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EXCLUSIVE: Juliette Binoche is set to star alongside Toni Collette, Colin Firth and Rosemarie DeWitt in The Staircase, HBO Max’s drama limited series adaptation based on the true-crime docuseries.

EXCLUSIVE: The century-old story of Bruce’s Beach, which has been garnering national attention amid an effort to return the land to the owners’ descendants, will be subject of a scripted TV series. The project, from Brad Pitt’s Plan B and Viola Davis and Julius Tennon’s JuVee Productions, is in development at Amazon Studios.

Kathleen Turner has been tapped for a lead role opposite Woody Harrelson, Justin Theroux and Domhnall Gleeson in The White House Plumbers, HBO’s five-part limited series that revisits one of the biggest political scandals in American history, Watergate.

Mónica Marie Zorrilla Arnold Schwarzenegger is making his grand entrance into television with an untitled global espionage adventure project ordered to series by Netflix. The streamer announced today that the spy series, hailing from Skydance Television and Nick Santora (“Scorpion”) will star the Austrian-American and “The Good Cop’s” Monica Barbaro.Per the logline, the show centers on a father and a daughter who learn that they’ve been secretly working as CIA Operatives for years.

HBO Max is rounding out the cast to Mindy Kaling’s The Sex Lives of College Girls. Sherri Shepherd (Mr. Iglesias), Maya Rose (American Horror Story), Rob Huebel (Medical Police), Nicole Sullivan (MADtv), Conor Donnally (Hooked), Sierra Katow (Last Comic Standing) Mekki Leeper (Control Room) and James Morosini (American Horror Story) are set for recurring roles in the comedy series.

Michaela Coel is one of the most talented actors and writers working today, but for many in the US, she’s still not a household name. Even after the recent BBC series, “I May Destroy You,” debuted on HBO and has gone on to earn a ton of critical acclaim and awards recognition, Coel still seems to be relatively under the radar when you consider the A-listers that typically make headlines.

Kumail Nanjiani is taking on a new project.

Kumail Nanjiani will play Chippendales founder Somen “Steve ” Banerjee in an upcoming Hulu limited series called “Immigrant.” The show was announced Tuesday morning by Hulu and ABC chief Craig Erwich during Disney’s upfront press briefing.“Immigrant” is the true story of Somen “Steve” Banerjee (Nanjiani), the Indian-American entrepreneur who started Chippendales.

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.

Last year, we had Matt Damon, then Amy Adams and Patrick Dempsey have touched down and now Modern Family star, Sarah Hyland has arrived on our shores. The American actress is currently filming a new fairytale series in Ireland.

NBCUniversal is going big to prove that cable still has a future in a streaming world.

Leslie Jones’ “Supermarket Sweep” revival and “Celebrity Wheel of Fortune” are getting second seasons at ABC.The two freshman game shows were renewed for the 2021-22 TV season as part of ABC’s unscripted lineup, alongside “America’s Funniest Home Videos,” “American Idol” and “Shark Tank.” “AFV,” hosted by Alfonso Ribeiro, is heading into Season 32; “American Idol” is heading into its fifth season on ABC; and “Shark Tank” is going into Season 13.ABC’s “Supermarket Sweep” debuted last October.

ABC on Thursday announced a slew of unscripted renewals for the 2021-22 season ahead of the network’s May 18 upfront presentation. The renewals included a mix of reality veterans in Shark Tank (Season 13), America’s Funniest Home Videos (Season 32) and American Idol (Season 5), and newcomers Celebrity Wheel of Fortune (Season 2) following a highly rated winter run and Supermarket Sweep (Season 2).

Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, ET is showcasing some of the best, most entertaining and truly groundbreaking Korean dramas that you can screen right now.This moody crime saga follows the eponymous Vincenzo (Song Joong-ki), who was adopted by an Italian family at the age of eight and grew up in Italy, eventually becoming a consigliere for a mafia family. He is forced to flee to Seoul after the head of the family is killed and the new Don puts a hit out on Vincenzo.

The Joe Exotic scripted series, starring Kate McKinnon and John Cameron Mitchell, is going to stream exclusively on Peacock.

When it came to portraying legendary jazz singer Billie Holiday in The United States vs. Billie Holiday, Andra Day wanted to keep it clean.