Television

Variety and PBS SoCal have announced the actor lineup and schedule for Season 12 of “Variety Studio: Actors on Actors.” The new season of the Emmy-winning series was filmed entirely from actors’ homes and includes one-on-one conversations between stars from potential contending shows in this year’s Emmy race. The first two episodes will premiere on

U.K. public service broadcaster BBC has set out a ‘Creative Diversity Commitment’ that will see the corporation spend £100 million ($124 million) of its existing commissioning budget over three years on diverse and inclusive content. The fund will apply to a range of genres, and will also include children’s programming, education and current affairs. It

Eleonora “Tinny” Andreatta, who as head of drama at Italian public broadcaster RAI was instrumental in making groundbreaking Italian shows such as “My Brilliant Friend,” is joining Netflix as VP of Italian Original series. The monumental move for Andreatta, who at RAI was Italy’s most powerful commissioning editor for drama, comes as Netflix is upping

Giorgio Stock, president of WarnerMedia Entertainment Networks & Sales, in both the Europe Middle East & Africa and the Asia-Pacific regions is leaving the company. His departure is effective from June 30. Gerhard Zeiler, Chief Revenue Officer, WarnerMedia & President, WarnerMedia International Networks will assume the role on an interim basis while the process to

Paris-based media group Mediawan has launched a new pan-European entity, Mediawan Alliance, and has entered exclusive negotiations to acquire France’s Lagardere Studios. The company has also acquired a majority stake in Spain’s Good Mood, and made an offer to acquire a minority stake in Leonine, a leading German independent company specializing in content production, distribution

Global Citizen’s “One World: Together at Home” special in mid-April wasn’t the last of its COVID-19-era all-star shows. The org announced Sunday night that a new special is in the offing — “Global Goal: United for Our Future — The Concert,” set to go out globally June 27 on television, radio and streaming services, including

Bryce Dallas Howard has a lot on her plate at the moment. She’s debuting her first feature, the Apple TV plus documentary “Dads,” before heading back to the U.K. to resume filming on “Jurassic World: Dominion,” which shut down in March due to the coronavirus pandemic. “As we’re heading toward starting up again, there have

Comcast-backed pay-TV broadcaster Sky and Discovery have struck a new multi-year deal that will see Discovery’s non-linear brands, such as MotorTrend and other SVOD products in the pipeline for the U.K. and Ireland, made available on Sky channels and platforms, such as streamer Now TV. Under the deal, Discovery’s portfolio of entertainment channels will also

An episode of “Workaholics” in which Chris D’Elia plays a child molester has been removed from Hulu, Amazon Prime Video and Comedy Central’s platforms. Last week on Twitter, multiple women accused D’Elia of trying to engage with them sexually, and some women said they were as young as 16 when the encounters allegedly took place.

The Discovery series “Serengeti” might not be a reality show per se, but narrator Lupita Nyong’o found the storylines around the animals of the African desert just as engrossing. The six episodes of the nature documentary were already filmed and edited before Nyong’o recorded her narration, which the Oscar winner says helped give her a

Before the coronavirus pandemic shut down production, “Good Day LA’s” Maria Quiban had joked about working from home as the show’s meteorologist. She even had a green screen handy. Little did she know, that would be her reality for the past three montsh. Quiban also released her book, “You Can’t Do It Alone,” during quarantine.

Whitney Cummings has broken her silence on the sexual misconduct allegations against Chris D’Elia, saying she’s “devastated and enraged” by what she’s learned. Last week, multiple women on social media accused D’Elia of trying to engage with them sexually, some being as young as 16 when the alleged encounters happened. A Twitter thread of the

Mild spoilers ahead for the first episode of “The Politician” season 2. Gwyneth Paltrow’s love interest in the second season of “The Politician” will seem quite familiar to Hollywood insiders and film fans — given the character is a direct send-up of Annapurna Pictures founder and Oracle heiress Megan Ellison. Created by Brad Falchuk and

Comedian D.L. Hughley was hospitalized Friday night after he passed out onstage while performing a stand-up set. Hughley’s representative confirmed to Variety that he was “suffering from exhaustion after all the week’s work and travel” and that he “was kept overnight at the hospital for tests under doctor’s orders.” However, the comedian is doing better on

In 1980 Ronald Reagan became president, the Iran-Iraq War broke out and John Lennon was assassinated. That March, Mount St. Helens erupted, killing 57 people and thousands of animals, causing over $1 billion in cumulative damage. In film it was the year of “Raging Bull” and “Ordinary People” and “The Empire Strikes Back,” movies that

