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More stars are joining Saturday Night Live’s milestone celebration.

SNL50: The Red Carpet — a kickoff special airing live across NBC, E! and Peacock on Sunday night ahead of the main event SNL50: The Anniversary Special — has booked hosts Willie Geist and Leslie Jones and correspondent Matt Rogers to appear. It kicks off at 7 p.m. Et/4 p.m. Pt and will feature red-carpet interviews with many of the bold-faced name guests attending the anniversary special.

SNL50: The Anniversary Special, a live three-hour telecast from Studio 8H in Rockefeller Center, will include appearances by Adam Driver, Adam Sandler, Amy Poehler, Andy Samberg, Ayo Edebiri, Bad Bunny, Chevy Chase, Chris Rock, Dave Chappelle, Eddie Murphy, Fred Armisen, Garrett Morris, Jane Curtin, Jason Sudeikis, Jimmy Fallon, John Mulaney, Kate McKinnon, Kenan Thompson, Kim Kardashian, Kristen Wiig, Laraine Newman, Martin Short, Maya Rudolph, Miley Cyrus, Molly Shannon, Pete Davidson, Paul McCartney, Paul Simon,...

Allyce Ozarski, a television producer who worked on shows like “The L Word: Generation Q” and “I Love You, America With Sarah Silverman,” died Jan. 24 in Los Angeles. She was 41.

Ozarski died from triple negative metastatic breast cancer, her family confirmed.

Born in California, she spent her childhood in Poway before studying international studies and Italian at the University of Washington. A chance meeting with a television director led to her first entertainment job.

Ozarski was nominated for outstanding variety sketch series category at the 2018 Emmys for producing Hulu’s “I Love You, America With Sarah Silverman.”

She was a producer on “Problematic with Moshe Kasher” on Comedy Central, “Smilf” on Showtime and “Baskets” on FX. She executive produced the Showtime shows “I Love That for You,” “Super Pumped” and “The L Word: Generation Q.”

“I’m so grateful to have known her. To have worked with her. To have built something with her,...

Allyce Ozarski, an Emmy-nominated producer whose credits included Baskets, Smilf and The L Word: Generation Q, has died. She was 41.

Ozarski died Jan. 24 in Los Angeles from the progression of triple negative metastatic breast cancer, her family announced.

Ozarski most recently served as an executive producer on two anticipated upcoming series: Netflix’s Golf, which arrives from Gloria Sanchez Productions and T-Street Productions and stars Will Ferrell and Ramy Youssef, and the untitled Vince Gilligan show for Sony Pictures TV and Apple TV+ that stars Rhea Seehorn.

Ozarski had a long partnership with Showtime, where she produced Frankie Shaw’s Smilf in 2019 and was an exec producer on the 2019-23 sequel The L Word: Generation Q; on Super Pumped, the 2022 limited series that starred Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Uber co-founder Travis Kalanick; and on the Vanessa Bayer 2022 comedy I Love That for You.

She received her Emmy nom in 2018 for outstanding...

Allyce Ozarski, an Emmy-nominated TV producer on I Love That for You, Baskets, Smilf, I Love You, America and two upcoming series from Vince Gilligan and Will Ferrell, has died. She was 41. Her family said she died January 24 of breast cancer in Los Angeles.

Ozarski shared an Emmy nom for Outstanding Sketch Variety Series as producer on Sarah Silverman’s I Love You, America in 2018. Her producing credits also include The L Word: Generation Q, Problematic with Moshe Kasher and Haunting of the Mary Celeste.

Raised in Poway, northeast of San Diego, Ozarski was selling rugs when a chance meeting with a TV director led to her first showbiz gig. After serving as travel coordinator on the Noggin surfing series Beyond the Break in 2007, she worked as a production coordinator or assistant into the mid-2010s on TV shows including NBC’s The Cape, Up All Night and A to Z...

Ted Danson spent more than a decade playing Sam Malone on Cheers, he happily parodied his public image on Curb Your Enthusiasm and he even found a way to believably play a bowtie-wearing demon tasked with torturing humanity for all of eternity on a network sitcom. But none of those gigs were nearly as difficult as the one that required him to pretend to investigate brutal murders on a weekly basis.

On the most recent episode of his podcast Where Everybody Knows Your Name, Danson chatted with former Saturday Night Live cast member, and star of the underrated I Love That for You, Vanessa Bayer. While Bayer’s comedy chops are clearly evident, Danson asked the actress if she had an interest in taking on more dramatic roles.

Bayer said that she did like doing drama, such as in the Netflix series Love, but wouldn’t be able to successfully...

Liz Feldman is back with a new series called “No Good Deed,” and just as she did in her Netflix series “Dead to Me,” she’s set up a pretty good mystery.

