Television

“Murderville” is returning to Netflix with a Christmas special. The streamer will release a new episode of the murder mystery comedy on Dec. 15, with Will Arnett returning in the role of Detective Terry Seattle. Jason Bateman and Maya Rudolph will be the celebrity guest stars in the special, with Bateman having starred in “Arrested

It’s 4 p.m. on a Monday afternoon and Anna Sorokin is blasting Drake from her quaint apartment in the East Village of Manhattan. When I arrive at the top of her five-floor walk-up, she doesn’t come out, instead yelling from the bathroom to let myself in. “Sorry, I’ll be right out. I can’t figure out

Following Christina Ricci’s Wednesday Addams is no easy feat. So when Jenna Ortega had to embody the iconic role in front of Ricci herself, it was daunting to say the least. “I’ve never been so awkward. I felt like I didn’t know what to say to her,” Ortega told Variety at the red carpet premiere

“Today Show” weatherman and host Al Roker revealed to fans that he was hospitalized with blood clots in his lungs and leg last week, which is why he missed the past few days of “Today” broadcasts. The beloved TV personality shared the news on Instagram Friday morning. “So many of you have been thoughtfully asking

It’s not every day you see a TV series that features male strippers, true crime and Kumail Nanjiani, but “Welcome to Chippendales” is just that. Based on the lurid saga of Somen “Steve” Banerjee’s L.A. bar-turned-empire, the Hulu show has a shiny exterior, with much more going on below the surface. Speaking to Variety at

The opening minutes of “Wednesday” should ring true to anyone even glancingly familiar with the creepy, kooky, mysterious, spooky, ooky Addams Family. The new Netflix series begins with Wednesday (now a teen played by Jenna Ortega) marching through the brightly colored halls of Nancy Reagan High School to exact bloody revenge on sneering jocks. Following

Helena Bonham Carter, John Boyega and Matthew Macfadyen star in a set of new commercials for U.K. streaming platform ITVX, which is set to launch next month. In the trio of ads each of the actors endures a cringe-worthy audition with a director (played by Ed Night) and producer (Jordan Castle). Bonham Carter is asked

Unforgettable Gala, which bills itself as the nation’s longest-running Asian Pacific Islander awards show, is set to celebrate its 20th annual ceremony with actor Eugene Cordero serving as host. Cordero’s hosting stint will be the first time a Filipino American has emceed the entertainment gala. The gala, with the theme “Illuminate,” will take place on

Producer and director David Nutter testified at the Harvey Weinstein trial, called by the prosecution to corroborate details of an accuser’s story. Nutter, best known as an Emmy-winning executive producer and director on “Game of Thrones,” came up earlier this week in the trial when a woman accusing Weinstein of rape told the jury that

HBO’s “House of the Dragon” closed its debut season on high note. During the October 17-23 viewing window, the series placed third on Nielsen’s Streaming Top 10 chart and scored 1.01 billion minutes viewed following the release of the season finale which aired on Oct. 23. Because “House of the Dragon” airs on Sundays, only

A day after the surprise reshuffle inside CBS, which saw the exit of entertainment president and 26-year Eye veteran Kelly Kahl, along with chief lieutenant Thom Sherman (who had overseen programming as senior exec VP), new entertainment prexy Amy Reisenbach has sent a memo to staffers as she kicks off her tenure. “I can’t wait

“A Friend of the Family” isn’t a light lift. In fact, even the person handling 14 hours a day of ADR had to step outside for walks in between editing. The story behind the Peacock series is a true one: Bob “B” Birchtold was a family man who abducted Jan Broberg when she was 12

Wayne Brady didn’t hesitate when he was asked to host this year’s American Music Awards. “That’s kind of a no-brainer,” he tells me just days before the big show, airing live on ABC on Sunday, Nov. 20. “When they ask you if you want to host, you don’t doddle, you don’t fiddle-faddle. You don’t take

Charlie Cox and Vincent D’Onofrio are making the jump from Netflix’s canceled “Daredevil” series to Disney’s upcoming limited series “Daredevil: Born Again,” but their former co-star Deborah Ann Woll might not be following. “True Blood” alum Woll starred opposite Cox as Karen Page on all three seasons of Netflix’s “Daredevil.” Considering Karen was a prominent

The Directors Guild of America told members Thursday that it is preparing to fight for gains in the next contract, but acknowledged that economic headwinds present an “extremely challenging negotiating environment.” Russell Hollander, the national executive director, and Jon Avnet, the co-chair of the negotiating committee, cited inflation and a possible recession as factors in

