Comedian Joe Pera Talks Inspiration Behind Adult Swim Short-Form Series ‘Joe Pera Talks With You’ & Providing Comfort Through Low-Key Comedy

Dr. John E. Fryer, right, disguised as Dr. Henry Anonymous, speaks on a 1972 panel at the American Psychiatric Association. Lesbian activist Barbara Gittings, left, and gay activist Frank Kameny, middle, also participated on the panel. Photo: New York Public Library Digital Collection.

Dade Hayes Finance EditorJames Patterson and Condé Nast are teaming to revive vintage crime fighter The Shadow in a series of books that will also aim to be adapted for the screen.Hachette Book Group imprint Little, Brown will publish the original series, whose first installment is due out in the fall of 2021.

Jay Baruchel is probably best known for his comedic roles in films such as “She’s Out of My League,” “Knocked Up,” and “This is the End.” But for his latest directorial effort, “Random Acts of Violence.” the actor-turned-filmmaker is venturing into the world of horror. As seen in the trailer for “Random Acts of Violence,” the film tells the story of a comic book creator and his crew of friends that find themselves on a bloody trip from Toronto to the New York Comic Con event.

Nellie Andreeva, Dino-Ray Ramos EXCLUSIVE: The suspense novel The Red Lotus from New York Times bestselling author Chris Bohjalian is getting the TV treatment.

Jay-Z is putting his money where his mouth is.

Peter White Television EditorAt the start of the year, Peacock closed a mega deal for the majority of Dick Wolf’s library including the Law & Order and Chicago franchises.A month later, the uber producer signed a huge nine-figure deal spanning broadcast and streaming that will keep him at sibling Universal Television for at least five years.So, it’s no surprise that NBCU’s streamer is looking to do originals with the New York-born creator.Bill McGoldrick, President of Original Content at NBCU

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterIn 2009, award-winning playwright Katori Hall started research for her play Pussy Valley, which put a spotlight on the world of stripping. She stepped into the heels of these women, took pole dancing classes and even spent her 30th birthday in the locker room of the New York strip club Sin City Bronx.

Dade Hayes Finance EditorThe 1986 World Series-winning run by the New York Mets will get multi-part documentary treatment by ESPN in a project under the 30 for 30 banner whose executive producers include Jimmy Kimmel.ESPN Films said Thursday the series would chronicle the team’s exploits on and off the field.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterAmazon has landed the rights to develop the 2020 Pulitzer Prize finalist New York Times story and podcast “The Jungle Prince of Delhi” as a drama series, Variety has learned.The story, written by Ellen Barry, delved into the history of the royal family of Oudh, deposed aristocrats living in a ruined palace in the Indian capital claiming to be the heirs to a fallen kingdom.Mira Nair is attached to direct the project and will also executive produce.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorMSNBC said it would give Joy Reid the 7 p.m.

Nadia Neophytou Before Josh Gad was the Book of Mormon-acting, Olaf-voicing, YouTube reunion-hosting star he is today, he was a nervous young prospect, hoping to make it on Broadway. “New York, before LA was even a twinkle in my eye, was my end game,” he tells Deadline.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorThe second season of Netflix’s “You” saw Joe Goldberg, played by Penn Badgley, relocate from New York to Los Angeles. Goldberg wanted to turn over a new leaf after murdering an ex and framing her therapist for the crime, and in doing so, he assumed a different life as a man named Will.

Also Read: Matthew Weiner Has a Mystery Drama in Development at FXHere are the official descriptions for the first two episodes:“They Get Brave” – July 10As the coronavirus ravages more and more American cities, we look back to the place hit hardest: New York City. Doctors and nurses documented their lives, capturing awe‐inspiring resolve in the face of a breakdown in the health‐care system.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterFX and Hulu have partnered to launch the documentary series “The New York Times Presents.”The show hails from the team behind FX’s “The Weekly.” The new show will present standalone documentaries on major stories via the journalists at the New York Times.“The New York Times Presents” will feature 10 individual documentaries that will air on FX and on Hulu on Fridays at 10 p.m. ET/PT.

Talking Heads drummer Chris Frantz has said it “would be nice” if the iconic New York band reunited.The band broke up in 1991, and have only played together once since, for their induction into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame in 2002.Speaking to Rolling Stone about his new biopic Remain In Love, Frantz says he hasn’t seen frontman David Byrne face-to-face in 17 years, and wasn’t invited to see Byrne’s American Utopia stage show on Broadway, which ran across 2019.“We communicate via email from time

Pageant, Vice’s music site Noisey declared them “America’s Next Great Rock Band,” and in the days that followed, NPR shined a spotlight on the duo by featuring an advance stream of the record on its website, The New York Times readied a profile, and Rufus Wainwright interviewed them for Billboard.By mid-May, as Hopkins put it, PWR BTTM were canceled.

Your Show of Shows, which starred Sid Caesar, before moving on to create The Dick Van Dyke Show. He was known for his absurd comedy, laced with New York Jewish humor, and was a close friend and collaborator of Mel Brooks.

Power ended its six-season run in February, but the cult crime story will live on through four spin-offs in the works — the first of which, Power Book II: Ghost, was initially due in summer 2020. Of course, 2020 has proven to be even more unpredictable and devilish than James St.