Television

October 6, 2018 2:45PM PT The fourth season of “Outlander” is getting an Americana theme. Jamie (Sam Heughan) and Claire (Caitriona Balfe) will find a new home in the United States when the Starz time-travel romance returns Nov. 4. And the opening title sequence, unveiled at New York Comic-Con Saturday, offers glimpses of what that

Leslie Jones impersonated Harris Faulkner on last weekend’s season premiere of “Saturday Night Live,” and she has the stamp of approval from the Fox News anchor herself. Faulkner, who is one of 50 honorees to make Variety‘s New Power of New York list in this week’s issue, told Variety that she’d like for “SNL’s” Jones to play her in a movie,

An angel and a demon work together to save the world, what could possibly go wrong? That is the question posed by the “Good Omens” trailer that Amazon released at New York Comic-Con on Saturday. “We need to talk…about armageddon,” David Tennant’s Crowley says. “It won’t be the war to end all wars, it will

Little is known about Netflix’s “The Dark Crystal: The Age Of Resistance,” a 10-episode prequel to the beloved 1982 fantasy film created by Jim Henson. No release date has been set on the project, which wrapped filming just last week. Director Louis Leterrier and creative executive producer Lisa Henson, daughter of the late Jim Henson, appeared

The Force is strong with Athena Portillo, who is an executive producer on the latest animated edition of the “Star Wars” saga, “Star Wars Resistance,” which premieres on the Disney Channel and the DisneyNOW app on Sunday, Oct. 7, from 10 to 11 p.m. EDT/PDT. She’s also a “Star Wars” superfan who was pulled into

In today’s TV News Roundup, Syfy announces the premiere date for George R.R. Martin’s “Nightflyers,” and CBS All Access drops a “Tell Me A Story” trailer at New York Comic-Con. DATES Syfy has announced all 10 episodes of George R.R. Martin‘s “Nightflyers” will stream Dec. 2 across all of its digital platforms. The show is set

October 5, 2018 3:00PM PT ABC has given a pilot production commitment to a one-hour dramedy that is co-created by Tig Notaro, Variety has learned. Notaro and Cara DiPaolo are writers and executive producers on the project, which is currently titled “Thicker Than Water.” In the series,  a single mother returns to her Tennessee hometown for

Billy Gardell could be back in a leading role of his own CBS series before you know it. Variety has learned that Gardell is attached to star in a comedy series that has received a pilot production commitment at the broadcaster. The project is titled “Bob Hearts Abishola.” Gardell would play a man who has

October 5, 2018 2:00PM PT Sony Pictures Television has promoted veteran exec Elyse Seder to senior vice president, reality and syndication programming. In her new role, Seder will oversee U.S .development of unscripted projects on all platforms for SPT. She will continue to report to Holly Jacobs, executive vice president, reality and syndication programming and

Michael “The Situation” Sorrentino was sentenced to eight months in federal prison Friday for cheating on his taxes. Sorrentino and his brother Marc both pleaded guilty in January in federal court in New Jersey. Marc Sorrentino was also sentenced Friday to two years in prison for his role in the scheme. According to a federal

This “New Girl” is getting a new deal. “New Girl” star Hannah Simone, who portrayed Cece on the Fox sitcom, was a series regular until the show ended its seven season run in May. But when collectibles brand, Funko Pop, released its “New Girl” collection earlier this year, Simone’s character was nowhere to be found. The

October 5, 2018 12:51PM PT “American Gods” is still eyeing a 2019 second season premiere, despite multiple behind-the-scenes changes to its writers’ room. But Neil Gaiman, who wrote the books on which the Starz drama is based and serves as executive producer on the show, expressed confidence that nothing different behind-the-scenes would affect what the

October 5, 2018 12:40PM PT NBC claimed an early victory in the 2018-2019 broadcast TV season, with the network’s new shows “Manifest” and “New Amsterdam” topping all other new shows for premiere week. For the week of Sept. 24-Sept. 30, “Manifest” saw the biggest lifts in Live+3 in both adults 18-49 and total viewers. The

We truly hadn’t seen the last of Emma Roberts’ “American Horror Story” character Madison Montgomery, even after “Coven” ended. Roberts made her return to the FX anthology series in episode 3 of the current “AHS” story “Apocalypse” as the witches hit the bunker — and faced Cody Fern’s uber-powerful Michael Langdon. The subsequent episode revealed

October 5, 2018 11:53AM PT Naomi Watts has been cast as Gretchen Carlson in the upcoming Showtime limited series about former Fox News head Roger Ailes. Watts joins previously announced cast member Russell Crowe, who will play Ailes. Carlson rose to prominence over a decade ago at Fox News, first as a co-anchor at “Fox and

