Television

Funny Or Die owner Henry R. Muñoz III will donate $1 million dollars to establish a theater at the Smithsonian’s future National Museum of the American Latino. Muñoz, who is a health care entrepreneur, announced the news with his husband Kyle Ferari-Munoz on Wednesday. The donation will go towards establishing the SOMOS Theatre, a performance

In the final episode of “Gaslit,” the Watergate hearings play in the background as socialite truth-teller Martha Mitchell languishes in the hospital, stricken with cancer and ridiculed as crazy by Republicans and members of the media. Five decades later, Wyoming legislator Liz Cheney is playing a similar straight shooter at the congressional hearings about the

Cris Abrego’s rise to the top of the ranks of the unscripted television world is a tale of passion and perseverance. Born and raised in suburban El Monte, Calif., he is a second-generation Mexican American who fought hard to break into the entertainment industry 25 years ago. Now, as chairman of the Americas for Paris-based

SPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you haven’t watched “Starting Now,” the Season 3 finale of “Barry.” Season 3 of “Barry” was the dark comedy’s darkest yet, which was achieved in no small part thanks to cinematographer Carl Herse. “One of our big references is the Coen brothers’ balance between tragedy and comedy and how

Ten years ago, an animated show about a young Black girl who tended to the wounds of her toys and aspired to become a doctor remade the preschool TV landscape. “Doc McStuffins” was the first show to feature a young girl of color using science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) skill set to solve the

“Doc McStuffins” featured many famous voices over the years. Creator Chris Nee was especially delighted when then-first lady Michelle Obama agreed to lend her voice to the episode “Doc McStuffins Goes to Washington.” The episode appeared in 2015. In the episode, Obama invites Doc and other children who have made a difference in their communities

Tiffany Boone is set to star opposite André Holland in the Apple limited series “The Big Cigar.” The series is based on the Playboy article of the same name by Joshuah Bearman. It tells the true story of how Black Panther leader Huey P. Newton (Holland) relied in his friend Bert Schneider, the Hollywood producer

Paramount+ has ordered a new YA drama to series, based on the upcoming graphic novel “School Spirits.” The series is set to star “Cobra Kai” and “Jessie” actor Peyton List, with “Pretty Little Liars” and “Bridgerton” writer Oliver Goldstick serving as the showrunner. Goldstick also executive produces with Nate Trinrud and Megan Trinrud, who wrote

Ever since the dawn of social media, fans have found creative ways to obsess over their favorite TV shows — be it chat rooms littered with “Lost” theories; Tumblr pages dedicated to “Teen Wolf”; or “Game of Thrones” hashtags filled with millions of tweets during just one episode. A handful of years ago, the internet

Wildlife and nature programmer Love Nature has launched FAST (free ad-supported streaming TV) service NatureTime. NatureTime will be available as a free streaming service in markets where the Love Nature brand is already established as a linear service. Content will be windowed in strategic ways to set each brand apart – i.e. Love Nature’s linear

Football icon Marshawn Lynch has a new team. The former NFL star running back has partnered with Endeavor and Overtime to launch the “Level Up” program for athletes pursuing careers in sports and entertainment. The new athlete accelerator program is designed to diversify the talent pipeline across the industry and increase access for the more

Nielsen has for decades been known as the company that counts people. Now it wants to start counting their reactions. The media measurement giant said Monday that it plans to weave in data about how consumers respond to seeing commercials, potentially examining if they buy something, or visit a website in response to seeing a

In the second part of her first post-trial interview, Amber Heard opened up to NBC News’ Savannah Guthrie on “Today” about her life after the verdict. When asked if she’s worried about being sued again by Depp for defamation, Heard said, “I’m scared that no matter what I do, no matter what I say or

Disney will unveil a raft of new animated series productions Wednesday at the Annecy Intl. Animation Film Festival, and show sneak peeks of the upcoming slate of new original animated shows to air on Disney+ and other Disney-owned platforms in 2023 and beyond. Highlights include second season greenlights for hit Disney+ series “Monsters at Work”

The late, great Canadian director Jean-Marc Vallée was honored in Banff with a moving tribute during Tuesday’s Rockie Awards. The Montreal filmmaker — who is best known for directing “Dallas Buyers Club” and “Wild” along with TV series “Big Little Lies” and “Sharp Objects” — died suddenly on Dec. 25, sending shockwaves across the Canadian

