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The Set Decorators Society of America revealed the nominees for its 2025 Sdsa Awards on Friday. The kudos highlight outstanding achievement in the 2024-2025 TV season across nine categories.

Several 2025 Emmys contenders will duke it out at the Sdsa TV Awards on Aug. 10., including Black Mirror, Poker Face, Severance, The White Lotus, and Your Friends & Neighbors, which are all nominated for Best One Hour Contemporary Series. For Best One Hour Period Series, 1923, Bridgerton, One Hundred Years of Solitude, Pachinko, and Yellowjackets all received bids. In contention for Best Sci-Fi Series are Andor, Dune: Prophecy, House of the Dragon, The Last of Us, and The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.

Among the contenders in comedy are Hacks, Only Murders in the Building, The Righteous Gemstones, The Studio, and What We Do in the Shadows. Filling out the ballot for Best Movie or Limited Series are The Four Seasons,...

In the annals of American history, there are few figures as heroic and determined as Amelia Earhart. In the 1920s and 1930s, she defied highly restrictive gender norms to set a multitude of aviation records, including becoming the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, the first woman to fly solo nonstop from coast-to-coast and the first person to fly solo across the Pacific Ocean.

There is, however, one conquest that you likely won’t find in any of the countless aviation museums that honor her memory: She very possibly had sex with one of the Marx Brothers.

For those who may need a refresher, the Marx Brothers were one of the most important acts in the history of comedy. They starred in more thn a dozen films spanning the 1930s and 1940s, and also saw significant achievements on stage, radio and television. The best known of which...

Netflix’s English TV list underwent an overhaul last week with American Manhunt: Osama bin Laden debuting in the top spot with 12.6M views from May 12 to 18.

Second place went to a new documentary on the grisly true story of two of the UK’s most prolific murderers in Fred and Rose West: A British Horror Story, which managed 8.3M views.

The only returner to the Top 3 was Mara Brock Akil’s adaptation of Judy Blume’s seminal coming-of-age novel Forever, which held onto its third place spot with 6.7M views, nearly doubling its audience from its debut week.

The Four Seasons, which came in at No. 1 the week before, was down to fourth place with 5.3M views during this interval. That’s quite a large drop from its first two weeks, when it sat around 12M views. However, the series is quite short, meaning that most of its initial...

It's time to clear your calendar for another year of vacations with one of the most dysfunctional friend groups on television! As part of its Upfronts presentation in May 2025, Netflix announced the exciting renewal of The Four Seasons season 2. The new breakout hit comedy series debuted on May 1 and shot off like a rocket, picking up impressive viewership stats right out of the gate.

As Netflix boasts in its renewal announcement, The Four Seasons has stayed put in the No. 1 spot of the weekly Top 10 English TV Shows ranking. Across its first two weeks of release, the comedy series has grabbed 24.4 million views so far, which is an amazing figure for not only a comedy series on Netflix but a new comedy series on Netflix. Of course, the star power doesn't hurt.

The Four Seasons was co-created by Tina Fey, who also stars in the series, executive produces, and wrote...

Demi Moore and Colman Domingo are set to star in Strange Arrivals, an alien abduction-themed romance inspired by the true story of Betty and Barney Hill and based on the podcast by Toby Ball.

Betty and Barney Hill were “an interracial couple who, in 1961, became the first reported case of an alien abduction, as they journeyed back from their honeymoon in Niagara Falls. Their experience catapulted them to fame and celebrity, but underneath that notoriety simmered the truth of what really happened that night, which would test even the most epic of romances.“

Roger Ross Williams (Stamped from the Beginning) will direct Strange Arrivals for See-Saw Films, based on a screenplay by Jane Anderson (Olive Kitteridge).

In a statement, Williams said, “As a director, to be able to work with actors at the top of their craft, is a dream. Demi and Colman coming together for the first time to...

Netflix has officially greenlit a brand-new comedy series co-created by Schitt’s Creek star Dan Levy and Bottomsbreakout Rachel Sennott, with Levy set to star alongside Ghosts and The Four Seasons actress Taylor Ortega and Emmy-winning legend Laurie Metcalf. The untitled project will consist of eight episodes and is expected to begin production later this year. What a mightily impressive line-up that is, goodness gracious.

The announcement was made during Netflix’s upfront presentation in New York by chief content officer Bela Bajaria, who also confirmed new seasons for The Diplomat, Bridgerton, and Love on the Spectrum.

According to the official logline from Netflix, the comedy will follow “two deeply incapable siblings (Levy and Ortega) who are blackmailed into the world of organized crime.” Yes, you read that right. Think Arrested Development meets Fargo — but with more guilt and better sweaters. And presumably no banana stand, but we can't say that for sure.

