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Liza Colón-Zayas may have just won her first Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her role as Tina in FX‘s streaming series The Bear, but the star has been gracing TV screens for years in roles across shows like Law & Order: Svu, David Makes Man, In Treatment, New York Undercover, and Third Watch to name a few. When TV Insider caught up with the star for The Bear‘s Season 3 launch, she walked down memory lane, offering some insight and behind-the-scenes details about the roles that led to her success as Tina in the acclaimed kitchen drama. Among one of the first in this list of memories is Svu, in which she’s appeared three times. FX In the first episode, she recalls playing a maid who stumbles across a crime scene. “I prepared for that by looking at the most gruesome, awful things...

Bel-Air is a teen drama series developed by Morgan Cooper, Malcolm Spellman, Tj Brady, and Rasheed Newson. Based on the popular Will Smith comedy series titled The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air by Andy and Susan Borowitz, the Peacock series follows the life of Will Smith, a 16-year-old boy as he is sent to gated mansions of Bel-Air to live with his rich aunt and uncle by his mother from the streets of Philadelphia. Bel-Air stars Jabari Banks, Cassandra Freeman, Jimmy Akingbola, Olly Sholotan, Coco Jones, Akira Akbar, Simone Joy Jones, and Jordan L. Jones. So, if you loved the teen drama, tons of glamor, and a heartfelt story in Bel-Air, here are some similar shows you should check out next.

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Actor Akili McDowell has been arrested and charged with murder in connection with the shooting death of a 20-year-old man. On July 20, deputies from the Harris County Sheriff’s Office responded to reports of a shooting in the parking lot of an apartment complex at 13503 North Thorntree in East Harris County, Houston, Texas.

Authorities have confirmed that 21-year-old Akili McDowell, known for his roles in shows like Billions, David Makes Man, and The Astronaut Wives Club has been charged with murder.

McDowell’s Acting Career

McDowell’s breakout role came in the 2015 series The Astronaut Wives Club, and he later starred in Criminal Activities and Billions. He is also set to appear in the upcoming movie The Waterboyz.

McDowell is recognized for his role in the series David Makes Man, created by Oscar winner Tarell Alvin McCraney and loosely based on his life.

McDowell portrayed the titular character, a teenage prodigy from the projects,...

A young actor who appeared on the Showtime series Billions and starred in the OWN series David Makes Man while appearing in multiple feature films has been arrested and charged with murder in the death of a young man.

Homicide investigators charged 21-year-old Akili McDowell with murder in the shooting death of Cesar Peralta, the Harris County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement posted on Sunday to Sheriff Ed Gonzalez’s Facebook page. McDowell was recently taken into custody and booked into the Harris County Jail, police said in the statement.

According to the Harris County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to a July 20 incident that took place in the parking lot of an apartment complex at 13503 North Thorntree in East Harris County. There, deputies said that they discovered an adult male, whom they initially reported as possibly in his 20s.

The young man, who was later identified as 20-year-old Cesar Peralta,...

Akili McDowell, known for his title role in David Makes Man, has been arrested and charged with murder in Houston, TX, in the shooting death of a man last month in an apartment complex parking lot.

The 21-year-old McDowell was arrested and booked on August 1 on charges of murder and theft, according to Harris County Sheriff’s Office online records. He has a court appearance Tuesday on the theft charge and on October 9 for the murder charge.

“On July 20, 2024, Harris County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to an incident that occurred in the parking lot of an apartment complex at 13503 North Thorntree, near Wallisville and Uvalde (East Harris County), according to a statement by Harris County Sheriff’s Deputy Ed Gonzalez. ” An adult male (possibly in his 20s) sustained gunshot wounds and was pronounced deceased at the scene. Suspect(s) fled the scene.”

The dead man was later identified as 20-year-old Cesar Peralta.

Akili McDowell, best known for his role as David in the OWN drama series David Makes Man, was arrested and charged with murder following a deadly shooting in Houston, the Harris County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement. The 21-year-old suspect was taken into custody on murder and theft charges on August 1, according to the Harris County Sheriff’s Office’s online database. His bond was set to $400,000 for the murder charge. His first court date is August 6, with an October 9 court date set regarding the murder charge. The shooting occurred in the parking lot of an apartment complex on July 20, according to authorities. An adult male, later identified as Cesar Peralta, “sustained gunshot wounds and was pronounced deceased at the scene. Suspect(s) fled the scene.” McDowell’s manager, Jonell Whitt, released a statement regarding the actor’s arrest to Law & Crime: “[T]his is an unfortunate situation, and I...

As robust as streaming, premium cable and PBS have made the documentary marketplace in recent years, you wouldn’t be wrong to feel that there’s a glut of similar stories being told in similar ways. If you’re a documentary about anything cult-related, good luck cutting through an ample amount of clutter.

A desensitized viewership is a bad thing, or at least it can be. There’s no harm if audiences have become numb to stories about different role-players from the championship Lakers and Celtics teams of the ’80s. But if audiences have become numb to stories about the flaws in the prison industrial complex? Well, those are problems we haven’t solved yet.

Contessa Gayles’ new documentary Songs From the Hole, getting its premiere at SXSW, has a narrative that, conveyed as a dry logline, could be one of any of dozens of documentaries that play the festival...

Exclusive: Continuing to expand its cast, HBO’s Untitled Brad Ingelsby Task Force Project (working title) has added five as recurring: Raphael Sbarge (Once Upon a Time), Mickey Sumner (Snowpiercer), Brian Goodman (Fatal Attraction), Elvis Nolasco (Godfather of Harlem), and Colin Bates (American Rust).

