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Reba McEntire to Star in ABC Series from ‘Desperate Housewives’ Creator Marc Cherry
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Reba McEntire is heading back to TV.
The country music superstar is set to headline a series from “Desperate Housewives” creator Marc Cherry that has been put into development at ABC, Variety has learned.
ABC emerged as the network for the potential series, after a bidding war for the pilot script that landed with a hefty penalty at the broadcaster.
The untitled hourlong series is described as a “Southern Gothic soap opera” set in motion after a horrible, suspected act of terrorism happens at a Fourth of July parade in the small town of Oxblood, Kentucky. The FBI sends a cocky agent of Middle Eastern descent to investigate and he teams up with the mercurial local Sheriff to uncover secrets far darker than either could have ever imagined.
Cherry created the project and is set to serve as executive producer and showrunner. His producing partner Sabrina Wind will also exec produce via their Cherry-Wind Productions banner, along »
- Elizabeth Wagmeister
HBO Announces Multi-Part Muhammad Ali Documentary From Director Antoine Fuqua
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Antoine Fuqua and LeBron James are partnering on a multi-part Muhammad Ali documentary for HBO. The untitled project will be directed by Fuqua (“Training Day,” “The Magnificent Seven”) and follow the life and career of Ali, who passed away at the age of 74 earlier this year.
“It’s tough to put into words how much it means to me to be a part of this project honoring the legacy and telling the extremely important story of the great Muhammad Ali,” says James in a statement. “He transcended sports and used his platform to empower people, which paved the way for all athletes and people of every race and gender that came after him, myself included.”
“Muhammad Ali meant many things to many people, »
- Michael Nordine
‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Casts Trio of Klingon Warriors
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“Star Trek: Discovery” has cast Chris Obi, Shazad Latif and Mary Chieffo as Klingon warriors, TheWrap has confirmed. Chris Obi will star as T’Kuvma, the Klingon leader seeking to unite the Klingon houses. Latif will star as Kol, the Commanding Officer of the Klingons and protégé of T’Kuvma. Mary Chieffo will star as L’Rell, the Battle Deck Commander of the Klingon ship. Obi has been on a hot streak of late, appearing in the History reboot of “Roots” and the upcoming Starz series “American Gods.” He will also appear next year in Scarlett Johansson’s “Ghost in the Shell. »
- Joe Otterson
Golden Globes: People v. O.J. Simpson, Night Manager, This Is Us, Westworld, The Crown, black-ish Lead TV Nominees
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Nominations for the 74th annual Golden Globe Awards were announced on Monday morning at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, by Don Cheadle, Laura Dern and Anna Kendrick
The Golden Globes will be broadcast by NBC on Sunday, Jan. 8, and will be hosted by Jimmy Fallon. Meryl Streep will be honored with the Cecil B. deMille Award.
Here is the list of TV’s nominees — now share your raves and rants in the Comments.
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‘Atlanta’ Star Lakeith Stanfield Pulls a Kanye West at Critics’ Choice Awards
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When executive producer Tom Lassally took the stage to accept the best comedy series award for “Silicon Valley” at the 22nd annual Critics’ Choice Awards Sunday night, “Atlanta” star Lakeith Stanfield had other plans.
Stanfield could be seen approaching the stage from the opposite side of the room as Lassally climbed the steps, eventually swooping in to, one assumes, register a note of protest for “Atlanta” losing the prize.
“I want to thank everybody for honoring us in this way,” Stanfield said, as Lassally looked on from behind presenters Christian Slater and Leslie Mann. “We worked very hard on ‘Silicon Valley’ and here we are. Thank you.”
When Stanfield vacated the mic, Lassally finally got to his own speech. “I have no idea who that was,” he said, before accepting the prize.
“Atlanta” didn’t go home empty-handed, though. Star Donald Glover won the award for best actor in a comedy series.
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- Kristopher Tapley
McG’s ‘The Babysitter’ Moves to Netflix From New Line (Exclusive)
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McG’s “The Babysitter” has moved from New Line Cinema to Netflix after Boies/Schiller Film Group acquired rights from the studio.
Boies/Schiller and McG’s Wonderland Sound and Vision co-financed the movie, which has already wrapped filming. New Line had acquired the spec in 2015 after a heated bidding war quickly put the pic in production.
