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EXCLUSIVE: Naked Education indie Betty and South African production outfit afrOkaans Film and Television have optioned Israeli format Hungry for Love. In Israeli network Hot’s show, a group of singletons must follow one rule, in order to eat they must date. Guided by a professional therapist, the contestants participate in the experiment and try and

EXCLUSIVE: The Spiderwick Chronicles, starring Joy Bryant and Christian Slater, has found a new home. Roku has picked up the exclusive U.S. rights to the television adaptation of the popular children’s fantasy books by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black. The eight-episode series, from Paramount Television Studios and 20th Television, will premiere on the platform in

EXCLUSIVE: Channel 4 entertainment boss Phil Harris is exiting the broadcaster after four years in post. Harris is leaving at the end of this year to launch his own production company. His place will be taken temporarily by I Literally Just Told You and Don’t Look Down commissioning editor Steve Handley, who will report to

In a podcast interview on WTF With Marc Maron that aired Thursday, Larry Charles talked about his creative thought process and how that approach works within the Hollywood system. Charles, a veteran writer/director of Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm, is a longtime collaborator with Sacha Baron Cohen (Borat, Bruno, The Dictator). He also has a

Pink is looking back at her musical history and having some regrets. The singer and songwriter recalled recording a song for SpongeBob Square Pants about scurvy and is calling it a “real mistake.” In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, Pink got real about her favorite and least favorite songs from her repertoire. Starting

Shawna Trpcic, an Emmy-nominated costume designer best known for her work on several Star Wars series on Disney+ and her collaborations with Joss Whedon has died, Lucasfilm announced Friday. She was 56. A cause of death was not provided but Trpcic’s passing appears sudden; as recently as three days ago she was chronicling a desert

Bill Maher was off television for five months, thanks to the WGA strike. So naturally, he had a lot to catch up on in Friday’s edition of Real Time on HBO. Maher kept the focus squarely on politics in his opening monologue and in his panel discussion, with particular emphasis on covering the immigration border

FX is hoping to scare up interest in its upcoming American Horror Stories that’s set to premiere October 26 on Hulu. The network just dropped a trailer for the four-episode spin-off of Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk’s American Horror Story. American Horror Stories is an anthology series that will feature a different horror story each episode. As we previously reported,

SPOILER ALERT: The following story contains details from tonight’s episode of Bachelor in Paradise. It’s week two of ABC‘s Bachelor in Paradise, and the men have the power of the rose. First up on the docket for viewers tonight is the love triangle between Olivia, Will and Kylie, which over the course of the episode

EXCLUSIVE: Vanderpump Rules star Scheana Shay has inked with Independent Artist Group for representation, on the heels of the show’s Season 11 renewal, Deadline can exclusively reveal. Shay has been with the Emmy-nominated Bravo reality series since its 2013 debut season and earlier this year won an MTV Movie & TV Award alongside her female

Warner Bros. Discovery’s Max ranked highest in total customer satisfaction among U.S. subscription-streaming services, according to Whip Media’s 2023 Streaming Satisfaction Report. Whip Media’s report was based on survey responses from 2,011 U.S. consumers (18-54 years old) from July 7-16, 2023. Max has now topped Whip Media’s survey two years in a row, although its

EXCLUSIVE: CAA has signed Rob Gibson and Ian Collie and their production company Easy Tiger for representation. Launched in Sydney, Easy Tiger’s recent credits include comedy series Colin From Accounts, which has been renewed for a second season in Australia and the UK, and will premiere in the U.S. on Paramount+. Easy Tiger is also behind the award-winning

Brandi Glanville is opening up about being rushed to the hospital after collapsing in her home. The star of Bravo‘s The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills and Peacock‘s The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip shared a health update with her fans after the incident that happened on Sunday. “I collapsed at home this am and

EXCLUSIVE: Following the conclusion of HBO’s acclaimed sports drama series Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty, actor Quincy Isaiah has signed with Range Media Partners for representation. Created for the premium cabler by Max Borenstein and Jim Hecht, the show marking Isaiah’s breakout role had him playing legendary Lakers point guard Magic Johnson.

