a lot of prep time and I wasn’t fully happy with the wigs. Then I think we tried it again, and again I wasn’t happy with it,” Mancuso said.
“Even at that time it was late coming into the show, so there wasn’t a lot of prep time and I wasn’t fully happy with the wigs. Then I think we tried it again, and again I wasn’t happy with it,” Mancuso said.
- 6/4/2024
- by Zack Sharf
- Variety - TV News
Wendell Pierce revealed on X that an apartment owner recently denied his request for an apartment in Harlem, N.Y. despite his rock-solid income from various film and television roles over the last year and change. Pierce alleged that his application was rejected due to racism.
“For those of you who don’t understand my righteous anger; I’m on 2 TV series, Elsbeth and Raising Kanan. I’m filming Superman. Two years ago, I finished the fourth season of Jack Ryan,” Pierce wrote to his followers.” Last year I finished a run on Broadway in Death Of A Salesman. Even with my proof of employment,...
“For those of you who don’t understand my righteous anger; I’m on 2 TV series, Elsbeth and Raising Kanan. I’m filming Superman. Two years ago, I finished the fourth season of Jack Ryan,” Pierce wrote to his followers.” Last year I finished a run on Broadway in Death Of A Salesman. Even with my proof of employment,...
- 6/4/2024
- by Zack Sharf
- Variety - TV News
Mandisa, a singer who rose to prominence in the fifth season of American Idol and went on to become a Grammy Award-winning Christian artist, died at her home in Nashville, Tenn. on April 18. She was 47.
“We can confirm that yesterday Mandisa was found in her home deceased,” a rep for the singer told The Tennessean in a statement on April 19. “At this time we do not know the cause of death or any further details. We ask for your prayers for her family and close-knit circle of friends during this incredibly difficult time.”
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“We can confirm that yesterday Mandisa was found in her home deceased,” a rep for the singer told The Tennessean in a statement on April 19. “At this time we do not know the cause of death or any further details. We ask for your prayers for her family and close-knit circle of friends during this incredibly difficult time.”
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- 6/4/2024
- by Andy Swift
- TVLine.com
“Glee” star Chris Colfer revealed during an interview on “The View” (via Entertainment Weekly) that he was warned not to come out as gay as it would ruin his career just as the Fox musical comedy series was getting underway. Colfer played the openly gay high schooler Kurt Hummel on all six seasons of “Glee,” which ran from 2009 to 2015.
“I grew up in a very conservative town where being openly gay was dangerous,” Colfer said. “I remember when I got on ‘Glee,’ the role was written for me, and I did not know what the role was gonna be, and...
“I grew up in a very conservative town where being openly gay was dangerous,” Colfer said. “I remember when I got on ‘Glee,’ the role was written for me, and I did not know what the role was gonna be, and...
- 6/4/2024
- by Zack Sharf
- Variety - TV News
Lisa from Temecula might never have made it to New York if it weren’t for Pedro Pascal.
Ego Nwodim described the origins of her recurring SNL character—who caused much of the cast to break into laughter in her debut sketch, as she wildly shook a restaurant table in an attempt to cut her “extra, extra well-done” steak—on a new episode of Vulture’s Good One podcast.
The sketch first debuted on SNL’s February 4, 2023 episode, which was hosted by Pascal, but it almost didn’t survive dress rehearsal.
“At dress, the table wasn’t really shaking,” Nwodim recalls, adding that she was also given a T-bone steak she couldn’t cut through. “They got a note to not shake the table so much. And I was like, ‘Well, if the table’s not shaking, we don’t have a sketch.’”
Indeed, the sketch fell flat.
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Ego Nwodim described the origins of her recurring SNL character—who caused much of the cast to break into laughter in her debut sketch, as she wildly shook a restaurant table in an attempt to cut her “extra, extra well-done” steak—on a new episode of Vulture’s Good One podcast.
The sketch first debuted on SNL’s February 4, 2023 episode, which was hosted by Pascal, but it almost didn’t survive dress rehearsal.
“At dress, the table wasn’t really shaking,” Nwodim recalls, adding that she was also given a T-bone steak she couldn’t cut through. “They got a note to not shake the table so much. And I was like, ‘Well, if the table’s not shaking, we don’t have a sketch.’”
