In Response to Firestorm, CBS’ ‘The Activist’ Will Be Retooled From Competitive Series Into a Documentary Special (EXCLUSIVE)

Joe Otterson TV ReporterHBO Max is developing a series adaptation of the upcoming Stacy Willingham novel “A Flicker in the Dark” that hails from Emma Stone’s Fruit Tree and A24, Variety has learned exclusively.The novel is slated for publication in the U.S. in January 2022 with rights sold into 17 foreign markets to date.

Annika Pham Paris-based APC (About Premium Content) has acquired world sales rights on the six-part Finnish thriller “A Good Family,” currently filming in Estonia before moving back to Finland.The high-end drama about love, marriage and parenthood is based on Finnish author and screenwriter Petri Karra’s 2019 novel “The Dark Light” (“Musta Valo”).

The opening credits sequence for the upcoming Netflix series Cowboy Bebop has been released!

EXCLUSIVE: American Gladiators, the classic competition series that originally premiered in 1989, is taking another shot at the obstacle course.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorSnapchat’s entertainment business, including its original short-form series, is the area where the company faces the biggest battle to win consumers’ attention, CEO Evan Spiegel said.Spiegel, who spoke Wednesday at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia conference, was asked to identify Snap competitors. He responded that at a high level, Snapchat’s entertainment business competes with “everything in the umbrella of entertainment,” including games.

EXCLUSIVE: Amblin Television has acquired the rights to the novel Friends Like These, the new thriller from New York Times Bestselling author Kimberly McCreight, and will developing as a series.  McCreight will also adapt the script with Amblin’s co-Presidents of Television Darryl Frank and Justin Falvey exec producing. Alex Maggioni, SVP of television, will work with Frank and Falvey on the day-to-day development of the project.

RuPaul has made Emmys history, again, shattering the record for the most Emmys won by a person of color as Drag Race nabs the Outstanding Competition Series honor for the fourth consecutive year.

Pregnant women of the world, it's apparently time to spare a thought for the unsung heroes of pregnancy.The fathers-to-be. Yep.

Generation (Genera+ion) may not continue on for a sophomore season at HBO Max, but creator Zelda Barnz said the series achieved its goal within its short-lived airtime.

CBS has made the decision to reformat its upcoming series "The Activist" after it received immense criticism for promoting performative activism and being tone-deaf.  When it was announced roughly a week ago at CBS’ Television Critics Association summer press tour, the format of "The Activist" would see celebrity judges Usher, Julianne Hough and Priyanka Chopra Jonas preside over a competition in which six activists representing three causes — health, education and the environment, would try to

“The Activist” is making a last-minute format change, retooling from a competition series to a one-off documentary special in response to widespread criticism over a show that pits aspiring activists against each other in a reality-show format.

is changing its format after recent backlash.After coming under fire for having activists compete against one another, the show is shifting from a competitive series to a documentary special.

Dame Helen Mirren is set to host Harry Potter: Hogwarts Tournament of Houses, a competition series commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Warner Bros. film franchise’s launch, with Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.

HBO Max will debut the first three episodes of season 2 of Love Life on Thurs. Oct. 28 with the focus shifting to a new singleton, Marcus Watkins (Emmy Award nominee, William Jackson Harper), who has just exited a years-long relationship with the woman he thought was going to be his person.

Emiliano De Pablos Spain’s David Galán Galindo, helmer of Netflix movie “Unknown Origins,” is attached to direct comedy series project “Todo mal” (“OK Boomer”), created by TV entertainment writers Fernando Erre and Manuel Martínez March.Thesp Alberto San Juan, a double Goya Award winner — for best supporting actor on Cesc Gay’s “Sentimental” and lead actor for Félix Viscarret’s “Bajo las estrellas” – is in talks to topline the series.“OK Boomer” features among six TV drama projects developed at

USA Network has lined up a “Shark Tank”-style competition series for entrepreneurs, with winners decided by which company makes the most sales during the live broadcast.Titled “America’s Big Deal,” the series hails from Miracle Mop inventor Joy Mangano and will be hosted by “Access Hollywood’s” Scott Evans, the NBCUniversal cable network announced Monday.Per NBCUniversal, “Each week entrepreneurs will take the stage for a three-minute product pitch and the person with the most live sales

Katherine Tulich “Burning,” Amazon’s first original feature-length documentary from Australia, about the devastating ‘Black Summer’ of 2019-20 Australian bushfires makes its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival.

According to Deadline, “‘The Activist’ is a competition series that features six inspiring activists teamed with three high-profile public figures working together to bring meaningful change to one of three vitally important world causes: health, education, and environment.”Usher, Priyanka Chopra and Julianne Hough are set to co-host the Global Citizen-produced series.Competitors will face off in challenges to promote their causes, and their success must be measured using social media engagement