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The American Society of Cinematographers Awards were handed out Sunday night, with the film prize going to Edward Lachman for Maria.

This is Lachman’s first ASC win. He was previously nominated for Far From Heaven (2003), Mildred Pierce (2011), Carol (2016) and El Conde (2024). He received the ASC’s Lifetime Achievement Award in 2017.

On the TV side, Richard Rutkowski won for Sugar in the episode of a half-hour series category, and Sam Mccurdy won for Shogun in the one-hour regular series category, while the limited or anthology series of motion picture made for television award went to Robert Elswit for Ripley.

The Spotlight Award was awarded to Jomo Fray, cinematographer of Nickel Boys.

The 2025 ASC Career Achievement in Television Award was awarded to Michael Goi, whose credits have included Web Therapy, Glee, American Horror Story and Scream Queens. Pete Romano was honored with the 2025 Curtis Clark ASC Technical Achievement Award for revolutionizing underwater cinematography.

In the two decades since wrapping up his 10-season run as neurotic paleontologist Ross Geller on the beloved NBC sitcom “Friends,” David Schwimmer has branched out across genres and mediums.

Following the series finale of “Friends” in 2004, Schwimmer, unlike his costars, decided to move from Los Angeles back to his native New York City, and briefly stepped away from the spotlight. He has spent the intervening years chasing his own creative pursuits: returning to his first love of theater and conquering the West End and Broadway stages; voicing Melman the giraffe in the “Madagascar” franchise; appearing in some niche indies; and parlaying his experience as an episodic director into helming his own features.

Since becoming a father in 2011, “I’ve really been enjoying being a parent and not really wanting to leave home that much, to be honest with you, so I guess I became a bit pickier in terms...

David Schwimmer and two key creatives behind Goosebumps have discussed the show giving him his first lead horror role. The Disney+ anthology series is inspired by the children's book series of the same name by R. L. Stine and tells a different family-friendly horror story every season. The upcoming Goosebumps season 2, which is subtitled The Vanishing and follows teenage siblings who uncover a dangerous secret hidden in their new home, boasts a brand-new ensemble cast that includes Schwimmer, Ana Ortiz, Sam McCarthy, Jayden Bartels, Elijah M. Cooper, Galilea La Salvia, and Francesca Noel.

ScreenRant had the opportunity to interview Goosebumps showrunner Hilary Winston, co-creator Rob Letterman, and star David Scwhimmer ahead of the new season. Letterman and Winston revealed that they were already thinking of going with a comedy star for the role because "comedy and horror are so linked," but casting the Friends alumnus felt like a long shot.

After several months of negotiations, legacy star Courteney Cox will officially return for the upcoming installment in the Scream franchise, Scream 7. However, the film is more than a year away from its theatrical release, but Max has the perfect replacement.

While fans wait to see what will happen next to Cox's Gale Weathers, the only legacy star to have appeared in all Scream installments so far, Warner Bros. Discovery offered the second-best option. On Jan. 1, Courteney Cox's two-season series Shining Vale premiered on Max. While it's quite different from the famous slasher franchise, Shining Vale is a satirical comedy horror that will keep viewers entertained.

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After the success of Lisa Kudrow's new Netflix series No Good Deed, viewers should watch one of her more underrated movies released in 2007. A dark comedy series, No Good Deed, follows Paul and Lydia Morgan, a married couple who, after falling on hard times, decide to put their house up for sale. Their Los Feliz property quickly catches the attention of three couples who are eager to buy the Morgan house in No Good Deed, but the selling does not run smoothly as secrets surrounding all the families threaten to cause trouble for everybody.

The cast of No Good Deed includes Lisa Kudrow, best known for her roles as Phoebe Buffay in Friends and Fiona Wallice in Web Therapy. Throughout the series, Kudrow's character Lydia displays her reluctance to sell the house and her struggles with the tragic death of her son, Jacob. Kudrow gives a thrillingly dark performance as Lydia throughout the series,...

Time Bandits (2024) on Apple TV+ is a unique fantasy series with a strong cast, honoring the source material from the 1981 film. Lisa Kudrow leads the ensemble cast as Penelope, with Kal-El Tuck playing Kevin, bringing new life to the story. The adaptation allows for expansion of the original plot, with changes and additions that enhance the Time Bandits universe.

