Television

Justin Kurzel and Shaun Grant, the Australian directing and writing team behind “Snowtown” and the recent “True History of the Kelly Gang,” will reunite for a TV series adaptation of “The Narrow Road to the Deep North.” The series is being set up at Fremantle. The underlying novel by Richard Flanagan, published in 2013, chronicles

November 26, 2019 2:24AM PT Beta Film has bought into RubyRock Pictures, the U.K.-based shingle set up by Zoe Rocha. Germany-based film and TV production and distribution outfit Beta will hold a minority stake in RubyRock, which is working up a slate of English-language drama for the international market. Rocha said that the Beta deal

November 26, 2019 2:06AM PT The team behind Walter Presents has launched Eagle Eye Drama, which will make English-language shows inspired by foreign-language drama series. As is the case with Walter Presents, U.K broadcaster Channel 4 is investing in the business through its Indie Growth Fund. Walter Iuzzolino – after whom the foreign-language drama streamer

November 25, 2019 8:37PM PT Mexican actor Alejandro Sandí has been rescued by authorities after he was kidnapped by robbers who hijacked the SUV he and two other companions were driving. According to Mexico Daily News, the Telemundo actor was abducted after robbers stopped his SUV around 8:45 a.m. Sunday morning near the Nevado de

SPOILER ALERT: Do not read ahead if you have not watched the Season 28 finale of “Dancing With The Stars” on ABC. The winner is revealed in this post. Another season, another mirror ball trophy. The winner of the 28th season of “Dancing with the Stars” was revealed Monday night during ABC’s finale of the

U.K. series “McMafia” earned the International Emmy Award for drama at the 47th annual ceremony recognizing programs from outside the U.S. BBC’s “McMafia,” which also aired on AMC, was the final winner tonight at the Hilton New York where the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences’ kudos were handed out at a dinner gala

In today’s TV news roundup, Freeform’s “Grown-ish” hints at a potential pregnancy in Season 3, and Netflix releases the official trailer for Michelle Wolf’s new comedy special.  DATES “Call the Midwife” will return to PBS for a holiday special on Dec. 25. The series follows nurses, midwives and nuns who visit poor, expectant mothers.  Paramount

Not many shows would come panting out the gate with explicit, bloody period sex, but “The L Word: Generation Q” isn’t trying to be most shows. A sequel companion to Ilene Chaiken’s groundbreaking lesbian drama “The L Word,” which premiered 15 years ago on Showtime, Marja-Lewis Ryan’s new iteration aims to both honor the original

Few shows have changed the way we watch television like “The Sopranos.” As one of the most critically and commercially successful TV shows in history, “The Sopranos” has also maintained a cult-like following that has lasted since its literal abrupt ending in 2007. So it makes sense that fans would rally together to commemorate 10

Frank Biondi Jr., the seasoned entertainment business executive who served tenures as the CEO of HBO, Viacom and Universal Studios, died Monday of cancer. The Los Angeles Times reported he died at his home in Los Angeles. He was 74. Biondi was the consummate example of the kind of polished, Ivy League-trained business executives who rose through

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, M. Night Shyamalan’s “Servant” drops on Apple TV Plus, and Martin Scorsese’s “The

November 25, 2019 9:50AM PT Gretchen Morgenson, the veteran investigative reporter who has won multiple journalism prizes for her coverage of Wall Street, is joining the investigative unit of NBC News. She is expected to “lead our reporting on the intersection of money and power and will bolster our capability to do more in-depth, groundbreaking

A reality TV executive filed a discrimination suit against CBS on Monday, alleging he was fired as part of a systemic pattern of mistreatment of non-white executives. Ghen Maynard, who is of Japanese ancestry, was a senior executive VP for alternative programs. He alleges that although CBS has said publicly that it is taking steps

November 25, 2019 9:35AM PT “Anne With an E” is coming to an end. In announcing the Season 3 premiere date on Monday, Netflix also announced that the third season would be the show’s last. The third season will debut on the streamer on Jan. 3 and consists of 10 episodes. The series airs on

The 10th annual Hollywood Music in Media Awards rewarded a diverse crop of composers, songwriters and music supervisors who contributed to film, TV and videogames over the last year, from scorers Alan Silvestri, Hildur Guðnadóttir, Marco Beltrami and Michael Abels to tunesmiths Cynthia Erivo, Bebe Rexha and the Avett Brothers to Quentin Tarantino’s longtime music sidekick,

