Television

Actors, writers, musicians and even former president Barack Obama will be taking part in virtual graduation ceremonies as the Class of 2020 is still under stay-at-home orders due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and on “Saturday Night Live’s” “At Home” finale, the NBC late-night sketch series got in on the ceremonial event as well. Alec Baldwin

The Mayor of Flavortown is giving back to restaurant workers around the country. Guy Fieri has helped raise more than $20 million by partnering with the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation, he announced in an interview with TMZ. He and the organization have been sending restaurant workers $500 grants through the newly created Restaurant Employee

A miniseries about the rise of the late Andre Harrell’s Uptown Records is still in the works and moving ahead at BET following the veteran music executive’s death. But with production throughout the television business shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic, no premiere date or timetable for the start of shooting has been set.

Linda Yaccarino, the hard-charging ad-sales chief of NBCUniversal. will soon be running into uncharted territory. In recent years, Yaccarino has railed against Nielsen and taken a public swipe at Facebook. She has urged advertisers to consider running fewer commercials on NBC and to  work to make the ones that remain more ambitious and interesting. On

(SPOILER ALERT: Do not read on if you haven’t watched the Season 2 finale of “Bless This Mess.”) Lake Bell’s ABC sitcom “Bless This Mess” just aired its second season finale, but the actor is celebrating something else: Her son Ozgood’s triumphs in potty training. During Bell’s interview with Variety, the 3-year-old ran into the

In today’s TV News Roundup, The CW released the trailer for the final season of “The 100” and Netflix announced the premiere date of its upcoming series “The Baby-Sitters Club.” DATES Netflix has announced that its upcoming television series “The Baby-Sitters Club” will debut on the streamer on July 3. Adapted from Ann M. Martin‘s

Since Hollywood shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic, several show premieres have been rescheduled, and with hundreds of series set to air this year, there is a ton to keep track of. So, for your convenience, Variety has compiled a list of season finales and premiere dates for television shows returning, newly premiering, and/or

Spanish-language media giant Univision, which earlier this year agreed to sell a majority stake to an investment group led by former Viacom CFO Wade Davis, reported first-quarter net profit of $11.7 million compared to $36.9 million for the same period ending March 31 last year. In a conference call with investors on Friday, CEO Vince

As Peak TV continues to reach new peaks (with new streaming services adding to the glut), it’s impossible to find the time to watch all the buzzy just-premiered shows, let alone the TV staples you’ve been putting off for years (or decades). With some extra time on your hands while quarantining at home, you can

Temuera Morrison is returning to the “Star Wars” galaxy, this time playing a different iconic villain. The New Zealand actor will appear in season 2 of “The Mandalorian” as Boba Fett, sources with knowledge of the series confirmed to Variety, having played his father and clone Jango in the prequel movies. Disney did not immediately respond

“Cheap Eats” host Ali Khan kicks off Variety‘s new culinary series, “Binging Bites,” with a recipe for how to cook the ultimate steak taco to pair with your binge-watching. Some of his favorite shows to binge? Netflix’s “Tiger King,” “BoJack Horseman,” “Homeland,” “Taco Chronicles” and “The West Wing,” among others. Recipe for marinade: Spice Rub:1

Rosewood’s most troubled citizens are reuniting for a good cause. The cast of “Pretty Little Liars” is getting together for a virtual reunion on Friday, May 15 at 12 p.m. ET, which can be watched live on the Looped app. Troian Bellisario, Ashley Benson, Shay Mitchell, Sasha Pieterse, Ian Harding, Janel Parrish, Tyler Blackburn and

Queen Elizabeth addressed the U.K. on Friday night to mark the 75th anniversary of Victory in Europe (VE) Day — her second major televised speech in just over a month. In a pre-recorded message from Windsor Castle that aired at 9 p.m. on BBC One, the Queen said she spoke “at the same hour” as

A spinoff of Hilary Duff comedy “Younger” is in early development with creator Darren Star at ViacomCBS, a source tells Variety. The TVLand half hour, starring Duff and Sutton Foster, is entering its seventh season, making it the cable network’s longest-running original scripted series. The show, which initially centered on Foster’s Liza Miller, a 40-year-old

Mike Caron is doing a lot more with his favorite program than just binge-watching it. Caron has long worked on the Nickelodeon series “Henry Danger,” and directed the first episode of a new sequel series, “Danger Force. “ The show, which debuted earlier this year, centers on a team of four young super-novices and the

