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Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVBefore Gloria Calderón Kellett landed on developing “With Love,” a holiday rom-com, as the first title under her overall deal with Amazon Studios, she took six months to “sit in my feelings to figure out what was the new thing that I wanted to say,” the writer-producer-director recalls.Calderón Kellett had spent the last few years on a roller coaster of emotions with her multicamera reboot of “One Day at a Time,” which first launched on Netflix in

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVPaleyFest LA is prepping an in-person return in 2022 with “This Is Us,” “Better Call Saul” and “Riverdale” already set on the lineup.The Paley Center for Media’s annual television festival will return to the Dolby Theatre from April 2-10, with the full lineup and advance ticket sales on Jan. 18.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TV“Star Wars” may be set in a galaxy far, far away, but re-creating a slice of it for Endemol Shine North America and Disney Plus’ new food art competition series “Foodtastic” took place on a soundstage in Santa Clarita.Each episode of “Foodtastic” begins with host Keke Palmer stepping into the world of a specific movie to set the tone and announce the episode’s challenge.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVDuring the most recent season of MTV’s competition program “The Challenge,” subtitled “Spies, Lies & Allies,” the competitors initially had to work in pairs, despite major language barriers among them.In these games, veteran players from past seasons of “The Challenge” compete against vets of other series including “Survivor,” “Big Brother” and “Love Island” from around the world.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVWhether he is making a cameo as himself (on Amazon Prime Video’s “The Boys”) or taking on a larger-than-life character (as in everything from “Titanic” to Netflix’s “True Story”), when Billy Zane signs onto a project, you know the piece is going to be elevated.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVGrace Byers broke into television on Fox’s “Empire” in 2015 as the poised but conniving Anika Calhoun and then moved on to bring antagonistic comic character Reeva Payge to life on “The Gifted” in 2018. While she has been thrilled to be seen as a dramatic actor, she hopes to continue showcasing her range and avoid being labeled or typecast, so when the script for Tracy Oliver’s “Harlem” came her way, she was thrilled.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVThere a few performers’ names who, when you hear them, sound synonymous with holiday-themed television.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVMany shows that are hitting the 100-episode milestone might use that anniversary as an opportunity to break its usual format for the first time in order to make the episode extra special.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVIf you only rely on news headlines, there doesn’t seem to be anything fun, let alone funny, about the state of America’s school system. From shootings and shelter-in-place drills, to cheating on admissions applications and lack of funding, it can be hard not to get discouraged by a broken system.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVIn the early aughts, an English couple, Christopher and Susan Edwards, were found guilty of the 1998 double homicide of Susan Edwards’ parents. However, for years after, the Edwards’ pretended the older couple was still alive, forging correspondence from them and drawing from their bank accounts.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVSPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not watched “Harlem,” streaming now on Amazon Prime Video.Tracy Oliver’s “Harlem,” a 10-episode half-hour series for Amazon Prime Video, is the latest in her signature line of comedies that center on a group of Black female friends. But this is the one that started it all, according to the “Girls Trip” screenwriter, and the one that is most personal to her.“I wrote it before ‘Girls Trip’ came out.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVHulu’s upcoming comedy “Life & Beth” nabbed Laura Benanti for a recurring guest star role, Variety has learned exclusively.Benanti will play Jane, a struggling mother, in the series from Amy Schumer, who writes, directs, executive produces and stars as the titular character.While Beth’s life looks good on paper — from her job as a wine distributor to her long-term relationship and cosmopolitan life in Manhattan — a sudden incident forces her to

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVSPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not watched “Zoey’s Extraordinary Christmas,” streaming now on Roku.“Nash Bridges,” “Ray Donovan” and “Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist” are all fan-favorite television series that are continuing their stories with two-hour original TV movies, but only “Zoey’s” is set at the holidays and managed to turn its project around within six months of its series ending.The musical comedy centering on the titular young

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVMailing envelopes full of anthrax spores to individuals is certainly an intimate and personal attack, but because of the ability of anthrax to infect anyone in the area who inhales it once it is in the air, it is also a widespread act of terrorism.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVWhen “Nash Bridges” came to an end in 2001, series star Don Johnson felt like they “didn’t get a chance to finish the story.”The detective drama had been on the air for six seasons, but “political circumstances” between producer Paramount Network Television and network CBS kept it from getting renewed, the actor recalls.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVAfter having to scale down the number of canine participants and limit its audience to cardboard cutouts last year, “The National Dog Show” is back in full force — even going so far as to introduce a new breed this, as well as an extended secondary show.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVTeri Hatcher is getting serious about comedy.The actor is no stranger to delivering jokes or being put in humorous situations on-screen, from her iconic guest star appearance on “Seinfeld” to eight seasons of often outlandish moments on “Desperate Housewives.” For the last few years she has been balancing television gigs with performing stand-up sets on stage, and now the two are mixing in the Showtime special “Even More Funny Women of a Certain

