Television

December 6, 2018 12:30PM PT Carrie Ann Inaba is set to take over Julie Chen’s chair on “The Talk.” Sources tell Variety that Inaba has closed a deal to join the CBS daytime chat show, and will come aboard in January. A CBS representative declined to comment for this story. Inaba has been one of

December 6, 2018 12:20PM PT Michael Schneider has been named senior editor of TV awards at Variety. He begins his new role Jan. 1. Schneider returns to Variety full time after more than two years at sister site Indiewire, where he was executive editor. During that time he also served as editor-at-large for Variety. In

The probe into the culture of CBS Corp. sparked by allegations against former CEO Leslie Moonves is nearing a conclusion, according to the company’s acting chief executive. “It’s frustrating that confidential information from the ongoing investigation made its way to the public before management and the board knew about it –  and importantly, before we could

December 6, 2018 11:29AM PT Apple is close to ordering an American adaptation of the Israeli drama series “Nevelot.” Richard Gere is attached to star in the project, which concerns two elderly Vietnam vets and best friends who find their monotonous lives upended when a woman they both loved fifty years ago is killed by

Checking in on the 2019 Golden Globe nominations, it was hard not to raise an eyebrow at some of the more monochromatic categories in TV. Especially given how the movie noms shook out — the best drama category including “Black Panther,” “BlackKklansman,” and “If Beale Street Could Talk” is great and frankly astonishing — the relative lack

The Golden Globe nominations always offer a few curveballs, and Thursday morning’s announcement was no exception. The movie with the most nominations was “Vice” (with six), beating out “A Star Is Born,” “Green Book,” and “The Favourite” (with five apiece). Meanwhile, on the television side, voters favored quite a few freshman series from across the

December 6, 2018 6:30AM PT The Hollywood Foreign Press Association embraced politics on Thursday morning, giving Adam McKay’s Dick Cheney drama “Vice,” starring Christian Bale, a leading six nominations. Yorgos Lanthimos’ historical comedy-drama “The Favourite,” Peter Farrelly’s historical film “Green Book,” and Bradley Cooper’s musical romantic drama “A Star Is Born” were close behind with

Golden Globes voters were in a political frame of mind on Thursday morning, as the awards organization handed “Vice,” a scathing look at former Vice President Dick Cheney’s career in government, a leading six nominations. On the TV front, members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the group behind the Globes, embraced “The Assassination of

Nominations for the 76th annual Golden Globe Awards were announced on Thursday morning show live from the Beverly Hilton Hotel. “Vice,” Adam McKay’s scathing Dick Cheney biopic, walked away with a leading six nominations. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the organization behind the Globes, also awarded “A Star Is Born,” “The Favourite,” and “Green Book”

December 6, 2018 2:59AM PT “Das Boot” will hit the high seas for a second season after Sky Deutschland renewed the big-budget wartime drama series, which was inspired by the 1981 Oscar-nominated movie of the same name. The freshman season of the show premiered Nov. 23 on the Sky pay-TV platform in Germany. It has

December 6, 2018 1:25AM PT NBCUniversal and ProSiebenSat.1 have cooked up the first-ever deal for a local version of the popular “Top Chef” format in Germany. In the show, chefs face off in a battle of culinary skills and take on cooking challenges that test their expertise in the kitchen. The format sees one chef

December 5, 2018 11:17PM PT Los Angeles-based content aggregator and distributor, Cinedigm will partner with China International TV Corporation (CITVC) to bring 500 hours of Chinese content to American viewers on Bambu, its digital channel specifically for Chinese-language material set to launch early next year. CITVC is a subsidiary of state broadcaster China Central Television

SAG-AFTRA has brought on Bryan Cranston to back its “Ads Go Union” campaign to persuade advertisers to stop using non-union actors. “Whether you’re working on a Broadway stage or a soundstage, actors need and should make a fair and decent wage. It’s only right and that’s why I’m standing with my fellow actors in supporting

After the crazy year that was 2018, many may feel that 2019 can’t quite come fast enough. Thankfully a number of television networks are putting together special programming to count down to the new year, featuring fun, larger-than-life personalities such as Andy Cohen and Steve Harvey. Here, Variety has compiled the entertainment offerings, from CNN to

In Today’s TV News Roundup, Starz released a new premiere date for the upcoming second season of “American Gods” and VH1 released an exclusive clip from Friday’s “RuPaul’s Drag Race Holi-Slay Spectacular.” DATES Season two of the Neil Gaiman-adapted series “American Gods” is set to premiere March 10 at 8 p.m. on Starz. This season,

