Eugene Levy is set to host and executive produce a new travel series for Apple. “The Reluctant Traveler” will see Levy visit some of the world’s most remarkable hotels, as well as explore the people, places and cultures that surround them. Self confessedly not your average travel show host, he’s agreed the time is right
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Jesús Zavala (“Club de Cuervos”) and Sofía Espinosa (“Gloria”) have been tapped to lead the Spanish-language adaptation of NBCU’s hit series “Superstore.” Titled “Supertitlán,” it will be co-directed by showrunner César Rodríguez (“Compañeros”) and Joserra Zúñiga (“Chumel”). The English-language original, which reached 33.7 million viewers in its final season 6, was created by Justin Spitzer
If there’s one thing the team behind “Judy Justice,” Judge Judy Sheindlin’s MDb TV courtroom series premiering Nov. 1, want you to know about the series, it is that “it’s a new show and it can’t look the same as the old show.” This is why executive producer and director Randy Douthit says they hired
On Monday morning, Andy Cohen, the “Real Housewives” executive producer, appeared on NBC’s “Today” to announce that Bravo has greenlit “The Real Housewives of Dubai.” Though the “Real Housewives” format has been used around the world, and a few of those series — such as “The Real Housewives of Melbourne” — have even aired on Bravo, there’s
“The Cry” producer Synchronicity Films has optioned the forthcoming non-fiction book, “The Hidden Case of Ewan Forbes: The Transgender Trial that Threatened to Upend the British Establishment,” with plans to develop a scripted miniseries. Produced alongside Brazen Productions, the series will be written by BAFTA-winning trans writer Sukey Fisher (“Soundproof”), who will adapt University of
Donald Glover released a Halloween treat for “Atlanta” fans with the first glimpse of season 3. In a tweet titled “Happy Halloween,” Glover pointed to a site named Gilga.com, which displayed a minute long trailer of the new season. Alongside stark imagery and Sun Ra’s haunting “It’s After The End of the World,” the trailer
SPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not watched the third episode of “Succession” Season 3, titled “The Disruption.” The third episode of Season 3 of “Succession,” titled “The Disruption,” sees Kendall Roy (Jeremy Strong) prepare to go on a late-night talk show to poke fun at himself and his family drama, only to cancel
SPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you haven’t watched “The Disruption,” the third episode of “Succession” Season 3. It took two full episodes to unpack the immediate aftermath of Kendall’s Season 2 press conference bombshell, making “The Disruption” the first new episode to feel…well, new. Now that the Roys and their assorted hangers-on have gotten
“My Greatest Shot,” a six-part series that reveals the stories behind some of the world’s most iconic photographs, will be the first ad-funded program on the Sky Arts channel. Produced by Zinc Communicate, Zinc Media Group’s branded content division, and Zinc’s factual producer Tern Television, “My Greatest Shot” was developed in partnership with Adobe Photoshop
Jerry Remy, a former professional baseball player and longtime Boston Red Sox broadcaster who was known by fans as “Rem Dawg,” died Oct. 30 after a long and public struggle with cancer. Remy had stepped away from his role as color analyst for New England Sports Network, the local cable home of the Red Sox,
Arthur Forrest, a television legend with a 75-year career that covered long-running hits such as “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” and “That’s Incredible!,” died on Oct. 25. He was 95. Marcy Forrest, Arthur’s wife, confirmed the death to Variety. Born in 1926 in Brooklyn and raised in the Bronx as a first-generation American, Forrest completed
Phil Dunster tells me that the third season of “Ted Lasso” begins filming on Jan. 31. “Honestly, I’m not trying to be coy, but I don’t know anything,” he said when asked about upcoming storylines on the Apple TV series. “I think they like to keep it fresh. But also Jason [Sudeikis] knows what the
Netflix has signaled its strong commitment to Latin American television content by teaming up with the region’s most important confab, Ventana Sur, on its TV strand, SoloSeries. For the first time, Ventana Sur and Netflix have joined forces to provide more impetus to women creators with a cash incentive of $5,000 (500,000 Argentine Pesos). This
Lindsey Morgan is exiting The CW series “Walker” after two seasons, Variety has confirmed. The show, which stars Jared Padalecki in a reboot of “Walker, Texas Ranger,” is currently airing its second season, with the new season debuting on Oct. 28. It is not yet known exactly how Morgan’s character, Texas Ranger Micki Ramirez, will be
Rupert Murdoch’s 90th turn around the sun was feted on Thursday night in New York City as power brokers, longtime lieutenants and family members, with a conspicuous absence, gathered at Tavern on the Green for a long-delayed dinner celebration. Murdoch, one of the most influential media barons of the modern era who is executive chairman