In case you’re the one who doesn’t subscribe to Netflix, we’re here to tell you that it has a lot a lot of content. And on Wednesday, Netflix chief content officer Bela Bajaria renewed a whole bunch of it. She also announced a whole bunch more.

Newly announced (in alphabetical order) are Bridgerton seasons five and six, Forever season two, Love on the Spectrum season four, competition series Million Dollar Secret season two, teen drama My Life with the Walter Boys season three, Survival of the Thickest season three, The Diplomat season four and a second season of Tina Fey’s The Four Seasons.

The third season for Michelle Buteau’s Survival of the Thickest will also be its last, we learned; Bajaria shared the news from the stage at Netflix’s Wednesday upfront.

The Diplomat season three premieres this fall, when Bradley Whitford joins Keri Russell,...

Warning: The following contains spoilers for The Four Seasons, including the final episode, "Fun."The Four Seasonspremiered on Netflix on May 1 to rave reviews, but fans of Steve Carell and Tina Fey's new comedy have been left in suspense after the finale ended on a shocking cliffhanger, leaving many to wonder whether they will ever get to see the drama unfold. While there is no official Season 2 renewal as yet, Fey and her fellow co-creators Tracey Wigfield and Lang Fisher are hopeful about getting a chance to cycle through the seasons — as in Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter — with the cast for a second time.

The Four Seasonsadapts the 1981 film of the same name, which was written and directed by Alan Alda. The series follows three sets of couples: Kate (Fey) and Jack (Will Forte), Danny (Colman Domingo) and Claude (Marco Calvani), and Nick (Carell) and Anne (Kerri Kenney-Silver...

Netflix’s Fysee is on the move. Looking to spotlight Los Angeles, which is still recovering from the devastating wildfires, the annual FYC showcase of the streamer’s top Emmy contenders will take place at various locations throughout the city from Saturday, May 17 to Monday, June 2. Festival events for Fysee: LA will be held at theaters and other landmarks in Santa Monica, Hollywood, Pasadena, Eagle Rock, The Valley, South Central and beyond.

Adolescence, Squid Game, Nobody Wants This, Black Mirror, The Four Seasons, Simone Biles Rising, Arcane and The Diplomat are among Netflix’s live-action and animated series and documentaries spotlighted with panel and other events.

Emmy winner John Mulaney, who anchors the opening night with a presentation for his Everybody’s Live, recorded a Fysee: LA announcement video on the set of his talk show, which you can watch below.

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When Netflix does things, it tends to do them in a very big way. And that certainly applies to the streamer’s campaign plans for this Emmy season, which were shared on Thursday.

The company, via its Everybody’s Live with John Mulaney host John Mulaney, announced that during the two weeks between Saturday, May 17, and Monday, June 2, it will host Fysee LA, a festival for which it will take over theaters and iconic locations throughout the city of Los Angeles in order to bring together TV Academy members and Netflix’s Emmy-contending talent.

The fest’s events — taking place everywhere from Santa Monica, Hollywood and Pasadena to Eagle Rock, The Valley and South Central — will support local businesses impacted by the recent wildfires.

Among those set to make appearances: Mulaney, Kristen Bell (Nobody Wants This), Simone Biles (Simone Biles Rising), Adam Brody (Nobody Wants This), Ted Danson (A Man on the Inside...

Netflix's romantic comedy series The Four Seasons made its premiere on May 1. The series based on the 1980s film of the same name, which will be available to stream on Netflix beginning May 5, makes some changes to the story and characters. But even if you haven't seen the Alan Alda movie yet, you might still be a bit confused about who's who, who's married to who, and how they're all friends.

Long story short, the series centers on a group of six friends who are all divided into three married couples. They have been friends for decades and are starting to go through some ebbs and flows. As for the cast, you have most definitely seen famous faces like Tina Fey, Steve Carell, and Colman Domingo before. We're sharing what to know about the cast and characters below!

Steve Carell and Kerri Kenney-Silver in The Four Seasons | Cr. Jon...

This post contains spoilers from The Four Seasons on Netflix from this point forward.

The Four Seasons has arrived on Netflix and brought with it eight episodes of relationship drama care of a close-knit group of friends. Having been close for decades, this group has seen each other through breakups, marriages, children, and everything in between, but this particular sequence of four seasonal trips are some of the most impactful they have taken yet.

Across the eight episode season, two episodes are devoted to a particular season and its accompanying trip, beginning with a spring excursion to Nick (Steve Carell) and Anne's (Kerri Kenney-Silver) home for a surprise vow renewal that results in the explosion of a kiln and the dissolution of their marriage. Nick then begins dating the much younger Ginny (Erika Henningsen).