Indeed, the sketch fell flat.
Continue reading...
- 6/4/2024
- by Nick Riccardo
- LateNighter
The three execs who lead Paramount Global’s “Office of the CEO” have called off their planned town hall meeting with employees that had been scheduled for Wednesday, June 5, citing “ongoing speculation regarding potential M&a.”
The trio — CBS CEO George Cheeks, Paramount CEO Brian Robbins and Chris McCarthy, CEO of Showtime/MTV Entertainment Studios — rescheduled the event for June 25. The move comes as Shari Redstone is evaluating a merger offer from David Ellison’s Skydance Media, which the Paramount Global board’s special committee has recommended and submitted for Redstone’s review over the weekend. Redstone is Paramount non-executive chair...
The trio — CBS CEO George Cheeks, Paramount CEO Brian Robbins and Chris McCarthy, CEO of Showtime/MTV Entertainment Studios — rescheduled the event for June 25. The move comes as Shari Redstone is evaluating a merger offer from David Ellison’s Skydance Media, which the Paramount Global board’s special committee has recommended and submitted for Redstone’s review over the weekend. Redstone is Paramount non-executive chair...
- 6/4/2024
- by Todd Spangler
- Variety - TV News
On June 6, the 2024 IndieWire Honors ceremony will celebrate thirteen creators and stars responsible for some of the most stellar work of the TV season. Curated and selected by IndieWire’s editorial team, this event is a new edition of its IndieWire Honors event focused entirely on television. In the days leading up to the event, IndieWire is showcasing their work with new interviews and tributes from their peers.
Ahead, “Abbott Elementary” executive producers Justin Halpern and Patrick Schumacker tell IndieWire about the many qualities that set our Visionary Award honoree, Emmy-winning writer and actress Quinta Brunson, apart from the crowd.
“Do you guys remember that two-part episode in the ninth season of ‘Family Matters’ where Urkel goes to space?” This is a sincere question Quinta has asked us. To talk with Quinta is to talk with someone who has an encyclopedic knowledge of television comedy. She loves television in a...
Ahead, “Abbott Elementary” executive producers Justin Halpern and Patrick Schumacker tell IndieWire about the many qualities that set our Visionary Award honoree, Emmy-winning writer and actress Quinta Brunson, apart from the crowd.
“Do you guys remember that two-part episode in the ninth season of ‘Family Matters’ where Urkel goes to space?” This is a sincere question Quinta has asked us. To talk with Quinta is to talk with someone who has an encyclopedic knowledge of television comedy. She loves television in a...
- 6/4/2024
- by Justin Halpern and Patrick Schumacker
- Indiewire Television
If you’ve got Barbie on the brain lately, jump into the candy-colored dream car and buckle up: A brand-new Barbie documentary is coming to Netflix from Shondaland, and it tells a story you may not have heard before.
Directed by Lagueria Davis, Black Barbie explores the impact of three Black women at Mattel responsible for the Black Barbie debut in 1980: Beulah Mae Mitchell, Kitty Black Perkins, and Stacey McBride Irby. Through insider interviews and charismatic retellings of what went down at Mattel in the days leading up to Black Barbie’s debut, the documentary examines the importance of true representation — and how dolls aren’tjust dolls, but childhood symbols that can be crucial to identity formation and imagination.
Black Barbie isexecutive produced by Shonda Rhimes and Betsy Beers for Shondaland, Grace Lay and Sumalee Montano for LinLay Productions, Camilla Hall for Lady & Bird Films, as well as...
Directed by Lagueria Davis, Black Barbie explores the impact of three Black women at Mattel responsible for the Black Barbie debut in 1980: Beulah Mae Mitchell, Kitty Black Perkins, and Stacey McBride Irby. Through insider interviews and charismatic retellings of what went down at Mattel in the days leading up to Black Barbie’s debut, the documentary examines the importance of true representation — and how dolls aren’tjust dolls, but childhood symbols that can be crucial to identity formation and imagination.
Black Barbie isexecutive produced by Shonda Rhimes and Betsy Beers for Shondaland, Grace Lay and Sumalee Montano for LinLay Productions, Camilla Hall for Lady & Bird Films, as well as...
