‘The Good Doctor’s Bria Samoné Henderson Signs With Gersh

NewsNation will broadcast three of the most high profile election race debates this fall – the race for Texas Governor, and the Senate races in Pennsylvania and Georgia.The Texas debate – featuring incumbent, Republican Governor Greg Abbott and Democratic candidate Beto O’Rourke, will be broadcast live from the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley in Edinburgh, Texas. NewsNation will air the debate at 8-9 p.m. ET/7-8 p.m.

The final text from a missing Georgia mother may give the clues necessary to explain her shocking disappearance and death.

Jennifer Griffin has signed a multiyear deal with Fox News as the network’s chief national security correspondent, Fox News said Thursday.“Jennifer is one of the industry’s premier journalists and has proven to be an indispensable asset on a consequential beat with unrivaled experience spanning more than three decades in multiple war zones,” Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott said in a statement. “We are extremely proud that she will continue her incredible career at Fox News Media.”Joining the network in 1999, Griffin previously served as Fox News Channel’s Jerusalem-based correspondent before working as the national security correspondent.“It has been an honor to provide viewers with trusted reporting from the Pentagon and across the world on issues that are paramount to all of us – the security and safety of our fellow citizens and allies,” Griffin said.

EXCLUSIVE: Filmmaker Vincent Grashaw has signed with Gersh for representation.

The upcoming Broadway production of Stephen Adly Guirgis’ Pulitzer Prize-winning play Between Riverside And Crazy, directed by Austin Pendleton, will reunite much of the acclaimed 2015 Off Broadway cast when it begins previews Wednesday, November 30, at Second Stage’s Hayes Theater.

EXCLUSIVE: The Good Doctor co-EP David Renaud, Brandon Magee (Redd Zone), and Howard Burkons (Redd Zone, John Q) are developing a limited series based on the young adult memoir, A Small If, written by disability advocate Elijah Stacy when he was 17 years old.

Emiliano De Pablos Launched early May, the Spain Audiovisual Bureau acts as a facilitator for the production sector, attending enquiries about international markets, handling information about processing filming permits and providing tax incentives information. A ground-breaking development in Spain, the Bureau marks a first-ever effort to coordinate public and private entities related to the international presence of the Spanish film and TV production industry. The Spain Audiovisual Bureau represents an innovation of the Spain AVS Hub, an initiative launched in March 2021 by the Spanish government with a €1.6 billion ($1.6 billion) budget to power up local film and TV production and encourage big foreign players to shoot and set up production centers in the country.

Nicole Kidman is hard at work on her upcoming Netflix rom-com with co-star Joey King!

Brea Baker has been tapped as Chief Equity Officer at social impact firm and creative house Inspire Justice.

EXCLUSIVE: The star of the near $1.8 billion grossing Matrix franchise has inked with Gersh for representation, while continuing to be repped by Hodgson Management, Viewpoint and Kleinberg Lange Cuddy & Carlo.

Second time’s the charm! Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck celebrated their marriage — again — with help from friends and family.

Selome Hailu Sources tell Variety that ABC is developing “The Good Lawyer,” a legal spinoff of the medical drama “The Good Doctor” which stars Freddie Highmore as Dr. Sean Murphy, a surgeon with autism.“The Good Lawyer” will be introduced as a backdoor pilot during Season 6 of “The Good Doctor,” which is set to premiere in October. Sean finds himself in legal trouble and seeks the services of Joni, a twentysomething defense attorney who has OCD.

EXCLUSIVE: After expanding one popular long-running procedural drama, The Rookie, with a planted spinoff for next season, ABC is looking to do it for another, The Good Doctor with an embedded episode. I hear the network is developing legal offshoot The Good Lawyer, from The Good Doctor executive producers/co-showrunners David Shore and Liz Friedman, Sony Pictures TV and Shore’s studio-based Shore Z Prods.

The Good Doctor is looking to expand its franchise at ABC.

Carson Burton Benny Boom, the television director who has worked on franchises such as “CSI: Vegas” and “Magnum PI,” has signed with the Gersh Agency for representation.Boom, well-known for his revered work in the music video industry, has in recent years bolstered his television directing credits with his work on franchises such as Showtime’s “City on a Hill,” “Black Lightning,” “The Equalizer,” “NCIS: LA” and “Chicago PD.” He also directed the 2017 Tupac Shakur biographical film “All Eyez on Me,” which starred Demetrius Shipp Jr. and Kat Graham.

Ben Affleck has been spotted out for the first time since his second wedding to Jennifer Lopez!