'Ted Lasso' Star Toheeb Jimoh Teases What's to Come in Season 3 (Exclusive)

The stars are stepping out for Christian Siriano‘s latest fashion show!

Bill Lawrence, the top comedy showrunner at the moment amid the enormous critical and commercial success of Ted Lasso, is staying put at Warner Bros. TV Group through 2028. After lengthy negotiations, Emmy winner Lawrence, who had a little time left on his current overall pact at the studio, has closed a blockbuster new five-year deal for his Doozer production company, I have learned. Noone is commenting but sources value the pact at more than $100 million, catapulting Lawrence in the very top tear of TV showrunners.

Oscars, Golden Globes, GRAMMYs, BAFTA Awards and more. Sunday, Jan. 9  The Beverly Hilton Hotel Check out the complete list.After a year of controversy over the Hollywood Foreign Press Association's membership and nominations process, the Golden Globes looked a bit different this year. The HFPA announced just days ahead of the scheduled ceremony that the Globes — traditionally, the kickoff moment of awards season — will be held with no audience and no red carpet.

Hannah Waddingham has no idea what to expect!«They are just brilliant, brilliant brains, but they know better than to tell me anything at all,» said the actress, who plays AFC Richmond team owner Rebecca Welton, of the beloved Apple TV+ show's creative team, which includes creator and star Jason Sudeikis.Waddingham confirmed to ET that after some delays, the show is due to start production on season 3 in early March. Much ado has been made about the series' planned three-season run, which would make the upcoming episodes their last, but, given that the show has been such a hit with fans and critics alike, many, Waddingham included, can't help but wonder if Sudeikis might end up changing his mind.«He has always said that there is a beginning, a middle and an end,» she recalled, «which is why he was very specific about telling everyone that [season 2] was the middle, kind of vibe.»However, Waddingham admitted, «If I were Apple and Warner Bros., I'd be leaning on him like a lunatic and putting him in a corner in a little cage and giving him a notebook and a pen… It's too beautiful.»If the series ends up extending its run, it would be far from the first surprise for the actress, who earned acclaim on the West End before breaking through in television with her role as the ice queen-turned-supportive team owner.

Manori Ravindran International EditorIf Ted Lasso were a film executive, he’d probably resemble someone like Marc Goldberg, the CEO of U.K. producer-distributor Signature Entertainment.Goldberg’s favorite football team since he was a kid has been West Ham United, and — in a cosmic alignment befitting the popular Apple TV Plus series — the club’s owner, David Sullivan, happens to be a stakeholder in Signature.In Goldberg’s early career as a DVD salesman, he managed to convince a corporate client that buying an executive box at West Ham would come in handy when entertaining customers.

Oscars, Golden Globes, GRAMMYs, BAFTA Awards and more. Sunday, Jan. 9  The Beverly Hilton Hotel Check out the complete list.After a year of controversy over the Hollywood Foreign Press Association's membership and nominations process, the Golden Globes looked a bit different this year. The HFPA announced just days ahead of the scheduled ceremony that the Globes — traditionally, the kickoff moment of awards season — will be held with no audience and no red carpet.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large**********KEVIN BRAY Succession, “Retired Janitors of Idaho” (HBO)MARK MYLOD Succession, “All the Bells Say” (HBO)ANDRIJ PAREKH Succession, “What It Takes” (HBO)ROBERT PULCINI & SHARI SPRINGER BERMAN Succession, “Lion in the Meadow” (HBO)LORENE SCAFARIA Succession, “Too Much Birthday” (HBO)LUCIA ANIELLO Hacks, “There Is No Line” (HBO Max)MJ DELANEY Ted Lasso, “No Weddings and a Funeral” (Apple TV Plus)ERICA DUNTON Ted Lasso, “Rainbow” (Apple TV Plus)SAM JONES Ted Lasso, “Beard After Hours” (Apple TV Plus)MIKE WHITE The White Lotus, “Mysterious Monkeys” (HBO)BARRY JENKINS The Underground Railroad (Amazon Prime Video)BARRY LEVINSON Dopesick, “First Bottle” (Hulu)HIRO MURAI Station Eleven, “Wheel of Fire” (HBO Max)DANNY STRONG Dopesick, “The People vs. Purdue Pharma” (Hulu)CRAIG ZOBEL Mare of Easttown (HBO)Get the full list here.**********“Cobra Kai” (Netflix) – Seasons 3 and 4“Curb Your Enthusiasm” (HBO) – Season 11“Hacks” (HBO Max) – Season 1“Only Murders in the Building” (Hulu) – Season 1“Ted Lasso” (Apple TV Plus) – Season 2“Dopesick” (Hulu)“Mare of Easttown” (HBO)”The Underground Railroad” (Amazon Prime Video)“WandaVision” (Disney Plus)“The White Lotus” (HBO)See the rest of the nominees here.**********Without fail, the Academy Awards always winds up as one of the top 10 most-watched telecasts of the year in primetime.

