Monday, August 15, 2016
Amazon is furthering the relationship with one of their most proven hit-makers, “Transparent” creator Jill Soloway. Soloway, along with former “Transparent” scribe E…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:08PMMonday, August 8, 2016
More than four decades after the original movie hit theaters, “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” is coming back — to TV. The cast of Fox’s remake — which includes …
SOURCE: Variety at 10:32PMFriday, July 22, 2016
Comedy Central’s “Drunk History” will return for its fourth season on Tuesday, Sept. 27 at 10:30 p.m., and the ten-episode season will bring a slew of guest stars. The seas…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:46AMTuesday, June 14, 2016
Scott Ellis has been tapped to direct NBC’s upcoming live adaptation of “A Few Good Men.” Aaron Sorkin broke the news Tuesday morning at Variety’s annual TV Summit, h…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:56PMMonday, June 13, 2016
Netflix has greenlit “Big Mouth,” an animated series from Nick Kroll with a 10-episode order, Variety has learned. The 30-minute “edgy, surreal animated comedy” about teenaged advent…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:15AMFriday, June 10, 2016
“Nashville” has officially been renewed for Season 5 on CMT, Variety has learned. Hulu will continue to make “Nashville” episodes available to stream the day after th…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:38PMThursday, May 19, 2016
“Grey’s Anatomy” star Sara Ramirez, who plays Dr. Callie Torres on the long-running ABC medial drama, is leaving the show. The news of her departure comes on the night of &…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:58PMThursday, February 18, 2016
NBC’s latest live musical “Hairspray Live” will premiere on Wednesday, Dec. 7, the network announced today. Much of the original stage production’s creative team from…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:53PMTuesday, February 2, 2016
Fox took its big bow into the live TV musical space on Jan. 31 with “Grease Live,” and it hit a home run. The three-hour production drew the best ratings for a musical since NBC’s “…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:48PMSunday, January 31, 2016
Fox takes its first bow into the live television musical arena with “Grease Live” tonight, and though the musical is a one-night-only event, the TV special has been a hefty pro…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:03PMFriday, January 29, 2016
Step into William Ivey Long’s “Grease Live” lair on the Warner Bros. lot in L.A., and you’ll feel like you were transported back to Broadway. The costume designer ha…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:38PMThursday, January 28, 2016
Julianne Hough is a live-TV pro, thanks to “Dancing With the Stars,” but nothing could prepare her for the pressure of playing Sandy to Aaron Tveit’s Danny in Fox’s “Grease Live”…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:50PMMonday, January 18, 2016
PBS is set to air a documentary giving a behind-the-scenes look at the Broadway musical “Hamilton.” The doc, titled “Hamilton’s America,” will be part “Gr…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:41PMMonday, January 11, 2016
Pop has renewed a cappella competition series “Sing It On” for a second season with an eight-episode order. Pop announced the pickup on Monday. Hailing from exec producer John Le…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:54PMFriday, January 8, 2016
“Once Upon A Time” has found Belle’s dangerous suitor, Gaston. The chiseled hunter will be played by “True Blood” alum Wes Brown who’s been cast in an up…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:48PMThursday, December 31, 2015
Wednesday, December 30, 2015
Jeff Daniels is set to stop by “Inside the Actors Studio,” Variety has learned. The Emmy-winning “Newsroom” alum’s episode, which will mark his first time …
SOURCE: Variety at 01:45PMMonday, December 21, 2015
“Grease: Live” will not only air live, but will be staged in front of a live studio audience. Fox made the announcement Monday with a cast video, along with new promo shots for t…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:58PMMonday, December 14, 2015
“This is actually the closest Dick and I will come to this stage when it comes to the Golden Globes,” Chuck Lorre said Monday afternoon at the Beverly Hilton. Lorre’s laughter-…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:22PMWednesday, December 9, 2015
Following huge ratings for its precursor TV movie, Disney’s “The Lion Guard” series will premiere Friday, Jan. 15 at 9:30 a.m., the kids’ cabler announced on Wednesda…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:28PMSaturday, August 29, 2015
CBS is readying up for the reshoot of “Doubt,” filling out the cast with a new addition in Steven Pasquale, Variety has learned. Pasquale takes the place of Teddy Sears who was …
SOURCE: Variety at 12:21PMThursday, August 6, 2015
“Orange is the New Black” star Uzo Aduba and “Glee’s” Amber Riley have joined the cast of NBC’s “The Wiz Live!” Aduba will play Glinda, the…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:55PMMonday, June 8, 2015
Scott Rudin is heading to TV in a big way. The prolific producer has inked a three-year first-look deal with Fox Networks Group, Variety has learned. The new pact with Scott Rudin Product…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:45PMWednesday, June 3, 2015
“Tangled” is heading to the small screen. Based on the 2010 feature film from Walt Disney Animation Studios, the animated television series is slated to premiere on Disney Chann…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:38PMWednesday, May 27, 2015
“The West Wing” and “Newsroom” alum Joanna Gleason has been cast in Showtime’s critically-acclaimed drama “The Affair,” Variety has learned. She jo…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:39PMWednesday, April 22, 2015
The cast of “Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce” joined James Lipton Tuesday evening for a mock edition of “Inside the Actors Studio” to discuss Bravo’s first-…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:34PMWednesday, April 15, 2015
Tony Award-nominated director Thomas Kail and “Dancing with the Stars” vet Alex Rudzinski are set to direct Fox’s “Grease: Live” musical event, the net announce…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:42PMMonday, March 30, 2015
NBC will ease on down the road for its next live musical television event. “The Wiz” will take center stage on Thursday, Dec. 3, the net announced Monday. Following the success …
SOURCE: Variety at 03:45PMMonday, March 2, 2015
Weeks before “Glee’s” series finale, Jane Lynch has locked down her next television role. Lynch will star in CBS’ pilot “Angel From Hell,” Variety has le…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:30PMFriday, February 20, 2015
“Supergirl” has found her mom in “Nashville’s” Laura Benanti. Benanti has been cast in a major recurring role, as Alura Zor-El, the birth mother of Kara Zor-El…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:01PMWednesday, January 28, 2015
Are you ready to meet Jane Villanueva’s other grandmother? Rita Moreno — who’s an EGOT winner, best known for “West Side Story” — has been cast as the mother of …
SOURCE: Variety at 06:27PM 
