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Amazon-owned Prime Video has launched “The Killing Vote,” a hardboiled crime drama series from Korea.
The 12-part show uses the premise that a text message is sent to ordinary citizens who get to vote for or against the application of the death penalty in individual criminal cases. If more than 50% vote in favor, the criminal is killed by a mysterious character called Dog Mask.
That in turn creates difficult choices for police officers. They may have differing views on whether such rough justice is justified or not and are also tasked with tracking down Dog Mask.
The show stars Park Hae-jin...
The 12-part show uses the premise that a text message is sent to ordinary citizens who get to vote for or against the application of the death penalty in individual criminal cases. If more than 50% vote in favor, the criminal is killed by a mysterious character called Dog Mask.
That in turn creates difficult choices for police officers. They may have differing views on whether such rough justice is justified or not and are also tasked with tracking down Dog Mask.
The show stars Park Hae-jin...
- 8/11/2023
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety - TV News
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Six MTV legends, 18 CBS reality favorites and another $500,000 on the line. This time, it’s not going to be a walk in the park for the veterans.
Welcome back for another season of The Challenge: USA, which now features some of the MTV show’s fiercest competitors. Johnny Bananas, Wes Bergmann, Tori Deal, Jonna Mannion Stephens, Amanda Garcia and Cory Wharton are coming in hot to try and get their paws on that hefty prize money. But will anyone from Survivor, Big Brother or The Amazing Race be able to stop them? (Get the lowdown on who’s battling it out here.
Welcome back for another season of The Challenge: USA, which now features some of the MTV show’s fiercest competitors. Johnny Bananas, Wes Bergmann, Tori Deal, Jonna Mannion Stephens, Amanda Garcia and Cory Wharton are coming in hot to try and get their paws on that hefty prize money. But will anyone from Survivor, Big Brother or The Amazing Race be able to stop them? (Get the lowdown on who’s battling it out here.
- 8/11/2023
- by Nick Caruso
- TVLine.com
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[Editor’s Note: The following review contains spoilers for “What We Do in the Shadows” Episode 6, “Urgent Care.”]
“What We Do in the Shadows” has never taken pleasure in withholding information from the audience — quite the opposite. Early seasons peeled back vampire lore and unveiled the vampiric council. Season 4 focused on Colin Robinson (Mark Proksch) as the baby which crawled out of his chest cavity grew into… another Colin Robinson. The Season 5 premiere, after some excellent teasing, answered the question of whether or not Guillermo (Harvey Guillén) had been turned into a vampire, while Episode 3 revealed more about energy vampires with a dazzling guest cast.
Season 5, Episode 6 offers yet another intriguing tidbit about modern-day vampiric existence: familiar urgent care. It’s less legitimate and effective than vampiric bureaucracy, but hey — they’re just familiars. As Guillermo’s vampirism becomes harder to hide, viewers are let in on the secret while the other vampires — especially Nandor (Kayvan Novak) — remain in the dark.
“What We Do in the Shadows” has never taken pleasure in withholding information from the audience — quite the opposite. Early seasons peeled back vampire lore and unveiled the vampiric council. Season 4 focused on Colin Robinson (Mark Proksch) as the baby which crawled out of his chest cavity grew into… another Colin Robinson. The Season 5 premiere, after some excellent teasing, answered the question of whether or not Guillermo (Harvey Guillén) had been turned into a vampire, while Episode 3 revealed more about energy vampires with a dazzling guest cast.
Season 5, Episode 6 offers yet another intriguing tidbit about modern-day vampiric existence: familiar urgent care. It’s less legitimate and effective than vampiric bureaucracy, but hey — they’re just familiars. As Guillermo’s vampirism becomes harder to hide, viewers are let in on the secret while the other vampires — especially Nandor (Kayvan Novak) — remain in the dark.
- 8/11/2023
- by Proma Khosla
- Indiewire Television
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Big Brother went live for its first eviction of Season 25 on Thursday night… but someone had already been booted before the episode even began.
We’re talking, of course, about disgraced houseguest Luke Valentine, who was ejected from the game earlier this week after using the N-word in a conversation with three other houseguests. (Watch the alarming moment here.)
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“Luke...
We’re talking, of course, about disgraced houseguest Luke Valentine, who was ejected from the game earlier this week after using the N-word in a conversation with three other houseguests. (Watch the alarming moment here.)
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“Luke...
- 8/11/2023
- by Rebecca Iannucci
- TVLine.com
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Bethany Joy Lenz is opening up about a “painful” period in her life, one that sounds like a storyline straight out of One Tree Hill, the teen drama on which she starred from 2003 to 2012.
In a new interview with our sister publication Variety, the actress details her 10-year involvement with a “Bible-based cult” whose controlling leader she likens to Nxivm’s Keith Raniere, the subject of the HBO docuseries The Vow.
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In a new interview with our sister publication Variety, the actress details her 10-year involvement with a “Bible-based cult” whose controlling leader she likens to Nxivm’s Keith Raniere, the subject of the HBO docuseries The Vow.
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- 8/11/2023
- by Andy Swift
- TVLine.com
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Even with an extended runtime of more than an hour, the series finale of High School Musical: The Musical: The Series had to cover a lot of ground very quickly.
From Kourtney’s decision about which college to attend, to Ashlyn’s bold confession (and first kiss!) with Maddox, to Miss Jenn turning down an offer to play Glinda in the national tour of Wicked, to Carlos helping Seb come out to his father, there were so many loose ends to tie up in this final hour. And that’s not even including what Ricky and Gina went through!
From Kourtney’s decision about which college to attend, to Ashlyn’s bold confession (and first kiss!) with Maddox, to Miss Jenn turning down an offer to play Glinda in the national tour of Wicked, to Carlos helping Seb come out to his father, there were so many loose ends to tie up in this final hour. And that’s not even including what Ricky and Gina went through!
- 8/10/2023
- by Andy Swift
- TVLine.com
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Creative Artists Agency will bring down a small round of layoffs in the coming days, Variety has learned.
