Veteran television executive Jamila Hunter has departed Freeform to take on the role of president of Macro Television Studios.

Macro founder and CEO Charles D. King on Thursday announced Hunter’s new role at the company, where she will oversee the television team and the slate of projects in development and production.

“I couldn’t be more excited to welcome Jamila to the company,” King said in a statement. “She is one of the most stellar and accomplished executives in television and I look forward to adding her wealth of knowledge, leadership skills and extensive experience to the company to propel Macro Television Studios to the next level.”

Hunter joins Macro from Freeform, where she served as executive VP of original programming and development. Under her leadership, Freeform launched “Cruel Summer,” which is executive produced by Jessica Biel and ranks among the network’s most-watched programs ever. Additionally, Hunter’s team developed “Single Drunk Female,...

Ashley Newbrough is starring in the new movie Flipping For Christmas on Hallmark Channel and you might be interested to learn more about her personal life!

The 36-year-old actress is best known for her work in The CW series Privileged as well as her appearances in other Hallmark Channel and Lifetime movies.

In Flipping For Christmas, it’s almost Christmas when busy realtor Abigail agrees to help her sister with the “simple flip” of a recently inherited home. Unfortunately, co-beneficiary Bo (Marcus Rosner) has other plans in mind.

So, what’s Ashley‘s relationship status in real life?

Keep reading to find out more…

Ashley was in a long-term relationship with actor Matt Shively for many years, but it appears that they are no longer together.

It has been over a year since Ashley has shared a photo of Matt on her Instagram page and he appears to have wiped...

Martha Plimpton is a beloved Emmy-winning actress best known for her work in TV shows like Raising Hope, The Real O’Neals and The Good Wife, but she’s also an activist who found the nonprofit A is For.

A is For, which Martha co-founded with Kellie Overbey, is a small nonprofit organization that was created to de-stigmatize abortion through the arts, and we offer financial support to abortion-providing services.

This weekend, Martha is hosting Broadway Acts for Abortion at 54 Below. A star-studded group of talent including Kelli O’Hara, John Cameron Mitchell, Ann Dowd, Carrie Preston, Michael Emerson, Bonnie Milligan, and more are coming together to raise money and awareness for abortion rights. The event is on Sunday (October 1) at 6:30pm!

Ahead of the event, we caught up with Martha to learn some fun facts about her that most fans probably don’t know. Check them out below!

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Anyone who knows and loves a theater kid understands that they can be… a little much. To their credit, theater kids accept and embrace this reputation. Both the excessiveness of theater kids and their willingness to celebrate their extremities can be seen in the comedy Theater Camp, directed by Molly Gordon and Nick Lieberman. After winning over critics and earning a strong, if limited, return in theaters, Theater Camp has come to Hulu.

Based on a short film that Gordon and Lieberman made with Ben Platt and Noah Galvin, Theater Camp features a group of theater kids trying to save their camp from the founder’s jerky son, who wants to sell it off for something more profitable. Both self-aware and sincere, Theater Camp is a love letter to the over-the-top nerds who can sing every word of A Chorus Line and know that Andrew Rannells was in Street Sharks.

Not Dead Yet is very much alive. ABC has renewed the hit workplace comedy series starring Gina Rodriguez for a second season. The news was announced Tuesday ahead of Disney/ABC’s upfront presentation in New York.

From creators David Windsor and Casey Johnson, Not Dead Yet is based on Alexandra Potter’s 2020 book Confessions of a Forty-Something F**k Up. It follows Nell Serrano (Rodriguez), a broke and newly single self-described disaster, working to restart the life and career she left behind 10 years ago. When she lands the only job she can find – writing obituaries – Nell starts getting life advice from an unlikely source.

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Johnson and Windsor executive produce with Rodriguez, Dean Holland, Wonderland Sound and Vision’s McG, Mary Viola and Corey Marsh. The series is produced by 20th Television, part of Disney TV Studios.

Ahead of the April 6th release of his Netflix dark comedy Beef, Lee Sung Jin has stepped in as screenwriter for Marvel Studios’ Thunderbolts, taking over for Black Widow‘s Eric Pearson, Deadline can confirm.

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The project reunites Lee with Beef helmer Jake Schreier, who is once again directing, as well as his show’s star Steven Yeun, who will make his MCU debut in the film in an undisclosed role, as we were first to tell you.

Specifics as to Thunderbolts‘ plot remain under wraps. But the film...

Exclusive: Avantika (Senior Year), Christopher Briney (The Summer I Turned Pretty) and Bebe Wood have landed major roles in Paramount Pictures’ film adaptation of the Tony-nominated Broadway hit, Mean Girls, which is itself based on the classic Paramount comedy of the same name.

The actors join an ensemble for the Paramount+-bound feature that also includes Angourie Rice, Reneé Rapp, Auli’i Cravalho and Jaquel Spivey, as previously announced.

Mean Girls choreographer Kyle Hanagami

The original film adapted by Tina Fey from the Rosalind Wiseman book Queen Bees and Wannabes follows high school new girl Cady Heron (Lindsay Lohan) in her attempt to fit in with A-list girl clique, The Plastics. The effort is sabotaged when she makes the mistake of falling for Aaron, the ex-boyfriend of alpha Plastic Regina George. Premiering on stage at Washington, D.C.’s National Theatre in 2017 and jumping to Broadway the following year,...

