“The Quiz With Balls,” the high-stakes game show hosted by “Saturday Night Live” alum Jay Pharoah, has been renewed for Season 2 at Fox. Each episode of the series pits two families against each other, answering multiple-choice trivia questions and competing for $100,000. The contestants stand over a pool of water with giant balls looming […]
The next two installments of A24’s monthly screening series with Imax are “Moonlight” and “Spring Breakers.” “Moonlight,” Barry Jenkins’ best picture winner from 2016, will return to the big screen on Thursday, Feb. 27. “Spring Breakers,” Harmony Korine’s 2013 college crime comedy, will be re-released on Wednesday, March 19. Tickets are on sale for both […]
Mckenna Grace, Fred Armisen, Bobby Lee and Sean Gunn have joined the cast of “New Years Rev,” the Green Day-inspired comedy movie from writer-director Lee Kirk. The film, a coming-of-age story about three friends who journey to Los Angeles under the false belief that their band is opening for Green Day on New Year’s Eve, […]
Owen Wilson hits the links in the first look images from Apple TV+’s upcoming golf comedy, “Stick,” premiering on June 4. Created by Jason Keller (co-writer of “Ford v Ferrari”), the series stars Wilson as Pryce Cahill, a washed-up former pro golfer whose career was derailed prematurely 20 years ago. After his marriage falls apart […]
All bets are off. “Bookie” has been canceled by Max after two seasons, Variety has learned exclusively. The comedy series starred Sebastian Maniscalco as a veteran bookmaker in Los Angeles who must fight to survive the legalization of sports gambling while navigating unstable clients. Created by Chuck Lorre and Nick Bakay, the show premiered on […]
Mary Louise Parker and David Alan Grier have been tapped as guest stars of Season 2 of CBS’ “Elsbeth,” the mystery spinoff of “The Good Wife” and “The Good Fight” starring Carrie Preston as the de facto detective Elsbeth Tascioni. Parker, best known for her star turn in Showtime’s “Weeds,” will play Freya, a decluttering guru […]
After its landmark 50th birthday celebration, “Saturday Night Live” will return in March with back-to-back episodes. Shane Gillis will host for the second time on March 1 with musical guest Tate McRae, who also makes her second appearance on “SNL.” Lady Gaga will pull double duty on March 8, serving as host and musical guest […]
SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers for “The White Lotus” Season 3, Episode 1, now streaming on Max. Check-in has begun at “The White Lotus” in Thailand. As is tradition, the third season of Mike White’s HBO dramedy opens with a mysterious dead body, shown in a flash forward that takes place one week after […]
Another luxe resort, another batch of troubled travelers. Welcome to “The White Lotus” Season 3, which takes Mike White’s vacation dramedy to the Thai island of Koh Samui. This season is farther from America (the first two seasons took place in Hawaii and Italy) and also bigger, with more characters and eight episodes. There’s the […]
Isabella Rossellini has joined Ryan Murphy’s upcoming FX series “The Beauty” in a recurring guest star role, Variety has learned. The “Blue Velvet” star and “Conclave” Oscar nominee joins previously announced series leads Evan Peters, Ashton Kutcher, Anthony Ramos, Jeremy Pope and Rebecca Hall. FX and 20th Century Television declined to comment. A representative for […]
Dominic Fike is returning for Season 3 of “Euphoria.” While he was left off a list of new and returning cast members released by HBO on Friday, Variety can exclusively report that the “3 Nights” singer and actor will indeed reprise his role as Elliot in Sam Levinson’s hit high school drama. Fike is set […]
“Euphoria” officially started production on Season 3 this week, with a few new fresh faces. Grammy winning artist Rosalía, Super Bowl champ Marshawn Lynch and “A Different World” star Kadeem Hardison have joined the cast of the hit high school drama, HBO announced on X. Other new cast members include Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Toby Wallace, Darrell […]
