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Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVThe second season of “The Other Two” has been a long time coming for actor Heléne Yorke. The comedy, centered on adult siblings of a teen pop star, premiered on Comedy Central in 2019, with Season 2 beginning to film in February 2020.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVSPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not yet watched “Clickbait,” streaming now on Netflix.In the first episode of Netflix’s new limited series, “Clickbait,” a husband and father named Nick (Adrian Grenier) is kidnapped and filmed holding a sign that says he abuses women and will be killed when the video reaches 5 million views.Unsurprisingly, the video goes viral and Nick’s fate is sealed.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVWith fewer series submissions across the board for the 73rd annual Primetime Emmy Awards, the number of nominees on final-round ballots dipped a bit year-over-year as well.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVThere was so much hope that after Zoom acceptance speeches and only pandemic pod parties, things would turn around for the 73rd annual Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony. And they have — to a degree.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVDuring the last eight years since Dexter Morgan faked his own death and went off the grid in Showtime’s serial killer drama, he has lived a “nomadic” existence according to star and executive producer Michael C. Hall.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVShowtime renewed “Flatbush Misdemeanors” for a second season and ordered a pilot titled “The Wood” from “The Chi’s” Justin Hillian and Rick Famuyiwa.“Flatbush Misdemeanors,” which premiered its first season in May on the premium cabler, follows longtime friends Dan (Dan Perlman) and Kevin (Kevin Iso), who struggle to thrive while living in Brooklyn, N.Y.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVAlthough “Impeachment: American Crime Story” has been described as being based on Jeffrey Toobin’s book, “A Vast Conspiracy: The Real Story of the Sex Scandal That Nearly Brought Down a President,” the greatest source the show had, the stars and producers noted during the Television Critics Assn.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVAmanda Peet has been a staple on television screens since the mid-1990s, most recently seen as the eponymous character in “Dirty John: The Betty Broderick Story.” But for the first time in her career, she has stepped behind the scenes to co-create and run a series. “The Chair,” bowing Aug.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TV“BMF” used “the same technology” that Martin Scorsese used in “The Irishman” in order to turn Marshall Mathers aka Eminem back in time for the seventh episode of the upcoming Starz drama.Executive producer Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson revealed that tidbit during the series’ Television Critics Assn. press tour panel on Aug.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVCourteney Cox is arguably best-known for two diametrically opposed genres: the multiple jokes per page format of sitcom “Friends” and the jump scares of slasher horror franchise “Scream.” But with Starz’ “Shining Vale,” she will be combining those two tones.“Sharon [Horgan] and I set out very, very ambitiously — and Sharon before I came on board — to create a new genre of something that’s really, really scary and really, really funny, executive

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVThe fourth season of Hulu’s “The Handmaid’s Tale” was quite a whirlwind for supporting drama actress Emmy nominee Yvonne Strahovski.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVJust one month after the second season of “Never Have I Ever” launched on Netflix, the coming-of-age comedy has been renewed for a third season.“We are so grateful to Netflix and Universal Television for letting us continue to tell this story, and to the fans around the world who clamored to see more of this badly behaved Indian teenager,” co-creators Mindy Kaling and Lang Fisher said in a joint statement.The series stars Maitreyi Ramakrishnan as

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVEliza Bennett has been cast in the role of Amanda Carrington on The CW’s “Dynasty.”Bennett joins Season 4 in a recurring guest star role, with her first episode being “The British Are Coming” on Aug. 27.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVOne of the most pivotal character moments in the “Ted Lasso” first season finale came down as a late-in-the-day change to the scene, Emmy-nominated director MJ Delaney recalls.In “The Hope That Kills You,” Roy Kent (supporting comedy actor nominee Brett Goldstein) took the field for one final time.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVApple TV Plus released a trailer for and some new images from its upcoming adaptation of Isaac Asimov’s “Foundation.”Asimov’s stories were first published in the 1940s as short stories and later (in the 1950s) turned into a trilogy. But in 1981 he returned to the world, adding both sequels and prequels.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVHBO Max has renewed new dating competition series “FBoy Island” for a second season.The show comes from creator Elan Gale and is hosted by Nikki Glaser, who also executive produces.“With a title like ‘FBoy Island,’ we knew we would get the audience’s attention and we’re thrilled that they’ve responded to the self-aware, comedic nature of the format, proving that they are excited by this fresh approach that puts women in control,” said Sarah Aubrey,

