Television

Amazon-owned Prime Video has launched “The Killing Vote,” a hardboiled crime drama series from Korea. The 12-part show uses the premise that a text message is sent to ordinary citizens who get to vote for or against the application of the death penalty in individual criminal cases. If more than 50% vote in favor, the

SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers from “There Goes The Neighborhood,” the ninth episode of Season 2 of “And Just Like That,” now streaming on Max. Like most devout “Sex and the City” fans, I’ve tuned in to “And Just Like That” for every episode since it first debuted in 2021 — despite Samantha Jones’

Bethany Joy Lenz is ready to tell her story. The actor, best known for her main role on “One Tree Hill,” is in the process of writing a book about her experience in a cult. “Why I wanted to talk about it is because I think it can be really healing for a lot of

“Bluey,” the Australian animated preschool series that streams on Disney+, appears on Nielsen’s streaming rankings most weeks. But during the July 10-16 viewing window, the series had its best showing yet, becoming the second most-streamed title of the week. “Bluey” not only crossed one billion minutes watched for the first time, it clocked 1.4 billion

“The Fall of the House of Usher,” Mike Flanagan’s upcoming Netflix series based on the works of Edgar Allan Poe, will premiere on Oct. 12. The eight-episode limited series follows ruthless siblings Roderick (Bruce Greenwood) and Madeline Usher (Mary McDonnell), who have built Fortunato Pharmaceuticals into an empire of wealth, privilege and power. But past

Johnny Hardwick, the voice actor, comedian and producer best known for playing Dale Gribble on the long-running Fox animated comedy “King of the Hill,” has died. Hardwick also had roles as a writer and a story editor during his run on the show, which consisted of well over 200 episodes. As a producer on “King

Bleacher Report has a new type of game to analyze. Surf on over to the sports-commentary site that has been part of the Warner Bros. Discovery stable since 2012, and you’ll see the usual stuff: a ranking of the best superstar duos in the NBA; speculation over whether the Atlanta Hawks will trade for the

After years in development, ABC’s senior citizen spinoff of “The Bachelor” is finally underway — and Variety has the first interview with the leading man himself since production has begun. Still weeks away from “The Golden Bachelor” premiere this fall, Gerry Turner, a 71-year-old grandpa from Indiana, is currently filming his season at “The Bachelor”

While Fentanyl now dominates headlines as the drug wreaking havoc on our society, back in the late 1990s and early 2000s, it was OxyContin that led conversations about the impact of overprescribed opioids. Formulated, produced, marketed and sold by the family-run organization Purdue Pharma, Oxy quickly grew in popularity because it was marketed as a

Warner Bros. Discovery is getting into the spooky spirit early, setting the Halloween-themed programming slate for its cable networks, which includes the linear debut of Matt Reeves’ “The Batman,” as well as new and returning specials and film marathons across Food Network, Discovery Channel, TNT, TBS, TCM, Travel Channel and Cartoon Network/Adult Swim. The leader

Rob Lowe said on a recent episode of the “Podcrushed” podcast (via Entertainment Weekly) that exiting “The West Thing” after four seasons was “the best thing” he ever did since his run on the show was “super unhealthy.” Lowe starred as White House communications director Sam Seaborn in Aaron Sorkin’s acclaimed NBC drama. He was

SPOILER ALERT: This story discusses major plot developments for the Season 2 finale of “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds,” currently streaming on Paramount+. The second season of “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” took a large number of big swings: Spock (Ethan Peck) becoming human for a time; an alternate universe James T. Kirk (Paul Wesley)

“Call My Agent” U.K. — launched locally as “Ten Percent” — will not return for a second season, Variety can confirm. The re-make of the hit French comedy, which starred Jack Davenport, Lydia Leonard, Prasanna Puwanarajah and Maggie Steed, launched on Amazon Prime Video in April 2022 to high hopes. The original series, titled “Dix

A new heavyweight is about to make a splash in the unscripted ring. Canadian production-distribution powerhouse Blue Ant Media, the producers of “Canada’s Drag Race,” has acquired “Blown Away” outfit MarbleMedia — a deal that merges two of Canada’s most global-facing industry players. The acquisition sees Toronto-headquartered Blue Ant Media merge its production and distribution

