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It’s common for every filmmaker to yearn for freedom when it comes to their creative endeavors, which can often contribute to some of the most authentic works the medium has to offer. Although such creative freedom is unheard of when it comes to traditional TV networks, which often impose a bunch of restrictions for the showrunners, this isn’t the case for streaming services.

As a result, Chuck Lorre, arguably one of the most renowned figures in the realm of sitcoms, was thrilled to work with the Netflix-driven Disjointed.

Chuck Lorre had no rules to adhere to with Disjointed Disjointed | Credit: Netflix

Unlike traditional TV outlets, Netflix grants filmmakers excessive creative control over their projects. This has been one of the key factors why many talented figures in showbiz often opt to join the streaming service, which is notable for pushing the ideas that would not have seen the light of day otherwise.

Kathy Bates recently told a relatable story to Jesse Tyler Ferguson (Modern Family) on his Dinner's On Me podcast (via TheWrap) when both she and fellow Oscar winner Meryl Streep lost the Best Supporting Actress Oscar to Catherine Zeta-Jones in 2003: They drowned their sorrows with vodka at the bar.

“It was a very Joan Crawford-Bette Davis moment. She slammed her evening bag down on the bar and said, ‘I’m having a vodka, straight, neat,’ and I slammed my evening bag down, I said, ‘I’m having what she’s having,’ and we tossed it. It was a moment.”

Zeta-Jones won the Oscar for Chicago, playing Velma Kelly. The film also won Oscars for Best Picture, Best Sound, Best Art Direction, and Best Film Editing. Meanwhile, Bates was nominated for her role as Roberta Hertzel in About Schmidt, a film that features Jack Nicholson playing completely against type. Streep...

Chuck Lorre is best known for his sitcoms like The Big Bang Theory, Two and a Half Men, Mom, and The Kominsky Method. Known as the king of sitcoms, Lorre seemed to have cracked the code when it came to multi-cam comedies, with shows like Tbbt becoming staples of pop culture.

However, he seemed to have misfired with Netflix’s Disjointed. The Kathy Bates starrer followed a marijuana advocate and the employees in her cannabis store. While the reviews were middling at best, the show was known for its edgy humor, with one episode talking about the Illuminati conspiracy. It was canceled after one season.

Did Chuck Lorre’s Disjointed Get Canceled Due To The Illuminati Joke? Kathy Bates in Disjointed | Credits: Netflix

Any video-sharing platform has thousands of videos talking about popular conspiracy theories such as the allegedly faked moon landing, alien invasions, shadow governments ruling the world, and many more.

Spoilers ahead for Matlock season 1.

Kathy Bates' Matlock series is a massive hit, and the show has a secret recipe for success. Just two episodes into Matlock season 1, the legal procedural series is the first TV show of the 2024-2025 cycle to garner renewal for the next season. The series debuted with a sneak peek ahead of CBS premiere week, amassing 7.7 million viewers. In five years, the Matlock pilot had the highest ratings for a non-Superbowl premiere after Matlock received a rare 100% Rotten Tomatoes score.

Jennie Snyder Urman's Matlock put a fresh spin on the original series, one of the greatest procedural TV shows ever. In light of Matlock's brilliant and refreshing plot twist, revealing Bates as Madeline Kingston, the Misery actor's show has the chops to compete with its predecessor. That said, many elements of the Matlock reboot make the procedural fresh and exciting, creating arguably the best...

Just months after “Young Sheldon” aired its series finale, favorites Georgie and Mandy are back for yet another spinoff.

Titled “Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage,” the new CBS sitcom will see Montana Jordan and Emily Osment reprise their “Young Sheldon” roles as Georgie and Mandy, respectively, as the young couple navigates marriage and parenting.

This time, Georgie and Mandy have packed their bags and headed to live with Mandy’s parents, played by Will Sasso and Rachel Bay Jones, who have both appeared in “Young Sheldon.” They will also be joined by some newcomers to the “Big Bang Theory” universe.

For the full breakdown on which “Young Sheldon” characters will be returning — and where you’ve seen them before — keep on reading.

Montana Jordan as Georgie in “Georgie and Mandy’s First Marriage” (Troy Harvey / 2024 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.)

Montana Jordan as Georgie

Montana Jordan stars as Georgie Cooper, reprising his...

Reba McEntire's new NBC comedy Happy's Place has cast her onscreen daughter. The show, which will premiere on October 18, will center on McEntire's character, Bobbie, as she navigates some surprising family dynamics. Bobbie's life is thrown for a loop when she learns that, not only has she inherited her late father's bar, but she has a half-sister in her 20s (Belissa Escobedo). This project marks McEntire's return to leading her own series following her eponymous sitcom Reba and ABC's Malibu Country.