Drake released a new album with Partynextdoor and references his “rap beef” with Kendrick Lamar on the song “Gimme a Hug.” It marks Drake’s first new music since Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime show, where he performed the Drake diss “Not Like Us,” singing lyrics accusing him of being a pedophile to an audience of 127 […]
Props from “A Complete Unknown” will go on display at the Bob Dylan and Woody Guthrie Centers in Tulsa, Okla., as part of a new exhibit, “Stepping Into the Unknown,” opening on Feb. 28. It’s the first exhibit to run concurrently at both centers. The exhibit, presented in partnership with Searchlight Pictures, will “illuminate the […]
NBC promises hot dishes and even hotter tempers in a new cooking competition series “Yes, Chef!,” hosted by Martha Stewart and José Andrés. The series will see the two Emmy-winning kitchen gurus guiding 12 chefs with ego issues or short fuses through culinary challenges that will put their personal and emotional issues to the test. […]
Almost Friday Media, the digital content network and comedy production hub born out of the Instagram meme account Friday Beers, has signed with Range Media Partners. Range will help Almost Friday build out its film and TV division as the company — known primarily for its short-form series and podcasts — looks to expand its […]
A comedy movie inspired by (and developed with) Green Day is being produced by Live Nation Productions. Titled “New Years Rev,” the film is a coming-of-age story of three friends — played by Mason Thames, Kylr Coffman and Ryan Foust — who journey to Los Angeles, mistakenly believing that their band is opening for Green […]
An all-star roster of former “Saturday Night Live” cast members are returning to Studio 8H for the series’ 50th anniversary special. Among them: Adam Sandler, Chevy Chase, Eddie Murphy, Kristen Wiig and Will Ferrell. It’s unclear what, exactly, these comedy greats will be doing during the Feb. 16 broadcast, but they’ll be joined by Amy […]
SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers for Season 2, Episode 4 of “Severance,” streaming now on Apple TV+. In the latest episode of “Severance,” the innies go outside. Transported into a vast, icy woodland, Mark (Adam Scott), Helly (Britt Lower), Dylan (Zach Cherry) and Irving (John Turturro) have been sent by Lumon (with their outies’ […]
Adan Manzano, a sports anchor and reporter at Telemundo 39 in Kansas City, has died. He was 27. The rising journalist died Wednesday in New Orleans while on assignment to cover the Super Bowl for Telemundo Kansas City and Tico Sports. A cause of death was not disclosed. In a statement posted to Instagram, the […]
“Victorious” has another spinoff in the works, with Daniella Monet set to reprise her role as Trina Vega in a multi-cam Nickelodeon comedy with the working title “Hollywood Arts,” Variety has confirmed. The series, which is in development and has not yet been greenlit, will follow Trina as she returns to her old stomping grounds […]
Music’s biggest night drew 15.4 million viewers on CBS Sunday night. Last year’s Grammys brought in an average 16.9 million viewers, which marked a 34% increase from the year before. That figure included Nielsen’s measurement of linear views on CBS and Paramount Global’s own data regarding streams on Paramount+, CBS.com and the CBS app. This […]
Mel B will return to the judge’s table on Season 20 of “America’s Got Talent,” which debuts Tuesday, May 27 at 8 p.m. on NBC. The former Spice Girl will replace Heidi Klum, who exits the series after 11 nonconsecutive seasons. Mel B joins fellow judges Simon Cowell, Howie Mandel and Sofia Vergara. Terry Crews […]
Lady Gaga took center stage at the Grammys after winning the award for best pop duo/group performance and sent a message of support to trans people in her acceptance speech. “It’s such an honor to sing for all of you. I just want to say tonight that trans people are not invisible,” Gaga said, drawing […]
“Saturday Night Live” is bringing Studio 8H to Radio City Music Hall with a three-hour, livestreamed concert on Feb. 14, in celebration of the sketch comedy series’ 50th anniversary. Jimmy Fallon will host the event, which boasts a lineup including Lady Gaga, Bad Bunny, Miley Cyrus, Backstreet Boys and Post Malone. Mumford & Sons, Jack […]