Gina Rodriguez is getting a visitor from the other side.

The Jane the Virgin vet stars in ABC’s new comedy Not Dead Yet — premiering this Wednesday, Feb. 8 at 8:30/7:30c — as Nell Serrano, a journalist who moves back to the States from London after a broken engagement. Nell gets a job at the local newspaper where she used to work, but rather than picking up where she left off, Nell is assigned to the lowly obituary beat. And the gig comes with an unexpected and not entirely welcome perk: the people Nell is writing about appear to her as ghosts!

Jane the Virgin star Gina Rodriguez leads the cast of ABC’s new half-hour comedy Not Dead Yet. Created by David Windsor and Casey Johnson, the new comedy debuts on February 8, 2023 at 8:30pm Et/Pt and finds Rodriguez playing an obituary writer who sees ghosts.

In addition to Gina Rodriguez as Nell Serrano, the season one cast includes Hannah Simone (New Girl) as Sam, Lauren Ash (Superstore) as Lexi, Rick Glassman (As We See It) as Edward, Josh Banday (Upload) as Dennis, and Angela Gibbs (Hacks) as Cricket. Martin Mull, Ed Begley Jr., Mo Collins, Telma Hopkins, Rhea Perlman, Brittany Snow, and Julia Sweeney are among the guest stars showing up as ghosts.

The series is adapted from Alexandra Potter’s 2020 novel Confessions of a 40-something F**k Up. Rodriguez, Windsor, Johnson, and Wonderland Sound and Vision’s McG, Mary Viola, and Corey Marsh serve as executive producers.

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With so many captivating new and returning series premiering in February, it can be difficult to know which shows to watch. To make your decision easier for you, we’ve put together a list of the best television programs out there that are bound to satisfy you!

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Mark your calendars! February 2023 is shaping up to be an unforgettable month in television, and we’ve done the hard work for you. We have curated a list of 10 captivating series across streaming platforms like Netflix, HBO Max, Apple TV Plus, Disney Plus, and Amazon Prime. These shows are must-sees; don’t miss out on this entertainment extravaganza!

“Not Dead Yet” on ABC

Adapted from Alexandra Potter’s book, “Confessions of a 40-something F**k Up,” “Not Dead Yet” follows Nell Serrano (Gina Rodriguez...

HBO’s limited series The Palace has added a pair of Emmy winners to its team.

Martha Plimpton has joined the cast of the drama, which is set in a decaying authoritarian regime. Behind the camera, Jessica Hobbs will direct episodes of the series and serve as a co-executive producer.

Ordered to series in July 2022, The Palace chronicles a year inside an authoritarian government as it starts to unravel. Kate Winslet heads the cast, which also includes Matthias Schoenaerts, Andrea Riseborough and Hugh Grant. Character details for all five actors are being kept quiet.

Will Tracy (Succession) created the series and will be the showrunner. Winslet, Stephen Frears (who will direct along with Hobbs), Frank Rich and Tracey Seaward are also executive producing, with Hobbs as a co-ep. Seth Reiss, Juli Weiner, Jen Spyra, Gary Shteyngart and Sarah DeLappe are writers along with Tracy.

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From creators David Windsor and Casey Johnson and starring Gina Rodriguez, “Not Dead Yet” follows Nell Serrano (Rodriguez), a broke and newly single self-described disaster, working to restart the life and career she left behind five years ago. When she lands the only job she can find – writing obituaries – Nell starts getting life advice from an unlikely source. The series is adapted from the book “Confessions of a 40-something F**k Up” by Alexandra Potter.

“Not Dead Yet” stars Gina Rodriguez as Nell Serrano, Hannah Simone as Sam, Lauren Ash as Lexi, Rick Glassman as Edward, Joshua Banday as Dennis and Angela Gibbs as Cricket.

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Gina Rodriguez is an American film and television actress, best known for her leading role as Majo Tonorio in the feature film Filly Brown, and as the titular character Jane Gloriana Villanueva on the comedy drama series Jane the Virgin, for which she...

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Ben Platt and Noah Galvin are engaged, with the Dear Evan Hansen stars announcing the news on social media Friday.

Platt posted a carousel of photos to Instagram to celebrate the engagement, adding the caption, “He agreed to hang out forever.” The post includes images of the couple embracing, along with Galvin showing off his engagement ring.

Galvin also shared the same images to his own Instagram account, along with the caption, “I said yeehaw and then cried for like 7 hours.”

Among those offering congratulations in the comments was Beanie Feldstein, Galvin’s co-star in Booksmart, who wrote, “I am so happy and havent stopped crying.”

Platt and Galvin are both known for playing the lead role in the Broadway production of musical Dear Evan Hansen. Platt, 29, won the Tony Award for originating the part before Galvin, 28, succeeded him in the role with...

Exclusive: Tanner Stine (Impulse) and Kaylee Bryant (Legacies) will lead the supernatural horror Spin the Bottle from director Gavin Wiesen (The Art of Getting By), with Justin Long (Barbarian) and Ali Larter (The Rookie) to play supporting roles.

