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In the final installment of Variety Artisans presented by HBO, production designer Maria Caso discussed how she recreated 1938 Los Angeles in “Penny Dreadful: City of Angels” as well as her favorite set designs. In order to capture the energy of L.A., Caso and her team listened to stories of present-day locals. “The existing area

In today’s TV news roundup, Netflix has released the “Lucifer” Season 5 trailer, and HBO Max has acquired the rights to “Ravi Patel’s Pursuit of Happiness,” premiering Aug. 27. RENEWALS UMC has announced the renewal of four original series: “Craig Ross Jr.’s Monogamy,” “A House Divided,” “Stuck With You” and “Double Cross.” “Craig Ross Jr.’s Monogamy”

After news broke that “Glee” star Naya Rivera‘s body had been recovered at Lake Piru on Monday afternoon, celebrities took to social media to pay their respects to the young actor. Rivera, who was only 33, went boating in Ventura County, Calif., with her 4-year-old son, Josey, on July 8 and was determined to be

Seven years ago, the cast of “Glee” lived through a horrific tragedy: the death of Cory Monteith on July 13, 2013. Exactly seven years after Monteith was found dead from an accidental overdose, the “Glee” cast lost another member of their beloved TV family, Naya Rivera, who was declared dead on Monday when her body

Naya Rivera was a fearsome screen presence who made meals out of whatever crumbs she got. While she began her TV career sparkling with winsome charm as a child actor on sitcoms like “Family Matters” and “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air,” it was on “Glee” that she got to prove the full breadth of what

Naya Rivera, best known for her groundbreaking role as Santana Lopez on the hit Fox musical series “Glee,” has died. She was 33. Her body was identified at Lake Piru in Ventura County, Calif., the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office confirmed at a press conference on Monday. Sheriff Bill Ayub said there was no indication of

In a televised live appearance on “The Grand Ole Opry” Saturday night, Nashville-based singer-songwriter Margo Price offered an unexpected bit of advocacy between songs, name-checking the group formerly known as Lady Antebellum before suggesting that the show should book Anita White, whom she called “the real Lady A.” Price made the suggestion immediately after performing

The planned series adaptation of the film “Sexy Beast” is not moving forward at Paramount Network, Variety has learned exclusively from sources. The show was given a 10-episode straight-to-series order at the cabler last year. According to an individual with knowledge of the situation, the move to scrap the series came amid budget cuts in the

Adam Goldberg, star of “God Friended Me” and the upcoming Russell Crowe pic “The Georgetown Project,” is developing a series at Quibi which is loosely based on his own experiences with social media, Variety has learned exclusively. The project in question is called “@GeneralStories” (working title) and also hails from Eric Siegel (“The Emoji Movie,” “Men

CNN in March gave a handful of advertisers and ad-agency personnel a sneak peek of its ambitious six-part documentary series on late night, just days before New York City was shut down by the coronavirus pandemic. The project hasn’t been seen in public since. Weeks may lapse before it surfaces again. Johnny Carson, David Letterman

CBS announced Monday that it will devote 25% of its script development budget to projects created or co-created by Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) beginning with the 2021-2022 development season. In addition, the network is also setting a target to have a minimum of 40% BIPOC representation in their writers’ rooms also beginning

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

Ventura County Sheriff’s Department have uncovered a body at Lake Piru in California, the site where actress Naya Rivera went missing last week. The “Glee” star is presumed to be have drowned after a swimming accident on July 8. The Ventura Sheriff’s office have not identified the body yet, but will hold a press conference on

A new animated “Star Wars” series is imperial marching its way towards the small screen. Disney Plus has issued a series order for “Star Wars: The Bad Batch,” a spinoff of the popular “Clone Wars” series, Variety has confirmed. This new show, which is slated to launch on Disney Plus sometime in 2021, hails from Lucasfilm

After a screening of the “Homeland” series finale, the show’s cast and developers joined a special edition of the Variety Streaming Room presented by the United Service Organizations, including a Q&A session with service members. Star and executive producer Claire Danes, producer and co-star Mandy Patinkin, executive producer and director Lesli Linka Glatter and developers