Various Artists Limited (VAL), the Emmy and BAFTA winning production company behind “I May Destroy You,” “Sally4Ever” and “Dead Pixels” has appointed Channel 4 commissioning editor Jack Bayles as head of comedy. London-based VAL was founded in 2017 by “Peep Show” co-creator Sam Bain and “Succession” showrunner Jesse Armstrong, together with producers and ex-Channel 4

Nominations have arrived for the 2022 Premios Juventud, Univision’s awards show for Spanish-language pop culture, with J Balvin and Karol G leading the list at 11 nods each. The Colombian singers are followed by Rauw Alejandro, who holds nine, and Farruko, with eight. Karol, Balvin, Rauw and Farruko overlap in three categories: favorite streaming artist,

Though Season 2 of Apple TV+’s “Central Park” features a slew of changes for the lovable Tillermans, one family member has a harder time than most. Not only is daughter Molly — now voiced by Emmy Raver-Lampman to provide accurate representation for the mixed-race character — navigating puberty, but she also goes shopping for her

The creative team behind “Gordita Chronicles” are ready to bring change to the small screen. Premiering on June 23 on HBO Max, the semi-autobiographical series from creator and executive producer Claudia Forestieri tells the story of a Dominican family that leaves Santo Domingo for Miami in pursuit of the American Dream. Joining Forestieri in a

After 25 years and more than 1,000 episodes, KristieAnne Reed has been promoted to CEO of Jerry Bruckheimer Television. Reed’s promotion follows Jonathan Littman’s departure as Bruckheimer TV chief after 25 years in the role. Reed has also logged more than a quarter-century with Bruckheimer, starting out on the feature side. She became a key

Prior to becoming the host of “Late Night” in 2014, Seth Meyers was the head writer on “Saturday Night Live” for 12 and a half years. After returning to host the show in 2018, Meyers said he was humbled. “I felt like I had to apologize to so many hosts from my time there,” Meyers

Tiffany Haddish is unstoppable. She stars in mystery comedy series “The Afterparty” on Apple TV+, she had a featured role alongside Nicolas Cage in “The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent,” she has a number of other films and TV shows in the works, and she just released a children’s book, “Layla, the Last Black Unicorn.”

Roku Channel is expanding its slate of original programming with a renewal for its adult-animated comedy “Doomlands” and the greenlight of two new unscripted series, “Survival From Above” and “Lincoln Log Project.” Created by Josh O’Keefe, “Doomlands” is a workplace comedy that follows the staff of a mobile pub The Oasis as they travel across

Growing up, Rod Roddenberry wasn’t a huge fan of “Star Trek.” Although the series was created by his father Gene Roddenberry, and starred his mother Majel Barrett as Nurse Christine Chapel, Roddenberry was born after the original show was cancelled, and spent his childhood watching series like “Kamen Rider” and “Dukes of Hazzard.” Roddenberry spoke

Chanel hosted its 15th annual Tribeca Festival Artists Dinner on Monday night in New York City. “This festival and Chanel’s support of it couldn’t be more important at this moment in time, particularly for so many artists and so many women filmmakers,” Judith Light told Variety on the red carpet about the event’s in-person New York City

Welcome to this week’s “Just for Variety.” Patrick Schwarzenegger can’t reveal any details about his work in the upcoming spinoff of Amazon’s “The Boys” — no, he won’t confirm reports that he’s playing a character named Golden Boy — but he admits that he has shown his father, Arnold Schwarzenegger, photos from the set. “He

It was yet another record-breaking week for Season 4 of “Stranger Things,” which has become Netflix’s most popular season of an English-language television series ever. Netflix’s list of most popular titles is calculated based on viewership during a title’s first 28 days of availability, and “Stranger Things” Season 4 has been viewed for 781 million

“The Lincoln Lawyer” series has been renewed for Season 2 at Netflix. The series adaptation of the book series by Michael Connelly debuted its first season back in May. The first season consisted of 10 episodes and was based on the book “The Brass Verdict.” Season 2 will also be 10 episodes and will be

Netflix Head of Global TV Bela Bajaria says she now feels like the underdog — and “that’s OK. That’s cool, it’s a good place to be the underdog.” The streamer has been in the line of fire following the company’s major drop in valuation, leading to plenty of speculation about the future of Netflix and

This year marks the 30th anniversary of Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky’s “Brother’s Keeper,” which, as Berlinger says, is “one of the granddaddies of the true-crime docu movement.” It’s true that the 1992 film about the bizarre murder trial of Delbert Ward, who was accused of the “mercy killing” of his brother in rural upstate