The recently wrapped film written by John Cregan centers on a group of teenagers in small town Texas who unleash a deadly force after playing the famed party game Spin the Bottle in an abandoned house where a grisly massacre once took place.

Christopher Ammanuel (Black Lightning), Ryan Whitney (Reagan), Angela Halili (American Horror Stories), Samantha Cormier (Legion), Hal Cumpston (The Greatest Beer Run Ever) and Tony Amendola (The Curse of La Llorona) round out the cast. Fortress Media Group is financing, with Will Hayes, Jim Valdez, Kyle Hayes and Chris Barish producing. Harrison Kordestani is exec producing, with Scot Ruggles serving as co-producer.

Stine has previously appeared on series including Impulse,...

“A lot of this show is based on our real relationship,” promises Mayan Lopez of Lopez vs. Lopez, the comedy she’s sharing with her real-life pop, George Lopez, now in his fourth sitcom where he plays a fictionalized version of himself. This time around the laughs are a bit darker. The down-on-his-luck George is owning up to years of disappointing his veterinarian daughter. Cheating on his ex-wife Rosie (Selenis Leyva), Mayan’s mom, and substance abuse are among his chief wrongdoings. To repair the rift, George volunteers to help Mayan renovate her kitchen but, recently broke and homeless due to the pandemic, he’s soon moving in with Mayan, her caring boyfriend Quinten and their energetic 7-year-old Chance (Brice Gonzalez). Mayan and George have lots of fun — smashing walls with sledgehammers and twerking for TikTok videos — but they’ll also confront their deep-seated conflicts. If audiences connect with that,...

Exclusive: It’s been a while since we’ve had a raunchy female feature comedy– arguably since 2017’s Girls Trip, however, here comes D-Day from Spyglass Media Group with Schitt’s Creek‘s Emily Hampshire attached to star.

The pic, written by One Day at a Time scribes Becky Mann, Audra Sielaff and Andy Roth follows newly divorced and sexually inexperienced Kate, as she’s encouraged by her friends to get back out there. Of course Kate has certain standards so she’s not going to settle for just anyone but she’s determined to make her ex’s wedding day her D-Day.

Betsy Thomas, the creator of TBS’ My Boys, will be making her feature directorial debut here.

Thomas tells Deadline, “I am so thrilled to work with the immensely talented Emily Hampshire to bring this hilariously randy script to life.”

D-Day is produced by Level 1 Entertainment’s Bill Todman Jr and Edward Milstein (Grandma’s Boy). Spyglass’ Chairman and CEO, Gary Barber, and Peter Oillataguerre, President of Production, are executive producing with Oillataguerre and Chris Stone, VP of Production & Development, overseeing the project on behalf of Spyglass. Limor Hakim is co-producing for Level 1 Entertainment.

For six seasons, Hampshire played Stevie Budd on the Emmy-winning series Schitt’s Creek. She can currently be seen in Chapelwaite on Epix and in the upcoming thriller series The Rig on Amazon. Hampshire will release her first graphic novel Amelia Aierwood: Basic Witch in partnership with Z2 Comics this October and is set to co-write, executive produce and star as the title character in the Norman Lear reboot of Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman.

In addition to My Boys, Thomas has also directed episodes of NBC’s Superstore and ABC’s Home Economics.

Mann and Sielaff’s writing credits also include FX’s It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Fox’s Raising Hope and ABC’s The Real O’Neals. Roth’s credits include Amazon’s With Love, Netflix’s Paradise Pd and FX’s Anger Management.

Hampshire is repped by Atlas Artists, Paradigm, Creative Drive Artists, ID and Felker Toczek Suddleson Abramson McGinnis Ryan. Thomas is repped by CAA, Artists First and Jacoway Austen Tyerman Wertheimer Mandelbaum Morris Bernstein Trattner & Klein. Mann & Sielaff are repped by Culture Creative and Myman Greenspan Fox Rosenberg Mobasser Younger & Light Llp. Roth is repped by Verve and Jacoway Austen Tyerman Wertheimer Mandelbaum Morris Bernstein Trattner & Klein. Level 1 Entertainment is repped by Jeff Finkelstein of Del Shaw Moonves Tanaka Finkelstein & Lezcano.

Exclusive: David Windsor and Casey Johnson, creators and executive producers of ABC’s newly picked up series Not Dead Yet, are expanding their relationship with 20th Television, the studio behind the single-camera comedy starring Gina Rodriguez, with a three-year overall deal.

Windsor and Johnson are coming off a three-year run as co-executive producers on 20th TV’s hit drama series This Is Us, which just wrapped its sixth-season run on NBC. The duo juggled their duties on This Is Us‘ final season with writing and executive producing the Not Dead Yet pilot for 20th TV. The project, based on Confessions of a Forty-Something F**k Up by Alexandra Potter, became the only half-hour pilot to get a series order by ABC last month. It will premiere in midseason.

At 20th TV, Windsor and Johnson previously served as co-executive producers on cult comedy series Don’t Trust The B—— In Apartment...

ABC announced its plans for the 2022-23 TV season on Tuesday.

Among those plans were new fall dramas Alaska and The Rookie: Feds, as well as midseason entry Not Dead Yet.

