Netflix filed an appeal on Tuesday in the Fox employee-poaching lawsuit, arguing that Hollywood’s traditional employment arrangements impede mobility and must be disrupted. A Santa Monica Superior Court judge ordered Netflix last December to stop poaching Fox employees, finding that the streaming service had flagrantly induced employees to break their fixed-term contracts. In an appeal
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Marie Osmond is leaving as co-host of CBS daytime talk series “The Talk” after one season to pursue other projects, Variety has confirmed. “One of the highlights of my year at The Talk was working with my dear friend John Redmann and I’m excited to continue our working relationship on several projects we are developing,”
Chris D’Elia has been accused of exposing himself to multiple women in a detailed report by CNN. Three women came forward and alleged that D’Elia, who denied separate claims of sexual misconduct in June, behaved inappropriately toward them in three incidents dating back to 2011. “D’Elia denies these allegations and emphatically states that he has
In today’s TV news roundup, Apple TV Plus has released a trailer for “Tehran,” and Bravo has announced that “The Real Housewives of Orange County” will return Oct. 7. CASTING Lifetime announced that Naomi Judd, Crystal Fox, Gil Bellows and Deborah Cox have joined the cast of “Ruby,” the first installment in a movie series
W. Russell Barry, former president of 20th Century Fox Television and chairman of Turner Program Services, died on Aug. 26 at his home in Palm Beach, Fla., after a battle with terminal pulmonary fibrosis, Variety has learned. He was 84. The business executive’s first Los Angeles job came in 1972, when he served as the
A reboot of the Freeform series “Pretty Little Liars” is in the early stages of development at Warner Bros. Television, Variety has confirmed. Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, who previously developed “Riverdale” for television, is developing the potential reboot under his overall deal with WBTV. Alloy Entertainment’s Leslie Morgenstein and Gina Girolamo will serve as executive producers on the
The annual Time100 list of the world’s most influential people is getting the TV treatment with an hourlong ABC special on Sept. 22, the same day that that the full list will be released on Time.com. “We are elated to be partnering with Time to bring the coveted Time100 list to primetime for the first
In a first for the “Star Trek” franchise, characters who are gender non-binary and transgender will appear on the third season of “Star Trek: Discovery,” CBS All Access announced on Wednesday. Ian Alexander (“The OA”) will play Gray, a trans man who has spent his life as a Trill planning to be a host for
It’s hard to think of something less risky for a performer than making a big show of being daring. On Netflix’s new show “The Duchess,” series creator and star Katherine Ryan makes a very big deal out of transgressing, playing a character whose showy amorality feels borrowed from other, better shows. Ryan’s character, also named
Pour one out for “68 Whiskey.” Paramount Network has canceled the dark comedy after a single season, Variety has confirmed. News of the cancelation comes around six months after the show wrapped its 10-episode run. Blending drama with humor, “68 Whiskey” followed a multicultural band of Army medics stationed in Afghanistan on a base nicknamed “The Orphanage.” Together,
Call it Food Network or HGTV for the Twitch generation. Ariel Horn and Ben Kusin are the co-founders and co-CEOs of VENN, the fledgling ad-supported streaming service that hopes to be a live entertainment destination for video game enthusiasts, casual and otherwise. Horn and Kusin detail the vision and planning for VENN on the latest
Universal Studio Group’s UCP has unveiled its unscripted development slate, which includes projects from Seth MacFarlane’s Fuzzy Door, the Jim Henson Company and Wondery. “While we have had great success in the realm of true-crime, we also have a softer side that we want to show off. I can’t think of a better time for
The Tuesday night ratings race was a battle between the NBA playoff game between the Utah Jazz and the Denver Nuggets, and the latest edition of “America’s Got Talent.” In the end, the basketball came out on top, averaging around a 0.9 rating among adults 18-49 and 2.7 million total viewers for ABC. The game
Fox News’ Chris Wallace, NBC News’ Kirsten Welker, and C-SPAN’s Steve Scully will each moderate one of three Presidential Debates leading up to the 2020 election, taking center stage in seminal events in the campaign to win the White House later this year. The non-profit Commission on Presidential Debates said Wednesday that the three debates
Mexican actress-producer Kate del Castillo, already busy with a number of upcoming new series, including season three of Netflix’s “La Reina del Sur” and “Armas de Mujer,” a new dark comedy for NBCUniversal’s Peacock, is planning a docuseries about the wonders of tequila that will be shot in and around Jalisco and Guadalajara. Speaking online