The keenly awaited Season 2 of Max’s “Tokyo Vice” completed principal photography just before the Hollywood strikes and is now in post-production, producer Alex Boden tells Variety. Auteur Terrence Malick’s biblical drama “The Way of the Wind” is being edited. Season 1 of “Tokyo Vice,” which followed a Western journalist working for a publication in

The Emmys officially have a new date: Fox and the Television Academy were set to announce this morning that the 75th Emmy Awards will shift to Monday, January 15, 2024, at 8 p.m. ET/ 5 p.m. PT. That puts the ceremony on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, and also means it will be finally air

Netflix is further expanding its slate of unscripted TV content from Japan, its most lucrative market in East Asia. The new shows cover the reality, variety and dating genres. “We’re excited to move into a new phase of our content strategy, ramping up our investments in unscripted and bringing new concepts to the screen. We

Andrew Georgiou upped to head of Warner Bros. Discovery’s media business in the U.K. and Ireland. He replaces former general manager Antonio Ruiz, who recently left after just over a year in the post to return to Spain. Georgiou will also continue as president and MD of WBD Sports Europe, which operates Eurosport and TNT

The proposed merger between Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited and Sony’s TV operations in India has finally been given a green light – nearly two years after the deal was first announced. The merged entity’s estimated value is some $10 billion. The regulatory green light came in the form of an oral order made Thursday by

Streamer Disney+ will launch its ad-supported subscription plan across several European countries in November. The ad-tier was launched in the U.S. in December 2022. From Nov. 1, the new standard with ads, in addition to standard and premium subscription plans, will be available in the U.K., France, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, Norway, Sweden and Denmark.

A+E Networks has tapped Elaine Frontain Bryant and Eli Lehrer to take on expanded roles for the network as former Lifetime EVP and head of programming, Amy Winter, announced her exit on Wednesday. Winter revealed in a memo to staff that she’s “decided to embark on a new path” that will combine “my passion for

In what may be one of the most powerful and stirring episodes of the entire run of FX’s “Reservation Dogs,” the series this week took on the horror of assimilation “Indian boarding schools” — and attempt by the government in the 19th and 20th centuries to erase Native culture from the country. It’s another dark

For years, Keltie Knight has been interviewing Hollywood’s biggest stars. A longtime entertainment correspondent, the on-air personality has rubbed shoulders with A-listers on red carpets, at premieres and award shows. Now, she’s recruiting those stars to appear on her own show, “Superfan,” which premieres Wednesday night on CBS. “Superfan” is a musical game show where

Television shows just can’t stop getting shorter these days. Where 20-plus episode runs used to be the standard, now many series have eight, six or even four-episode seasons, sometimes with only a single season to a show’s name. However, there are some programs that have endured the test of time, having lasted on air for

SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers for the fourth and final season of “High School Musical: The Musical: The Series,” now streaming on Disney+. The Wildcats of “High School Musical: The Musical: The Series” have taken their final bow. The Disney+ extension of the popular movie musical trilogy concluded this week with an eight-episode fourth

Mitchell Travers likened being a costume designer on the set of “George & Tammy” to being “a host at a party.” “I get to work with everybody,” Travers said. “I get to work with production designers, hair and makeup, sound and I feel I get to make introductions between these departments. It would be impossible

This season, television was pushed to its limits and into spaces that teetered genres and kept audiences guessing. From an improv show about a fake court trial to mockumentaries about public schools and vampires, a sci-fi drama about nuns, the 2023 Emmy nominations were a grab bag full of interesting television, and artisans helped take

“A lot of what we do as directors is just putting out fires,” said “Ted Lasso” director Declan Lowney. Whether those are unavoidable or self-made fires, the directors at Variety’s Creative Collaborations: Directors on Directors panel all agreed that their shows and films faced serious challenges — but that didn’t stop their projects from earning

Disney CEO Bob Iger addressed the ongoing writers and actors strikes during the Mouse House’s quarterly earnings call Wednesday, just as the WGA’s work stoppage hit the 100-day mark. “Nothing is more important to this company than its relationships with the creative community. That includes actors, writers, animators, directors and producers,” Iger said. “I have

HGTV’s “Good Bones” will come to a close after Season 8, star Mina Starsiak Hawk revealed on her “Mina AF” podcast on Wednesday. “It’s the end of an era. I had to say goodbye to some people today that I have spent my last almost 10 years with,” Starsiak Hawk shared. “Something I’m super, super