The 2024 Apple TV+ show Time Bandits is a fantasy adventure series with a strong ensemble cast that helps make it unique while honoring the source material. The series is based on the 1981 Terry Gilliam Monty Python movie of the same name. Both the series and the film share the same premise and core story. Time Bandits follows an 11-year-old history nerd named Kevin who travels through time with a group of bandits when they accidentally open a portal in his bedroom.

Time Bandits is sometimes underrated as a 1980s fantasy movie.

It’s showtime — literally and figuratively — for season three of Only Murders in the Building. The Emmy-winning series returns to Hulu on Aug. 8 with a whodunit to savor. To be sure, the third season will be remembered as one the show’s best, thanks to a plot that primarily revolves around the death of an actor starring in a theatrical show that Oliver Putnam (Martin Short) is producing.

Toss in several standout performances that swing from campy to tragic by the likes of recurring guest stars Meryl Streep, Paul Rudd, Jesse Williams, and Matthew Broderick, and — we say this lovingly — you don’t want people to stop dying around Charles (Steve Martin), Oliver, and Mabel (Selena Gomez), the best yet most unlikely amateur crime solvers to hit the screen.

Co-creators and writers Steve Martin and John Hoffman hit all the right notes in season three, and the biggest surprise is...

HouseBroken is an animated sitcom for adults about anthropomorphic animals voiced by a cast of actors from well-known movies and TV shows. HouseBroken follows a therapy dog named Honey (voiced by Lisa Kudrow) who examines human owners’ feelings and dysfunctions through the lens of their pets by providing group therapy sessions for animals in her neighborhood. Each animal has to deal with their own neuroses, usually brought on by their relationships with their owners. Honey's group sessions often result in profound and hilarious breakthroughs, and the animals' own feelings as pets are used as a way to look at the tedium of carefree suburban life.

The series premiered on May 31, 2021, with the second season arriving on December 4, 2022. HouseBroken has a 50% critic score on Rotten Tomatoes, and while the dialogue can feel too familiar, the voice acting goes a long way to making it an enjoyable show. HouseBroken is unique in...

It’s a well-known fact that Meryl Streep is the most Oscar-nominated actor of all time, with 21 bids (and three wins) dating as far back as 1978. What many may not realize, however, is that her storied history with the film academy began after she had already clinched an Emmy for her lead performance on the NBC miniseries “Holocaust.” Indeed, she has won as many Emmys as she has Oscars, and she could soon nab at least a fourth TV trophy since her upcoming projects include Apple TV+’s “Extrapolations” and Hulu’s “Only Murders in the Building.”

Before she received her first Emmy, Streep made her small screen debut opposite John Lithgow in a 1977 installment of PBS’s “Great Performances,” entitled “Secret Service.” This was essentially a filmed stage play presented as a two-hour movie. Her first proper telefilm was “The Deadliest Season,” in which she portrayed the wife of...

In 1994, the same year that she began playing the smart and charming Monica Geller on Friends, Courteney Cox appeared in a guest role on Seinfeld. The sitcom sees Jerry Seinfeld portraying a fictionalized version of himself as a comedian in New York City dealing with tiny frustrations alongside Elaine Benes (Julia Louis-Dreyfus), George Costanza (Jason Alexander), and Kramer (Michael Richards). Several other actors known for their comedic talents appeared in single episodes of Seinfeld, including Carol Kane, Megan Mullally, and Lauren Graham.

While she has had small roles on several sitcoms, playing Serena DuVall in three episodes of Web Therapy and Dr. Maddox in three episodes of Scrubs in 2009, Cox's post-Friends career has included a mixture of horror and comedy. The actor has played Pat Phelps in Shining Vale, Gale Weathers in the Scream franchise, and Jules Cobb on Cougar Town. Cox's Seinfeld appearance is as humorous as many of her most well-known characters.

Apple TV+ has announced it will expand its Emmy Award-winning comedy slate with “Time Bandits,” a new 10-episode series co-written, directed and executive produced by Academy and BAFTA Award-winner and Emmy Award-nominee Taika Waititi, and starring an ensemble cast led by Emmy and SAG Award-winner Lisa Kudrow. With the first two episodes directed by Waititi, “Time Bandits” is a comedic journey through time and space with a ragtag group of thieves and their newest recruit: an eleven-year-old history nerd. The series will star: Emmy and SAG Award-winner Lisa Kudrow as ‘Penelope’ Kal-El Tuck as ‘Kevin’ Charlyne Yi as ‘Judy’ Tadhg Murphy as ‘Alto’ Roger Jean Nsengiyumva as ‘Widgit’ Rune Temte as ‘Bittelig’ Kiera Thompson as ‘Saffron’ Rachel House as ‘Fianna’

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Lisa Kudrow has a bunch of new friends!

