Television

Choreographer and dancer Bruno Tonioli, best known for his stints as a judge on “Dancing With the Stars” and “Strictly Come Dancing,” has replaced David Walliams on “Britain’s Got Talent,” according to a new video circulating on Twitter. In the video, which appears to have been filmed by an audience member at the first round

Mary Waireri’s series “Exiles” has been selected for development via EbonyLife Media and Sony Pictures Television’s Alo, an initiative offering a platform for writers of African heritage. Nairobi-born, London-bred screenwriter Waireri’s script follows a Kenyan-born British doctor returns to the country she fled as a young girl to find her twin brother who goes missing

Disney isn’t waiting until May to start talking about the upfront. The annual industry haggle over billions of dollars in TV ad time has moved beyond the living-room screen. NBCUniversal, Paramount Global, Fox Corp., Warner Bros. Discovery, Disney and their rivals are all in the midst of selling commercial inventory for screens that Philo Farnsworth,

Last October, the National Association of Television Program Executives – NATPE – filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, cancelling its January 2023 conference in the Bahamas. Three conventions contend for NATPE’s crown: Content Americas, organized by C21 International; Discop Miami, announced in October by Basic Lead’s Patrick Zuchowicki, behind Discop Budapest; and January’s NATPE Global itself,

Launched last week by ex-Telemundo top exec Marcos Santana, Mas Ros Media, a groundbreaking new venture targeting gaming, esports and sustainability, has unveiled a first title: Banner series “The New Game.” An eight-part Spanish-language scripted series, “The New Game” is created by Santana himself and Rodrigo Figueroa Reyes, founder and head of FireSports, the No.

Three years after it unveiled a $20 million venture capital fund aimed at bolstering film and TV series, Chile-based Screen Capital has introduced a second investment fund, Screen II, which will support projects in the digital entertainment arena: Video games, Virtual Reality, OTT platforms, Extended Reality (XR), apps etc. Screen Capital is co-founded by former

Abacus Media Rights (AMR), an Amcomri Entertainment Company, and Herbert L. Kloiber’s Munich-based Night Train Media (NTM) are launching pre-sales this week on the dark truths series “Conquistadors: The Rise and Fall” as Content Americas and Realscreen lift off in respectively in Miami and Austin.  The launch comes after AMR took on global distribution rights in association

Banijay Rights has closed further sales of “Marie Antoinette,” a dazzling costume drama created and written by Deborah Davis (“The Favorite”). “Marie Antoinette” tells the story of the avant-garde young queen, played by Emilia Schüle. An Austrian noble, Marie Antoinette was married off to Louis-Auguste, the future king of France, while she was still a girl.

Netflix is in production on a documentary series about the life and death of popular U.K. television presenter Jill Dando, who was killed in 1999. On the morning of April 26, 1999, Dando was shot dead outside her home in West London. Her murder became one of the most high profile and complex investigations in

Universal International Studios has appointed former Netflix executive Tesha Crawford as senior VP of global scripted series. Based in London, Crawford will report into UIS president Beatrice Springborn and focus on expanding the studio’s scripted slate in the U.K. and Europe. Crawford will be responsible for scouting and packaging new projects for UIS and supporting

Tubi has announced its first unscripted cooking series, “Kitchen Commando,” hosted by US Army Master Sergeant and White House chef Andre Rush. Executive produced by Gordon Ramsey, the new series enlists Chef Andre to help save struggling restaurants and reignite their passion for the service industry. Over the 10-episode season, Chef Rush will visit restaurants

The post-production editors who put together the pre-taped sketches on “Saturday Night Live” have approved a strike authorization motion with the Motion Pictures Editors Guild, Variety has confirmed. The group has not yet voted on whether to go on strike, and the pre-filmed segments that ran on this weekend’s show (including parodies of “M3GAN” and

Jesse Palmer is back for his second season as “The Bachelor” host, which premieres Monday night with new leading man Zach Shallcross. Palmer — who was named the franchise’s new host after Chris Harrison’s departure in 2021 — says the upcoming season is the most “emotional” and “nostalgic” ever, with a heavy emphasis put on

“The Neighborhood” has been renewed for Season 6 at CBS, Variety has learned. “’The Neighborhood’ has become a hit by not only delivering laughs but by telling stories of cultural impact,” said Amy Reisenbach, president of CBS Entertainment. “From gentrification to Black Lives Matter, to addiction and pregnancy loss, the incredible writers and this amazing

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. The one thing that Kim Kardashian has in common with the rest of us normal folk is her obsession with “The White Lotus.” But only Kim K. could channel her love for the HBO

