Showtime Picks Up ‘Yellowjackets’ Survival Drama To Series With Jonathan Lisco Joining As EP

Hit Scandinavian crime drama The Investigation, from A War and Mindhunter director Tobias Lindholm, is getting a U.S. airing after HBO acquired the limited series.

Chris Mazdzer is celebrating the New Year in a very cold way!

Fans had some questions for Kim Kardashian after she was accused of photoshopping big sis Kourtney into the family photo from their trip to Lake Tahoe! It all started when Kim took to her Instagram and Twitter accounts on December 23 to share a photo of the Kardashian clan in Lake Tahoe. The image featured Kris Jenner, Corey Gamble, Kendall Jenner, Khloe Kardashian, Scott Disick, Kim, and Kourtney — who looked slightly different than her family members.

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EXCLUSIVE: Gabrielle Ryan (Bonding, The Haves and the Have Nots) is set for a key recurring role in NBC’s new sci-fi drama Debris, starring Jonathan Tucker and Riann Steele, from Almost Human creator J.H. Wyman, Legendary Television & Universal Television.

EXCLUSIVE: Jacqueline Sacerio has been promoted at eOne. The Senior Vice President of Scripted Television becomes Executive Vice President, Scripted Television at the company.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterShowtime has given a series order to the drama “Yellowjackets,” Variety has learned.The show was originally ordered to pilot at the premium cabler last September. The cast for the one-hour series is led by Melanie Lynskey, Juliette Lewis, Christina Ricci, and Tawny Cypress.

EXCLUSIVE: Michaela Conlin is set for a key supporting role in the upcoming second season of For All Mankind, Apple’s alt-history Space Race drama from Ronald D. Moore and Sony Pictures Television.

EXCLUSIVE: Mahira Kakkar (A Suitable Boy) and Ali Lopez-Sohaili (Law & Order: SVU) are set for recurring roles opposite Josh Dallas on the upcoming third season of NBC’s missing plane drama series Manifest, from Jeff Rake and Warner Bros. TV.

The line-up for the second series of RuPaul's Drag Race UK has been unveiled.  In a tweet shared on Monday, BBC confirmed the popular show, which sees judges RuPaul, Michelle Visage, Graham Norton and Alan Carr crown one contestant a UK Drag Race Superstar, will start from January 14 at 7PM, available to watch on iPlayer.

EXCLUSIVE: Tehran star Navid Negahban and Pej Vahdat (Empire) are set for recurring roles opposite Jeff Bridges in FX on Hulu drama The Old Man, from Black Sails co-creators Jon Steinberg and Robert Levine.

EXCLUSIVE: Jag alum David James Elliott and Joel Murray (Mad Men) are set for recurring roles opposite Stephen Amell and Alexander Ludwig in Heels, Starz’s eight-episode hourlong drama set in the outrageous world of independent professional wrestling.

The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City might be new to the block, but they did not hold back on their feelings about their costars.When Heather Gay, Lisa Barlow and Meredith Marks recently joined Us Weekly virtually to discuss the Bravo hit, they played a game of “Housewife Confessions.” The trio spilled their thoughts on their fellow Salt Lake City Housewives, including who is the best — and the worst — dressed.“Well, best is easy.

Meghan Markle isn’t the only actress to have joined The Firm during the 21st century.

EXCLUSIVE: Kevin Hart and Wesley Snipes are teaming up to headline True Story, a Netflix limited series written and executive produced by Narcos: Mexico executive producer Eric Newman and produced by Hart’s HartBeat Production.

Home Economics, from Michael Colton, John Aboud and Topher Grace, has been handed a series order at ABC.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterIn a competitive situation, the George Lopez drama series “Once Upon a Time in Aztlan” has been set up at Amazon for development, Variety has learned exclusively.Lopez will star in and executive produce the one-hour series under his Travieso Productions banner.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterPeacock is developing a drama series about the FBI’s notorious COINTELPRO program, Variety has learned exclusively.Set in 1965, the series centers on Amos Harvey, a conservative black cop and veteran of the Korean War, who is forcibly recruited into the FBI’s secret task-force, COINTELPRO. His job is to infiltrate the Civil Rights movement to destroy the organizations from the inside.