Now streaming on Netflix, the show centers on Paul and Lydia, who are trying to sell their very popular and desired home. For them, it’s become haunted after their son was killed there three years earlier.

His death is labeled a casualty of a home invasion, but nothing is quite what it seems on this one. And there are plenty of potential suspects in and around the neighborhood.

Here are the faces you’ll need to know.

Netflix Lydia Morgan (Lisa Kudrow)

Lydia Morgan is a renowned pianist, but after her son is killed, she can’t keep her hands from shaking and temporarily loses her ability to play. She’s brought to life by “Friends” and “Time Bandits” star Lisa Kudrow.

Throughout its three seasons, The Bear has introduced a number of unique characters, but none are as mysterious as Francie Fak, which means that the actress who plays her must live up to audiences' high expectations. Within The Bear's extensive cast, one branch of characters are the Faks. Originally, the Fak family was represented solely by Neil Fak, an eccentric family friend who helps do electrical and plumbing work at the restaurant. However, each season, more Faks have become known to viewers, which makes the urge to see the most mysterious Fak even stronger.

At this point, not much is really known about Francie Fak. Aside from being Neil's sister, the biggest element of Francie's character is that she has a major beef with Sugar. Audiences are still in the dark about what truly happened between Sugar and Francie, but based on Sugar's absolute hatred of the Fak sister,...

Betty Gabriel, Thomas Barbusca and Annie Gonzalez are joining the cast of Legion M’s thriller, Fade to Black. Rounding out the newly added cast are Caylee Cowan (Sunrise in Heaven), Johnno Wilson (I Love That For You), Veronika Dash (Isabel’s Garden) and Scott Evans (Barbie). Filming …

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Breaking into Hollywood is tough, but its going incredibly well for a new list of names that have been added to Legion Ms upcoming thriller, Fade to Black. Surrounding the darker side of showbiz, the movie will follow the previously announced Karan Soni (Deadpool franchise) as Amit, a young man aspiring for a career in screenwriting. Tapping a slew of fresh talent for the latest casting rollout, the movie has signed on Betty Gabriel (Get Out), Annie Gonzalez (Flamin Hot), Thomas Barbusca (The Mick), Caylee Cowan (Sunrise in Heaven), Veronika Dash (Isabels Garden), Scott Evans (Barbie), and Johnno Wilson (I Love That For You).

Production is underway on Legion M’s darkly comedic horror thriller Fade to Black, which sees art imitating life for an aspiring Hollywood screenwriter. Today, Legion M has announced that Betty Gabriel, Thomas Barbusca, and Annie Gonzalez have joined the cast.

The horror thriller marks the feature debut of director Andrew Sandler.

Fade to Black follows “Amit as he navigates the horrors of trying to break into the twisted business of Hollywood. After an accidental death spurs a sinister epiphany, the screenwriter starts committing the murders of his script’s fictional serial killer in a desperate attempt to generate the IP necessary to get his movie made. The film promises a darkly comedic exploration of ambition, madness, and the brutal reality of the entertainment industry.”

Rounding out the newly added cast are Caylee Cowan (Sunrise in Heaven), Johnno Wilson (I Love That For You), Veronika Dash (Isabel’s Garden), and Scott Evans...

Exclusive: Betty Gabriel (Get Out), Thomas Barbusca (The Mick), Annie Gonzalez (Flamin’ Hot), and Caylee Cowan (Sunrise in Heaven) are among the final additions to Legion M’s thriller, Fade to Black, marking the feature directorial debut of Andrew Sandler.

Character details are under wraps, with production underway in Los Angeles. As previously announced, Karan Soni, Max Carver, Katerina Tanenbaum, John Carroll Lynch, Joseph Lee and Zosia Mamet will lead the ensemble. Other newcomers rounding it out include Johnno Wilson (I Love That for You), Veronika Dash (Isabel’s Garden), and Scott Evans (Barbie).

Written by Brandon Cohen, Fade to Black follows Amit (Soni) as he navigates the horrors of trying to break into the twisted business of Hollywood. After an accidental death spurs a sinister epiphany, the screenwriter starts committing the murders of his script’s fictional serial killer in a desperate attempt to generate the IP necessary to get his movie made.

The most recent Tribeca Festival Untold Stories winner Honeyjoon has lined up actors from Jackpot! and Call Me By Your Name as it films this fall in Portugal.

The independent comedy-drama, written and directed by Lilian T. Mehrel, stars Ayden Mayeri (Jackpot!, Mr. Throwback, I Love That For You), Amira Casar (La Maison, Call Me By Your Name, Sarah Bernhardt, La Divine) and José Condessa (Strange Way of Life, Turn of the Tide).

Honeyjoon follows the Kurdish-Persian Lela (Casar) and her American daughter June (Mayeri) as they travel to the Azores after a major loss, with different ideas about the trip, grief and, as Tribeca says, “June’s bikini.”