“The Babysitter” had been awaiting a release date, but given the crowded slate of New Line’s existing commitments, the studio, working closely with Zack Schiller and McG, decided to sell the film to Boies/Schiller and Wonderland instead.
Sources were unable to disclose a price, but said it was in the high-seven to low-eight-figure range.
Brian Duffield penned the original script, with McG directing.
McG and Mary Viola are producing with David Boies, Zack Schiller, Steven Bello, Duffield, and James McGough serving as exec producers. Devin Andre and Jimmy Warden are co-producers. »
- Justin Kroll
‘Walking Dead’ Recap: Midseason Finale Sets Stage for War With Negan (Spoilers)
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Spoiler alert: Do not read until you’ve watched the midseason finale of “The Walking Dead,” titled “Hearts Still Beating.”
Hugs.
After eight episodes dedicated to introducing the most brutal and heartless villain in the show’s history, the seventh season of “The Walking Dead” wrapped up its first half with a group embrace among most of those who’ve survived. It was intended as an emotional moment, and it was certainly milked for every last drop of sentiment, with inspiring chords rising on the soundtrack as characters hugged and reunited and nodded at one another, joined in a tacit resolve to fight back against the tyranny of Negan and the Saviors.
But after a drawn-out season in which episodes consistently ran over time to little apparent purpose—the midseason finale itself dragged on for nearly 90 minutes including ad breaks—the sequence felt comically overwrought. This is what we waited so long for, why »
- Sam Adams
TV News Roundup: Cartoon Network Sets ‘Adventure Time’ Miniseries for January
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In today’s TV news, Cartoon Network will premiere a special “Adventure Time” miniseries, Netflix’s “Atypical” adds another recurring player, and more.
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Cartoon Network will premiere an “Adventure Time” miniseries starting Jan. 30 at 7:30/6:30c and finishing on Feb. 2. “Adventure Time: Islands” is an eight-part journey into Finn the Human’s mysterious past. The four-night special event will answer one of the series’ most-asked questions: What happened to the humans?
National Geographic‘s “The Story of God with Morgan Freeman” will return for its second season on Jan. 16 at 9/8c. Season 2 of the series, which is part travel documentary, part exploration of faith, will see host Morgan Freeman continue to meet with faith leaders, scientists, and other experts to unravel some of life’s deepest questions. The first episode will feature a 9-year-old boy in Minnesota who Tibetan monks believe is the reincarnation of a lama, a »
- Arya Roshanian
Our Staff Picks: TV Shows to Watch the Week of Dec. 12, 2016
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Welcome back to Tune In: our weekly newsletter, offering a guide to the best of the week’s TV.
Each week, Variety’s TV team combs through the week’s TV schedule, selecting our picks of what to watch and when/how to watch it. The Golden Globes nominations were announced this morning, but before award season 2017 kicks off — and the holidays! — there’s still more TV to catch this year.
“America’s Next Top Model” season premiere, VH1, Monday, 10 p.m.
Cycle 23 struts onto the catwalk with a new host (Rita Ora is in for Tyra Banks), new judges’ panel (model Ashley Graham, celebrity stylist Law Roach and Paper Magazine’s Drew Elliott) and a new home on VH1. The format feels similar, but slight changes give the show a modernized makeover. Speaking to Variety about the new season, VH1 and MTV exec Nina Diaz said, “We felt like the fashion and the social nature of »
- Variety Staff
After Crashing Super Bowl, Frito-Lay Drives Away From Event
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Super Bowl viewers won’t have ads for Frito-Lay chips and snacks to munch on during Super Bowl commercial breaks in 2017.
The PepsiCo-owned maker of Doritos, Cheetos, Fritos and Sun Chips, among other salty favorites, said it would not run an ad in Fox’s broadcast of Super Bowl Li in February of next year, with a spokesperson noting the gridiron classic “did not fit with our marketing plans.” The departure takes placed after the company announced that Super Bowl 50 would feature its last “Crash the Super Bowl” contest, which for a decade solicited Doritos commercials from amateur filmmakers and put the best of them alongside Super Bowl ad giants like Bud Lite and Coca Cola.