The Emmy winner has signed on to star in Time Bandits, the forthcoming Apple TV+ comedy from Taika Waititi (What We Do in the Shadows, Reservation Dogs, Our Flag Means Death).

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A reimagining of Terry Gilliam’s 1981 cult fantasy film, the TV adaptation is described as a “comedic journey through time and space with a...

Meg Ryan will direct and star alongside David Duchovny in “What Happens Later,” an “evolved and nostalgic” take on the romantic comedy.

The film is based on the play “Shooting Star” by American playwright Steven Dietz, who also co-wrote the screenplay with playwright and novelist Kirk Lynn, and Ryan. Bleecker Street has snapped up the U.S. rights and is planning a 2023 theatrical release. London-based sales agent HanWay Films has come on board to handle international sales and distribution and will kick off sales at this month’s Cannes Film Festival.

Production will begin later this year in Bentonville, Arkansas.

“What Happens Later” is produced by Independent Spirit Award winners Jonathan Duffy and Kelly Williams through their Ten Acre Films, Independent Spirit Award nominee Laura D. Smith (“I’ll See You In My Dreams”), and Kristin Mann (“The Quarry”). Kerri Elder and Blake Elder of Rockhill Studios are executive producers together...

AARP The Magazine announced on Wednesday that Lily Tomlin will receive this year’s Movies for Grownups Career Achievement Award. Tomlin will be honored at the 20th anniversary special of the annual Movies for Grownups Awards, which will broadcast on March 18 at 9 p.m. Et by Great Performances on PBS.

“I am honored to receive this award from AARP. There are so few grownups in the world. I am happy to be one. I feel I am not only a grownup, but I am mature for my age and that’s the truthhhhh!” the “Grace and Frankie” star said in a written statement.

AARP’s Movies for Grownups program has advocated for the 50-plus audience for two decades, supporting movies for grownups and by grownups while encouraging the film and TV industry to produce content that will resonate with older viewers.

Previous Career Achievement Award honorees include George Clooney, Morgan Freeman,...

Exclusive: Tia Mowry’s Quick Fix is coming to cable television. Urban One’s TV One and sister network Cleo TV have struck a multi-year licensing deal with Kin to bring the digital series to Cleo TV beginning in October.

Under the pact, believed to be in the seven figures, Cleo TV plans to roll out 80 episodes of the hit YouTube digital series, which has accrued more than 3 million subscribers across social platforms.

This is a rare cable syndication deal for a Web series; there have been just a handful of instances when a digital series has made the leap, most notably Lisa Kudrow’s Web Therapy, distributed by Fremantle.

Tia Mowry’s Quick Fix features more than 150 online episodes that help viewers solve life’s little dilemmas fast, from quick ideas for a weeknight meal to beauty tips that get you out the door in a flash. Launched in...

Since Showtime is a pay-for-view cable channel, the execs aren't tied to the ratings like regular commercial channels. However, they still have to run programs that will keep viewers subscribed. Which of their shows will be cancelled or renewed? We'll have to wait and see.

Scripted Showtime shows listed: The Affair, Back to Life, Billions, Black Monday, Californication, The Chi, City on a Hill, Dexter, Dice, Episodes, Escape at Dannemora, Flatbush Misdemeanors, The Good Lord Bird, Happyish, Homeland, House of Lies, I'm Dying Up Here, Kidding, The L Word: Generation Q, Masters of Sex, Moonbase 8, Nurse Jackie, On Becoming a God in Central Florida, Our Cartoon President, Penny Dreadful, Penny Dreadful: City of Angels, Ray Donovan, Roadies, Shameless, Smilf, Twin Peaks, Web Therapy, White Famous, Work In Progress and Your Honor.

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Funnyman Michael McDonald, best known for his hilarious characters on the long-running sketch comedy series “MadTV,” has hung an almost $3 million price tag on a Tuscan-style villa nestled into the Nichols Canyon area of L.A.’s star-studded Hollywood Hills. McDonald, who has more recently appeared the Showtime series “Web Therapy” and Nickelodeon’s animated series “The Loud House,” purchased the home more than 15 years ago for a tad below $2 million.

