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WildBrain, the studio behind the streamer’s ‘Sonic Prime,’ will handle the CG animation for the series.
The star and producer talks about approaching Reena Virk's story with sensitivity, as someone who is familiar with people telling stories about her family, and balancing the real events with fictional aspects.
'Band,' which has received a pilot order at the streamer, hails from married duo Daniel and Ben Barnz.
Get ready for more Ultimatums at Netflix. The streamer has picked up new seasons of both The Ultimatum and its companion show, The Ultimatum: Queer Love, as part of its ongoing expansion of reality programming. Netflix has also ordered another show in its Selling … franchise; a competition show called Battle Camp that’s reminiscent of […]
Minecraft is coming to Netflix. Netflix and Mojang Studios are teaming to develop a CG-animated TV series based on the Minecraft franchise. Details on the potential series, which was announced Thursday as part of the 15th anniversary of the game, are slim other than it will feature an original story with new characters that shows […]
[This story contains major spoilers from the Under the Bridge finale, “Mercy Alone.”] The final episode of Under the Bridge saw the complete, real-life events come to light around the night Reena Virk (played by Vritika Gupta in the series) was killed in Saanich, British Columbia by a group of teenagers. She was 14 when […]
Generation creators Daniel and Ben Barnz have lined up their next show. The married couple has landed a pilot order at Amazon for the marching band dramedy Band, with John Benjamin Hickey (Pitch Perfect, The Big C) and Chante Adams (A League of Their Own, A Man in Full) set to lead the ensemble cast. […]
At last, The Chosen season four has a streaming date. The biblical drama series that’s become a global sensation will begin releasing its fourth season Sunday, June 2, The Hollywood Reporter can exclusively report. Initially, the drama will be exclusively available on its own The Chosen app, with additional streaming and broadcast options being announced […]
Season one of The Bear was about the stress of trying to save a financially ailing neighborhood restaurant, and season two captured the pressure of conceiving and opening a new ? and very different ??restaurant on a tight timeline. Season three of the Emmy-winning, FX-produced Hulu series will follow Carmy (Jeremy Allen White) and the […]
For decades, TV shows lived and died by their ratings among adults 18-49, the demographic sweet spot for advertisers to reach a wide swath of potential customers with money to spend but without the lifelong habits about how to spend it. That’s not really the case anymore as an emphasis on engagement and reach in […]
In introductory behind-the-scenes footage, Lifetime’s four-part docuseries The Life and Murder of Nicole Brown Simpson sees a producer instructing interview subjects to use specific names when referencing individuals. Nicole Brown Simpson’s older sister, Denise Brown, replies, “There’s only one name I don’t want to say, if you don’t mind ? ever.” That name is O.J. […]
First-look photos of Malala Yousafzai’s cameo in the second season of We Are Lady Parts, launching on Peacock in the U.S. and on Channel 4 in the U.K. on Thursday, May 30, have been released and feature her in fringed western wear. Early glimpses of her season 2 appearance also show the youngest Nobel Peace […]
It was the season of TV that wasn’t actually a full season for a host of shows. It was a season when an Australian blue heeler became the biggest thing in streaming, when women’s sports (basketball in particular) took a big leap, when Jon Stewart got back behind a desk, and when the NFL ruled […]
The second night of Investigation Discovery’s Fallen Idols: Nick and Aaron Carter docuseries wasted no time before diving into Aaron Carter’s mental health struggles and deeper into the allegations of sexual assault against Backstreet Boys frontman Nick Carter. The final two episodes of the four-part docuseries featured interviews with Aaron Carter’s ex-girlfriend, Lina Valentina, and […]
[This story contains spoilers from the season 11 three-part reunion of Vanderpump Rules.] The Vanderpump Rules producers surprised the cast when they gathered for the three-part reunion, which concluded on Tuesday night. The Bravo stars are sent the season’s episodes before they air. But, towards the end of the cast get-together, host Andy Cohen announced […]
If the first The Jinx series had released as a binge-watch, everything about the Robert Durst story would be different. “He would have been in Cuba,” director Andrew Jarecki explains of Durst, while reflecting on the docuseries’ 2015 beginning, during a chat about its 2024 ending. The New York real estate heir had been suspected […]
Investigation Discovery’s newest docuseries Fallen Idols: Nick and Aaron Carter dives into the allegations of sexual assault against Backstreet Boys frontman Nick Carter and brother Aaron Carter’s struggles with mental health and substance abuse. The four-part series, which airs Monday and Tuesday, spends its first two episodes introducing Melissa Schuman, a former member of pop […]
[This story contains spoilers from the Doctor Who season up to and including “73 Yards.”] There aren’t many television shows that could, in the matter of only a few episodes, feature a monster made of boogers that terrorizes babies, a killer drag queen defeated by the power of music (with a little help from The […]
Max is getting off the bus. The Warner Bros. Discovery-backed streamer has canceled The Girls on the Bus after a single season on the platform. The Warner Bros. TV-produced drama, originally developed at Netflix and The CW before landing at the studio’s streaming counterpart, wrapped its 10-episode run May 9. “While Max will not be […]