Over a month after her shock Culture Secretary appointment amid a dramatic cabinet reshuffle, Nadine Dorries (pictured, right) has at last met with the CEO of the U.K.’s “It’s a Sin” broadcaster Channel 4, which Boris Johnson’s government has threatened to put on the sales block. Variety can reveal that Channel 4 boss Alex Mahon
When “The Morning Show” resumed production on Season 2 after shutting down in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, the story pivoted to chronicle the first few months of COVID’s burgeoning spread. The result is a season that expands to a more global scale — but one production designer Nelson Coates had to approach
“Acapulco,” a romantic comedy series very loosely inspired by the 2017 film “How to Be a Latin Lover,” is a vibrantly hued trip down ’80s memory lane in a gorgeous resort with endearing staffers and guests. But the Apple TV Plus show, wholesome and sweet like “Ted Lasso,” carried a level of creative risk: Its
Lila Byock has signed a two-year overall deal with ABC Signature, Variety has learned exclusively. Byock spent five years on the editorial staff of The New Yorker magazine. She has written for TV shows including “Watchmen” and “The Leftovers” at HBO, “Manhattan” at WGN America, and “Castle Rock” at Hulu. “Lila is a wildly talented award-winning
More than eight years after the fall 2013 conclusion of its third season on Bravo, a revived version of “The Real Housewives of Miami” will premiere in December on Peacock. After its third season on Bravo, “The Real Housewives of Miami” was shelved, but never killed. The revival for Peacock, the NBC Universal streaming service,
When CNN shut down its airport network in March after nearly 30 years, Lynnwood Bibbens already knew a lot about those orphaned screens. Bibbens had been working on a deal with CNN to collaborate on an evolution of CNN Airport — which would have been called the Airport Television Network — when the COVID-19 pandemic
MTV Books has announced that the first title under its relaunched imprint will be “My Life: Growing Up Asian in America,” which includes an introduction by former MTV News correspondent SuChin Pak. “With MTV Books, our mission is to cultivate and amplify new and pioneering voices who reflect the diversity of experiences that resonate with
Comedy Central announced its annual 31-day holiday extravaganza, featuring two new movies: “A Clüsterfünke Christmas,” debuting Dec. 4, and “Hot Mess Holiday,” premiering Dec. 11. Both of these movies will air at 7 p.m. The network will announce additional titles for its”31 Days of Going Home for the Holidays” programming slate at a later date.
When CNN shut down its airport network in March after nearly 30 years, Lynnwood Bibbens already knew a lot about those orphaned screens. Bibbens had been working on a deal with CNN to collaborate on an evolution of CNN Airport — which would have been called the Airport Television Network — when the COVID-19 pandemic
“Swagger,” the Apple TV Plus drama centered in the world of youth basketball, boasts an impressive pedigree with storylines drawn from the formative experiences of NBA standout Kevin Durant. But the series is anything but a TV-scaled biopic; its ambitions are decidedly bigger and more far-reaching than even the 6-foot-10-inch superstar. “The approach was not
Carley Shimkus will take up the co-anchor seat on “Fox & Friends First” opposite Todd Piro after Jillian Mele announced Friday that she was leaving the early-morning program. Shimkus has been a reporter for Fox News Headlines, a co-host on the Fox Nation streaming service and a substitute host on Fox News Channel. She joined
A looming war, deadly monsters and the supposed “end of days” — all in a day’s work for Geralt of Rivia. On Friday, Netflix released a new trailer for Season 2 of “The Witcher,” the high fantasy series starring Henry Cavill as the monster hunter Geralt. The video shows a new look at some of
The Anti-Defamation League is urging Fox Corporation to not air Tucker Carlson’s upcoming series about the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. In a letter addressed to Fox Corp. executive chairman and CEO Lachlan Murdoch, ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt called the series “an abject, indisputable lie and blatant attempt to rewrite history,” and encouraged
“The 3-Body Problem” series at Netflix has officially added a dozen cast members, Variety has learned. The cast now includes: Jovan Adepo (“Watchmen,” “When They See Us,” “Fences”), John Bradley (“Game of Thrones,” “Moonfall,” “Marry Me”), Tsai Chin (“Lucky Grandma,” “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings”), Liam Cunningham (“The Last Voyage of the
When William Jackson Harper turns on his warm, steady charm, he proves an impossible actor to resist. Even when portraying a neurotic breakdown, as he did frequently as an ethics professor on “The Good Place,” or embodying someone who makes questionable decisions, as he does on “Love Life,” Harper imbues his characters with a grounded