The Tribeca synopsis continues, “Between happy honeymooners, Woman Life Freedom and their hot philosophical tour guide João (Condessa), they find each other… coming back to life.”

Mehrel says of her cast, “It is a director’s dream to work with talent like Ayden,...

The 2024 Toronto International Film Festival has finally wrapped up, closing out a two-week frenzy of world premieres and screenings of highly anticipated offerings making their way across the international festival circuit. For many, TIFF (as well as the Venice and Telluride film festivals) marks the unofficial commencement of awards season, meaning the films that receive the People’s Choice Awards typically earn an early boost for their campaigns. Last year, the top prize went to Cord Jefferson’s publishing industry satire “American Fiction,” which would later earn the writer/director an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay, as well as a nomination for Best Picture. This year’s winner was Mike Flanagan’s Stephen King adaptation “The Life of Chuck,” starring Tom Hiddleston.

12 of the last 14 People’s Choice Award winners at TIFF went on to receive Academy Award nominations for Best Picture and four of them actually won the award.

Top Hollywood producers Mary Parent (“Dune: Part 2”), Lucy Fisher (“Gladiator II”) and Sue Naegle (“Nightbitch”) join TheGrill 2024 for an exclusive Powerhouse Producers panel presented by Wrapbook Payroll, moderated by award-winning journalist Laura Holson.

The panel promises to deliver unparalleled insights into the ever-evolving landscape of film and television production.

Mary Parent is the chairman of Worldwide Production at Legendary Entertainment, overseeing all aspects of film for the company. While at Legendary, she has produced the Academy Award-winning film “Dune” and its follow up “Dune: Part Two,” as well as “Godzilla: King of the Monsters,” “Enola Holmes,” “Detective Pikachu,” and Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s virtual reality piece, “Carne y Arena,” which received a rare Special Achievement Oscar® for its groundbreaking exploration of fully immersive storytelling.

Upcoming highlights in 2025 include the live-action/animation hybrid comedy “Animal Friends,” starring Ryan Reynolds, as well as “Minecraft,” based on the world’s bestselling game,...

Would you trust John Cena to be your bodyguard for a day? Well, that’s what Awkwafina’s character is forced to do in their new movie, “Jackpot!”

Ok, technically, she’s trusting Noel — he’s just played by Cena. Now streaming on Prime Video, Paul Feig’s latest film centers on Katie Kim (Awkwafina), who finds herself literally running for her life after winning the lottery in near-future Los Angeles.

In this world, it’s perfectly legal to murder the lottery winner and take over their jackpot, so long as you complete the kill by sundown and don’t use a gun. It’s an insane concept, and it boasts a fun cast of familiar faces to bring it all together.

Here’s who you need to know.

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Noel (John Cena)

Noel is a bodyguard who comes to help Katie, for a price. He’s mostly a good-hearted dude though.

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The very funny Adam Pally spoke with MovieWeb's Greg Archer about starring in and producing Peacock's new mockumentary series, Mr. Throwback. Pally discussed basketball and working with Steph Curry, and playing a sad sack out for redemption. Mr. Throwback premieres Aug. 8 with all six episodes on Peacock.

The comedy mockumentary series Mr. Throwback follows a down-on-his-luck memorabilia dealer who looks for redemption by reuniting with his sixth-grade teammate, NBA legend Steph Curry. The series also stars Adam Pally, Ego Nwodim and Ayden Mayeri.

Mr. Throwback was created by Executive Producers/Writers David Caspe, Matthew Libman and Daniel Libman and Adam Pally, with Erick Peyton (Stephen Curry: Underrated) executive producing for Unanimous Media.

20th Television has hired former Netflix executive Jillian Longnecker as EVP and Head of Production and Showtime’s Brendan Countee as SVP and Head of Comedy Development for the studio, a part of Disney Television Studios.

Both positions had been vacant for awhile. 20th Television previous EVP Production Nissa Diederich exited in December, following a consolidation move that saw her counterpart, ABC Signature EVP Production and Post-Production Carol Turner, promoted to Head of Production for Disney Entertainment Television, overseeing production operations across Disney TV Studios, Hulu, Freeform and FX.

Reporting to Turner, Longnecker will oversee all physical production for 20th Television’s slate of drama, comedy and limited series that spans over two dozen current series and multiple pilots.

Countee succeeds Chet Dave who had been SVP and Head of Comedy Development since 2021. Dave went on a medical leave last year, and by March of this year, it became clear...

Disney’s 20th Television has made a pair of key executive hires.

Jillian Longnecker has been named executive vp of production at the studio, and Brendan Countee will be head of comedy development. Longnecker will take over the job previously held by long-time studio exec Nissa Diederich, who departed late last year, while Countee steps into a post previously held by Chet Dave.

