ABC’s annual “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” special brought the network its first big ratings win of the year. Hosted by Ryan Seacrest for the 20th year in a row, the telecast averaged 17.9 million viewers with a 4.7 rating among adults age 18-49 during Part 1 of its late night portion, which aired […]

As expected, the second installation of “Squid Game” has been an immediate and massive success. Season 2 debuted with 68 million views in its first four days of availability — more than any other Netflix series has achieved in its premiere week, beating a record that “Wednesday” set with 50.1 million views in 2022. The […]

Mikey Madison begins Sean Baker’s Palme d’Or-winning drama “Anora” as a stripper who accepts thousands of dollars to be exclusive with her rich Russian client, Vanya (Mark Eidelstein) for a too-perfect week that ends with a diamond ring on her finger. But as quickly as the marriage came together, Vanya runs away while his family’s […]

Rose Byrne and Meghann Fahy will star in “The Good Daughter,” Peacock’s upcoming limited series series based on the Karin Slaughter novel of the same name. Byrne also serves as executive producer. The official logline reads, “‘The Good Daughter’ is a suspenseful crime drama where sisters Charlotte (Meghann Fahy) and Samantha (Rose Byrne) Quinn have […]

“Tell Me Lies” has been renewed for a third season at Hulu. Based on Carola Lovering’s novel of the same name, “Tell Me Lies” stars Grace Van Patten as Lucy Albright, who meets Stephen DeMarco (Jackson White) in college and enters a tumultuous relationship with him. The series follows them and the ways their relationship […]

“The Old Man” has been canceled after two seasons on FX. The series, based on the novel of the same name by Thomas Perry, starred Jeff Bridges as veteran and former CIA operative Dan Chase. Season 1 followed Chase after he killed a home intruder and went into hiding. In Season 2, he and former […]

“Win or Lose,” the first-ever long-form series from Pixar, was originally set to feature a transgender storyline that ended up being cut by Disney, Variety has learned. Debuting in 2025, “Win or Lose” will follow the members of a co-ed middle school softball team as they gear up for their championship game. Each episode follows […]

“Secret Level” has been renewed for a second season at Amazon Prime Video. The series is an adult animated anthology made up of short stories set in the world of various video games, such as “Pac-Man” and “Dungeons & Dragons.” Season 1 of “Secret Level” debuted with eight episodes on Dec. 10 with another seven […]

In November, Fox News Channel saw a 20% increase in viewership compared to the month before, driven by its coverage of the presidential election between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris. That helped Fox reach its best-ever overall share of TV usage on Nielsen’s monthly Media Distributor Gauge report, which breaks down viewership data by media […]