CBS News will air a primetime special May 15 that provides a first-hand look at emergency medical personnel grappling with patients suffering from coronavirus at  Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, New York. “Bravery And Hope: 7 Days On The Front Line” will take viewers inside the facility, which at one point had nearly 700

For as intriguing as innovations in TV structure are, the first question I had about “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” doing an “interactive” special was simply, “….why?” For as long as books and games and even YouTube playlists have indulged “choose your own adventure” style storytelling, which gives its audience the illusion of free will while picking

Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group), Scandinavia’s leading streaming company, has come on board “Orca” (working title), a Swedish drama dealing with social distancing created, written and directed by Josephine Bornebusch (“Love Me”) . The series, which started to film this week, is headlined by Swedish stars, including Johan Rheborg (“Partisan”), Gustav Lindh (“Love Me”), Alba

Writers from “The Tonight Show” virtually joined Variety’s Marc Malkin to discuss working from home, ideas that didn’t make it to air and how Tuesday’s hilarious “Tiger King” sketch came to be. Presented by the Writers Guild of America, the panel consisted of “Tonight Show” head writer Rebecca Drysdale along with Gerard Bradford and Jeremy

Variety’s new weekly series, “Hollywood How-To,” will tackle all things writing, with broader conversations about everything from crafting characters to navigating the writer’s room. Hollywood’s top screenwriters, including Damon Lindelof (“Watchmen”), Janet Mock (“Pose”), Jennifer Kaytin Robinson (“Someone Great”), Susannah Grant (“Unbelievable”) , Christina Hodson (“Birds of Prey”), Sarah Kucserka (“High Fidelity”) and Robin Thede

The entire nation is ready for some football. Whether or not the game can really be played is still unknown. The NFL threw a long pass Thursday night, detailing the ins and outs of its 2020-2021 season across four different networks even though the ability of its teams to field games in normal fashion in

“The Last Kingdom” Season 4 debuted on Netflix on April 26, with the epic historical fiction series remaining in the streamer’s Top 10 shows ever since. Series star Alexander Dreymon said in an interview with Variety that he credits the fans of the show with building up buzz as the show has progressed. “The fans have

A TV series based on the “National Treasure” movies is in development at Disney Plus. Jerry Bruckheimer, who produced both the original “National Treasure” and its sequel, “National Treasure: Book of Secrets,” revealed the news in a Collider interview for his upcoming Starz series “Hightown.” “We’re certainly working on one [‘National Treasure’] for streaming and

In today’s TV News Roundup, Netflix announced that Jonathan Banks has joined the cast of “F Is for Family,” and HBO announced the premiere date for Yvonne Orji’s upcoming stand-up special.   CASTING Netflix has announced that Jonathan Banks has joined the cast of its animated series “F Is for Family” for the show’s upcoming fourth

Six seasons and a Zoom call. The cast of “” and creator Dan Harmon are reuniting for a virtual table read and Q&A, in order to benefit COVID-19 relief efforts. Among the participants will be Donald Glover, who departed “Community” during its fifth season — marking the first time he’s been a part of a

AMC Studios has entered into multi-year overall deals with Rolin Jones, Gina Mingacci and Ray McKinnon. Under the deals, all three will develop and produce new series for AMC Networks’ Entertainment Group as well as other content companies. The deals expand AMC Networks’ ongoing or previous creative partnerships with Jones, Mingacci and McKinnon. “Our writers

Nick Antosca, who co-created Hulu’s “The Act,” is delving into another crazy real-life story. The “Channel Zero” producer is teaming up with UCP to develop a limited series about Jan Broberg and her multiple kidnappings. UCP, a division of NBCUniversal Content Studios, nabbed the rights to Broberg’s stranger-than-fiction story series in what sources describe as

After making a dash for football, advertisers are taking a trip to the golf course. WarnerMedia’s Turner Sports has sold out all its commercial inventory for its Sunday, May 24 broadcast of “The Match: Champions for Charity,” a tee-off simulcast at 3 p.m. that day across TNT, TBS, truTV and HLN between two top-athlete teams.

It seemed only a matter of time until someone created a series about romance during the coronavirus, and that time is already here. Freeform has ordered a four-part limited series titled “Love in the Time of Corona,” which the Disney-owned network is hoping to debut in August. The show hails from “Good Trouble” executive producers Joanna

Get the popcorn and wine ready, Hulu subscribers: “Scandal,” Shonda Rhimes’ primetime political drama series, is jumping from Netflix to Hulu later this month. All seven seasons of “Scandal” — 124 episodes in all — will begin streaming exclusively on Hulu as of May 20, when the show will no longer be on Netflix in