CANCUN, Mexico  —  Graced by the showrunners of “Narcos,” “Sr. Avila” and “Hernán” and multiple senior industry figures,  MipCancun boasts a distribution market, co-production forum and powerful conference line-up – and for once the possibility for delegates to attend at least some of the presentations. Based on 18 sessions, from Erik Barmack’s keynote to plenary

Noel Manzano has been named vice president of international programming at AMC Networks, working on new original programming with partners outside the U.S. He will also shepherd through existing projects that have an international dimension at the AMC channels. Manzano joins AMC from Hoodlum Entertainment, where he has been overseeing the production company’s U.S. development

November 25, 2019 6:12AM PT Viacom and CBS said they expected their merger to close on December 4, marking he latest round of consolidation in the entertainment sector as traditional players continue to work to gain scale against new digital rivals. The new company, to be called ViacomCBS, will operate everything from the CBS television

Madison Avenue is giving new consideration to the Super Bowl, the annual media extravaganza that it has seemed less excited about in recent years. Fox Sports has sold all its available commercial inventory in Super Bowl LIV, slated to be broadcast from Miami Gardens, Florida, on February 2, 2020. It’s the first time in half

Seasoned programming exec Chris Loveall has joined Disney Plus in a newly created U.S.-based international programming role. As vice president of content for international, Loveall will work on the development and production of original series for the streaming service, which has just launched in the U.S. and a handful of markets around the world. The

Julia Ormond has joined the cast of the third series in “The Walking Dead” franchise, entitled “The Walking Dead: World Beyond.” Ormond will play Elizabeth a “charismatic leader of a large, sophisticated and formidable force,” AMC announced Sunday. “We are thrilled to have Julia join our merry band. I’m grateful for the talent, grace, intelligence,

#PayUpHollywood recently issued a survey to assistants in the entertainment industry, asking them questions about their pay, their background, and their workplace environment. Some of the findings are shocking. Of the 1,100 assistants surveyed to date, 72 reported having had an object thrown at them by their boss at work. Around 120 entertainment industry assistants

Post-rush hour, the drive from the Beverly Wilshire in Beverly Hills to the Los Angeles Rams’ practice facility in Thousand Oaks, Calif. is a manageable 50 minutes. On Friday, Nov. 15, most of the core broadcast team for NBC’s “” — analyst Cris Collinsworth, sideline reporter Michele Tafoya, executive producer Fred Gaudelli, director Drew Esocoff

Will Ferrell joined the infamous “Saturday Night Live” Five-Timers Club with his Nov. 23 hosting stint. But he was far from the only big name to return to Studio 8H for the episode. Ryan Reynolds, who hosted “SNL” in 2009, was in the audience during Ferrell’s monologue and promptly distracted the former cast member, causing

Who can beat Donald Trump in the 2020 election? “Saturday Night Live” took a crack at this tough political question in a democratic debate sketch in the Nov. 23 episode that saw the return of former cast members Maya Rudolph, Rachel Dratch and Fred Armisen (as Kamala Harris, Amy Klobuchar and Michael Bloomberg, respectively), and

After another week of impeachment hearings that included a reenactment of a phone call between President Donald Trump and Ambassador Gordon Sondland, “Saturday Night Live” returned with its own take on the relationship between the two political figures. Alec Baldwin returned as Trump, while episode host Will Ferrell stepped into Sondland’s bald cap for the

November 22, 2019 8:35PM PT “Servant” has officially been renewed for a second season at Apple TV Plus. The news comes ahead of the series premiere on Nov. 28, at which time the first three episodes of Season 1 will be available to stream. New episodes will then role out weekly every Friday. Executive producer

November 22, 2019 7:39PM PT Judges Gabrielle Union and Julianne Hough are vacating their chairs on NBC’s unscripted series “America’s Got Talent,” Variety can report exclusively. Union, an NAACP Image award winner and prolific film and TV presence, joined the panel this year with Hough. An NBC spokesperson confirmed that the pair will not return

November 22, 2019 3:35PM PT In today’s TV news roundup, Inbar Lavi has been cast in a recurring guest role on ABC’s “Stumptown” and CBS has announced two holiday primetime specials for “The Price is Right.”  CASTINGS Inbar Lavi has been cast in a recurring guest role on ABC’s “Stumptown.” Last seen on Netflix’s “Lucifer”

November 22, 2019 3:26PM PT First the first time in a while, “This Is Us” managed to top “The Masked Singer” in the Live+3 TV ratings. The NBC drama was the biggest grower of the week, jumping 80% from a 1.4 to a 2.5 after three days of delayed viewing, benefiting from a series low