Alongside the announcements were teaser trailers for the above series.

Check out the teasers and loglines below.

The Rookie: Feds - Tuesdays at 10 p.m.

From the executive producers of flagship series “The Rookie” comes “The Rookie: Feds” starring Niecy Nash-Betts as Simone Clark, the oldest rookie in the FBI Academy.

The spinoff was introduced as a two-part event during the current fourth season of The Rookie, where Officer John Nolan (Nathan Fillion) and the L.A. division of the FBI enlist the help of Simone Clark when one of her former students is a suspect in a terror attack.

The series stars Niecy Nash-Betts as Simone Clark, Frankie Faison as Christopher “Cutty” Clark and Felix Solis as Special Agent Matthew Garza.

Kate Walsh will star in Freevee’s upcoming comedy series Sprung, created by Greg Garcia, the streaming service announced Monday, May 2. Camden Garcia and Andre Jamal Kinney have also been cast in the series. Sprung focuses on an unlikely group of formerly incarcerated people, who band together to use their criminal expertise for good. The series stars Garret Dillahunt (Fear the Walking Dead), Martha Plimpton (The Real O’Neals), Shakira Barrera, Phillip Garcia, Clare Gilles, and James Earl. Their characters specifically target those who took advantage of people during the Covid-19 pandemic. Walsh will play Congresswoman Paula Tackleberry, one of the group’s aforementioned targets. Tackleberry is in the middle of a PR crisis after she used inside information to sell millions of dollars in stocks, all while telling the public that the pandemic was not a cause for concern. The Sprung crew targets her as a deserving victim prime for...

George Lopez and Mayan Lopez’s NBC comedy pilot “Lopez vs. Lopez” has added three new cast members, Variety has learned exclusively.

Selenis Leyva, Brice Gonzalez, and Matt Shively will star alongside the Lopezes in the multi-cam pilot. The show is described as a working-class family comedy about dysfunction, reconnection and all the pain and joy in between.

Leyva will star as Rosie, a ball of energy who’s barely overbearing, Rosie is Mayan’s mother, George’s ex-wife, and the self-proclaimed best insurance agent in town. Levya is known for her roles in the hit Netflix series “Orange Is the New Black,” appearing in the show throughout its seven season run. She also recently appeared in “Diary of a Future President” at Disney Plus, “Our Flag Means Death” at HBO Max, and the feature “892.”

She is repped by Artists & Representatives and Smith Talent Group

Gonzalez will play Chance,...

ABC has rounded out the series regular cast for its single-camera comedy pilot Not Dead Yet. Josh Banday (Upload), Jessica St. Clair (Avenue 5), Mary Elizabeth Ellis (It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia), Angela Gibbs (This Is Us) and Rick Glassman (As We See It) are set as leads opposite Gina Rodriguez in the pilot from The Real O’Neals creators Casey Johnson and David Windsor, McG and 20th Television.

In the project, based on Alexandra Potter’s Confessions of a Forty-Something F**k Up, published in 2020, broke, newly single and feeling old, Nell Stevens (Rodriguez) – a self-described disaster – works to restart the life and career she left behind 10 years ago. Moving back home to Pasadena – a world where everyone seems to have a better life than she does Nell can only afford to share an apartment with a stranger who monitors how much electricity she uses and...

Former Jane the Virgin star Gina Rodriguez is returning to broadcast television as the lead in ABC’s single-camera comedy pilot Not Dead Yet from The Real O’Neals creators Casey Johnson and David Windsor, McG and 20th Television.

In the project, based on Alexandra Potter’s Confessions of a Forty-Something F**k Up, published in 2020, broke, newly single and feeling old, Nell Stevens (Rodriguez) – a self-described disaster – works to restart the life and career she left behind 10 years ago. Moving back home to Pasadena – a world where everyone seems to have a better life than she does Nell can only afford to share an apartment with a stranger who monitors how much electricity she uses and pesters her about her recycling habits (which lately include a lot of empty White Claws.) A once successful journalist, Nell put her career on hold to help her fiancé...

Paramount+’s live-action Fairly OddParents revival has everything: Wands and wings, floaty crowny things and National Treasure Laura Bell Bundy.

Premiering on Thursday, March 31 and picking up “years after the original ended,” The Fairly OddParents: Fairly Odder introduces Timmy Turner’s cousin Viv (played by Audrey Grace Marshall aka The Flight Attendant‘s Young Cassie) and her new step-brother Roy Raskin (Single Parents‘ Tyler Wladis). Together, the sibs must “navigate life in Dimmsdale with the help of their fairy godparents, Wanda and Cosmo,” according to the official logline. The above trailer also features an appearance by fellow cartoon carryover Jorgen Von Strangle,...

ABC has ordered the pilot for “Not Dead Yet,” a single-camera comedy from writing duo Casey Johnson and David Windsor, executive produced by McG.

“Not Dead Yet” follows 40-something Nell Stevens, who is down on her luck, low on cash and newly single. When she lands the only job she can find, writing obituaries, she starts receiving life advice from an unlikely source. The pilot is based on Alexandra Potter’s romantic comedy novel “Confessions of a Forty-Something F—k Up.”

