Things are getting personal on the set of CBS’ “Elsbeth.” The Eye network was set to announce Sunday that Emmy-winning actor Michael Emerson — the husband of “Elsbeth” star Carrie Preston — will join the show in a recurring role this season. The news was scheduled to be revealed during the “Elsbeth” panel at New […]

Legendary actor/comedian and “Only Murders in the Building” star Martin Short is set to join Season 2 of Fox’s animated comedy “Grimsburg” in a recurring role. Short will play Otis Volcanowitz — the newest, and youngest, detective at the Grimsburg police department. Short will appear opposite “Grimsburg” star and executive producer Jon Hamm, who plays […]

“Ghosts” star Rose McIver will sit behind the camera to direct an episode of the hit CBS comedy, it was revealed Saturday during the show’s panel at New York Comic-Con. The episode, which starts filming soon and will air in 2025, reps the first time McIver will helm a TV series. On “Ghosts,” McIver plays […]

FX was named the North American and the global marketing team of the year at the Global Entertainment Marketing Academy of Television Arts & Sciences’ inaugural GEMA Awards event on Thursday. The Global Entertainment Marketing Academy of Arts & Sciences is the org formerly known as Promax that relaunched in February, expanding from TV to include verticals devoted […]

The producers behind CBS’s new “Young Sheldon” spinoff  “Georgie and Mandy’s First Marriage” knew the show needed to immediately address the comedy elephant in the room: Unlike “Sheldon,” which was a single-camera half-hour, “Georgie and Mandy” is a multi-cam laffer shot in front of a live studio audience. That, of course, is also how “The […]

AMC’s “Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches” will make its long-awaited return for Season 2 on January 5, 2025, the show’s cast and producers revealed Thursday from the Main Stage at New York Comic Con. That’s when the show which last aired in February 2023, will finally return to both AMC and AMC+, AMC Networks announced. The […]

Lyn Lear has a favorite “Normanism” — the term coined to describe the late TV legend Norman Lear’s various adages, sayings and maxims about life. For Lyn, it was whenever Norman would offer his farewells by saying, “To be continued.” “It’s when people would leave, because he always wanted to see them again,” she says. […]

Jane Fonda is set to receive the SAG Life Achievement Award, considered the highest tribute by SAG-AFTRA, at next year’s SAG Awards. The famed actress and activist will be the the 60th recpient of the kudo. “Jane Fonda is a trailblazer and an extraordinary talent; a dynamic force who has shaped the landscape of entertainment, […]

SPOILER ALERT: Details follow for Season 12, Episode 4 of “The Masked Singer,” “Sports Night,” which aired October 16 on Fox. In the Year Two Thousand (and 24)… Andy Richter will be eliminated as Dust Bunny on “The Masked Singer.” The “Late Night with Conan O’Brien,” “Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien” and “Conan” sidekick — […]

TV news insiders can tell you the moment that the world changed for high-priced anchor talent: Nov. 29, 2017, the day Matt Lauer was fired from NBC’s “Today” amid shocking allegations of sexual misconduct. As a quick fix, NBC News turned to Hoda Kotb to replace Lauer as co-anchor alongside Savannah Guthrie for the show’s […]

ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy” is set to be honored next week with a Sentinel Award, which will recognize the series’ entire body of work over the past 20 seasons (and heading into Season 21) when it comes to promoting the culture of health. That’s one of eleven awards set to be given out on Thursday, October […]

Kamala Harris brought the people to “The View.” The Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate appeared on the chat show last Tuesday, October 8, averaging 3.143 million viewers — which gave “The View” its most-watched telecast since February 15, 2021. Per those Nielsen numbers (supplied by ABC News), that helped “The View” win the week […]

Oscar and Tony-winning actress Marcia Gay Harden has signed on to be repped by Independent Artist Group. The news comes following Harden’s recent Emmy nomination — her fourth overall, and her second for playing Maggie Brener on Apple TV+’s “The Morning Show.” Harden has also been honored this year for the North Fork Television Festival’s […]

SPOILER ALERT: Details follow for Season 12, Episode 3 of “The Masked Singer,” “Soundtrack of My Life Night,” which aired October 9 on Fox. I don’t want to wait, for “Masked Singer” to be over/ I want to know right now, who will it be? You’re in luck, Dawson. Revealed on Wednesday night’s edition of […]

The Gang’s all here this season on “Abbott Elementary” — and we’re referring to the Paddy’s Pub gang. In advance of Wednesday night’s Season 4 premiere (9:30 p.m. ET on ABC), Justin Halpern and fellow EP Patrick Schumacker spoke with Variety about some of this season’s themes and storylines — including the just-confirmed crossover with […]

Apparently everybody wants “Nobody Wants This.” The Kristen Bell/Adam Brody comedy from creator Erin Foster has knocked out “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story” to become the No. 1 English TV program on Netflix for the week of Sept. 13, with 15.9 million views in its second week. “Monsters” continues to be a monster, […]

Netflix has given an early Season 3 renewal to its hit actioner “The Night Agent,” in advance of the show’s second season return in Winter 2025. The series, from Sony Pictures Television, is set to begin a production unit in Istanbul at the end of the year, and then will turn its attention back to […]

Vice President Kamala Harris is heading back to CBS’ “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert,” marking the Democratic presidential candidate’s first late night interview since landing the nomination in August. Harris will appear this Tuesday, Oct. 8, on “The Late Show” (which airs weeknights at 11:35 p.m. ET). According to CBS, Harris’ appearance this Tuesday […]

Fresh off the premiere of its new Fox drama “Murder in a Small Town,” Jeff Wachtel’s Future Shack Entertainment shingle is ramping up its development slate — next via a first-look pact with Daily Beast chief content officer Joanna Coles. Future Shack and Coles have multiple projects in development, including a take on MSNBC anchor […]