Television

Screenworks Asia, the production subsidiary of Taiwan-based streaming platform Catchplay, has set two series to release early next year. “Not A Murder Story” follows a wannabe actor who finally gets a chance of success. And when he wakes up with a dead woman besides him, he is determined not to let it stand in his

Unscripted queer reality dating series “Boys Like Boys” is to air on Warner Bros. Discovery’s TLC channel in Taiwan in early 2024, making it the first local LGBTQ+ dating reality show to air on linear TV in the territory. The show is an original production by GagaOOLala, Asia’s out and proud LGBTQ+ streaming service, which

SAG-AFTRA delivered its response Monday morning to the studios’ “last, best and final” offer, as Hollywood waits for a resolution to the 116-day actors strike. In a message to members Monday afternoon, the union said it was working to end the strike “responsibly,” but that the two sides still have differences. “There are several essential

“American Valor: A Salute to Our Heroes,” the American Veterans Center’s annual Veterans Day broadcast special, will return to television this year on Nov. 11 to pay tribute to service men and women from World War II to present day. Emmy-nominated actor and U.S. Marine Corps vet Rob Riggle is back as host. He is

All eight seasons of “House,” the popular medical dramedy starring Hugh Laurie as the sardonic and brilliant chief of diagnostic medicine at Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital, are landing on Hulu this week. All 177 episodes of “House” will premiere on Hulu on Tuesday, Nov. 7. The series also is available to stream on Amazon’s Prime Video.

When dreams come to fruition, they often look much different than initially imagined. As the Issa Rae-created Max dramedy “Rap Sh!t” opens its second season, we find rap duo Shawna (Aida Osman) and Mia (KaMillion) at a crossroads. While they’ve gained some traction online, stardom and a substantial career still feel inaccessible. Their first tour

The Emmy-nominated creatives behind Prime Video‘s shows have sat down for another series of Master Crafts conversations with Variety‘s senior artisans editor Jazz Tangcay, drawing back the curtain on the complex process of bringing these wide-ranging series to the small screen. In five separate conversations, Tangcay spoke with the teams behind “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,”

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. It’s been nearly a decade since “Friends” aired their very last episode in 2004, but the quirky New York City friend group continues to live on in the form of playful merch released in

Six months after ending his run as host of CBS’ “The Late Late Show with James Corden,” the host is getting back into the interviewing game. SiriusXM is set to announce Monday that Corden will be the host of a new weekly series, “This Life of Mine with James Corden,” marking the multi-talented star’s first

Lisa Cash was an actor who appeared on “Friends” Season 5 in 1999 as a flight attendant who encounters Ross (David Schwimmer) and Rachel (Jennifer Aniston) in the episode “The One in Vegas: Part 1.” But in a new interview with TMZ, Cash reveals that her role on the episode originated as a hotel worker

Dave O’Connor is exiting production company Majordomo Media to take over the reins of Time Studios as president. O’Connor will report to Time CEO Jessica Sibley, who announced his hiring in a memo to staff Monday. O’Connor takes over the Time Studios role from Ian Orefice, who left the company this year to lead Jeff

Jason Momoa will host the Nov. 18 episode of “Saturday Night Live,” with Tate McRae announced as the musical guest. Momoa, hosting for his second time, and McRae, making her “SNL” debut, will follow the Nov. 11 pairing of Gen Z darlings Timothée Chalamet and Boygenius. Chalamet had hosted once before in 2020, when he

United Talent Agency has partnered with longtime TV executive Nick Emmerson, investing in his newly launched unscripted studio, Headers and Volleys Entertainment, Variety has learned exclusively. UTA continues to rep Emmerson in the US. Based in Brighton and London, UK, HAVE will focus on creating and producing unscripted content for the UK, the international SVODs

If anyone knows about a mirrorball, it’s Taylor Swift. Season 32 of “Dancing With the Stars” will hold a dedicated Taylor Swift night on Tuesday, Nov. 21. All remaining couples will dance to Swift’s music during the episode. Longtime “Dancing With the Stars” choreographer and the lead choreographer of The Eras Tour, Mandy Moore, will

The U.K.’s Studio Crook has acquired the rights to develop “Damaged Goods,” the first of Helen Black’s “Lilly Valentine” legal book series, into a returning television drama series “Valentine” (6 x 60’). “Valentine” will follow Lilly Valentine, an almost divorced single mother on the wrong side of 40 who excels at her job at a