According to TVLine, Elizabeth Alderfer, known for her work in shows such as A.P. Bio, Disjointed, and United States of Al, will play Gracie, Bobbie's daughter. Gracie is described as a confident and no-nonsense woman, and she will first appear midway through season 1. It's said Gracie is in the military and, when she first appears, she is returning from overseas to surprise her mother. However, the news of her new,...

Oscar-winning actress Kathy Bates has made no secret that portraying shrewd defense lawyer Matlock will be the final role of her decorated 55-year Hollywood career. The iconic Misery actor stars as Madeline "Matty" Matlock in the rebooted legal drama, which premiered on CBS on September 22, 2024. Although assuming the mantle left behind by Andy Griffith in the original Matlock is no easy feat, Bates stands to make TV history for the first time since 2015 if all goes to plan.

Should Bates win a probabilistic Emmy Award for her acting swan song, she will become the first woman to win a Best Leading Actress honor for a network production in 10 years. It would be an ideal way to bid a fond farewell to one of history's most diversely talented acting careers, reminding old and new fans that Bates can handle comedy and drama with the best of them. Here's how Kathy Bates...

Happy’s Place has enlisted a familiar sitcom face to play Reba McEntire’s new TV daughter.

TVLine can exclusively confirm that Elizabeth Alderfer — best known to audiences for her starring role as Lizzie on CBS’ United States of Al — has been cast as Gracie, daughter of McEntire’s Bobbie. She’ll first appear midway through Season 1.

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Kathy Bates has announced her plans following the end of her upcoming CBS series Matlock. The actress intends to retire from acting, putting an end to a career spanning decades. Notably, she also revealed how the show changed her earlier retirement plans.

The Series Will Be The Last For Bates

The 2024 legal drama is a gender-flipped reboot of the 1986 series of the same name. The earlier series saw Andy Griffith play the title character, criminal defense attorney Ben Matlock. At the time, the series was heavily credited with bringing Griffith back into the spotlight.

Bates will step into the role of the new title character, Madeline Matlock, who rejoins the workforce at a prestigious legal firm, using her own set of skills. As seen in a series trailer, Bates’ Matlock can easily convince a man she’s just met that she’s his own aunt within moments of meeting him.

Despite telling the New York Times that CBS’ Matlock is her last dance, Kathy Bates told Deadline tonight on the Emmys red carpet that she will “never” retire.

Clarifying the headlines out there, she told Rosy Cordero tonight, “I was thinking about maybe going into semi-retirement until I got Jennie Urman’s script for Matlock,” said Bates.

“I read it and said ‘Oh, yeah, baby, I gotta do this. It’s amazing.’ It’s not just an episodic, there’s an over-arching mystery that goes through the series. Big twist at the end of the pilot,” adds the Misery Oscar winning Best Actress.

Bates had told the New York Times that she had planned on retiring after a movie shoot went south.

“It becomes my life,” she told the Nyt of her commitment to her on-screen alter egos and getting projects off the ground, “Sometimes I get jealous of having this talent.

Kathy Bates was ready to retire before starring on the new CBS series Matlock.

In an interview with the New York Times, published Sunday, the Oscar winner shared that after a movie shoot had “soured” — she wouldn’t name the film — she was crying at home on her sofa before telling her agents the next day that she wanted to retire.

“It becomes my life,” the 76-year-old said of acting and work. “Sometimes I get jealous of having this talent. Because I can’t hold it back, and I just want my life.”

A few weeks later, her agents sent her a script for the rebooted series Matlock. The original ran from 1986 to 1995 and starred Andy Griffith as Benjamin Matlock. The now rebooted series will chronicle Bates’ character, attorney Madeline “Matty” Matlock, rejoining the law workforce as a senior and racking up courtroom wins. The story intrigued Bates, which Rolling Stone...

Career, closed.

Actress Kathy Bates says she will retire from acting at the conclusion of her CBS legal procedural, “Matlock,” a reboot of the 1986-1995 courtroom drama series staring Andy Griffith in the title role.

“This is my last dance,” the Oscar and Emmy-winning star, age 76, told the New York Times.

Now Bates is the eponymous attorney in the modern-day gender-swapped show. “Matlock” has not even launched yet — it is set to debut on CBS on September 22 and will follow on streamer Paramount+.

Bates recently appeared in films “The Great Lillian Hall,” “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret,” and “A Family Affair.”

“Everything I’ve prayed for, worked for, clawed my way up for, I am suddenly able to be asked to use all of it,” Bates said of working on “Matlock” at this point in her career. “And it’s exhausting.”

She added of her 50-plus years of stardom,...

Kathy Bates is ready to roll the credits on her decades-long acting career.

In an interview published in the New York Times on Sunday, Bates reveals she will retire after CBS’ upcoming legal drama Matlock comes to an end. “This is my last dance,” she said.

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In fact, the Oscar- and Emmy-winning actress says she was ready to retire after an unnamed movie shoot went badly.