Jimmy Kimmel is back with a little help from Arnold Schwarzenegger. The comedian, who hosts the eponymous ABC show, revealed the one joke that he really missed during the five months that he was off the air. “Every time something happened in the news, I would get texts asking me if I was bummed we

SAG-AFTRA is set to sit down with the studios today to restart talks on a deal for the actors. The WGA has offered its support to its on-screen brethren. The guild has called on the studios to negotiate a “fair” deal that actor members “need and deserve”. The WGA also noted that such a deal

Amelia Heinle, who co-starred with Billy Miller on The Young and the Restless, is remembering her acting partner following his death. In a touching tribute that Heinle shared on Instagram, the soap star posted a quote from Miller from something he shared with her about his childhood. “My favorite thing growing up was hiding out

The Stranger Things writers are back at work and visualizing Season 5 after the WGA reached a fair deal with the studios. Following the production delay of the final season of the Netflix series due to the strike, writers joked about what the show will look like if SAG-AFTRA is not able to reach a

The ladies of the DMV are back as Bravo dropped the latest trailer for The Real Housewives of Potomac Season 8 and the drama is hot. Watch the preview in the video posted above. RHOP editors got creative for the new season with a trailer that looked like an old-time sitcom called “Potomac Proper.” Ashley

EXCLUSIVE: For some writer-producers, the enthusiasm over going back to work this week was dampened by the news that their overall deals, suspended during the WGA strike, are being reinstated but not extended. Nowhere has this been more prevalent than Universal Studio Group, which includes Universal Television and UCP. The company has reinstated all of

“Why is this guy picking a fight with Mickey Mouse?” Bill Maher asked Ron DeSantis tonight of the poll lagging Florida Governor’s ongoing jurisdictional and legal battles with the Walt Disney Company over the last year. “Well, first of all, they picked a fight with us,” a literally suited and cowboy booted DeSantis defensively replied

Heels showrunner Mike O’Malley has weighed in about strike comments made about Stephen Amell, who called the SAG-AFTRA strike “myopic,” “incredibly frustrating” and a “reductive negotiating tactic” earlier this summer. While talking to EW about his desire to find a new home for Heels, the wrestling-and-family drama that was just canceled by Starz, O’Malley was asked to

EXCLUSIVE: The Republican contenders for his old job were debating up at the Reagan Library in Simi Valleylast night, but today Barack Obama was in town seeking more higher ground. The 44th President of the United States was on the westside of LA Thursday for a sit-down at CAA with the agents for his and

Masterpiece is offering a sneak peek of All Creatures Great and Small, which returns January 7, 2024. Season 4 sees Nicholas Ralph reprise his role as young country vet James Herriot, now happily married to Helen Herriot, played by Rachel Shenton (For Her Sins). Samuel West (Slow Horses) returns as James’ capricious and erratic mentor

NBC didn’t want Jimmy Fallon to host Late Night at first. The Saturday Night Live alum revealed during a recent Strike Force Five podcast episode that Lorne Michaels helped him land the job, which he held from from 2009 until 2014, Fallon was exploring a film career when Michaels threw out the prospects of hosting

Late-night is back. The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel Live! are also returning on Monday. Last Week Tonight with John Oliver returns on Sunday. It comes as The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and Late Night with Seth Meyers also return on Monday. It marks the first time that the late-night shows

(Updated with more deal details) After almost five months, the Writers Guild’s strike will be officially over at 12:01 am PT Wednesday. “Today, your Negotiating Committee, the WGAW Board and WGAE Council all voted unanimously to recommend the agreement,” the guild said today of tentative agreement worked out with the studios and streamers on Sunday.

Apple TV+ has conjured up The Enfield Poltergeist, a four-part documentary that revisits the supposedly real-life haunting of a family in ’70s London. The doc relies on more than 250 hours of audio archive to help recreate the infamous events in Enfield that went on to inspire The Conjuring 2. It will drop Oct. 27

On the most recent episode of Mark Maron’s WTF podcast, Chevy Chase again addressed his departure from and, more obliquely, his feud with show creator Dan Harmon. “I honestly felt the show wasn’t funny enough for me, ultimately. I felt a little bit constrained,” he said. “Everybody had their bits, and I thought they were

Anne de Galard and Eric Garnet’s Paris-based animation company, GO-N Productions, has been acquired by Pascal Breton and Lionel Uzan’s fast-growing Federation Studios (formerly known as Federation Entertainment).  Established in 2004, GO-N’s credits include such series as Simon Super Rabbit, Lou!, Zip Zip and Tootuff. The company is hot off being named Producer of the Year