Apple TV+ Cancels 2 TV Shows, Renews 7 More in 2024 (So Far)

Nicki Minaj will not be flying back to Amsterdam for perform a second show on her Pink Friday 2 World Tour.

Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor As Paramount’s British series “A Gentleman in Moscow” hopes to break into the highly competitive limited series races, the show has submitted for 20 Primetime Emmys, including lead actor for star Ewan McGregor and supporting actress for Mary Elizabeth Winstead. The eight-episode series follows an aristocrat, Count Alexander Ilyich Rostov, who spends decades banished to an attic hotel room following the October Revolution after being sentenced to house arrest by a Bolshevik tribunal. Based on the 2016 novel by Amor Towles, the series was written by Ben Vanstone, who also serves as the executive producer and showrunner, and whose pilot episode titled “A Master of Circumstance” is submitted for consideration.

Will.i.am, The Handmaid’s Tale producer Warren Littlefield and Clarkson’s Farm EP Andy Wilman will speak at this year’s Edinburgh TV Festival.

The Girls on the Bus will not be continuing on Max.

Travis Kelce is putting all his free time to good use — with Taylor Swift!

Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor Will “The Gilded Age” find Emmys gold? After its sophomore season, HBO’s historical drama “The Gilded Age” has entered the Emmy race with up to 37 nominations, Variety can exclusively reveal. This includes outstanding drama series, 15 main cast members and the season finale “In Terms of Winning and Losing,” which will represent director Michael Engler and scribe Julian Fellowes in their submissions.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large The Mouse House is bringing its Emmy-themed “Disney FYC Fest” back for the third consecutive year, kicking things off May 29 with an preview event for FX’s “Feud: Capote vs. the Swans” and ending with “Shōgun” on June 11.

We’ve learned of more TV shows that are ending this year, or have been announced to be ending with an upcoming season.

The Story So Far have shared details of a UK and European tour, set to take place later this year – find ticket details below.The upcoming tour will comprise 13 shows across the UK and Europe, and kicks off with an opening slot at the Engine Rooms in Southampton on October 23. From there, seven more headline dates are scheduled for Bristol, Oxford, Glasgow, Newcastle and Norwich.A slot at Outbreak festival is also listed amid the headline shows, taking place in Manchester on October 27, and the last of the UK dates are set for the O2 Institute in Birmingham and The Roundhouse in London on November 1 and 2 respectively.From there, Parker Cannon, Kevin Geyer, Ryan Torf and Will Levy will head overseas for four gigs across Europe.These include a show at the Trix venue in Antwerp on November 5, and continue with shows in Hamburg (6) and Cologne (7).

Today’s announcement of the full league 2024 schedule sees the NFL continue its expansion into the overseas market. Three games are slated for London, the first league venture into South America comes opening weekend, and a game in Munich, Germany is also on tap.

Jason Clinkscales The NFL’s annual schedule release, which features enticing playoff rematches, made waves with the announcement that its Christmas Day doubleheader will be streamed live on Netflix, marking the company’s biggest foray into live sports. The league only has two games on the docket Christmas Day compared to its tripleheader last year—the defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs will visit the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Baltimore Ravens head to Houston to face the Texans.

Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor Stars Matt Bomer and Jonathan Bailey set TV screens ablaze in the romantic period drama “Fellow Travelers.” The Showtime miniseries follows two men whose love is intertwined across several decades, spanning wars and political events. Since its debut in October, it has received widespread acclaim.

Selome Hailu Upfronts week has kicked off in New York and so too has the annual spring tradition of networks making the final calls on which shows will and will not survive for another season. But broacast and cable channels are not alone in this process anymore. As Variety noted in early May, streamers like Netflix and Amazon have pivoted to ad-supported tiers, prodding them to make their first-ever upfront presentations to woo advertisers.

Thania Garcia Nigeria-based singer, songwriter, and producer Tems is heading out on her first headlining world tour in support of her debut album, “Born in the Wild,” slated for June 7. The Grammy-winning, Oscar-nominated artist will start the global trek on June 12 in London at Eventim Apollo, with additional stops in major markets across Europe including France, Norway, Germany, and the Netherlands. The “Born in the Wild World Tour” will start a North American leg on Aug.

Julia MacCary editor During his sold-out Hollywood Bowl show on Wednesday, Matt Rife nodded to his controversial 2023 Netflix special, which sparked ire due to a joke about domestic violence. He broached the subject during a nearly 90-minute set featuring jokes about drugs, old people and insomnia. At one point, the 28-year-old comedian smoked a joint with a 68-year-old woman in the crowd.

Alex Ritman Paul Walter Hauser has added another project to a packed upcoming slate. The Emmy and Golden Globe winner, who in the last few weeks alone has been tapped to play Chris Farley in Josh Gad’s biopic and has joined the cast of both “Fantastic Four” and the “Naked Gun” reboot, is to lead “Press Your Luck,” a drama-thriller based on the true story of Michael Larson. Protagonist Pictures has unveiled the drama-thriller — from Plenty Good in co-production with Fabula — alongside a first look image and will handle international sales, while CAA Media Finance represents North American rights.

We now know the status of all of the NCIS shows, and whether they are renewed or canceled by CBS.

A first-look at the upcoming Apple limited series Lady in the Lake has been released (above) and viewers won’t have to wait too long to see the drama. The seven-part series will premiere globally on Apple TV+ with the first two episodes on Friday, July 19 followed by new episodes every Friday through August 23.

Johnny Marr has announced a “mega” North American tour with James later this year – see the full list of tour dates below.Yesterday (May 7), Marr took to social media to announce the North American tour dates for his ‘Spirit Power’ shows with James, which will take place between September and October.The 20-date trek will see Marr and James play shows in Denver, Vancouver, Los Angeles, Brooklyn, Montreal, Chicago and more. Pre-sale tickets to the shows go live today (May 8) at 10am local time, while general tickets to the tour will go on sale at 10am local time this Friday, May 10.

A post shared by Hot Since 82 (@hotsince82)The DJ shared that he believed they were set up due to the armed men knowing “exactly where we were, what car, and where we were going to be at what time.” He explained that after they spotted the gunmen, his driver began reversing through traffic, weaving in and out of the cars for “miles and miles” at high speed.“If the AK-47s didn’t get us, we are really lucky we didn’t have a really bad car crash because we’re weaving in and out of oncoming traffic going 60 – 70 mph with a car full of AK-47s following us,” he said, adding: “If it wasn’t for the heroic manoeuvres of our driver I don’t know if we would be alive right now.”Though he had a “wicked time” in Brazil, Padley explained that he doesn’t know if he would be returning to the country again.