After five decades in Hollywood, Oscar- and Emmy-winning actress Kathy Bates says she is ready to yell cut. The esteemed performer will put away her scripts following CBS’ reboot of Matlock, premiering Sept. 22 and later dropping on Paramount+.

“This is my last dance,” she told the New York Times simply in a new interview published Sunday.

In fact, Bates revealed that she was ready to retire earlier, after a film shoot had soured for her (she did not specify the production) late last year. However, in January 2024, her agents sent her the script for the procedural, the premise of which — a reimagining on the classic legal TV drama, featuring a septuagenarian righting wrongs — intrigued the actress as a person who has faced injustice earlier in her career, she said.

“Everything I’ve prayed for, worked for, clawed my way up for, I am suddenly able to be asked to use all of it,...

The Matlock cast of characters includes a captivating group of actors capable of reviving Andy Griffith's 1980s and '90s legal courtroom drama, one of the best procedural TV shows ever. Griffith's series utilized his folksy exterior to mask his sharp legal mind, and Bates' reboot will adopt the same premise. Kathy Bates will star in the series as Madeline "Matty" Matlock, a retired lawyer who returns to practicing law to support her family. Bates has held leading roles in TV series like Netflix's stoner comedy Disjointed and NBC's Harry's Law, but the Matlock reboot is remarkable.

Kathy Bates said she "had one foot out the door," believing she could land something like Matlock at her age in a Conversations Between Stars interview with CBS ahead of the Matlock series premiere. In that way, the septuagenarian identifies with a significant theme of the Matlock reboot: that...

“Citadel” Season 2 at Amazon Prime Video has added a trio of recurring cast members.

Variety has learned exclusively that Merle Dandridge, Rahul Kohli, and Michael Trucco will all appear in the new season of the spy thriller series. They will appear opposite returning stars Richard Madden and Priyanka Chopra-Jonas and returning cast member Stanley Tucci. Recently announced new cast members for the second season include Jack Reynor, Matt Berry, and Gabriel Leone.

“The second season will build on the intense action and complex characters introduced in the first season, promising even more thrilling twists and intrigue,” said “Citadel” executive producer and chief creative officer of series producer Agbo Angela Russo-Otstot. “Also, the recently announced ‘Citadel: Diana’ and ‘Citadel: Honey Bunny,’ from Italy and India respectively, further expand the storytelling and scope born from the world of ‘Citadel.’”

Dandridge recently appeared in the smash hit HBO series “The Last of Us,...

Connor's recasting in Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage hints at a bigger role and shift towards Mandy's family dynamics. Dougie Baldwin's experience and unique qualities make him a fitting choice to portray Connor in the spinoff series. Balancing the focus on Georgie & Mandy with appearances from other Young Sheldon characters is crucial for the success of the spinoff.

The news that Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage is recasting a supporting star from Young Sheldon is not as shocking as it initially seemed. Young Sheldon's ending left plot holes open thanks to the knotty, contradictory canon of the spinoff and its predecessor, The Big Bang Theory. However, at least one of these unanswered questions was kept unresolved on purpose. Viewers may have been frustrated when Meemaws character change was unexplained and Dales fate wasnt specified, but there is a good reason that Young Sheldons ending never clarified why the marriage between...

Fans of Young Sheldon, cue in for a delightful update on the highly anticipated spin-off series, Georgie & Mandys First Marriage. After CBS announced that they would be expanding The Big Bang Theory universe with a series that would focus solely on Georgie and Mandy, speculations about the casting led to a significant buzz. And in one of the latest developments, it has been announced that Dougie Baldwin will step into the role of Mandys sibling, Conner, and be a series regular. The character was introduced in the sixth season of Young Sheldon and was originally portrayed by Joseph Apollonio.

The Australian actor is known for his versatility, but he first caught everybodys attention in the Netflix comedy series Disjointed. He played the quirky Pete, an in-house cannabis grower. Baldwin was a supporting character, but he left an indelible mark on the show. Now, as he prepares to play Conner, we...

New casting information has been revealed for Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage, the sequel series to Young Sheldon. It includes the recasting of a minor character from Young Sheldon.

Per TVLine, actor Dougie Baldwin (Disjointed) has been cast in a series regular role as Connor, the brother of Emily Osment's Mandy. The character was previously featured in a Season 6 episode of Young Sheldon with Joseph Apollonio in the role. Now serving as a main character, Connor is described as a "talented oddball with musical prowess who still lives with his parents. Coddled by his mother, Audrey, and hassled by his father, Jim, Connor doesnt fit in even in his own family.

Related Young Sheldon Star Trying to Get Older Georgie Actor Onto Upcoming Spinoff

Emily Osment says she's trying to get older Georgie Cooper actor Jerry O'Connell involved with Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage.

Also joining the cast for the spinoff...

Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage has cast two new stars. The show will feature Jessie Prez as Georgie's coworker Ruben. Dougie Baldwin has replaced Joseph Apollonio as Mandy's younger brother.

Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage has cast two more major characters. The sitcom, which follows the early days of the marriage between new parents Georgie Cooper (Montana Jordan) and Mandy McAllister (Emily Osment) is a sequel to Young Sheldon, which itself was a prequel to the long-running comedy The Big Bang Theory. The ensemble cast of the upcoming Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage already includes Rachel Bay Jones and Will Sasso as Mandy's parents. It is also set to feature cameos from Young Sheldon stars Annie Potts, Raegan Revord, and Zoe Perry.

Per Deadline, Jessie Prez and Dougie Baldwin have both joined the Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage cast as series regulars. Prez will be playing Ruben, an employee at the tire store run...

CBS’ Young Sheldon spinoff Georgie and Mandy’s First Marriage has cast Jessie Prez and Dougie Baldwin in series regular roles.

The series follows Georgie (Montana Jordan) and Mandy (Emily Osment) as they raise their young family in Texas while navigating the challenges of adulthood, parenting and marriage.

Prez is Ruben, a long-time employee at McAllister’s tire store who’s less than enthusiastic about the shop’s newest hire, Jim’s son-in-law, Georgie. Baldwin is Connor McAllister, Mandy’s younger brother, a talented oddball with musical prowess who still lives with his parents. Coddled by his mother, Audrey (Rachel Bay Jones), and hassled by his father, Jim (Will Sasso), Connor doesn’t fit in even in his own family.

Chuck Lorre, Steven Molaro and Steve Holland will serve as executive producers of the series, from Chuck Lorre Productions, Inc. in association with Warner Bros. Television.

Prez began his acting...

Mandy McAllister’s younger brother will look a little different when he resurfaces on Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage.

The Young Sheldon spinoff has cast Dougie Baldwin (Disjointed) in the series-regular role of Connor, TVLine has learned. He succeeds Joseph Apollonio, who originated the role of Mandy’s sib in a Season 6 episode of the Big Bang Theory prequel.

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So, you wanna be a player, but your wheels still aren’t fly? It’s time to hit up Resurrected Rides, an upcomingmotor makeover series from the original producers of Pimp My Ride.

Resurrected Rides fuses the early-aughts magic of the beloved MTV series with modern automotive artistry to help deserving owners transform their beloved beaters into roadworthy masterpieces. Comedian and actor Chris Redd, along with his team of next-level mechanics, will oversee the jaw-dropping modifications from start to finish.

“We took an iconic concept and gave it a fresh twist, all while helping people along the way,” Redd tells Tudum. “Plus, we got to roast, prank, and even ‘steal’ folks’ cars on a show budget! This show truly has it all!”

“This is an aspirational and wish-fulfillment show with a comedic lens, and we’re excited to give deserving folks a mind-blowing automotive makeover,” says executive producer Ari...

“Pimp My Ride” is back … sort of. Actor and comedian Chris Redd is set to host Netflix’s new motor makeover series “Resurrected Rides,” which will premiere on July 24. The series will feature eight 40-minute episodes.

Rick Hurvitz, who co-created “Pimp My Ride,” which aired on MTV from 2004 to 2007, serves as an executive producer on the series, along with Brandon Killion, Ari Shofet and Mike Odair.

Per the official logline, “Resurrected Rides” is “an entirely new motor makeover series for the modern age,” with Redd and his team of mechanics helping “deserving owners transform their beloved beaters into roadworthy masterpieces.”

“We took the spirit and knowledge from the original and reimagined it with a hilarious host, brand new cast, plus the eye-popping technology and culture of today,” says Hurvitz. Shofet adds, “This is an aspirational and wish-fulfillment show with a comedic lens, and we’re excited to give deserving folks a mind-blowing automotive makeover.

Thirteen-time Emmy winner David Javerbaum has signed with Paradigm for representation.

Javerbaum spent 11 years at “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart” as a writer (1999-2002), head writer (2003-2006) and executive producer (2007-2010). During that time, he won 11 Emmys and two Peabody Awards.

Javerbaum is the co-ep of the “Beavis and Butt-Head” revival, which aired its first two seasons on Paramount+ but is moving to Comedy Central for its forthcoming third season. He is also the co-creator of Netflix’s sitcom “Disjointed” with Chuck Lorre.

Elsewhere on TV, Javerbaum was also a consulting producer for “The Late Late Show With James Corden” from 2015 to 2023. He also wrote four Tony Awards opening numbers (two of which went on to win Emmys), including Neil Patrick Harris’ “Not Just for Gays Anymore.”

In the theater world, Javerbaum penned the play “An Act of God,” which ran on Broadway and starred Jim Parsons in 2015 and...

Leanne Morgan is set to star in a multi-cam comedy series at Netflix that boasts Chuck Lorre as one of its co-creators, Variety has learned.