Listings held by Frank Andriolo at Sotheby’s Intl. Realty show the vine-draped triple-story residence offers four bedrooms and 3.5 bathrooms in close to 2,800 square feet. Wrought iron gates and carved-wood doors open to a small entry courtyard where the light-filled foyer leads to an airy living room. There, a huge stone fireplace and two sets of arched French doors swing open to a slender terrace shaded by a striped awning. Dark-stained hardwood floors extend into the adjoining dining room,...

Exclusive: Emmy winner Dan Bucatinsky has signed with Gersh for acting. The move comes as Bucatinsky, who won a guest actor Emmy for his portrayal of James Novak on ABC’s Scandal, returns to the network as a series regular on comedy series The Baker and the Beauty.

Actor, writer, producer and author Bucatinsky co-starred in the Jennifer Lopez romantic comedy film Second Act and was seen on stage as the lead of the Los Angeles production of Quack at the Kirk Douglas Theatre.

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His other television credits include 24: Legacy, Marry Me, Will & Grace, Superstore, Grey’s Anatomy, Friends, Weeds, Curb Your Enthusiasm as well as HBOs cult hit The Comeback and Showtime’s Web Therapy,...

Could you be any more excited?

The stars of Friends have officially signed on for an unscripted reunion special, which will be exclusive to HBO Max and available at launch, the streaming service and said cast announced on Friday.

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Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer will return to the series’ original soundstage, Stage 24, on the...

Throughout her extraordinary career, Lily Tomlin has received numerous awards, including six Emmys and a recent nomination for her narration on “An Apology to Elephants”; a Tony for each of her one-woman Broadway shows, Appearing Nitely and Jane Wagner’s The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe; a Grammy for her comedy album, This is a Recording; and two Peabody Awards. In 2003, she was the recipient of the prestigious Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.

Tomlin was born in Detroit, Michigan, and rose to national prominence in December 1969 in the cast of the top-rated Laugh-In. Tomlin went on to co-write, with Jane Wagner, and star in six comedy television specials, and has guest starred on numerous television shows, such as Homicide, X-Files, Will and Grace, Murphy Brown, The West Wing, NCIS, and the acclaimed FX series, Damages. She is also heard as the voice of the science teacher Ms.

Exclusive: Lisa Kudrow is set to voice the title character in Therapy Dog, Fox’s animated presentation from writer-producer-actress Sharon Horgan, actress Clea DuVall, writer-producers Jennifer Crittenden & Gabrielle Allan and Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment.

Written by DuVall, Crittenden and Allan, Therapy Dog is about a dog named Honey (Kudrow), a poodle mix with frizzy hair who has studied Carl Jung and loves tummy rubs. She leads group therapy sessions with the neighborhood animals as they work through issues with their owners and one another. At the same time, Honey tries to find joy in her stagnant marriage to a St. Bernard named Chief and becomes tempted by a wild coyote with a dangerous magnetism. SNL alumna Vanessa Bayer previously was attached to voice the character.

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Kudrow has voiceover experience with an arc on Netflix’s BoJack Horseman and a lead role in Fox’s animated presentation Lyle & Caroline last year.

Meryl Streep has not appeared on TV screens since Web Therapy in 2012.

Many were surprised to learn the Oscar-winning actress had joined the cast of Big Little Lies Season 2.

But Streep was so eager to join the cast of the HBO hit that she did so without reading any of the scripts.

The actress is attached to appear opposite the likes of Nicole Kidman and Reese Witherspoon as Mary Louise Wright, the mother of Perry (Alexander Skarsgard).

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Streep has opened up about why she joined the series to The Hollywood Reporter.

"[My agent] said, 'There's a part that they wrote with you in mind because they called her Mary Louise' — Mary Louise is my actual legal name," she said.

"I said, 'Yeah, I'll do it.' He said, 'Don't you want to read it?' I said, 'No'.

Lisa Kudrow has signed on to star in and executive produce the comedy pilot “Good People” currently in the works at Amazon, Variety has learned.

The half-hour project hails from writers and executive producers Whitney Cummings and Lee Daniels. It centers on three generations of women working in the Ombusdmans office of a college navigate the current cultural climate, the concept of feminism across different generations, and the struggle to reconcile socially constructed ideas with current ethical views regarding complex issues such as sex, race, class, and gender.

