Television

“The Three of Us,” a comedy pilot at CBS, has released its cast. The multi-camera pilot was a holdover from CBS’ 2020 pilot crop, which was thrown into disarray due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It starred Oliver Hudson, Malin Akerman, Brent Morin, and Vanessa Lachey. According to an individual with knowledge of the situation, CBS

The fall television lineup is about to get that much spookier — and sillier. “Ghosts,” a single-camera comedy series about a struggling young couple who inherit a haunted house, has been given a series order at CBS. The series stars Rose McIver, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Brandon Scott Jones, Richie Moriarty, Asher Grodman, Rebecca Wisocky, Sheila Carrasco,

Like so many actors before him, when Wyatt Russell first auditioned for the Disney Plus series “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier,” he had no idea what character he was trying out to play. It was only after he landed the gig that Marvel Studios told him he’d booked the role of John Walker, who

Netflix may be breathing new life into the “To All the Boys” film franchise, with a spinoff TV series in early development starring Anna Cathcart. A half-hour romantic comedy series from Awesomeness Productions and ACE Entertainment is being eyed at the streamer, Variety has confirmed. The show would follow Kitty Song Covey (Cathcart), Lara Jean’s younger sister,

In adapting her sci-fi novel “Made for Love” for television, author Alissa Nutting worked with showrunner Christina Lee to bring to the screen some fantastical elements, like simulated beaches so convincing that they’re indistinguishable from the real thing. But the crux of the story is an analog one: an examination of who you are when

NBC has given a series order to the drama “Ordinary Joe.” The show was originally picked up to pilot at NBC last pilot season, but was held until this year due to the production shutdown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The series explores the three parallel lives of the show’s main character (James Wolk) after

Half-hour multicamera comedy “Head of the Class” has been given a 10-episode series order from streaming platform HBO Max. The original series, which is being executive produced by Bill Lawrence (of “Ted Lasso” and “Scrubs”) alongside exec producers and writers Amy Pocha and Seth Cohen (of “Paradise PD” and “American Vandal”), stars “One Day at

In today’s TV news roundup, HBO released a trailer for “Mare of Easttown,” and Combate Americas announced a partnership with Univision. FIRST LOOKS HBO released a trailer for “Mare of Easttown,” the seven-part limited series premiering April 18 on HBO. Kate Winslet stars as Mare Sheehan, a small-town Pennsylvania detective who investigates a local murder as

CBS has given a series order to “CSI: Vegas,” a sequel series to the network’s hit forensics procedural “CSI.” Original series stars William Petersen and Jorja Fox will reprise the roles of Gil Grissom and Sara Sidle. The series opens a brand new chapter in Las Vegas, the city where it all began. Facing an existential

Endeavor has filed its prospectus for a possible IPO offering later this year, with updated financial disclosures revealing that parent company of WME, UFC and other sports and entertainment assets logged a $625.3 million net loss last year. The document confirms Endeavor’s plan to acquire the remaining half of UFC that it does not own

It’s happened to everyone at some point in the past year, and on Wednesday, the arraignment of Jen Shah of Bravo’s “The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City” had to be rescheduled because every technical issue that could go wrong, did. The hearing, before United States District Judge Sidney H. Stein, came one day after

Television and film executive Zennen Clifton, who was most recently executive vice president of 3BD Networks at studio 3BlackDot, is joining Apple TV Plus as a creative executive. Clifton will work on the Los Angeles-based domestic development team, reporting to head of development and current programming Matt Cherniss. At 3BD Networks, he led all direct-to-consumer

Colin Firth will play Michael Peterson in a series adaptation of “The Staircase,” which has been ordered to series at HBO Max. HBO Max has ordered eight episodes of the limited series, which is based on the docuseries of the same name and various books and reports on the Peterson case. Peterson was accused of

“Naomi,” the DC drama pilot from Ava DuVernay and Jill Blankenship, has added five to its cast, including “7th Heaven” and “Hart of Dixie” alum Barry Watson. Additionally, “Queen Sugar” and “Ozark” director Amanda Marsalis will helm and co-executive produce the pilot. Watson is set to play Greg, Naomi’s adoptive father and military vet who

Sarah Michelle Gellar is set to star in the YA comedy “Hot Pink,” which has been ordered to pilot at Amazon, Variety has learned. The show is loosely inspired by Elana K. Arnold’s book “What Girls Are Made Of.” In the book, Nina Faye was raised to believe that there is no such thing as unconditional