Longnecker, previously senior director of production for original series at Netflix, will oversee physical production on some two dozen drama, comedy and limited series at 20th TV. She’ll report to Carol Turner, head of production for Disney Entertainment Television.

“I’ve admired the undeniable slate of television and the deep bench of talent at 20th Television for a long time, and I could not be more grateful for the opportunity to join Carol and her top-notch team,” said Longnecker. “I’m incredibly proud of my former...

John Cena and Awkwafina star in action comedy Jackpot! about a deadly lottery. A contest offers a $35,000 prize package, including a gold bar, cash, and Buffalo Wild Wings. Jackpot! premieres on Prime Video on August 15, 2024, directed by Paul Feig.

You cant win if you dont play. One lucky winner will receive a 10-ounce gold bar, cash, and enough Buffalo Wild Wings for a decade; valued at over $35,000 thanks to John Cena and Awkwafina and the upcoming release of Jackpot! The action comedy introduces audiences to their new favorite comedy duo: Awkwafina and John Cena. The movie has been called outrageous and centers on a Grand Lottery with a catch: kill the winner before sundown to legally claim their multi-billion-dollar jackpot.

Awkwafina plays Katie, who mistakenly finds herself with the winning ticket and reluctantly joins forces with amateur lottery protection agent Noel Cassidy, played by John Cena. Noel must protect Katie...

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Prime Video ha publicado el tráiler y póster oficial de “Jackpot!”, la nueva comedia de acción del director Paul Feig y el guionista Rob Yescombe (“A Descubierto”).

La película está ambientada en un futuro próximo. California ha creado un nuevo premio gordo de la lotería. El truco para conseguirlo: matar al ganador antes de que se ponga el sol para poder reclamar legalmente el premio multimillonario. Cuando Katie Kim (Awkwafina) se muda a Los Ángeles, encuentra por error el billete ganador. Desesperada por sobrevivir a las hordas de cazadores del premio gordo, une fuerzas a regañadientes con el agente de protección de loterías amateur Noel Cassidy (John Cena), que hará todo lo posible para mantenerla con vida hasta que se ponga el sol a cambio de una parte del premio. Pero Noel tendrá que enfrentarse a su astuto riva,l...

Exclusive: Molly Shannon (The Other Two) has signed on to star alongside Mark Wahlberg and Paul Walter Hauser in Balls Up, the action comedy that Peter Farrelly is directing for Amazon MGM Studios and Skydance.

Details as to her role are under wraps. Written by Paul Wernick & Rhett Reese (Deadpool & Wolverine), the film follows two American marketing executives who are fired for blowing a client sponsorship opportunity and decide to use their free tickets to a major soccer match. Their drunken debauchery leads them to be hunted by every person across the country.

Producers include Skydance’s David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, Don Granger and Andrew Muscato, as well as Wernick and Reese.

A three-time Emmy-nominated alum of Saturday Night Live, Shannon most recently starred in Chris Kelly and Sarah Schneider’s The Other Two, which ran for three seasons across Comedy Central and Max, earning a Critics Choice Award nomination...

Since Showtime is a pay-for-view cable channel, the execs aren't tied to the ratings like regular commercial channels. However, they still have to run programs that will keep viewers subscribed. Which of their shows will be cancelled or renewed? We'll have to wait and see.

Scripted Showtime shows listed: The Affair, American Gigolo, Back to Life, Billions, Black Monday, Californication, The Chi, City on a Hill, The Curse, Dexter, Dexter: New Blood, Dice, Episodes, Escape at Dannemora, The First Lady, Flatbush Misdemeanors, A Gentleman in Moscow, George & Tammy, The Good Lord Bird, Happyish, Homeland, House of Lies, I Love That for You, I'm Dying Up Here, Kidding, The L Word: Generation Q, Let the Right One In, The Man Who Fell to Earth, Masters of Sex, Moonbase 8, Nurse Jackie, On Becoming a God in Central Florida, Our Cartoon President, Penny Dreadful, Penny Dreadful: City of Angels,...

Ayden Mayeri has joined the cast of an upcoming Peacock comedy series led by Steph Curry and Adam Pally.

Per the official logline, the currently untitled series follows Danny (Pally), “a down-on-his-luck memorabilia dealer who looks for redemption by reuniting with his sixth-grade teammate, NBA legend Steph Curry.”

Mayeri will play Samantha, Danny’s ex-wife.

Mayeri is best known for playing Beth Ann in the 2022 Showtime comedy series “I Love That For You.” She also starred in Season 1 of “The Afterparty” on Apple TV+ as Jennifer No. 2, with other TV credits including “Into the Dark” on Hulu, “Veep” on HBO, “New Girl” on Fox, “Grace and Frankie” on Netflix and “Homecoming” on Amazon.

