‘New Amsterdam’ to End After Abbreviated Fifth Season at NBC

Reconciled. Nearly seven years after Mo’Nique — full name Monique Angela Hicks — alleged that her Precious director, Lee Daniels, had “blackballed” her from the film industry, the pair are on much better terms.

Lee Daniels and Mo’Nique are patching things up.

Helmut Huber, the TV producer and longtime husband of Susan Lucci, has died. He was 84. "Helmut’s passing is a tremendous loss for all who knew and loved him," a spokesperson for the "All My Children" actress confirmed to Fox News Digital Wednesday.

Susan Lucci's husband, Helmut Huber, has died. The TV producer died peacefully in Long Island, New York, on Monday, reported.

Helmut Huber, husband and manager of All My Children star Susan Lucci, died Monday, March 28, in Long Island, New York. He was 84.

For more than half a century, Helmut Huber has been Susan Lucci‘s right-hand man and beloved husband. Sadly, that partnership came to an end on Monday (Mar. 28) after Helmut died peacefully in Long Island, New York, according to PEOPLE. “A family man, he was a loyal friend, and loved them deeply,” a rep for the family said in a statement to the publication. “With a roaring sense of humor, larger-than-life personality, and a practical problem-solver, he lived his life to the fullest.”

EXCLUSIVE: Naveen Paddock (New Amsterdam) is set as a series regular opposite Josh Duhamel and Lauren Graham for the upcoming second season of Disney+’s The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers. Additionally, Margot Anderson-Song (Defending Jacob), Noah Baird (A Christmas Story Live), Stephnie Weir (A Million Little Things), Connor DeWolfe, Timm Sharp (Enlightened) and Tiffany Denise Hobbs (Claws) have been cast in heavily recurring roles on the Disney Branded Television series produced by ABC Signature.

Donald Glover has discussed his decision to end Atlanta after season four.Last month, FX confirmed that Glover’s award-winning comedy-drama series will bow out with its fourth season. Speaking at the SXSW premiere of Atlanta’s third season, set to be released on March 24, Glover addressed the decision.“All good things end,” Glover told Variety. “It felt like it was time to end.

Another syndicated daytime talk show is coming to an end. NBCUniversal has canceled veteran tabloid talker Maury, hosted and executive produced by Maury Povich. The show will end original productions this season. Original episodes will air through September, after which repeats of Maury will continue to air in syndication.

Dancing with the Stars alum Maksim Chmerkovskiy, 42, fled Ukraine following the horrific invasion by Russia on February 22. And one day after Maksim arrived safely back in the United States to be with his wife Peta Murgatroyd, 35, and 5-year-old son, Shai Aleksander, Maksim’s Ukrainian-born father Aleksandr Chmerkovskiy, started Ukrainian relief charity Baranova27 to help those being affected by the horrific war that is still going on. Since its inception on March 3, the Chmerkovskiy family’s organization has raised nearly $120,000 which is being used to send more than 135,000 pounds of goods to Ukraine!

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentA testament to her fearless nature and boundless determination, Croatian-American filmmaker Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović was nine months pregnant when she traveled from New York to present her feature debut “Murina” at the Cannes Film Festival.At the end of the festival, Kusijanović tool a 12-hour road trip with her husband to her homeland in Croatia, where she gave birth to her first child Petrus, right before scooping Cannes’ Golden Camera award with “Murina,” a double feast which earned her newborn son a lifetime festival accreditation.Eight months later, she sat with Variety to tell us how her life has changed since winning the coveted award and looked back at her journey getting there. Vibrant, bright, restless and forceful like her first feature “Murina,” Kusijanović hasn’t wasted any time.

NBC‘s hit drama New Amsterdam, starring Ryan Eggold, is going to be ending after season 5.

EXCLUSIVE: NBC’s medical drama New Amsterdam will wrap its run next season. The series, currently in its fourth season, already has been renewed for the 2022-23 season as part of a three-year pickup. New Amsterdam‘s fifth and final season will be its shortest, consisting of 13 episodes. That will bring the show’s total to 92 episodes.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterAmazon has ordered two seasons of an animated comedy from Ramy Youssef, Variety has learned exclusively. The series is part of new first-look deal Youssef and his Cairo Cowboy production banner have signed with the streamer.Youssef leads Cairo Cowboy with Andy Campagna, the former senior vice president of television for Sam Esmail’s Esmail Corp.“Ramy has only scratched the surface of his incredible creative gifts,” said Vernon Sanders, head of global television for Amazon.