Mary Viola and Corey Marsh also executive produce under McG’s Wonderland Sound and Vision banner. 20th Television is the studio.

Johnson and Windsor are best known for writing “Greek,” “Don’t Trust the B—– in Apartment 23” and “Galavant.” In 2016, they created and executive produced “The Real O’Neals,” starring Martha Plimpton and Noah Galvin, which ran on ABC for two seasons. Johnson and Windsor also served as co-executive producers...

It’s a busy morning of pilot pickups at ABC.

The network has ordered a pilot for single-camera comedy Not Dead Yet, which comes from The Real O’Neals creators Casey Johnson and David Windsor with McG exec producing.

The project is based on Confessions of a Forty-Something F**k Up by Alexandra Potter, which was published in 2020.

It is the latest pilot ordered at the network from This Is Us alums – Johnson and Windsor currently serve as co-exec producers on the NBC series – after it picked up a drama from Kay Oyegun earlier this morning.

2022 ABC Pilots & Series Orders

Not Dead Yet follows Nell Stevens, broke, newly single and feeling old, a a self-described 40-something disaster, who works to restart the life and career she left behind 10 years ago. When she lands the only job she can find – writing obituaries – Nell starts getting life advice from an unlikely source.

Exclusive: Michael D. Cohen, known for his work on Nickelodeon’s Danger Force and Henry Danger, has signed with Paradigm for representation.

The actor-writer-director is best known for his work as Schwoz Schwartz on the two Nickelodeon series. Danger Force recently received a GLAAD Media Award Outstanding Kids & Family Programming nomination for “Manlee Men,” a June 2021 episode Cohen co-wrote and directed. Henry Danger won the Kid’s Choice Award for Best Show in 2017 and 2020, and was nominated in 2018, 2019, and 2021.

His additional television credits include Angie Tribeca, The Mindy Project, 2 Broke Girls, The Real O’Neals, Backstrom; Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job and Modern Family. On the big screen he has appeared in An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn, Suburbicon, Whiplash and It Was You Charlie.

Beyond the screen, Cohen founded the “Trans Youth Acting Challenge,” an initiative to support young trans and non-binary actors in helping discover and...

Fox is developing a country music comedy series from Vir Das and Sam Laybourne, Variety has learned.

Titled “Country Eastern,” the single-camera show has received a script commitment with a penalty attached. The show is about a young wealthy man from India who restarts his life in America with his family. While attempting to rebuild their lives in Memphis, Tennessee, he decides to pursue his passion and become a country music singer. Only problem: he’s shit. Total shit. He’s going to have to gain some life experience in the States if he wants to have something real to sing about.

Das is attached to co-write and and executive produce the project with Laybourne, with Laybourne also attached to serve as showrunner. The intention is for Das to star in the project as well. Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone, Akiva Schaffer and Ali Bell of Party Over Here will also...

Fox has given a script commitment with penalty to Country Eastern, a single-camera comedy written by India’s top comedian and Bollywood star Vir Das. The intent is for Das to also star in the project, from Party Over Here, the production company founded by the Lonely Island’s Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone, and CBS Studios. Fox Entertainment and CBS Studios will co-produce.

Sam Laybourne (Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist) will co-write Country Eastern with Das and will serve as showrunner of the comedy about a young wealthy man from India (a role earmarked for Das) who restarts his life in America with his family. While attempting to rebuild their lives in Memphis, Tennessee, he decides to pursue his passion and become a country music singer. Only problem, he’s sh*t. Total sh*t. He’s going to have to gain some life experience in the States...

Exclusive: Ethan Josh Lee is the latest confirmed addition to the cast of Wes Anderson’s upcoming film Asteroid City, which has wrapped production in Spain.

For now, the film’s plot is being kept under wraps. Lee joins a cast that includes Tom Hanks, Margot Robbie, Scarlett Johansson, Tilda Swinton, Sophia Lillis, Adrien Brody, Maya Hawke, Fisher Stevens, Bill Murray, Bryan Cranston, Jeffrey Wright, Jeff Goldblum, Liev Schreiber, Rupert Friend, Hope Davis, Jason Schwartzman, Matt Dillon, Tony Revolori and Jake Ryan, as previously announced.

Anderson is producing with Jeremy Dawson and Steven Rales. While the seven-time Oscar nominee has distributed his last three films through Searchlight Pictures, Asteroid City has not been set up with a studio.

Lee has previously appeared on the film side in Adam Mason’s pandemic-themed sci-fi thriller Songbird, Miranda July’s oddball drama Kajillionaire and Alistair Legrand’s genre-bender, The Diabolical.

The DGA’s current film and TV pact doesn’t expire until June 30, 2023, but the guild is already gearing up for those contract negotiations. Director Jon Avnet has been named chair of the negotiating committee, and directors Karen Gaviola and Todd Holland have been named co-chairs. The DGA National Board unanimously approved their appointments. DGA national executive director Russell Hollander will be the guild’s chief negotiator.

“We don’t yet know when our next negotiations will take place, but we are looking ahead as we carefully examine the creative and economic issues faced by our members working in film and television,” said Lesli Linka Glatter, the DGA’s newly elected president. “As part of that process, we have asked three of our prominent feature and television directors – Jon Avnet, Karen Gaviola and Todd Holland – to head our negotiations, and they have graciously agreed. Jon and Todd did such a...