In film, Mayeri has appeared opposite Alison Brie and Aubrey Plaza in “Spin Me Round” (2022), Greg Mottola’s “Confess, Fletch” (2022), Dave Franco’s “Somebody That I Used to Know” (2023), Netflix’s “Alex Strangelove” (2018), Lionsgate’s “Wander Darkly...

Exclusive: Jessi Klein has signed a two-year overall deal with Sony Pictures Television. Under the pact, the TV writer-producer, author and comedian will develop and produce scripted series for cable and streaming platforms.

Klein, who helped develop Chappelle’s Show as an executive at Comedy Central, segued to becoming the head writer and executive producer of the network’s hit sketch comedy series Inside Amy Schumer, which earned her an Emmy and Peabody awards. Klein also served as co-creator and showrunner of I Love That For You on Showtime, starring Vanessa Bayer and Molly Shannon, and headlined her own Comedy Central stand-up special.

She voices the sardonic Jessi Glaser and is a consulting producer on Netflix’s Big Mouth and has also written for Netflix’s Dead to Me, Amazon’s Transparent and NBC’s Saturday Night Live in addition to being the bestselling author of I’ll Show Myself...

A legend is set to take the stage to help celebrate Disney Night on American Idol. TV Insider can first exclusively reveal that Jenifer Lewis will be performing “Dig A Little Deeper” from The Princess & The Frog on the May 12 episode. The award-winning actress/activist, stage performer, and author starred in Black-ish for eight seasons. She can be seen most recently as Patricia in the Showtime series I Love That For You and guest-starring on the Not Dead Yet Season 2 finale. The Broadway star was also recently revealed as Miss Cleocatra on The Masked Singer. This multi-hyphenate has also sold out the Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall. She received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2022. Lewis, who voiced Mama Odie in the 2009 classic animated film, is going to be accompanied by seven-time Grammy winner Terence Blanchard on the trumpet. Disney / Temma Hankin Blanchard was the featured musician...

Exclusive: Almost 30 years after they first started working together on Saturday Night Live, Molly Shannon and Steve Koren have re-teamed for a comedy series, which is in development at HBO. Shannon and Koren are executive producing the untitled project, written by Koren and starring Shannon.

This is a story about a woman (Shannon) deeply addicted to celebrity news and gossip. After friends and family finally confront her, she agrees to get help. Where? The same place where the stars get help – a fancy celebrity rehab in Malibu. Instead of confronting her demons, she behaves as if it’s the Four Seasons. Once there, she connects with her favorite young starlet and must decide whether to return to her family or join her in Hollywood.

Executive producing alongside Shannon and Koren is Shannon’s longtime manager, Steven Levy.

Shannon and Koren first met in 1995 when they were both on SNL and...

Exclusive: Andrew DeYoung has been tapped to direct and executive produce HBO’s half-hour comedy pilot The Chair Company, starring Tim Robinson. The project hails from Robinson and his writing partner Zach Kanin, and is executive produced by Adam McKay and Todd Schulman for McKay’s Hyperobject Industries.

In The Chair Company, written and executive produced by Robinson and Kanin, after an embarrassing incident at work, a man (Robinson) finds himself investigating a far-reaching conspiracy.

The project continues DeYoung’s with Robinson, having most recently shot his feature debut comedy Friendship, from Fifth Season and BoulderLight Pictures, with Robinson and Paul Rudd. He co-wrote and directed the Peacock sketch comedy special Would It Kill You To Laugh? through A24. Recent credits include directing episodes of the hit Max series Our Flag Means Death and upcoming Jenji Kohan Netflix series Decameron. He has directed multiple episodes, including the series finale, of...

Exclusive: After seeing his Amazon MGM romantic drama The Idea of You debut to glowing reviews on the closing night of SXSW, Michael Showalter has been set to reteam with the studio on Oh. What. Fun, a holiday comedy to star Golden Globe winner and Academy Award nominee Michelle Pfeiffer (French Exit).

In the film, Pfeiffer plays Claire Clauster, who organizes a special Christmas outing when her family forgets her in the shuffle. By the time they realize their mistake, she’s gone missing. Their Christmas is in jeopardy, but Claire has other plans.

Written by Showalter and Chandler Baker, the film is based on a short story from the latter that was originally published by Amazon Original Stories. Producers on the project include Showalter and Jordana Mollick via Semi-Formal Productions, as well as Tribeca Productions’ Berry Welsh & Jane Rosenthal (The Irishman), and...

So many words come to mind when one thinks about Jenifer Lewis: Diva. Icon. Legend. But killer? That’s a new one.