- 6/4/2024
- by Amanda Richards
- Tudum - Netflix
World-renowned chef David Chang has plenty of experience cooking on camera — and that’s why he knows that 99% of what you see at home is a lie. Now he’s ready to show the world how a glorious, professionally prepared meal actually gets pulled off, without the assistance of swap-outs, food stylists, clean-up crews, and well-timed camera cuts to make it all look seamless.
Dinner Time Live with David Changairs weekly every Tuesday at 4 p.m. Pst through Feb. 27, offering audiences the chance to observe a VIP cooking experience as it unfolds in real time — and all the mishaps, problem-solving, and cocktail-fueled conversations that go along with it. Below, Chang shares the recipes and ideas from the live show in his own words with Tudum — feel free to put your own spin on things as you cook. (But definitely don’t forget about dessert.)
“I feel like a...
Dinner Time Live with David Changairs weekly every Tuesday at 4 p.m. Pst through Feb. 27, offering audiences the chance to observe a VIP cooking experience as it unfolds in real time — and all the mishaps, problem-solving, and cocktail-fueled conversations that go along with it. Below, Chang shares the recipes and ideas from the live show in his own words with Tudum — feel free to put your own spin on things as you cook. (But definitely don’t forget about dessert.)
“I feel like a...
- 6/4/2024
- by Amanda Richards
- Tudum - Netflix
“Creep” is creeping back.
Duplass Brothers Productions has completed filming “The Creep Tapes,” a TV series based on the Netflix films “Creep” (2014) and “Creep 2” (2017). The project was independently produced without a distributor attached; CAA is now handling world sales.
Per the official description, “the series is based on a collection of video tapes in the secret vault of the world’s deadliest and most socially uncomfortable serial killer, who hires his victims to film him for the day under false pretenses. Each episode exposes a new victim from one of the fabled ‘Creep Tapes.’”
Mark Duplass co-wrote the original films along with Patrick Brice,...
Duplass Brothers Productions has completed filming “The Creep Tapes,” a TV series based on the Netflix films “Creep” (2014) and “Creep 2” (2017). The project was independently produced without a distributor attached; CAA is now handling world sales.
Per the official description, “the series is based on a collection of video tapes in the secret vault of the world’s deadliest and most socially uncomfortable serial killer, who hires his victims to film him for the day under false pretenses. Each episode exposes a new victim from one of the fabled ‘Creep Tapes.’”
Mark Duplass co-wrote the original films along with Patrick Brice,...
- 6/4/2024
- by Selome Hailu
- Variety - TV News
On June 6, the 2024 IndieWire Honors ceremony will celebrate 13 creators and stars responsible for some of the most stellar work of the TV season. Curated and selected by IndieWire’s editorial team, the event is a new edition of previous IndieWire Honors ceremonies, this time focused entirely on television. We’re showcasing their work with new interviews leading up to the Los Angeles celebration.
The 75th Primetime Emmys had Quinta Brunson in her feelings before she was even called to the stage to accept the award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series. “It was such a celebration of television,” the “Abbott Elementary” creator/star told IndieWire over Zoom. “I remember the beginning of the ceremony ran through a number of famous sitcoms, just things that have raised me and always inspired me to want to make a comedy myself, and make TV. And it was already emotional for me,...
The 75th Primetime Emmys had Quinta Brunson in her feelings before she was even called to the stage to accept the award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series. “It was such a celebration of television,” the “Abbott Elementary” creator/star told IndieWire over Zoom. “I remember the beginning of the ceremony ran through a number of famous sitcoms, just things that have raised me and always inspired me to want to make a comedy myself, and make TV. And it was already emotional for me,...
- 6/4/2024
- by Marcus Jones
- Indiewire Television
Almost a full century after the end of World War II, new stories about the quiet heroism of everyday individuals continue to come to light. Now Tyler Perry is tackling the war with his new film The Six Triple Eight, the story of the war’s only Women’s Army Corps unit of color. Perry writes and directs in his fifth project, starring Kerry Washington, for Netflix.
The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion contributed to the war effort in a unique way: by sorting through a three-year backlog of undelivered mail and delivering the mail to American soldiers far from home. In the face of discrimination and a vast, unfamiliar country divided by global conflict, these 855 women brought hope to the front lines. “No mail, low morale” was the motto they gave themselves, and they fulfilled the promise of delivered mail (17 million pieces of it!) and morale when the United...
