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Elaine Low Senior TV WriterYakko, Wakko and Dot aren’t done with their Hollywood comeback yet.Ahead of its second season premiere later this year, Hulu’s “Animaniacs” reboot is already getting renewed for a third season, announced the Disney-owned streaming service at its Television Critics Assn.

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterPhoebe Robinson’s bestselling book “Everything’s Trash But It’s Okay” is being adapted for the small screen.Disney-owned cable network Freeform is developing the half-hour series, titled “Everything’s Trash,” with Robinson starring and ABC Signature producing. The story centers on a 30-something podcast star navigating her messy life, when her younger brother Jayden emerges as a leading politician.

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterThe Jordan Peele reboot of “The Twilight Zone” will not be returning following its two-season run.“Jordan Peele, Simon Kinberg and the entire production team truly reimagined ‘The Twilight Zone’ for the modern age,” said Julie McNamara, Paramount Plus programming chief.

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterPrepare yourselves for the return of Tommy Pickles, Chuckie Finster, Angelica Pickles, Susie Carmichael and Phil and Lil DeVille.An all-new “Rugrats” CG-animated series is slated to premiere on streaming service Paramount Plus (née CBS All Access) in 2021, announced Nickelodeon at ViacomCBS’ investor day.Set to reprise their roles are stars E.G.

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterThe seventh and final season of Darren Star’s “Younger,” starring Sutton Foster and Hilary Duff, will debut first on Paramount Plus before it airs on TV Land later this year, announced ViacomCBS at its big streaming presentation Wednesday.The last season, which is 12 episodes long, does not yet have a set premiere date.

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterIn a bid to further streamline its internal operations, WarnerMedia is merging the executive teams for production and business affairs at HBO and HBO Max.As part of the move, HBO veterans Janet Graham Borba and Susanna Felleman will expand their duties, with Borba becoming executive vice president of production and Felleman becoming executive vice president of business affairs for the prestige cabler and HBO-branded streaming service.“As HBO Max moves toward the same

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterFielding Television Critics Assn. press tour questions from the set of “Ms.

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterDiscovery’s fourth-quarter earnings report beat forecasts early Monday, as the company also revealed early subscription numbers for its newly launched SVOD service, Discovery Plus.The company reported earnings of 76 cents per share and revenue of $2.889 billion, vs.

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterA spokesperson for Woody Allen and his wife Soon-Yi Previn has issued a statement to the press in response to the HBO docuseries “Allen v.

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterNissa Diederich, most recently the executive vice president of production for Touchstone Television (formerly Fox 21 Television Studios), has been named head of production at 20th Television in the wake of the consolidation of the Walt Disney Company’s TV studios.Longtime production executive Jim Sharp, who had served as 20th’s production head and spent decades at the company previously known as 20th Century Fox, will depart the studio at the end of the year after

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterAmazon Studios has brought on board Greg Coleman as its global head of franchise marketing, where he will be tasked with overseeing the team in charge of TV and film fantasy and sci-fi originals — including the upcoming “Lord of the Rings” series.In leading Amazon’s genre-focused marketing, Coleman and his team will look to engage mass audiences across the world via the streaming studio’s marketing campaigns and support global expansion of the fantasy and sci-fi

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Elaine Low Senior TV WriterDisney Plus has greenlit a six-episode unscripted docuseries from Blumhouse Television, Maniac Production and Campfire centered on “America’s Got Talent” finalists, the Detroit Youth Choir.The docuseries, titled “Choir,” is Blumhouse’s first series for the Disney streaming service, inspired by DYC artistic director Anthony White’s story.

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterDonald Glover has inked an eight-figure overall deal with Amazon Studios, sources tell Variety, marking an exit from his current deal with Disney’s FX.Sources also say that Malia Obama is joining the writers’ room of a Glover project at the streaming service’s studio, a mini-room for a Janine Nabers project.An Amazon spokesperson declined to comment. The Hollywood Reporter first reported news of the pact.More to come…

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Elaine Low Senior TV WriterPremium cabler Starz is looking to emphasize its commitment to storytelling about and by underrepresented groups with a new inclusion initiative it is calling #TakeTheLead.

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterLongtime Disney/ABC exec Emily Cummins has been named president of Julie Plec’s Universal Television-based banner My So-Called Company.There, she will oversee development and produce projects for the company, including those that “Vampire Diaries” creator Plec creates and writes.“I’ve known Emily for years,” said Plec. “We’ve had a lot of good times together as we both grew up from assistants and baby execs into the established women we are today.

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterParticipant has tapped Endeavor Content veteran Liesl Copland to step into the newly established role of executive vice president of content and platform strategy, where she will be tasked with designing and implementing how the company’s film and TV slate fits into the global distribution infrastructure.Copland will oversee all sales and guide the company’s strategic options for all properties, working cross-functionally with exec VPs of narrative film Anikah McLaren

Elaine Low Senior TV Writer“Bridgerton” star Regé-Jean Page is going straight from the Regency era to Studio 8H.Fresh off the steamy Shondaland hit on Netflix, Page will make his “Saturday Night Live” debut on Feb. 20, with musical guest Bad Bunny, who is also making a first-time appearance on the storied sketch comedy show.On “Bridgerton,” Page plays Simon Basset, Duke of Hastings, a dashing bachelor committed to avoiding marriage until he meets his match.