PepsiCo continues to be associated with the Super Bowl. Its Pepsi sponsors the event’s halftime show,which next year is slated to feature Lady Gaga. PepsiCo spent $172 million on Super Bowl advertising between 2006 and 2015, according to data from Kantar, a »
- Brian Steinberg
50 Cent Says the Golden Globes ‘Can Suck a D—‘ Over ‘Power’ Snub, Wants to Leave Show
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The Golden Globe nominations were announced this morning, and in the hours since we’ve seen a slew of statements from grateful nominees. 50 Cent has released a statement of his own, though it isn’t a happy one. The rapper, actor and producer took to Instagram to express his displeasure that “Power” hadn’t been nominated, stating in no uncertain terms that the Globes “can suck a dick.”
Read More: ‘Power’ Exclusive Clip: Ghost And Tommy Plan Their Next Move In Starz Crime Drama
Fiddy (real name Curtis Jackson) is an executive producer on the Starz drama and also co-stars as Kanan. “I’m on the move again, Golden globe’s can suck a dick,” begins the caption to his Instagram post (below). “I accept my series Power was not intended to be a signature show for the network but it is the highest rated show. I know my audience very well, »
- Michael Nordine
‘The Walking Dead’ Ep Gale Anne Hurd Talks Death, Negan, and the Kingdom
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Read no further if you haven’t seen the midseason finale for “The Walking Dead,” which aired Dec. 11.
“The Walking Dead” ended the first half of its seventh season in its usual bloody fashion — even Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) went unscathed, if you count the stubble he shaved off at the beginning of the episode, or the fact that his barbed-wire-encrusted bat, Lucille, took a bullet. “Walking Dead” executive producer Gale Anne Hurd talked to Variety about the nature of tyrants, how tough this season was for the actors, and why Spencer (Austin Nichols) had to go.
The tagline for the second half of the season, which premieres Feb. 12, is “Rise up.” Is that a “Hamilton” reference?
It’s so funny, we didn’t think of that! I saw “Hamilton” when it was at the Public, but no. The line is really is inspired by the fact that now we’re on the road to rebellion against »
- Oriana Schwindt
NCIS Video: Gibbs Takes a Hard Pass on Helping Fornell With [Spoiler] Thrusts
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Fornell gets a very rude awakening in this exclusive sneak peek from the midseason finale of CBS’ NCIS — and Gibbs is quite fine with it, thank you.
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In the above clip from “The Tie That Binds” (airing Tuesday at 8/7c), Emily Fornell (returning guest star Juliette Angelo) pays her convalescing father (played by Joe Spano) a visit, armed with a very special wake-up call. (And that’s not the only surprise she has for Dad.) Mark Harmon’s Gibbs meanwhile is beseeched to help his roommate with some physical therapy, »
The 20 Best New TV Shows of 2016
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Approximately 18,450 new shows premiered in 2016. All right, I apologize, that’s an exaggeration. But it feels true, and isn’t that what matters?
In all seriousness, there were months in which it felt as though a dozen new shows were premiering every day, and it is true that there are now more than 400 scripted shows (new and returning) competing for viewers’ attention.
And yet, I can’t quite bring myself to complain about this deluge, which has brought so much thoughtful and arresting work to our screens. As I wrote in March (and in a giddy September piece as well), the half-hour arena has been particularly fertile, and that’s been an exciting development to watch during the past few years. Television still can be good at inviting viewers to engage with a mainstream-oriented, big-tent kind of program, but much of the cutting-edge creativity and excitement in the TV realm has come from those who are exploring »
- Maureen Ryan
How the Orlando Massacre Changed Reality TV’s ‘Rules’
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Lisa Vanderpump awoke the morning of June 12 feeling anxious.
The reality television star was set to film her Bravo show, “Vanderpump Rules,” during the Gay Pride Parade in West Hollywood. Furthermore, she owns two restaurants in the heart of the predominantly gay neighborhood: Sur (the setting of “Rules) and Pump. It was going to be an intense day.
Then she got the news: 49 people — mostly Lgbt — were gunned down at the Pulse Nightclub in Orlando hours earlier, the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history.
She immediately got on the phone with Bill Langworthy, the “Vanderpump Rules” executive producer-showrunner. They were both afraid.