The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion contributed to the war effort in a unique way: by sorting through a three-year backlog of undelivered mail and delivering the mail to American soldiers far from home. In the face of discrimination and a vast, unfamiliar country divided by global conflict, these 855 women brought hope to the front lines. “No mail, low morale” was the motto they gave themselves, and they fulfilled the promise of delivered mail (17 million pieces of it!) and morale when the United...
- 6/4/2024
- by John DiLillo
- Tudum - Netflix
Time to bust out the tweed and flat caps — Peaky Blinders is coming back. Cillian Murphy will reprise his role as Birmingham gangster Tommy Shelby in a new movie coming to Netflix, made in association with BBC film.
"It seems like Tommy Shelby wasn’t finished with me,” Murphy told Netflix. “It is very gratifying to be recollaborating with Steven Knight and Tom Harper on the film version of Peaky Blinders. This is one for the fans.”
The film, which goes into production later this year, will be an epic continuation of the multi-award-winning, six-season gangster saga. Set in Birmingham between 1919 and 1934, Peaky Blinders followed the rise (and sometimes fall) of the Shelby family as they navigated a world wracked with radical social, economic, and political change.
Harper, who directed episodes of the show’s first season in 2013, will direct the new film from a script by Peaky...
"It seems like Tommy Shelby wasn’t finished with me,” Murphy told Netflix. “It is very gratifying to be recollaborating with Steven Knight and Tom Harper on the film version of Peaky Blinders. This is one for the fans.”
The film, which goes into production later this year, will be an epic continuation of the multi-award-winning, six-season gangster saga. Set in Birmingham between 1919 and 1934, Peaky Blinders followed the rise (and sometimes fall) of the Shelby family as they navigated a world wracked with radical social, economic, and political change.
Harper, who directed episodes of the show’s first season in 2013, will direct the new film from a script by Peaky...
- 6/4/2024
- by Anne Cohen
- Tudum - Netflix
Soon it’ll be time to head back to the sewers. Welcome to Derry, a television series companion to the events of Stephen King’s It, is being developed for Max, and some key information about the Pennywise prequel show is starting to seep through. Here’s everything to know about Welcome to Derry. Who will star in Welcome to Derry? It looks like Bill Skarsgård will be given free rein to terrorize all the children of town yet again in this series, per Deadline. The actor previously portrayed Pennywise the Dancing Clown, the ubiquitous villain who emerges every 27 years to feed on scared kids, in Andy Muschietti’s adaptation films It and It: Chapter Two. The actor previously said in a YouTube interview he had an interest in potentially joining the series depending on the material. Taylour Paige, Jovan Adepo, Chris Chalk, James Remar, Stephen Rider, and Madeleine Stowe...
- 6/4/2024
- TV Insider
What is mankind without science? The thought-provoking question is one of the themes in “3 Body Problem,” an eight-episode Netflix series from “Game of Thrones” creators D.B. Weiss and David Benioff and “True Blood” scribe Alexander Woo. Adapted from author Cixin Liu’s “Remembrance of Earth’s Past” trilogy, the material follows a group of scientists who attempt to save humanity from a technologically advanced alien race known as the San-Ti. What it meant for the creative team was developing a distinct visual aesthetic capable of reaching the far ends of the galaxy, yet one delicate enough to support the emotional dilemmas each character faced.
“I remember when the guys first wrote to me about this series, and they promised, I quote, ‘A journey from China during the darkest hours of the cultural revolution all the way to the farthest fringes of the universe, both in time and space.’ And I thought,...
“I remember when the guys first wrote to me about this series, and they promised, I quote, ‘A journey from China during the darkest hours of the cultural revolution all the way to the farthest fringes of the universe, both in time and space.’ And I thought,...
- 6/4/2024
- by Daron James
- Indiewire Television
Overnights: Jon Stewart’s Daily Show Draws Largest Live-Plus-Same-Day Audience In More Than 2 Months
Jon Stewart and most of his late-night counterparts returned to the airwaves last night after a week off. Daily Show viewers were apparently quite eager to hear Stewart’s reaction to the Trump hush money trial guilty verdict, because last night’s episode attracted the show’s largest live-plus-same-day audience in more than two months.