WarnerMedia has acquired the rights to new animated show “Master Moley,” starring Warwick Davis and Gemma Arterton, for its children’s platform Boomerang in more than 100 countries across Europe, Middle East and Africa. “Master Moley” is based on original stories written by British entrepreneur James Reatchlous, who spoke to Variety about how it came to
Top Productions, the Paris-based outfit behind international hit TV series “The Bureau” and “The Oligarchs,” is looking to expand into the Spanish-language scene, according to its executive producer and co-founder Alex Berger. As befitting the executive producer of an intelligence show, the media entrepreneur gave his online keynote at Spain’s Conecta Fiction event from a
“Dancing With the Stars” has revealed its full lineup for the 2020 season, featuring contestants such as Carole Baskin of “Tiger King” fame, rapper Nelly, “One Day at a Time” star Justina Machado and more. Announced on Wednesday, the rest of the lineup includes “Backstreet Boys” member AJ McLean, Netflix’s “Cheer” head coach Monica Aldama,
ABC wants to get out the vote ahead of the 2020 presidential election. The network will air hourlong special “VOMO: Vote or Miss Out,” created by online media outlet ATTN:, on Monday, Sept. 14. Billed as a nonpartisan comedy event, comedian Kevin Hart is set to emcee the special featuring comedic bits, stand-up acts and
British double Olympic gold medalist boxer Nicola Adams is set to make history by being the first contestant to be part of a female same-sex dance team on BBC’s ballroom show “Strictly Come Dancing,” the format known as “Dancing With the Stars” in many international markets. The identify of her dance partner is yet to
Indian media conglomerate Zee Entertainment Enterprises has announced a premium VOD service Zee Plex. The platform makes it likely that more top film titles will bypass cinemas and release directly online, at a time when Indian cinemas remain shuttered due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Zee5 platform was one of the first to announce a
PAMPLONA — No presentation at Conecta Fiction is as important as its CoPro Pitching Sessions, packed this year with 12 scripted series projects from Latin America and Europe. 2020’s hybrid edition – with Spanish producers and creators pitching in Pamplona, Latin Americans mostly online – is proving no exception. Following, a drill down on the
Striking an upbeat note as Conecta Fiction hit full stride on its second day of proceedings, ViacomCBS Intl. Studios (VIS) announced on Wednesday that it has returned to production in Latin America, rolling in Mexico on season two of “Backdoor, Humor Where You Don’t Expect It.” A YouTube phenomenon which VIS describes as one of
“Grey’s Anatomy” is officially heading back to set. The ABC medical drama will begin shooting its upcoming seventeenth season this month, Variety has learned exclusively. Production on the first two episodes of season 17 could begin in Los Angeles as early as next week. Precisely when the show will return to screens remains to be seen,
In today’s TV News roundup, “Black-ish” is set to air two standalone election episodes ahead of the Season 7 premiere, and Netflix announced a premiere date for “Emily in Paris.” DATES Netflix announced an Oct. 2 premiere date for “Emily in Paris.” The show stars Lily Collins as Emily, a marketing executive who moves from
Sarah Paulson has weighed in on the challenges that she and the projects she’s working on are facing in re-starting production. Speaking at a video press conference for her new Netflix and Ryan Murphy series “Ratched,” which premieres Sept. 18, Paulson said that she’s “going back to work soon” on a project, and expressed what
The first person we see in “Coastal Elites” — and for more than 20 minutes, the only person we see in “Coastal Elites” — is Miriam, a passionate retired teacher played by a flustered, silver-haired Bette Midler. Pleading across a table directly to the camera, which in this case represents a sympathetic cop, Miriam tells
“Holey Moley” is heading for two playoff holes. ABC has teed up two special episodes of the mini-golf competition series, the first of which will air right after the season 2 finale. The hourlong specials give viewers an inside look into the making of the show, and will be commentated by “Holey Moley” regulars Rob
LL Cool J and Chris O’Donnell are taking on a new role at CBS, other than special agents. The “NCIS: Los Angeles” stars are set to executive produce a dancing competition series, currently titled “Come Dance With Me,” which has received as series order at the network. “Come Dance With Me” will see talented young
MSNBC dishes up dozens of short news segments to its viewers over the course of a single day. Now the network may have a chance to go long. The cable-news outlet will air “The Way I See It,” a documentary about former White House photographer Pete Souza (above, pictured), on Friday, October 9 at 10