‘Abbott Elementary’: Creator & Star Quinta Brunson Says Comedy Series Gives Public School Teachers The On-Screen Depth They Deserve – TCA

The success of “Squid Game” has taken a toll on at least one of its stars.

Noella Bergener is speaking out about her five months of “hell” after husband “Sweet” James Bergener suddenly relocated to Puerto Rico. 

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix is heading into spy territory.

“Sister Wives” star Meri Brown is admitting the thing she found most difficult about quarantining alone, among her rocky relationship with Kody Brown.

Wilmer Valderrama is taking on a new role!

It’s been nearly a decade since screenwriter Mark Protosevich has had a script get produced. But it appears Apple TV+ is ready to get the screenwriter back on track with a brand-new series, “Sugar.” READ MORE: ‘The Penguin’: Colin Farrell Confirmed For ‘Batman’ Spin-Off Series On HBO Max According to Deadline, screenwriter Mark Protosevich is teaming up with Apple TV+ to bring his new series, “Sugar,” to screens with Colin Farrell attached to star.

EXCLUSIVE: Ilana Peña, the creator, showrunner, executive producer of the Disney+ series Diary of a Future President, is developing How to Get Over Brian Byers, a hybrid comedy she is writing with Los Angeles-based writer and stand-up comedian Anne Sundell, at CBS.

Netflix has signed “The Upshaws” creator Regina Hicks to a multiyear overall deal that will include a new comedy series that Hicks will develop with Barack and Michelle Obama’s Higher Ground Productions. The untitled comedy series in development will focus on the lives of four middle-aged Black women from Houston, Texas and explore how they navigate a world of affluence while also balancing the everyday scenarios of women of a certain age.Hicks will create, write and showrun the series.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterRegina Hicks has signed a multi-year overall deal with Netflix, Variety has learned.Hicks is the co-creator and co-showrunner of the Netflix multi-cam comedy “The Upshaws” starring Wanda Sykes and Mike Epps. The show debuted in May and was renewed for a second season in June.Under her deal, Hicks will create, write and produce new series and projects for Netflix.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterChris O’Dowd is set to star in the upcoming Apple comedy series “The Big Door Prize,” Variety has learned exclusively.The series 10-episode series is based on the M.O. Walsh novel of the same name.

Fox has given a script commitment with penalty to Country Eastern, a single-camera comedy written by India’s top comedian and Bollywood star Vir Das. The intent is for Das to also star in the project, from Party Over Here, the production company founded by the Lonely Island’s Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone, and CBS Studios. Fox Entertainment and CBS Studios will co-produce.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVIf you only rely on news headlines, there doesn’t seem to be anything fun, let alone funny, about the state of America’s school system. From shootings and shelter-in-place drills, to cheating on admissions applications and lack of funding, it can be hard not to get discouraged by a broken system.

Caroline Framke Chief TV CriticAs hard as it is for any TV show to start on a strong note, it’s doubly hard for comedies, which depend so much on cast and writers’ room chemistry to truly click into gear.

somewhat humorous. But star and creator Quinta Brunson explains that means they have to be very particular about incorporating some of the many systemic issues in schools, which she argues all stem from the problem of being underfunded.“We have to be special about the kinds of stories that we want to tell.

Alfonso Cuarón is adapting Renee Knight’s novel Disclaimer as a series for Apple TV+ with Cate Blanchett and Kevin Kline starring.

Matthew Macfadyen is getting candid about what it’s like watching his wife Keeley Hawes‘s sex scenes in her Netflix series Bodyguard.

Ricky Gervais will star in new TV comedy series Greenlight – German Genius, WarnerMedia Germany has announced.The eight-part satire series is based on an actual Twitter exchange between Gervais and Kida Khodr Ramadan in 2018, where the comedian praised the actor’s performance in 4 Blocks.In the show, Ramadan and Gervais will play fictionalised versions of themselves.

Jurassic Park star Sam Neill is set star in Foxtel’s Australian TV drama series The Twelve, which is due to begin production next week.