The Annie Murphy-led “Kevin Can F**k Himself” has been renewed for a second season at AMC, the cable channel said Friday.

Season 1 of the part multi-cam, part single-cam series followed the story of Allison McRoberts (Murphy), a woman we all grew up believing we knew: the prototypical Sitcom Wife, per AMC’s description. She’s beautiful and can take a joke (though she’s usually the butt of them). And she’s married to a guy who must’ve won some sort of marriage lottery, because she looks the way she does and he’s… funny. The series broke television convention via volleying camera setups and allowed the audience to see what happened when the cameras followed Allison out of her husband’s domain and as she finally wakes up to — and revolts against — the injustices in her life.

The second season of the genre-bending drama, which is filmed in and around Boston,...

ABC has put into development a comedy starring Jo Koy and co-written by “Man With a Plan” alum Steve Joe and “Always Be My Maybe” duo Michael Golamco and Randall Park, the network announced Thursday.

Titled “Josep,” the series centers on a “hard-working nurse trying to navigate dating, fatherhood, and the hilarious complications caused by his strong-willed Filipino mother moving in with him.” Koy will star and executive produce.

Joe, Golamco and Park are all credited as writers and executive producers on the project, with Joe set to serve as showrunner.

Joe most recently served as co-executive producer on 20th’s “Doogie Howser” reboot, “Doogie Kamealoha, MD,” for Disney+. He also served as a consulting producer on the studio’s “Turner & Hooch” series, also for Disney+. His other credits include “Young Sheldon,” “The Real O’Neals” and “Hot in Cleveland.”

Park and Golamco co-wrote the 2019 Netflix rom-com “Always Be My Maybe...

We’ll be seeing more of doctors Asher Wolke and Jordan Allen on the upcoming season of The Good Doctor. Noah Galvin and Bria Samoné Henderson (Mrs. America), who have recurred as the characters, respectively, since Season 4, have been promoted to series regulars for the upcoming fifth season of the medical drama starring Freddie Highmore.

Formerly part of an orthodox Jewish sect, Galvin’s Asher made the choice to separate himself from his former beliefs before deciding to go to medical school.

Henderson’s Jordan is a committed and faithful Baptist, who finds strength and comfort from daily prayer. She cares for her patients – but cares even more about building her career. Not just her medical career.

The Good Doctor was developed by David Shore based on a Korean format. The series follows Dr. Shaun Murphy, played by Highmore, a young surgeon with autism and savant syndrome,...

The Good Doctor Season 5 will feature a lot more from two of its most recent stars.

TV Line is reporting that Noah Galvin and Bria Samoné have been promoted to series regulars ahead of the recently-ordered season.

Both stars first appeared on The Good Doctor Season 4 Episode 3, an outing that brought in a raft of new blood to shake things up at St. Bonaventure.

Summer Brown and Brian Marc were also introduced as residents in that particular episode, but they are no longer attached to the ABC medical drama’s expansive cast.

Galvin plays Asher Wolke, a young man who was once part of an orthodox Jewish sect.

The series has charted his transition into the world of medicine, and it has resonated positively with fans.

Henderson, meanwhile, plays Jordan Allen on the series.

Before starring on The Good Doctor, Galvin played Kenny on The Real O’Neals, while Henderson played Margaret Sloan on Mrs. America.

Drs. Wolke and Allen will continue their residencies at St. Bonaventure.

The Good Doctor has promoted Noah Galvin and Bria Samoné Henderson to full-fledged series regulars, TVLine has learned exclusively. Their new status will take effect in Season 5, which premieres this fall.

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Formerly part of an orthodox Jewish sect, Galvin’s Asher Wolke made the choice to separate himself from his former beliefs before deciding to go to medical school.

Viewers will have the wonderful Annie Murphy back on their TV screens in just two months!

The upcoming dark comedy Kevin Can F**K Himself, starring the Emmy Award-winning actress Schitt’s Creek actress, will make its television debut on Sunday, June 13 on AMC+ and Sunday, June 20 at 9:00Pm Et/Pt on AMC.

The first two installments of the eight-episode season will be available on AMC+ on Sunday, June 13, and air back-to-back on AMC on Sunday, June 20 at 9:00Pm Et/Pt and 10:00Pm Et/Pt, meaning we're getting two episodes on the first day.

It's a good way to give fans more of the show to allow a more informed opinion on whether the show is worth sticking with.

The remaining episodes will continue to debut on AMC+ one week ahead of the AMC linear airings on Sundays at 9:00Pm Et/Pt.

Kevin Can F**K Himself...

ABC is starting to whittle down its comedy projects.

The Disney-owned network is not moving forward with two high-profile comedy pilots – Lucy Liu’s workplace comedy, which was formerly known as Kids Matter Now, and Work Wife.

The workplace comedy, which has also had the title Bossy, starred Lucy Liu and came from Better with You creator Shana Goldberg-Meehan, CBS Television Studios and 20th Century Fox TV.

