Leslie Jordan is reaching for his sponge and rubber gloves. The legendary TV actor has signed on to host “Squeaky Clean,” a cleaning competition series in the pipeline at Quibi, Variety has learned exclusively. “Squeaky Clean” will pit three cleaning-obsessed contestants against each other in two competitive rounds – “Quick Scrub” and “The Big Clean” – from
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“Dancing With the Stars” tripped up a little in routine on Monday night, as a rescheduled NFL game dominated the ratings for CBS. The ABC dance show ticked down to a 0.9 rating among adults 18-49 and just over 6 million total viewers. That represents an 18% dip from last week in the former metric,
A television adaptation of the William Joyce children’s book “Ollie’s Odyssey” is headed to Netflix. “Lost Ollie” is “the story of a lost toy, searching across the countryside for the boy who lost him, and the story of the boy who lost more than a best friend,” per the streamer. Creator Shannon Tindle of “Kubo
Tamron Hall is bringing her self-titled talk show back for another outing. Walt Disney Television has picked up “Tamron Hall” for a third season only a couple weeks after its second season debuted. The renewal means Hall will be on the air through 2022. “Tamfam, thank you for giving us the space and grace to
Andy Cohen has filmed his Bravo talk show “Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen” from various homes — his West Village apartment, and his house in the Hamptons — since late March. But on Sunday, Oct. 11, the show will return to its Manhattan studio, known as “the clubhouse.” He will continue to interview
“Selena: The Series,” a biographical drama about the beloved Tejano singer Selena Quintanilla is set to release on Netflix this December. “The Walking Dead” star Christian Serratos will play the late singer, who was shot and killed on March 31, 1995, just days before her 24th birthday. The Netflix series will depict her childhood and
Lady Gaga has garnered seven nominations for the 2020 MTV Europe Music Awards (EMAs), followed by BTS and Justin Bieber, each of whom received five nods. The global music awards show also added new categories best Latin, video for good and best virtual live. Gaga’s nominations include best artist, best pop and best video for
SPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not yet watched the first four episodes of “The Third Day.” If all had gone according to plan, audiences would have seen Naomie Harris’ version of the iconic Eve Moneypenny in the latest James Bond film, “No Time To Die,” in the spring of 2020, ahead of
Actress Armelia McQueen, known for her roles in Broadway’s “Ain’t Misbehavin’” and the film “Ghost,” has died at the age of 68. Her friend Dorian Hannaway confirmed McQueen’s passing on Sunday, Oct. 3. “You are truly an angel now. My dear friend Armelia crossed over yesterday,” Hannaway wrote in a Facebook post. “She leaves us
Actor, director and producer Clark Middleton, who appeared in “Kill Bill Vol. 2,” “The Blacklist” and “Snowpiercer,” died Sunday as a result of West Nile Virus, his wife Elissa confirmed. He was 63. “With heavy hearts we announce the passing of a life eminently worthy of celebration: Clark Tinsley Middleton, 63 – beloved actor, writer,
In today’s TV news roundup, Netflix announced a premiere date for “Paranormal,” and Epix greenlit a political documentary series based on Leon Neyfakh’s “Fiasco” podcast with plans to debut the show in 2021. DATES The first season of Netflix‘s upcoming thriller “Paranormal” will premiere on Nov. 5 in 190 countries, the streamer announced Monday. It
The “Game of Thrones” prequel series “House of the Dragon” at HBO has found its first cast member — English actor Paddy Considine. Variety has learned that Considine has signed on to star in the series in the role of King Viserys I, who chosen by the lords of Westeros to succeed the Old King,
Chloë Grace Moretz has been cast in one of the lead roles in the upcoming series adaptation of William Gibson’s “The Peripheral” at Amazon, Variety has learned exclusively. The series centers on Flynne Fisher (Moretz), a woman trying to hold together the pieces of her broken family in a forgotten corner of tomorrow’s America. Flynne
“GLOW” will not proceed with Season 4 at Netflix as planned, Variety has confirmed. The Emmy-nominated Netflix comedy series about a troupe of female professional wrestlers had originally been renewed for a fourth and final season, but plans for that season have now been scrapped due to production delays caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. “We’ve
“Teenage Bounty Hunters” has become the latest one and done series at Netflix. The series has been canceled by the streamer after only a single season, Variety has confirmed. News of the show’s swift end comes less than two months after debuted, and on the same day that fellow Jenji Kohan series “Glow” was also given
