The Amazon breakout avoids a head-to-head matchup with ‘Game of Thrones’ and ‘The Handmaid’s Tale,’ and will instead face a comedy field from which ‘Veep’ is absent for the first time in years. The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, the Amazon show that debuted in late 2017 and quickly became the talk of the television industry, has
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The show may have a shot at reviving global buyers’ faith in American-made TV. The monster success of ABC’s Roseanne reboot — boasting 25 million viewers with Nielsen’s live-plus-3 figures factored in — has international TV buyers feeling nostalgic. It’s been a long time since a U.S. network series, at least one that didn’t feature
Noah Hawley tells THR about the new voice along for the ride in the second year of FX’s mind-bending Marvel series. [This story contains spoilers from the season two premiere of FX’s Legion.] About a third of the way through its first new episode in more than a year, Legion shifts gears in a rather
The event will join the fest’s already-announced ‘Nash Bridges’ and ‘thirtysomething’ reunions. ATX Television Festival is setting up more TV show reunions. The Austin-based fest will host a reunion for Felicity, the late ’90s coming-of-age drama that aired on The WB. Stars Keri Russell, Scott Speedman, Tangi Miller, Amanda Foreman, Amy Jo Johnson, Ian Gomez
The U.K. public broadcaster has, as previously unveiled, combined its commercial and production operations under one roof. The BBC has officially unveiled its new-look commercial arm, BBC Studios, while also unveiled a further push into China as it looks for production opportunities in the growth market. BBC Studios had previously been the name of the
The Knockouts began Monday night on NBC’s The Voice, with artists going head-to-head with solo performances that will determine which 24 artists advance to the Live Playoffs. This season, current coaches Blake Shelton, Kelly Clarkson, Adam Levine and Alicia Keys teamed up with past Voice winners Chloe Kohanski, Cassadee Pope, Jordan Smith and Chris Blue,
The CW announced the renewal Monday but has yet to confirm the show’s endgame. The end of the road for The CW’s Crazy Ex-Girlfriend is in sight. On Monday, the younger-skewing broadcast network announced that Crazy will return for a fourth run in the 2018-19 season. And, according to its star and co-creator, Rachel Bloom,
The former Gold Circle Films and DIC Entertainment exec joins the global brand management company. Robert Denton has been named CFO of global brand management company Genius Brands International. Denton most recently served as CFO and controller for Atlys Inc., a media technology venture, and before helped restructure corporate financing at Gold Circle Films as
American Idol season 16 returned for another night of brutal Hollywood Week cuts. Around 75 contestants survived the lines of 10 and group performances last week, and Sunday night’s episode whittled the competition down to the top 50. After solo performances, Idol hopefuls were sorted into three rooms, and judges Katy Perry, Luke Bryan and
In a since-deleted tweet the producer, and brother of Donald Glover, says their idea for an episode about the singer was what sunk the planned show. Donald Glover and his brother Stephen Glover were recently rumored to have left their roles on the animated Deadpool TV series over creative differences. Now, Stephen Glover has revealed
Just getting into the Starz drama ahead of Sunday’s season-ender? Don’t fret, here’s a refresher. As Counterpart, the Starz spy-fi drama starring J.K. Simmons hurtles toward its season one finale on Sunday, there are several open plot threads that must be resolved. Showrunner Justin Marks also will need to set the stage for the previously
“We will occasionally tweet material from the writings, notes and journals he has left us,” an unknown pal of Shandling’s wrote on his handle. Garry Shandling will be sharing his jokes and life experiences via his Twitter handle once more thanks to friends who re-activated the late comedian’s account for fans. On Friday, Shandling’s account posted a
CBS Sean Penn had a busy week, appearing on CBS’ The Late Show With Stephen Colbert and comedy Central’s The Daily Show With Trevor Noah, before making a final stop at TBS’ Conan on Thursday to promote his new novel, Bob Honey Who Just Do Stuff. The book, Penn’s debut, has been harangued by critics. Penn first made
Calling the former president a “nice guy,” host Stephen Colbert asked him if he thinks America wants a jerk for president, and Carter deadpanned, “Apparently, from this recent election year.” Former President Jimmy Carter stopped by The Late Show on Friday as part of his promotional tour for his new book, Faith, and took the
In a series of bizarre new tweets, the actress continued to showcase her support for the president, saying she gives him the “benefit of the doubt.” After President Donald Trump telephoned her personally to offer his congratulations for her sitcom’s stellar ratings, Roseanne Barr is returning the favor by defending Trump in a series of
