“Saturday Night Live” alum Melanie Hutsell has expressed remorse over wearing a prosthetic nose for a 1994 sketch about the hit sitcom “Blossom,” starring Mayim Bialik in the title role. “When we were preparing to do that sketch all those years ago, I was absolutely horrified that they wanted me to wear a prosthetic nose
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Along with the expansion of streaming, among the unintended consequences of COVID and the SAG-AFTRA actors strike has been global consumers’ growing consumption of non-English-language films and TV shows. That in turn has elevated familiarity with and acceptance of Asian local shows and Asian performers – not just those riding the Korean wave. Japan’s Meguro
Pedro Pascal returned to “SNL,” Saturday night, making a surprise cameo during host Bad Bunny‘s opening monologue. The actor, who hosted an episode last season, served as a translator of sorts, while Bad Bunny boasted of all the things he enjoyed doing in Spanish. More to come….
Live from somewhere near New York, it’s yet another recap of an original broadcast of “Saturday Night Live.” The venerable late-night NBC series, now just two episodes into its 49th season, kicked off the show with a satirical look at the Republican Party. “SNL” skewered Rep. Jim Jordan’s efforts to win the battle for U.S.Speaker
Live from somewhere near New York, it’s yet another recap of an original broadcast of “Saturday Night Live.” The venerable late-night NBC series, now just two episodes into its 49th season, kicked off the show with a satirical look at the Republican Party. “SNL” skewered Rep. Jim Jordan’s efforts to win the battle for U.S.
Mira Sorvino wasn’t about to start conjuring up any spirits on the set of “Shining Vale.” When she learned she’d be playing three characters — Rosemary Wellington, Ruth Levin and Nellie Burke — in the second season of the Starz comedy, the actor immediately asked showrunner Jeff Astrof for details so she could start prepping.
Move over Jimmy Kimmel, it’s Gronk’s bowl game now. Rob Gronkowski is taking over hosting duties for the L.A. Bowl, SoFi Stadium’s owned and operated college bowl game, from late night host Kimmel. The former NFL star has entered into a multi-year agreement to rename the annual bowl game “L.A. Bowl Hosted by Gronk,” the
With viewing taking place across 10 networks, President Biden‘s Thursday night address from the oval office has reached a total audience of 20.326 million total viewers, according to Live+Same Day figures from Nielsen. Coverage of the 15-minute speech lasted from approximately 8 pm to 8:22 pm ET, varying by network with nearly 65% of the
SPOILER ALERT: This story discusses a few plot developments in Season 2, Episode 3 of “Loki,” currently streaming on Disney+. While working as the production designer on Season 1 of Marvel Studios‘ “Loki” — in which Tom Hiddleston’s god of mischief became embroiled with a vast bureaucratic organization know as the Time Variance Authority — Kasra
New “Yellowstone” fans who’ve recently caught the first season of the Western drama will soon be able to catch Season 2. CBS announced Friday that the network will continue on with Season 2 beginning on Oct. 29 following the telecast of the Season 1 finale, which will air on Oct. 22. The series, which airs
SPOILER ALERT: This article contains spoilers for Episode 6 of “Gen V,” titled “Jumanji” now streaming on Amazon’s Prime Video. This week’s “Gen V” came with a pleasant surprise for fans — and we’re not even talking about Thursday’s Season 2 renewal news that hit just before the episode arrived. The installment featured the much-teased cameo
NBC has given out a series order to the medical drama “Dr. Wolf,” Variety has learned. The show was originally ordered to pilot at NBC back in January. It is inspired by the books “The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat” and “An Anthropologist on Mars” by Oliver Sacks. Zachary Quinto will lead
Mike Krzyzewski, better known as Duke’s iconic Coach K, had no idea his 2000 book, “Leading With the Heart,” would play a key role in FX’s hit restaurant dramedy “The Bear.” In fact, he had never heard of the show. “I got texts from people saying, ‘Your book is on “The Bear.”‘ I said, ‘What
SPOILER ALERT: This interview contains spoilers from the Season 2 finale of “The Challenge: USA,” now streaming on Paramount+. “The Challenge: USA” was even harder than it looked, in part because one of the competitions was cut from the final edit. When asked about the toughest part of the final — a multi-day race with numerous legs
In a real-time reminder of the dangers of covering international conflict, CNN anchor Sara Sidner was reporting live from the West Bank city of Ramallah when a man accosted her on-air to voice criticism of the network’s coverage of the Israel-Hamas War. “You are genocide supporters. You are not welcome here, genocide supporters,” said a