Lewis will take center stage in the April 11 episode of CBS’ So Help Me Todd (9/8c), TVLine has learned, playing the role of an international opera star known simply as “Jacqueline!” Plot twist: She’s also the estranged mother of Lyle (Tristen J. Winger), whose decision to give up music in favor of a legal career never sat well with her.

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Molly Shannon, SNL alum, joins Steve Martin and Martin Short in season 4 of Only Murders in the Building as a high-powered businesswoman. Shannon's notable credits include A Good Person, Promising Young Woman, and The Little Hours. Only Murders in the Building has been renewed for a fourth season and will take place in Los Angeles with unfinished business from the third season.

A fellow Saturday Night Live alum is joining Steve Martin and Martin Short for the fourth season of Only Murders in the Building. Molly Shannon, whose roster of memorable characters on SNL includes Sally O'MalleyO'Malley and Mary Katherine Gallagher, has joined the Hulu series in a recurring role. According to Deadline, Shannon will portray a high-powered Los Angeles businesswoman who finds herself drawn into the world of the investigation in New York.

Molly Shannon appeared for six seasons on SNL, from 1995 to 2001, earning an Emmy nod for her...

Molly Shannon has joined the cast of “Only Murders in the Building” Season 4 in a recurring role.

Though plot details for the season remain under wraps, Shannon will play a high powered Los Angeles businesswoman who finds herself drawn into the world of the investigation in New York.

Shannon is best known for starring in “Saturday Night Live” for six seasons from 1995 to 2001. Most recently, she starred alongside Florence Pugh and Morgan Freeman in Zack Braff’s 2023 film “A Good Person” and played Pat Dubek for three seasons of “The Other Two” on Max (previously Comedy Central). Also among her credits are Showtime’s “I Love That for You” and HBO’s “The White Lotus” and the films “Other People,” “Promising Young Woman,” “Scary Movie 4” and “Scary Movie 5.”

Shannon is repped by UTA, Framework Entertainment and Hansen, Jacobson, Teller, Hoberman, Newman, Warren, Richman, Rush, Kaller, Gellman, Meigs & Fox.

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Exclusive: We have the first major cast addition for the upcoming fourth season of Only Murders In the Building. Molly Shannon has been tapped for a season-long arc on the mystery comedy.

Per usual, the producers are keeping the storyline under wraps but, as Disney Television Group President Craig Erwich revealed in a Deadline interview, the Only Murders In the Building trio of Charles (Steve Martin), Oliver (Martin Short) and Mabel (Selena Gomez) will kick off the new season with a trip to Los Angeles before returning to The Arconia in their search of Saz’s killer.

I hear Shannon will play a high powered LA business woman who finds herself drawn into the world of the investigation in NY.

Shannon, a three-time Emmy nominee, spent six seasons as a member of the repertory company on Saturday Night Live, creating a gallery of memorable characters such as schoolgirl Mary Katherine Gallagher,...

Here's a list of TV shows that aired (or are expected to air) during the 2021-22 season (roughly September 2021 through August 2022) but won't return for the 2022-23 season. Not finding a show that you believe has been cancelled? Check our other season lists or our network, cable, and streaming show status pages.

Latest additions: The Flight Attendant (Max), Farzar (Netflix), Back to Life (Showtime), Ten Percent (Sundance Now), Suspicion (Apple TV+), Snowflake Mountain (Netflix), Would I Lie to You? (The CW), I Love That for You (Showtime), Amber Brown (Apple TV+), Dancing with Myself (NBC), Britannia (Epix), The Final Straw (ABC), Snake in the Grass (USA Network), The Premise (FX on Hulu), Pause with Sam Jay (HBO), Rat in the Kitchen (TBS), Astrid & Lily Save the World (Syfy), Love Life (HBO Max), Sweet Life: Los Angeles (HBO Max), Legendary (HBO Max),...

Tim Robinson (I Think You Should Leave), Paul Rudd (Only Murders in the Building) and Kate Mara (Class of ’09) have been set to star in Friendship, a new comedy from Fifth Season and BoulderLight Pictures.

Pic centers on Craig Waterman (Robinson), who enjoys his life. He likes New Balance shoes, Subway sandwiches, and Marvel movies. He lives in the suburbs with his wife, Tami, and son, Steven. He’s happy to work at Universal Digital, a company that helps brands make their products more habit-forming. Craig sees no reason to change anything or make new friends… until weatherman Brian moves into the neighborhood. Mysterious yet friendly, macho but vulnerable, Brian (Rudd) transforms everything for Craig, but Craig’s obsessive and childlike nature threatens to ruin the friendship, and possibly everything else in his life.

Friendship is the first feature from director Andrew DeYoung, who also penned the script and is exec producing alongside Tracy Rosenblum.

Molly Shannon, who mined her Irish background to create delightful characters on Saturday Night Live and beyond, is the latest honoree to be announced for the 18th annual Oscar Wilde Awards.

