‘Abbott Elementary,’ ‘Shōgun,’ ‘Only Murders in the Building’ Among Shows at Disney’s Emmy FYC Fest (EXCLUSIVE)

Songwriters Benj Pasek and Justin Paul marveled at Steve Martin’s ability to perform their rapid-fire song in Season 3 of Only Murders in the Building. Martin’s character, Charles-Haden Savage, struggles with “Which of the Pickwick Triplets Did It” until episode 8 of the season. Unlike Savage, though, Martin nailed it in a tight two-hour time window.

Kelly Clarkson and Jennifer Hudson both got their starts on American Idol and now they’re both leading daytime talk shows!

CBS Chief George Cheeks on Paramount Global uncertainty and the future of Broadcast TV, a deep dive into the beloved reality TV series “Traitors,” a conversation about the 80th anniversary of D-Day with the “Masters of the Air” creators and a surprise “White Collar” reboot announcement. Check out a few of the conversations below: As part of the Variety TV FYC Fest, Dakota Fanning (“Ripley”), Jennifer Jason Leigh (‘Fargo”), Ricky Martin (“Palm Royale”), Lewis Pullman (“Outer Range”), Lisa Ann Walter (“Abbot Elementary”) and Greta Lee (“The Moring Show”) joined Variety senior TV features editor Emily Longeretta to discuss their supporting roles on some of this year’s hottest television shows.

Jack Dunn At this year’s Variety TV FYC Fest, Variety teamed up with the Mary Tyler Moore Vision Initiative to present the inaugural Mary Tyler Moore Visionary Award to writer, actor and producer Kristen Wiig. The award was created to celebrate the prolific comedian’s career and recognize her work to end diabetes-induced blindness, which affected Moore near the end of her life. “Kristen is indeed a true Mary.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor Artisans working on Hulu’s “Only Murders in the Building” found inspiration in Meryl Streep’s body of work when the three-time Oscar winner joined the series as Loretta Durkin, a quirky, struggling, bohemian actor, for the show’s third season. Oliver (Martin Short) casts Loretta in his new play, “Death Rattle,” and she could not be happier: the role gives her a chance to reconnect with her long-lost son Dickie (Jeremy Shamos), whom she gave up for adoption. She’s one step closer to him since his brother, Ben (Paul Rudd), is also in theplay.

Selena Gomez is back to work on her TV show. The actress and singer is back on the set of “Only Murders In the Building,” where she received some flowers from her co-stars, Steve Martin and Martin Short. From Vice President Kamala Harris to Selena Gomez: The top 11 most influential women in the U.SSelena Gomez baby adoption plans: Singer opens up about family and relationship with Benny BlancoGomez shared a photo of the flowers on her Instagram stories, showing various roses of light and pastel colors.

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Selome Hailu After three years, the will-they-won’t-they couple of “Abbott Elementary” have gotten as close as ever to finally getting together. Season 3 saw Janine (series creator Quinta Brunson) temporarily step away from Abbott to work at the school district, a career move that gave her the self-confidence she needed to think more seriously about her love life, while the time apart reminded Gregory (Tyler James Williams) why he started falling for her in the first place.

Joey King is reuniting with her co-star Patricia Arquette!

For the last three decades, the multi-hyphenate Lisa Ann Walter, who began her career in stand-up comedy, made her mark as a character actor in films such as Bruce Almighty, Eddie and Shall We Dance? However, for most millennials, Walter is best known for playing Chessy, the beloved nanny in Nancy Meyer’s The Parent Trap. These days, nearly a quarter of a century later, Walter has emerged in the spotlight on ABC’s award-winning mockumentary Abbott Elementary, where she plays the Italian-American spitfire Melissa Schemmenti, a second and third-grade teacher at an underfunded Philadelphia public school. Here, she discusses the joys of playing the elementary school teacher and her own educational upbringing.

Selena Gomez and Meryl Streep are looking so fashionable while filming the latest season of Only Murders in the Building in New York City.

William Earl Variety has added an illustrious roster of programming to its TV FYC Fest, taking place on June 6 in Los Angeles. The all-day summit will feature panels and keynote conversations with the talent, showrunners, creators and executives behind top television programming.

After three critically acclaimed and award-winning seasons, Chris Perfetti still finds it hard to watch himself on “Abbott Elementary.” But as Jacob, the “social puppy dog” of “Abbott’s” faculty, Perfetti finds himself more and more ingrained in different storylines and he’s having to get more comfortable with it. Especially considering the strikes limited the 2024 season to just 14 episodes.

Abbott Elementary will be back!

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large A year after the Hollywood strikes turned Emmy campaigning into a bit of a muted endeavor, For Your Consideration events are back in a big way for 2024. The networks, studios and streamers have already launched a bevy of activations to celebrate their awards contenders, on top of the usual round of panels, with their stars back on stage front and center. What a difference a year makes.

As Martin Short says in the recently released Only Murders in the Building Sesaon 4 trailer, “somewhere lay a sniper’s nest,” and the identity of that sniper will prove even more difficult to discover in the latest installment of Hulu’s murder mystery series, which has expanded its star-studded cast quite a bit.

SPOILER ALERT! This post contains details from the Season 3 finale of ABC‘s Abbott Elementary.

Only Murders In The Building is due to return soon – here’s when it’ll come to Disney+.Last weekend, Hulu revealed its first teaser trailer for the highly anticipated upcoming fourth season of Only Murders In The Building. This time, the gang of Mabel Mora (played by Selena Gomez), former Broadway director Oliver Putnam (Martin Short) and washed-up TV actor Charles-Haden Savage (Steve Martin) are heading to Hollywood as they’re being offered the chance to turn their adventures into a Hollywood film – before yet another murder case requires their attention.Watch the teaser trailer below.The trailer also promises that season four will be the show’s most star-studded yet, featuring the return of Meryl Streep, as well as new cast members Eugene Levy, Eva Longoria, Zach Galifianakis, Melissa McCarthy, Molly Shannon, Kumail Najiani, Jane Lynch and more.All three previous seasons of Only Murders In The Building are now available for streaming on Disney+, while season four will premiere on August 27.The trio of Martin, Short and Gomez are united by the murders that take place in their luxurious Manhattan apartment building, the Arconia, and start a podcast investigating the suspicious deaths.

Only Murders In the Building‘s “starriest season yet” is coming to Hulu. The comedy mystery series’ leads Steve Martin, Martin Short and Selena Gomez took to the stage at the Disney upfront presentation for some hijinks and to introduce Season 4, which will premiere Aug. 27.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter “Only Murders in the Building” dropped the first teaser for Season 4 on Tuesday and set its premiere date on Hulu. The reveal was made during Disney’s upfront presentation to advertisers in New York. The new season of the popular comedy series will bow on August 27.