Television

The upcoming Netflix series “The Four Seasons” has added Julia Lester to its cast, Variety has learned exclusively. Lester will appear in a recurring role alongside series stars Tina Fey, Steve Carell, Colman Domingo, Kerri Kenney-Silver, Erika Henningsen, Marco Calvani, and Will Forte. The series was originally picked up for eight episodes in January 2024

“Murder in a Small Town” has been renewed for a second season at Fox. The Canadian mystery drama is based on the Karl Alberg book series by L.R. Wright. Fox acquired the U.S. rights to the show in late 2023. It airs on the Global Television Network in Canada. It premiered on Fox and Global

After just one season of “Saturday Night Live,” Pete Davidson wanted out. In the new “SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night” docuseries, the comedian revealed that he asked series creator and showrunner Lorne Michaels to cut him loose. “After my first year, I actually called for a meeting with Lorne. I was like, ‘Please fire me,’” Davidson

Longtime comedy exec Suzanna Makkos has exited Max to join ABC Entertainment and Hulu Originals as head of comedy. Makkos will report to Simran Sethi, the president of scripted programming for Hulu Originals, ABC Entertainment and Freeform, who announced the hiring on Thursday. Makkos was most recently head of original comedy and animation at Max

Apple TV+ has unveiled the first official trailer for the eight-episode series “Prime Target,” enticing viewers with a conspiracy and the fate of the world. Leo Woodall stars as Edward Brooks (“The White Lotus”), a gifted math postgraduate who is about to find a key breakthrough in prime number patterns. After Edwards runs into an

“Beast Games,” the reality competition series from YouTube personality MrBeast, is now Amazon Prime Video‘s most-watched unscripted series ever. The series achieved that by reaching 50 million viewers in the 25 days after its Dec. 19 premiere, according to Amazon. That total also makes it the streamer’s No. 2 series debut of 2024, behind “Fallout,”

Food Network has cast a renewal spell over “Harry Potter: Wizards of Baking.” The competition series, hosted by Fred and George Weasley actors James and Oliver Phelps, follows teams of professional bakers and pastry chefs as they create dishes inspired by the Wizarding World, visiting actual film sets including the Great Hall at Hogwarts School

Wolf Blitzer may be getting ready to storm the morning on CNN. The veteran anchor, who has led the Warner Bros. Discovery-backed outlet’s “The Situation Room” in early evenings since 2005, could bring the program to mid-to-late mornings, according to a person familiar with the matter, under a set of new plans around programming and

During those frightening, early moments of the L.A.-area wildfires last week, I was obsessively flipping from one local TV station to the next to get my fill of coverage. ABC 7, KTLA, KCAL (which also airs on CBS 2), NBC 4, Fox 11… they were all on the front lines, sharing valuable information while chronicling

“Outlander: Blood of My Blood” is set to debut this summer on Starz. An exact premiere date will be announced at a later date. Starz made the announcement along with the first teaser trailer for the “Outlander” prequel series, which can be seen below. It also comes one day ahead of the premiere of the

Ahead of the highly anticipated release of “Severance” Season 2, Adam Scott, Britt Lower, John Turturro and Zach Cherry joined Variety on camera to play a game of “Most Likely To.” When asked about which cast member most resembles their innie, everybody pointed to Lower, who plays Helly. Scott said, “I don’t think any of

Ahead of the highly anticipated release of “Severance” Season 2, Adam Scott, Britt Lower, John Turturro and Zach Cherry joined Variety on camera to play a game of “Most Likely To.” When asked about which cast member most resembles their innie, everybody pointed to Lower, who plays Helly. Scott said, “I don’t think any of

Fox Sports is taking a new swing at TV golf by striking a deal with LIV Golf, the Saudi-backed league that has been luring top players away from PGA Tour and has been seeking a wider presence in U.S. media. Under terms of the deal, more than half of the league’s schedule will appear on

Wendy Williams spoke out against her guardianship on “The Breakfast Club” Thursday morning, saying “I feel like I’m in prison.” The former daytime host has been under a guardianship since 2022, and last year her care team said she had been diagnosed with dementia and aphasia, which affects language and communication abilities. However, when calling

Squarespace’s journey to the Super Bowl starts with a man atop a donkey. The web-hosting services company Thursday unveiled its return to Big Game advertising, with a tease of a 30-second ad that is expected to run between the first and second quarters of Super Bowl LIX on Fox. In a new teaser, released Thursday