Per Nielsen live-plus-same-day data, the June 3 Daily Show averaged 787,000 total viewers with 147,000 P18-49 viewers at 11 p.m. The 787,000 is +13% from Stewart’s most recent Daily Show episode, and represents the program’s largest live-plus-same-day audience since Monday, March 25. The June 3 episode’s 147,000 P18-49 viewer delivery, however, is -3% from its May 20 episode live-plus-same-day delivery.
It’s also worth keeping in mind that last night’s Daily Show will see a significant linear viewership bump once delayed-viewing data arrives in the coming days.
Continue reading Overnights: Jon Stewart’s <i>Daily Show</i> Draws Largest Live-Plus-Same-Day...
Per Nielsen live-plus-same-day data, the June 3 Daily Show averaged 787,000 total viewers with 147,000 P18-49 viewers at 11 p.m. The 787,000 is +13% from Stewart’s most recent Daily Show episode, and represents the program’s largest live-plus-same-day audience since Monday, March 25. The June 3 episode’s 147,000 P18-49 viewer delivery, however, is -3% from its May 20 episode live-plus-same-day delivery.
It’s also worth keeping in mind that last night’s Daily Show will see a significant linear viewership bump once delayed-viewing data arrives in the coming days.
Continue reading Overnights: Jon Stewart’s <i>Daily Show</i> Draws Largest Live-Plus-Same-Day...
- 6/4/2024
- by A.J. Katz
- LateNighter
The Dunphys and the Pritchetts need to spill the beans! After some very cryptic teases about a possible Modern Family reboot, Jesse Tyler Ferguson is responding to all the speculation. During his appearance during the June 4 episode of The Talk, Ferguson was asked about his Instagram Story post where he shared a photo from the Modern Family set, specifically Phil (Ty Burrell) and Claire’s (Julie Bowen) home. “That was on the set, and yes, we’re doing a sequel. I’m just kidding,” he said. He added, “It’s something I can’t really talk about. Isn’t that annoying? I know. I was on the set with some of my cast mates. It’s not a reboot… Is it a movie? I don’t know.” The actor, who starred as Mitchell Pritchett in the ABC sitcom, acknowledged that he “probably shouldn’t have posted it because then I...
- 6/4/2024
- TV Insider
More than a decade after the last bit of blood was spilled on the Hostel movie franchise, the story is now moving to television. The Hollywood Reporter reveals that Eli Roth, Chris Biggs, and Mike Fleiss are all returning to the land of masked torturers for another round — this time on the small screen and with Paul Giamatti in tow. Here’s a look at everything we know so far about the Hostel show. What will the Hostel TV show be about? According to THR, the project is being billed as a “modern adaptation” of the story as well as an “elevated thriller” and “reinvention” of the franchise. For the uninitiated, Hostel‘s three films centered on a group of tourists who are kidnapped, sold, and tortured by wealthy Europeans who paid handsome sums to viciously attack them in dark cave chambers. The first film hit theaters in 2005 and was...
- 6/4/2024
- TV Insider
It’s the Back to You reunion we’ve all been waiting for.
Patricia Heaton will reunite with former co-star Kelsey Grammer during Season 2 of Paramount+’s Frasier revival. According to our sister site Deadline, Heaton will play Holly, who is described as “down-to-earth, unpretentious and openly mocking of overly-intellectual types. A Boston native who tends bar at upscale restaurants and events, Holly is extraordinarily comfortable with both who and where she is in life, a quality that the always-climbing, always-reaching Frasier finds as alien as he does attractive.”
More from TVLine<em>Frasier</em> Enlists Greer Grammer to Play Roz’s...
Patricia Heaton will reunite with former co-star Kelsey Grammer during Season 2 of Paramount+’s Frasier revival. According to our sister site Deadline, Heaton will play Holly, who is described as “down-to-earth, unpretentious and openly mocking of overly-intellectual types. A Boston native who tends bar at upscale restaurants and events, Holly is extraordinarily comfortable with both who and where she is in life, a quality that the always-climbing, always-reaching Frasier finds as alien as he does attractive.”
More from TVLine<em>Frasier</em> Enlists Greer Grammer to Play Roz’s...