The top talent firm, home to representatives for the likes of Scarlett Johansson and Tom Cruise, will axe around 60 jobs across multiple departments, insiders familiar with the agency said. While the staff cuts come in the midst of two grueling Hollywood union strikes, one of the insiders said lay offs were being considered months before the Writers Guild of America and SAG-AFTRA hit the picket lines.
The town has been bracing for right-sizing at CAA for some time, since its 2022 acquisition of its smaller rival ICM Partners.
The top talent firm, home to representatives for the likes of Scarlett Johansson and Tom Cruise, will axe around 60 jobs across multiple departments, insiders familiar with the agency said. While the staff cuts come in the midst of two grueling Hollywood union strikes, one of the insiders said lay offs were being considered months before the Writers Guild of America and SAG-AFTRA hit the picket lines.
The town has been bracing for right-sizing at CAA for some time, since its 2022 acquisition of its smaller rival ICM Partners.
- 8/10/2023
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety - TV News
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Bethany Joy Lenz is ready to tell her story. The actor, best known for her main role on “One Tree Hill,” is in the process of writing a book about her experience in a cult.
“Why I wanted to talk about it is because I think it can be really healing for a lot of other people. I know I’m not the only one,” Lenz tells Variety. “What good are our painful experiences if we just lock them away and pretend like everything’s perfect? That’s not doing anybody any good.”
Lenz made headlines last month when she...
“Why I wanted to talk about it is because I think it can be really healing for a lot of other people. I know I’m not the only one,” Lenz tells Variety. “What good are our painful experiences if we just lock them away and pretend like everything’s perfect? That’s not doing anybody any good.”
Lenz made headlines last month when she...
- 8/10/2023
- by Emily Longeretta
- Variety - TV News
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We might be living in the era of Peak TV, but there’s no denying that multi-camera sitcoms peaked from July 5, 1989 to May 14, 1998. A cultural phenomenon during its original run that became one of the most quoted shows of the past quarter century, “Seinfeld” is a work of art that remains in a class of its own.
Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David’s iconic sitcom has been immortalized by its own self-deprecating moniker as a “show about nothing,” but each passing year reveals that the show was ahead of its time as a work of modern philosophy. The series, which followed four self-absorbed New Yorkers floating through an existence of petty grievances and failed romances, cut to the core of our culture of narcissism and the ways that slight inconveniences can feel like insurmountable obstacles. Jerry, Elaine, Kramer, and George won our hearts by treating the nuances of toilet paper,...
Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David’s iconic sitcom has been immortalized by its own self-deprecating moniker as a “show about nothing,” but each passing year reveals that the show was ahead of its time as a work of modern philosophy. The series, which followed four self-absorbed New Yorkers floating through an existence of petty grievances and failed romances, cut to the core of our culture of narcissism and the ways that slight inconveniences can feel like insurmountable obstacles. Jerry, Elaine, Kramer, and George won our hearts by treating the nuances of toilet paper,...
- 8/10/2023
- by Alison Foreman and Christian Zilko
- Indiewire Television
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Robert Carlyle (Once Upon a Time), Jodie Whittaker (Doctor Who) and Aimee Lou Wood (Sex Education) are all set to star in Netflix’s Toxic Town, our sister site Deadline reports.
Penned by His Dark Materials scribe Jack Thorne, the four-part drama series centers on the Corby poisonings — one of the UK’s biggest environmental scandals of all time.
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The cast also included Rory Kinnear (Penny...
Penned by His Dark Materials scribe Jack Thorne, the four-part drama series centers on the Corby poisonings — one of the UK’s biggest environmental scandals of all time.
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The cast also included Rory Kinnear (Penny...
- 8/10/2023
- by Ryan Schwartz
- TVLine.com
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Suits for a fourth consecutive week dominated Nielsen’s U.S. overall ranking of streaming programs, while also setting yet another new Nielsen record for weekly minutes viewed by an acquired title.
For the week of July 10, the “blue sky” legal drama amassed 3.7 billion minutes viewed across Netflix (which since June 17 has offered all seasons except the last) and Peacock (all 136 episodes); that easily landed it atop Nielsen’s overall ranking, which includes movies, library titles and such. (Get the latest word on Suits revival prospects and the spinoff that almost happened.)
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For the week of July 10, the “blue sky” legal drama amassed 3.7 billion minutes viewed across Netflix (which since June 17 has offered all seasons except the last) and Peacock (all 136 episodes); that easily landed it atop Nielsen’s overall ranking, which includes movies, library titles and such. (Get the latest word on Suits revival prospects and the spinoff that almost happened.)
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- 8/10/2023
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
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“Bluey,” the Australian animated preschool series that streams on Disney+, appears on Nielsen’s streaming rankings most weeks. But during the July 10-16 viewing window, the series had its best showing yet, becoming the second most-streamed title of the week.
“Bluey” not only crossed one billion minutes watched for the first time, it clocked 1.4 billion minutes, trailing only behind “Suits,” which had its fourth week in a row at the top of the chart thanks to its recent Netflix debut. The legal drama, which concluded on the USA Network in 2019, was watched for 3.7 billion minutes — breaking its own record for...
“Bluey” not only crossed one billion minutes watched for the first time, it clocked 1.4 billion minutes, trailing only behind “Suits,” which had its fourth week in a row at the top of the chart thanks to its recent Netflix debut. The legal drama, which concluded on the USA Network in 2019, was watched for 3.7 billion minutes — breaking its own record for...
- 8/10/2023
- by Selome Hailu
- Variety - TV News
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Curated by the IndieWire Crafts team, Craft Considerations is a platform for filmmakers to talk about recent work we believe is worthy of awards consideration. In partnership with Netflix, for this edition, we look at how production design, costume design, and visual effects of “Wednesday” all came together to build a world worthy of Wednesday Addams.
