“The Masked Singer” and the first ever episode of its after-show led Fox to a dominant ratings win on Wednesday night. One celebrity wearing the Banana mask may have slipped up last night, but “The Masked Singer” came in at a 2.0 rating among adults 18-49 and drew 7.9 million total viewers. 6 more words
via TV Ratings: ‘The Masked Singer’ and First After-Show Dominate Wednesday — Variety
Fourteen years after originally saying goodbye to Jack (Sean Hayes), Karen (Megan Mullally) and the titular “Will & Grace” (Eric McCormack and Debra Messing, respectively), series co-creators David Kohan and Max Mutchnick are delivering quite the do-over of a series finale. 16 more words
via ‘Will & Grace’ Creators Break Down Saying Goodbye to Their Sitcom — For a Second Time — Variety
Jonny Campbell, who recently directed Netflix’s “Dracula” series, will helm Paramount’s “Cold Storage,” an adaptation of veteran screenwriter David Koepp’s first novel. Koepp became the go-to screenwriter for blockbusters, having worked on features like “Jurassic Park,” “Angels and Demons”, “Panic Room,” and “Mission: Impossible.” When he brought his debut book to the market in 2018,…
Danny DeVito and Aubrey Plaza are teaming up for a satanic sounding new project. The duo are among the voice cast attached to a new animated series titled “Little Demon” which has received a pilot order at FX, Variety has confirmed. 21 more words
via Danny DeVito, Aubrey Plaza to Star in Animated Comedy Pilot at FX — Variety
Scheduled contract negotiations between Hollywood studios and the Writers Guild of America have hit a bump over the issue of the guild’s health plan after WGA lead negotiator David Young called his studio counterparts “despicable.” It’s unclear whether the dispute could derail the start of scheduled talks, set for May 11. 6 more words
via WGA Chief Calls Hollywood Studios ‘Despicable’ in Dispute Over Negotiations — Variety
It takes more than a pandemic to keep “Saturday Night Live” off the air. The venerable NBC late-night program will air a new “remote” episode this weekend, according to the show’s Twitter feed, despite conditions under the coronavirus pandemic that make its normal production impossible to accomplish. 11 more words
via ‘Saturday Night Live’ Returns for Second ‘At Home’ Broadcast — Variety
The coronavirus pandemic has impacted on-location filming in greater Los Angeles with an 18% decline so far this year, according to a report released Thursday by the FilmLA permitting agency. 30 more words
via Los Angeles On-Location Filming Slides 18% Due to Coronavirus — Variety
Great Odin’s Raven! There’s an “Anchorman” reunion on the cards at Apple TV Plus. The streamer has handed a straight-to-series order for “The Shrink Next Door,” a comedy limited series which will see Will Ferrell and Paul Rudd reunite on screen for the first time since “Anchorman 2.” Apple won the rights to the series,…
via Will Ferrell, Paul Rudd Series ‘The Shrink Next Door’ Lands at Apple — Variety
Earlier this month, HBO’s “The Plot Against America” came to a rousing end. It was up to production designer Richard Hoover to help the multiple directors of the show create the look for the show’s alternate timeline which posits that aviator Charles Lindbergh, played by Ben Cole, a Nazi sympathizer, is elected president in 1940…
California Film Commission chief Colleen Bell says state officials are making progress on hammering out details for the resumption of film and TV production following industrywide shutdowns in light of the coronavirus pandemic. 27 more words
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