Starz has added seven more to the cast of its forthcoming drama, “The Venery of Samantha Bird,” including Finn Jones, Francesca Reale, Embeth Davidtz, Brenda Strong, Adam Faison, Tyrone Marshall Brown and Shalini Bathina. The new batch of series regulars joins previously announced star Katherine Langford (“Knives Out,” “13 Reasons Why”), who will portray the

The FX pilot based on the Catherine Lacey novel “The Answers” is rounding out its main cast with six new additions, Variety has learned. Lucy Hale (“Pretty Little Liars,” “Ragdoll”), Raul Esparza (“Retreat,” “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit”), Krys Marshall (“For All Mankind,” “Supergirl”), Melanie Field (“A League of Their Own,” “Florida Girls”), Pallavi

After achieving HBO’s second-most watched series premiere in more than a decade, “The Last of Us” is now reaching an even bigger audience and breaking a new record for the pay TV channel. According to measurements by Nielsen combined with first-party data from Warner Bros. Discovery, Episode 2 brought in 5.7 million viewers across linear

Entertainment One (eOne) has entered into a 2-year first look TV and media deal with Viola Davis and producer Julius Tennon’s JuVee Productions. The agreement comes just on the heels of the success of “The Woman King,” which eOne co-financed and distributed in the UK. For her work as the film’s lead, Davis earned a

From the moment viewers recognized Laura Dern’s voice in Season 2 of “The White Lotus,” many started wondering about her connection to others — possibly to Connie Britton’s Season 1 character. In the second season, Dern never appeared but voiced Abby, the estranged wife of Dom (Michael Imperioli) who was heard a few times on the

Love is in the streets of Gotham City — literally, all the citizens of Gotham are having sex in the streets in the first trailer for “Harley Quinn: A Very Problematic Valentine’s Day Special.” The special holiday episode, which releases on HBO Max on Feb. 9, follows the same raunchy, R-rated tone of the main

Popular U.K. hosts Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly – better known by their joint stage name Ant and Dec – have signed on to stay at broadcaster ITV for another three years. The BAFTA-winning duo have spent 25 years at the network, where they are among its most prolific performers, fronting shows including “Britain’s Got

Michael Strahan wasn’t nervous to go to space. He wasn’t antsy about playing in the most-watched event of the year. He’s not overwhelmed by being live in front of millions each morning. But receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame? Now that’s scary.  “I’m so nervous about this — of all the things

Jim Jefferies is back on Netflix next month with his fifth stand-up special for the streamer, “High N’ Dry.” The special premieres globally on Netflix on February 14, just in time for Valentine’s Day. The stand-up follows previous specials “Jim Jefferies: Bare” (2014), “Jim Jefferies: Freedumb” (2016), “Jim Jefferies: This Is Me Now” (2018) and

In a bright, wide-open studio at Fox News’ Manhattan headquarters, where cable-news programs often stick to tried-and-true formats, Dagen McDowell and Sean Duffy are trying something a little unexpected: an experiment. Larry Kudlow just wrapped his after-market Fox Business program, and the duo are taking advantage of the empty facility to rehearse banter for their

ESPN wants to dip its paddle into the world of pickleball. The Disney sports giant said Monday that it struck a wide-scale rights deal with the Association of Pickleball Professionals that will have ESPN2 broadcast eight, one-hour event recap shows and ESPN+ stream more than 200 hours of live coverage of eight events from the

Fulwell 73, the production company behind shows including “The Kardashians” and “The Late Late Show with James Corden” has expended its exec ranks with new hires and promotions, Variety can confirm. Ryann Lauckner and Paul Loban have both joined the London and Los Angeles-based company while Emma Conway and Murray James have both been promoted.

Rian Johnson, master of the modern “whodunit,” is taking on the “howcatchem” with the Jan. 26 launch of the Natasha Lyonne-led Peacock series “Poker Face.” While the show revolves around Lyonne’s Charlie Cale, a human lie-detector whose circumstances throw her into murder-mystery-solving mode each week, Johnson revealed how Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig), the character at

Fox Sports has announced a new special documentary “Back to School With Gus Johnson,” a one-hour celebration of its very own announcer Gus Johnson. The doc will premiere Feb. 18 at 7 p.m. on Fox.  The upcoming documentary provides a look into how fan-favorite sports announcer Johnson has navigated both the broadcast booth and Harvard

Joe Schlosser is exiting Endemol Shine North America/Banijay Americas after nearly 11 years heading up communications for the production company. As part of the transition, Schlosser will continue to consult for Banijay Americas and also handle communications for Banijay-owned Bunim/Murray Productions, as he explores opening his own shingle. That means Schlosser will continue to help