The multi-camera comedy was ordered to pilot in March 2020 but the Covid pandemic meant that it wasn’t able to shoot until much later down the line.

Written and executive produced by Goldberg-Meehan and directed by Christine Gernon (Speechless), the show centered on a diva boss with no patience for working parents who adopts a baby and has a change of heart, casting her mother-of-three assistant as an unlikely mentor and upending the office dynamics.

Former Angie Tribeca star Hayes MacArthur was set as a lead opposite Liu.

Exclusive: Azie Tesfai, who stars as Kelly Olsen on the CW’s Supergirl, is doing double duty this season. She co-wrote, with supervising producer J. Holtham, episode 12 for the show’s upcoming sixth and final season.

Many actors have directed episodes on the series before, but this is the first time an actor has penned an episode for one of Greg Berlanti’s shows. David Ramsey (Arrow) is set to direct.

“I am so grateful to write for Supergirl‘s final season. It’s been such an honor to play Kelly Olsen, a Bipoc and queer character in the DC universe,” Tesfai said. “Working in our amazing writers room and co-writing an episode has been an immensely educational and empowering experience. Writing is such a passion for me and I’m excited to continue on this creative journey.”

Based on characters from DC created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster,...

Exclusive: CBS has put in development Little Shells, a multi-hybrid semi-autobiographical comedy, from writer Brian Donovan (American Housewife), director Todd Holland (The Real O’Neals), Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment and CBS Studios.

Written by Donovan inspired by his life and to be directed by Holland, Little Shells is the story of a 20-something agoraphobe who discovers an oddball friendship with the spunky, under-achieving kid next door. Not only do the two help slay each other’s demons, but they create a charmingly unconventional chosen family in the process.

Donovan executive produces with Holland, along with Kaplan and Dana Honor for Kapital Entertainment. CBS Studios is the studio.

Both Donovan and Holland are frequent collaborators with Kapital. Donovan was recently a writer-producer on Kapital’s ABC comedy series American Housewife and previously worked on the company’s ABC comedy series The Neighbors.

Holland has directed on Kapital’s series The Unicorn,...

Home Economics, from Michael Colton, John Aboud and Topher Grace, has been handed a series order at ABC.

This marks the network’s first comedy pilot handed a series order in an unusual year for broadcast network development. ABC’s previous comedy orders – Call Your Mother and Rebel – went straight-to-series.

The single-camera comedy, which is inspired by the life of writer and executive producer Colton (Penguins of Madagascar), will air in spring 2021. It is produced by Lionsgate and ABC Signature.

Home Economics stars and is exec produced by That ‘70s Show alum Topher Grace.

The show takes a look at the heartwarming yet super-uncomfortable and sometimes frustrating relationship among three adult siblings: one in the 1 percent, one middle-class and one barely holding on.

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Caitlin McGee, Jimmy Tatro, Karla Souza, and Sasheer Zamata. Shiloh Bearman, Jordyn Curet, Chloe Jo Rountree and JeCobi Swain also star.

Developed by Colton and Aboud,...

Exclusive: Showtime has put in development a half-hour comedy drama revolving around an Arab mother and her gay son, from writer-producer-actor Lewaa Nasserdeen and Skydance Television, where Nasserdeen is under a deal.

Written by Nasserdeen, the project, loosely inspired by his life, follows Omar and Reema, a 30-something gay Arab son and his extravagant and ‘complicated’ mother, as they face divorce at the same time … and under one roof. While Omar is looking for ways to reconnect with his roots after his breakup, Reema is stepping outside of her cultural comfort zone for the first time in her life. Together this modern-day Arab Odd Couple are forced to confront a post-divorce reality while navigating adult ass whoopings, generational trauma, and their own co-dependent relationship.

The project is being developed as a potential starring vehicle for Nasserdeen, who executive produces with David Ellison, Dana Goldberg and Bill Bost for Skydance Television,...

Champion figure skater Adam Rippon is developing a comedy series about figure skating at NBC, Variety has learned.

Rippon and Susan Kittenplan co-created the series and developed the story, with both serving as executive producers. Billy Finnegan is also a co-creator and is attached to write the script and executive produce. 20th Television will produce.

Set in the off-the-wall world of adult figure skating, the series is said to tackle the oversized ambitions, underwhelming talent and boundless heart as one woman fights her family, failing knees and every other skater on the ice.

Rippon formally retired from competition in 2018 after competing in the 2018 Winter Olympics. He consistently ranked as one of the top skaters in the world during his career, winning gold medals at events like the Four Continents Championships and the World Junior Championships. He went on to win Season 26 of “Dancing with the Stars” at ABC.

He is repped by ICM.

NBC has given a script commitment with penalty to a figure skating comedy from Olympic bronze medalist figure skater Adam Rippon, Susan Kittenplan, writer Billy Finnegan (Grace and Frankie) and 20th Television.

Co-created/story by Rippon, Kittenplan and Finnegan, the Untitled Figure Skating Comedy is set in the off-the-wall world of adult figure skating. Oversized ambitions, underwhelming talent, and boundless heart take center ice as one woman fights her family, her failing knees and every other skater at the rink to make her dreams come true.

Rippon, Kittenplan and Finnegan executive produce. 20th Television is the studio.