“It was pretty scary at the time,” Langworthy recalled. “We really just didn’t know what would happen.”
“I spoke with Doug Ross, the president of Evolution, the production company,” Langworthy explained. “Right from the start he said, ‘You do whatever you think is right. If you feel you want to burn that shoot »
- Lawrence Yee
‘Billy on the Street’: Aziz Ansari Tells New Yorkers About the Golden Age of Television — Watch
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Billy Eichner is back on the street for the fifth season of his web series-turned-actual show, and in his latest clip he’s brought Aziz Ansari with him. The topic of conversation: the golden age of television, which Eichner and the “Master of None” creator/star loudly tell passersby about on the streets of New York. Watch the latest “Billy on the Street” clip below.
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The two are, of course, met with a range of reactions: One woman simply says, “Okay, bye,” in an effort to remove herself from the situation, while another insists, “TV’s horrible,” and that she prefers books. Ansari asks yet another woman whether she’s seen “The Leftovers,” explaining that “Season 1’s pretty good, but Season 2’s supposed to be extraordinary.” (He’s right! »
- Michael Nordine
‘Moonlight’ Named Top Film by African American Film Critics
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Coming-of-age drama “Moonlight” has won the top movie award from the African American Film Critics Association.
The A24 film also won awards for best director for Barry Jenkins and best supporting actor for Mahershala Ali. “Straight Outta Compton” won the group’s best picture award last year during an awards season that was criticized for its lack of recognition for African American actors and projects, particularly by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
“Our members had a plethora of outstanding movies, documentaries, and TV shows to choose from this year,” said Aafca co-founder Shawn Edwards. “It was an exceptional year in terms of the quantity and quality of films about the black experience. And while this by no means solves the diversity issue in the film industry, it was definitely refreshing to have such a wide range of exceptional work to choose from to honor and celebrate with our approval.”
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- Dave McNary
Reba McEntire to Star in Marc Cherry's Southern Gothic Soap for ABC
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Reba McEntire is headed back to ABC… and Desperate Housewives creator Marc Cherry is coming along with her.
The country superstar has signed on to headline a “Southern Gothic soap opera” created by Cherry for ABC, our sister site Deadline reports. The untitled project, which has already received a script commitment from the network, will star McEntire as a small-town Kentucky sheriff who teams up with a Middle Eastern FBI agent to investigate an act of terrorism during a local 4th of July parade. Cherry will serve as creator and showrunner.
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50 Cent Threatens to Leave Starz’s ‘Power’ Over Golden Globes Snub
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Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson put in his two cents regarding Monday’s announcement of this year’s Golden Globe Awards nominations — which didn’t include his Starz show, “Power.”
The rapper and actor slammed the Hollywood Foreign Press Association via Instagram for once again omitting “Power.” The show, which recently wrapped its third season, has never been nominated for a Golden Globe or any major award show accolade.
50 Cent, who serves as an executive producer and plays the character Kanan, had some less-than-flattering words to say regarding the snub and stated that he will be quitting the show.
“I’m on the move again, the Golden Globes can suck a d-ck,” 50 Cent posted on Instagram. “I accept my series Power was not intended to be a signature show for the network but it is the highest rated show. I know my audience very well, I’m done promoting this out side of contractual obligations. Season »
- Arya Roshanian
NBCUniversal, Dick Wolf in Talks to Transform Oxygen Into Crime-Centric Channel (Exclusive)
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NBCUniversal and prolific producer Dick Wolf are in discussions about turning the Oxygen cable channel into a crime-centric outlet anchored by Wolf’s Universal TV-produced drama series.
Sources cautioned that the discussions are still in the early stages and that a formal deal may not come together. It is understood that Wolf might wind up with a small equity stake in the revamped channel.
NBCUniversal declined to comment. A rep for Dick Wolf also declined comment.
The discussions are a sign that even the largest cable programmers are feeling the pressure when it comes to under-performing channel assets. Oxygen has been in a ratings slump with few buzzy series to draw attention. Oxygen already has taken steps to shift its programming focus by recently adding a “Crime-Time”-branded block of unscripted true-crime series on four days of the week, Friday-Monday, to capitalize on the growing interest in such docu fare. That »
- Cynthia Littleton
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