Morgan co-created the series with Lorre and Susan McMartin. Netflix has given the untitled show a 16-episode order, while also commissioning two more stand up specials from Morgan. That will mark her second and third specials at the streamer following 2023’s “I’m Every Woman.”

“I’ve dreamed of this since childhood, and I can’t believe it has come true! When I started comedy 25 years ago, my goal was to be a part of a sitcom,” Morgan said. “It just goes to show you it’s never too late, and dreams do come true. I’m a grandmama from Tennessee, and now I have a TV show with Chuck Lorre and Netflix. What in the world!?”

The official logline for the series states, “Leanne...

Netflix is investing in Leanne Morgan.

The streamer has handed out a 16-episode, straight-to-series order for an untitled multicamera comedy starring the stand-up comedian. Comedy kingpin Chuck Lorre (Big Bang Theory, Two and a Half Men) co-created the series alongside Morgan and Susan McMartin.

Netflix says the untitled comedy revolves around Leanne, whose life “takes an unexpected turn when her husband of 33 years leaves her for another woman. Starting over when you’re a grandmother and in menopause isn’t exactly what she had in mind, but with the help of her family she will navigate this new chapter with grace, dignity and Jell-o salad.”

Morgan broke out thanks in large part to her 2023 Netflix stand-up special I’m Every Woman, which reached the top 10 comedy specials on the streamer. The Tennessee native has been in the comedy industry for 25 years and started out playing local comedy clubs before rising...

Leanne Morgan’s current tour is called Just Getting Started, and the 58-year-old comedian is living up to that with a comedy series and two more specials at Netflix. The streamer has given a 16-episode order to an untitled multi-cam sitcom, headlined by Morgan in her TV acting debut and executive produced by top comedy showrunner Chuck Lorre. Additionally, Netflix has picked up two more stand-up specials from Morgan following the success of her first one, the 2023 Leanne Morgan: I’m Every Woman.

Co-created by Morgan, Lorre and Susan McMartin, the Untitled Leanne Morgan Project will follow Leanne whose life is upended when her husband of 33 years leaves her for another woman. Starting over when you’re a grandmother and in menopause isn’t exactly what she had in mind, but with the help of her family, she will navigate this new chapter with grace, dignity and jello salad.

Prepare to see “Fallout” like you’ve never seen it before. Amazon Prime Video’s latest series may be based on the bestselling video games of the same name, but with new characters and mysteries, it’s sure to surprise even diehard fans.

Set in an alternate version of Earth, the series takes place in the same desolate world as the original games. After advances in nuclear technology following World War II led to the emergence of a retrofuturistic society, an apocalyptic nuclear exchange wiped out Earth as the people of 2077 knew it. Those who could afford it hid in their Vault-Tec vaults. As for the rest of humanity, they were forced to confront the horrors of this new world head on. Now over 200 years after that war, one young Vault Dweller will risk it all and travel to the surface.

Wondering which antihero to root for in this sci-fi dramedy?...

Prime Video’s Fallout has been receiving largely positive reviews, along with critical praise for the performances in the series. Aaron Morten is one such face that the audience familiarized through the series. The actor plays the role of Maximus, an ally to Ella Purnell’s Lucy, in the series. Fans believe that Aaron Morten closely resembles disgraced actor Jonathan Majors and that he could replace Majors as the MCU’s Kang.

Aaron Morten in Prime Video’s Fallout

Disney fired Kang actor Majors following his guilty conviction on misdemeanor assault and harassment charges filed by his ex-girlfriend, Grace Jabbari. Marvel is looking to recast the role, with Colman Domingo and Jon Boyega being some of the names thrown around for the role.

Marvel Fans Have Found Their Kang Replacement In Fallout Star Aaron Morten

Fallout star Aaron Morten is fans’ new pick to replace Jonathan Majors’ Kang

Fallout is...

Amazon Prime Video’s adaptation of Bethesda’s Fallout video game series is proving to be a raging hit with fans and critics. It has been lauded with praise for its acting, action set pieces, and faithfulness to the source material. The series features Aaron Moten as Maximus, a squire of the Brotherhood of Steel.

Aaron Moten as Maximus in Fallout

However, unlike most actors who embark on the quest to tackle a live-action video game adaptation, Moten did not rely on playing the Fallout games to learn more about the source material. Instead, the actor opted for an alternative method that helped him prepare for his role. Here is what Aaron Moten revealed about his preparation for his role in Fallout.

Aaron Moten Reveals The Reason He Did Not Play the Games Before Fallout Role

Actor Aaron Moten made a name for himself with roles in shows such as Disjointed and Next.

Prime Video’s “Fallout,” inspired by the video game series, is launching an awards campaign ahead of this year’s Emmys, with the streamer eyeing nominations for outstanding drama series among others. Variety has exclusively learned the Emmy campaign strategies for its main actors: Walton Goggins, Ella Purnell and Aaron Moten.