Sbarge plays Police Chief Dorsey, who oversees a multi-unit operation to assist FBI Agent Tom (Ruffalo) and the team in their search. Sumner portrays Shelley Driscoll, who is desperate to escape her husband Ray, with Goodman as Vincent Hawkes, one of the 13 National Leaders of a dangerous biker gang. Nolasco plays Freddy Frias, the savvy and ruthless captain of Philadelphia’s largest drug trafficking organization, while Bates portrays Shane McReynolds, the Sergeant-At-Arms of a dangerous biker gang and a member of Jayson’s inner circle.

Others previously cast include Tom Pelphrey as Robbie; Emilia Jones as Maeve; Thuso Mbedu as Aleah; Raúl Castillo as Cliff...

The Jackson 5 have found their harmony once again for the upcoming biopic “Michael” from director Antoine Fuqua and Oscar-winning producer Graham King.

After a worldwide search led filmmakers to cast Jackson’s nephew, Jaafar Jackson, as the King of Pop, with 9-year-old Juliano Krue Valdi as the younger Michael, fans have been eagerly waiting to see who would round out the rest of the Jackson family.

The film, which is scheduled to hit theaters on April 18, 2025, is currently in production. Oscar-nominee Colman Domingo assumes the role of family patriarch Joe Jackson with Nia Long as mother Katherine Jackson, plus Miles Teller as lawyer John Branca.

Now, the eight actors who will portray Jackson’s four brothers — who come together to form the massively popular singing group the Jackson 5 — have been revealed: Jamal R. Henderson plays Jermaine Jackson in the film’s later years, while Jayden Harville plays the younger version.

Oprah Winfrey was a ratings powerhouse with her daytime show for many years but her cable channel, OWN, has had its challenges. OWN has had some very successful comedies and dramas but no show can last forever. Which series will be cancelled or renewed next? Stay tuned!

Scripted OWN TV shows listed: All Rise, Ambitions, Cherish the Day, David Makes Man, Delilah, For Better or Worse, Greenleaf, The Haves and the Have Nots, If Loving You Is Wrong, The Kings of Napa, Love Is ___, Love Thy Neighbor, The Paynes, and Queen Sugar.

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Tarell Alvin McCraney does not shy away from the toughest — and what he calls “provocative” — question facing theater-makers today: Who’s going to the theater to help them stay afloat?

Theater as an art form has stood the test of time — but times have rarely been as existentially daunting for the business as they are today. The last year has seen programming suspensions, layoffs and rounds of emergency fundraising at such rock-steady institutions as the Public Theater in New York City, the Oregon Shakespeare Festival and Los Angeles’ own Mark Taper Forum. Per a July report from American Theatre, 35 regional theaters and counting have closed since March 2020.

And so it’s in the midst of historic, industry-wide downturns since Covid that McCraney — the Oscar-winning screenwriter (and original playwright) of Barry Jenkins’ “Moonlight” and creator of OWN’s “David Makes Man” — took the reins as artistic director for Geffen Playhouse in...

Outfest has found the headliners for its upcoming Legacy Awards: Shirley MacLaine and Trace Lysette.

The pair will be feted at the organization’s gala fundraiser which will be held at NeueHouse Hollywood on Oct. 22. MacLaine will receive the James Schamus Ally Award while Lysette will take home the Trailblazer Award during the Genesis Motor America-presented event.

The Schamus trophy was created to recognize “an ally’s efforts to foster LGBTQ+ moving images and to promote the communities’ stories to a broader audience.” Lysette’s honor is given to someone who has contributed to the history of the community, shedding light on the core of the LGBTQ+ identity and experience.

“Shirley’s illustrious career has not only enthralled generations but her unwavering allegiance to the LGBTQ+ community has been a beacon of hope. Trace, with her groundbreaking performances, is courageously highlighting the essence of the trans journey,” said Outfest executive director Damien S.

Actress Phylicia Rashad will end her role as Dean of Howard University’s Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts following the 2023-24 school year, Howard University President Wayne A. I. Frederick announced in a press release.

The announcement comes two years after Rashad was named dean of the College of Fine Arts. She was praised by the administration for her efforts, but she made no statement as to the reasons for her departure.

Rashad graduated from Howard with a bachelor’s in fine arts and has served as adjunct faculty and guest lecturer at several other institutions, including New York University, Carnegie Mellon University, Suny Purchase, Vassar College and Fordham University.

Rashad got in hot water in 2021 when she tweeted her support for former costar Bill Cosby, whose sexual assault conviction was overturned. She received a reprimand from the school,

Rashad became a household name when she portrayed Claire Huxtable on The Cosby Show,...

Warner Bros. Discovery-owned streaming platform Max has launched an Oprah Winfrey Network hub in the U.S., the streamer said Monday.

Max subscribers will now be able to stream original series and collections from OWN, including the “Love and Marriage” franchise, “Ready to Love,” “Belle Collective” and “Put a Ring On It.” Additional series now available on the streaming service include “Iyanla: Fix My Life,” “Super Soul Sunday,” “The Great Soul Food Cook-Off,” “All Rise” and “David Makes Man.”

The hub also features OWN’s spotlight series “Oprah and 100 Black Fathers,” “Oprah and Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary” and “They Call Me Dad.” Beginning Aug. 18, the hub will also feature a new five-part docuseries titled “Time of Essence.”

