Television

Based on real events, Netflix miniseries “The Billion Dollar Code” – created by Oliver Ziegenbalg and Robert Thalheim, and set to be released exclusively on Netflix on Thursday – shows the German inventors of 1994 Terravision and their fight to be acknowledged as creators of the Google Earth algorithm. In 2014, Berlin-based ART+COM sued Google

Paris-based APC (About Premium Content) has acquired world sales rights on the six-part Finnish thriller “A Good Family,” currently filming in Estonia before moving back to Finland. The high-end drama about love, marriage and parenthood is based on Finnish author and screenwriter Petri Karra’s 2019 novel “The Dark Light” (“Musta Valo”). The creative team takes

SPOILER ALERT:  Do not read if you have not seen “No Direction Home,” the Season 5 finale of “Billions.” “Billions” will get a big reset in its upcoming sixth season as the durable Showtime drama shift its prism on the world of billionaires, vulture capitalists and global high finance. “Billions” co-creators Brian Koppelman and David

SPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not watched “No Direction Home,” the Season 5 finale episode of Showtime drama “Billions.”  Damian Lewis has signed off of “Billions” after a five-season run as the alpha-male hedge fund billionaire Bobby Axelrod. The Showtime drama series set in the world of billionaires and global high-finance has

Tom Brady is, quite literally, saying “hello from the other side” to his former team, the New England Patriots. In a new promo for that aired before tonight’s face off between the Patriots and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Brady’s first time playing at Gillette Stadium as the Buccaneers’ quarterback was soundtracked by Adele’s ballad “Hello.” The

Ken Aymong, a key producer at NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” who has helped maintain the business of the venerable late-night program for more than three decades, is stepping down from his post. The cast nodded to Aymong’s departure early Sunday morning during the final minutes of the first episode of “SNL’s” 47th season, with Colin

In its first episode back after summer hiatus, “Saturday Night Live” dove back into pop culture headlines by producing sketches that parodied “The View” co-hosts’ experiences getting told they tested positive for COVID-19 live on air and mashed up Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ recent space flight with “Star Trek.” But it also threw things back

The first “Weekend Update” segment of “Saturday Night Live’s” 47th season paid tribute to former cast member Norm Macdonald. First, current cast member Pete Davidson joined “Update” co-anchors Michael Che and Colin Jost at the desk wearing a shirt with Macdonald’s image on it. Davidson sat down with them to discuss his appearance at the

New “Saturday Night Live” featured player James Austin Johnson made his mark on the NBC late-night sketch comedy series immediately from the start of the Season 47 premiere: He debuted as Joe Biden impersonation during a “special message from the president” cold open sketch. After winning eight Emmys at the 73rd annual ceremonies last month,

While promoting his new memoir “Taste: My Life Through Food,” Stanley Tucci revealed that he was still recovering from his cancer treatment during the production of his CNN series “Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy.” The “Big Night” and “Devil Wears Prada” actor further detailed his battle with cancer in a new conversation with the New

Lorraine M. Snebold, a veteran local TV marketing executive who most recently worked for Nexstar’s NewsNation, died Sept. 28 in Augusta, Ga. She was 65. Snebold died from injuries suffered in a car accident earlier in September. As a marketing executive, Snebold did work for Fox, CBS, National Geographic Channel and numerous local TV stations.

Apple TV Plus will not be moving ahead with a second season of “Mr. Corman,” A24’s schoolteacher drama starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, the streamer has confirmed. The final episode “The Big Picture” was released Friday. Gordon-Levitt created, wrote, directed and executive produced the series about a fifth grade teacher and former musician working in the San

Matt Amodio kept his “Jeopardy!” hot streak alive Friday — reaching another milestone on the game show with his 33rd victory. That put him in second place on the all-time consecutive wins list after only Ken Jennings, who holds the record at 74. In notching win No. 33, Amodio topped 2019 breakout champion James Holzhauer.

After a series of damning revelations about how Ozy Media has conducted business, including reports of shady outside dealings and a toxic internal work environment, the digital startup announced on Friday that is shutting down. Per a statement from the company’s board of directors: “At Ozy, we have been blessed with a remarkable team of

Natalie Morales has proven herself a versatile anchor who logged time at “Today,” “Access Hollywood” and “Dateline” and still managed to find time to do daredevil stunts with colleague Jenna Bush Hager. Now she’s heading out on a new adventure — one that won’t include NBC News. Morales told staffers Friday at the NBCUniversal-backed news

Disney Channel has ordered a fifth season of “Raven’s Home,” starring Raven-Symoné as Raven Baxter and Isaac Ryan Brown as her son Booker. The spinoff series will continue to follow the adventures of the somewhat psychic Raven Baxter and her teen son Booker, who has inherited the same gift of catching glimpses of the future.

SPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not watched “Maid,” streaming now on Netflix. After playwright Molly Smith Metzler read Stephanie Land’s memoir, “Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother’s Will to Survive,” she began to look at the world differently. Specifically, this was because of the passage in which Land described a

Shaka King has signed a first-look deal at FX. Under the deal, King will develop new TV projects for FX through his newly launched production company, I’d Watch That. Along with King, the company’s president and co-founder is Brandon Harris. King most recently directed, co-wrote, and produced the Oscar-winning feature film “Judas and the Black

ABC banked on a “Station 19” and “Grey’s Anatomy” crossover event to mark the season premieres (fifth and 18th, respectively) for both shows on Sept. 30, and it paid off for the alphabet network. Per Nielsen’s Live+Same Day fast nationals, the firefighter drama, which aired at 8 p.m., scored the most viewers of the night

“America’s Funniest Home Videos” has vaulted past “Gunsmoke” and joined the rarefied ranks of “The Simpsons” on the list of primetime entertainment series that have amassed an astounding 700 episodes. The milestone segment kicks off “AFV’s” 32nd season on ABC on Oct. 3. Getting there over the past year and a half was a heck

José Andrés, the popular chef, author and humanitarian, has an interesting media recipe in the works. The owner of ThinkFoodGroup, who has gained notice for his restaurants as well as recent efforts to help feed people caught in global disasters, has launched José Andrés Media, a company that will produce unscripted and scripted television series,

Another attempt at a “Cruel Intentions” TV series is in development at IMDb TV. Inspired by the 1999 film of the same name — which was itself inspired by the novel “Dangerous Liaisons” — the new iteration of the series follows two ruthless step siblings who will do anything to stay on top. In this

The Golden Globes have announced their new set of members to join their organization, marking the largest class in their history. Of the 21 new members, their demographic breakdowns are as follows: 48% identify as women 29% identify as Black 24% identify as Asian 29% identify as Latinx 19% identify as Middle Eastern/North African The

Disney Plus has announced its first Italian original doc series, titled “Ndrangheta, World Wide Mafia,” that will aim to provide an in-depth look at the Calabrian mob. The four-part piece will look at the “Ndrangheta” through the prism of the war being waged by an Italian prosecutor against this lesser-known organized crime syndicate, which has

Sony Pictures Television has sold its entire network portfolio in Central and Eastern Europe to Antenna Group, Variety can reveal. The deal covers 22 pay-TV channels and two OTT services in 12 territories. Netherlands-headquartered media giant Antenna has operations in North America, Europe and Australia. The deal will see the company acquire the Central and Eastern

Just acquired by ViacomCBS from Warner Media, No. 1 Chilean broadcast network Chilevisión will be headed up by two of Latin America’s best-known TV executives: Darío Turovelzky and Juan Ignacio Vicente. Made Friday, the top management announcement sees Turovelzky expand his leadership role to oversee both Chilevisión and Argentina’s No. 1 free-to-air network Telefe, under

A trio of well-experienced Finnish producers, Eero Hietala, Lasse Koskinen and Ilkka Hynninen, have joined forces to launch Take Two Studios, a production company which will focus on premium drama, documentaries and podcasts. Hietala and Hynninen previously co-founded Aito Media in 2003 and produced more than 1,700 hours of programming during their 18-year run as

Legendary actress Rita Moreno described her struggle to gain power in her own life at Variety‘s Power of Women event presented by Lifetime. “Given my background, feeling powerful is a significant reality,” Moreno said. “Growing up as a young Latina immigrant in a racist and patriarchal society, I honestly couldn’t even imagine what that might

Warner Bros. Television Group Chairman Channing Dungey called on others to use their power for good during Variety‘s Power of Women event presented by Lifetime. “I was lucky enough as a young woman in this business to be mentored by women who taught me that if we are in a position of power, it’s our

SPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not yet watched “Here Comes the Sun,” the Season 18 premiere of “Grey’s Anatomy.” The return of Scott Speedman’s hunky Nick Marsh as the object of Meredith’s affection was the unexpected twist delivered by “Grey’s Anatomy” in Thursday’s Season 18 premiere. And the romance is bound to