If there isn’t already, one day there will be an “Addams Family” filter on Instagram: something that makes you look gaunter and paler and turns all your clothing black and white. There’s a nebulous pop culture idea of what an Addams Family story looks like — some combination of spooky mist and gothic arches and a lot of eyeshadow — but executing a contemporary version of Charles Addams’ creations and shaping it around precocious daughter Wednesday requires a level of specificity that goes beyond an all-black mandate — although adapting everything up to and...
If there isn’t already, one day there will be an “Addams Family” filter on Instagram: something that makes you look gaunter and paler and turns all your clothing black and white. There’s a nebulous pop culture idea of what an Addams Family story looks like — some combination of spooky mist and gothic arches and a lot of eyeshadow — but executing a contemporary version of Charles Addams’ creations and shaping it around precocious daughter Wednesday requires a level of specificity that goes beyond an all-black mandate — although adapting everything up to and...
- 8/10/2023
- by Sarah Shachat
- Indiewire Television
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If one Disney is good, could two Disneys be better?
That’s media analyst Michael Nathanson (of MoffettNathanson’s) basic theory, one that on Wednesday Disney CEO Bob Iger said he was “looking forward to reading” about in more detail. It’s possible he was just being polite.
On the Disney fiscal Q3-earnings conference call, Nathanson asked Iger: Why not spin off Disney’s parks, Disney+, and its studio IP into a new company, leaving linear TV, ESPN+, Hulu (including Hulu + Live TV), and Disney+ Hotstar right where they are? His premise: Why should investors take the bad with the good if they don’t have to?
“I’m not gonna comment on the future structure of the company or the asset makeup of the company. As I’ve said, we’re looking at strategic options both for ESPN and for the linear networks, obviously addressing all the challenges that those businesses are facing,...
That’s media analyst Michael Nathanson (of MoffettNathanson’s) basic theory, one that on Wednesday Disney CEO Bob Iger said he was “looking forward to reading” about in more detail. It’s possible he was just being polite.
On the Disney fiscal Q3-earnings conference call, Nathanson asked Iger: Why not spin off Disney’s parks, Disney+, and its studio IP into a new company, leaving linear TV, ESPN+, Hulu (including Hulu + Live TV), and Disney+ Hotstar right where they are? His premise: Why should investors take the bad with the good if they don’t have to?
“I’m not gonna comment on the future structure of the company or the asset makeup of the company. As I’ve said, we’re looking at strategic options both for ESPN and for the linear networks, obviously addressing all the challenges that those businesses are facing,...
- 8/10/2023
- by Tony Maglio
- Indiewire Television
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When CSI: Vegas Season 2 ended, one of the Crime Lab’s own was in cuffs. But what exactly did he do? While we wait for Season 3 (a premiere date for which is unknown due to the writers and actors strikes), that’s what we can’t stop wondering. In the finale, Josh (Matt Lauria) learned his mother (Lolita Davidovich) was murdered, and along with Trey (Daniel Di Tomasso), ran his own investigation that got a little out of hand. At one point, he tricked Kahn Schefter (Shane Callahan), who he thought only knew who killed Jeanette into thinking he was bleeding out (using blood bags — it’s helpful to be a CSI). But then, it turned out, Kahn was the person who killed Josh’s mother … and the team found him dead near the end of the episode. Max (Paula Newsome) and Serena (Ariana Guerra) then found Josh. “Why?” Max asked,...
- 8/10/2023
- TV Insider
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Welcome to It’s a Hit! In this series, IndieWire speaks to creators and showrunners behind a few of our favorite television programs about the moment they realized their show was breaking big.
All it took was an email to get 20th Century Studios interested in greenlighting Dan Trachtenberg’s “Prey,” the film that (per Hulu) became the streamer’s biggest premiere ever and is currently nominated for six Emmys, including Outstanding Television Movie.
“I was thinking a lot about a few things at once,” Trachtenberg said to IndieWire over Zoom, as he prepared to give a step-by-step breakdown of how the “Prey” pitch came together. “On the one hand, I was thinking about period and sci-fi — wanting to make a movie that combined those two ingredients that we don’t often see combined — and survival stories, and making a movie that could primarily be told through action with little to no dialogue.
All it took was an email to get 20th Century Studios interested in greenlighting Dan Trachtenberg’s “Prey,” the film that (per Hulu) became the streamer’s biggest premiere ever and is currently nominated for six Emmys, including Outstanding Television Movie.
“I was thinking a lot about a few things at once,” Trachtenberg said to IndieWire over Zoom, as he prepared to give a step-by-step breakdown of how the “Prey” pitch came together. “On the one hand, I was thinking about period and sci-fi — wanting to make a movie that combined those two ingredients that we don’t often see combined — and survival stories, and making a movie that could primarily be told through action with little to no dialogue.
- 8/10/2023
- by Marcus Jones
- Indiewire Television
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The Emmy backstage press room is not necessarily known for its hard-hitting journalism. As the winners take to the mic, beaming from ear to ear as they clutch their brand new statuettes, they’re expecting softballs. And most of the time that’s what they get. Every once in a while, things get heated: I still remember, years ago, “Mad About You” star Helen Hunt getting testy with a reporter who dared ask about the end of the show.
Keeping that in mind, there I was once again backstage last year in the press room when I realized that no...
Keeping that in mind, there I was once again backstage last year in the press room when I realized that no...
- 8/10/2023
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety - TV News
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A new romance is brewing on And Just Like That…, and we’re as shocked by it as Charlotte and Miranda are.
In Thursday’s episode, Miranda tries to talk some sense into her son Brady, who’s coasting along working at Steve’s bar instead of going to school. “You need to figure out your path,” she tells him… and he reminds her that she didn’t figure out her own path until she was 56. Touché! Miranda turns to Charlotte, asking her to get her daughter Lily to nudge Brady back in the direction of college. (Um, isn’t Lily still in high school?...