“Our mission at OWN is to deliver programming that serves the female Black viewer, and this cross-portfolio collaboration presents a terrific opportunity to expand on that mission,” OWN president Tina Perry said in a statement.

The integration and highlighting of titles from across Warner Bros. Discovery brands is continuing on Max. The platform announced on Monday that it has launching a new content hub specifically for fans of the Oprah Winfrey Network, designed to take viewers instantly to their most-beloved titles from the cable channel.

Users will be able to find the OWN hub in the “Brand Spotlight” tile carousel, which appears below the “For You,” “Featured,” “Continue Watching,” and “Just Added” rows on the streamer’s homepage. That row also features brands such as HBO, DC Comics, Cartoon Network, and more Wbd favorites.

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“OWN’s incredible and diverse programming adds power and depth to Max’s roster of brands, bringing a variety of series and genres to an unparalleled lineup within our Brand Spotlight such as HBO,...

Jesse Collins Entertainment President Dionne Harmon announced today that John Wehage has joined the company as Executive Vice President, Head of Production of the full-service Emmy-winning production company. Karen Grant-Selma will lead the company’s in-house legal team as Executive Vice President, Head of Business & Legal Affairs. Both will report to Harmon.

Wehage will oversee the physical production of all of the company’s specials, scripted and unscripted television content. With a career spanning over two decades, he has had various leadership positions across a variety of formats spanning hundreds of hours of programming including stage, live, competition, docu-follow, gameshow, digital, documentary and adventure programming. Most recently with Scout Productions, he contributed to the success of acclaimed shows such as Legendary (HBO Max), The Hype (HBO Max), Merpeople (Netflix), The Secrets of Hillsong (FX), The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning (Peacock) and the Emmy Award winning Queer Eye (Netflix).

Prior to Scout,...

FX‘s The Bear is about to reopen! The superbly-acted and intense series returns to FX for its second season on Thursday, June 22, 2023. FX will serve up all ten episodes of The Bear Season 2 on Star+ in Latin America and Disney+ in all other territories later.

The Bear follows Carmen “Carmy” Berzatto (Jeremy Allen White), a young chef who, after experiencing a fall from grace in the fine dining world, takes his talents to a family-owned sandwich shop – The Original Beef of Chicagoland. As Carmy adjusts to his situation, he sorts the trauma inflicted by losing his brother and the trials and tribulations of running a small business on the brink of collapse. With the help of his co-workers, Carmy discovers a found family he never thought he’d have while preparing for an uncertain future.

During the season one finale of The Bear, Carmydiscovers a stash of money. The...

Who’s hungry for family-style dining? FX is bringing a teaser for The Bear Season 2 to the table, and fans are hungry for the emotionally-charged drama’s anticipated return. In The Bear Season 2 teaser, the staff members of the greasy spoon, formally known as The Beef, start renovations on the restaurant. As Ebon Moss-Bachrach’s Richie Jerimovich gazes out a newspaper storefront, valued family members and kitchen staff pack their belongings, demolish walls, and give customers a heads up about the restaurant’s future and name change. At the end of the teaser, a sign in the window reveals The Bear returns to FX in June.

During the season one finale of The Bear, Carmen ‘Carmy’ Berzatto discovers a stash of money. The cash is a gift from his late brother, Michael (Jon Bernthal). Presumably, there’s enough scratch to bring the restaurant out of debt and reinvent the space...

Macro Television Studios is producing “Swordplay,” a fantasy drama series based on original idea by Jonathan and Josh Baker. The Baker brothers developed the series alongside Macro, Hebru Brantley and Eric Phillips. Lucien Christian Adderly and Richard “Byrd” Wilson serve as series creators, and Glen Mazzara will showrun.

“Swordplay” follows a sheltered teen and his newly befriended Hypebeast crew as they lace up their retro kicks and go for glory with an ancient sword used to defeat otherworldly creatures on the streets of LA.

A veteran showrunner, Mazzara’s credits include “The Shield,” “The Walking Dead” and “Damien.” It is therefore notable that he’s boarded “Swordplay” this early in the process, supporting early-career filmmakers such as the Baker Brothers. The Bakershad their feature film debut with “Kin,” based on their short film “Bag Man.” Jack Reynor, Zoe Kravitz, Dennis Quaid, James Franco and Myles Truitt starred in the feature.

Exclusive: Director Bill Oliver has rounded out the cast for his drama Our Son, with Andrew Rannells (Girls5eva), Robin Weigert (American Horror Story) and Kate Burton (Inventing Anna) signing on for roles, along with Phylicia Rashad (This Is Us), Cassandra Freeman (Bel-Air) and Isaac Powell (Dear Evan Hansen).

The recently-wrapped film starring Luke Evans and Billy Porter will follow a divorcing couple fighting for custody of their eight-year-old son. Oliver and Peter Nickowitz wrote the script, with Fernando Loureiro (Frances Ha) and Guilherme Coelho (Fala Tu) producing via their company Tigresa, along with Eric Binns (Lansky), Jennifer 8. Lee (The Price) and Christopher Lin. Alex Peace-Power is serving as co-producer, with CAA Media Finance representing the film’s distribution rights.

Rannells is a Grammy winner and Tony Award nominee whose recent credits include Peacock’s Girls5eva and Showtime’s Black Monday, along with such films as The Boys in the Band and The Prom.

Michael B. Jordan’s Outlier Society and Amazon have brought on Gennifer Hutchison to serve as showrunner on the series “Victories Greater Than Death.”