Meanwhile, Kate (Tina Fey) and Jack (Will Forte) have been having some trouble in their own marriage,...

You’re used to laughing with Kerri Kenney-Silver in Reno 911! — the Emmy-nominated comedy she co-created — or in The State, the ’90s sketch comedy series from the group she co-founded — or in sitcoms like Superstore and 2 Broke Girls. But in The Four Seasonsshe’ll break your heart as Anne, an unsuspecting divorcée — and put it back together again by the time the finale cuts to black. “She thought she was set ’til the day she died. When she finds out that is not the case, she becomes completely untethered,” says Kenney-Silver. “You see her go through the four seasons of emotion and grief.”

Kenney-Silver portrays a kaleidoscopic range of emotions and pathos as Anne navigates the ups and downs of divorce, and its rippling effects on their close-knit friend group. Take co-star Colman Domingo’s word for it: “She’s just incredible. I feel like she can do anything,...

Ahead of the film’s November launch, here’s the first trailer for Now You See Me: Now You Don’t, aka Now You See Me 3.

After taking what seemed like an age to finally come together, Now You See Me: Now You Don’t is coming this year, and now we have a trailer to prove it. The film reunites Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo, Woody Harrelson, Isla Fisher, Dave Franco and Morgan Freeman, while joining the action this time are Justice Smith, Rosamund Pike and Ariana Greenblatt.

It looks like we’ve got an echo of Jurassic Park: Dominion's set-up here with both a legacy team – The Four Horsemen – and a new team of young magicians also making a name for themselves using illusion-based trickery.

The trailer suggests that Eisenberg’s character seems estranged from his former crew , and is instead working with a younger group of illusionists to nick an...

If you need some new Netflix shows to watch right now, we have the perfect list for you! We shared the list of the best Netflix shows coming this spring.

Spring has already sprung, and while we've seen some good Netflix shows released so far, there are some excellent new Netflix shows and new seasons of returning shows coming this spring! And, we haven't even learned about all the new Netflix shows yet. We'll share the full list when we find out, but these are the eight best Netflix shows for you to watch this spring.

Let's get the list started with the new Netflix show everyone is talking about, Ransom Canyon.

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The eligibility cutoff date for the 2025 Emmys is May 31 and, like always, some studios are saving some of their best projects for last. Then they have to hope Television Academy members manage to watch the newcomers all before voting begins June 12 — time is ticking!

The first half of April featured the highly anticipated returns of The Handmaid's Tale (April 8), Hacks (April 10), Black Mirror (April 10), and The Last of Us (13) — all former Emmy winners. Still to premiere this month are new seasons of The Rehearsal (April 20), Andor (April 22), and You (April 24), plus the freshman series Étoile (April 24), from The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel's Emmy-winning team of Amy Sherman-Palladino and Daniel Palladino.

Next month, two made-for-tv movies will finally debut on the small screen: Another Simple Favor (May 1) and Mountainhead (May 31). The former is a sequel to Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively's 2018 theatrical release A Simple Favor, while the latter is...

Netflix today debuted the official trailer for The Four Seasons, produced by Universal Television, a cozy new comedy series from co-creators Tina Fey, Lang Fisher and Tracey Wigfield. Starring Marco Calvani, Steve Carell, Colman Domingo, Fey, Will Forte, Erika Henningsen and Kerri Kenney-Silver.

The Four Seasons premieres Thursday, May 1 on Netflix.

The official synopsis reads,

“Six old friends head for a relaxing weekend away only to learn that one couple in the group is about to split up. The three couples, Kate (Tina Fey) and Jack (Will Forte), Nick (Steve Carell) and Anne (Kerri Kenney-Silver), and Danny (Colman Domingo) and Claude (Marco Calvani), are completely upended by the news. Over the course of a year, we follow the friends on four vacations, and watch how this shake-up affects everyone’s dynamic — sending old issues and new bubbling to the surface. Co-created by Tina Fey, Lang Fisher, and Tracey Wigfield, The Four Seasons...

After months of hype and some of the year’s best reviews, audiences can now watch The Studio. The 10-episode comedy series that lampoons Hollywood while embracing the people who try to make successful art amid the compromises of commerce debuted on Apple TV+ on Wednesday and should find itself among the year’s top Emmy contenders. Created by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, as well as Peter Huyck and Alex Gregory (Veep), and Frida Perez, and directed by Rogen and Goldberg, The Studio stars Rogen as the newly installed president at a struggling legacy studio. “I got into all this because I love movies. But now I have this fear that my job is to ruin them,” Rogen’s character, Matt Remick, says in the show’s sharp pilot episode (streaming now). Throughout the 10 episodes, Remick tries to balance his love for movies with the realities of his position,...

