Sue Grafton's alphabet novels headed to television

Google parent Alphabet rode continued momentum in digital advertising in the third quarter, reporting total revenue of $53.6 billion in the quarter, not counting traffic acquisition costs.

It has been over one year since HBO Max debuted the new streaming service, and in that time, lots of movies and TV shows have debuted.

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Joe Otterson TV ReporterRandall Einhorn and his Sad Unicorn banner have moved to Warner Bros. Television with a multi-year first-look deal, Variety has learned exclusively.Einhorn previously had an overall deal at ABC Signature.

EXCLUSIVE: Krissy Wall has joined Elizabeth Banks and Max Handelman’s Brownstone Productions as Head of Television. Wall comes to Brownstone from Freeform where she spent five and a half years, most recently as VP of Programming and Development across Drama, Comedy, Animation and Original Movies. She worked on the series The Bold Type and Siren and oversaw development of Motherland and Single Drunk Female, among others.

It took a decade for George Clooney to get his hands on the rights for J. R.

EXCLUSIVE: David Heyman’s Heyday Television has optioned four novels from award-winning Spanish noir author Dolores Redondo: The North Face of the Heart and its Baztan Trilogy prequel, the latter of which has already been made into three Netflix films.

It took a decade for George Clooney to get his hands on the rights for J. R.

EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures has set Jon Croker (High In The Clouds) to adapt anticipated fantasy novel series Skandar And The Unicorn Thief, which was acquired by Simon and Schuster and Sony in seven-figure deals last year.

Gloria Fan, former VP of Current Programming at 20th Television, has joined Disney Branded Television as head of Current Series.

NEW YORK -- The annual Soul Train Awards will be presented for the first time at New York City's Apollo Theater, the legendary Harlem performance venue, as two icons of Black culture team up.The 2021 awards show, which honors the year's best in soul, hip-hop and R&B, will be taped and debut on BET and BET Her on Nov. 28 at 8 p.m.

Selome Hailu editorThe Television Academy Foundation named two new members to its board of directors: Nne Ebong, vice president of overall deals for series at Netflix, and Jamila Hunter, executive vice president of programming and development at Freeform. Both have been elected to three-year terms.At Netflix, Ebong leads the development of original series under creative partnerships with Shonda Rhimes’ Shondaland, Barack and Michelle Obama’s Higher Ground Productions and others.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentAGC Television, the TV unit of Stuart Ford’s independent content studio AGC Studios, and Lionsgate have teamed on espionage thriller series “Gray,” based on an original concept by best-selling novelist David Baldacci.

Saturday Night Live star and Shrill co-creator/star Aidy Bryant has closed an overall deal with Universal Television.

Selome Hailu editorAidy Bryant, best known for starring in “Saturday Night Live, has signed an overall deal with Universal Television to develop and produce projects for the studio.Bryant is currently in her tenth season at “SNL.” Most recently, she co-created, wrote, directed, executive produced and starred in “Shrill,” the three season Hulu comedy based on Lindy West’s essay collection of the same name.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentTresor, a leading German production banner owned by Keshet International, has signed an exclusive first-look deal with MGM Television’s global division to access their non-scripted formats in Germany. Under the one-year deal, which kicks off this month, Tresor will get an exclusive window on all new non-scripted formats in MGM’s Global Formats catalogue.