Variety has learned exclusively that Hutchison, in addition to showrunning, will also write and executive produce on the series, which is based on the Charlie Jane Anders novel of the same name. It was reported as being in development at Amazon in September 2021.

Hutchison most recently worked as an executive producer on the highly-anticipated Amazon series “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.” She is best known for her time as a writer and executive producer on four seasons of AMC’s “Breaking Bad” spinoff series “Better Call Saul.” She was also a writer on “Breaking Bad” prior to that, and worked with “Breaking Bad” creator Vince Gilligan on “The X-Files.” Her other writing and producing credits include the FX series “The Strain.” She...

The first episode of “61st Street” lays the foundation for a story that’s become all too familiar on television and in reality alike. Over eight episodes, AMC’s new drama (executive produced by Michael B. Jordan) depicts the before, during, and frantic after of a Chicago drug bust that ends in two deaths: Rufus (Kevin Tre’von Patterson), a Black teen with deep roots in the community, and Offer Mike Rossi (Patrick Mulvey), who had been quietly investigating his precinct for corruption before this fateful day. While the cops call Rufus’ death an open and shut case of an officer defending himself, they pin Rossi’s on Moses Johnson (Tosin Cole), a promising track star caught in the wrong place at the wrong time while trying to get his brother Joshua (Bentley Green) home, before an accidental brush with Rossi sent the cop’s head into a protruding pipe, killing him almost instantly.

For decades, WarnerMedia and Discovery had largely co-existed independently. They have lived in separate universes with virtually no business interactions, as unscripted television is their main area of overlap. The Discovery networks work primarily with independent producers and not studios like Warner Bros TV, which has only produced a handful of reality shows for Discovery nets via its Shed subsidiary

However, there is a close working relationship which has flown largely under the radar and creates instant synergy post-merger — that between Warner Bros. TV and OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network on the scripted side. Over the last five years, Wbtv has become OWN’s de-facto scripted studio, producing virtually all of its original scripted series, from Queen Sugar and David Makes Man to All Rise.

After the Discovery-WarnerMedia merger is complete, OWN and Wbtv will become vertically integrated, with HBO Max as OWN’s corporate sibling streamer. According to sources,...

The Apple series “Dear Edward” from creator Jason Katims has added eleven new cast members, Variety has learned.

Audrey Corsa, Eva Ariel Binder, Idris Debrand, Amy Forsyth, Brittany S. Hall, Carter Hudson, Maxwell Jenkins, Jenna Qureshi,, Anna Uzele, Ivan Shaw, and Dario Ladani Sanchez will all star in the series alongside previously announced cast members Connie Britton, Taylor Schilling and Colin O’Brien.

Full character descriptions and rep info for the new additions can be found below.

“Dear Edward” is based on the book of the same name by Ann Napolitano. It tells the story of Edward Adler (O’Brien), a 12-year-old boy who survives a devastating commercial plane crash that kills every other passenger on the flight, including his family. As Edward and a diverse ensemble of others affected by the tragedy try to make sense of life after the crash, unexpected friendships, romances and communities are formed.

Katims is the writer,...

All Rise star Simone Missick took to Instagram to update fans on the status of the new season and she first revealed that the show is slated to air this spring, and the theme is ‘new beginnings.’ OWN is airing seasons one and two back to back before the premiere of the latest season.

It was announced in September 2021 that the legal drama All Rise is coming to OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network. Simone Missick returns for a 20-episode third season of the Warner Bros TV-produced which was canceled by CBS in May 2021.

Streaming rights to the new episodes will be shared by Wbtv sibling HBO Max and Hulu. The bulk of the series’ cast, including Missick, Wilson Bethel, Jessica Camacho, J. Alex Brinson, Ruthie Ann Miles, Lindsay Mendez and Lindsey Gort, are set to return.

Not coming back is Marg Helgenberger, who in July was cast in NBC’s drama pilot Getaway.

Exclusive: Oscar-winning writer-playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney, creator of the acclaimed series David Makes Man, has teamed up with actor-producer Glenn Davis, artistic director of Steppenwolf Theatre Company, to launch Chatham Grove, a production company which has inked an overall deal with UCP, a division of Universal Studio Group.

Under the multi-year deal, McCraney, Davis and their team at Chatham Grove will develop and produce projects across genres and formats for broadcast, cable and streaming platforms.

McCraney and Davis, who have been friends for 20 years, since meeting as undergraduates at The Theatre School at DePaul University, created Chatham Grove with the clear goal of creating content that promotes and is centered around voices and artists from communities that have been historically underrepresented and often marginalized.

The duo, who named their company after the areas that each of them are from — the Chatham neighborhood on the Southside of Chicago (Davis), and the...

The indie drama “Allswell” wrapped principal photography this month in New York, N.Y. The film stars Elizabeth Rodriguez, Liza Colón-Zayas and Daphne Rubin-Vega (from “In the Heights”) along with a cast that includes Felix Solis, Max Casella, Michael Rispoli, Shirley Rodriguez, MacKenzie Lansing and J. Cameron Barnett.

“Allswell” tells a story of family trauma and reconciliation. The film was written collaboratively between director Ben Snyder and the three lead actors. They drew inspiration from a myriad of people, places and events from their own lives to drive this family drama forward. Snyder, Rodriguez, Colón-Zayas and Rubin-Vega are also members of New York’s Labyrinth Theater Company. “Allswell” is also the feature-producing and writing debut for Rodriguez, who produced with Snyder, Gia Walsh, Ari Issler, Paul Jarrett and Kara Baker.

