Television

Neither “Filthy Rich” nor “Next” will be getting second seasons at Fox. The network has decided to cancel both series after only a single season, Variety has learned exclusively. Sources say that rising production costs due to the COVID-19 pandemic played a significant part in the decision. Fox will air the remaining episodes of both shows, which

In today’s TV news roundup, HBO Max has acquired non-exclusive rights to stream various Comedy Central shows including “Key & Peele,” and Spectrum Originals and AMC Networks have together picked up the Zak Penn series, “Beacon 23.” DATES HBO Max revealed a Nov. 19 launch date for “I Hate Suzie.” The series stars Billie Piper

The Campfire Writers Room partnership between CBS Studios, Rideback and Thinking Hat has born two new projects which have been nabbed for development at CBS. The network has put into the pipeline government mind control series “The Tempest,” which hails from “Nightflyers” writer Jeff Buhler, and disaster relief drama “Activation,” which is being penned by

Every October, a wave of horror movies, creepy gore and spine-chilling stories unfurls with overwhelming force to usher in the Halloween season. It’s a time for fans of all things strange and terrifying to rejoice in a bounty of petrifying options — and a time for the rest of us wimps to retreat into our cobweb-free corners until it’s all over. Luckily for those

For years, witchcraft has had a traditional look in popular entertainment — pointy hats, broomsticks, spells and potions — and usually white. Aside from a few supporting character examples, Black witchcraft has remained a blind spot in this witchy narrative. There’s no version of “Sabrina the Teenage Witch” for Black witches. So we asked the

Nick Frost and Simon Pegg have been messing around with the occult ever since they first became friends. In fact, the two used to drive around in Pegg’s square-shaped Renault 5, looking for spooky spots to stop, “smoke bongs and scare ourselves,” according to Frost. It’s perhaps appropriate, then, that in the pair’s latest series,

“Superstore” opened for business with its season 6 premiere on Thursday night, and faced a tough time in the ratings up against “” on Fox. The season 6 premiere delivered a 0.6 rating among adults 18-49 and 2.8 million total viewers. Although that’s down a touch on both the season 5 premiere and finale, it’s

HBO’s satirical limited series “The White Lotus” has added a handful of players to its already large cast. Molly Shannon, Jon Gries and Jolene Purdy are all joining the cast in recurring guest roles, as well as Kekoa Kekumano and Lukas Gage. The new additions come less than a couple weeks after the series was ordered by HBO.

Lori Loughlin has surrendered to begin serving her two-month sentence in the college admissions bribery case, according to a Federal Bureau of Prisons representative. Loughlin arrived at the federal prison in Dublin, Calif., on Friday morning. The prison is the same facility where actress Felicity Huffman served her two-week sentence in the same case last

Fox has issued its first series order for the 2021-22 broadcast season. The network has picked up mockumentary “This Country,” from writer Jenny Bicks and director Paul Feig, to series. The news comes around nine months after Fox ordered a pilot for the show based on the British series of the same name created by

Becoming a producer Sarah Schechter love baseball again. Today the powerhouse behind a record-breaking 17 current television series, Schechter found her way in the business making movies. “When I first started working in film, what became so nice about watching sports was you didn’t know what was going to happen,” she says. “When you’re reading

Norman Mailer spy novel “Harlot’s Ghost” is getting the TV treatment, Variety has learned exclusively. Mark Gordon Pictures is developing the book for TV, having acquired the rights to the 1991 title. The novel centers on Harry Hubbard, the son and godson of legendary CIA agents, whose journey to learn about his past takes him

Mexico’s Manolo Caro, the creator, director and writer of “The House of Flowers,” may have another Netflix Original hit on his hands with the dark family thriller “Someone Has to Die” (Alguien Tiene Que Morir). Director of five movies and a documentary since 2013’s feature debut “I Don’t Know Whether to Slit My Wrists or

AETN U.K.’s and Comcast’s Sky History channel has canceled controversial woodworking program “The Chop: Britain’s Top Woodworker” after a raging controversy around a participant allegedly sporting Nazi tattoos. The participant, Darren Lumsden, has the number 88 tattooed on his cheek. Since 8 is the eighth letter of the alphabet, it is considered a numerical code

“Queen & Slim” star Jodie Turner-Smith will star as the Tudor-era queen, Anne Boleyn, in a three-part psychological drama for ViacomCBS-backed U.K. broadcaster Channel 5. Boleyn was the Queen of England from 1533 to 1536 as the second wife of King Henry VIII. Their tempestuous marriage, and her execution for treason, made her one of