Kudrow will play Lynn Steele, The University Ombudsman. She is described as a tired, mercurial force of nature who finds herself being seen as out of touch by millennials, even though she has been a champion of women her entire career.

Kudrow is best known for playing Phoebe on the seminal sitcom “Friends.” She was nominated for six Emmy Awards for her role on the show,...

black-ish creator Kenya Barris found the perfect person to star in his first Netflix series: himself.

Barris will lead Black Excellence opposite Rashida Jones (Parks and Recreation), TVLine has learned. The single-camera comedy, which kicks off the executive producer’s lucrative multi-year production deal with the streamer, was ordered to series Friday.

At first glance, it appears that Barris will mine his family’s experiences for the new series the way he did for black-ish. Black Excellence‘s official logline states that it is “inspired by Barris’ irreverent, highly flawed, unbelievably honest approach to parenting, relationships, race and culture” and...

The Peak TV era has converted yet another film star. Meg Ryan is eyeing a return to the small screen by way of The Obsolescents, a comedy series in the works at NBC.

The single-camera project takes place in a suburban New Jersey town where the facade of peace and civility is disrupted by the shocking death of a longtime Township Council member. Though Ryan is already attached to produce the series, she is in talks to star in it, as well.

Saturday Night Live boss Lorne Michaels will executive-produce alongside Ryan, as will Andrew Singer (Portlandia) and series creator...

Katey Sagal and Courteney Cox will join “Shameless” for its upcoming ninth season.

Sagal is set to recur on the Showtime comedy as Ingrid Jones, a crazed psych patient that Frank (William H. Macy) encounters in the E.R., and with whom he is immediately smitten. Cox will guest star as Jen Wagner, a famous actress who’s had a problem in the past with booze. Lip (Jeremy Allen White) is hired as her sober companion when she’s in town, and she takes him on a wild ride in search of a cocktail.

Sagal received four Golden Globe nominations for her role as Peg Bundy on Fox’s “Married With Children,” before winning the Globe for best actress in a drama series for her performance as Gemma Teller Morrow on “Sons of Anarchy.” Her credits also include “Futurama,” “Superior Donuts,” “Dirty Dancing,” “The Bastard Executioner,” “Brooklyn Nine-Nine,” “Pitch Perfect 2,...

There may be no Friends reboot or revival in the works, but NBC is bringing David Schwimmer back to its Thursday night line-up during the 2018-19 season.

The former Friends star has been added to the cast of the Emmy-winning comedy's tenth season.

Schwimmer will play a new love interest for Grace, but that's all the peacock network has revealed thus far about the new addition.

It's certainly a good idea to bring Schwimmer back to the network, and we can't wait to see what funny scenarios the new character he's playing finds himself in.

The actor has kept himself busy since Friends went off the air back in 2004. He has had appearances in 30 Rock, Web Therapy and an awards-worthy performance on American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson.

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In decades past, famous actors began their careers in television and moved into film. Now, television is becoming its own gold standard for new media.

Thus, many actors begin or continue their careers making or starring in web series, which are often available for everyone to watch but cater to a niche audience demographic, helping to develop a fanbase.

Often, artists and actors create and act in web series because they are passionate about the content they are producing, which makes it even more special for viewers.

Read on to learn about 11 web series that feature actors that you probably know and love -- and you may even want to watch these shows yourself.

1. The Guild The Guild stars Felicia Day, geek goddess best known for Buffy, Eureka, Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, and Mystery Science Theater 3000. An incredible series that can be watched on YouTube as independent episodes or as season-long mini-movies,...

Friends, Lisa Kudrow wasn’t ready to dive back in to another series. “It’s like after you are married for a long time and it ended, and even if it ended well, [another one] is still a big commitment.”

While she created and starred in the popular digital show Web Therapy, starred in two seasons (nine years apart) of HBO’s The Comeback and produces the unscripted series Who Do You Think You Are?, Kudrow, 54, mostly has preferred her screen time in smaller increments. Guest roles include spots on Scandal and ...

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Adaptations of existing intellectual property are popular both domestically and worldwide, whether it’s “Hang Ups,” a British adaptation of Lisa Kudrow’s “Web Therapy” starring Stephen Mangan, or the numerous recent projects based on existing novels.

Red Arrow Studios Intl. brings season four of “Bosch,” based on the novels by Michael Connelly, to Mip this month.