- 6/4/2024
- by Ryan Schwartz
- TVLine.com
Nearly two dozen bank robberies. Millions of dollars in spoils. During the 1990s, a masterfully prolific bank robber began an unprecedented crime spree throughout the city of Seattle. As law enforcement officials tried — and repeatedly failed — to apprehend the person responsible, they came up with a nickname for the elusive man behind a series of facial prosthetics and extensive makeup: Hollywood.
How to Rob a Bank,the new documentary film from directors Stephen Robert Morse and Seth Porges, features interviews with Scott Scurlock’s accomplices and friends, the journalists who covered the drama as it unfolded, and the detectives and agents who ultimately brought the rash of robberies to an end.
The man behind the enigmatic Hollywood identity was a preacher’s son who started cooking meth in college. He used the money to buy property in Olympia, Washington. Scurlock decided to pivot to bank robberies after seeing the movie...
How to Rob a Bank,the new documentary film from directors Stephen Robert Morse and Seth Porges, features interviews with Scott Scurlock’s accomplices and friends, the journalists who covered the drama as it unfolded, and the detectives and agents who ultimately brought the rash of robberies to an end.
The man behind the enigmatic Hollywood identity was a preacher’s son who started cooking meth in college. He used the money to buy property in Olympia, Washington. Scurlock decided to pivot to bank robberies after seeing the movie...
- 6/4/2024
- by Roxanne Fequiere
- Tudum - Netflix
Shōgun‘s story will continue — and the people behind it have an idea where it goes from here.
FX announced last month that it was developing more seasons of the samurai epic, and co-showrunners Justin Marks and Rachel Kondo tell our sister site Variety that they’ve already met with FX president Gina Balian and executive producer Michaela Clavell — the daughter of Shōgun book author James Clavell — and “presented the first kernels of, ‘We’re not sure we should do this, but if we did, here’s how we thought it might start.’ And we gave them that scene, and...
FX announced last month that it was developing more seasons of the samurai epic, and co-showrunners Justin Marks and Rachel Kondo tell our sister site Variety that they’ve already met with FX president Gina Balian and executive producer Michaela Clavell — the daughter of Shōgun book author James Clavell — and “presented the first kernels of, ‘We’re not sure we should do this, but if we did, here’s how we thought it might start.’ And we gave them that scene, and...
- 6/4/2024
- by Dave Nemetz
- TVLine.com
Linda Fairstein, the controversial former prosecutor involved in the Central Park Five case, has settled her defamation lawsuit against Netflix and Ava DuVernay over the 2019 docuseries “When They See Us.”
Fairstein sued in 2020, alleging that she was falsely portrayed as a racist villain who orchestrated the convictions of five innocent young men. The case was set to go to trial next week in federal court in Manhattan.
In the settlement, Netflix agreed to donate $1 million to the Innocence Project. Fairstein will not receive money.
Netflix also agreed to add this disclaimer to the front of the show: “While the motion...
Fairstein sued in 2020, alleging that she was falsely portrayed as a racist villain who orchestrated the convictions of five innocent young men. The case was set to go to trial next week in federal court in Manhattan.
In the settlement, Netflix agreed to donate $1 million to the Innocence Project. Fairstein will not receive money.
Netflix also agreed to add this disclaimer to the front of the show: “While the motion...
- 6/4/2024
- by Gene Maddaus
- Variety - TV News
Seven years after the release of “Creep 2,” Mark Duplass is ready to return to his dryly comedic found footage horror franchise.
The multi-hyphenate has announced that he completed production on “The Creep Tapes,” an episodic series that promises to introduce horror fans to a new collection of victims from the vault of Duplass’ nameless killer. The series, co-created by Duplass and “Creep” director Patrick Brice (who also directed every episode), is currently being shopped to buyers.
The first “Creep” film released in 2014 at the tail end of the found footage horror renaissance launched by “Paranormal Activity” in 2007. It starred Duplass as a killer who hired a filmmaker to document his actions for a day as a ploy to lure him into a dark trap. 2017’s “Creep 2” used a similar formula, with Duplass’ character taking a different name and working with a different filmmaker. The series will take fans...
The multi-hyphenate has announced that he completed production on “The Creep Tapes,” an episodic series that promises to introduce horror fans to a new collection of victims from the vault of Duplass’ nameless killer. The series, co-created by Duplass and “Creep” director Patrick Brice (who also directed every episode), is currently being shopped to buyers.
