Television

Medhi Hasan is exiting MSNBC. The anchor, whose final show on the news cabler aired on Sunday, announced his exit at the end of the telecast. The news came after MSNBC late last year that it had canceled the outspoken Hasan’s show. “Some personal news: I’ve decided to leave MSBNC. New year, new plans, new

“Suits” hasn’t been on the air in four years, but the fandom remains stronger than ever. Cast members Patrick J. Adams and Gabriel Macht reunited at the 81st annual Golden Globes on Sunday night’s red carpet; they were later joined onstage to present together with costars Gina Torres and Sarah Rafferty. Speaking with ET at

Prepare your “Cold Little Heart” to return to Monterey, California. Reese Witherspoon has confirmed that Season 3 of the HBO series “Big Little Lies” is in the works. On the carpet for the 81st Golden Globes, Witherspoon said to Variety, “We are working on it. Nic and I have been working on it a lot.”

As of Saturday night, Judith Light and Jasmine Guy were finally able to add “Emmy winner” to their list of career achievements. The pair picked up trophies on the first night of the two-part Creative Arts Emmy Awards, held at the Peacock Theater in downtown Los Angeles. After decades as working actors, the emotional moment

Curt Menefee is dipping into Fox Sports colleague Michael Strahan’s playbook. Fox’s lead NFL host will expand his role with the company, and will hold down a co-anchor slot with Rosanna Scotto on “Good Day New York” at Fox’s WNYW in New York. Menefee will keep his Sunday football role, and during the NFL season,

The protagonist of “Grimsburg” looks and acts nothing like Jon Hamm, though the actor lends his voice — and backing as an executive producer — to the lead of Fox’s latest animated sitcom. Detective Marvin Flute is a scruffy, potbellied deadbeat who’s somewhat skilled at solving crimes, if nowhere near as much as he thinks he

After a three-month delay due to labor strife in Hollywood last year, the 2023 Creative Arts Emmy Awards are finally being handed out Saturday night at the Peacock Theater in downtown Los Angeles. The first of two Creative Arts Emmy ceremonies this weekend will focus on scripted programs. Sunday’s event will bestow trophies largely on

SPOILER ALERT: This contains spoilers from the “RuPaul’s Drag Race” Season 16. Charlize Theron expressed her strong support for the drag community in her debut as a guest judge on the season premiere of MTV’s “RuPaul’s Drag Race.” In the opening episode of Season 16, the Oscar-winning actor and longtime LGBTQ told the queens that the groundswell

No need to place your bets: Chuck Lorre‘s “Bookie” is coming back. The comedy series, starring Sebastian Maniscalco and created by Lorre and Nick Bakay, has been renewed for a second season. The first season’s finale debuted on Max on Dec. 21. “We couldn’t be more excited that Max listened to their gut, paid the

Nigel Lythgoe is stepping down as a judge on “So You Think You Can Dance,” after two lawsuits accused him of sexual assault. Lythgoe, an executive producer of the show, is accused of groping and forcibly kissing Paula Abdul in an elevator about 20 years ago. In a second lawsuit, two contestants on “All American

“Minx” has been canceled at Starz, Variety has learned. This now marks the second time the series has been canceled. The first season of the comedy originally aired on Max, where it was renewed for a second season before it was canceled in a cost-cutting move. Starz then announced that they had acquired the second

CBS has ordered an “NCIS” prequel series that will focus on a young Leroy Jethro Gibbs, Variety has confirmed. The series is titled “NCIS: Origins” and will air during the 2024-2025 season. The show will be set in 1991 with Mark Harmon (who played Gibbs for nearly two decades) serving as narrator. The official logline

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. “RuPaul’s Drag Race” is back. The Emmy-winning reality competition series — which returns to MTV for its 16th season on Jan. 5 — will star 14 new drag queens competing for the $200,000 grand

Steve Burton will return to “General Hospital” after having been fired in November 2021 because of his refusal to get the COVID vaccine. At the time, Burton was one of two actors on the long-running ABC soap opera who refused to be vaccinated; Ingo Rademacher was also fired. (He later sued the company, and lost.)