October 5, 2018 11:00AM PT Fox is developing a music comedy series that hails from the Jackal Group, Variety has learned. The project is titled “An American Band.” The single-camera comedy is about the harmonic and discordant adventures of The Wyldes, a diverse and dysfunctional Northern California family that can’t get a single thing right with each

A trio of new dramas and two returning originals are in HBO Europe’s fall-winter lineup as it continues to increase its original programming efforts outside the U.S. When the European arm of HBO officially unveils its new fall-winter plans later Friday, it is expected to announce a Dec. 26 launch for “Success,” the highly anticipated

Spider-Man has been featured on the silver screen six times in the last sixteen years. That doesn’t include the web-crawlers appearance in “Captain America: Civil War,” “Avengers: Infinity War,” or any of his recent animated depictions. It’s safe to say this New Yorker has a deep connection with visual storytelling that has given creators a

One year after launching a production venture in Turkey, L.A.-based production company Karga Seven Pictures has announced the appointment of prominent Turkish media exec Omer Ozguner as CEO of their Istanbul-based outfit. Concurrently Karga have also forged a partnership with prominent local directorial duo The Taylan brothers, known for megahit dramas “Magnificent Century” and “Wounded Love.”

October 4, 2018 4:53PM PT Disney has revealed the first look and directors for its “Star Wars” streaming TV series “The Mandalorian.” Dave Filoni, who has worked on “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” and “Star Wars Rebels,” will direct the first episode of the series. “Thor: Ragnarok” director Taika Waititi, Bryce Dallas Howard, “Dope’s” Rick

SPOILER ALERT: This post contains a spoiler for the end of “13 Reasons Why” Season 2.  The team behind Netflix’s “13 Reasons Why” can’t help but notice the “eerie” parallels there seem to be between its series and the recent Senate testimonies of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford. Kristel Laiblin, an executive

October 4, 2018 4:04PM PT First LadyMelania Trump will give an exclusive sit-down interview to Tom Llamas, the weekend anchor of ABC News’ “World News Tonight” and the news unit’ chief national affairs correspondent. Llamas traveled with Mrs. Trump to Africa, where she is taking  her first solo foreign trip ever as First Lady. The interview will be

When first images of DreamWorks Animation’s She-Ra reboot were released back in July, a few (vocal) fans were upset. Complaining about the new style and look, their online upset generated a bit of attention. But the modern day creators have had it with the sexist commentary from the Internet. And they’re not backing down. “Boyish

In today’s roundup, Netflix releases a new trailer for Hasan Minhaj’s upcoming weekly comedy show, while BBC America comes out with a first look video for its ‘Dynasties’ series. FIRST LOOKS Netflix has released a new trailer for the upcoming weekly comedy show, “Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj.” It premieres on Sunday, Oct. 28, and will run

Visual artist Hebru Brantley has signed a blind script deal with Sony Pictures Television, through his production company, Angry Hero Entertainment. Brantley’s paintings, photography, video, and sculpture have exhibited worldwide such as London, New York, Tokyo, Hong Kong, as well as Art Basel Switzerland and Art Basel Miami. Collectors of his work include LeBron James, Jay-Z,

UFC already had high hopes for the return of star Conor McGregor at the Oct. 6 lightweight title matchup against Russian champion Khabib Nurmagomedov. Now the mixed-martial arts promoter is projecting upwards of 3 million pay-per-view buys for the event — which would be the most in its history. At the 3 million mark, this

October 4, 2018 1:00PM PT Showrunner and writer Eric Newman has signed a multi-year series overall deal with Netflix. The series deal is in addition to Newman’s previously announced Netflix feature film overall agreement through Screen Arcade. Newman served as a producer on the Netflix original feature film “Bright” and as an executive producer on

October 4, 2018 12:55PM PT The DC Universe just got a whole lot more Lobo. The red-eyed, bounty hunter will be joining season two of “Krypton,” Syfy announced Thursday. Set 200 years before Superman’s home planet Krypton was destroyed, the latest installment of the Superman origin series will soon introduce the both ruthless Lobo, to

October 4, 2018 12:30PM PT Meg Ryan is attached to produce–and potentially star–in a single-camera comedy series currently in the works at NBC. The project is titled “The Obsolescents” and takes place in a New Jersey suburb where the facade of peace and civility is disrupted by the shocking death of a long-time Township Council member.

October 4, 2018 12:00PM PT HBO is teaming with Jason Kim and Greta Lee to develop a comedy series about Los Angeles’ Koreatown neighborhood. Kim and Lee will write and executive produce “KTown,” billed as a a dark comedy about LA’s most eccentric zip code and the kingpin family at the center of it. Lee