Get ready to return to The Chi: Season 7 of the Lena Waithe-created series will premiere Friday, May 16 on Paramount+ With Showtime and on demand. The drama will then make its linear debut Sunday, May 18 at 9/8c on Showtime.

In the upcoming episodes, “with Alicia at the helm, the pivotal women of The Chi rise to reclaim their power. Yet as loyalties are tested and new rivalries are stoked, it becomes clear that there’s only one crown and it will come at a heavy cost,” reads the official synopsis.

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One of the most entertaining arcs of The Sopranos is definitely the sub-plot about New York's Lupertazzi Crime Family in season five. Many fans will often refer to the final season when discussing their favorite mafia-related conflict, in which New York and New Jersey went to war with each other. However, season five's inner conflict of the Lupertazzi Family is right up there with some of the best drama of the series. Tony and his family get caught in the middle of the only other true mob war that is depicted throughout the course of the series. During this season five arc, the sudden passing of Carmine Lupertazzi has sparked a power grab for control of the crime family. The two factions that go to war over who is going to be the next boss, break up the Lupertazzi family into supporters of either John Sacrimoni or Carmine Lupertazzi Jr.

There were two things that Tasha Huo (“The Witcher: Blood Origin”) wanted to accomplish as showrunner of the “Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft” 2D animated series (currently streaming on Netflix). She wanted to make the badass archaeologist/adventurer more vulnerable and explore Chinese mythology.

“She’s always been such a superhero in the video games,” Huo told IndieWire, “but in a TV show, we get to explore more about her emotional place where you want to see her grow out of something difficult. So that was always a starting place for me, finding a low point for her. And how does Lara Croft come out of a low point? It’s going to be more epic by the nature of who she is and the adventure we set her upon.”

The animated eight-episode series from Legendary Television bridges the timeline between the reboot “Survivor” trilogy of video games...

Music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs has been indicted on three counts of sex trafficking, racketeering and transportation to engage in prostitution, according to The New York Times.

“He’s going to fight this with all of his energy and all of his might, and the full confidence of his lawyers,” Combs’ attorney Marc Agnifilo said Tuesday (via the Times). “And I expect a long battle with a good result for Mr. Combs.”

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Youngest Media, the company behind NBC’s Small Fortune and MTV’s Game of Clones, has a new development team.

Youngest, which was previously a British production company led by former Endemol Shine executives Lucas Church and David Flynn and backed by Liz Murdoch, was revived as a U.S. production company by Ed October last year after it went into “voluntary” liquidation in the UK.

It has now hired Elwin de Groot as consulting Head of Development and Maddie Large as Development Coordinator. De Groot will be in charge of Youngest’s creative team and will oversee its format library, while also continuing to work with other clients.

De Groot, who developed Fox musical competition series The Four, was previously SVP, Entertainment at All3Media’s Optomen Productions and has held senior roles at company including MTV Entertainment, Sony Pictures Television, Talpa Content, Endemol Shine and Armoza Formats.

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Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons are prepping their last hurrah: The rock ‘n’ roll legends have announced “The Last Encores Tour,” a farewell round of North American concerts through 2023 and most of 2024.

Luckily for fans, Valli — wbo’ll be celebrating his 90th birthday next May — is making the most of his last outing, which begins next week on October 13th and extends all the way through October of next year. Along the way, he’ll make stops playing iconic venues such as Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry, Orlando’s Walt Disney Theater, and New York’s Radio City Music Hall. The tour also includes multiple stints in Las Vegas.

“I am eternally grateful for the love and support of our fans throughout the decades,” Valli said in a statement. “I always loved touring and can’t wait to see the fans.”

General ticket on-sale begins this Friday, October 6th at 10:00 a.

To celebrate the 4k restoration of The Three Musketeers & The Four Musketeers both available from 8th May, we are giving away two pairs of the films on Blu-Ray.

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the 1970s swashbuckling classic, Studiocanal are delighted to announce a brand-new 4K restoration of the star-studded The Three Musketeers. Directed by Richard Lester,the film will be available to own on 4K Uhd for the very first time, on Blu-Ray, DVD and Digital from May 8. To accompany the release, the equally thrilling sequel, The Four Musketeers, has also enjoyed the same 4k treatmentand will be available to own on the same day.

Starring Oliver Reed (Women in Love), Richard Chamberlain (The Towering Inferno) and Frank Finlay (Othello) as the titular Musketeers with Michael York (Logan’s Run) as D’Artagnan, The Three Musketeers and The Four Musketeers boast exceptional supporting casts featuring many of the most lauded stars...