Canal+ Group has entered exclusive negotiations to acquire the film and pay TV operations of Orange, France’s leading telco group, Variety has learned. The acquisition, which has been in the works for months, includes both Orange Studio and OCS, the film, television, and pay-TV divisions of Orange. OCS ranks as France’s second local pay TV service

Amazon is officially moving forward with multiple live-action shows based on the Marvel characters controlled by Sony, Variety has learned. The first series under the deal will be “Silk: Spider Society,” which was developed by “The Walking Dead” showrunner Angela Kang along with “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” producers Phil Lord and Christopher Miller. Kang will

Fifth Season (formerly Endeavor Content) has hired Mary Lisio for the newly created position of executive vice president of non-scripted development and production. In her new role, Lisio will work to expand Fifth Season’s slate of non-scripted content across all platforms. She will collaborate with Kevin Iwashina, Fifth Season’s head of documentary. “Mary is an

Mystery-thriller “Dark” handed Netflix one of its first big international hits, while announcing German creators Baran bo Odar and Jantje Friese as potential masters of the atmospheric puzzle-show. The pair’s latest, “1899,” presents an even more elaborate conundrum, expanding outwards from its escape-room opening: a blanched heroine (Emily Beecham) awaking in a cabin of the

The first season of HBO Max’s “The Sex Lives of College Girls,” created by Mindy Kaling and Justin Noble, introduced viewers to the chaotic world of Leighton (Reneé Rapp), Bela (Amrit Kaur), Whitney (Alyah Chanelle Scott) and Kimberly (Pauline Chalamet), freshmen at the fictional Essex College who find themselves placed together in a suite despite

The scene in “Welcome to Chippendales” in which we get the clearest sense of the male striptease troupe’s appeal comes around the midway point of the series. Kumail Nanjiani, playing the group’s founder Somen “Steve” Banerjee, is sitting and watching the action unfold around him. Self-satisfaction plays out over Steve’s face as he declares “I’m

Marc Maron, a comedian who hosts the popular podcast “WTF With Marc Maron,” is debuting a stand-up special on HBO in 2023. The comedy hour will feature all-new material and will be taped in front of a live audience at New York City’s Town Hall on Dec. 8. “I’ve wanted to do an HBO special

Craig Gerber has extended his overall development deal at Disney Branded Television, under which he is developing a spinoff of “Sofia the First.” Created by Gerber, the original “Sofia the First” ran on Disney Junior from 2013 to 2018 and follows a young girl (Ariel Winter) who becomes a princess after her mother (Sara Ramirez)

“Monster High” has been renewed for Season 2 at Nickelodeon. The series is based on the Mattel toy franchise of the same name. The second season will consist of 20 episodes. The series debuted on Nickelodeon in October. It is available in the U.S. and UK and will launch later this month in Australia on

On “Sex and the City,” Carrie Bradshaw once wondered whether girlfriends are really our soul mates. The women of “Dead to Me” know the answer to that question is yes. When creator Liz Feldman first began writing it, the episodes were a way to cope with her own grief over the death of a good

Taffy Brodesser-Akner’s novel “Fleishman Is in Trouble” received critical acclaim upon its publication in 2019. A marriage story, a tale of divorce and a commentary about journalism rolled into one, the book chronicles the unraveling of the marriage of Toby and Rachel Fleishman, a high-powered New York couple whose squabbles over the location of their apartment

Onyx Collective has greenlit “How to Die Alone,” a half-hour Hulu comedy series written by and starring Natasha Rothwell. The eight-episode series follows Melissa (Rothwell), a fat, Black neurotic who’s never been in love. After a comical brush with death, she refuses to settle for anything less than the life she wants, catapulting her on

ROCK ISLAND RETURNS Production is now under way at the Pinnacle Studios in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia on the second season of Network 10 and Nickelodeon kids’ mystery adventure series “Rock Island Mysteries.” The show is produced by Fremantle Australia with support by Screen Queensland and federal body Screen Australia. The 20-episode season sees teenager Taylor

BBC Studios-owned indie Lookout Point, the shingle behind hit dramas such as “Gentleman Jack,” has appointed longtime collaborators and in-house executive producers Laura Lankester and Will Johnston as joint CEOs. “They will now drive the creative leadership of the company in its next generation, with current CEO Faith Penhale set to step down at the

Well, that didn’t take long. “Neighbours” is coming back. The Australian soap has found a new home on Amazon’s AVOD service Freevee, which has picked up the rights from “Neighbours” producer and distributor Fremantle. The show will begin shooting in Oz in 2023 and air in the second half of next year. The new series