Goggins, portraying the mutated gunslinger Cooper Howard, aka The Ghoul, and Purnell, playing young Vault Dweller Lucy, are both in the running for lead acting categories. Moten, who plays Maximus, the Brotherhood of Steel’s squire, aims for a supporting actor nod.

Set in an alternate history post-apocalyptic Earth, “Fallout” depicts the lives of survivors in Vaults, designed to preserve humanity following nuclear catastrophe. More than two centuries later, a young woman Lucy emerges from Vault 33 to explore a devastated Los Angeles.

Read: All Primetime Emmy predictions in every category on Variety’s Awards Circuit.

Ella Purnell (Lucy)

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The nuclear apocalypse is starting early: Prime Video’s Fallout will now debut this Wednesday, April 10 at 9 pm Et/6 pm Pt with all eight episodes, the streamer announced on Monday. (The TV adaptation of the hit video game franchise was originally slated to debut on Thursday.)

The news was revealed in an ad that aired during the NCAA men’s college basketball championship game. Plus, series star Walton Goggins, who plays the irradiated survivor known as The Ghoul, invited fans to watch the series early in a video posted to social media.

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Ex-cons speaking out and telling their stories seems to be a hot trend on TV these days. Just look at Gypsy Rose Blanchard, whose backstory is surely to become a big-budget feature film in the years to come. On that note, there are a number of exciting feature films coming to Peacock in February, one of which is based on the writings of Quawntay "Bosco" Adams, a real-life ex-con who escaped from prison, was caught and returned to his cell, and has since served his time and shares his story with the world as a free man. Sure, Bosco has a more contained, "TV movie" vibe to it, but it's a gripping prison journey that reignites the cinematic subgenre thanks to veterans like Tyrese Gibson, Thomas Jane, and Vivica A. Fox returning to action to grace the screen.

Disjointed Narrative Fueled With Rage

Bosco Release DateFebruary 2, 2024DirectorNicholas Manuel PinoCastVivica A.

In a world replete with quick-spreading disinformation and the subsequent, dangerous proliferation of kooky conspiracy theories, the 2021 animated series "Inside Job" — created by Shion Takeuchi (a writer on "Gravity Falls" and "Disenchantment") — was perfectly timed. "Inside Job" posited that every single conspiracy theory you've ever heard — whether it be Reptilians, JFK, the Mandela effect, the flat Earth, or the faked moon landing — were all 100 percent real. Clones were out there, severed heads were being kept alive in labs, and aliens regularly visited Earth. Just like in "The X-Files," ordinary citizens weren't allowed access to this knowledge.

Earth's conspiracies were overseen by a mysterious underground organization called Cognito, Inc., one of six major shadow governments secretly in charge of the world. The other five were the Catholic Church, the Illuminati, Atlantis, the Reptoids, and the Juggalos (tee hee). The central joke of "Inside Job" was that Cognito, Inc. was staffed by flawed,...

The Netflix show Survival of the Thickest includes an all-star cast of comedians and actors. The series follows Mavis Beaumont, a stylist who discovers her long-time boyfriend has been cheating on her. Mavis must begin her dating life again as a single, black, fat woman in New York City. Additionally, her career booms when she gets a client that goes viral. Over the course of the series, Mavis deals with both insecurity and confidence. By the end of season 1, she becomes more secure in her professional abilities and personal desires.

The story is based on a book of essays titled Survival of the Thickest by Michelle Buteau. Buteau serves as a co-creator, executive producer, writer, and actor on the show. In casting the show, Buteau pushed for the inclusivity that she never saw as a child (via NPR). This meant casting queer, black, and fat actors. When talking to Decider,...

Matlock is getting a brand-new reboot at CBS, with Kathy Bates set for the gender-swapped lead role. The original Matlock originally ran on NBC from 1986 to 1992 before moving to ABC until it went off the air in 1995, overall running for a total of 193 episodes plus a feature-length pilot. The series followed Andy Griffith as Ben Matlock, a skilled attorney who hides his cutthroat nature behind a folksy exterior.

Per The Hollywood Reporter, Jane the Virgin creator Jennie Snyder Urman is developing a reboot of Matlock that has received a pilot order. The series will star Bates in the Griffith role, with the character now renamed Madeline Matlock. The premise will be similar, with Matlock - a former Da who is now in her 70s - un-retiring and coming to a prestigious law firm where she conquers a variety of cases using her supposed guilelessness to her advantage.

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Matlock is coming back to TV… but she’ll look a little different this time. (Yes, we said “she.”)

Oscar winner Kathy Bates will play the title character in a new version of Matlock, which has earned a pilot order at CBS, TVLine has learned. Andy Griffith starred as the folksy lawyer on the original Matlock, which ran for six seasons on NBC and then another three seasons on ABC.