In Thursday’s episode, Miranda tries to talk some sense into her son Brady, who’s coasting along working at Steve’s bar instead of going to school. “You need to figure out your path,” she tells him… and he reminds her that she didn’t figure out her own path until she was 56. Touché! Miranda turns to Charlotte, asking her to get her daughter Lily to nudge Brady back in the direction of college. (Um, isn’t Lily still in high school?...
- 8/10/2023
- by Dave Nemetz
- TVLine.com
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On a June afternoon in Austin, a clip reel of scenes from comedies like The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Laverne & Shirley, Cheers, and Friends has an audience at the annual Atx Television Festival howling with laughter. But one person watches with tears in his eyes: TV veteran James Burrows, who, over the span of a five-decade career, directed all these famous faces — Moore, Ted Danson and Shelley Long, Kelsey Grammer, and Jennifer Aniston — and helped shaped their now-classic sitcoms into the shows we know and love. As Atx honored Burrows, 82, with the festival’s Achievement in Television Excellence award, TV Guide Magazine’s West Coast bureau chief moderated a discussion with the 11-time (!) Emmy winner. It was a walk down memory lane that included everything from his first big break to the secret of his directing success to whether we’ll ever see a Cheers reboot. Valerie Harper, Mary Tyler Moore...
- 8/10/2023
- TV Insider
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Mike Flanagan is set to leave Netflix, but he has one last October horror treat for the streamer. “The Fall of the House of Usher,” Flanagan’s Edgar Allen Poe-inspired limited series, will premiere October 12, Netflix announced Thursday.
Titled after an 1839 short story from famous gothic writer Poe and based upon it and several of his other works, “The Fall of the House of Usher” focuses on the titular Usher family, led by ruthless siblings Roderick (Bruce Greenwood) and Madeline Usher (Mary McDonnell), who have built Fortunato Pharmaceuticals into an empire of wealth, privilege and power. But past secrets come to light when the heirs to the Usher dynasty start dying at the hands of a mysterious woman from their youth.
Aside from Greenwood and McDonnell, the series stars a large ensemble cast, including several actors — like Carla Gugino, Rahul Kohli, Zach Gilford, Kate Siegel, Sauriyan Sapkota, Aya Furukawa,...
Titled after an 1839 short story from famous gothic writer Poe and based upon it and several of his other works, “The Fall of the House of Usher” focuses on the titular Usher family, led by ruthless siblings Roderick (Bruce Greenwood) and Madeline Usher (Mary McDonnell), who have built Fortunato Pharmaceuticals into an empire of wealth, privilege and power. But past secrets come to light when the heirs to the Usher dynasty start dying at the hands of a mysterious woman from their youth.
Aside from Greenwood and McDonnell, the series stars a large ensemble cast, including several actors — like Carla Gugino, Rahul Kohli, Zach Gilford, Kate Siegel, Sauriyan Sapkota, Aya Furukawa,...
- 8/10/2023
- by Wilson Chapman
- Indiewire Television
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“Real Housewives” star Bethenny Frankel just got a powerful new ally in her push for reality TV performers to unionize and join the actors on the picket lines: SAG-AFTRA.
The guild said Thursday that it has spoken with Frankel’s attorney, entertainment lawyer Bryan Freedman, about the treatment of reality performers, and said the other performers Freedman represents can indeed be covered under the guild’s Network Code Agreement.
“We stand ready to assist Bethenny Frankel, Bryan Freedman, and Mark Geragos along with reality performers and our members in the fight and are tired of studios and production companies trying to circumvent the Union in order to exploit the talent that they rely upon to make their product,” the guild wrote in an official statement. “We encourage any reality performers and/or members to reach out to SAG-AFTRA’s Entertainment Contracts Department so that we may work together toward the...
The guild said Thursday that it has spoken with Frankel’s attorney, entertainment lawyer Bryan Freedman, about the treatment of reality performers, and said the other performers Freedman represents can indeed be covered under the guild’s Network Code Agreement.
“We stand ready to assist Bethenny Frankel, Bryan Freedman, and Mark Geragos along with reality performers and our members in the fight and are tired of studios and production companies trying to circumvent the Union in order to exploit the talent that they rely upon to make their product,” the guild wrote in an official statement. “We encourage any reality performers and/or members to reach out to SAG-AFTRA’s Entertainment Contracts Department so that we may work together toward the...
- 8/10/2023
- by Brian Welk
- Indiewire Television
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After 101 days, the Writers Guild of America (WGA) and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) have agreed to resume negotiations on Friday, Aug. 11.
The return to the negotiating table was announced Thursday, six days after the WGA and the AMPTP first sat down for an exploratory meeting about resuming talks between the writers and the studios.
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The return to the negotiating table was announced Thursday, six days after the WGA and the AMPTP first sat down for an exploratory meeting about resuming talks between the writers and the studios.
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- 8/10/2023
- by Ryan Schwartz
- TVLine.com
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Kumail Nanjiani was just Emmy nominated for outstanding lead actor in a limited or anthology series or movie for his searing dramatic performance in the Hulu limited series “Welcome to Chippendales.” But the news came at a peculiar time, as the Emmy nods were announced the day before SAG-AFTRA went on strike, joining WGA members on the picket line.
“I was extremely surprised,” Nanjiani told Variety that morning, during those last moments before SAG-AFTRA members were no longer able to talk to press about their projects. “And also thrilled because my co-stars Juliette Lewis and Annaleigh Ashford and Murray Bartlett were recognized.
“I was extremely surprised,” Nanjiani told Variety that morning, during those last moments before SAG-AFTRA members were no longer able to talk to press about their projects. “And also thrilled because my co-stars Juliette Lewis and Annaleigh Ashford and Murray Bartlett were recognized.
- 8/10/2023
- by Jenelle Riley
- Variety - TV News
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The Writers Guild of America will resume negotiations with the studios on Friday, the guild told members in an email.
The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers is set to deliver a response to the guild’s proposals, the union said.