Haydn Gwynne, a stage and screen actor who starred in royal comedy “The Windsors” and also appeared in “The Crown,” died on Friday of cancer, the BBC reports. She was 66. “It is with great sadness we are sharing with you that, following her recent diagnosis with cancer, the star of stage and screen Haydn
“Delicious Miss Brown” host Kardea Brown has signed a new exclusive deal at Food Network. Born and raised on the Sea Islands of Charleston, S.C., Brown grew up in a big family “with a love for food, especially the cherished recipes they passed down from generation to generation,” per Food Network. Currently in its ninth
Netflix has picked up rights to Japanese financial drama series “Trillion Game” from leading local broadcaster Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS) and will begin airing it from Saturday. The show involves two young men – one a computer programming ace, the other a self-centered but charismatic entrepreneurial type – who have their early career moves thwarted
Beta Film has announced a half-dozen sales to European public broadcasters on high-end period drama “La Storia,” which is Italian pubcaster RAI’s biggest event show of the year and is world premiering at the Rome Film Fest. The sweeping eight-episode saga, set in Italy during the final years of World War II and its immediate
BBC Arts has unveiled two new shows exploring the rich legacy of author Arthur Conan Doyle and his most famous creation, Sherlock Holmes. Doyle came to hate Holmes and killed him off in print only to be forced to revive him upon public demand. In documentary series “Killing Sherlock: Lucy Worsley on the Case of
Amazon Prime Video and German broadcaster ARD have acquired the distribution rights to “The Morning After,” an eight-part dramedy series starring rising British actress Amara Okereke (“In the Lost Lands,” “Red Rose”), with principal photography now underway in Cape Town. Created by Thierry Cassuto and Karen Jeynes (“Recipes for Love and Murder,” “Puppet Nation”) and
SPOILER ALERT: This interview contains spoilers for Season 2, Episode 7 of “Our Flag Means Death,” now streaming on Max. For the second season of “Our Flag Means Death,” Max’s comedy series starring Taika Waititi and Rhys Darby, the producers’ goal was to raise both the emotional stakes and the scale of its world building
There’s been another showrunner shakeup in the “Law & Order” universe. John Shiban has been named new showrunner of “Law & Order: Organized Crime” ahead of the show’s Season 4 premiere marking the seventh showrunner to steer the series. The series is set to air in midseason. As Variety previously reported, Season 3 of “Law
“Black Mirror” creator Charlie Brooker revealed in June that he experimented with having the artificial intelligence chatbot known as ChatGPT write an episode of his beloved anthology series. The final results were “shit,” he said at the time. During a recent panel at Sydney’s International Convention Centre SXSW event (via The Guardian), Brooker opened up
The weekly talk series “The Problem With Jon Stewart” is not getting a third season at Apple TV+, Variety has confirmed. The show originally debuted in 2021 as part of a multi-year first-look deal Stewart signed with the streaming arm of the tech giant. Season 1 of the show aired episodes every two weeks, while
The BBC has admitted it made a mistake over its reporting of a rocket attack on a Gaza hospital. BBC correspondent Jon Donnison was reporting live on air about claims that a hospital in the region, which borders both Egypt and Israel, had been struck by a bomb or missile. Donnision, who has worked for
When producer Judy Craymer persuaded ABBA to allow her to make a musical out of their back catalogue, she never imagined the show would still be running twenty-five years later – not to mention spawn two hit movies starring Meryl Streep. To celebrate the stage production’s quarter century anniversary, Craymer is now bringing “Mamma Mia”
Disney has named Tinisha Agramonte its new chief diversity officer and senior vice president, effective immediately. Agramonte replaces Disney‘s former head of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) ops Latondra Newton, who stepped down from the role in June. She will report directly to Sonia Coleman, Disney’s senior executive vice president and chief human resources officer.
Thursday night programming will look a bit different tonight as ABC, NBC, CBS, and Fox are all delaying their primetime schedules by 20 minutes to accommodate President Biden’s televised address to the nation explaining the U.S.’s response to the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the Russian war against Ukraine. Thursday night telecasts of “The Golden Bachelor”
“The Boys” spinoff series Gen V” has been renewed for Season 2 at Amazon Prime Video. The news comes ahead of the Season 1 finale, which is due out Nov. 3. The series began airing its eight-episode first season in September. “Expanding the universe of ‘The Boys’ with a series as bold as ‘Gen V’