The Blacklist Season 10 Episode 3 Episode Description And Spoilers The Blacklist Season 10 Episode 3 Photos The Four Guns – 03/12/2023 (10:00Pm – 11:00Pm) (Sunday) : An assassination attempt on Sen. Panabaker leads the Task Force to a group of renowned pickpockets. Red sends a dangerous gift to an old friend in custody. s10e03 10×03 10.03 s10e3 the blacklist episode In its landmark 10th season, “The Blacklist” returns as Raymond Reddington (James Spader) confronts unparalleled danger. With Reddington’s covert role as an FBI informant facing exposure, former Blacklisters will unite against him in their lethal desire for revenge – testing Red and the FBI Task Force as never before. “The Blacklist” stars James Spader, Diego Klattenhoff, Hisham Tawfiq, Anya Banerjee and Harry Lennix. John Eisendrath, Jon Bokenkamp, John Davis and John Fox of Davis Entertainment executive produce. James Spader, Lukas Reiter, Laura A. Benson, Daniel Cerone, Sean Hennen, Allison Glock-Cooper, T Cooper also executive produce.

In Tom Gormican's 2022 film "The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent," Pedro Pascal plays Javi Gutierrez, a fun-loving playboy billionaire living in Majorca, Spain. Javi is a huge fan of actor Nicolas Cage and hires him to hang out for a weekend. Cage, playing himself, cautiously accepts the offer, having found himself in a bit of a creative rut; a younger version of Cage appears in visions to lambaste his older self that he is no longer the massive movie star he once was. Javi will spend a great deal of time heaping praise on Cage and eventually reveals that he has a secret collectibles vault full of Cage-related memorabilia. Cage, meanwhile, will be secretly approached by the CIA, and told that Javi is actually a dangerous arms dealer that might be involved in an ongoing kidnapping plot. The film is bright, whimsical, and enjoyable. Cage, as he always does,...

20 years ago, Peyton Reed developed a 1960s-set Fantastic Four film at Fox that never quite came together, but now, with Reed’s third MCU movie, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, on the verge of release, he’s finally able to close the book on “The Four.” Reed is now tied with Jon Watts and James Gunn for directing the second-most number of MCU films behind the Russo Brothers’ four titles, and Quantumania really allowed the filmmaker to incorporate some of the elements he loved from his days of reading Fantastic Four comics as a kid.

“My first memory of reading about the Microverse in the comics, which became the Quantum Realm, was a Fantastic Four story where Dr. Doom shrunk the Four down into the Microverse,” Reed tells The Hollywood Reporter. “So I really took that passion and transferred it into this thing. And honestly, now that they’re actually making a Fantastic Four movie,...

Opinionated academic and tech entrepreneur Scott Galloway is joining CNN Plus, the news cabler’s forthcoming streaming subscription service, to host a show covering the intersection of business and technology.

Galloway’s show will be part of the launch lineup for CNN Plus, scheduled to debut in the first quarter of 2022 with up to 12 hours of original programming daily. No pricing has been announced for CNN Plus.

In a tweet, Galloway said the show will be about “tech/biz/society.”

“Think ‘Queen’s Gambit,’ minus the talent and production values,” he deadpanned. “Life is so rich.”

CNN said it will announce more details about Galloway’s show, along with additional hires, in the next few months.

In addition to being a professor of marketing at New York University’s Stern School of Business, Galloway is founder of nine companies, including business intelligence firm L2, the e-commerce site Red Envelope and Prophet,...

Exclusive: Prolific reality TV producer Carlos King is expanding his relationship with OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network with a first-look deal. Under the pact, King, via his Kingdom Reign Entertainment, will develop original unscripted series that will be available exclusively on OWN, which he will executive produce. King is the creator and executive producer of OWN’s top-rated Saturday night unscripted series Love & Marriage: Huntsville and Behind Every Man, as well as the network’s newest Friday night series Belle Collective, which premiered in January.

“Carlos and his team understand what it means to create addictive and entertaining unscripted television that connects with our viewers,” said Tina Perry, president OWN. “With the success of our expanded unscripted lineup to two nights, we look forward to our continued partnership with Carlos to develop buzzy new shows with big characters that attract audiences.”

Love & Marriage: Huntsville, which was recently picked up for a third season,...

History will be made on “American Idol” this season with a new Showstopper round added to Hollywood Week. On Night 8 of season 19, which airs March 28, judges Luke Bryan, Katy Perry and Lionel Richie will decided which of the 64 remaining contestants will get to sing for America’s vote.

After the two nights of Showstoppers, only two dozen artists will make the cut. This top tier of performers will then fight it out for the chance to be on the live shows, which begin in early April. At that point, you will be able to predict the outcome of each episode in our predictions center.

Below, follow along with all the action in our live blog of the Night 8 Season 19 episode of “American Idol.”