“The bigger the IP is, the bigger the name of the writer is, the bigger the chances are of success around the globe,” says Red Arrow Intl. president Henrik Pabst. “When you speak to buyers on the scripted side, the moment you can bring in a built-in audience it is clearly an upside. The channel or platform doesn’t need to start from scratch. The brand already exists and with social media you reach everybody.”

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David Tennant, Charles Dance and Richard E. Grant are among the raft of talent that has been set to appear on Channel 4’s upcoming dark comedy Hang Ups, the remake of Showtime’s Emmy-nominated series Web Therapy. The six-part UK version, as previously announced, will be led by Episodes’ Stephen Mangan as Richard Pitt, a therapist at a crossroads who starts treating patients via webcam.

Notably joining the lineup of Pitt’s clients and associates are former Broadchurch and Doctor Who star Tennant and Game of Thrones‘ Grant, Dance and Conleth Hill. Also appearing in the series are Jessica Hynes (W1A), Katherine Parkinson (Humans), Karl Theobald (Alan Partridge), Arsher Ali (Line of Duty), Celia Imrie (The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel) and Paul Ritter (Friday Night Dinner).

After his regular practice collapses, Pitt’s few clients present a catalog of neuroses, phobias, issues, anxieties and psychopathies during heavily improvised therapy sessions.

David Tennant, Charles Dance and Richard E. Grant are among the raft of talent that has been set to appear on Channel 4’s upcoming dark comedy Hang Ups, the remake of Showtime’s Emmy-nominated series Web Therapy. The six-part UK version, as previously announced, will be led by Episodes' Stephen Mangan as Richard Pitt, a therapist at a crossroads who starts treating patients via webcam. Notably joining the lineup of Pitt’s clients and associates are former Broadchurch and D…...

Since Showtime is a pay-for-view cable channel, the execs aren't tied to the ratings like regular commercial channels. However, they still have to run programs that will keep viewers subscribed. Which of their shows will be cancelled or renewed? We'll have to wait and see.Scripted Showtime shows listed: The Affair, Billions, Californication, Dexter, Dice, Episodes, Happyish, Homeland, House of Lies, I'm Dying Up Here, Masters of Sex, Nurse Jackie, Penny Dreadful, Ray Donovan, Roadies, Shameless, Twin Peaks, and Web Therapy.Last updated: Most recent ratings for Ray Donovan, Twin Peaks, Episodes, and Dice added.There's lots of data that Showtime execs look at when deciding whether to renew or cancel a TV series. The ratings for initial airings don't play as large a role as they do on commercial stations but they are still an indication of how popular a show...

Web Therapy is traveling across the pond. Deadline reports Channel 4 has ordered an adaptation of the Showtime TV series.Titled Hang Ups, the comedy will star Stephen Mangan as Dr Richard Pitt, " a therapist with a checkered career who finds himself at a crossroads and starts treating patients via webcam." The original Web Therapy starred Lisa Kudrow and ran for four seasons before ending in 2015.Read More…...

One Saturday night this September is going to be more than alright.

Showtime has acquired the rarely seen Prince concert film Sign ‘o’ the Times.

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Originally created as a companion piece to his 1987 double album of the same name, the docu-concert features live performances of “If I Was Your Girlfriend,” “I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man”, “Little Red Corvette” and “U Got the Look” (featuring Sheena Easton).

Prince directed the 84-minute film, much of which was shot at his Paisley Park Studios, as well as during his tour in the Netherlands and Belgium.

Episodes' Stephen Mangan is set to star in a UK adaptation of Web Therapy, the Emmy-nominated Showtime series that was co-created by and starred Friends alum Lisa Kudrow. Channel 4 has ordered six-part half-hour comedy Hang Ups to be produced by the UK’s Slam Films. Mangan, who is co-scripting with Robert Delamere, will play a therapist with a checkered career who finds himself at a crossroads and starts treating patients via webcam. Billed as a mix of farce and family…...

Lick up this Heathers casting news, baby, lick it up: Selma Blair is joining the cast of Paramount Television’s forthcoming reboot.

The Anger Management star broke the news Thursday when she posted a photo of herself, in costume on set, accompanied by the caption, “Do I look like step Mother Theresa?” (a nod to a line from the 1988 cult film).

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Blair will recur as Jade, a rough-edged, gold-digging stripper who is married to the 82-year-old father of Heather Duke (played by Brendan Scannell...

