‘Righteous Gemstones’ Renewed for Season 4 at HBO

Line of Duty maker World’s BBC thriller Showtrial has been renewed for a second season with a fresh cast.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV Critic “Telemarketers” may be summer TV’s oddest thrill ride. Co-director Sam Lipman-Stern begins the three-part docuseries, which launches August 13 on HBO, in retrospect.

Fox is cooking up more MasterChef.

“I’m Deputy U.S. Marshal Bass Reeves, and your wicked days are done.” So warns David Oyelowo as the title character in the first teaser trailer for Taylor Sheridan’s Lawmen: Bass Reeves. Paramount+ also released some of the first images from the anthology series, created for television by exec producer and showrunner Chad Feehan.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer Gordon Ramsay’s “MasterChef” has been renewed for a 14th season at Fox ahead of airing its milestone 250th episode Wednesday at 8 p.m. “I cannot believe 250 episodes have flown by since we started this journey in 2010,” Ramsay told Variety.

Ethan Shanfeld HBO has ordered Sam Mendes and Armando Iannucci’s superhero movie-making comedy “The Franchise” to series. Himesh Patel and Aya Cash star alongside previously announced cast Jessica Hynes, Billy Magnussen, Lolly Adefope, Darren Goldstein, Isaac Powell, Richard E. Grant and Daniel Brühl.

HBO has picked up to series The Franchise pilot, a half-hour comedy that takes a wry look at superhero movie-making, from Oscar-winning director Sam Mendes, Veep and Avenue 5 creator Armando Iannucci and writer Jon Brown.

Michaela Zee Ridley Scott is reflecting on his decision to step down from directing the “Blade Runner” sequel due to a scheduling conflict with 2017’s “Alien: Covenant.” “I shouldn’t have had to make that decision,” Scott said in a recent Empire interview. “But I had to. I should have done ‘Blade Runner 2.’” After being attached to the project, Scott announced in 2014 that he would no longer direct the “Blade Runner” sequel, instead choosing to helm the sci-fi horror film “Alien: Covenant,” starring Michael Fassbender, Katherine Waterston, Billy Crudup and Danny McBride.

Adam Devine has noticed that there are less comedies coming out in recent years, and he thinks that the Marvel Cinematic Universe is to blame.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter Blake Griffin and Ryan Kalil’s film and TV production company, mortal media, has led an investment round for animation studio Swaybox Studios, Variety has learned exclusively. As part of the investment, Mortal Media will join Swaybox’s advisory board, while Griffin and Kalil have also put an untitled live-action/animation hybrid project into development with the studio. Swaybox was co-founded by Theresa Andersson and Arthur Mintz in 2013 in Shreveport, Louisiana.

The terrifying first trailer for The Exorcist: Believer has been released!

Joe Otterson TV Reporter The musical romantic comedy series “Up Here” has been canceled after just one season at Hulu, Variety has learned. The series’ one and only season debuted on Hulu back on March 24. It was originally ordered to series at the streamer in January 2022.

The Righteous Gemstones will be back for a fourth season. HBO announced today it has renewed the critically acclaimed comedy series ahead of its Season 3 finale.

Tarek El Moussa and Heather Rae El Moussa will continue flipping houses on HGTV as The Flipping El Moussas has been renewed for a second season by the network.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer Tarek El Moussa and Heather Rae El Moussa’s new HGTV docuseries “The Flipping El Moussas” has been renewed for a second season with an expanded 14-episode order. Per HGTV’s description for the second batch of “The Flipping El Moussas” episodes, “During the new season, the couple will face unexpected challenges both professionally and personally, including welcoming a new baby and contending with strong headwinds from the tumultuous southern California real estate market.

A new chapter of “The Exorcist” has arrived and it is definitely not for the faint hearted. Ellen Burstyn reprises her role as Chris MacNeil in “The Exorcist: Believer,” a sequel directed by David Gordon Green.

Universal and Blumhouse have today unveiled the first trailer for The Exorcist: Believer — the first film in a new trilogy following up the 1973 horror classic, The Exorcist — at the same time setting an April 18, 2025 nationwide release for follow-up film The Exorcist: Deceiver.

Ken Goldin is on the hunt for more collectibles.

Amazon Prime Video has released a new teaser trailer for the highly anticipated second season of Invincible, confirming its launch date in the process.The streaming platform released a new teaser trailer for season two over the weekend which offers a look at the titular hero doing battle with other heroes and villains. It also teases the arrival of a new super villain, Angstrom Levy, who will be voiced by Sterling K.

Prime Video plans a Nov. 3 rollout for the second season of superhero saga Invincible, sharing a teaser trailer today at San Diego Comic-Con.