December 5, 2018 2:37PM PT “Judge Judy” once again won the November sweeps period, this time by the show’s widest margin ever in the household ratings. For the period Oct. 25-Nov. 21, “Judge Judy” clocked a 7.4 rating household rating and 10.6 million viewers, according to Nielsen data. This marks the fourth straight November win

Two “60 Minutes” insiders have emerged as top candidates to carry the show forward. The venerable newsmagazine has been without an executive producer since Jeff Fager parted ways with CBS News in September after CBS charged he violated company policy. Under one scenario said to be getting new emphasis, Bill Owens, the executive editor, could

Megyn Kelly is free to take jobs at other news outlets upon leaving NBC News, according to a person familiar with the matter, a revelation that suggests exit talks between the star anchor and the NBCUniversal-owned division are moving toward a close. Kelly is not expected to be bound by any non-compete restrictions, and could

December 5, 2018 2:00PM PT With roughly a month to go until the Golden Globe Awards broadcast live from L.A.’s Beverly Hilton, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association have named this year’s ceremony hosts. “Killing Eve” leading lady Sandra Oh and “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” star Andy Samberg will co-host the ceremony, set to air Jan. 6 on

Tom Fontana, creator of “Oz” and “Homicide: Life on the Street,” will be honored with the Writers Guild of America East’s Ian McLellan Hunter Award for Career Achievement. Fontana will be presented with the honor at the 71st annual Writers Guild Awards, which will be held at New York’s Edison Ballroom on Feb. 17. The

December 5, 2018 10:00AM PT MTV Studios has lined up “Celebrity Deathmatch” as its latest series revival. Series creator Eric Fogel will return to executive produce, with Ice Cube set to executive produce and star in the new take on the stop-motion animation series. Jeff Kwatinetz of Cube Vision will also executive produce with Ben Hurwitz

December 5, 2018 9:30AM PT The Producers Guild of America has named Amy Sherman-Palladino as the recipient of its Norman Lear Achievement Award in Television. Sherman-Palladino will receive the award at the 30th Annual Producers Guild Awards on Jan. 19 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. Sherman-Palladino is the producer of the

December 5, 2018 9:00AM PT AT&T Audience Network has renewed “Loudermilk” for Season 3. The move comes ahead of the Season 2 finale on Dec. 19 The network has ordered a 10-episode third season of the half-hour comedy, which stars Ron Livingston in the title role. Season 3 will begin shooting in Vancouver this spring.

SPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not yet watched the first five episodes of the second season of “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.” Everything is bigger in the second season of “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” — from its episode count (10 total, up two from its freshman year), to the talent Midge (Rachel Brosnahan) exhibits

Fresh from winning best actor for his performance in “A Prayer Before Dawn” at the BIFAs, Joe Cole has joined Pulse Films’ upcoming drama “Gangs of London.” Sope Dirisu (“The Huntsman: Winter’s War”) has also signed up to the series, which will be on Sky in the U.K. and Cinemax in the U.S. Production is

CNN has learned that there’s nothing wrong with a little attitude. In just six months, the network’s new 9 p.m. program, “Cuomo Prime Time,” has become the most-watched show on the AT&T-owned cable-news network. Anchor Chris Cuomo’s show has surpassed colleague Anderson Cooper’s 8 p.m. program in that distinction, and helped CNN gain more notice

Call it peak tv, another golden age of television, or even the evolution of home entertainment. Whatever the favored term, marquee stars from Julia Roberts to Jennifer Garner to Jim Carrey are the center of small-screen casts in contention for SAG’s coveted ensemble awards. Creating television series ensembles around A-list talent often sets an immediate

December 5, 2018 7:00AM PT Netflix has renewed “Narcos: Mexico” for a second season, Variety has learned. Originally intended as a fourth season of “Narcos,” which focused on the rise of the cocaine business in Colombia under Pablo Escobar and his Medellín Cartel, “Narcos: Mexico” became a new series, shifting the focus to the beginnings of

There will be a new “Queen of Great Britain” crowned when a U.K. version of “RuPaul’s Drag Race” starts on the BBC next year. The British pubcaster has ordered a local version of the unscripted hit for its online channel, BBC Three. It marks the first time that the series, which sees drag artists compete

Studiocanal has signed a milestone deal with PCCW’s HK Television Entertainment to have the Hong Kong-based company distribute three English-language series on its free-to-air channel ViuTVsix next year. The deal, which marks the first collaboration between PCCW and Studiocanal, takes in three English-language dramas from Studiocanal-owned RED Production Company: the thriller miniseries “Trust Me,” which