Way before The Sopranos‘ Dr. Melfi and Web Therapy‘s Fiona Wallace, the go-to TV therapist was Dr. Katz.

And in his half-hour Comedy Central series, Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist, the good doctor — voiced by comedian Jonathan Katz — served as a sounding board for several of the biggest names in stand-up. In animated form, funnymen and -women like Ray Romano, Louis C.K., Joan Rivers, Bob Odenkirk and their ilk would visit Katz’s office and do bits as they sought his professional help. Eventually, the guest cast included actors like The X-Files‘ David Duchovny, Stranger Things‘ Winona Ryder, Law & Order:...

Fans are still buzzing over the new Spider-Man: Homecoming trailer that dropped this morning, which offered a better look at the mentor/mentee relationship between young Peter Parker (Tom Holland) and Iron Man himself, Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.). We have also known for quite some time that Robert Downey Jr. will be joined by his first Iron Man director and actor Jon Favreau, reprising his role as Tony's bodyguard/driver Happy Hogan, who hasn't been seen on the big screen since 2013's Iron Man 3. Today we have word that Spider-Man: Homecoming will bring back another character we haven't seen since Iron Man 3, Gwyneth Paltrow's Pepper Potts.

While this report hasn't been confirmed, Lainey Gossip reports that, since Gwyneth Paltrow's contract with Marvel has expired, Sony Pictures had to pay the actress, which has reportedly become a "problem" for the studio, with the studio experiencing some...

Every week, IndieWire asks a select handful of TV critics two questions and publishes the results on Tuesday. (The answer to the second, “What is the best show currently on TV?” can be found at the end of this post.)

This week’s question: Who has been the best guest star on a scripted show?

Tim Surette (@timsurette), TV.com

Wayne Brady showing up in body armor and riding a horse on Syfy’s post-apocalyptic disaster disaster “Aftermath” needs to be mentioned somewhere in this critics’ roundup, so here it is. But I’ll point out two from intentional comedies that come to mind. Timothy Olyphant’s short run on “The Grinder” as himself was fantastic and if I didn’t mention this my coworker Kaitlin would kill me. But my pick goes to David Duchovny, also as himself, on “The Larry Sanders Show.” We’d largely known Duchovny for...

It’s been awhile since we last checked in on L/Studio, the platform that once hosted hit series like Web Therapy and Cop Show, but the Lexus-branded outlet is still chugging along. Now in its eighth year, it continues to distribute new programs, the latest of which is Film to Table, a cooking show that recreates iconic dishes from movies.

Film to Table features host Jason Roberts as its chef de cuisine. In each episode, he will pick out and cook up his favorite movie foods, with special guests stopping by to add both figurative and literal flavor to his dishes. Up first is ramen, with Roberts and guest Haroon Adalat teaming up to analyze the Japanese comedy Tampopo, which is set in a ramen shop and has been called “one of the best food movies of all time.”

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Dan Bucatinsky has one of the more interesting careers in television – an actor, writer, producer who can’t be pigeonholed into one category. Bucatinsky might be best known as playing James Novak on ABC’s “Scandal,” which earned him a Primetime Emmy Award in 2013, or from “The Comeback,” the HBO series that took a nearly 10-year break between seasons.

But he’s also a successful TV producer, having partnered in 2003 with Lisa Kudrow to launch the production company Is or Isn’t Entertainment. Together, they’ve been behind “The Comeback,” the digital series “Web Therapy” (which eventually ended up on Showtime), and the reality series “Who Do You Think You Are?” on TLC.

Now, Bucatinsky is one of the stars of Fox’s “24: Legacy,” the reboot of the popular “24” franchise that...

Aymar Jean Christian is part of the inaugural class of Peabody Fellows, distinguished media scholars who provide fresh perspectives and commentary on behalf of the Peabody Media Center, the outreach and media production arm of the prestigious awards program based at the University of Georgia. He is an assistant professor of communication studies at Northwestern University.

You know you’re a TV nerd when your most anticipated awards announcements are the Writers Guild Awards. TV is a writer’s medium. Every TV fan awaits the Emmys, and some even bother to care about the Golden Globes, but most don’t know the major Guilds give out statues to television producers.

Nerdier still, I’m most interested in the nominees almost nobody writes about: web original short form comedies and dramas.

So while you probably could not imagine my disappointment when the WGA released their nominees for original short-form new media this year,...