Netflix, in its latest effort to convince people to keep paying for the service every month, is letting users know what titles will be coming its lineup up to a year in advance. The company on Monday launched the “New & Popular” tab on TV devices globally, after it had been testing out the feature
Game 3 of the NBA finals between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Miami Heat went head-to-head with “,” with neither coming out better off. The NBA game averaged a 1.5 rating among adults 18-49 and just over 4 million total viewers for ABC, that represents a slight dip from Game 2. Jimmy Butler fired
ABC has given a production commitment to a drama series from “How to Get Away With Murder’s” Pete Nowalk. Titled “Valley of the Gods,” the series is described as a high-stakes drama about the most powerful people in Silicon Valley and the hungry, underestimated outsiders trying to claw their way in. Nowalk will serve as
The American Film Institute announced that its 2020 AFI Awards ceremony, which celebrates the year’s achievements in both film and television, will take place on Feb. 26, 2021. Typically announced in mid-December, with the extension to the eligibility period for the Academy Awards pushed to Feb. 28, 2021, the annual honoring will follow the same
Welcome back to Tune In: our weekly newsletter offering a guide to the best of the week’s TV. Each week, Variety’s TV team combs through the week’s schedule, selecting our picks of what to watch and when/how to watch them. As many across the country continue to practice self-isolation due to coronavirus, why not while away
International content remains on a distribution roll despite COVID-19, three leading European TV distribution execs maintained at a Mipcom Online Plus market intelligence panel, aired on Monday, and hosted by Guy Bisson, executive director at London-based research company Ampere Analysis. That’s despite new scripted commissions taking a huge hit under COVID-19, production shutdowns and the
Taraji P. Henson will shine a spotlight on mental wellness in a new talk show for Facebook Watch, co-hosted with her longtime best friend, Tracie Jade Jenkins. The original series, “Peace of Mind with Taraji” (working title), is slated to go into production later in 2020. In the show, Henson (“Empire,” “Hidden Figures”) and Jenkins
Peacock is assembling quite the girl group. Busy Philipps has been cast in Tina Fey’s “Girls5eva” comedy at the streamer, joining previously announced cast members Sara Bareilles and Renée Elise Goldsberry. The show’s kicking off point is the moment when a one-hit-wonder girl group from the 90’s gets sampled by a young rapper, which causes
Zodiak Kids, a Banijay company based in London and Paris, is teaming with Finnish animation studio Gigglebug Entertainment on an all new series “The Unstoppable Yellow Yeti,” commissioned by Disney Channel Europe, Middle East and Africa and Nordic broadcasters YLE in Finland, DR in Denmark, NRK in Norway, and SVT in Sweden. The show was
Amazon has set a more aggressive game plan to drive viewers to “” streaming for the 2020 season, adding several new features and “shoulder programming” for the NFL games available on both Prime Video and Twitch. The ecommerce giant’s global “TNF” streaming coverage kicks off this week, featuring the Chicago Bears hosting Tom Brady and
Your first look at Henry Cavill in “The Witcher” season 2 is finally here. The actor released the very first images from the upcoming season, featuring monster slayer Geralt of Rivia in brand new armor. Cavill shared the photos on his Instagram Monday morning with a quote from Andrezj Sapkowski, author of the original “Witcher”
PMC real estate brand Dirt has partnered with producer Eric Schotz to develop an unscripted TV series based on the digital platform’s coverage of celebrity homes and real estate transactions. The deal calls for Schotz’s Anvil 1893 production banner to work with Dirt writers and editors Mark David and James McClain on a program that
NBC News Now, the 24/7 streaming service from NBC News, was going to expand its live coverage to the East Coast’s morning hours in April. Then the coronavirus hit. Six months later, the four-hour weekday “Morning News Now” is now ready to roll, starting Oct. 12 — and not a minute too soon, as the
Two years ago, Netflix’s “The Haunting of Hill House” was the most pleasant of surprises — though perhaps “pleasant” is not the word. The series was often terrifying, thanks in part to strong pacing, performances that worked across the board and a willingness to wear an unusual ambition and intellect proudly. Horror on TV was
Reba McEntire will repeat her co-hosting duties from last year’s Country Music Association Awards when the show returns to ABC Nov. 11, while Darius Rucker (of solo and Hootie & the Blowfish fame) has signed on as a host for the first time. The announcement of the hosts — revealed on the network’s “Good Morning