Television

The BBC has sold its Elstree Centre property, which includes the iconic Albert Square set for long-running soap “EastEnders,” to global investment giant AXA IM Alts. As part of the transaction, AXA IM Alts will lease part of the studio campus back to the BBC for 25 years. “The sale of the Elstree Centre site

Bravo has officially announced the new “Vanderpump Rules” spinoff series, titled “The Valley,” which is set to premiere this spring. The reality series revolves around five couples: Jax Taylor and Brittany Cartwright; Kristen Doute and Luke Broderick; Danny and Nia Booko; Jesse and Michelle Lally; and Jason and Janet Caperna. Jasmine Goode and Zack Wickham

Film and TV Producers’ Groups Call for Government Regulation of Streamers, Protection of Indie Sector Against ‘Market Failure’ and Loss of IP Streaming platforms could be subject to tighter regulation and forced to loosen their control of intellectual property if national governments heed a call for action launched Thursday by film and TV producers’ trade

SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers for Season 5 of “Fargo,” now airing on FX and streaming on Hulu. Juno Temple leads the fifth season of “Fargo” as Dorothy “Dot” Lyon, a Minnesota housewife whose past begins to catch up to her. When Roy Tillman (Jon Hamm), the abusive ex-husband she escaped, sets out to find

Spoiler alert: This story contains spoilers from “American Nightmare,” the three-part docuseries now streaming on Netflix. “American Nightmare” may be difficult to watch at night. Netflix’s latest docuseries, from the filmmakers behind “The Tinder Swindler,” Felicity Morris and Bernadette Higgins, tells the story of a traumatic home invasion, abduction and the unreal events that unfolded

Rachel Maddow‘s next project will take her to Russia — in a sense. The journalist’s Surprise Inside production company will team up with Adam McKay‘s Hyperobject Industries to work on the Rakontur documentary project “From Russia With Lev.” All three production entities are clients of WME. The feature boasts exclusive interviews with Lev Parnas, the

A celebration of “The Daily Show” took place earlier this week — but not on the network that airs it. The program won an Emmy award for “Outstanding Variety Series” and its former host, Trevor Noah, and one of its former top contributors, Roy Wood, Jr., were on hand to take part. Veteran behind-the-scenes executives

Paramount Global has chosen the nine writers who will participate in the Paramount Writers Mentoring Program for 2024-2025. Selected in the program’s 20th year are Jamil Akim O’Quinn, Wei Ling Chang, Adrian Colón Jr., Jai Franklin Sarki, Seth Harrington, Natalie Higdon, writing team Dijorn Moss & Trinea Moss and Nick Spates.  The Paramount Office of

Apple TV+ has unveiled the trailer for “The New Look,” a new historical drama series starring Ben Mendelsohn as Christian Dior and Juliette Binoche as Coco Chanel. Inspired by true events, the series from Todd A. Kessler chronicles the fashion designers and their contemporaries as they launched modern fashion, set against the World War II

Veteran TV and film producer Gail Berman has been tapped to receive the Norman Lear Achievement Award at 2024 Producers Guild Awards ceremony next month. Berman, whose most recent hits include Netflix’s “Wednesday” and 2022’s “Elvis,” will be feted at the 25th annual Producers Guild Awards on Feb. 25. Berman’s long resume includes a five-year

As the possibility of a third season of “Big Little Lies” picks up steam, HBO and Max content chairman/CEO Casey Bloys is ready for it. Bloys confirmed to Variety that he has heard “a little bit about the idea. I think it could be great.” “Big Little Lies” stars and executive producers Reese Witherspoon and

CAA has upped six employees to agent and executive roles, including Sebastian Brogan, Olivia Brooks, Kaitlin Gascoyne, Ross Lee, Jeff Lynds and Jenna Powell. Based in New York, Brogan was promoted to agent in the basketball department. He began his CAA career in 2016 as a mailroom clerk, then serving as an assistant to Lloyd

Amazon MGM Studios has partnered with The Wonder Project to produce faith-based films and series, Variety has learned. Under the deal, Amazon has ordered the series “House of David” for Prime Video. The Wonder Project was recently launched by veteran producer Jon Erwin and entertainment executive Kelly Merryman Hoogstraten. Dallas Jenkins, the creator and producer-director

Jonathan Ross is set to front ITV‘s Oscars coverage including hosting “the ultimate Oscars party.” Ross, who will accompany U.K. viewers as they watch the ceremony on free-to-air for the first time in twenty years, will kick off hosting duties from 10.30pm GMT on ITV1 and ITVX in a companion show to the main event.

