‘Joe Exotic’ Series Starring Kate McKinnon to Air Solely on Peacock, Reversing Multi-Platform Order

Nat Wolff will play Travis Maldonado, Joe’s other husband. Both were featured on Netflix’s hit “Tiger King” docuseries last year and in the Wondery podcast that serves as the basis for the Peacock scripted adaptation.Based on the Wondery podcast “Joe Exotic,” hosted and reported by Robert Moor, the limited series will center on Carole Baskin, a big cat enthusiast, who learns that fellow exotic animal lover Joe “Exotic” Schreibvogel is breeding and using his big cats for profit.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterSam Keeley will play John Finlay in the upcoming Peacock series “Joe Exotic.”Finlay was one of Joe Exotic’s husbands famously profiled in the hit Netflix docuseries “Tiger King.” It was announced last week that Nat Wolff would star as Travis Maldonado, another of Exotic’s husbands. Finlay joins previously announced series leads Kate McKinnon, who will play Carole Baskin, and John Cameron Mitchell, who will play Joe Exotic.

Sam Keeley has joined the cast of Joe Exotic (working title).

Joe Otterson TV Reporter“The Spook Who Sat by the Door” pilot at FX has rounded out its main cast with four new additions.Lucas Till, Nafessa Williams, Nathan Darrow and Tom Irwin have all joined the drama pilot alongside previously announced leads Y’lan Noel and Christina Jackson.The story follows Dan Freeman (Noel), the fictional first African American CIA officer hired by the agency in the late 1960s.

Nat Wolff is set for a lead role opposite Kate McKinnon’s Carole Baskin and John Cameron Mitchell’s Joe “Exotic” Schreibvogel in Joe Exotic (working title), Peacock’s limited series based on the Wondery podcast.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterMichiel Huisman has been cast in one of the lead roles of the upcoming Apple action-thriller series “Echo 3,” Variety has learned.Huisman joins recently announced cast member Luke Evans. Set in South America, “Echo 3″ follows Amber Chesborough, a brilliant young scientist, who is the emotional center of a small American family.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterThe popular mobile game “Temple Run” could soon be coming to TV, with unscripted juggernaut A. Smith & Co.

It’s not he first time the Irish have been made fun of on Saturday Night Live but we never expected to see Celtic Woman get the sketch treatment.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterThe CW has given out series orders to the DC project “Naomi” and “All American: Homecoming,” a spinoff of the high school football drama “All American.”In addition, the network has decided to rework its pilot for “Powerpuff,” a live-action followup to the animated series “The Powerpuff Girls.” The show’s four leads — Chloe Bennet, Dove Cameron, Yana Perrault, and Donald Faison — remain attached to the project, as does the creative team behind the show.

Every season finale of NBC’s Saturday Night Live brings anxiety to fans that some of their long-time favorites may be leaving. Tonight’s Season 46 closer left many viewers convinced that we may have seen the last of a number of long-time cast members.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterWWE is getting back on the road.The sports entertainment company announced Friday that it will return to its live touring schedule this summer, with a 25 city tour schedule set to run from July through Labor Day.The tour will kick off with three shows in Texas: a taping of “SmackDown” on July 16 at the Toyota Center in Houston; the “Money in the Bank” pay-per-view at the Dickies Arena in Fort Worth on July 18; and finally a taping of “Monday Night Raw” at the American

Joe Otterson TV ReporterKumail Nanjiani will play Chippendales founder Somen “Steve” Banerjee in a limited series that has been ordered at Hulu, Variety has learned.The eight-episode series is titled “Immigrant.” It will tell the true story of Banerjee, the Indian-American entrepreneur who started Chippendales.

where masks are needed.The latest episode opened with “a message from Dr. Anthony Fauci,” with Kate McKinnon reprising her role as the often-controversial leading infectious diseases expert.“It’s your boy, Fauci, the patron saint of Purell,” the fake Fauci said, inviting a group of doctors to act out different scenarios to try to teach Americans “correct mask behavior.”“The CDC announced that people that are vaccinated no longer need to wear masks, outdoors or indoors.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterThe multi-cam comedies “United States of Al” and “B Positive” have been renewed for second seasons at CBS.Both shows hail from Chuck Lorre Productions, which has three other shows on CBS at present. That includes the Allison Janney led multi-cam “Mom,” which recently ended after eight seasons.

tweeted Friday that his PSA counts are high and wants President Biden, Vice President Harris and the attorney general to spring him — stat.The star of the Netflix docuseries “Tiger King” is currently serving a 22-year sentence for violating wildlife laws and a 2017 murder-for-hire plot to kill his longtime enemy Carole Baskin.“John Phillips [Exotic’s lawyer] has received my medical records from FMC Fort Worth and my PSA count came back very high for prostate cancer,” he wrote.“The prison has

The star of Netflix’s hit documentary Tiger King, Joe Exotic, has announced he’s been diagnosed with prostate cancer.

Joe Exotic took to Twitter on Friday to reveal he’s been diagnosed with prostate cancer.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterComedies “American Housewife” and “Mixed-ish” and dramas “For Life” and “Rebel” have all been canceled at ABC.