In today’s TV news roundup, the CW announced premiere dates for upcoming dramas including “Walker” and “Batwoman” Season 2, and Bravo announced “The Real Housewives of Atlanta’s” return date. CASTING  CBS All Access announced that Lana Parrilla, B.K. Cannon, Jordane Christie, Matthew Daddario and Veronica Falcón have been cast in the second season of “Why Women Kill.” They join the

We’ve been conditioned — mostly thanks to corruption, greed and a steady abuse of power — to mistrust politicians. For many, skepticism is such a deep-rooted emotion when it comes to the government, even being too trustworthy becomes suspicious. But you need not worry, that isn’t that case for Hugh Laurie’s Peter Laurence, the center

In its examinations of Queen Elizabeth II’s reign and the power players surrounding her throughout her life, “The Crown” has long brought viewers behind the British royal family’s gilded closed doors. But in its upcoming fourth season, which drops Nov. 15 on Netflix, the drama is tackling two of the most famous British women in modern

Suppressed memories from childhood feed into the creative process for “Pen15,” said creator Anna Konkle. “It was always a good day if you realized there was something you had buried so deep that you never told anybody,” she said during a panel for the Variety Power of Women: Conversations event, presented by Lifetime. “I feel

Lark Voorhies, who played Lisa Turtle in the original “Saved by the Bell,” will reprise the role for a special appearance in the new Peacock series. The NBC streaming platform released a first-look image of the actor back in character on set. She joins Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Tiffani Thiessen, Mario Lopez and Elizabeth Berkley as members

Judge Judy Sheindlin will be banging her gavel and bringing a new court to order at Amazon Studios and IMDb TV. The Amazon-owned free streaming service has picked up her new as-yet-untitled court show, around eight months after Sheindlin announced the project following the end of “Judge Judy” after a historic 25 seasons. The show

The National Assn. of Television Program Executives has revealed the creation of three new events, and a completely virtual NATPE Miami. Next year’s events start with NATPE Virtual Miami, running Jan. 19-22, with the market running Jan. 19-29. Key themes for the conference will include revenue (investment, advertising and subscription), audience (research, marketing and promotion),

“No Activity” has been renewed for Season 4 at CBS All Access but will switch from live-action to an animated format. Season 4 will find Special Agent Nick Cullen (Patrick Brammall) realizing his dream of joining the FBI, but he will soon discover that being an FBI agent isn’t that special after all. After being

Now that the Los Angeles Dodgers clinched the World Series, Fox was back to its regular programming on Wednesday night, with “The Masked Singer” returning top the charts, as per usual. The singing show scored a 1.6 rating among adults 18-49 and drew 5.9 million total viewers. While that reprsents a slight dip from last

For Variety’s Power of Women cover story about “Grey’s Anatomy,” Ellen Pompeo, Chandra Wilson, Debbie Allen and showrunner Krista Vernoff sat down to discuss the show — its past and present. They also talked about some of their favorite episodes over the years. Vernoff, who was head writer for the first seven seasons of “Grey’s Anatomy”

For Netflix subscribers, this “Schitt” don’t stink. A week after “Schitt’s Creek” dominated the Emmy Awards, taking home the outstanding comedy prize and eight other awards, more viewers flocked to check the Canadian comedy out, according to Nielsen data. As a result, “Schitt’s Creek” shot to No. 1 on Nielsen’s list of top 10 most-streamed

Lester Holt’s next NBC job takes him from serious “Nightly News” to a part of the TV schedule once known for being more animated. The veteran anchor will this weekend debut his “Kids’ Edition” of NBC’s evening newscast on its Saturday A.M. schedule, just in time to talk about the looming 2020 election — and

U.K. broadcaster BBC has published its impartiality guidelines and they include a directive not to engage in personal opinions on controversial subjects on social media. “If your work requires you to maintain your impartiality, don’t express a personal opinion on matters of public policy, politics, or ‘controversial subjects’” reads one of the BBC guidelines pertaining

Severe declines in revenue at NBCUniversal’s theme parks and movie studios spurred a 37% decline in profit in the third quarter for cable-and-entertainment giant Comcast. The Philadelphia owner of NBCUniversal, the Sky satellite business and the large Comcast cable distributorship said third-quarter net profit fell 37% to $2.02 billion, compared with $3.22 billion a year

SPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not yet watched the season finale of “Big Brother: All-Stars.” In lieu of its usual live studio audience, “Big Brother” wrapped its 20th summer and yet another season of twists, surprises and controversies by awarding its second-ever “All-Stars” winner. Host Julie Chen Moonves kicked off the night with