ABC News plans to devote a significant amount of its coverage Friday to efforts supporting people in the vicinity of Los Angeles affected by the region’s recent wildfires. ABC’s “Good Morning America” team will kick off a day-long effort across multiple programs that will highlight themes of recovery and rebuilding, while encouraging viewers to donate

Ridley Scott’s production company RSA is set to revisit the Battle of Mogadishu in a new Netflix documentary, “Surviving Black Hawk Down.” The documentary, directed by Jack MacInnes (“Leaving Afghanistan”), will explore the real events of the 1993 battle between U.S. and Somalian forces, which inspired Scott’s 2001 film. The feature, which was nominated for

Apple TV+ series “The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin,” which stars Noel Fielding as the infamous highway bandit, has shut down in the middle of shooting Season 2, Variety has confirmed. A source close to the project said Season 2 had “ceased production.” Variety understands that the show, which was around three months into

Middle East streamer OSN+ just dropped its first original series titled “The Fashionista,” which aims to capture the flavor of social media stardom in a region where “in the past, we didn’t really have our Brad and Angelinas,” says its creator Yousef Al-Qenaie. Shot entirely in Kuwait and featuring a largely Kuwaiti cast, “The Fashionista” – which

Paul Danan, a British actor and reality star best known for his role on U.K. soap “Hollyoaks,” has died. He was 46. Danan’s reps at Independent Creative Management confirmed the news in a statement. “It is with heavy hearts that we share the tragic news of the passing of Paul Danan at just 46 years

Seth Meyers has subtly responded to Donald Trump after the President-elect called the late-night host “dumb and untalented” on Truth Social. On Wednesday’s “Late Night with Seth Meyers,” the host didn’t mention Trump by name — but with a wink and a nod, he noted Trump’s seemingly reluctant viewership. “If you’re a Pete Hegseth fan,

SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers for Season 1 of “Severance,” streaming on Apple TV+. A recap is available upon request. “Severance” returns on Apple TV+ this Friday, but it’s been nearly three years since the first season of the sci-fi workplace thriller ended on a brutal cliffhanger. So, before you head back into the

Fox is taking the Super Bowl to a new frontier — or, at least to one that is new for Fox. Fox Sports will stream its February 9 telecast of Super Bowl LIX on its sister broadband outlet Tubi, a change from the recent past when the company made a stream available via Fox Sports

Matt Bond, head of content distribution for NBCUniversal, is stepping down from his post after more than 20 years at NBCU and Comcast. “In the spirit of leaving on a high note, I have decided that it is the right time professionally and personally for me to retire,” Bond wrote in a memo to NBCU

Keke Palmer recently opened up to The Cut about how she learned rather quickly as a young actor in Hollywood that “people were putting limitations on me.” Palmer headlined the popular Nickelodeon show “True Jackson, VP,” for three seasons totaling 53 episodes, from 2008 to 2011. She was 15 years old when the show premiered

Starz has dropped the first teaser for the sequel series “Spartacus: House of Ashur.” The teaser sets up a “new era” of combat in the arena with plenty of blood and sand to go around. The teaser also revealed that the show will launch this fall though a specific premiere date has yet to be

Richard Jenkins has joined the cast of the upcoming HBO limited series “DTF St. Louis,” Variety has learned. Jenkins will appear in the series alongside previously announced leads Jason Bateman, David Harbour, and Linda Cardellini. The show was picked up for seven episodes at HBO back in November and is now in pre-production. The official

Daredevil is back in the MCU once again. Disney has released the trailer for the upcoming Marvel TV series, “Daredevil: Born Again,” coming to Disney+ on March 4, 2025. The gritty, street-level Marvel series will be the official reintroduction of Charlie Cox’s Daredevil and his cast of characters from the original Marvel TV series that

One of the most highly anticipated book releases of 2025 is set for next week, less than a month into the new year: “Onyx Storm,” the latest sequel to Rebecca Yarros’ wildly popular 2023 romantasy hit “Fourth Wing.” From Entangled Publishing’s Red Tower Books, the books follow Violet Sorrengail, a student at Basgiath War College

Fox Sports aims to tackle fans of its Sunday-afternoon NFL games and drive them over to its new racing programs. The first season of IndyCar on Fox debuts March 2. In a bid to generate interest, Fox Sports aims to put footage of some of the most popular drivers in the sport in front of