Fresh off her cameo in the Gilmore Girls revival, Parenthood alum Mae Whitman has signed on to be one of NBC’s Good Girls.

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Penned by Jenna Bans (The Family, Desperate Housewives), the drama pilot follows three “good girl” suburban wives and mothers who, suddenly faced with dire circumstances, decide to stop playing it safe and risk everything to take their power back.

Per our sister site Deadline, Whitman will play Annie, a single mom who agrees to help her older sister Beth (Episodes‘ Kathleen Rose Perkins) rob a store,...

Meryl Streep made sure her voice was heard yet again when she hit the stage on Saturday night at the 2017 Human Rights Campaign Greater New York Gala.

The 67-year-old actress addressed the criticism she received for her politically charged speech at last month's Golden Globes, and made light of President Donald Trump tweeting that she was "one of the most over-rated actresses in Hollywood."

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"Yes, I am the most overrated, overdecorated and, currently, over-berated actress, who likes football, of my generation," she quipped. "But that is why you invited me here! Right?"

Streep was honored at the event for her acting career and support of the Lgbt community, and made mention of some of her previous roles that addressed Lgbt issues. "In The Hours, all I did was kiss Allison Janney, take, after take, after take, after take. That...

Lily Tomlin's indelible mark on film and television was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Screen Actors Guild on Sunday.

The celebrated star was presented with the award by country music icon and 9 to 5 co-star Dolly Parton. Jane Fonda, who stars with Tomlin on the hit Netflix dramedy Grace and Frankie, was scheduled to present, but was forced to cancel due to strep throat, Tomlin told Et's Nancy O'Dell on the red carpet.

Tomlin, like so many others at this year's show, got political in her speech, but managed to use her razor wit to bring levity to the seriousness of the political climate.

Photos: 2017 SAG Awards Red Carpet Arrivals

"What a week this has been though, so you are kind of anti-climactic," Tomlin said, standing next to her award. "The doomsday clock has been moved up to two-and-a-half minutes before midnight! [So] This award it came just in the nick of time."

"When the great...

CBS has bought Rebel Law, a legal drama project from EastSiders creator Kit Williamson, former Royal Pains showrunner Michael Rauch and Lisa Kudrow & Dan Bucatinsky’s Is Or Isn't Entertainment (Web Therapy). Written by Williamson with Rauch supervising, Rebel Law centers on an openly gay attorney who returns home to Mississippi to join his family’s multi-generational law practice where they work through their personal and political differences both inside and outside the…...

Gilmore Girls is getting a dose of Scandal with Dan Bucatinsky. The Emmy winner, who is also an active producer behind the scenes on shows such as Who Do You Think You Are?, Grey's Anatomy, Lipstick Jungle and The Comeback, is heading to Stars Hollow for the Netflix revival of Gilmore Girls. Bucatinsky shared his casting on Instagram with the below image. Later he tweeted an image with Alexis Bledel and indicated he was working with just her. Perhaps he's a coworker of Rory's? "What a blast today on #gilmoregirls with @alexisbledel -- @thelaurengraham missed  the fun," he said. His other acting gigs include Web Therapy, Marry Me, The Comeback, In Plain Sight and the upcoming 24:...

Kiefer Sutherland knows better than to assume he's done with 24. "I've said that twice and have been wrong, so I won't say that again," he tells Rolling Stone. The actor, who recently launched a country-music career, has signed on as a producer for 24: Legacy – a new show in the same universe that stars Web Therapy's Dan Bucatinsky and Straight Outta Compton's Corey Hawkins, among others – and has not ruled out reprising his Jack Bauer character. Shooting will begin imminently.

"It's a phenomenal script," he says of the new series.

The next stop on the long, multi-platform journey of Web Therapy will be in Spain. According to Deadline, the web series-turned-tv show will come to Spanish shores thanks to a partnership between FremantleMedia and digital TV platform Movistar+.

Web Therapy stars Lisa Kudrow as Fiona Wallace, a therapist who conducts her sessions over video chat and demonstrates a complete lack of self-awareness. The Spanish version will feature the same setup, but with local actors filling in the show’s principal roles. It will be distributed on #0, a new channel from Movistar+.

FremantleMedia picked up Web Therapy’s international distribution rights back in 2011, but it made no significant overseas moves with the series until four years later, when a Polish version premiered on a digital platform called Player.pl. The Spanish version of the show will be FremantleMedia’s second international adaptation of it.

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