Warner Bros. Discovery corporate communications chief Nathaniel Brown is exiting the company. CEO David Zaslav announced the news in a memo to staff Friday. Variety has learned Brown decided to step down himself, following his tenure getting the company through its merger between the legacy Discovery and WarnerMedia, which closed in April 2022. A respected

Samuel L. Jackson is set to star in the upcoming Peacock true crime limited series “Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist,” Variety has learned. The show was ordered to series at Peacock in December with Kevin Hart attached to star and executive produce with Will Packer also executive producing. It is based on the podcast

The cast of “The White Lotus” Season 3 is growing. The third season of the hit HBO series has added six new cast members, Variety has learned. Joining the new season are: Leslie Bibb (“Iron Man,” “Jupiter’s Legacy”), Dom Hetrakul (“Bangkok Dangerous,” “The Outrage”), Jason Isaacs (“Harry Potter” franchise, “The Death of Stalin”), Michelle Monaghan

Goodbye, Christmas and New Year’s. Hello, awards season! The Golden Globes are upon us, and that means the festivities kick off with W Magazine’s annual Friday night soiree toasting its Best Performances Issue. Expect to see well-heeled, A-List celebrities mix and mingle elbow-to-elbow in the penthouse suite of the Chateau Marmont. That same evening, Jon

David Soul, who starred as Sergeant Kenneth Richard “Hutch” Hutchinson in the TV series “Starsky & Hutch,” died Thursday, his wife announced on his website. He was 80. “David Soul — beloved husband, father, grandfather, and brother — died yesterday after a valiant battle for life in the loving company of family,” she wrote. “He

“American Born Chinese” has been canceled after one season at Disney+, Variety has learned. According to an individual with knowledge of the decision, Disney was high on the creative of the series, but its viewership did not justify greenlighting a second season. The producers plan to shop the series to other outlets. “American Born Chinese”

Bachelor Nation knows a thing or two about a wedding special. They’ve been able to pull it off effortlessly through the years — from Trista Rehn and Ryan Sutter’s 2003 nuptials to the most recent “I do” between Kenny Braasch and Mari Pepin, which aired as a part of this season’s “Bachelor in Paradise.” However,

It’s official! “The Golden Bachelor” couple Gerry Turner and Theresa Nist are married. The pair, who got engaged on the November finale, tied the knot on Thursday evening at La Quinta Resort and Club in La Quinta, Calif. The wedding, officiated by contestant Susan Noles, aired live on ABC. “We have that same, deep love

Michelle Yeoh cracked history open when she won an Oscar for “Everything Everywhere All at Once” last March, but she’s not sitting back to bask in the glow. “I exercise every day,” she says. “I do my whole routine of being in shape and knowing my moves. When you are in shape and ready to

Marie Donoghue, who parlayed a stint at ESPN into a job helping Amazon break into the U.S. sports-media business, is leaving the company, according to a person familiar with the matter. Amazon declined to comment. Donoghue had been hired to oversee Prime Video’s global sports strategy, identifying and evaluating new sports opportunities, and led efforts

“Leave the World Behind” debuted at the top of Nielsen’s weekly streaming rankings after premiering on Netflix on Dec. 8. In its first three days on the platform, the film starring Ethan Hawke, Julia Roberts, Mahershala Ali and Myha’la was watched for 1.9 billion minutes. It was followed by “Young Sheldon,” which made its chart

CNN reached a new record high with its 2024 New Year’s Eve special as hosts Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen brought booze back to the live celebration. The Sunday night telecast averaged 2.33 million total viewers during primetime across platforms through two days of viewing, 802,000 of which were among the adults 25-54 demographic. That’s

There’s a new senior player in TV’s true-crime industry. Paul Ryan has been named executive producer of NBC News‘ “Dateline,’ reporting to Liz Cole, who became the long-running newsmagazine’s senior executive producer last year. Both elevations come after David Corvo, the NBC News executive who had long overseen the series, moved to tackle consulting duties.

The founder of VideoAmp, a measurement-technology start-up that has been vying with Nielsen and others to create a new means of tabulating video audiences, is stepping down from his CEO role just as the company plans to lay off nearly a fifth of its staff. Ross McCray, who led VideoAmp as it struck deals with

“Succession” co-stars James Cromwell and Nicholas Braun will reunite on Saturday, Jan. 6, at the grand opening of PETA’s Los Angeles event space, the James Cromwell Empathy Center. Cromwell is known as an outspoken animal rights activist. He will do the honor of cutting the ribbon at the ceremony, which takes place the same day

Amazon has tapped a Disney veteran to lead its new push into the streaming ad wars. Jeremy Helfand, who rose from a position at Hulu to supervise all advertising sales across Disney’s interactive businesses will take the reins as a vice president and head of sales efforts for Amazon’s Prime Video, the executive disclosed in