Additionally, the film marks the second feature directed and written by Snyder. Snyder’s first feature was the award-winning “11:55,” which also starred Rodriguez.

Lifetime announced a two-picture deal with Sarah Drew, who will star, write and executive produce “Reindeer Games” and star in “Stolen Hearts: The Lizbeth Meredith Story” for the channel’s “It’s A Wonderful Lifetime” holiday film slate.

“I’ve absolutely loved working with Lifetime over the past few years and couldn’t be more thrilled to continue my relationship with them as an actor and now as a writer and producer as well. I’m delighted to announce my screenwriting debut with ‘Reindeer Games,’ a romantic comedy about love, loss, and the importance of true community. I’m looking forward to working with Lifetime to bring more stories like this to life,” Drew said.

“Reindeer Games” is currently in development and follows a fading Hollywood star who returns to his small hometown following his breakup. He’s begrudgingly roped into the town’s titular holiday fundraising tradition, but when he...

HBO Max has inked with deal with corporate sibling Warner Bros Television to stream Season 2 of the current OWN drama David Makes Man along with five ’90s-era Black-themed series: Hangin” with Mr. Cooper, In the House, The Jamie Foxx Show, Martin and The Parent ‘Hood.

All six series are available now on the streamer.

Season 2 of of OWN’s David Makes Man finds thirtysomething David (Kwame Patterson) as a rising businessman facing an opportunity that will change him and his community forever. The mounting pressure forces David to choose between the instincts that helped him survive or finding a new way to truly live. Arlen Escarpeta, Akili McDowell, Alana Arenas, Travis Coles and Cayden K. Williams also star.

Hangin’ with Mr. Cooper, which aired from 1992-97 on ABC, stars Mark Curry as a former college basketball superstar and ultimate prankster, who also happens to be the coolest substitute teacher around.

Odetta Watkins has been hired by Amazon for the newly created role of head of drama series, the streamer announced Wednesday.

In her new role, Watkins will report to Laura Lancaster, head of series for Amazon Studios. She will help shepherd a drama slate that currently includes shows like “Jack Ryan,” “The Wilds,” and “Hunters.”

“Odetta is a powerhouse at what she does – with a proven track record of recognizing and shepherding global hits, we are incredibly proud to have her join Amazon Studios,” said Lancaster. “Her leadership and creative sensibilities are invaluable as we look to continue to break boundaries and tell nuanced and entertaining stories.”

Watkins most recently worked at Warner Bros. Television. She first joined the studio in 2002 as director of current programs, rising to the rank of executive vice president of current programs, cable & streaming. She worked on the day to day logistics of shows like...

All Rise is officially coming back. OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network has closed a deal for a 20-episode third season of the Warner Bros TV-produced legal drama starring Simone Missick, which was canceled by CBS in May. The new season is slated to air in 2022.

Streaming rights to the new episodes will be shared by Wbtv sibling HBO Max and Hulu. The bulk of the series’ cast, including Missick, Wilson Bethel, Jessica Camacho, J. Alex Brinson, Ruthie Ann Miles, Lindsay Mendez and Lindsey Gort, are set to return. Since the options on the actors had expired in June following the drama’s cancellation by CBS, they had to make new deals and all scored raises, I hear.

Not coming back is Marg Helgenberger, who in July was cast in NBC’s drama pilot Getaway. Ironically, the pilot cast both Helgenberger and Manifest‘s Matt Long, preventing them from returning full time to their previous series,...

Exclusive: Transparent actress Trace Lysette has signed with Anonymous Content.

Lysette is best known for her recurring role as Shea, a transgender yoga teacher, in Amazon Prime Video’s Transparent from 2014-2019.

Other small-screen credits include Pose, Blunt Talk, RuPaul’s Drag Race, Midnight, Texas, and David Makes Man. She also appeared in the Netflix documentary Disclosure as herself.

On the film side, she worked opposite Jennifer Lopez and Constance Wu in the 2019 hit Hustlers.

Up next for Lysette, who is also a producer and recording artist, is the film Venus As A Boy, directed by Ty Hodges set to be released via VOD on Sept. 24. She recently wrapped filming on the indie feature Monica, opposite Patricia Clarkson, Emily Browning, and Adrianna Barraza.

She is also represented by ICM Partners and Peikoff Mahan Law Office.

A series adaptation of Charlie Jane Anders’ “Victories Greater Than Death” is in development at Amazon from Michael B. Jordan’s Outlier Society, Variety has learned.

No writer is currently attached to the project. Jordan and Elizabeth Raposo will executive produce for Outlier, with Jane Anders, Dan Halstead, and Nate Miller also executive producing.

In the series, high schooler Tina is hiding a deep secret: she’s the keeper of an interplanetary beacon that will activate someday soon, calling her home as the clone of an alien charged with saving the galaxy. But, for as much as she feels destined to fulfill her mission, she first has to grapple with the complications with the humans in her life. As Tina prepares to take on her journey with a group of teenage girls, they must grapple with learning to trust themselves and each other.

Outlier Society is currently under an overall...

Amazon Studios has put in development Victories Greater Than Death, a series based on Charlie Jane Anders’ novel, from Michael B. Jordan’s Outlier Society. A writer is not yet attached. The project falls under Jordan’s overall deal at Amazon Studios.