“Carol Lombardini has asked the WGA Negotiating Committee to meet with AMPTP negotiators on Friday. We expect the AMPTP to provide responses to WGA proposals,” the union said. “Our committee returns to the bargaining table ready to make a fair deal, knowing the unified WGA membership stands behind us and buoyed by the ongoing support of our union allies.
The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers is set to deliver a response to the guild’s proposals, the union said.
“Carol Lombardini has asked the WGA Negotiating Committee to meet with AMPTP negotiators on Friday. We expect the AMPTP to provide responses to WGA proposals,” the union said. “Our committee returns to the bargaining table ready to make a fair deal, knowing the unified WGA membership stands behind us and buoyed by the ongoing support of our union allies.
- 8/10/2023
- by Gene Maddaus
- Variety - TV News
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Voice actor Johnny Hardwick, best known for playing Hank Hill’s Bff Dale on King of the Hill, has died. He was 64.
According to TMZ, which broke the news, police were called to Hardwick’s Texas home on Tuesday for a welfare check and discovered his body. A cause of death is not known, although foul play has reportedly been ruled out.
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On King of the Hill,...
According to TMZ, which broke the news, police were called to Hardwick’s Texas home on Tuesday for a welfare check and discovered his body. A cause of death is not known, although foul play has reportedly been ruled out.
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On King of the Hill,...
- 8/10/2023
- by Michael Ausiello
- TVLine.com
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“The Fall of the House of Usher,” Mike Flanagan’s upcoming Netflix series based on the works of Edgar Allan Poe, will premiere on Oct. 12.
The eight-episode limited series follows ruthless siblings Roderick (Bruce Greenwood) and Madeline Usher (Mary McDonnell), who have built Fortunato Pharmaceuticals into an empire of wealth, privilege and power. But past secrets come to light when the heirs to the Usher dynasty start dying at the hands of a mysterious woman from their youth.
The cast also includes Carla Gugino, Carl Lumbly, Mark Hamill, Michael Trucco, T’Nia Miller, Paola Nuñez, Henry Thomas, Kyleigh Curran, Samantha Sloyan,...
The eight-episode limited series follows ruthless siblings Roderick (Bruce Greenwood) and Madeline Usher (Mary McDonnell), who have built Fortunato Pharmaceuticals into an empire of wealth, privilege and power. But past secrets come to light when the heirs to the Usher dynasty start dying at the hands of a mysterious woman from their youth.
The cast also includes Carla Gugino, Carl Lumbly, Mark Hamill, Michael Trucco, T’Nia Miller, Paola Nuñez, Henry Thomas, Kyleigh Curran, Samantha Sloyan,...
- 8/10/2023
- by Selome Hailu
- Variety - TV News
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“Reservation Dogs” might be ending this season, but the FX series is leaving everything on the field, both in terms of storytelling and technical ambition. Episode 3, “Deer Lady,” is a simple enough vehicle (pun only somewhat intended) for the recurring character played by Kaniehtiio Horn, who we’ve seen cruising the Oklahoma byways on the hunt for bad men. But Sterlin Harjo and his team take the opportunity to do more than provide an origin story for Deer Lady, her fabulously free hair, and the set of antlers she wields. It folds her into a piece of American history and uses a smart blend of sound and score to make us feel as disoriented and terrified as the girl (Georgeanne Growingthunder) who would become Deer Lady.
The show sets her beginning, seen in flashback, at an Native boarding school. It was written into Sterlin Harjo’s script that as soon as the native children,...
The show sets her beginning, seen in flashback, at an Native boarding school. It was written into Sterlin Harjo’s script that as soon as the native children,...
- 8/10/2023
- by Sarah Shachat
- Indiewire Television
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In the latest TV show ratings, CBS’ Big Brother led Wednesday both in total viewers and in the demo.
CBS | In the wake of some early-season controversy, Big Brother drew 3.1 million total viewers and a 0.6 demo rating, down a tick from its week-ago opener. Superfan — which was clearly taped a year ago yet manages to incorporate “live” Twitter voting…? — debuted to 1.4 mil and a 0.2, down sharply from The Challenge: USA‘s year-ago averages (2.1 mil/0.4) in the cozy aprés-bb time slot.
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CBS | In the wake of some early-season controversy, Big Brother drew 3.1 million total viewers and a 0.6 demo rating, down a tick from its week-ago opener. Superfan — which was clearly taped a year ago yet manages to incorporate “live” Twitter voting…? — debuted to 1.4 mil and a 0.2, down sharply from The Challenge: USA‘s year-ago averages (2.1 mil/0.4) in the cozy aprés-bb time slot.
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- 8/10/2023
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
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Johnny Hardwick, the voice actor, comedian and producer best known for playing Dale Gribble on the long-running Fox animated comedy “King of the Hill,” has died.
Hardwick also had roles as a writer and a story editor during his run on the show, which consisted of well over 200 episodes. As a producer on “King of the Hill,” Hardwick won an Emmy Award in 1999 for outstanding animated program. He received two other nominations in the category.
Dale Gribble was a key supporting character on “King of the Hill,” which was created by Mike Judge and Greg Daniels and ran for 13 seasons...
Hardwick also had roles as a writer and a story editor during his run on the show, which consisted of well over 200 episodes. As a producer on “King of the Hill,” Hardwick won an Emmy Award in 1999 for outstanding animated program. He received two other nominations in the category.
Dale Gribble was a key supporting character on “King of the Hill,” which was created by Mike Judge and Greg Daniels and ran for 13 seasons...
- 8/10/2023
- by Zack Sharf
- Variety - TV News
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Bleacher Report has a new type of game to analyze.
Surf on over to the sports-commentary site that has been part of the Warner Bros. Discovery stable since 2012, and you’ll see the usual stuff: a ranking of the best superstar duos in the NBA; speculation over whether the Atlanta Hawks will trade for the Toronto Raptors’ Pascal Siakam; and an aggregation of a story about the Kansas City Chiefs and defensive tackle Chris Jones. Missing is word of the site’s new function for its parent company.
