Television

YouTube is coming back to pitch ad buyers on the streaming giant’s content breadth — including across YouTube TV and Shorts — and its massive audience during the 2023 TV upfronts week in New York. The video platform will host its Brandcast marketing event on May 17 at Lincoln Center’s David Geffen Hall in New

The third season of the hit Apple TV+ comedy series “Ted Lasso” will premiere in spring 2023. The season also has a new first look image, seen above, depicting Ted (Jason Sudeikis) and Nathan (Nick Mohammed) facing each other after becoming rivals in the Season 2 finale. The news came out of Apple’s presentation during

There’s no hard feelings between “Stranger Things” cast members and longtime friends Finn Wolfhard and Millie Bobby Brown. The duo’s characters, Mike and Eleven, have been romantically paired since the early days of the blockbuster Netflix series. Brown went viral last fall when she participated in a lie detector test for Vanity Fair and called

Verve has appointed founding partner Bill Weinstein to the position of CEO, the first in the agency’s 13-year history. In his newly created position, Weinstein’s responsibilities will “continue to evolve,” though he will remain working in his capacity representing clients, “an indication of Verve’s continued commitment to its core tenet of advocating for creative talent

The Flenory brothers will see a third season. Shortly after its Season 2 premiere on Jan. 6, Starz has ordered a third installment for “BMF.” The premium cabler made the announcement on Tuesday, sharing that the drama series ranked as the most socially engaged drama across all networks over premiere weekend with 4.1 million multiplatform

The curtain on “Boy Meets World” continues to be pulled back via the “Pod Meets World” podcast. During Wednesday’s episode, writer Janette Kotichas joined hosts Danielle Fishel, Will Friedle and Rider Strong to discuss her experience on the show working under co-creators Michael Jacobs and April Kelly. She explained that she already had a working

Fans of Nickelodeon’s “All That” should clear their calendars for late March as the sketch comedy series’ largest cast reunion since wrapping has been set for the annual 90’s CON celebration. The convention is set to take place March 17-19 in Hartford, Connecticut. Most notably, Amanda Bynes will be in attendance and joining her “All That”

To upfront or not upfront, that is the question. AMC Networks will choose the former, holding an in-person event with between 200 to 250 attendees at Jazz at Lincoln Center on Tuesday, April 18. The company opts for the approach after at least one of the nation’s biggest media companies has opted to abandon the

Michaela Coel, Penélope Cruz, Roger Federer, Dua Lipa and Anna Wintour will co-chair the 2023 Met Gala, Vogue announced on Wednesday. The annual Met Gala, which benefits the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute, will resume its annual tradition of taking place on the first Monday in May on May 1 after date changes were

NBC’s latest primetime offering, “Night Court” took down the Tuesday night competition with its Jan. 17 debut. With a back-to-back programming schedule featuring the first two episodes and starting at 8 p.m. on the network, the revived comedy starring Melissa Rauch as Judge Abby Stone opened to a 1.0 rating among adults 18-49 and 7.39

Australian series “Bad Behaviour,” which is set to premiere at Berlinale Series next month, has its first trailer and release date. The series – based on the book by Rebecca Starford – will bow on Australian streamer Stan on Feb. 17 as a boxset. “Bad Behaviour” is a four-part series that tells the story of

Aubrey Plaza is making her “Saturday Night Live” hosting debut this weekend with musical guest Sam Smith, but it’s not the first time Plaza has been in the orbit of the long-running NBC sketch comedy series. While on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” Plaza revealed that she auditioned for “SNL” back in the day

It is easy to see why Nikole Hannah-Jones so frightens her ideological adversaries. “The 1619 Project,” the editorial franchise she created in her capacity as a journalist at The New York Times, is entering its fourth year. What began as a long-form effort in 2019 became a 2021 book and now a 2023 television series,

“The Ms. Pat Show” will return for its third season on BET+ on Feb. 23, and Variety is exclusively unveiling its trailer and key art. The Emmy-nominated series will depict Ms. Pat’s comedy career taking off as she tries to balance family and fame. The “grown folks sitcom,” based on Ms. Pat’s real life story

Australian writer Kodie Bedford has signed with CAA for representation.  Bedford co-wrote, executive produced, and script produced ABC series “All My Friends Are Racist,” which won Best Short Form Comedy at the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Awards in 2021. Created and co-written by Enoch Mailangi, the show follows Casey and Belle who live together and

