USA Network ordered the Milo Ventimiglia (This Is Us)-led limited series Evel, based on the story of daredevil Evel Knievel and his historic Snake River Canyon jump. From UCP, Etan Frankel (Shameless) will write and exec produce. Serving as executive producers are McG, Mary Viola, and Steven Bello of Wonderland Sound & Vision; Alex Gartner, […]
Gillian Anderson (The X-Files) will play Margaret Thatcher in season four of Netflix’s The Crown. Season three launches November 17…Naomi Ackie (Lady Macbeth) has joined the season two cast of Netflix series The End of the F***ing World…Tucker Albrizzi was upped from recurring to series regular on Netflix comedy Mr. Iglesias.
Discovery’s new joint venture with Chip and Joanna Gaines is setting its senior leadership team under President Allison Page. Donna MacLetchie, co-founder of Jane Street Entertainment, has been named GM, Programming; Julie Morris, most recently VP for Brand Strategy for HGTV, Food Network and Travel Channel, has been named SVP, Brand Strategy and Operations; and […]
Netflix ordered a 16-episode seventh and final season of Grace and Frankie, which will make it the streamer’s longest-running series. “It’s thrilling and somehow fitting that our show about the challenges, as well as the beauty and dignity of aging, will be the oldest show on Netflix,” said co-creators and showrunners Marta Kauffman and Howard […]
Hulu is also developing Margaret Atwood’s “The Testaments,” sequel to the author’s “The Handmaid’s Tale,” with MGM. Handmaid’s Tale showrunner Bruce Miller is involved in the discussions. “The Testaments” comes out September 10.
Wendy Williams has teamed with Back Roads Entertainment and LostNThought Productions for comedy special, Wendy Williams & Friends Presents: For The Record. The talk show host, actress and author is set to spill the tea on hot-topic headlines, including her own life, in the 90-minute stand-up showcase. “Listen, people are talking about ME and MY […]
Oscar winner Christopher Waltz will co-star opposite Liam Hemsworth in an untitled thriller series for short form streamer Quibi from Scorpion creator Nick Santora, producer Gordon Gray, Silver Reel Pictures and CBS Television Studios. The project, which is set to launch next spring, features Hemsworth as a terminally ill man desperate to provide for his […]
American Princess was canceled after one season at Lifetime. Renaissance Faire drama, a co-production between A+E Studios and IM Global Television, was created by Jamie Denbo (Orange Is the New Black).
Secret Nazi Ruins premieres Thursday, September 5 on Science Channel. Docu-series explores tunnels, towers resistance nests and more covert projects from Nazi Germany.