Apple CEO Tim Cook noted proudly that Apple TV+ shows and films have racked up nearly 200 awards and over 890 total nominations, giving a shout-out to Ted Lasso, The Tragedy of Macbeth, CODA, Swan Song and upcoming series Severance and The Afterparty.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorApple has spent untold millions on original content for Apple TV Plus. And CEO Tim Cook acknowledged that it isn’t necessarily looking for a financial payback on that investment.“We don’t make purely financial decisions about the content.

Apple topped Wall Street forecasts on just about all metrics for its latest fiscal first quarter earnings, with revenue of $123 billion (up 11%, an all time record), EPS of $2.10 (up from $1.68 the year earlier) and iPhone sales of $71.6 billion (vs $65.5 billion).

“Belfast,” “Dune,” “King Richard,” “No Time to Die” and “The Power of the Dog” have been nominated as the best dramatic film editing of 2021 by the American Cinema Editors, which announced the nominees for the 72nd annual ACE Eddie Awards on Thursday.Those five films will compete in the Best Edited Feature Film (Dramatic) category, while the field in Best Edited Feature Film (Comedy) will consist of “Cruella,” “Don’t Look Up,” “The French Dispatch,” “Licorice Pizza” and “tick, tick…BOOM!”The most surprising omission was probably “West Side Story,” while ACE Eddie voters also bypassed “Nightmare Alley,” “CODA” and “Spider-Man: No Way Home.”Nominations for the editing of animated features went to the same five animated films that have also been nominated by the Cinema Audio Society, Motion Picture Sound Editors, Visual Effects Society and Art Directors Guild: “Encanto,” “Luca,” “The Mitchells vs. the Machines,” “Raya and the Last Dragon” and “Sing 2.”In the television categories, “Kevin Can F**k Himself” received three nominations to sweep the Best Edited Multi-Camera Comedy Series category, while “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” “Ted Lasso,” “Succession,” “Mare of Easttown” and “The White Lotus” each received two.The nominations were announced on a day that will also see nomination announcements from the Producers Guild, Directors Guild and Writers Guild, capping a wild four-day blitz in which 10 different guilds or professional societies announced their nominations.

The Producers Guild has pulled back the curtain on the nominations for its 33rd annual PGA Awards, which cover theatrical motion pictures, animated features, TV series and specials and televised/streamed motion pictures. See the full list below.

The Directors Guild of America announced the television, commercial and documentary nominees for the 2022 DGA Awards and one film dominated the Dramatic Series category. In an embarrassment of riches, “Succession” took all five nominations recognizing Kevin Bray, Mark Mylod, Andrij Parekh as well as the team of Robert Pulcini and Shari Springer Bergman.

Oscars, Golden Globes, GRAMMYs, BAFTA Awards and more. Sunday, Jan. 9  The Beverly Hilton Hotel Check out the complete list.After a year of controversy over the Hollywood Foreign Press Association's membership and nominations process, the Golden Globes looked a bit different this year. The HFPA announced just days ahead of the scheduled ceremony that the Globes — traditionally, the kickoff moment of awards season — will be held with no audience and no red carpet.

It’ll be a case of Succession-on-Succession violence at the 74th annual DGA Awards. The Directors Guild revealed its TV nominations today, and all five nominees for Dramatic Series are episodes of HBO’s juggernaut starring Jeremy Strong and Brian Cox.

Will Forte made his “Saturday Night Live” hosting debut over the weekend and got a little help from some famous faces. Help he strongly said he didn’t want.

Will Forte is back on the Saturday Night Live stage!

Tonight on SNL, longtime cast member Will Forte got his first opportunity to host, speaking in his opening monologue to his excitement about finally getting his moment in the spotlight.