Sarah Paulson and Holland Taylor have been dating for about eight years, but they’re not looking to work together onscreen anytime soon. “I can’t imagine,” Taylor told Variety on the Emmys red carpet. “I don’t like seeing couples doing things because I’m always aware of the coupledom.” Holland did reveal that they have been pitched

Last season: “Fire” ended on a major cliffhanger, with Mouch (Christian Stolte) bleeding out in the hospital after being hit by shrapnel. Additionally, Kidd (Miranda Rae Mayo) left Chicago to go find her husband, Severide (Taylor Kinney), who had left for an OFI case and never returned. Plus, Casey (Jesse Spencer) returned and proposed to

CBS has announced a series order for reality competition “The Summit.” Hosted by actor and New Zealander Manu Bennett, the series is based on the Australian series of the same name. It follows sixteen strangers as they set out on an arduous journey through the treacherous New Zealand Alps in an attempt to reach the

Digital media executive Alex MacCallum, who left CNN after a major streaming product she helped build was scuttled, has returned to the news outlet to help build some more. McCallum, who exited CNN in June of 2022 when she was interim chief digital officer, has been named executive vice president of digital products and services,

The BBC has been plunged into crisis after its highest paid anchor has been accused of breaching the broadcaster’s impartiality rules for the second time in less than a year. Variety understands that BBC director general Tim Davie and head of content Charlotte Moore “dropped everything” on Monday to have an urgent meeting about “Match

Diamond Sports Group has put together a plan to emerge from bankruptcy and remain a going concern, helped by a big new streaming deal with Amazon. Amazon has committed to making a minority investment in Diamond Sports Group, one of the largest operators of regional sports networks (RSNs) in the country, as part of Diamond’s

Continuing their alliance into 2024, EO Media, led by Ezequiel Olzanski  and SPI International, a Canal+ company, have secured all rights for Latin America, including Brazil, to a star-stacked slate of movies from topline talent such as Keanu Reeves, Kate Hudson, Nicole Kidman, Michael Shannon and fanbase stalwart Jean-Claude Van Damme. As star talent continues to mark

Hannah Waddingham may have won an Emmy in 2021 for her starring role in “Ted Lasso,” but the actor revealed that her drama teacher once told her she would “never work on screen.” During an interview on the BBC Radio 2 podcast “Michelle Visage’s Rule Breakers,” Waddingham recalled a time when her teacher made fun

Toby Byrne, who rose over two-decades to run advertising sales for Fox Broadcasting and Fox Sports, is getting back into the TV-ad game. Byrne has been named executive vice president of national ad sales at A+E Networks, reporting to Peter Olsen, president of ad sales at the company, which is a joint venture of Hearst

Beta Film has boarded ZDFneo’s new medical drama series “Krank Berlin,” set in the toughest and most overcrowded hospital in the German capital. Created by former British emergency room doctor turned screenwriter Samuel Jefferson, “Krank Berlin” will be part of the Berlinale Series Market showcase Up Next: Germany, which presents an exclusive selection of the

CBS gave its new late night series “After Midnight” a bit of a soft launch on Tuesday night, premiering the show with minimal fanfare in its 12:37 a.m. timeslot behind “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.” Comedian Taylor Tomlinson hosts the series, which tapes on the Paramount lot in Hollywood. The decision to keep the

SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers for Season 5, Episode 10 of “Fargo,” now airing on FX and streaming on Hulu. While the events of Noah Hawley’s FX series “Fargo” don’t expand on those in the 1996 film from Joel and Ethan Coen, there is one bit of dialogue from the movie that Hawley considers a

After creating “Saturday Night Live” in 1975, longtime producer Lorne Michaels has been tied to the long-running variety show for nearly 50 years. Stick to the same job for long enough, one might start to wonder who will take over the position after one steps out of it. Michaels was asked about the matter on

“Yellowjackets” star Samantha Hanratty has wanted to be an actor since she was two years old: “I literally told my mom, I was like, I want to be on stage in TV. I knew I was going to be an actor really out of the womb.”  “I don’t know if it was like I wanted

Cheryl Fair, the president and general manager of ABC-owned KABC Los Angeles, is departing ABC’s owned TV stations group after 50 years with the company. Fair, who has spent the last 30 years at KABC and before that, 20 years at WPVI Philadelphia, revealed the news to staff on Tuesday. Attending the meeting to share

David E. Hoffman, TV writer, author and creator of Food Network shows such as “The Best Thing I Ever Ate,” died Jan. 3 at his home in West Hollywood. He had been battling glioblastoma for six months. As a producer, Hoffman created and executive produced the Food Network shows “The Best Thing I Ever Ate”