THR’s awards columnist sorts through the the Conner family’s return to TV, which rocked the ratings, to explore how the TV Academy may respond to the controversial reboot. A year and a half after Donald Trump exceeded virtually all expectations and shocked America (with his election as president), a rebooted version of Roseanne, the trailblazing
A second season of the revival, No. 11 overall, comes on the heels of record-breaking ratings and a warm reception from critics. ABC will be wringing more nostalgia from the surprisingly fruitful Roseanne reboot, giving a not-at-all-surprising renewal to the revived sitcom. The next batch of episodes will again reunite original castmembers Roseanne Barr, John
Willa Holland had been on a reduced episode count this season. [This story contains spoilers from Thursday’s Arrow.] An original series regular is departing The CW’s Arrow. Willa Holland, who has played Thea Queen/Speedy for six seasons, has exited the Greg Berlanti-produced DC Comics drama. Her last episode aired Thursday night and saw her character
NBC’s Will & Grace paid tribute to the late Debbie Reynolds on Thursday night, and while the touching episode was bittersweet for everyone involved, the half-hour was especially poignant for Reynolds’ TV daughter, Debra Messing. “It was very important to Debra Messing that we address both the character, Bobbi Adler, and the woman, Debbie Reynolds,”
“We could not get arrested, honest to god,” Colbert joked. In 2018, Stephen Colbert and Steve Carell are pursuing very different careers — but in 1996, as Dana Carvey reminded Late Show viewers on Wednesday night, they were both upstart castmembers on his ABC show The Dana Carvey Show. “I don’t fancy myself a talent
The British rising star becomes the youngest and first non-white industry figure to deliver the prestigious MacTaggart Memorial Lecture. BAFTA-winning actress and screenwriter Michaela Coel is set to deliver the James MacTaggart Memorial Lecture at this year’s Edinburgh TV Festival, becoming not only the youngest speaker, but the first non-white industry figure and only the
[This recap contains spoilers for the Wednesday, March 28 episode of Survivor: Ghost Island.] There is no lede formulation I enjoy more than a good “Won’t Get Fooled Again” reference, but we’ve had enough new alignments on Survivor: Ghost Island that I’d have to go with this: Meet the New New Malolo same as the
‘Cursed’ will be based on Miller and Tom Wheeler’s upcoming book of the same name. Netflix is taking a page from the beloved tale of King Arthur. The streaming giant has handed out a 10-episode, straight-to-series order for Cursed, a reimagining of the legend told through the eyes of a teen girl destined to become
The group will now include on-air promo producers and directors, commercial performers and narrators. The Television Academy continues to broaden the scope of its body, announcing Tuesday several more groups of of professions eligible for membership. Per changes to the current membership requirements, approved by the Board of Governors, on-air promo producers and directors are
The documentarian stepped down from his production company, Warrior Poets, in December following a public confession of past sexual misconduct, forcing the halt of production on the planned TNT project. Turner Entertainment Networks has filed a lawsuit against documentarian Morgan Spurlock following the filmmaker’s decision to step down from his production company, Warrior Poets, in December
It was a night of understated performances. The battle round concluded on NBC’s The Voice on Tuesday with one last steal from Alicia Keys. Celebrity mentors Julia Michaels, Trace Adkins, Shawn Mendes and Hailee Steinfeld helped prepare artists alongside Adam Levine, Blake Shelton, Alicia Keys and Kelly Clarkson, respectively. Next week, the knockout round begins.
A network is not yet attached. Alex Gibney has set his sights on Tiger Woods for his next TV project. Ahead of the project’s March 27 publication, Gibney and his Jigsaw Productions have signed on to adapt authors Jeff Benedict’s and Armen Keteyian’s Woods biography as a docuseries. A network is not yet attached. New
The industry vets’ new TV and film production company already has two projects in development. Simon Mirren and Jamie Carmichael, two LA-based Brits with extensive experience in the industry, have teamed to launch film and TV banner Atlantic Nomad, with two projects already in the pipeline. Mirren is widely known for writing and producing hit
Coaches pushed their artists to stand out ahead of Knockouts. The Battle Round continued on NBC’s The Voice on Monday night, with celebrity mentors Julia Michaels, Trace Adkins, Shawn Mendes and Hailee Steinfeld guiding artists alongside Adam Levine, Blake Shelton, Alicia Keys and Kelly Clarkson, respectively. The artists who advance from the battles will next
Gregg Araki created the 10-episode comedy that also counts Gregory Jacobs and Viceland’s Karley Sciortino among its ranks. Steven Soderbergh is expanding his relationship with Starz. The premium cable network has handed out a 10-episode, straight-to-series order for half-hour comedy Now Apocalypse, from The Girlfriend Experience exec producer. Created and exec produced by Gregg Araki
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