The event, organized by the US-Ireland Alliance, celebrates the work of those from Ireland — and those with Irish roots, as in Shannon’s case — who contribute to film, television and music. It’s set for March 7, three days before the Academy Awards, at the Santa Monica home of Bad Robot, J.J. Abrams and Katie McGrath’s production company.

Shannon, who grew up in Shaker Heights, Ohio, joins previously announced honorees Pierce Brosnan (born in Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland) and Oscar-winning VFX artist Richard Baneham (born in Dublin).

“Molly’s Irish American characters on Saturday Night Live — like Mary Katherine Gallagher and Sally O’Malley — are iconic,” Trina Vargo, founder of the US-Ireland Alliance, said in a statement.

“The impact...

Melissa Moore’s autobiography Shattered Silence inspired the podcast Happy Face, and now the podcast is getting a Paramount+ streaming series adaptation! Annaleigh Ashford – whose credits include B Positive, American Crime Story, and Masters of Sex – has signed on to star in the series, with Michael Showalter on board to direct the first episode.

I mainly know Showalter from an actor in projects like The State and Wet Hot American Summer, but his TV directing credits include episodes of Search Party, Love, Grace and Frankie, In the Dark, The Shrink Next Door, The Dropout, and I Love That for You. He has also directed the feature films Spoiler Alert, The Eyes of Tammy Faye, The Lovebirds, The Big Sick; Hello, My Name Is Doris; and The Baxter.

Happy Face will see Ashford taking on the role of Melissa, who at age 15, discovered that her beloved father was the prolific serial killer known as “Happy Face.

Exclusive: Netflix will not be going forward with more seasons of live-action series Shadow and Bone and Glamorous and adult animated comedies Agent Elvis, Farzar and Captain Fall.

The decision was made a week after the end of the SAG-AFTRA strike and a month and a half after the end of the WGA work stoppage as networks and platforms continue to evaluate the impact from the strike-related seven-month production shutdown.

While there had been a slew of series cancellations and un-renewals by linear networks and streamers during and immediately after the strikes, Netflix had largely refrained from making cancellation decisions during the past 6½ months while announcing a number of renewals, including One Piece (S2), Ginny & Georgia (S3 and S4); The Lincoln Lawyer (S3), Xo, Kitty (S2), Heartstopper (S2 and S3), The Night Agent (S2 picked up on the eve of the WGA strike), The Diplomat (S2), Fubar (S2), Sweet Magnolias...

In “Everything You Want,” the second single from Matt Rogers’ new album Have You Heard of Christmas?, he croons about sending holiday tidings to a former flame — who, as it turns out, he can’t quite remember. “Gifted you my heart and swore a lifetime of my love, you’ve gone away now,” he sings. “Go get everything you want even if you can’t give that from me…all the stuff you like, which I forgot.”

The song, which is also a collaboration with Katie Gavin of Muna, was one of the last he added to the tracklist. The collection began as new recordings of songs the actor and writer has been performing as part of his musical comedy tour of the same name, but Rogers felt it was missing something a little more emo. “I needed a song that went full Pisces,” he says with a laugh. “My...

Comedian Matt Rogers was stoned, wandering the streets of New York City, reeling from a bad breakup, and trying desperately to unlock the lyrics of a song steeped in this heartbreak — that also had to fit on his Christmas album. He had the start of a hook (“Go get everything you want…”) and a core idea, hoping his ex will get everything he wants in life, even if Rogers won’t be the one to provide it. But that was it.

“I was just like, ‘God, I feel so pathetic!

Add Vice to the list of disappeared series from cable and streaming outlets.

The documentary series was removed from Showtime and Paramount+ earlier in July as part of a broader set of programs taken off the Paramount Global services. Vice joins the likes of The L Word: Generation Q, Ziwe, I Love That for You and American Gigolo in being taken down from Showtime, which is focusing its programming on key franchises like Billions — which has several spinoffs in development — Dexter and The Chi.

But while the other pulled shows had finished their runs, Vice still had half a season remaining on its order, plus an episode featuring a segment on Florida governor and presidential candidate Ron DeSantis that was taken out of the rotation in May. At the time, Vice News, which produces the series, said in a statement, “As with all current affairs programming there can be scheduling changes,...

Bowen Yang announced that he will be taking a break from his podcast Las Culturistas to focus on his own mental health.

He posted a short statement over the weekend on his Instagram story.

“Taking a very short break from [Las Culturistas],” he wrote. “Bad bouts of depersonalization are f—ing me up bad, but I am doing my best to get better! Please take care, back soon.”

Yang has co-hosted the show since 2016 with Matt Rogers. They focus on pop culture and have had many celebrity guests on air, including Andy Cohen, Reneé Rapp, Keke Palmer and Kelly Clarkson.

