TV & Streaming

The title characer in Chris Rock’s sure-footed fourth feature as director, Misty Green, is having a rough week. An actress still best known for a TV series that ended years back, she’s about to be evicted, her bipolar brother is fresh out of a psych ward and in need of both emotional and financial support, a […]

Jeff Goldblum kicked off his hosting duties on “Saturday Night Live U.K.” by employing his musical skills in a jazzy number about spending time in London. “Can you believe this is Saturday night, first of all?” Goldblum asked the live audience after making his grand entrance. “And me, I’m hosting this gosh darn ‘SNL U.K.’ […]

The Diablo video game is coming to Netflix. Blizzard Entertainment chief Johanna Faries revealed at BlizzCon in Anaheim Saturday that the streamer is adapting the game as an animated series. Here’s the description of the project, per Variety: “After decades of bringing entire universes to life through our games, we’re partnering with some creative powerhouses […]

An animated TV series adaptation of Blizzard Entertainment’s popular “Diablo” video game franchise is in development at Netflix. “Diablo” is set the dark world of Sanctuary, where humanity is caught in the eternal conflict between the High Heavens and the Burning Hells. Per Blizzard’s official description of the project, “After decades of bringing entire universes […]

Josh Hartnett was happy to continue his career on the big screen before Below came his way.  The Oppenheimer actor revealed on Friday that was “actively not looking” for television roles before reading the script of the Netflix thriller miniseries, created and written by Jesse McKeown.   “Can I just say I was actively not looking […]

EXCLUSIVE: Amy Ryan (Birdman) is set to star opposite Emilia Jones in The Retrievals, Netflix‘s third series from Maid and Sirens creator/executive producer Molly Smith Metzler. Inspired by the Peabody-winning NYT podcast by Susan Burton, The Retrievals follows an unlikely community of IVF patients who come together to crusade against Yale University after they are […]

Death. Taxes. Price hikes on Netflix, HBO Max and more. It’s become an inevitable part of modern life: The major entertainment streaming services have been regularly upping their fees — for some, the increases have come once a year. The average price of ad-free streaming services increased 54% from 2021 to 2025, according to research […]

The “Point Break” followup series has officially been ordered at AMC and AMC+, Variety has learned. The modern update of the beloved 1991 action film was first reported to be in the works at the network back in December 2025. As reported at the time, the show hails from lead studio Alcon Television Group as […]

On the eve of the 2026-2027 TV season, CBS is seeking to dismiss a scathing lawsuit brought by an ex-writer for Matlock, claiming that the scribe’s allegations of racial and sexual harassment are “fabrications and outright lies.” Back in June, John Lowe claimed in an unspecified damages seeking filing that showrunner Jennie Urman Snyder and […]

SPOILER ALERT: This post contains details on Big Brother Season 28, Episode 32, which aired on Thursday, September 10. As Big Brother Season 28 winds down, the game intensifies, and big moves have to be made to make it to finale night. Host Julie Chen Moonves returned for a new live eviction episode where one […]

Jack Huston (Spider-Man Noir, Boardwalk Empire), Chazz Palminteri (A Bronx Tale, Bullets Over Broadway) and Kathleen Chalfant (The Copenhagen Test, The Affair) have joined Ellen Pompeo and Jodie Whittaker in the Hulu pilot Chicks. From writer and executive producer Katie Robbins, Chicks is a family dramedy set in the rapidly gentrifying neighborhoods of old Boston. It follows Chickie (Pompeo) and Doreen […]

Leslie Bibb is going for a three-peat at HBO following her starring role in Season 3 of The White Lotus, for which she shared an Actor nomination, and her recent guest stint on Hacks, which earned her a 2026 Emmy nomination. In a competitive situation, HBO has landed for development The Rush Whisperer, a comedy […]

After several years in development, a series based on author Kennedy Ryan’s novel Before I Let Go has scored a series order at Peacock. The romantic drama comes from sibling studios Universal Global Television and Universal TV. Ryan and Malcolm D. Lee created the series and co-wrote the pilot episode. Attica and Tembi Locke (From […]

On Friday, Amazon’s Prime Video announced that “Spider-Noir” wouldn’t be back for a Season 2. Two days later, the series landed five wins at the Emmys Night 2 ceremony. According to awards gurus who track these things, that’s the most Emmy wins ever for a series canceled after its first season. (“Lovecraft Country” in 2020 […]

A few years ago there was hope among fans that the cancelled and popular Netflix series Warrior Nun was on the path to resuscitation via some movies. Then things went quiet. We can now reveal that things are looking up again. This isn’t for a straight rekindling of the Netflix show, but series creator […]

RuPaul’s Drag Race UK has reached the end of the runway on the BBC. The BBC has decided not to renew Drag Race UK beyond Season 8 this year, citing “financial pressures” as the UK broadcaster seeks savings of £500 million ($677 million). Producer World of Wonder plans to pivot the show, as well as […]

Banijay‘s Pokeepsie Films and Amazon Prime Video continue to build out the “House of Ron,” the audiovisual empire of bestselling Argentine-born Spanish YA romance author Mercedes Ron. The film adaptations of her popular enemies-to-lovers Culpables romance trilogy (Culpa Mía, Culpa Tuya, Culpa Nuestra) became not only the most-watched Spanish, but also the most-watched international original, for the streamer […]

Created by Vivian Lin, Netflix’s latest YA series “Crew Girl” brings audiences into the competitive world of rowing. The show follows 16-year-old Teagan Tao (Miku Martineau), a single sculler whose entire life is derailed after her father, David (Byron Lawson), a wealthy hotelier, is caught stealing money from his clients. When David flees before the […]

Things are looking promising for Fox‘s upcoming Baywatch reboot ahead of the series’ January debut. It appears that Los Angeles officials are already making preparations to welcome the show back for a second season. Speaking to city council members on Wednesday, LA’s chief film liaison Steve Kang told local lawmakers: “I can say with confidence […]

SPOILER ALERT: The following story contains plot details from the Season 2 finale of “Diarra From Detroit” now streaming on Paramount+. With the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger hanging in the balance and a presidential administration that is persistently hostile to diversity, Black-led series like Natasha Rothwell’s well-reviewed Hulu comedy “How to Die Alone,” Issa Rae’s HBO […]

MS Now’s new streaming platform, MS Now Membership, has set a slate of five original series toplined by Rachel Maddow, Lawrence O’Donnell, Ali Velshi, Claire McCaskill and Andrew Weissmann. The service launches today. MS Now said the additional content “represents the first phase of a programming strategy that will continue to evolve with new programs […]