GLAAD has announced the nominees for its 34th annual GLAAD Media Awards, with Variety earning two nods for outstanding print article (Angelique Jackson’s piece on Aunjanue Ellis) and magazine overall coverage. Other nominees include “A League of Their Own,” “Abbott Elementary,” “Anything’s Possible” and “Bros.” GLAAD is the largest LGBTQ media advocacy group, and its

“Sherlock” producers Hartswood Films have posted revenues of £51.7 million ($61.6 million) for the last financial year. Net profit for the year came to £7.8 million ($9.5 million), a result the company’s directors said they were “very satisfied with,” although the financial report notes that gross profit margin dropped from 29% to 19% compared to

 Lisa Joy, the Emmy-nominated writer, director and executive producer (“Pushing Daisies,” “Westworld”), is set to preside over this year’s Series Mania Festival and its international competition. Joy is best known as the co-creator, writer, director, and executive producer of the HBO science-fiction drama series “Westworld” which earned 54 Emmy nominations for its first three seasons. She recently produced “The Peripheral,” the

Fatima Salaria, managing director of Fremantle’s Naked Television, which has produced shows including “Planet Sex With Cara Delevingne,” is stepping down from the role. Salaria has led the company since moving over from Channel 4, where she was head of specialist factual, in 2020. She will step down this spring while Naked looks to appoint

Kristin Chenoweth has opened up about “long-standing injuries” that she received on the production of CBS’ “The Good Wife” in 2012. Chenoweth’s comments came during an interview on “Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen” on Monday. The actor joined the program to promote her new book, “I’m No Philosopher, But I Got Thought,” in

Singer-songwriter Dolly Parton turns 77 years-old on Jan. 19, and IFC has announced a full line-up of festivities to celebrate. Starting Jan. 17 at 1:30 p.m., the channel will host a marathon of three of Parton’s most popular films: “Joyful Noise,” “The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas” and “Steel Magnolias.” In addition, other artists will

Nickelodeon Animation Studios has agreed to voluntarily recognize 177 production workers as members of the Animation Guild, avoiding the need for an NLRB election. The Animation Guild — also known as IATSE Local 839 — already represents about 400 artistic workers at Nickelodeon, including storyboard artists, character designers and writers. The new members include production

Paramount+ has switched out the key art for the upcoming second season of “Mayor of Kingstown” out of respect for Jeremy Renner’s recent snowplow accident. Renner, who stars in “Mayor of Kingstown” as Mike McLusky, was pictured with a bloodied face in the original promotional image for the season, which you can see below. That

Bruce Gowers, the Emmy award-winning director of “American Idol: The Search for a Superstar” and the original video for “Bohemian Rhapsody,” died Jan. 15 in his Santa Monica home after suffering from an acute respiratory infection, according to family members. He was 82. Between 2002 and 2011, Gowers directed 234 episodes of “American Idol” over

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The reboot of NBC’s “Night Court” feels like it came out of nowhere, but as sitcom resurrections go, it’s kind of irresistible.  The original show, which ran for nine seasons, was the brainchild of Reinhold Weege, a spark plug of a television writer who earned three Emmys for the show. He had previously won an

Steven Spielberg announced on the Smartless podcast (via The Playlist) that he plans to direct television sometime in the future. Spielberg is no stranger to the small screen, having produced acclaimed miniseries such as HBO’s “Band of Brothers,” but he has never personally directed an entire TV show before. That will change in the future, he said

As part of its Tuesday panel at the Television Critics Association 2023 winter press tour, Masterpiece has announced two new projects including a biographical series about Noele “Nolly” Gordon starring Helena Bonham Carter and “Moonflower Murders,” the follow up project to “Magpie Murders,” are in the works for the network. “Nolly” tells the story of

Myiea Coy, the Emmy-winning executive producer of “Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Grrrls,” has joined Tommy Oliver’s Confluential Films as senior vice president of television. Coy joins the production company after serving as vice president of development at Bunim Murray Productions, where she co-developed PBS’ “The Day You Begin,” executive produced “Collab Crib” and

Luanne Dietz, three-time Emmy award-winner and former Amazon content leader, has joined Evolve Studios as vice president of branded content. In the newly created role, Dietz will reach audiences through short and long-form films as well as brand partnerships and intentional brand campaigns. At Amazon, Dietz was the head of content strategy for The Climate