Wednesday, December 10, 2025
Diana Ross will ring in the new year as the 2026 headliner for "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest." From Times Square, the disco legend will anchor a lineup of 39 artist…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:45AM[SHARE]Monday, December 8, 2025
"Saturday Night Live" breakout Marcello Hernández has set his first-ever stand-up comedy special at Netflix. The hour, titled "American Boy," will stream on Jan. 7. Filmed in front of a h…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:25AM[SHARE]Thursday, December 4, 2025
If you want to get in touch with Fran Lebowitz, you'll have to jump through a few hoops. Even inquiring if the sharp-tongued writer and flaneur would entertain an interview required three in…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:00PM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 2, 2025
David Letterman's Netflix talk series "My Next Guest Needs No Introduction" will return with Season 6 on Dec. 16. Letterman's next interview subjects include "Sinners" star Michael B. Jordan…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:00PM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 25, 2025
"Grey's Anatomy" heartthrob Eric Dane appeared on another medical drama on Monday, this time playing a patient. The 53-year-old actor, who played Dr. Mark Sloan aka "McSteamy" on the Shonda …
SOURCE: Variety at 01:50PM[SHARE]Nicole Kidman suits up as a chief medical examiner in the first look at Amazon Prime Video's "Scarpetta," the upcoming series adaptation of the Patricia Cornwell novels. The crime thriller s…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:00PM[SHARE]"Wednesday" has found its Aunt Ophelia, as Eva Green joins the Netflix dark comedy as a series regular in Season 3. The character was hinted at in the final moments of the Season 2 finale, w…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:29AM[SHARE]Monday, November 24, 2025
"Industry" is returning for business. Season 4 of the critically acclaimed drama series will debut on HBO and HBO Max on Jan. 11 at 9 p.m. ET. New episodes of the eight-episode season will a…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, November 19, 2025
Ricky Gervais' next stand-up special will arrive on Netflix on Dec. 30. "Mortality," the hour he's been touring since 2024, was filmed in 2025 at the London Palladium. It's Gervais' fourth s…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:32AM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 18, 2025
At the New York Comedy Festival, four leading industry figures gathered for a Business of Comedy Panel moderated by Variety TV reporter Ethan Shanfeld. Comedian Jeff Ross, festival founder C…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:00PM[SHARE]Fabien Frankel has signed with CAA for representation. The 31-year-old actor is best known for his role as Ser Criston Cole in HBO's "Game of Thrones" prequel "House of the Dragon," and he c…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:30PM[SHARE]Monday, November 17, 2025
David Letterman's next subject on his Netflix interview series "My Next Guest Needs No Introduction" is Adam Sandler. The special episode will air on the streamer on Dec. 1. The two will dis…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:30AM[SHARE]Friday, November 14, 2025
Are you a big fan of mindless crap? Well, you're in luck. An excerpt of the fictional "Pluribus" book "Bloodsong of Wycaro," the latest novel in Carol Sturka's "Winds of Wycaro" romantasy se…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:22PM[SHARE]With 11 stand-up specials under his belt, Jim Gaffigan is one of the most prolific comedians this side of George Carlin. His family-friendly jokes about parenting and food made Gaffigan a ho…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:15PM[SHARE]"Wicked: One Wonderful Night" scored 3.6 million viewers on NBC. The thrillifying telecast is the network's second-highest rated special this year, after "SNL50: The Anniversary Special." Th…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:30PM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 11, 2025
Cleto Escobedo III, Jimmy Kimmel's close friend and the bandleader of his talk show, has died. He was 59. Kimmel shared the news on Instagram, writing, "Early this morning, we lost a great f…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:36PM[SHARE]Tuesday, November 4, 2025
Seth Meyers has fired back at Donald Trump after the president called him "the least talented person to 'perform' live in the history of television" on Truth Social. Trump went on about how …
SOURCE: Variety at 12:29PM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 29, 2025
Adam Driver will star in a hostage drama series from Netflix titled "Rabbit, Rabbit." The show is written by Peter Craig ("The Town," "The Batman") and directed by Philip Barantini, who won …
SOURCE: Variety at 01:19PM[SHARE]Monday, October 27, 2025
Murray Bartlett, the Emmy-winning actor best known for playing the unhinged hotel manager in Season 1 of "The White Lotus," has found his next project: Netflix's adaptation of "All the Sinne…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:34PM[SHARE]Saturday, October 25, 2025
In comedy, few are as influential " and elusive " as Jim Downey. During his 30-year tenure as a writer on "Saturday Night Live," he penned era-defining sketches like Chris Farley's "Chippend…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, October 23, 2025
Isabelle Tate, an actor on ABC's "9-1-1: Nashville," died on Sunday. She was 23. Tate played Julie on the Ryan Murphy spinoff series, appearing in the pilot episode that aired on Oct. 9, 202…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:41PM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 22, 2025
Rhea Seehorn is surrounded by creepily happy and helpful people as the world seems to fall apart in the first trailer for "Pluribus," the sci-fi drama from "Breaking Bad" creator Vince Gilli…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:16AM[SHARE]Friday, October 17, 2025
Miles Teller, Nikki Glaser and Glen Powell are the next batch of "Saturday Night Live" hosts. They'll be joined by musical guests Brandi Carlile, Sombr and Olivia Dean, respectively. Teller …
SOURCE: Variety at 01:00PM[SHARE]Thursday, October 16, 2025
Marc Maron has once again addressed his long-standing feud with Jon Stewart, saying it is "fully fueled" by Maron's "insecurity." "Jon never did anything to me," Maron told Esquire. "I was j…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:13PM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 14, 2025
Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert offered some rare praise to Donald Trump after the president helped broker a deal between Israel and Hamas that resulted in a ceasefire and the release of al…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:27PM[SHARE]Lisa Ann Walter started her career as a stand-up comedian in the late 1980s before booking film and TV roles and eventually landing on the hit ABC sitcom "Abbott Elementary." She continues t…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:47PM[SHARE]Thursday, October 9, 2025
While defending his decision to perform at the controversial, state-sponsored Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia, Aziz Ansari said he planned to donate "part of the fee" to "causes that …
SOURCE: Variety at 05:04PM[SHARE]Joachim Rønning, the Norwegian filmmaker behind "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales," "Young Woman and the Sea" and the upcoming "Tron: Ares," will next direct a documentary…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:15PM[SHARE]Wednesday, October 8, 2025
On his late-night talk show Tuesday night, Jimmy Kimmel pressed Aziz Ansari for performing at the controversial, state-sponsored Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia. "This is something th…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:34PM[SHARE]Monday, October 6, 2025
Legendary "Saturday Night Live" writer Jim Downey is the subject of a new documentary coming to Peacock on Oct. 17. Titled "Downey Wrote That," the hour-long film will highlight the sketches…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:00PM[SHARE]Sunday, October 5, 2025
Bad Bunny kicked off Season 51 of "Saturday Night Live" with a bilingual monologue that referenced his upcoming gig as the Super Bowl halftime show headliner " and the right-wing backlash to…
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