TriStar TV’s Kathryn Busby Joins Starz As President Of Original Programming

TV throwback! Jennifer Aniston, Kathryn Hahn and more major stars are set to put a fresh take on the classic 1970s sitcom The Facts of Life in a new Live in Front of a Studio Audience special.

EXCLUSIVE: Rob Schneider (The Wrong Missy, SNL) has joined the cast of writer-director Rick Bieber’s indie, Dead Wrong.

On “Jimmy Kimmel Live” Monday Night, Jimmy Kimmel announced that some heavy hitters will be starring in his upcoming reenactment of “The Facts of Life.” Jennifer Aniston will portray rich girl Blair, Gabrielle Union will play Tootie, Allison Tolman will play Natalie and Kathryn Hahn will portray Jo. They’ll be joined by Ann Dowd, who was previously announced as Mrs.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeYou take the good, you take the bad, you take them both and there you have: “The Facts of Life.” But there’s no bad, only good — no, make that great — casting here for next week’s “Live in Front of a Studio Audience” remake of the classic 1980s sitcom.Joining the previously announced Ann Dowd (as Edna Garrett) will be Jennifer Aniston as Blair, Gabrielle Union as Tootie, Allison Tolman as Natalie and Kathryn Hahn as Jo.

Jennifer Aniston, Gabrielle Union, Kathryn Hahn, and Allison Tolman have joined the cast of ABC’s that’ll see characters from Facts of Life and Diff’rent Strokes brought back to life on Dec. 7 starting at 8 p.m.

Treasure Entertainment and Big Sky actress Katheryn Winnick’s Kat Scratch Inc. have optioned the rights to Liz Nugent’s Lying in Wait and will develop the author’s sophomore novel into a mini-series.

Urooj Sharif, who had a previous run at Showtime early in her industry career, is returning to the premium cabler as Vice President, Scripted Programming. In her new role, Sharif will be responsible for the development and production oversight of premium scripted series, including drama, comedy and limited series. She will creatively oversee all steps of development and production, as well as serving as the network liaison for projects through delivery and release.

Going their separate ways. After more than one year of dating, Kathryn Dennis and Chleb Ravenell have called it quits on their romance.

Starz has named Kathryn Busby as its new president of original programming.Busby replaces Christina Davis, who left the job back in June.Busby comes over from Sony Pictures Television, where she led TriStar Television.

The “Party Down” revival has been ordered to series at Starz, with six out of the shows seven original stars coming back for the six-episode installment.Lizzy Caplan is unable to return due to scheduling conflicts, but cast members Adam Scott (who is also an executive producer), Ken Marino, Jane Lynch, Martin Starr, Ryan Hansen and Megan Mullally will all reprise their original roles in the long-awaited new season of the comedy.Along with Scott, the revival’s executive producers include fellow

Crushing coparenting! Exes Kathryn Dennis and Thomas Ravenel sweetly celebrated son Saint’s 6th birthday together.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterThe “Party Down” revival has officially been ordered to series at Starz, Variety has confirmed.In addition, original series stars Adam Scott, Jane Lynch, Ken Marino, Martin Starr, Ryan Hansen and Megan Mullally have all signed on to return to the six-episode limited series.

Disney+ confirmed that it has given Agatha: House of Harkness, a WandaVision spinoff series centered on Kathryn Hahn’s titular villain, the greenlight.

Kathryn Hahn's Agatha Harkness is getting her own Marvel Studios spinoff series, , centered around her deliciously evil character. “Marvel Studios', an Original Series, coming soon to #DisneyPlus,” Disney shared on Twitter alongside updates of several other Marvel series.Marvel Studios' Agatha: House of Harkness, an Original Series, coming soon to #DisneyPlus.