LeVar Burton to Host ‘Trivial Pursuit’ Game Show in Development at eOne

Joe Otterson TV ReporterThe “Game of Thrones” prequel series “Tales of Dunk and Egg” at HBO has found its writer, Variety has learned from sources.Steve Conrad has been tapped to serve as writer and executive producer on the potential series under his Elephant Pictures banner. As Variety exclusively reported in January 2021, the one-hour show would be based on the series of fantasy novellas by George R.

LeVar Burton is talking Jeopardy!.

BBC One game show This Is MY House has been given a second season run of ten episodes in an evolved 30-minute format.

President Barack Obama, LeVar Burton and Dave Chappelle are among the nominees for Best Spoken Word Album at the 64th annual Grammy Awards, which were announced this morning. Also up for the prize are 10-time Emmy nominee Don Cheadle and poet/hip hop artist J. Ivy.

a demonstration outside the company’s office. The comedian is nominated for the 2022 Grammys for “8:46” alongside Amir Sulaiman.

In one of their first major moves after Entertainment One’s $4 billion acquisition by toy maker Hasbro was completed in early 2020, Entertainment One’s President and CEO Darren Throop and President of Film and Television Steve Bertram set out to find a Head of Television. They brought in former HBO President of Programming Michael Lombardo, initially as a consultant.

Selome Hailu editorThe Broadway Podcast Network has announced “The Great Broadway Game Show Competition,” a new musical theater game show premiering Nov. 22.Hosted by creator Todd Graff and Andrew Lippa, “The Great Broadway Game Show Competition” sets Broadway stars in teams against each other as they compete to “Name That Show Tune” while sharing stories from their lives and careers, all with the purpose of winning money for charity.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterA new “Earthworm Jim” animated TV series is in development, Variety has learned exclusively.The project hails from Interplay Entertainment Corp., which owns the rights to the “Earthworm Jim” games. Interplay has partnered with APA to bring the project to television.Like the games, the series would follow the adventures of the titular Jim, a worm in a futuristic robotic suit who fights evildoers.

"Jeopardy!" fans who were hoping to see LeVar Burton take on hosting duties are getting a nice consolation prize by way of a new game show.  The "Star Trek The Next Generation" and "Reading Rainbow" actor was a favorite among many in the still ongoing search for a new permanent host of "Jeopardy!" that kicked off following the death of Alex Trebek in November of 2020.

LeVar Burton is moving on to a new game show.

never get the chance to host “Jeopardy!,” but he’s still staying in the game show circuit.The “Roots” actor, 64, is teaming up with Entertainment One to create a game show based on Hasbro’s famed “Trivial Pursuit.” Hasbro purchased Entertainment One for $3.8 billion in 2019.

LeVar Burton has found a new game show that he’d like to host.

Britney Spears, 39, took to Instagram after her conservatorship was terminated and was overwhelmed with emotion. “Good God I love my fans so much it’s crazy!!” she began over a video of fans screaming and cheering outside of the Los Angeles court room.

A new series of the famous game show Blankety Blank saw Bradley Walsh host as Sally Lindsay, Andi Oliver, Chris McCausland, Jimmy Carr, Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Melvin Odoom fill in the blanks to help the contestants win top prizes. On this particular episode, East Lothian farmer Pete took to the stage and shared his love of cows as he just missed out on heading into the next round.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterJed Mercurio and Jimmy Mulville’s HTM Television has signed a multi-year first-look deal with 20th Television.Mercurio’s latest series, “Bodyguard” and “Line of Duty,” have both broke ratings records for UK television drama.