Fox Nation seems eager to expand its chief export. The streaming service, originally conceived as a place for “super fans” of Fox News Channel, has in recent months been filling its digital shelves with a show led by Nancy Grace; faith-based shows tied to Easter; and vintage movies and TV series. It will serve as

No one could go from zero to 100 quite like Jessica Walter. Walter, who died at the age of 80 on March 24, embodied bold women who made her impossible to forget throughout her 60-year career. In her breakout role, in Clint Eastwood’s 1971 thriller “Play Misty for Me,” Walter portrayed Evelyn, a woman who

Jameela Jamil is celebrating the one-year anniversary of “I Weigh,” the podcast offshoot of her activist mental health organization of the same name. Guests have included Billy Porter, Demi Lovato, Beanie Feldstein and Diane Guerrero, as well as doctors and experts in various fields. During Reese Witherspoon’s emotional interview, the Oscar winner teared up while

Eugenio Derbez’s upcoming Apple comedy series “Acapulco” has added four new cast members, with Richard Shepard now onboard to direct the pilot. Enrique Arrizon, Damian Alcázar, Camila Perez, and Raphael Alejandro will all star alongside Derbez in the half-hour series. It will be shot in both Spanish and English and is inspired by the film

Here’s a complete list of things we learn about Awalmir, or “Al,” in the first four episodes of the new show ostensibly about him: Al (Adhir Kalyan) is a friendly Afghan translator. Al loves qorma-e-sabzi (an Afghan spinach stew), his mother, sister, countless cousins, and best American friend Riley (Parker Young), a former Marine who

Yes Studios, the leading Israeli production and distribution banner, has unveiled a first still and a trailer for Daniel Sivan’s anticipated feature documentary film “Dirty Tricks,” which will have its world premiere at Hot Docs. “Dirty Tricks,” set to unspool in the special presentation section at Hot Docs, takes an inside look at the world

In an optimistic move toward normalcy, the Recording Academy has announced that the 64 th annual Grammy Awards will take place at the show’s traditional home of the Staples Center on Jan. 31, 2022 — exactly a year after the originally scheduled date of the 2021 awards, which were moved to March 14 due to

A man has been charged by Tokyo prosecutors over online abuse of Kimura Hana, a female pro-wrestler and star of reality TV show “Terrace House” who died last year. But a broadcast ethics probe found that local broadcaster Fuji Television Network had not violated her human rights. Kimura is understood to have died by suicide

A second season of bilingual series “Dramaworld” takes to the airwaves across Asia from this week. The show is a fantasy about an American K-drama fan-girl who is supernaturally transported into the Korean drama scene and there must save her favorite leading man. In Korea itself “Dramaworld” will play from Friday on A+E Networks’ Lifetime

Australia’s Aquarius Films has joined with the U.S.’s Anonymous Content to produce a futuristic crime thriller series “The Subjugate.” The series is an adaptation of a book of the same title by Amanda Bridgeman. The story follows a pair of detectives who, in 2040, are called on to investigate a series of murders in a

Britney Spears has broken her silence on the “Framing Britney Spears” documentary. In an Instagram post on Tuesday that features her dancing to Aerosmith’s “Crazy,” Spears addressed the doc for the first time, writing that she hasn’t watched it but was “embarrassed” by the parts she did see and “cried for two weeks.” “I didn’t

Jack Reynor has been cast in a lead role of the Amazon series adaptation of the William Gibson novel “The Peripheral,” Variety has learned. Reynor will star as Burton. He joins previously announced cast members Chloë Grace Moretz and Gary Carr, with Moretz set to play Flynne and Carr set to play Wilf. In the novel,

In today’s TV news roundup, Disney Plus released a trailer for “Star Wars: The Bad Batch,” and Hulu released a for the fourth season of “The Handmaid’s Tale.” FIRST LOOKS Disney Plus released a for “Star Wars: The Bad Batch,” which debuts on May 4 (Star Wars Day) with a 70-minute premiere. Set after the

The “4400” reboot at The CW has cast Joseph David-Jones and Khaliah Johnson, Variety has learned. The reboot was ordered to series at The CW in February. In the show, 4400 overlooked, undervalued, or otherwise marginalized people who vanished without a trace over the last hundred years are all returned in an instant, having not aged

“Young Sheldon” has been renewed for three more seasons at CBS. That means the “Big Bang Theory” prequel series will be on the air until at least 2024. The series debuted in 2017, with its fourth season currently airing. Season 5 will debut during the 2021-2022 broadcast television season. This is not the first time