Depersonalization is a serious mental disorder where a person will constantly feel like they are not in their own body and are observing their actions from outside. Each person’s experience with the disorder is different and it is also possible that you can feel like things around you and your life aren’t real.

We won’t get to see Mandy Patinkin’s adorable real-life marriage become a TV show after all.

Showtime has scrapped four series that were in the works, according to The Hollywood Reporter, led by Seasoned, a comedy based on Patinkin and his wife Kathryn Grody’s 43-year marital bond. The comedy, which was first announced last year and earned a six-episode series order at the network, was to star Patinkin and Grody and follow “the delightfully tumultuous relationship and life of a successful, gregarious, deeply committed, slightly insane married couple.”

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Chris McCarthy continues to slim down Showtime’s content pipeline.

The premium cable network has passed on four projects: the reboot of Gattaca that would have brought Homeland duo Howard Gordon and Alex Gansa back to the Paramount Global outlet as well as Seasoned, the comedy inspired by the lives of married couple Mandy Patinkin and Kathryn Grody that had previously had a series order. Also getting the pass are two projects that had been in development — Split and Sweetness.

Sony Pictures Television, which produces Gattaca and Sweetness, plans to shop both projects.

Showtime declined to comment.

The passes come after Chris McCarthy added oversight of Showtime to his purview last year, giving him control of nearly all of Paramount Global’s linear networks including MTV, Comedy Central and Paramount Network, among others. This week, Showtime programming was folded into Paramount+ in a bid to provide the streamer with the...

The kids of The Chi aren’t kids anymore.

A teaser trailer released Wednesday gives us a hint of what a very grown-up Kevin, Jake, Papa and their fellow Windy City inhabitants will be up to when the Showtime series returns for Season 6. And now we also know exactly when that will be: Sunday, Aug. 6, at 9/8c, but the episode will be available on Friday, Aug. 4, on Paramount+ and On Demand.

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Showtime has officially confirmed what Billions fans have suspected since March: The financial drama will conclude with its upcoming seventh season.

Season 7 will first premiere via Paramount+ on Friday, Aug. 11, followed by a linear premiere on Showtime on Sunday, Aug. 13 at 8/7c.

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Welcome to the 217th episode of TV’s Top 5, The Hollywood Reporter’s TV podcast.

Every week, hosts Lesley Goldberg (West Coast TV editor) and Daniel Fienberg (chief TV critic) break down the latest TV news with context from the business and critical sides, welcome showrunners, executives and other guests, and provide a critical guide of what to watch (or skip, as the case may be).

During this week’s episode, we’re joined by THR media and business reporter Alex Weprin to discuss the challenges ahead for CNN. Other topics include the latest in Hollywood’s labor strife as the DGA reaches a tentative deal and the actors union votes to authorize a strike should negotiations with the studios fail.

Here’s how this week’s episode plays out:

1. Headlines

I Love That For You, Perry Mason, the NFL, Liv Golf and Extreme Makeover highlight the week’s (non-strike related) headlines.

Network: Showtime

Episodes: Eight (half-hour)

Seasons: One

TV show dates: May 1, 2022 -- June 19, 2022

Series status: Cancelled

Performers include: Vanessa Bayer, Molly Shannon, Jenifer Lewis, Paul James, Ayden Mayeri, Matt Rogers, Punam Patel, and Johnno Wilson.

TV show description:

A comedy series, I Love That for You was created by Vanessa Bayer and Jeremy Beiler. The story is inspired by Bayer’s own story of overcoming childhood leukemia.

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A Showtime comedy series, the I Love That for You TV show stars Vanessa Bayer, Molly Shannon, Jenifer Lewis, Paul James, Ayden Mayeri, Matt Rogers, and Punam Patel with Johnno Wilson in a recurring role. The story is inspired by Bayer’s own story of overcoming...

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Airing on the Showtime cable channel, the I Love That for You TV show stars Vanessa Bayer, Molly Shannon, Jenifer Lewis, Paul James, Ayden Mayeri, Matt Rogers, and Punam Patel, with Johnno Wilson in a recurring role. The story is inspired by Bayer’s own story of overcoming childhood leukemia. Joanna Gold (Bayer) dreams of becoming a host at a...

Joanna Gold has sold her last infinity scarf — on Showtime at least. On June 8, the network canceled the Vanessa Bayer comedy I Love That For You, one of the last scripted originals awaiting its fate on the bubble. Production company Annapurna is expected to shop it around, hoping the series will find new life elsewhere, much like Three Women, which was canceled by Showtime in January but picked up by Starz in February. But by canceling I Love That For You, the network is solidifying its new direction, one that leaves innovative comedies like Bayer’s behind.