“Celebrity Family Feud” lost a little ground on the previous episode, but still managed to lead ABC to a comfortable win on a quiet Sunday night. The Steve Harvey-hosted game show topped the night with a 0.7 rating among adults 18-49, which represents a season low and a 13% drop from the previous edition. Around

The upcoming Paramount Network comedy series “Emily in Paris” is headed to Netflix. Variety has learned that the series will debut exclusively on Netflix this fall rather than the basic cabler. The series is created by and executive produced by Darren Star with Lily Collins starring as the titular Emily in addition to producing. “Emily

Idris Elba and his Green Door Pictures production company have signed a first-look deal at Apple, Variety has learned. Under the deal, Elba and Green Door will produce both series and features for Apple’s streaming platform, Apple TV Plus. Elba is an actor, producer, director, and musician. He is known for his starring roles in

After decades spent fighting TV’s never-ending battle for morning-news dominance, NBC’s “Today” is launching a salvo on another front: Hollywood’s streaming wars. NBC is set to debut “Today All Day,” a round-the-clock “feed” of material from its venerable A.M. program. The offering will be available starting Wednesday on Peacock, the new streaming-video outlet from parent

“Hanna” will be back for another action-packed season. The drama, based on the 2011 film of the same name, has been renewed for a third season at Amazon. News of the renewal comes exactly 10 days after the second season launched. The series follows the journey of an extraordinary young woman, played by Esmé Creed-Miles, as

As global SVOD operators and local pay TV rivals power ever more the future of film and TV in Europe, French state-backed Orange, one of Europe’s biggest telecoms groups, made available in Spain on July 10 its first full Spanish original series, the adrenaline sluiced horror thriller “Caminantes.” Orange’s first series in Spain marks the

Latin America’s Movistar, a label of telecom giant Telefonica, has closed a worldwide sales deal with Madrid-based Onza Distribution on the first four Movistar original series. The deal excludes Latin America where Movistar has aired the series on Movistar Play, the burgeoning OTT services of pay TV unit Movistar TV, from September 2019. Onza Distribution

Gay stories, excessive romance, unscientific fantasy, and narratives that glorify the pre-Communist republican era are reportedly among 20 genres of fiction to be banned or subject to further censorship in China, according to what appears to be new measures emanating from Chinese authorities. Photos of what appears to be a new directive issued by the

Beta Film has pre-sold ITV’s anticipated series “Professor T,” starring Ben Miller and Frances De La Tour, across Scandinavia. Currently at script stage, “Professor T” was picked up by TV2 for Norway, free-to-air television network TV4 for Sweden, as well as public broadcasters YLE for Finland and DR for Denmark. The series, which is set

After leaving Pop TV to join Audible as its chief content officer on June 15, Brad Schwartz has departed the Amazon-owned audiobook and audio entertainment company less than a month into his new role, Variety has learned. Audible declined to comment on the circumstances surrounding Schwartz’s exit, but according to Bloomberg, which first reported the

The official trailer for CBS All Access’ new half-hour animated comedy “Star Trek: Lower Decks” has arrived, and it’s putting an irreverent spin on the beloved franchise. “We’re not really elite — we’re more like the cool, scrappy underdogs,” explains lower-deck Ensign Mariner in the trailer. “We live on a spaceship, nobody is dying from

Gender parity was foremost on the mind of “P-Valley” creator Katori Hall whose goal was not only to have women onscreen but also behind the scenes (Hall, of “Tina the Musical” fame, hired two female casting directors, two female editors, four female DPs and eight women to direct the series) and on the hip hop-heavy

The Ventura County Sheriff’s Department is attempting to dissaude the public from joining the search for “Glee” actress Naya Rivera, who is presumed to be drowned after a swimming accident Wednesday at California’s Lake Piru. Ventura County Sheriff’s Captain Eric Buschow told Variety that authorities do not want friends or fans of Rivera to attempt

Top executives at Fox News Media condemned remarks made in an online forum by Blake Neff, a now-resigned member of the staff of primetime show “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” and said the network parted ways with him as soon as it learned of his behavior. Carlson is expected to address the matter on Monday during his

The ethereal beauty that is essential to “The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance” doesn’t exist without the Froud family. Brian Froud’s now internationally known style weaves together nature and fantasy creating an extraordinary world that could very well exist right outside someone’s door. It channels a kind of practical magic that’s waiting for us all