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Jeremy Allen White has been cast in the lead role of the FX comedy pilot “The Bear,” Variety has learned. In addition, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Ayo Edebiri, Lionel Boyce, Abby Elliott, and Matty Matheson have also been cast in the project, which was ordered to pilot at FX back in March. “The Bear” is about a young chef

This year’s eighth edition of the itinerant Ibero-American Platino Awards (Premios Platino) will return to Madrid on Oct. 3, as will its brand new Iberseries Platino Industria forum, which will run Sept. 27 – Oct 1 at the IFEMA Palacio Municipal de Madrid, a massive conference center complex in the north of the Spanish capital.

MODOK is a D-list supervillain, but Jordan Blum and Patton Oswalt, co-creators of the upcoming Hulu adult animated comedy bearing the Marvel character’s namesake, are hoping you’ll root for their grotesque underdog because, somewhere along the line, you’ve also had your plans to take over the world thwarted. Blum, who is known for his work

Lady Gaga opened up to Oprah Winfrey about the trauma of being raped as a teenager in the new Apple TV Plus series, “The Me You Can’t See.” In the debut of the five-part series — for which Oprah Winfrey and Prince Harry serve as executive producers and share their own experiences — Gaga, now

Aimed at aspiring TV producers, European workshop ACE Series Special is gearing up for its third edition in December. The fledgling event targets experienced producers who are keen on adding a TV series division to their companies or grow their knowledge on the intricacies of developing and producing drama series for international audiences. It has

Alexis von Wittgenstein’s Munich-based production shingle Violet Pictures is expanding its TV series pipeline with a slew of new projects, among them a historical drama about the role of women in the creation of modern Europe, the story of a mother of three who became one of the Soviet Union’s most successful spies, and a

Munich-based Beta Film, one of Europe’s biggest independent TV companies, has acquired worldwide distribution rights outside France to “The Island of Thirty Coffins,” a French series adaptation of a novel by “Lupin” author Maurice Leblanc. An atmospheric crime thriller from Leblanc – whose Arsène Lupin character, created in 1905, inspired Netflix biggest foreign-language global hit

Set to air on May 26 on the U.K.’s Channel 4, “Before We Die,” the latest production from Eagle Eye, marks an adaptation of “Innan vi dör,” the hit Swedish show of the same international title. The six-episode series eloquently translates the precise and effective narrative of the original. Distributed by ZDF Enterprises, while the

Sky has canceled “Bulletproof,” three weeks after multiple sexual misconduct allegations emerged about the show’s lead Noel Clarke, Variety can reveal. A spokesperson for the Comcast-backed pay-TV operator confirmed the decision: “Sky will not be proceeding with any further series of ‘Bulletproof.’” Meanwhile, production company Vertigo Films has also said it “will not make any future

Distinguished British actor Tim McMullan is playing the role of detective Atticus Pünd in the PBS Masterpiece, BritBox U.K. and Eleventh Hour Films series adaptation of “Magpie Murders,” Anthony Horowitz’s international bestseller. Previously announced actor Timothy Spall had to step away from the production due to a scheduling clash. The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art

Chances are that, on the first or second listen, Olivia Rodrigo’s debut album, “Sour,” will remind you of Billie Eilish’s own freshman effort from a little over two years ago. It’s not so much that, at 18, Rodrigo is still young enough to count a 19-year-old as an influence — although you do get the

In his personal life, Prince Harry has emerged only recently from a period of great pain. In his professional life, as evidenced by his new Apple TV Plus series “The Me You Can’t See,” the tricky part is just beginning. Oprah Winfrey’s interview, earlier this year, with the former working royal and his wife Meghan

U.K. public service broadcaster BBC, already on the ropes due to fallout from an investigation into a 1995 Princess Diana interview, has suffered a further body blow with a damning report from a parliamentary committee. The U.K. parliament House of Commons’ Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has reported concerns that the BBC, “at a critical juncture”

Phoebe Dynevor knows you’re still processing the news that Regé-Jean Page won’t be back on Season 2 of Netflix’s juicy “Bridgerton.” But rest assured, Phoebe and Simon — a.k.a. the Duke and Duchess of Hastings — are doing quite fine. Dynevor has just returned to the set of “Bridgerton,” and confirms Phoebe will still be