This fall, according to two people familiar with the matter, Warner will...
Surf on over to the sports-commentary site that has been part of the Warner Bros. Discovery stable since 2012, and you’ll see the usual stuff: a ranking of the best superstar duos in the NBA; speculation over whether the Atlanta Hawks will trade for the Toronto Raptors’ Pascal Siakam; and an aggregation of a story about the Kansas City Chiefs and defensive tackle Chris Jones. Missing is word of the site’s new function for its parent company.
This fall, according to two people familiar with the matter, Warner will...
- 8/10/2023
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety - TV News
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Just about everything you need to hear from “Painkiller” is conveyed within its familiar yet hard-hitting first hour. There’s an aptly scathing introduction to the Sackler family, starting with Arthur (Clark Gregg), who transformed the pharmaceutical industry through public-facing advertising campaigns, then his son/”disciple,” Richard (Matthew Broderick), who followed his father’s playbook when pushing OxyContin to the masses. Next there’s Shannon Schaeffer (West Duchovny), a broke college grad who’s recruited by the Sackler’s company, Purdue, to help push their new wonder drug to doctors. Then there’s Glen Kryger (Taylor Kitsch), a loving husband and father who’s prescribed — you guessed it — OxyContin after an on-the-job injury. And finally, providing the framework for all these stories, there’s Edie Flowers (Uzo Aduba), a lawyer at the U.S. Attorney’s office who was among the first to investigate the tragic impact of OxyContin — and...
- 8/10/2023
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire Television
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Johnny Hardwick, best known for his role as Dale Gribble on King of the Kill, has died at age 64, according to reports. Sources in law enforcement confirmed to TMZ they were called to Hardwick’s Texas home on August 8 for a welfare check when they discovered his body. Reports state Hardwick was pronounced dead at the scene, and no foul play is suspected, although the cause of his death remains a mystery. Hardwick began his career by performing stand-up comedy in Texas in 1990, subsequently getting his first stand-up appearance on The Daily Show With Jon Steward a few years later. 20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved./ Courtesy Everett Collection However, Hardwick is most prominently known for his voice acting work during the long-running animated sitcom King of the Hill, which featured his character Dale as a country conspiracy theorist and one of the lead characters—Hank Hill’s—best friends.
- 8/10/2023
- TV Insider
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After years in development, ABC’s senior citizen spinoff of “The Bachelor” is finally underway — and Variety has the first interview with the leading man himself since production has begun.
Still weeks away from “The Golden Bachelor” premiere this fall, Gerry Turner, a 71-year-old grandpa from Indiana, is currently filming his season at “The Bachelor” mansion in Los Angele, in hopes of finding love later in life.
With little details revealed about the new show, Gerry Turner (pronounced like “Gary”) tells Variety about his conversations with producers. “I’m really curious to see what is going to happen on the first night,...
Still weeks away from “The Golden Bachelor” premiere this fall, Gerry Turner, a 71-year-old grandpa from Indiana, is currently filming his season at “The Bachelor” mansion in Los Angele, in hopes of finding love later in life.
With little details revealed about the new show, Gerry Turner (pronounced like “Gary”) tells Variety about his conversations with producers. “I’m really curious to see what is going to happen on the first night,...
- 8/10/2023
- by Elizabeth Wagmeister
- Variety - TV News
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Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) will produce its eighth fundraising telecast on Aug. 19 at 8 p.m. Et to raise money for cancer research and treatments. The one hour special, titled “How It Started, How It’s Going,” will acknowledge how SU2C has impacted cancer research over the past 15 years. Founded in 2008, the program was initiated by a group of women aiming to motivate the entertainment community to raise awareness and funding for cancer research.
Celebrities set to be featured throughout the special include Elizabeth Banks, Jessica Biel, Don Cheadle, Katie Couric, Danai Gurira, Tony Hale, Ken Jeong, Maria Menounos,...
Celebrities set to be featured throughout the special include Elizabeth Banks, Jessica Biel, Don Cheadle, Katie Couric, Danai Gurira, Tony Hale, Ken Jeong, Maria Menounos,...
- 8/10/2023
- by Jaden Thompson and McKinley Franklin
- Variety - TV News
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At least a couple of the contestants are looking to change things up in the August 13 episode of Survive the Raft, and TV Insider has an exclusive sneak peek. Russell joins Cj and Elliot as they discuss the new guy, calling him “cool” and “funny” and someone with “a chill vibe.” After confirming that they like him — “I love him, dude, he’s great,” Cj says — Russell points out that means they have a decision to make then: “We gotta figure out if we like him truly, and then we gotta figure out if we like him more than someone we currently have enough to stab them in the back.” Cj certainly seems to like Mykhal, describing him as a competitor, athlete, and someone with a great attitude. “The group needs some more strong individuals,” he explains. But who would they swap? Watch the full clip above to see who he names.
- 8/10/2023
- TV Insider
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It’s unclear what Aidan’s (John Corbett) ex-wife Kathy’s (Rosemarie DeWitt) intentions are when she calls Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker) to have coffee in And Just Like That…’s "There Goes the Neighborhood." Is there finally going to be a confrontation about that kiss in Abu Dhabi 13 years ago? Does Kathy want Aidan back? Based on how over-the-top much of Ajlt has been so far, something dramatic seems likely to happen as a result of this call.
- 8/10/2023
- by Brianna Wellen
- Primetimer
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Another Star Trek fan favorite has made their way to Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.
The Paramount+ show’s Season 2 finale, released on Thursday, saw the Gorn attack a colony modeled after the American Midwest. (The Enterprise crew last faced the lizard-like creatures in Season 1’s penultimate episode, during which Hemmer died after being infected with their venom. Read our full recap here.)
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The Paramount+ show’s Season 2 finale, released on Thursday, saw the Gorn attack a colony modeled after the American Midwest. (The Enterprise crew last faced the lizard-like creatures in Season 1’s penultimate episode, during which Hemmer died after being infected with their venom. Read our full recap here.)