Rippon represented the U.S. at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, winning bronze medal as part of the figure skating team event. Later that year, he won season 26 of Dancing with the Stars with professional dancer Jenna Johnson. He’s repped by ICM Partners.

Kittenplan is a media executive, editor, and writer,...

Dr. Shaun Murphy speaks for all of us when he says he wants this pandemic to be over in TVLine’s exclusive first look at The Good Doctor‘s Season 4 premiere.

In the above promo, consisting of all new scenes from the Covid-themed two-parter (which begins airing Monday, Nov. 2 at 10/9c), new couple Shaun and Lea find themselves in a long-distance socially distanced relationship. First, we watch as they exchange good mornings over Zoom. In another scene, we see them seated on opposite sides of Shaun’s front door.

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One of the Real O’Neals is scrubbing in at St. Bonaventure.

The Good Doctor has cast Noah Galvin ahead of Season 4, Deadline reports. The ABC vet, who starred as Kenny on the aforementioned family sitcom, will recur on the Freddie Highmore medical drama as one of four first-year residents whose arc will span the entire season.

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Exclusive: The Real O’Neals and Dear Evan Hansen star Noah Galvin, newcomer Summer Brown, Bria Samoné Henderson (Mrs. America) and Brian Marc (The Kill Team) are set for recurring roles in the upcoming fourth season of The Good Doctor, as part of major storyline that will span the entire season of the ABC medical drama.

Introduced in Episode 403 of the series, from developer/executive producer David Shore and Sony Pictures TV, the four will play first-year residents who will be vying for one or more resident positions at St. Bonaventure Hospital. The quartet will be supervised by the hospital’s fourth-year residents, Dr. Shaun Murphy (Freddie Highmore), Dr. Claire Brown (Antonia Thomas) and Dr. Alex Park (Will Yun Lee). While Park indicated in the season finale that he would be moving back to Arizona, he is expected to remain at St Bonaventure.

The plot is reminiscent of one of the...

Nickelodeon hired Zack Olin to the role of senior vice president of live-action Tuesday.

In the newly-created role, Olin will partner with Shauna Phelan, who serves as senior vice president of live-action scripted content. Together they will oversee scripted series, movies and specials in the company’s scripted division.

Olin will report to Brian Robbins, president of ViacomCBS Kids and Family Entertainment. He will be based in Hollywood.

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In Olin’s previous role at Nickelodeon, he served as a live-action development consultant. Before that, he was at ABC Studios, which he joined in 2011, and where he spent several years as vice president of creative development at ABC Studios, overseeing series like “Grown-ish,” “Speechless,” “The Kids Are Alright” and “The Real O’Neals.”

Prior to that, Olin served as executive director of current programming at ABC Network Entertainment,...

Zack Olin has joined Nickelodeon’s live-action department, which has been headed by Shauna Phelan, SVP, Live-Action Scripted Content.

As SVP, Live Action, at the ViacomCBS-owned network, he has partnered with Phelan to oversee scripted series, movies and specials alongside Phelan. Both report to Brian Robbins, President of ViacomCBS Kids and Family Entertainment.

The appointment formalizes Olin’s relationship with Nickleodeon, having previously served a live-action development consultant for the network. Before that, Olin spent several years at ABC Studios (now ABC Signature) as VP, Creative Development, shepherding series including Grown-ish, Speechless, The Kids Are Alright and The Real O’Neals.

Before joining ABC Studios in 2011, Olin served as Executive Director of Current Programming at ABC Network Entertainment, overseeing series including Happy Endings, Cougar Town, Better Off Ted, Samantha Who? and Body of Proof in addition to overseeing story and animation for the animated release Schoolhouse Rock! Earth.

Olin also...

We certainly don’t need another reason to wish the coronavirus gone and Broadway back in business, but here’s one anyway: Ben Platt wants to return to the stage. “Hankering,” is the word he uses. “I’m looking at film offers and scripts, but once it’s possible,” Platt says, “I’m certainly looking to get back on stage.”

There’s even reason to hope that sometime down the road the original (and Tony-winning) Evan Hansen will hit the Broadway stage in a concert production a la Bruce Springsteen and David Byrne.

But first, Platt is busy remote-promoting his recent Netflix double-punch: His concert special Ben Platt Live From Radio City Music Hall, and Season 2 of Ryan Murphy’s must-binge The Politician, both streaming now. Like everyone else, he’s more or less sidelined from performing by the Covid-19 pandemic and industry shutdown. He’s living with his boyfriend,...

Are you ready for Love, Victor?

Hulu on Monday released the first clip from its Love, Simon spinoff, and it shows the titular character interacting with a barista.

We're not going to spoil how it goes, because we're sure you're going to want to watch the clip.

Set in the same universe as the 2018 movie, Love Victor follows Victor (Michael Cimino), a new student at Creekwood High School.

The teenager is on his own journey of self-discovery as he faces adjusting to a new city, as well as challenges at home.

He is also struggling to come to terms with his sexual orientation.

To make things easier, he reaches out to Simon to get assistance with navigating the trials and tribulations of high school.

Nick Robinson, who played Simon in the original movie is on board to narrate the sequel, but there's still no word on whether he will appear on-screen.