Apple TV+ has renewed the drama series “Your Friends & Neighbors” starring Jon Hamm for Season 2, with Season 1 officially setting its premiere date. The first season will bow on April 11 with two episodes, followed by one episode weekly through May 30. The early renewal comes just under a year after it was […]

The NBC comedy series “Happy’s Place” has received an order for additional episodes at NBC. The freshman multi-cam comedy has been picked up for five more episodes, bringing the total episode order to 18. The series debuted in the Friday 8 p.m. timeslot on Oct. 18. Per NBC, the series premiere has pulled in 14 […]

Chernin Entertainment, which is part of The North Road Company, has promoted both Tracey Cook and Kaitlin Dahill to lead the company’s television division. The announcement was made by Chernin Entertainment president Jenno Topping, to whom Cook and Dahill will continue to report. “Tracey and Kaitlin are among the industry’s most talented executives,” Topping said. […]

The upcoming Netflix supernatural drama “The Boroughs” has added six new cast members. Rafael Casal (“Loki,” “Blindspotting”), Dee Wallace (“E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial,” “Cujo”), Ed Begley Jr. (“Young Sheldon,” “Better Call Saul”), Jane Kaczmarek (“Malcom in the Middle,” “The Changeling”), Eric Edelstein (“Twin Peaks: The Return,” “Minx”), and Mousa Hussein Kraish (“American Gods,” “Your Lucky Day”) […]

WWE star CM Punk has joined the upcoming Syfy horror series “Revival” in a recurring role, Variety has learned exclusively. As previously reported, the show was picked up at Syfy back in May and is based on the Image Comics series by Tim Seeley and Mike Norton. Production is currently underway in New Brunswick, Canada. […]

Maisie Richardson-Sellers has been cast as a series regular in the upcoming AMC series “The Talamasca,” Variety has learned exclusively. The Talamasca is a secretive group featured in a number of Rice’s novels. The official logline for the show states that it will “focus on the men and women responsible for tracking and containing the […]

Impact Network has greenlit its first ever original scripted series, Variety has learned exclusively. Impact Network, which is completely Black-founded and operated, has ordered the half-hour workplace comedy “Highly Favored” from Bentley Kyle Evans. “We’re excited to start production on our first ever original scripted series and to have it in the expert hands of […]

WWE star Jade Cargill has signed with Paradigm’s newly launched The Sports Group for representation in all areas, Variety has learned exclusively. Cargill is the latest WWE wrestler to sign with Paradigm, joining the likes of Drew McIntyre, Liv Morgan, Tiffany Stratton, Damian Priest, and CM Punk. Cargill has only been in the pro wrestling […]

Ahead of the premiere of “The Night Agent” Season 2, Genesis Rodriguez could soon be joining Season 3. Variety has learned from sources that Rodriguez is currently in talks for a role in Season 3, which was formally ordered at Netflix back in October. Exact character details are currently under wraps. Reps for Netflix declined […]

Amazon MGM Studios has given a cast contingent series order to a new project from The Wonder Project. Titled “It’s Not Like That,” the series hails from creators and showrunners Ian Deitchman and Kristin Robinson. The official logline states: “Lori is freshly divorced with two teens. Malcolm’s a minister and recently widowed dad of three. […]

Apple TV+ has released the first trailer and premiere date for Seth Rogen’s new comedy series “The Studio.” The Hollywood-based, 10 episode comedy will premiere with its first two episodes on March 26, 2025, with one new episode dropping Wednesdays thereafter until May 21. The show was originally commissioned at Apple in 2022. The full […]

“Deadpool & Wolverine” got off to a strong start in its streaming debut. Per Disney, the Marvel Studios film pulled in 19.4 million views globally (view is defined as total stream time divided by runtime) after six days of streaming, with the film becoming available on Disney+ on Nov. 12. That makes it the most-watched […]

Fox has announced its midseason premiere dates, which includes the series finale of “9-1-1: Lone Star.” It was reported in September that “Lone Star” would be ending with its fifth season at Fox. Now, that season is scheduled to resume on Jan. 20 at 8 p.m. ET followed by “Rescue: Hi Surf.” “Lone Star’s” series […]

Apple TV+ has given a series order to a series adaptation of “Cape Fear,” with Javier Bardem set for one of the lead roles. Per the official logline, “A storm is coming for happily married attorneys Amanda and Steve Bowden when Max Cady (Bardem), a notorious killer from their past, gets out of prison.” The […]

The very first episode of WWE’s “Monday Night Raw” to air on Netflix will originate from the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles. The announcement was made on Sunday night by WWE’s chief content officer, Paul “Triple H” Levesque. Levesque made a surprise appearance onstage with during Travis Scott’s concert at ComplexCon in Las Vegas to […]

Jake Paul and Mike Tyson’s heavyweight boxing match was viewed by an estimated 60 million households globally, peaking at 65 million “concurrent streams,” according to data shared by Netflix. More data will be released in the coming days, including total viewer numbers, the streamer said. Also, Netflix said 50 million households globally tuned in live […]

Mike Tyson shed more light on the medical issues that originally delayed his fight against Jake Paul. In a post on his official X account, Tyson wrote, “I almost died in June. Had 8 blood transfusions. Lost half my blood and 25lbs in hospital and had to fight to get healthy to fight so I […]

Poorna Jagannathan has been cast in a recurring role in the upcoming HBO series “Lanterns,” Variety has confirmed. The show is based on DC’s “Green Lantern” comics. Jagannathan joins previously announced series leads Kyle Chandler and Aaron Pierre in the series, as well as cast members Kelly Macdonald and Garret Dillahunt. Per the official logline, […]

Haley Lu Richardson is set for a lead role opposite Emilia Clarke in the upcoming Peacock series “Ponies,” Variety has learned. The show was announced with a straight-to-series order at Peacock back in August with Clarke set as one of the leads. The show is described as an espionage thriller set in Moscow in 1977. […]