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Vice TV is launching a new weekly business show hosted by Scott Galloway, a New York Times best-selling author, tech entrepreneur and New York University business professor.

Named after his popular newsletter, “No Mercy, No Malice with Professor Scott Galloway” will reveal what’s really happening on Wall Street in response to the coronavirus pandemic, and the affect these decisions will have on everyday consumers. The first episode will focus on Covid-19 bailouts and is set to premiere May 7 at 10 p.m. on Vice TV.

“Out of every crisis, voices emerge from unlikely places to help us understand how we can build a better future— I am not one of those voices,” Galloway said in a press release. “However, we aim to speak truth to power and deliver a data-driven, unfiltered look at today’s business news and the forces shaping society.”

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Exclusive: Two-time Emmy-winning television executive Danielle Gervais has been promoted to executive vice president, casting and talent at ITV America. In her expanded role, Gervais will continue to oversee the unscripted industry’s largest internal casting department, working across ITV America’s entire portfolio, developing and packaging talent for current series, as well as for upcoming projects.

Gervais earned two consecutive Emmys in 2018 and 2019 for Outstanding Casting For a Reality Program for the Netflix breakout hit Queer Eye, produced by ITV Entertainment.

Throughout her tenure, Gervais has shepherded a range of celebrity-driven series, working with talent including John Cena, Sean “Diddy” Combs, Fergie, Love Island host and influencer Arielle Vandenberg, and Queer Eye’s “Fab 5″, among others. She also is credited with a unique ability to discover and launch unknown personalities to success.

Said ITV America President Adam Sher, “We are constantly blown away by Danielle’s spot-on creative instincts and original thinking.

Meghan Trainor is to replace Jennifer Hudson as a coach on the British version of The Voice.

The All About The Bass singer, who was a judge on Fox’s The Four alongside Sean Combs and DJ Khaled will star in ITV’s The Voice UK alongside Sir Tom Jones, will.i.am and Olly Murs.

Hudson said that she had left the show as a result of “filming commitments”. She is set to star in the film adaptation of Cats, which launches in December, and filming Aretha Franklin biopic Respect.

Emma Willis will be back to present the show, which is based on the John De Mol-created format. Filming commences in October with the series set to launch on ITV in the New Year.

Trainor said, “I am so excited and honored to join Sir Tom, will.i.am and Olly Murs as the new Coach on The Voice UK.

Exclusive: Love Island exec producer Simon Thomas has been promoted at ITV America and will oversee the search for “noisy” formats for the production company.

Thomas, who was previously Svp, programming becomes Executive Vice President, Programming, West Coast at the U.S. production division of the British broadcaster.

He recently exec produced reality dating series Love Island for CBS, which renewed the format for a second season. He reports to ITV America CEO David George.

In the newly expanded role, Thomas will be tasked with overseeing and shepherding prominent, “noisy” formats, as well as live event programming, while supervising the creative production teams assigned to all ITV America projects in Los Angeles.

In addition to Love Island, he has also worked on Fox’s The Four and American Grit with John Cena as well as Pawn Stars, Forged in Fire, Facebook’s Double Take and A&e’s Oj: Guilty in Vegas.

Amazon is set to develop a series from a fledgling British writer after setting the five finalists of its WriterSlam contest.

The Svod service has selected five new writers as part of the scheme, run in association with the TriForce Creative Network.

Georgia Brown, is Director of European Originals, Amazon Studios, revealed the names and projects at the Edinburgh International TV Festival. It comes after the digital platform called out for original ideas and received over 1,000 scripts.

The final script will be decided on September 6 and the winner will work closely with Lydia Hampson, Head of Scripted UK for Amazon Studios to develop the show.

Brown said, “We were blown away by the standard of scripts we received and it was incredibly tough to narrow it down to just 5 writers. We’re very excited to see the extracts performed on 6th September and can’t wait to work with one of these amazing writers.

ITV Studios is adding to its stable of global entertainment formats with the acquisition of Israeli group Armoza Formats. Founded by Avi Armoza, the company’s catalogue numbers over 100 formats including primetime singing show The Four which has been commissioned in over 15 territories and aired on Fox Stateside; game show Still Standing; and primetime studio entertainment series I Can Do That!, aired in over 25 countries.

The deal will see Armoza Formats become part of the Global Creative Network, headed up by Mike Beale, for ITV Studios. The Armoza team, based in Tel Aviv, will continue to develop and source new formats and also work with producers within the ITV Studios group on their projects in development. ITV Studios labels will exclusively produce all newly-developed Armoza formats in territories within which it has a presence.

Maria Kyriacou, President, ITV Studios International, said, “Armoza Formats has rapidly grown to be one of...