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- 8/10/2023
- by Keisha Hatchett
- TVLine.com
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Starz has released the official trailer for the second season of its latest Power spinoff Power Book IV: Force, which features Joseph Sikora‘s Tommy Egan beginning his turf war to rule Chicago. “You ever get tired of being at the bottom of the top?” Tommy asks Diamond (Isaac Keys). “What’s standing in our way.” Tommy casually suggests, “Just the biggest connects in Chicago,” before Tommy responds, “Chicago is a violent city, you feel me?” After cutting ties in New York, Tommy Egan’s newfound family and ruthless drug game enticed him to stay in Chicago. The explosive second season begins with Tommy on a mission to avenge the death of Lilliana; his former nemesis turned business partner. The beginning of Tommy’s play to become the sole drug distributor in Chicago has begun, as alliances form and competitors become targets as a turf war heats up. While Tommy...
- 8/10/2023
- TV Insider
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Tommy Egan takes a note from Game of Thrones‘ Littlefinger in the Season 2 trailer for Power Book IV: Force and looks at chaos as a mother-you-know-what-in’ ladder.
“Right now we just let them fight each other while we expand our territory,” he tells Diamond in the just-released video. “And then, when nobody’s looking, we slide right on in.”
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Easily said, but maybe not so easily done.
“Right now we just let them fight each other while we expand our territory,” he tells Diamond in the just-released video. “And then, when nobody’s looking, we slide right on in.”
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Easily said, but maybe not so easily done.
- 8/10/2023
- by Kimberly Roots
- TVLine.com
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Rob Lowe said on a recent episode of the “Podcrushed” podcast (via Entertainment Weekly) that exiting “The West Thing” after four seasons was “the best thing” he ever did since his run on the show was “super unhealthy.” Lowe starred as White House communications director Sam Seaborn in Aaron Sorkin’s acclaimed NBC drama. He was written out of the show in Season 4 amid rumors of behind-the-scenes salary disputes. He said on the podcast that he felt “undervalued” during his time on the series.
“Whenever I talk to actors who complain about, you know, their relationships on their shows, it...
“Whenever I talk to actors who complain about, you know, their relationships on their shows, it...
- 8/10/2023
- by Zack Sharf
- Variety - TV News
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Doug Renetti (Jake Johnson) is putting everything he has into the brand for Minx‘s latest episode, “Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Sexiness,” and we have your exclusive first look at his efforts. As the episode logline teases, Joyce (Ophelia Lovibond) is letting herself get a little sidetracked by a new romantic connection while Doug and Bambi (Jessica Lowe) work together to create “Club Minx,” a potential extension of the brand. Their efforts yield exciting results for onlookers in the sneak peek clip above, which sees Doug working his magic to make male dancers shine and excite the audience. (Credit: Starz) While Joyce, Constance (Elizabeth Perkins), and Tina (Idara Victor) observe the performance among the audience, Doug watches from the sidelines, miming moves and motivating the dancers. When he goes backstage, he’s asked to do the last looks on one of the dancers by Bambi and Shelly (Lennon Parham...
- 8/10/2023
- TV Insider
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Spoiler Alert: This story discusses major plot developments for the Season 2 finale of “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds,” currently streaming on Paramount+.
The second season of “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” took a large number of big swings: Spock (Ethan Peck) becoming human for a time; an alternate universe James T. Kirk (Paul Wesley) romancing La’an Noonien-Singh (Christina Chong) in 21st century Toronto; the crossover episode with the animated series “Star Trek: Lower Decks”; and the musical episode featuring a Klingon boy band group.
The Season 2 finale, “Hegemony,” attempts to top them all. The terrifying reptilian aliens from Season 1, the Gorn,...
The second season of “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” took a large number of big swings: Spock (Ethan Peck) becoming human for a time; an alternate universe James T. Kirk (Paul Wesley) romancing La’an Noonien-Singh (Christina Chong) in 21st century Toronto; the crossover episode with the animated series “Star Trek: Lower Decks”; and the musical episode featuring a Klingon boy band group.
The Season 2 finale, “Hegemony,” attempts to top them all. The terrifying reptilian aliens from Season 1, the Gorn,...
- 8/10/2023
- by Adam B. Vary
- Variety - TV News
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Magic might be taking a dip in an ice bath, but he’s definitely feeling the heat this week on Winning Time.
TVLine has an exclusive sneak peek at this Sunday’s episode (HBO, 9/8c), and in it, Magic is in the ice bath when assistant coach Pat Riley comes in to ask him how he’s recovering from his knee injury. Magic insists he’s at 90 percent, but Riley is more pessimistic, putting it at more like 50 percent. If the head coach finds out he’s still hobbled, Magic will have to sit out games, but “you need that...
TVLine has an exclusive sneak peek at this Sunday’s episode (HBO, 9/8c), and in it, Magic is in the ice bath when assistant coach Pat Riley comes in to ask him how he’s recovering from his knee injury. Magic insists he’s at 90 percent, but Riley is more pessimistic, putting it at more like 50 percent. If the head coach finds out he’s still hobbled, Magic will have to sit out games, but “you need that...
- 8/10/2023
- by Dave Nemetz
- TVLine.com
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9-1-1 Lone Star‘s Rob Lowe has been opening up about his time working on the NBC drama The West Wing, explaining why he chose to leave after the fourth season. Appearing on the Stitcher Studios podcast Podcrushed (recorded before the SAG strike), the Unstable star was candid about his experiences on the hit political drama, comparing it to “a super unhealthy relationship.” “I did not have a good experience,” he told Penn Badgley and his co-hosts, admitting that he “tried to make it work” but couldn’t put his issues aside. “Then what happened was my kids were getting to a certain age where I could see them having first girlfriends or friends and being in a relationship that was abusive and taking it,” Lowe continued. “She’s the popular girl; everybody likes her, she’s beautiful, it must be great. All the things that people would say...