SPOILER ALERT: This piece contains spoilers from “That’s Amorte,” the fourth episode of “Rick and Morty” Season 7.  The Smiths of “Rick and Morty” are no ordinary family; they’re a band of interdimensional travelers that includes a mad scientist, a potential clone and two parents of a giant incest baby that the United States government

Warner Bros. Discovery, Taiwan Mobile and the Taiwan Creative Content Agency have signed a multi-year memorandum of understanding to create and distribute Taiwanese original content locally and across international markets. The MOU, signed in advance of next week’s TCCF event, combines the expertise and reach of the three companies to develop, produce and distribute local

After weeks of an ominous teaser containing no new footage, Bravo has at last unleashed a glorious full trailer for “The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip: RHONY Legacy.” The limited Peacock anthology series reunites iconic cast members from the original run of “The Real Housewives of New York City,” including Kelly Killoren Bensimon, Luann de

Bravo is upping the ante on Erika Jayne, ordering a documentary series following the embattled “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” star and pop singer as she mounts a solo Las Vegas music residency. “Erika Jayne: Bet It All on Blonde” will air in two parts in the second quarter of 2024. Combining interviews and behind-the-scenes

Comicbook writer Garth Ennis, best known for series such as “Preacher” and “The Boys,” and his nine-year stint at Marvel, is a guest of this week’s Lucca Comics & Games. Ennis, whose current work includes comedy Barbarian strip “Babs,” and the latest instalments of the “Battle Action” and “Punisher” series, spoke about his new book

Dorit Kemsley has made no secret of the fact that she has been going through it on recent seasons of “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills,” after a 2021 home invasion in which armed men threatened her and her two children. On Season 13 of the series, which began on Oct. 25, she’s shown on

It’s been 10 years since Steven Universe unlocked his Gem ability to summon a shield as he savored the last of his beloved, now-discontinued frozen treat Cookie Cat. What Rebecca Sugar initially introduced as a brightly colored animated series about a 13-year-old half-Gem, half-human boy raised by his three extraterrestrial guardians, soon became so much

SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers for “Smile,” the fourth episode of Season 2 of “Shining Vale,” now streaming on the Starz app. With each passing episode on the set of Starz’s horror comedy “Shining Vale,” Greg Kinnear made a habit of asking co-creator Jeff Astrof how he planned to get the characters out of

A private funeral was held for Matthew Perry on Friday afternoon, with the actor’s “Friends” co-stars in attendance along with other loved ones and family. People reports that Jennifer Aniston, Matt LeBlanc, David Schwimmer, Courteney Cox and Lisa Kudrow all convened for the event, held at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Los Angeles. It’s also

“The Real Housewives of Orange County” star Shannon Storms Beador faced her demons at BravoCon 2023. Nearly two months after a DUI arrest that made national headlines, Beador appeared on a Las Vegas stage with her co-stars for the weekend-long event dedicated to Bravo’s indulgent reality TV slate. Her arrest shocked many thanks to accompanying

Earlier on Friday, Bravo announced from BravoCon that Season 11 of “Vanderpump Rules” will premiere in January. That raises a big question: After a 10th season that concluded in June, during which the show became a ratings smash, a pop culture sensation and an eventual Emmy nominee — all because of the cheating scandal within the

Josh Andrés Rivera is set to play Aaron Hernandez in “American Sports Story” at FX, Variety has confirmed. In addition, Patrick Schwarzenegger will star as Tim Tebow. “American Sports Story” was originally ordered at FX back in August 2021. It is designed to be a scripted anthological limited series focusing on a prominent event and/or

SPOILER ALERT: This article contains spoilers for Episode 8 of “Gen V,” the Season 1 finale (“Guardians of Godolkin”), now streaming on Amazon’s Prime Video. Marie (Jaz Sinclair) survived her first semester at supe college Godolkin University — barely — but it doesn’t look like she’s going into a second one any time soon. As the

Andy Cohen put himself in the hot seat for a high-octane start to BravoCon 2023. The face and central nervous system of the Bravo network and its many reality franchises kicked off a weekend of panels, cocktail parties and a bedazzled trade show on Friday in Las Vegas. Held at the Caesars Forum just off

As Starz prepares to separate from parent company Lionsgate in 2024, it will reduce its staff of roughly 670 employees by more than 10%. Starz will also cease business operations in the both the U.K. and Australia. This follows the cable and streaming company’s recent exit from Latin America, as announced in Lionsgate’s August earnings