Elaine Low Senior TV Writer“Bridgerton” star Regé-Jean Page is going straight from the Regency era to Studio 8H.Fresh off the steamy Shondaland hit on Netflix, Page will make his “Saturday Night Live” debut on Feb. 20, with musical guest Bad Bunny, who is also making a first-time appearance on the storied sketch comedy show.On “Bridgerton,” Page plays Simon Basset, Duke of Hastings, a dashing bachelor committed to avoiding marriage until he meets his match.

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterThe CW’s “Wonder Girl,” based on the DC character created by Joëlle Jones, is no longer moving forward at the network. Greg Berlanti had been on board to executive produce.“I was very proud of the script I wrote,” tweeted writer and executive producer Dailyn Rodriguez on Friday.

Elaine Low Senior TV Writer“Supergirl” star Melissa Benoist has formed a new production company, Three Things Productions, and inked an exclusive, multiyear overall deal with Warner Bros. Television Group.Through Three Things — inspired by the Mary Oliver poem “Three Things to Remember” — Benoist and her team will develop and produce original TV programming for all platforms.

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterCBS is nearing a series order for what would be an event-series revival of crime-lab procedural “CSI,” with Paula Newsome, Matt Lauria and Mel Rodriguez joining the cast, according to a source familiar with the matter.The Anthony Zuiker and Jerry Bruckheimer series, which aired from 2000-2015, was a longtime hit for the broadcaster.

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterAnother day, another GameStop project getting the green light.Netflix is currently in production on a documentary series about the rollercoaster GameStop stock fluctuation prompted by a band of retail traders on Reddit.This project, which seeks to look deeper into the “seismic shift in how the world’s money behaves,” promises exclusive access to key members of the Reddit r/wallstreetbets community that squeezed the hedge funds shorting the stock, as well as individual

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterFor viewers wondering when they can immerse themselves in a soothing loop of shiplap, farm-to-table food and rosy-cheeked gardeners harvesting flowers in the country, Chip and Joanna Gaines’ joint venture with Discovery, Magnolia Network, has finally gotten a new launch date after delaying an October start.

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterWith HBO Max’s “Generation” joining HBO’s “We Are Who We Are” and “Euphoria” on the WarnerMedia-owned streaming service, the overall HBO brand is looking a lot more youth-focused these days.Speaking virtually from the all-remote Television Critics Assn.

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterAmazon Studios is expanding and restructuring its executive leadership team, bringing on board Laura Lancaster as head of series and upping Marc Resteghini to head of development in both the U.S. and globally.

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterHasbro-owned Entertainment One is letting go of 10% of its film and TV staff, Variety has confirmed.According to a memo from eOne’s head of film and TV, Steve Bertram, the layoffs come amid a move to “evolve the focus and structure of our organization around the world” and comes in response to the “significant disruption the traditional studio model was experiencing as the technology giants invested heavily in their platforms and the creation of original

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterSyfy female-driven supernatural western “Wynonna Earp” is officially concluding its run after the end of its current and fourth season.The remaining six episodes will air starting on March 5 and will end with the fourth season finale on April 9.“I’d like to thank our wonderful cast and crew, all of whom were instrumental in bringing ‘Wynonna Earp’ to our loyal and passionate audience,” said creator, executive producer and showrunner Emily Andras.

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterAnd just like that, HBO Max’s “Sex and the City” revival has assembled a writing team.The original series re-enters the lives and friendships of Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker), Miranda Hobbes (Cynthia Nixon) and Charlotte York (Kristin Davis), now in their 50s.“And Just Like That…” features familiar “Sex and the City” writers as well as several new additions.

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterThe Reddit saga roiling Wall Street for the last two weeks has blasted a spotlight on grassroots investing efforts to rally the price of heavily shorted stocks, sending embattled names like GameStop and AMC Entertainment on rollercoaster rides as a bunch of misfit retail traders wage war on hedge funds.But as the group’s disdain for financial institutions envelops news outlets such as CNBC and Bloomberg, giving financial media a taste of the “fake news” headache its

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterDisney Television Studios has formed a new division solely dedicated to acquiring and packaging intellectual property for development for ABC Signature and 20th Television.The creative acquisitions department, as it will be known, is set to be led by Elizabeth Newman and Jordan Moblo, and will focus on identifying and securing rights to forthcoming and current bestselling books, podcasts, news stories and other properties.

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterPiecing together home movies, court documents, police evidence and never-before-heard audio tapes, HBO is releasing docuseries “Allen v. Farrow” — which examines the decades-long story behind the sexual abuse allegations against Woody Allen involving his daughter Dylan — on Feb.

Elaine Low Senior TV Writer“Impractical Jokers” stars Joe Gatto, James “Murr” Murray, Brian “Q” Quinn and Sal Vulcano, otherwise known as comedy troupe The Tenderloins, have inked a first-look deal with WarnerMedia to develop and produce scripted and unscripted originals for TNT, TBS, truTV and HBO Max.“From the very first dinner I had with Joe, James, Brian and Sal, I knew I loved spending time with them, and that our audiences would as well,” said TBS, TNT and truTV general manager Brett

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterLegendary is combining its international and domestic television businesses in a bid to better position itself in a streaming-heavy world.Chris Albrecht, who has expanded his leadership role since last fall, will lead the merged business as head of Legendary TV, while president of TV Nick Pepper will shift into an executive producing role on the company’s projects.Former HBO and Starz head Albrecht had initially teamed up with Legendary at the end of 2019 on a

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterWheelhouse, the firm founded by producer Brent Montgomery in partnership with Jimmy Kimmel, has brought on investment and private equity executive Ann Berry as its chief investment officer.