Apple is adding a new docuseries to the originals slate at its direct-to-consumer streaming platform. “Visible: Out on Television,” created by filmmakers Ryan White and Jessica Hargrave and executive produced by Wanda Sykes and Wilson Cruz, will premiere on Feb. 14 on Apple TV Plus. Narrated by Janet Mock, Margaret Cho, Asia Kate Dillon, Neil
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Looking back at the past decade, there’s no legacy Hollywood player that has been able to cause quite as big of a stir on Wall Street as Disney. The company and its media sector peers spiraled into a tailspin in the mid-2010s after Disney chief Bob Iger uttered but a few mild words about cable
“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” star Brian Tarantina’s cause of death was revealed as an accidental drug overdose, the New York City Office of Chief Medical Examiner confirmed to Variety. Tarantina died Nov. 3 at the age of 60 from the combined effects of fentanyl, heroin, diazepam and cocaine, a spokesperson at the Medical Examiner’s office
Dan Lin’s Rideback production shingle and MRC are partnering once again for a second session of their Rideback TV incubator. The TV writers residency program, which was launched in Feb. 2019, offers a paid, six-month residency to a group of five writers who have each previously been staffed on series and want to create their
December 17, 2019 11:30AM PT Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson is expanding his TV credits to animation. The actor-producer-rapper is set to executive produce an animated Black superhero series titled “Trill League” which hails from Lionsgate and is set up at Quibi. Based on the graphic novel of the same name by Anthony Piper, “Trill League”
Lupita Nyong’o and Danai Gurira’s HBO Max series has found another lead. Zackary Momoh, whose recent credits include the 2019 pics “Doctor Sleep” and “Harriet,” will star in a lead role opposite Nyong’o in the WarnerMedia platform’s adaptation of “Americanah.” Based on Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s best-selling novel, “Americanah” tells the story of Ifemelu (Nyong’o), a
December 17, 2019 9:22AM PT “Van Helsing” fans will get to sink their teeth into the fantasy drama one last time. Syfy has announced it is renewing the vampire show for a fifth and final outing. The news comes only a few days ahead of the season 4 finale. “Van Helsing” is set in a
December 17, 2019 8:55AM PT An associate producer at CBS News’ “60 Minutes” alleges in a new lawsuit that she was “ostracized, isolated and penalized” after reporting inappropriate behavior by one of the venerable newsmagazine’s senior producers, and now wants a jury to decide whether she is owed damages. Cassandra Vinograd logged stints at the
December 17, 2019 8:29AM PT “The Voice” aired part 1 of its season 17 finale and hit a high note in the TV ratings. Monday night’s episode drew 9.07 million total viewers, a season high for the singing show, surpassing the premiere which drew 8.9 million and narrowly overtaking the Oct. 1 episode which totaled
When Apple TV Plus agreed to pay Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon more than $1 million per episode to star in “The Morning Show,” the burgeoning service didn’t just enter the streaming wars with a bang — it blew up the template for how much stars were paid on new TV shows. Aniston and Witherspoon
The final seasons of ABC’s “Modern Family” and Pop TV’s “Schitt’s Creek,” as well Starz’s “Outlander” and a special evening with Netflix’s “Dolly Parton’s Heartstrings” are the first series announced for PaleyFest LA 2020, The Paley Center for Media announced Tuesday. “We’re thrilled to celebrate the final seasons of ‘Modern Family’ and ‘Schitt’s Creek,’ and
December 17, 2019 2:14AM PT Andy Harrower will take up the CEO role at Directors U.K. when Andrew Chowns vacates the position next year. Chowns has been at the helm of the organization for a decade, and his departure had already been announced. Harrower joins Directors U.K., the professional association for British film and TV
DR’s “When the Dust Settles,” NRK’s “22. Juli” and SVT’s “Caliphate” will compete for 2020’s 4th Nordisk Film & TV Fond Prize, as terrorism strikes to the heart of three of the five Nordic dramas nominated for the award for outstanding screenwriting announced at Sweden’s Göteborg.Film Festival on Jan. 29. Two other titles – YLE/Mediapro’s
Nine years after he was fired from “The Walking Dead,” Frank Darabont is expected to go to trial next June in New York to determine whether AMC Networks owes him hundreds of millions of dollars in unpaid profit participation from the hit show. But first, AMC is seeking to pare down the case. Darabont has