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVSPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not watched the premiere episode of “The Real World Homecoming: Los Angeles,” streaming now on Paramount Plus.During the summer of 1993, reality television cameras captured the moment when David Edwards, a cast member on MTV’s “The Real World: Los Angeles,” pulled the covers off of Tami Roman (then Tami Akbar), who was lying nearly naked in bed.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVSPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not watched the second season of “Saved by the Bell,” streaming now on Peacock.In conceptualizing her continuation series of “Saved by the Bell,” Tracey Wigfield knew there were certain things fans of the original series would be waiting to see. On the top of that list was the romantic reunion of Jessie Spano (Elizabeth Berkley Lauren) and A.C.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVDaniel Dae Kim has been acting for three decades, starting his own production company, 3AD, eight years ago. But his turn on National Geographic’s “The Hot Zone: Anthrax,” which premieres Nov.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVAfter more than a decade, “MacGruber” is back: The comedy series based on the “Saturday Night Live” recurring character and 2010 film is set to premiere Dec. 16 on Peacock.All eight episodes of the first season will be released in a binge format, with Will Forte reprising his titular role.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVSPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not watched “Fever,” the second season finale of “The Morning Show,” streaming now on Apple TV Plus.COVID-19 is still very much a threat in the real world, though with mask mandates and vaccination requirements, businesses have opened back up.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVSPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not watched “Tiger King 2” on Netflix. It has been a year and a half since “Tiger King” mania took over the newly-locked down world, and now Netflix is hoping to recapture that magic with “Tiger King 2.” This time around, though, the focus is much heavier on Carole Baskin and her missing former husband, Don Lewis.The original docuseries — centering on a feud between big cat zoo owners and the tumultuous personal

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVThe Critics Choice Awards stand out in part because the organization combines film and television categories into one night of mega-celebration. But not all elements are created equal on the road to gold.Here, Variety breaks down what is notable about the television submission process and side of the ballot for this year’s awards, which take place Jan.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVSPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not watched “Chapter Ninety-Six: Welcome to Rivervale,” the sixth season premiere of “Riverdale.”The sixth season of the CW’s “Riverdale” certainly opened with a heart-stopper.With narration by Jughead Jones (Cole Sprouse), the show introduced viewers to a parallel town to the titular one: Rivervale, where things were so dark its residents took part in ritual sacrifice, leading to the demise of Archie Andrews

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVATX Television Festival has set June 2-5 as its 2022 dates, planning to return to in-person events but still provide a virtual attendee option.Additionally, the festival announced that submissions for its annual pitch competition are now open and will be through Jan. 30, 2022.This will be the festival’s 11th year overall, but its first in-person one since 2019.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVSPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not watched the series premiere of Showtime’s “Yellowjackets.”The women of “Yellowjackets” have a problem.In the 1990s-set storyline on the new Showtime drama, a group of teenage soccer stars who have the world in front of them are jolted when their plane crashes on the way to a game. Stuck in the wilderness, they face limited resources, no real shelter and clashing personalities.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVAfter Ted Cruz called Big Bird “government propaganda” on Twitter because that fictional character’s account tweeted about the COVID-19 vaccine, “Saturday Night Live” saw an opportunity to create a fictional new kids’ show from the senator. Titled “Cruz Street” and hosted by Aidy Bryant as Cruz, that sketch opened the Nov.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVSPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not watched “Testimony,” the penultimate episode of “The Morning Show” Season 2, streaming now on Apple TV Plus.How should you remember a once-beloved public figure who fell from grace when it turned out he was a sexual predator?After an episode in which “The Morning Show” characters are scrambling to confirm the death of their former colleague Mitch Kessler (Steve Carell), they are faced with his memorial in

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVNetflix renewed the “Crime Scene” docuseries from Joe Berlinger for three more seasons, with the second season set to center on “The Times Square Killer” and premiere on Dec. 29.“Crime Scene: The Times Square Killer” will look at the danger and depravity of the titular part of New York City in the late 1970s and early 1980s and how that made it possible for one man to torture and murder sex workers in that area.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TV“And Just Like That,” the HBO Max revival of “Sex and the City,” is set to debut with its first two episodes on Dec.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVSPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not watched Season 2 of “Gentefied,” streaming now on Netflix.When “Gentefied” co-creator Marvin Lemus was a teenager, he testified on his undocumented mother’s behalf so that she could receive her green card.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVFX’s upcoming limited series “Class of ’09” has added Sepideh Moafi, Brian J. Smith, Jon Jon Briones, Brooke Smith, Jake McDorman, Rosalind Eleazar and Raúl Castillo to the cast.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVHBO Max’s “Santa Inc” is set for a Dec. 2 premiere, with Leslie Grossman, Gabourey Sidibe, Craig Robinson, Nicholas Braun, Maria Bamford, Joel Kim Booster added to the cast, Variety has learned exclusively.“Santa Inc” is an adult stop-motion animated holiday series that consists of eight episodes (all of which will be released at once) and stars Seth Rogen as Santa and Sarah Silverman as an intrepid elf named Candy Smalls who is currently the No.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVSPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not watched the two-hour Season 4 premiere of “Yellowstone.”The Dutton family may have survived an attack at the end of the third season of “Yellowstone,” but the war looks to only be beginning and the first casualty of Season 4 is Josh Holloway’s Roarke.The two-hour Season 4 premiere began with finishing the events of the Season 3 finale, with John (Kevin Costner) being driven to a hospital to treat his gunshot

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVSPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not watched “Cold Snap,” the premiere of “Dexter: New Blood.”Showtime’s “Dexter” was known for juxtaposing the coral colors and bright sunshine of Miami with its titular character’s internal darkness, which he sought to combat by kidnapping and killing other killers. At the end of the drama’s eight-season run, Dexter (Michael C.