The first “Creep” film released in 2014 at the tail end of the found footage horror renaissance launched by “Paranormal Activity” in 2007. It starred Duplass as a killer who hired a filmmaker to document his actions for a day as a ploy to lure him into a dark trap. 2017’s “Creep 2” used a similar formula, with Duplass’ character taking a different name and working with a different filmmaker. The series will take fans...
- 6/4/2024
- by Christian Zilko
- Indiewire Television
Tommy Shelby, Netflix's most unflinching man with a plan, will be back to shake things up in England. Deadline reports that, after much whispering and speculation, the streaming giant has officially greenlit a Peaky Blinders movie to cap off Steven Knight's thrilling historical crime drama.
What's that? You're pretty sure you'd already heard that this movie, which will see newly minted Oscar winner Cillian Murphy reprise his role as Tommy, was going into production? Well, sure, but that's hardly a guarantee anymore, now that the streaming business involves shelving completed movies for tax writeoffs. There's no way Netflix will back out now [insert nervous laughter].
What's that? You're pretty sure you'd already heard that this movie, which will see newly minted Oscar winner Cillian Murphy reprise his role as Tommy, was going into production? Well, sure, but that's hardly a guarantee anymore, now that the streaming business involves shelving completed movies for tax writeoffs. There's no way Netflix will back out now [insert nervous laughter].
- 6/4/2024
- by Danette Chavez
- Primetimer
It has now been over a year since 9-1-1: Lone Star Season 4 ended, and fans have been waiting (im)patiently to see what’s next for the first responders. The series, a spinoff of 9-1-1, follows the firefighters, paramedics, and dispatchers in Austin, Texas, both on and off the job, facing major emergencies around the city and in their personal lives. But will there be a Season 5? What do we know so far about it? Read on and keep checking back for updates. Where Did Season 4 Leave Off? The Season 4 finale, in May 2023, ended on both happy and tragic notes. T.K. (Ronen Rubinstein) and Carlos (Rafael Silva) got married. But Carlos’ father was murdered, and the person responsible is still out there. Owen (Rob Lowe) stayed by his brother Robert’s (Chad Lowe) side when, with his Huntington’s symptoms worsening, he chose to die via...
- 6/4/2024
- TV Insider
Thomas Shelby is back.
Oscar winner Cillian Murphy will return as the fearsome gangster in a “Peaky Blinders” film at Netflix, directed by Tom Harper, who directed episodes of the first season in 2013.
“It seems like Tommy Shelby wasn’t finished with me…It is very gratifying to be recollaborating with Steven Knight and Tom Harper on the film version of ‘Peaky Blinders.’ This is one for the fans,” Murphy said.
“When I first directed ‘Peaky Blinders’ over 10 years ago, we didn’t know what the series would become, but we did know that there was something in the alchemy...
Oscar winner Cillian Murphy will return as the fearsome gangster in a “Peaky Blinders” film at Netflix, directed by Tom Harper, who directed episodes of the first season in 2013.
“It seems like Tommy Shelby wasn’t finished with me…It is very gratifying to be recollaborating with Steven Knight and Tom Harper on the film version of ‘Peaky Blinders.’ This is one for the fans,” Murphy said.
“When I first directed ‘Peaky Blinders’ over 10 years ago, we didn’t know what the series would become, but we did know that there was something in the alchemy...
- 6/4/2024
- by Katcy Stephan
- Variety - TV News
Break out the shotski: Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen is having a birthday party.
The late-night series is officially turning 15 years old in July, and Bravo is planning to celebrate with a primetime special honoring all things Andy. The anniversary episode will air on Sunday, June 30 at 9 p.m. Et/Pt and is set to feature a full guest list of Bravolebrities and the A-list names who love them.
“Fifteen is my new lucky number,” said Cohen in a press release. “I can’t wait to celebrate the Wwhl legacy.”
The executive-turned-host went on to thank the network “for always having faith in our little late-night show that could—allowing me to ‘go there,’ play ridiculous games, host incredible guests, and generate endless watercooler talk.
Continue reading Bravo Sets <i>Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen</i> 15th Anniversary Special at LateNighter.