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Apple Original Films has released a full trailer for Emancipation, which stars Will Smith, was directed by Antoine Fuqua (Training Day) and will premiere on Apple TV+ on Dec. 9, a week after its theatrical debut.

Penned by William N. Collage and inspired by the 1863 photos of “Whipped Peter,” taken during a Union Army medical examination and published in Harper’s Weekly, Emancipation tells the triumphant story of Peter (played by Smith), a man who escapes from slavery by relying on his wits, unwavering faith and deep love for his family, and then embarks on a quest for freedom.

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HBO Max has given a straight-to-series order to a new comedy series from Chuck Lorre and Nick Bakay with Sebastian Maniscalco set for the lead role, Variety has learned.

The single-camera show is titled “How to Be a Bookie.” HBO Max has given it an eight-episode order. Per the official logline, “A veteran bookie (Maniscalco) struggles to survive the impending legalization of sports gambling, increasingly unstable clients, family, co-workers, and a lifestyle that bounces him around every corner of Los Angeles, high and low.”

Lorre and Bakay serve as co-writers and executive producers on the show. Maniscalco will executive produce in addition to starring, with Judi Marmel also executive producing. Warner Bros. Television is the studio. Chuck Lorre productions is currently under an overall deal at Wbtv. The show marks Lorre’s first series at HBO Max.

“It’s an absolute dream to work with Sebastian Maniscalco — whom I’ve...

HBO Max has given an eight-episode straight-to-series order to How To Be a Bookie, the first comedy for the streamer from one of Warner Bros. Television’s top showrunners, Chuck Lorre, co-creator/exec producer of HBO Max’s most watched off-network series, The Big Bang Theory. Actor-comedian Sebastian Maniscalco (The Irishman) is set to star in the single-camera series, which Lorre is co-writing with one of his close associates over the past decade, Nick Bakay. It is comedy king Lorre’s first sale since the start of the pandemic.

In How To Be a Bookie, a veteran bookie (Maniscalco) struggles to survive the impending legalization of sports gambling, increasingly unstable clients, family, co-workers, and a lifestyle that bounces him around every corner of Los Angeles, high and low.

“It’s an absolute dream to work with Sebastian Maniscalco — whom I’ve been a fan of for years,” Lorre said. “To...

Exclusive: Netflix’s Michelle Buteau comedy series Survival of the Thickest is adding to its team.

Tone Bell, who starred in Netflix’s multi-cam comedy Disjointed, is to star alongside Buteau in the series with Tasha Smith, who starred in Boston Common and has appeared in Empire, recurring in the series.

Linda Mendoza, who has directed episodes of Never Have I Ever, 30 Rock and Girs5Eva, will direct the first two episodes of the series.

The series stars Buteau as Mavis Beaumont, Black, plus-size and newly single, but not by her choice. Mavis unexpectedly finds herself having to rebuild her life as a struggling stylist. She’s determined to not only survive but thrive with the support of her chosen family, a body positive attitude, and a cute v-neck with some lip gloss.

Bell will play Khalil, Mavis’s bestie and first phone call since high school. He’s...

The “Fallout” TV series adaptation at Amazon has added Kyle MacLachlan, Xelia Mendes-Jones, and Aaron Moten to its cast as series regulars, Variety has learned exclusively.

The trio join previously announced cast members Ella Purnell and Walton Goggins in the series version of the popular video game franchise. As with past casting announcements, exact details on who the new additions will be playing are being kept under wraps.

Like the video games on which it is based, the “Fallout” series is set in a world where the future envisioned by Americans in the late 1940s explodes upon itself through a nuclear war in 2077.

MacLachlan is an iconic actor of the big and small screen, known for his work with David Lynch in projects like “Twin Peaks” (both the original and the Showtime revival), “Dune,” and “Blue Velvet.” On TV, he is also known for playing the mayor of Portland in...

Big news for “Ghostbusters” fans: the franchise is in development on an animated film, and the sequel to “Afterlife” is returning to the original films’ home of New York City.

Several announcements were delivered by Sony Pictures and Ghost Corps’ Jason Reitman and Gil Kenan as part of Ghostbusters Day, the annual celebration of the first “Ghostbusters” film’s release on June 8, 1984. The new animated film is based on “Ghosbusters” IP and being developed by Jason Reitman and Kenan along with Sony Pictures Animation. Chris Prynoski and Jennifer Kluska (“Hotel Transylvania: Transformania”) are set to direct, with Brenda Hsueh on board to write.

During the presentation, Jason Reitman and Kenan also confirmed that the sequel to 2021’s “Ghostbusters: Afterlife” will return to New York City and the iconic Firehouse setting of the original films.

Other news includes the unveiling of Ivan Reitman Way on the Sony Pictures lot in Culver City,...

CBS is seceding from the United States of Al. The Eye network has cancelled the Chuck Lorre comedy after two seasons, TVLine has confirmed.