Per the synopsis: “High school can be rough. It’s hard to fit in, yet impossible to be invisible, and when everyone is desperately trying to figure out who they are and where they are going in life it doesn’t help Tina that she’s hiding a deep secret. She’s the keeper of an interplanetary beacon that will activate someday soon, calling her home as the clone of an alien charged with saving the galaxy. But, for as much as she feels destined to fulfill her mission, she first has to grapple with the complications with the humans in her life. As Tina prepares to take...

How I Met Your Father just met a new cast member: Daniel Augustin (David Makes Man) has joined the cast of the Hulu spinoff, our sister site Deadline reports. He’ll play Ian, the role originally set to be played by God Friended Me alum Brandon Micheal Hall, who now has to exit the series due to a scheduling conflict.

An offshoot of the long-running CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother, which ended a nine-season run in 2014, How I Met Your Father centers on Sophie (played by Hilary Duff), who tells her son the story of how she and his father met,...

The final installment of David Makes Man Season 2 began and ended with water.

Tuesday’s sophomore-season closer, titled “Trouble the Water,” tracked David as he finally opened up to his family and girlfriend Nicole, got rid of the professional albatross that was causing him inner turmoil, and set things right with the Ville — the housing project he once called home. To get on the right side of things, David had to survive yet another nightmare where he was drowning.

More from TVLineDavid Makes Man Star Breaks Down Why Seren's Return Means So MuchDavid Makes Man's Kwame Patterson Talks Leaving Snowfall,...

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With nearly 500 scripted shows now airing across broadcast, cable and streaming, it’s easy to forget that a favorite comedy is returning, or that the new “prestige drama” you anticipated is about to debut. So consider this our reminder to set your DVR, order a Season Pass, pop a fresh Memorex into the Vcr… however it is you roll.

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Exclusive: CBS’ All Rise may be resurrected. OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network is in talks for a new season of the legal drama starring Simone Missick, I have learned.

The negotiations between the cable network and lead All Rise studio Warner Bros. TV come three months after the series was canceled by CBS in May and OWN parent Discovery days later announced its plans to merge with Warner Bros. TV parent, AT&T-owned WarnerMedia. Sources close to the situation caution that the conversations, while progressing, are complex and have not reached the final stage yet. Reps for OWN and Wbtv declined comment.

Options on the All Rise cast expired at the end of June. In anticipation of a potential pickup — which I hear could be for as many as 20 episodes — Warner Bros. TV has entered negotiations with lead Missick and also has approached other cast members, including Wilson Bethel,...

With each new episode of David Makes Man, fans are learning what has happened to the show’s titular character and his childhood friends over the years.

This Tuesday night on the OWN drama, David’s neighborhood sweetheart Tare returned (in young and adult form) and together the two gave fans a sweet and beautifully choreographed and costumed musical number set to CeeLo Green’s “Fool for You.”

More from TVLineDavid Makes Man's Arlen Escarpeta Breaks Down Why Jg's Death 'Would've Wrecked David's World' in Season 2David Makes Man Recap: Marissa's Racy Return and Shella's VowThe Haves and the Have...

We’ve got questions, and you’ve (maybe) got answers! With another week of TV gone by, we’re lobbing queries left and right about dozens of shows including Atypical, American Ninja Warrior, Superman & Lois and Lisey’s Story!

1 | Atypical series finale Spoiler Alert! Wasn’t Sam making it all the way to Antartica Antarctica the perfect ending for the series?

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There was a lot to unpack in Tuesday’s installment of David Makes Man, but one theme kept emerging — men need to embrace their emotions more.

Nowhere was this more obvious than when Jg got out of the hospital and asked David about the unspoken tension between their mother Gloria and his wife Trisha. At first, David tried to deflect the question by saying his younger brother should ask Gloria what happened. When that didn’t work, David admitted that he had a hard time seeing Jg connected to all those breathing and feeding tubes and fighting for his life after being shot.

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Today's news of Bill Cosby's release from prison has generated tons of controversy, but one person who's thrilled about the news is Phylicia Rashad. From 1984-1992, Rashad co-starred as Cosby's wife on the NBC sitcom The Cosby Show. She later spent several more years working with Cosby as his co-star on the separate sitcom Cosby that aired from 1996-2000 and did voiceover work for Cosby's animated series Little Bill from 1999-2004.

Though Cosby's image has drastically changed as a result of the allegations of sexual assault and his subsequent incarceration, Phylicia Rashad never turned her back on her old television co-star. She had publicly defended him at various points over the past several years, continuing to believe in his innocence. Shortly after it was announced that Cosby is going free, Rashad hopped on Instagram to post an image of Bill along with this message:

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How long will David's story last? Has the David Makes Man TV show been cancelled or renewed for a third season on OWN? The television vulture is watching all the latest cancellation and renewal news, so this page is the place to track the status of David Makes Man, season three. Bookmark it, or subscribe for the latest updates. Remember, the television vulture is watching your shows. Are you?  

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Airing on the OWN cable channel, David Makes Man revolves around a young man named David from the projects. He's haunted by the death of his friend and is relied on by his hardworking mother to find a way out of poverty. In season two, David (Kwame Patterson) is in his 30s and is a rising businessman...

David Makes Man fans who missed the younger version of the title character in the Season 2 premiere only had to wait a week for the narrative to focus on him again.

On Tuesday’s installment, titled “Hurston,” we got to see what life is like for Young David as a sophomore at Hurston Prep. It’s the very school the teenager fought so hard to get into as a graduating middle schooler. Now that he’s there, he’s made a group of friends (and this includes his roommate Luis) who seem to have his back, but turn out to...