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The TV biz did its best to serve up the usual razzle-dazzle at this week’s virtual upfront presentations, tapping stars for extended bits and queuing up sizzle reels for the Madison Avenue crowd. But even they tacitly acknowledged all the changes that have been rocking the television landscape since the last in-person upfronts in New

TV ratings are down. But the networks aren’t letting that get in the way of demanding big price hikes in their annual negotiations with Madison Avenue. Even as advertisers express concern about declines in the live audiences tuning in for TV staples like “Young Sheldon,” “This Is Us” and “Grey’s Anatomy,” they appear to be

Variety's Awards Circuit is home to the official predictions for the upcoming Emmys ceremonies from film awards editor Clayton Davis. Following history, buzz, news, reviews and sources, the Emmy predictions are updated regularly with the current year's list of contenders in all categories. Variety's Awards Circuit Prediction schedule consists of four phases, running all year

Fox Weather unveiled its senior executive structure ahead of a launch of its ad-supported streaming service devoted to all things meteorological in the third quarter of 2021. The leadership team will include: David Clark, senior vice president and head of programming; Steve Baron. senior vice president of digital product and strategy; Mike McClain, senior vice

Variety's Awards Circuit is home to the official predictions for the upcoming Emmys ceremonies from film awards editor Clayton Davis. Following history, buzz, news, reviews and sources, the Emmy predictions are updated regularly with the current year's list of contenders in all categories. Variety's Awards Circuit Prediction schedule consists of four phases, running all year

It’s just the latest salvo in TV’s never-ending morning-news wars: CBS’ Gayle King is about to stroll into territory long dominated by ABC’s Robin Roberts. Starting this fall, “CBS This Morning” will hold forth from a new studio in New York’s Times Square. The facility is located in the corporate headquarters of CBS News’ corporate

Flo Rida made his Eurovision debut on Thursday in what may have been one of the unlikeliest cameos in the contest’s history. The American rapper, who arrived in Rotterdam on Tuesday morning, appeared in support of the artist Senhit, who is representing San Marino — one of the world’s smallest countries, located as a small

Heading into its 60th edition, France’s Annecy Festival long ago established itself as one of the world’s most important animation events, but this year it holds the added distinction of being one of the first major international festivals in Europe to return to an at least part in-person format. Attendance will be limited to a

Rebecca Ferguson will star in a series adaptation of Hugh Howey’s “Wool,” which has been ordered to series at Apple. “Wool” is a set in a ruined and toxic future where a community exists in a giant silo underground, hundreds of stories deep. There, men and women live in a society full of regulations they

When the Television Academy announced in December that it would remerge the variety talk and variety sketch categories, I understood why the org did it from a logistical standpoint. There had been just 14 sketch series submissions for the Emmy competition last year, and only 24 talk shows — so putting the two categories back

Kathleen Turner, Golden Globe winner and two-time Tony nominee, has been tapped to play a foul-mouthed lobbyist in HBO’s limited series “The White House Plumbers,” from the team behind “Veep.” Turner will play Dita Beard, who works for an ITT corporation involved in some dirty deals with the Nixon Administration. She’s joining an impressively stacked cast

“The Wheel of Time” series at Amazon has been renewed for Season 2 just as production is ending on Season 1, Variety has learned. Based on the Robert Jordan novel series, “The Wheel of Time” was first ordered at Amazon back in 2018. Set in a world where magic exists and only certain women are allowed

Three new animated feature films and series from Asian American creators are coming to Netflix in 2023, including Stephen Chow’s “The Monkey King,” starring the voice talents of Jimmy O. Yang, Bowen Yang, Jolie Hoang-Rappaport, Jo Koy, Ron Yuan, Hoon Lee, Stephanie Hsu, Andrew Pang, Andrew Kishino, Jodi Long, James Sie and BD Wong. “The

Vice TV has announced investigative doc “Vice Versa: College $ports, Inc.,” exposing the allegedly exploitative relationship between the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and student athletes. The 90-minute “Vice Versa,” for which Vice is launching a trailer (above), is directed by Patrick Dimon and hosted by former Olympian and NCAA athlete Jeremy Bloom and will

The “Dangerous Liaisons” series at Starz has cast Alice Englert and Nicholas Denton in the two lead roles, Variety has learned. A reimagining on the Pierre Choderlos de Laclos book of the same name, the series tells the origin story of how the Marquise de Merteuil (Englert) and the Vicomte de Valmont (Denton) meet as passionate