Hammocked between CBS’ top two sitcoms (Young Sheldon and Ghosts) on Thursday nights, Al‘s sophomore run has been averaging 5.9 million total weekly viewers and a 0.6 demo rating (with Live+7 playback), steady in audience and down just a tick in the demo from its Season 1 tallies. Out of the seven sitcoms CBS has aired this TV season, it ranks fifth in audience (ahead of B Positive and How We Roll) and ties for No. 5 in the demo.

Exclusive: Antoine Fuqua’s Apple thriller Emancipation has rounded out its cast, with Steven Ogg, Grant Harvey, Ronnie Gene Blevins, Jayson Warner Smith, Jabbar Lewis, Michael Luwoye and Aaron Moten signing on.

The actors join an ensemble led by Will Smith, which also features Ben Foster, Charmaine Bingwa, Gilbert Owuor and Mustafa Shakir, as previously announced.

The Apple Original Film currently in production in New Orleans tells the story of Peter (Smith), a man who escapes from slavery—relying on his wits, unwavering faith and deep love for his family to evade cold-blooded hunters and the unforgiving swamps of Louisiana on his quest for freedom. The film is inspired by the 1863 photos of “Whipped Peter,...

Exclusive: Fox is developing How To Be Human, a multi-camera comedy from writer Brenda Hsueh (Disjointed) and Party Over Here, the production company founded by The Lonely Island’s Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone.

Written by Hsueh, How To Be Human revolves around Eve, a robot becoming sentient who breaks free from her lab so she can learn how to be human by living among them. But when she tries to convince three housemates to let her live with them, she realizes it’s not going to be so easy.

Hsueh and Yvonne Cheng executive produce via their Shoes Off Productions, along with Samberg, Schaffer, Taccone and Ali Bell for Party Over Here. Fox Entertainment is the studio.

Party Over Here produces Hulu’s praised comedy series Pen15 and also is behind the upcoming SNL offshoot series MacGruber for Peacock. The company also recently set single-camera comedy Black Magic...

Steve Levitan is headed to streaming. In the first non-network green light for the Emmy-winning Modern Family co-creator, Hulu has formally picked up comedy pilot Reboot, with Keegan-Michael Key and Johnny Knoxville tapped to star.

In Reboot, created by Levitan and clearly inspired by the recent wave of comedy revivals, when Hulu reboots an early 2000s family sitcom, its dysfunctional cast is forced back together and now must deal with their unresolved issues in today’s fast-changing world.

Levitan co-wrote the pilot script with John Enbom (iZombie). It was based on a story by Levitan. He and Enbom executive produce with Enbom frequent collaborator Danielle Stokdyk. 20th Television, where Levitan is under an overall deal, is the studio.

Levitan is the latest powerhouse broadcast showrunner to branch out into streaming. Sitcom king Chuck Lorre has done it with Disjointed and The Kominsky Method at Netflix; Friends co-creator Marta Kauffman did...

Exclusive: Mona Garcea, a former producer with Chuck Lorre Productions, has joined Melissa Rauch & Winston Rauch’s Warner Bros. Television–based After January Productions as Head of Development and Production.

The appointment comes on the heels of After January landing a pilot order at NBC for a Night Court sequel starring Melissa Rauch and the original series’ John Larroquette. The comedy, written by Dan Rubin, is one of several projects After January has in the works at Wbtv.

Garcea was a coordinating producer on Chuck Lorre Productions’ mega hit The Big Bang Theory, which starred Melissa Rauch. She also served as a coordinating producer on another long-running Chuck Lorre Prods. comedy on CBS, Two and a Half Men, a producer on the company’s CBS comedy series Mike & Molly starring Billy Gardell and Emmy winner Melissa McCarthy, which aired on CBS for six seasons, and its Netflix comedy Disjointed,...

HBO Max is rounding out the cast to Mindy Kaling’s The Sex Lives of College Girls. Sherri Shepherd (Mr. Iglesias), Maya Rose (American Horror Story), Rob Huebel (Medical Police), Nicole Sullivan (MADtv), Conor Donnally (Hooked), Sierra Katow (Last Comic Standing) Mekki Leeper (Control Room) and James Morosini (American Horror Story) are set for recurring roles in the comedy series.

They join Pauline Chalamet, Amrit Kaur, Reneé Rapp, and Alyah Chanelle Scott who star as roommates and students at the prestigious New England Essex College. Series regular cast also includes Midori Francis, Gavin Leatherwood, Christopher Meyer, Ilia Isorelýs Paulino, Lauren “Lolo” Spencer and Renika Williams.

Kaling and showrunner Justin Noble co-wrote the first episode and executive produce with Howard Klein. The series is produced by Kaling International in association with Warner Bros. Television.

Actress and comedienne Shepherd is an Emmy-winning former co-host of ABC’s The View. Shepherd co-stars in...