ITV Studios has bought Armoza Formats. The Israel-based formats creator and distributor’s shows include “The Four,” which is on Fox in the U.S. It roster of shows also includes “Still Standing” and “I Can Do That.”

Founded by Avi Armoza, the Tel Aviv-based company specializes in unscripted formats. The deal will see ITV produce all new Armoza formats in territories where it has a production presence. Armoza currently sells its own formats internationally through its distribution arm. ITV also has a large sales division, but it said Armoza will continue to take its shows to market itself.

“Armoza always strives to be at the forefront of creativity and stay ahead of the challenges in our industry, and we are therefore thrilled to be joining ITV Studios,” said Avi Armoza, who is a well-known figure on the international TV circuit. “We both share the same values and passion...

U.K. TV giant ITV’s ITV Studios unit has agreed to acquire Israeli format creator and distributor Armoza Formats.

Founded by Avi Armoza, the television developer and distributor has a catalog of over 100 formats, including primetime singing show The Four, game show Still Standing, Israel’s most successful international non-scripted format with over 6,000 episodes globally, and primetime studio entertainment show I Can Do That!

Financial terms weren’t disclosed.

The deal will see Armoza Formats become part of the Global Creative Network, headed up by Mike Beale, for ITV Studios. The Armoza team, based in Tel Aviv, "...

Alex Piper has been named YouTube’s head of unscripted, North & South America, the company announced on Monday.

Piper, who most recently served at Fox as vice president of alternative entertainment, steps in for former unscripted boss Ben Relles, who moved to a role overseeing interactive content last week.

He will lead all efforts in conjunction with top creators to develop and produce unscripted programming, as well as having oversight of all live entertainment events. His focus will also include music projects and celebrity partnerships.

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“Alex Piper is a seasoned award winning reality programming executive with amazing taste and strong relationships who is incredibly well respected in the industry,” said Susanne Daniels, global head of original content for YouTube. “We are thrilled to have him join Youtube and bring his expertise to our diverse programming slate.

YouTube has named Alex Piper, Head of Unscripted, North & South America. He replaces Ben Relles, who has transitioned into a new position leading interactive programming at YouTube.

Piper will lead all efforts working with top creators to develop and produce unscripted programming across genres including, talk, action, romance, horror, sci-fi and beyond, reporting to Susanne Daniels, Global Head of Content.

Piper also will oversee all live entertainment events as well as work on music and celebrity projects.

Piper’s appointment comes amid the platform’s recent shift in focus on unscripted series and specials. As Deadline reported last fall, YouTube was temporarily putting the brakes on new scripted development as part of its recent strategy recalibration to put stronger emphasis on unscripted fare. It is part of a larger business model shift at Google’s video platform, which will be moving all YouTube Originals in front of the paywall to be ad-supported,...

Alex Piper is joining the YouTube Originals team as head of unscripted, North and South America, leaving Fox Broadcasting after five years.

Piper takes over the job at YouTube from Ben Relles, who moved into a new role as YouTube’s head of innovation, overseeing interactive programming. Both Piper and Relles report to Susanne Daniels, global head of original content at YouTube.

At YouTube, Piper will lead all efforts with creators to develop and produce unscripted programming spanning formats and genres, including, talk, action, romance, horror and sci-fi. He will oversee all live entertainment events for YouTube. Piper’s focus also includes music and celebrity projects, working in conjunction with YouTube’s partnerships and music teams.

He joins YouTube from Fox where he most recently served as VP of alternative entertainment where he led development for a myriad of special events and series including “So You Think You Can Dance,...

In keeping with Fox’s renewed push into unscripted programming, the broadcaster has ordered a new version of the reality competition series “Paradise Hotel.”

The original series first aired on Fox in 2003. International versions have since been produced in more than 18 countries. It follows a group of singles who check into an exclusive tropical resort. Each week, they will vote out one of their fellow guests while also making room for a new guest to be brought in to join them.

The series is executive-produced by SallyAnn Salsano of 495 Productions, which also produces unscripted hits like “Jersey Shore Family Vacation,” “Jersey Shore,” and “Floribama Shore.” Becca Walker and Celia Taylor also executive produce for Mentorn Media, the original creators of the “Paradise Hotel” format.

“’Paradise Hotel’ was a show ahead of its time, and this incredible team of producers plan to take it to the next level,” said Rob Wade,...

