A scripted Pussy Riot TV series is in development

Partridge has been crowned winner of The Masked Singer for the Christmas Day special - with a very well-known celebrity hiding underneath the festive costume.

EXCLUSIVE: Despite a difficult year for broadcast television, ABC can look back with confidence as it kicked off the year with some strong scripted content and was buoyed through a rocky fall season primarily by unscripted content.

EXCLUSIVE: Disney+ Hotstar is going behind the curtains of Bollywood.

The boy accused of murdering Brianna Ghey was 'an extra' in a tragedy written and directed by his 'manipulative' co-accused, jurors were told.

Dilettante: True Tales of Excess, Triumph, and Disaster tells the story of Graydon Carter’s protégé Dana Brown and how he navigated his way around the New York media world in the 1990s.

No, “Peaky Blinders” has never been the most popular show on Netflix. But if you talk to someone who has seen it, you’d swear they had a religious moment watching the series.

James Gunn is confirming that Matt Reeves is not only working on expanding his The Batman universe but also developing a series set within the new DC Universe.

EXCLUSIVE: BET Media Group is developing the unscripted series The Twins from Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson’s G-Unit Film & Television and Lionsgate’s Pilgrim Media Group.

While Lena Dunham seems to have found her footing again as a feature director, with 2022’s dual films “Sharp Stick” and “Catherine Called Birdy,” it seems as if the filmmaker is still not done with TV work. You see, even though she had a lengthy break from feature filmmaking, she’s never really left TV since her hit series “Girls” debuted in 2012.

EXCLUSIVE: USA Network‘s “blue sky” series of the 2000s and early 2010s are having a moment this year between Suits‘ blockbuster run on Netflix, which broke streaming records and led to a potential offshoot series at NBC, and the Monk reunion movie, which premieres today on Peacock and already is getting awards recognition.

A year after WNBA star Brittney Griner was released from a Russian prison, she has signed a sweeping deal with Disney.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Disney wants to get into the Brittney Griner business. The inspirational WNBA All-Star, who was arrested and held in Russia in 2022 and sentenced to nine years in prison, will give Disney the exclusive rights to share her story via a documentary feature from ESPN Films, the development of a scripted series through ABC Signature and an exclusive interview with ABC News anchor Robin Roberts.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large The two Hollywood strikes will have no impact on next year’s Emmy eligibility windows for either the Primetime Emmys or the Daytime Emmys, the heads of the two television academies confirmed this week. Meeting with reporters in a joint setting — a collaboration that used to be a rarity, back when they were warring organizations, but has now become more common — Los Angeles-based Television Academy president/CEO Maury McIntyre and New York-based National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences president/CEO Adam Sharp tackled a wide range of subjects, including an anticipated drop in submissions next year in scripted categories due to the strikes; whether there will be more category realignments; if the talk show fields will be further adjusted; a major change in governance taking effect next year at NATAS; and more.

EXCLUSIVE: 101 Studios has promoted EVP of Production and Development, James Allen, to Head of Scripted Films & Television Programming. The company also upped James Gold to SVP European Operations.  From 101’s Beverly Hills headquarters, Allen will oversee and manage deals for scripted television shows, films, and development. He will continue to report to CEO David Glasser, COO David Hutkin and CFO Michele Newman.

Ainsley Harriott has excitedly revealed that he's become a grandad as he announced the birth of his 'beautiful' granddaughter.The popular TV chef, 66, couldn't contain his excitement as he proudly shared the news of the "beautiful baby girl" with his 119,000 followers on Instagram on Tuesday.The ex-Ready, Steady, Cook star shared a sweet snap of a tiny newborn hand adorably wrapped around one of his fingers as he shared the heartfelt announcement with his fans. Ainsley was married to costume designer Clare Fellows, but the couple divorced in 2012 and they share two adult children together, Jimmy and Maddie.

EXCLUSIVE: The In-Between: Unforgettable Encounters During Life’s Final Moments, a book about death, written by hospice nurse Hadley Vlahos is set to be turned into a scripted series.

BBC Studios Scripted MD Mark Linsey has said the production community “needs to think about how to make drama and comedy at a lower tariff” amidst a tricky economic situation.

BreAnna Bell An unscripted dating show based on author Candace Bushnell‘s “Sex and the City” book is in development at Bunim/Murray Productions, Variety has confirmed. Titled “Is There Still Sex in The City,” the program will follow four friends in their fifties as they navigate the immersive dating experience in a “love do-over” where they trade in their busy city lives for a “dating utopia.” “They’ll live together in a cozy country chateau where they’ll have their pick of a different group of men in each episode.

Ventana Sur has added this year a big spread from Chile’s TV agency Consejo National de Televisión, which could be a reaction to global platforms pulling out of Chile. In terms of original titles there’s good word on Colombia’s Laura Otálora (“Impermanence”) and Argentina’s Carlos Lascano (“Lina”).

EXCLUSIVE: Realm, the scripted podcast company behind series such as Harley Quinn & The Joker: Sound Mind and The Flash: Escape The Midnight Circus, has struck a wide-ranging deal with IGN to develop and distribute audio series.