December 16, 2019 8:59PM PT Netflix’s “Daybreak” will not return for a second season. Co-creator Aron Coleite revealed the news in a tweet posted Monday night. “We learned last week that Daybreak will not be returning for a second season. We’re so sorry we couldn’t share it with you sooner but also grateful that we
As the decade staggers its way to a close, at least we have this: The finale of HBO’s “Watchmen” on Sunday night capped off an arguably perfect season of television — so flawless that many fans and critics are debating whether there should even be another season. (Warning: Spoilers for the finale start here.) To
December 16, 2019 4:14PM PT “Reprisal” actress Abigail Spencer says she would be interested in another “Timeless” film, should the opportunity arise. She also discussed her experience working on her new Hulu project, which premiered on the streaming service on Dec. 6. “If we could do a ‘Timeless’ movie every couple of years or around
December 16, 2019 4:00PM PT Ben Stiller is one of the executive producers behind a single-camera cheerleader comedy in development at Fox. Titled “The Sidelines,” the prospective comedy has received a script commitment and has “Resident Evil” and “Heroes” star Ali Larter on board to star and executive produce. “The Good Place” and “Mozart in
In today’s TV news roundup, Netflix releases a trailer for “You” Season 2 and Freeform drops new footage from Season 2 of “Good Trouble.” FIRST LOOKS Netflix released a second season trailer for “You,“ starring Penn Badgley and premiering Dec. 26. Having relocated to Los Angeles, Season 2 finds Badgley’s Joe balancing being on the
Following Variety’s exclusive reporting in November that Jay Leno made an off-color, anti-Asian joke as a guest judge on NBC’s “America’s Got Talent,” Asian Americans in Hollywood expressed their praise for actor and ex-“AGT” judge Gabrielle Union for reportedly flagging the joke to the show’s producers. A month after Union’s season wrapped, her contract with the
December 16, 2019 2:40PM PT The penultimate episode of “The Good Doctor” before its Winter break ended up with even healthier delayed TV ratings than usual. After seven days of delayed viewing, the Nov. 25 episode jumped 111% among adults 18-49 from a 0.9 rating to a 1.9 rating, fractionally up on the 1.8 average
The season finale of “Watchmen” went out with bang both on screen and in the TV ratings, drawing the show’s highest total viewership to date. Across all of HBO’s platforms, Sunday night’s finale garnered 1.6 million total viewers, beating the premiere which drew 1.5 million. The episode, titled “See How They Fly,” by 935,000 total
The new year will bring with it quite a few new content platforms, from HBO Max to Peacock and Quibi. With so many emerging players developing scripted series by the dozens, there is still a lot to be announced about exactly when some of this new content will come. But one thing is for sure:
The new year will bring with it quite a few new content platforms, from HBO Max to Peacock and Quibi. With so many emerging players developing scripted series by the dozens, there is still a lot to be announced about exactly when some of this new content will come. But one thing is for sure:
December 16, 2019 12:30PM PT A “Turner & Hooch” television series is in the works at streaming service Disney Plus, bringing back to life the 1989 Tom Hanks buddy comedy that pairs a detective with a dog as they set out to solve crime. Matt Nix, known for “The Gifted” and “Burn Notice,” is attached
After the (literally) explosive finale of HBO’s “Watchmen,” Variety’s TV critics came together to discuss it, the season, and what made the show such wild and compelling television. (Beware SPOILERS for all nine episodes of “Watchmen.”) Caroline Framke: All I knew going into the finale of “Watchmen” was that I had no idea what was
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. This week, “The Witcher” debuts on Netflix and “Mr. Robot” comes to an end on
CBS’ annual broadcast of the “Kennedy Center Honors” drew a three-year viewership high in the Sunday night TV ratings. The special was watched by just under 7 million total viewers, up around 500,000 from last year and almost 1 million from 2017. However, ratings-wise the honors show, which this year featured performances from the likes
Gabrielle Union alluded to her firing from NBC’s “America’s Got Talent” Monday morning at the launch of her holiday collection with New York and Company. During a panel titled The Power of Inclusivity and the Women Leading The Charge, Union talked about speaking up and doing the right thing in her career. “How many checks
Patrick Stewart’s return as Captain Picard isn’t going to be a one-season affair. CBS All Access has renewed “Star Trek: Picard” for a second season, over a month before its first season debuts. The new show stars Stewart as he reprises his iconic, titular role as Jean-Luc Picard, which he played for seven seasons on “Star