3 HBO TV Shows & 2 Netflix Shows Are Being Given Top Priority to Start Filming Post-Strikes

The actors’ strike is still ongoing, but we’re learning which TV shows are being given priority by both Netflix and HBO once stars are allowed to return to work and begin filming again.

Glasgow singer Lewis Capaldi and Scots actor Brian Cox are among the six stars who have been shortlisted for Bafta Scotland’s audience award. The public can vote for their favourite screen stars for 'Favourite Scot on Screen.'

Regular 'deep cleans' are being carried out on trams and buses across Greater Manchester amid fears a bed bug invasion could be looming. It comes after the blood-sucking critters were apparently spotted on the London Underground.

Cynthia Littleton Business Editor Shawn Ryan feels like he’s picked up in mid-sentence. The seasoned showrunner is back in his element, leading a writers room and juggling two series, Netflix’s “The Night Agent” and the final season of CBS’ high-octane police drama “S.W.A.T.” The end of the Writers Guild of America strike late last month unleashed a torrent of work for Ryan and his teams based at Sony Pictures Television. “Night Agent” was a little more than halfway done with writing for the 10 episodes for Season 2 when writers went pencils down on May 2.

Netflix show The Fall Of The House Of Usher has proved a hit with critics so far, with many describing it as a horror-version of hit HBO show, Succession.The series is the next project from Mike Flanagan, who created Netflix’s The Haunting Of Hill House, The Haunting Of Bly Manor and this year’s Midnight Mass.The eight-episode series follows the gloomy downfall of pharmaceutical kingpin Roderick Usher (played by Bruce Greenwood) and his rich family who are often at loggerheads – much like the cast of Succession.Describing the show on X/Twitter last year, Flanagan wrote: “This miniseries is a modern remix of some of the most iconic works of Edgar Allan Poe. To tell this epic tale of greed, horror, and tragedy, we have assembled the largest ensemble cast in the history of Intrepid Pictures.”The series, which premieres on Netflix on October 12, has been certified ‘fresh’ by Rotten Tomatoes, scoring a huge 92% positive score so far.

Holly Willoughby is saying goodbye to ITV’s This Morning.

PBS Masterpiece airs some huge fan favorite TV shows, and fans might be curious which TV shows are renewed and which are canceled.

This is Day 86 of the SAG-AFTRA strike. 

also in the midst of a divorce after spending 18 years with estranged wife Christine Baumgartner, 49, has previously stated that he’s wanted to make “Horizon” for decades, and he made a personal investment to finance it. “I’ve mortgaged 10 acres on the water in Santa Barbara where I was going to build my last house,” he told Deadline in May.

Fans have called out David and Victoria Beckham for an apparent editing blunder in their new Netflix documentary, Beckham. The couple have recently released their tell-all four-part documentary series with the streaming platform, which follows David and wife Victoria’s careers from their first meeting in 1997 to their current status as global icons. The series sees Victoria teased by David for claiming she’s from a “working class background” as well as exploring David's alleged affair with his former personal assistant Rebecca Loos.

Netflix is reportedly planning to raise its prices for its ad-free service after the Hollywood actors’ strike ends.The streaming service is “discussing” raising prices in “several markets globally,” and will likely increase fees in the US and Canada first, according to a Wall Street Journal report, citing anonymous sources.It was not immediately clear how much Netflix will raise its prices by or when exactly the new prices will take effect, according to the report. Netflix declined to comment on the report to NME.In the US, Netflix’s standard plan (two streams, no ads) is currently $15.49 (£10.99) a month and the Premium tier (four streams) costs $19.99 (£15.99) month.This summer, Netflix eliminated the basic tier without ads which had cost $9.99 (£8.27) a month in the US and other markets, in a bid to drive customers to the $6.99 (£4.99) a month ad-supported plan or higher-priced tiers.Netflix previously said it saw the addition of 5.9million subscribers globally since March, following the streaming service’s crackdown on password sharing between households.

William Earl Bill Maher returned to the airwaves with HBO’s “Real Time” for the first time since the strike with only mild praise for the Writers Guild of America for settling the five-month strike. Season 21 of “Real Tiime with Bill Maher” became the first of TV’s prominent late-night talk shows to return to the airwaves after the conclusion of the 148-day work stoppage.

ended on Tuesday, after a work-stoppage that lasted 148 days, bringing Hollywood grinding to a halt. As writers – who went on strike in May for the first time in 15 years – fought for fair pay, health care, and protection against studios using AI, the work stoppage resulted in suspended late-night talk shows, delayed movies, halted productions on hit shows such as “Abbott Elementary” “Severance,” “Yellowjackets” and the final season of “Stranger Things.”Additionally, broadcast networks like CBS had to fill in their gaps in programming by airing reruns and streaming shows such as “Yellowstone.” On Tuesday, the WGA board members approved a contract agreement with studios.The writers still have to vote to ratify the contract (voting will be between Oct. 2 and Oct.

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it has reached a tentative agreement to end the ongoing strikes that began in May after four consecutive days of negotiations with the the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP).The WGA West wrote on X: “The WGA and AMPTP have reached a tentative agreement. This was made possible by the enduring solidarity of WGA members and extraordinary support of our union siblings who stood with us for over 146 days. More details coming after contract language is finalized.”Following the news, insiders have told Variety that plans are already in place to bring back shows such as Jimmy Kimmel Live and The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon as soon as possible, with potential returns as soon as next weekend (October 2).“We want to come back ASAP,” one insider on a late-night show said, with another adding: “I think everybody’s leaning forward, like they’re ready to go….

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large As the WGA strike draws to a close, first stop on the road to normalcy will be late night — where producers are already plotting a return to air within the next two to three weeks. “We want to come back ASAP,” said one late night insider.

Netflix chief content officer Bela Bajaria struck an upbeat tone about Hollywood’s labor situation Thursday, saying the difficulties of recent months would eventually give way to the satisfaction of making stuff again. 

Netflix‘s Daredevil series has called out Disney for its upcoming reboot, calling it a “scam” for creatives who worked on the Netflix show.Netflix’s Daredevil series – which was released in partnership with Marvel – ran between 2015 and 2018 and lasted for three seasons. Following the launch of Disney+ in 2019, Disney – who acquired Marvel back in 2009 – ordered a slate of new Marvel series for its streaming platform.

Steven DeKnight, showrunner on Netflix’s Marvel Daredevil series, calls the upcoming Disney+ series “an old Disney scam” that will keep the Netflix series creatives from getting what is due to them financially.

Ricky Gervais was among those who managed to save Peep Show from cancellation in its early days.The cult sitcom, which starred David Mitchell and Robert Webb as dysfunctional housemates Mark and Jeremy, is celebrating its 20th anniversary this week.In a piece reflecting on the show’s legacy with The Guardian, script editor Iain Morris discussed how Channel 4 were not keen on the show in its infancy, and considered cancelling it.“The channel hated it because it wasn’t rating and they didn’t really understand it,” Morris explained. “I spent a lot of time defending it, probably to the detriment of my career.”Gervais, however, was one of the show’s big early supporters, and helped the network decide to keep it on air.“He kept talking about it.