The late-night series is officially turning 15 years old in July, and Bravo is planning to celebrate with a primetime special honoring all things Andy. The anniversary episode will air on Sunday, June 30 at 9 p.m. Et/Pt and is set to feature a full guest list of Bravolebrities and the A-list names who love them.
“Fifteen is my new lucky number,” said Cohen in a press release. “I can’t wait to celebrate the Wwhl legacy.”
The executive-turned-host went on to thank the network “for always having faith in our little late-night show that could—allowing me to ‘go there,’ play ridiculous games, host incredible guests, and generate endless watercooler talk.
Continue reading Bravo Sets <i>Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen</i> 15th Anniversary Special at LateNighter.
- 6/4/2024
- by Jennifer M. Wood
- LateNighter
The best Star Wars projects in recent years are the ones that stray from the original story.
From “Rogue One” to “The Last Jedi” to the animated “Visions” and last year’s “Andor,” the franchise finds its footing by taking risks and focusing on original stories that just happen to be set in a galaxy far, far away. With the middling quality of so many other Star Wars offshoots since Disney+ launched in 2019, Leslye Headland’s “The Acolyte” finds company, mercifully, in the former category, with an intriguing crime thriller set further back than any other live-action entry.
“The Acolyte” takes place even longer ago in the galaxy’s history, during the High Republic Era that preceded even young Anakin Skywalker in “The Phantom Menace.” It’s a time of peace, as the opening text says, but like all peaceful pockets in Star Wars, that gets interrupted. A violent crime...
From “Rogue One” to “The Last Jedi” to the animated “Visions” and last year’s “Andor,” the franchise finds its footing by taking risks and focusing on original stories that just happen to be set in a galaxy far, far away. With the middling quality of so many other Star Wars offshoots since Disney+ launched in 2019, Leslye Headland’s “The Acolyte” finds company, mercifully, in the former category, with an intriguing crime thriller set further back than any other live-action entry.
“The Acolyte” takes place even longer ago in the galaxy’s history, during the High Republic Era that preceded even young Anakin Skywalker in “The Phantom Menace.” It’s a time of peace, as the opening text says, but like all peaceful pockets in Star Wars, that gets interrupted. A violent crime...
- 6/4/2024
- by Proma Khosla
- Indiewire Television
Drew Basile is returning to reality competition television, this time testing his wits on the game show Jeopardy!. The episode in which he appears is set to air Wednesday, June 19. The Survivor 45 contestant made the announcement in an Instagram post on Tuesday, June 4. Basile most recently competed as one of 18 contestants on CBS’ Survivor Season 45, placing sixth overall. A college graduate from the University of Pennsylvania where he studied English and Philosophy, the 23-year-old was (perhaps fittingly) named the season’s “know-it-all.” Praised as a strong strategist, he often had a handle on the majority vote, until he was voted out after a shocking switch by one of his fellow contestants. Basile even identified himself as a “nerd” throughout the season. Basile, believed to be the first to appear on both competition shows, is currently pursuing his masters in English Literature at the University of Oxford in England. In January this year,...
- 6/4/2024
- TV Insider
Animation company GKids has acquired theatrical, video and digital transactional rights to anime series “Dan Da Dan.”
With production from the acclaimed animation studio Science Saru, the series is the directorial debut of studio veteran Fuga Yamashiro. Composer kensuke ushio additionally joins the production for the score. The series is a television adaptation of author Yukinobu Tatsu’s manga of the same name. Tatsu previously worked as an assistant to Tatsuki Fujimoto on his global hit series “Chainsaw Man” and “Fire Punch,” and Yuji Kaku on “Hell’s Paradise: Jigokuraku.”
“Dan Da Dan” follows the story of a high school girl...
With production from the acclaimed animation studio Science Saru, the series is the directorial debut of studio veteran Fuga Yamashiro. Composer kensuke ushio additionally joins the production for the score. The series is a television adaptation of author Yukinobu Tatsu’s manga of the same name. Tatsu previously worked as an assistant to Tatsuki Fujimoto on his global hit series “Chainsaw Man” and “Fire Punch,” and Yuji Kaku on “Hell’s Paradise: Jigokuraku.”
“Dan Da Dan” follows the story of a high school girl...
- 6/4/2024
- by Selena Kuznikov
- Variety - TV News
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