During a virtual appearance on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” Thursday, actor Don Cheadle opened up about his past experiences with the police amidst nationwide protests against police brutality and racial injustice. Growing up in a predominantly Black neighborhood in Kansas City, Mo., Cheadle said that he didn’t truly understand racial discrimination within law

SAG-AFTRA and the state of California have lost an appeal on a court’s ruling that invalidated legislation requiring subscription entertainment databases, like IMDbPro, to remove an actor’s age, if requested by the actor. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued the decision Friday, upholding a 2018 ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Vince Chhabria that found

The Writers Guild of America West has reached a $5.25 million settlement with Disney for interest owed on late paid residuals for five Fox animated series: “The Simpsons,” “Family Guy,” “American Dad,” “The Cleveland Show” and “Futurama.” The guild, in a message sent Friday to members as part of its WGAW Connect magazine, said it

CNBC said it would move Morgan Brennan to its markets-focused “Squawk on the Street” after devoting one of that show’s co-anchors, Sara Eisen, exclusively to “Closing Bell” rather than have her work on two different programs across its schedule. Eisen will work solely on “Closing Bell” alongside Wilfred Frost starting June 22, according to a

“Avenue 5” stars Hugh Laurie, Josh Gad, Zach Woods, Rebecca Front, Suzy Nakamura, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Lenora Crichlow, Ethan Phillips and series creator Armando Iannucci sat down with Variety’s Michael Schneider in the Variety Streaming Room to discuss how they brought the futuristic set to life and the research behind the titular ship. Set 40 years

With the 2020 Emmy nominations announcement just around the corner (set to take place on July 28), Variety senior editors Danielle Turchiano and Michael Schneider are taking a deep dive into the comedy lead actor category and dissecting the most eligible contenders for this edition of Variety’s “Awards Heat” video series presented by Apple TV

Amid widespread civil unrest, many in the U.S. are learning about the holiday of Juneteenth for the first time. The day commemorates when the last slaves in the Confederacy were liberated in 1865 and has gone on to mark a celebration of the end of slavery in the U.S. in general. Leading up to this

The British branch of Women in Film and TV has launched a campaign to highlight the huge number of freelancers who have been left unable to claim for either of the U.K. government financial schemes, leaving them in financial hardship. Each day the organization, part of an international network of more than 13,000 women working

Set 40 years into the future, series creator Armando Iannucci takes viewers into his reimagined world on the maiden voyage of “Avenue 5.” Although it will take another four decades before anyone can praise Iannucci on his predictions, the hilarious HBO comedy leaves fans wondering if flashy tracksuits, inadequate personnel and cheap billion dollar ships

Northern California-based indie toon houses Baobab Studios, Kuku Studios and Tonko House have joined forces to form the Bay Area Animation Alliance to build a community of industry professionals in the area and foster creativity. One of the group’s first events was to hold an auction of original work by artists from each of the

“That ’70s Show” star Danny Masterson was booked on three counts of rape on Wednesday, the culmination of an investigation that lasted more than three years. No one has covered the story more closely than Tony Ortega, the former editor of the Village Voice who has been writing about Scientology since 1995. Since 2012, Ortega

“Love Life” star and executive producer Anna Kendrick, actor Zoë Chao and executive producers Sam Boyd, Bridget Bedard and Paul Feig will participate in an exclusive Q&A and screening of HBO Max’s series on July 2 at 5 p.m. PT / 8 p.m. ET in the Variety Streaming Room presented by HBO Max. The conversation

“Entertainment Tonight’s” Kevin Frazier was in Minneapolis where the funeral for George Floyd took place on June 4. He says he felt compelled to be there despite the coronavirus pandemic. And what he saw moved him as he witnessed people coming together, “I felt we all saw each other.” As the host of “Entertainment Tonight,”

The behind-the-scenes action on “The Masked Singer” sometimes looks more like an episode of “Get Smart” than a top-rated talent competition series. Producers of Fox’s unscripted primetime hit go to great lengths to keep the identities of the celebrity contestants secret during production, “Masked Singer” host and executive producer Nick Cannon said during at wide-ranging

Chinese video streaming platform Bilibili and European specialty broadcaster Arte are co-producing documentary feature “The Deep Med.” The underwater film is produced by French company LGB and underwater photographer Laurent Ballesta. The film involved 28 days of filming at depth and documents one of Arte’s regular scientific expeditions. “Revealing vast unexplored ocean territories, luxurious gardens