Television

A panel of Japanese media executives and international collaborators gathered at Mip London to discuss the evolving landscape of Japanese content in global markets across unscripted formats, documentaries, and scripted drama. The session highlighted how Japanese creativity is finding new pathways to international success through strategic partnerships and adaptation of content for global audiences. Fotini

Prime Video India’s upcoming father-daughter dance drama “Be Happy,” starring Abhishek Bachchan, has locked in its global premiere date. The Remo D’Souza-directed feature, produced under Remo Dsouza Entertainment Pvt Ltd by Lizelle Remo D’Souza, centers on the relationship between devoted single father Shiv (Bachchan) and his quick-witted daughter Dhara (Inayat Verma), who dreams of competing

Gary King, a star of Bravo‘s “Below Deck Sailing Yacht,” was accused in a lawsuit Tuesday of sexually assaulting a makeup artist on the show. The woman, Samantha Suarez, alleges that she and her then-boyfriend, camera operator Grey Duddleston, were both fired for speaking up about King’s alleged misconduct. The pair sued King, Bravo and

John Lithgow confirmed in a new interview with ScreenRant that he will be playing Albus Dumbledore in HBO’s “Harry Potter” television series. Variety reported earlier this month that Lithgow was eyeing the role. Lithgow now follows in the footsteps of actors Richard Harris and Michael Gambon, who played the iconic Hogwarts headmaster in the “Harry

Alexander Westwood, a 24-year-old British actor who worked on Netflix’s “Sex Education” in the background cast, has been sentenced to 15 and a half years in jail for 26 offenses including rape and sexual assault, according to the BBC. Westwood denied each offense when he was found guilty in December. For 11 of the offenses,

Patrick Wilson is joining Amy Adams and Javier Bardem in the upcoming Apple TV+ “Cape Fear” adaptation. From creator and showrunner Nick Antosca and executive producers Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg, “Cape Fear” follows a happily married couple whose lives are turned upside down when a notorious killer from their past gets out of prison.

Amid a broad reshuffle of its programming lineup, MSNBC is initiating “mass layoffs” of 99 employees who are members of the WGA East, the union said Tuesday. Over the past two days, according to WGA East, “we learned that MSNBC is starting mass layoffs of 99 of our union colleagues from at least nine different

Chris Pratt is watching his brother-in-law Patrick Schwarzenegger in “The White Lotus” Season 3, which means he’s also watching his brother-in-law’s nude scenes. “I know where my eyes went — I’m not blood related to him, I was looking at that dick, bro,” Chris joked to E! News. “No, he looks amazing. Obviously, he’s a physical

For years, fans were left in the dark on whether Marvel Studios would revive “Daredevil” on Disney+ after the end of its Netflix run. The cast grappled with the same crisis of faith. “No, I was a cynic,” Deborah Ann Woll, who plays lawyer Karen Page, told Variety on Monday night when asked if she believed Disney

Scott Foley will star in Amazon Prime Video’s “It’s Not Like That” as a modern-day minister named Malcolm. Prime Video gave a cast contingent series order to the show, from faith-based content studio Wonder Project, in November. This casting lifts the contingency. The logline for “It’s Not Like That” goes as follows: “Lori is freshly

Reaching a landmark 10,000 episodes of “The Price Is Right” warrants a little something special for the contestants playing the games during that show, don’t you think? How about upping the top prize to be won for a single game to a whopping $100,000? The milestone episode of the iconic CBS game show is set

CBS has taken a leap of faith, greenlighting the first daytime drama on any network in 25 years, at a time when the genre’s future seems to be hanging by a thread. But “Beyond the Gates” — which had its premiere on Feb. 24 — is not your grandmother’s soap opera. It’s a show centered around

“Suits” is off to a slow start as it returns to television. “Suits LA,” NBC‘s new spinoff of the hit USA Network series, debuted with 2.6 million viewers on Sunday night. Out of four new drama series on the network’s lineup this season, the premiere viewership of “Suits LA” ranked in third, per Live +

Kumail Nanjiani is returning to stand-up comedy after 10 years with a new special for Hulu. The hour is Nanjiani’s first comedy special in 12 years, his second after 2013’s “Beta Male.” A release date and title will be revealed at a later date. ITV America and TheYearOfElan will produce the new special, which is executive

International TV format experts gathered at Mip London to discuss the growing exchange of content between China and global markets, highlighting both opportunities and challenges in cross-cultural adaptation. Qin Xiaoming of Jiangsu Broadcasting Corporation (JSBC) shared how the Chinese broadcaster has evolved from acquiring international formats to developing original content for export. “JSBC has been