What choices will David make in the second season of the David Makes Man TV show on OWN? As we all know, the Nielsen ratings typically play a big role in determining whether a TV show like David Makes Man is cancelled or renewed for season three. Unfortunately, most of us do not live in Nielsen households. Because many viewers feel frustration when their viewing habits and opinions aren't considered, we invite you to rate all of the second season episodes of David Makes Man here.

An OWN coming-of-age drama, David Makes Man revolves around a young man named David from the projects. He's haunted by the death of his friend and is relied on by his hardworking mother to find a way out of poverty. In season two, David (Kwame Patterson) is...

When last we saw David (Akili McDowell), the hero of the gorgeous drama series David Makes Man, he was 14 years old, nearing the end of his time in middle school, and still very much an anxious kid hoping to one day feel comfortable in any of the disparate social worlds in which he traveled. As Season Two begins this week on OWN, the show’s title has been literalized. David is now in his thirties (and played by Kwame Patterson) with a flourishing white-collar career, living in a luxury apartment...

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Summertime, and the living’s easy — but knowing when your favorite shows return might not be. As the country and the entertainment industry gradually start to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic, here is Deadline’s annual list of summer premiere dates for new series and new seasons of returning shows. It covers more than 200 broadcast, cable and streaming series bowing from June 16 through mid-September in various dayparts but does not include specials or movies. Please send any additions or adjustments to erik@deadline.com. We’ll update the post regularly as more dates are revealed.

June 16:

Card Sharks

Generation

Penguin Town (Netflix, new documentary series)

Dave

Two Steps Home (HGTV, new docuseries)

The House My Wedding Bought (HGTV, new docuseries)

June 17:

When Nature Calls (ABC, new docuseries)

Holey Moley 3D in 2D (ABC, Season 3)

The Hustler

iCarly (Paramount+, new comedy series revival)

Intelligence (Peacock, Season 2)

Black Summer

Katla (Netflix, new Scandinavian drama series)

Record of Ragnarok

Summer Camp Island Season 4

Battle of the Brothers

Keeping Up with the Kardashians Reunion

Hot Mess House (HGTV, Season 2)

June 18:

Physical

Elite

So Not Worth It (Netflix, new Korean comedy series)

The World’s Most Amazing Vacation Rentals

Love After Lockup

Strut (Revry, new comedy series)

June 20:

Evil

Kevin Can F**K Himself

Rick and Morty

You, Me & My Ex

Us (PBS, new drama miniseries)

America’s Funniest Home Videos: Animal Edition

June 21:

Ridiculousness

Celebrity Iou

So Freakin Cheap

Grill of Victory

The Sommerdahl Murders

Pizza Wars

June 22:

Capital One College Bowl (NBC, new competition series)

Motherland: Fort Salem

David Makes Man

Inside No. 9 (BritBox, Season 6; U.S. premiere)

June 23:

In the Dark

Too Hot to Handle

June 24:

Good Girls (NBC, Season 4B)

Making It

Epstein’s Shadow: Ghislaine Maxwell

Godzilla Singular Point

The Naked Director

The Good Fight (Paramount+, Season 5)

RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars (Paramount+, Season 6; moved from VH1)

RuPaul’s Drag Race: Untucked! (VH1, Season 6; moved from VH1)

Innocent

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors (Kcet, Season 14)

June 25:

Bosch (Amazon, Season 7; final season)

September Mornings

Central Park (Apple TV+, Season 2)

The Mysterious Benedict Society (Disney+, new drama series)

The A List (Netflix, Season 2)

Sex/Life

The Choe Show (FX, new talk show series)

Put a Ring on It

June 28:

The Seven Deadly Sins (Netflix, Season 5)

Biography: KISStory

Below Deck: Mediterranean

The Pioneer Woman: Ranch Wedding (Food Network, new unscripted series)

June 29:

Good Bones (HGTV, Season 6)

America’s Top Dog

June 30:

Short Circuit

Turning the Tables with Robin Roberts (Disney+, talk show series)

The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse

Somos (Netflix, new drama series)

Sophie: A Murder in West Cork

When Big Things Go Wrong (History, new docuseries)

July 1:

The Mighty Ones (Hulu/Peacock)

Young Royals (Netflix, new drama series)

Maratha Gets Down and Dirty (Discovery+, new docuseries)

Top Chef Amateurs

July 2:

Kevin Hart’s Muscle Car Crew

July 5:

The Beast Must Die (AMC+, new drama series)

Pov (PBS, Season 34)

July 6:

An Animal Saved My Life

July 7:

Big Brother (CBS, Season 23)

Love Island

Monsters at Work (Disney+, new animated series; moved from July 2)

Abby’s Places (ESPN+, new docuseries)

July 8:

Gossip Girl (HBO Max, new drama series reboot)

Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness (Netflix, new anime series)

Grown-ish

Impractical Jokers (TruTV, Season 9B)

Backyard Bar Wars (TruTV, new competition series)

July 9:

Secret Celebrity Renovation

Atypical

Virgin River (Netflix, Season 3)

The Snoopy Show (Apple TV+, Season 1B)

Leverage: Redemption (IMDb TV, new drama series)

July 10:

Big3 (CBS/Paramount+, Season 4)

July 11:

DC’s Legends of Tomorrow

Wellington Paranormal

The White Lotus (HBO, new comedy series)

Animal Kingdom (TNT, Season 5)