- 8/10/2023
- TV Insider
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If a Ted Lasso spinoff includes Rebecca, Hannah Waddingham is all in. “I want to see her through,” she tells the Los Angeles Times.
In a new interview conducted before the SAG-AFTRA strike, the Emmy winner (who is once again nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series) admits that she is excited about the prospect of a new show focused on a Richmond women’s league, which Keeley pitched Bff Rebecca at the close of Ted Lasso‘s May 31 finale.
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In a new interview conducted before the SAG-AFTRA strike, the Emmy winner (who is once again nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series) admits that she is excited about the prospect of a new show focused on a Richmond women’s league, which Keeley pitched Bff Rebecca at the close of Ted Lasso‘s May 31 finale.
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- 8/10/2023
- by Ryan Schwartz
- TVLine.com
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“Call My Agent” U.K. — launched locally as “Ten Percent” — will not return for a second season, Variety can confirm.
The re-make of the hit French comedy, which starred Jack Davenport, Lydia Leonard, Prasanna Puwanarajah and Maggie Steed, launched on Amazon Prime Video in the U.K. in April 2022 to high hopes. In the U.S. it premiered on Sundance Now and AMC+.
The original series, titled “Dix Pour Cent” (“Ten Percent”) in France, was a sleeper hit, spawning four seasons and turning its cast, including Camille Cottin and Assaad Bouab, into international stars. Cottin will next be seen in...
The re-make of the hit French comedy, which starred Jack Davenport, Lydia Leonard, Prasanna Puwanarajah and Maggie Steed, launched on Amazon Prime Video in the U.K. in April 2022 to high hopes. In the U.S. it premiered on Sundance Now and AMC+.
The original series, titled “Dix Pour Cent” (“Ten Percent”) in France, was a sleeper hit, spawning four seasons and turning its cast, including Camille Cottin and Assaad Bouab, into international stars. Cottin will next be seen in...
- 8/10/2023
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety - TV News
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A new heavyweight is about to make a splash in the unscripted ring.
Canadian production-distribution powerhouse Blue Ant Media, the producers of “Canada’s Drag Race,” has acquired “Blown Away” outfit MarbleMedia — a deal that merges two of Canada’s most global-facing industry players.
The acquisition sees Toronto-headquartered Blue Ant Media merge its production and distribution operations with MarbleMedia into one studio and rights business. Blue Ant Media boss Michael MacMillan, the former CEO of Alliance Atlantis, tells Variety that discussions have taken place for around a year. “Neither company needed to do this,” he says, “but it seemed like a...
Canadian production-distribution powerhouse Blue Ant Media, the producers of “Canada’s Drag Race,” has acquired “Blown Away” outfit MarbleMedia — a deal that merges two of Canada’s most global-facing industry players.
The acquisition sees Toronto-headquartered Blue Ant Media merge its production and distribution operations with MarbleMedia into one studio and rights business. Blue Ant Media boss Michael MacMillan, the former CEO of Alliance Atlantis, tells Variety that discussions have taken place for around a year. “Neither company needed to do this,” he says, “but it seemed like a...
- 8/10/2023
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety - TV News
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The keenly awaited Season 2 of Max’s “Tokyo Vice” completed principal photography just before the Hollywood strikes and is now in post-production, producer Alex Boden tells Variety. Auteur Terrence Malick’s biblical drama “The Way of the Wind” is being edited.
Season 1 of “Tokyo Vice,” which followed a Western journalist working for a publication in Tokyo who takes on one of the city’s most powerful crime bosses, bowed in 2022. It was created by J.T. Rogers and starred Ken Watanabe, Ansel Elgort, Rachel Keller and Rinko Kikuchi. The season ended on a cliffhanger and Boden says that Season 2 will answer all questions eventually.
Season 1 of “Tokyo Vice,” which followed a Western journalist working for a publication in Tokyo who takes on one of the city’s most powerful crime bosses, bowed in 2022. It was created by J.T. Rogers and starred Ken Watanabe, Ansel Elgort, Rachel Keller and Rinko Kikuchi. The season ended on a cliffhanger and Boden says that Season 2 will answer all questions eventually.
- 8/10/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety - TV News
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Jeopardy!‘s landmark 40th season, set to premiere September 11, was meant to be a time of celebration but is now in a state of chaos amid the ongoing WGA strike. Showrunner Michael Davies announced earlier this week that Season 40 will begin with a Second Chance tournament featuring contestants from Season 37. This will be followed by a Champions Wild Card tournament pitting the winners of the Second Chance competition against Season 38 champions. However, Davies confirmed that these new Jeopardy! episodes will be using recycled material and questions written prior to the strikes. This has caused much controversy among the Jeopardy! community, with both fans and former contestants blasting the show for going ahead despite the strikes. One thing Davies didn’t announce was who would be hosting the upcoming 40th season. It was originally assumed that Ken Jennings would front the show, especially as Mayim Bialik pulled out of the tapings...
- 8/10/2023
- TV Insider
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[Warning: The below contains Major spoilers for the Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 2 finale “Hegemony.”] The good news: Star Trek: Strange New Worlds has already been renewed for a third season. The frustrating news: No matter what the wait is for it, it’s going to seem like too long after the Season 2 finale cliffhanger. When Batel’s (Melanie Scrofano) crew — which includes Chapel (Jess Bush), on her way to her fellowship — runs into some serious trouble (the Gorn!), Pike (Anson Mount) and the Enterprise rush to their rescue. Along the way, they meet a certain Montgomery Scott (Martin Quinn), Spock (Ethan Peck) and Chapel save each other, Batel is infected, and La’an (Christina Chong), M’Benga (Babs Olusanmokun), Ortegas (Melissa Navia), and Sam (Dan Jeannotte), along with others, are taken by the Gorn … and that’s how the finale ends. Below, executive producers Akiva Goldsman and Henry Alonso Myers break down the Season 2 finale. Why...
- 8/10/2023
- TV Insider
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