For the record, I gave The Masked Singer, Fox's new musical competition, a fair shot. I probably even went into it with more of an open mind than I did with The Four, Fox's other musical competition that doesn't seem to make much sense, because I'm easily wooed by shiny things, like The Masked

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Scream Factory sent Mike and myself a bunch of B-Movie horror and science fiction titles and we're covering them all here under the moniker of B-Movie Christmas. Forgotten body horror Brain Dead starring Bill Pulman and Bill Paxton, anyone? Surprisingly compelling early 70s apocalyptic sci-fi Colossus the Forbin Project? Nearly lost William Castle thriller The Night Walker? Early 90s vampire movie Rockula featuring an undead teen desperate to woo and rock alongside his mom, played by Toni Basil of "Mickey" fame, and Thomas Dolby as the film's villain? Other films here include the fantastic Amicus 70s horror anthology The House That Dripped Blood, the Joseph Stefano penned Eye of the Cat, the Curtis Harrington shocker Games starring Simone Signoret, The Four...

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Veteran musical director Adam Blackstone is no stranger to awards recognition. The 36-year-old Trenton, New Jersey, native has earned a number of Grammy nominations as a songwriter, musical director or arranger with Pharrell Williams (“Happy [Live]”), Musiq Soulchild (“Teachme”) and Al Green with the Roots (“Lay It Down” album), and was recently the Music Director and bassist for “The Greatest Showman” soundtrack album as well as the Oscar telecast performance of its Best Song nominee “This is Me.”

Blackstone recently earned his first-ever Emmy nomination for Outstanding Music Direction of Justin Timberlake’s Super Bowl Lii Halftime Show at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis last February for NBC, a dynamic performance that culminated in a duet accompanying a projected image of the late hometown hero Prince singing “I Will Die 4 U.” More than 110 million viewers watched, scoring a higher rating than the game itself. Adam goes up against fellow music...

Hit the Road alum Tim Johnson Jr. and Jade Catta-Preta (Manhattan Love Story) have booked recurring roles on the second season of Hulu comedy series Future Man.

Written by Kyle Hunter and Ariel Shaffir and executive produced by Matt Tolmach, the high-concept comedy centers on Josh Futterman (Josh Hutcherson) a janitor by day/world-ranked gamer by night who is tasked with preventing the extinction of humans after mysterious visitors from the future proclaim him the key to defeating the imminent super-race invasion.

Johnson will play Jimmy, a former child star who will be the first boy on Mars. Catta-Preta will portray Level, an integral member of a unique family group that Wolf (Derek Wilson) becomes a part of thanks to a case of mistaken identity.

Johnson played Jermaine Swallow on Jason’s Alexander’s Audience Network comedy series Hit the Road. Staying focused on music, he went to on to...

CBS won another Thursday primetime — thanks to “Big Brother” — on a summer night marked by chaotic Nielsen numbers — courtesy of the NFL.

Last night, every broadcast network had at least one pre-emption for NFL preseason games in multiple markets throughout the evening, inflating the early data across the board. Because the numbers were more subject to change than usual, TheWrap has updated the early data with the more accurate fast-national ratings from Nielsen below. And, yes, “Big Brother” still scored a touchdown — just not by as much.

CBS was first in ratings with a 0.9 rating/5 share in the advertiser-coveted 18-49 demographic and in total viewers with an average of 3.9 million, according to final numbers. In between repeats at 9 p.m., “Big Brother” scored a 1.4/6 and 5 million viewers.

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ABC, Fox and Telemundo tied for second in ratings,...

There had been a lot of speculation since Disney’s acquisition of Fox assets was announced last December that the soon-to-be-independent Fox broadcast network, aka “New Fox”, will rely heavily on reality, along with live and sports programming.

While at TCA last week, Fox TV Group chairman Dana Walden stressed that while “we are definitely in the development business, and the mix of programming will remain as it was the past decade,” there has been a ramp-up in the network’s reality portfolio. At TCA, Walden announced three new series, all of them unscripted, The Masked Singer, a singing competition featuring celebrities in costumes and masks, Spin the Wheel and Mental Samurai.

In an interview with Deadline, the network’s President of Alternative Entertainment Rob Wade talks about the expansion, which started when he joined the network in early 2017. He addresses the fate of the network’s summer series The Four,...

The Cma Music Festival brought in plenty of primetime eyeballs for ABC Wednesday, but not enough to match the numbers the show put out last year.

While last night’s telecast scored 4.7 million total viewers and a 0.9 rating/4 share in the all-important adults 18-49 range, the 2017 fest landed 5.7 million viewers and a 1.2/5, slipping 17.5 percent and 25 percent, respectively.

However, the special still gave its home network a win in total viewers, though ABC settled for a second-place tie with NBC in the key demo. First prize in that category went to Fox.

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Fox was first in ratings with a 1.0 rating/5 share in the advertiser-coveted 18-49 demographic and fourth in total viewers with an average of 3.3 million, according to preliminary numbers. At 8 p.m., “MasterChef” whipped up a 1.0/5 and 3.6 million viewers. “Gordon Ramsay’s 24 Hours...