The Real Housewives of Potomac (Bravo, Season 6)

History of the Sitcom

Unforgotten

Battle on the Beach (HGTV, new competition series)

July 12:

Catch and Kill: The Podcast Tapes

The Beast Must Die (AMC, new drama series; network premiere)

Jack Irish

July 13:

Miracle Workers: Oregon Trail

July 14:

Good Trouble

Dr. Pimple Popper

Dr. Pimple Popper: This is Zit

July 15:

Coroner

Never Have I Ever (Netflix, Season 2)

American Horror Stories

Art in Bloom with Helen Dealtry (Discovery+, new docuseries)

The Artisan’s Kitchen

Dr. Death (Peacock, new drama series)

Extraordinary Stories Behind Everyday Things (Discovery+, new docuseries)|

Fixer Upper Mind (Discovery+, Season 6)

Homegrown

Jean Stoffer Design

Making Modern with Brooke and Brice

Mind for Design

Re(Motel)

Ranch to Table

Self Employed

Van Go

Where We Call Home

Zoë Bakes

July 16:

Turner & Hooch

McCartney 3, 2, 1

Schmigadoon

Behind the Attraction

Making the Cut (Amazon, Season 2)

Icon: Music Through The Lens (PBS, new documentary series)

July 17:

Love & Marriage: Huntsville

Family or Fiancé

Say Yes to the Dress

July 18:

Dead Pixels

Power Book III: Raising Kanan (Starz, new drama series)

The End (Showtime, new comedy series)

90 Day: Caribbean Love

Modern Marvels

The Machines That Built America (History, new docuseries)

Jerusalem: City of Faith and Fury

July 19:

The Oval (BET, Season 2B)

Darcey & Stacey

Darcey & Stacey: Inside the Episode

July 20:

Man vs. History

July 22:

Through Our Eyes (HBO Max, new documentary miniseries)

Mysteries of Mental Illness

Ultra City Smiths

July 23:

Ted Lasso (Apple TV+, Season 2)

Masters of the Universe: Revelation

Sky Rojo (Netflix, Season 2)

Chip ‘n’ Dale: Park Life

Darcey & Stacey: Pillow Talk

July 24:

Eden: Untamed Planet (BBC America/AMC/AMC+, new documentary series)

July 26:

Roswell, New Mexico

Celebrity Iou: Joyride (Discovery+, new docuseries)

July 29:

Behind the Music

July 30:

Outer Banks (Netflix, Season 2)

Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson

Turning The Tables With Robin Roberts (Apple TV+, new docuseries

July Tba:

The Patrick Star Show

Middlemost Post

In Their Own Words (PBS, Season 2)

August 4:

My Feet Are Killing Me

My Feet Are Killing Me: Foot Notes

August 6:

Bachelor in Paradise (ABC, Season 7)

Mr Corman

August 8:

Ultimate Slip ‘N Slide

The L Word: Generation Q (Showtime, Season 2)

August 9:

Reservation Dogs

August 10:

Fantasy Island

DC’s Stargirl

August 11:

Family Game Fight!

Riverdale

The Walking Dead (AMC, Season 11; final season)

Money Court (CNBC, new courtroom series)

August 12:

Star Trek: Lower Decks

August 13:

Masters of Illusion

Aew: Rampage (TNT, new wrestling series)

August 15:

Heels (Starz, new drama series)

Chesapeake Shores

August 17:

My Big Fat Fabulous Life

August 18:

Nine Perfect Strangers (Hulu, new drama limited series)

August 19:

Burden of Truth

August 20:

The Greatest #AtHome Videos

Growing Up Animal (Disney+, new documentary series)

August 23:

The Ultimate Surfer

August 24:

Welcome to Plathville

August 25:

American Horror Story: Double Feature

Archer (Fxx, Season 12)

August 27:

See (Apple TV+, Season 2)

August 31:

Only Murders in the Building (Hulu, new comedy series)

August Tba:

Chapelwaite

Cesar’s Way (Nat Geo Wild, new docuseries)

My Life Is Murder

September 2:

What We Do in the Shadows

September 5:

Billions (Showtime, Season 5B)

Guilt

September 7:

Impeachment: American Crime Story

September 9:

Sunday Night Football

Football Night in America

September 12:

Sunday Night Football

NFL on Fox

NFL on CBS (CBS, season premiere)

NFL on Fox Deportes

MTV Video Music Awards (MTV, live awards special)

September 13:

Y: The Last Man

September 16:

Untitled B.J. Novak

Summer Tba:

Claws (TNT, Season 4; final seasons)

Fboy Island (HBO Max, new competition series)

Lupin

Serengeti...

Veteran communications executive Wendy Luckenbill has joined Fox Sports as SVP of Brand Communications. Luckenbill moves to Fox Sports after 10 years at OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network and Harpo Inc. where she served as SVP, Brand Strategy Communications.

Luckenbill will lead digital, brand and entertainment public relations as well as corporate responsibility strategy for Fox Sports. She begins her new role today, reporting to Terri Hines, EVP, Communications.

“We are thrilled to welcome Wendy to the Fox Sports family adding her depth of talent and expertise to our communications team,” said Hines. “Wendy’s experience working for some of the biggest names and brands in media and entertainment worldwide will help us continue to amplify the Fox Sports brand and our prominence in the sports entertainment space.”

During her 10 years at OWN, Luckenbill crafted strategic campaigns for the network’s series, documentaries and specials including the critically acclaimed dramas Queen Sugar,...