Netflix pulled out all the stops as it unveiled its hotly anticipated limited series “The Leopard,” based on the classic Sicily-set novel by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, which marks the streamer’s biggest splash in Italy thus far. On Tuesday, Netflix held a packed press conference in the frescoed ballroom of Rome’s central Hotel Plaza, which

“Half Man,” the upcoming six-episode HBO and BBC drama from Richard Gadd that reps the follow-up to his wildly successful Emmy winner “Baby Reindeer” (which ran on Netflix), has rounded out its cast. Joining Gadd and co-star Jamie Bell will be Mitchell Robertson, Stuart Campbell, Neve McIntosh and Marianne McIvor, among others. Gadd and Bell (“All

Joy Reid‘s sudden exit from MSNBC continues to draw fiery responses from current and former television news personalities. Don Lemon recently took to Instagram (via The Daily Beast) to slam Megyn Kelly, who celebrated Reid’s departure by calling Reid the “absolute worst person on television.” “Let me just say this to Megyn Kelly,” Lemon said

MipFormats Picks a Winner “Save Your Cash,” a physical challenge game show created by ABS-CBN Studios in the Philippines, won the MipFormats Pitch 2025 at Mip London, held in partnership with Fox Entertainment Global. The competition showcased top format pitches from around the world, with MipFormats Pitch receiving 65 submissions from 23 countries. In the

The BBC has published the findings of a review into what the broadcaster knew about the conduct of its former radio DJ Tim Westwood, who has been accused of multiple counts of sexual misconduct. According to the report, there was “no widespread or significant BBC knowledge of allegations or concerns about predatory sexual behaviour” by Westwood during his time

NBCUniversal and Macy’s said they struck a new pact that will keep the retailer’s popular Thanksgiving Day Parade on the media conglomerate’s properties through 2034, a nod to the growing importance of live “tentpole” events in the business of television. The new agreement includes rights to “The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade,” “Countdown to Macy’s Thanksgiving

FilmRise, a New York-based film and TV studio and streaming network, has announced the launch of a groundbreaking initiative to update the visual quality of its content by utilizing a mix of AI software and human editorial know-how. Employing this new blend, the company has converted the hugely popular true crime series “Forensic Files” into

David Beckham previewed Victoria Beckham’s upcoming Netflix docuseries at MIP London on Tuesday, telling the streamer’s chief content officer Bela Bajaria that “it’s really special” — but getting the former Spice Girl to participate, even after the success of his “Beckham” doc, took some convincing. “It took a minute to try and get her to

Oslo-based heavyweight news-led Schibsted Media has agreed to acquire from Nordic and Baltic telco Telia its TV and Media business led by flagship TV companies TV4 in Sweden and MTV in Finland, the partners announced Tuesdsay. The transaction, worth SEK 6.55 billion ($615.3 million), is anticipated to close in the third quarter of 2025 at the latest,

Content shoppers, kings of the game in today’s TV market are being rolled out the red carpet at this week’s fifth London TV Screenings and first MIP London, touted by organizers RX France as an add-on to the indie distributors’ curated viewing showcase in the U.K. capital. As more than 900 buyers of scripted, non-scripted

Jennifer Fox, director of Sundance 2018 hit “The Tale” – “a landmark advance in the field of cinematic memoir,” said Variety –  is bound for Series Mania in Lille with “Ruth’s Ghosts.”  The title marks Fox’s first narrative fiction series and an early real-life grounded vision projected in a very near future of family and legal strife in

The fifth and final season of the global hit series “Babylon Berlin” has started shooting, and Beta Film has released a first-look image of lead Volker Bruch’s (“Generation War”) Weimar-era police investigator Gereon Rath on set. In its first four seasons, “Babylon Berlin” sold to more than 140 territories and was watched more than 94

Some fairytales end with a royal wedding. Season 2 of “Maxima” – about reigning Queen Maxima of the Netherlands – will start with one.   “These moments are still in our collective memory. We’ve all seen them on TV,” admitted producer Rachel van Bommel. “In the first season, we used archive footage. We’ll do it again,

ITV Studios weighs into the 2025 London TV Screenings with its biggest slate in the last couple of years, certainly on the format side, and one of the weightiest lineups of any company presenting in London this week.  Its Feb. 26 showcase at the Odeon Leicester Square, open exclusively to buyers, will launch 12 brand

Beta Film is bringing the new high-end drama “Bookish” to this year’s London TV Screenings, and the post-WWII London-set crime series is generating plenty of buzz. A captivating new project created by “Sherlock” co-creator Mark Gatiss – who also leads the show’s cast – and screenwriter Matthew Sweet, “Bookish” promises viewers a sophisticated and modern