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVAlthough executive producer Brian Peterson said he and executive producer Kelly Souders probably had “about 100 ideas” for a second season of “The Hot Zone,” diving into the anthrax scare that followed in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks quickly rose to the top for them.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVNational Geographic has renewed “Trafficked With Mariana van Zeller” for a third season ahead of its second season premiere, which comes Dec. 1 at 9 p.m.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVWhen Maya Rudolph stepped back into Studio 8H to host NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” in March, expectations were extremely high. Not only is she a beloved former cast member, she has been portraying Vice President Kamala Harris (and won her first Emmy for the effort last year).

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TV“Game recognizes game.”That’s how Uzo Aduba (“In Treatment”) and Sterling K. Brown (“This Is Us”) said their goodbyes when Variety brought them together to talk about their Emmy-nominated roles work.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVAs the COVID-19 crisis gripped the nation, millions of people went into lockdown and suddenly found a lot of unexpected free time. Some picked up new or long-forgotten hobbies, while others soaked up extra family time.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVCostume designer Jeriana San Juan is certainly no stranger to recreating iconic looks from decades gone by.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TV“The Handmaid’s Tale” showrunner Bruce Miller notes that writers have always had to work on their own and potentially from anywhere — as opposed to actors and directors — who rely on each other to be able to complete a scene. Even in traditional writers’ rooms where ideas bounce back and forth, eventually individual writers go off to pen a script.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVActor Selma Blair has put the most intimate parts of her life and multiple sclerosis diagnosis on display with her new documentary “Introducing Selma Blair,” directed by Rachel Fleit. But while Blair doesn’t pull any punches, she also doesn’t pretend that what she has gone through with her diagnosis will mirror everyone else’s experience.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVManny Jacinto is ready to move beyond playing “the ultimate himbo.”For four years on NBC’s afterlife comedy “The Good Place,” Jacinto charmed audiences as the goofy Jason Mendoza, a Floridian (and Blake Bortles’ No. 1 fan) who died by suffocation after willingly locking himself in a safe, Trojan horse style, in order to pull off a robbery.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVFX on Hulu’s adaptation of “Y: The Last Man” is setting out to ask questions about gender and identity and, perhaps even more deeply, what parts of a person’s identity has been imposed by society?The show, based on the graphic novels of the same title, is set in a world where an extinction-level event wiped out all of the individuals with Y chromosomes — except for two: the titular man, Yorick (played by Ben Schnetzer), and his monkey.“Yorick’s

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVSPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not yet watched “Brand New Cherry Flavor,” streaming now on Netflix.Netflix’s new limited series “Brand New Cherry Flavor” promised twists, turns and kittens right from the start, but it’s hard to imagine anyone could have guessed exactly how those felines would come into play.It seemed innocuous enough at first, with a mysterious woman going by the name of Boro (Catherine Keener) cradling a cat at a Hollywood

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVRyan Murphy is expanding his television footprint once again, with another installment of the “American Crime Story” franchise (tentatively titled “Studio 54: American Crime Story”) in development at FX, as well as two new limited anthology series, “American Love Story” and “American Sport Story.”The first installment of “American Love Story” will tell a scripted tale about John F. Kennedy Jr.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVWhen Michaela Jaé (Mj) Rodriguez first booked one of the starring roles in FX’s “Pose,” she had a conversation with co-creator Steven Canals about how the groundbreaking series might change her life.As millions of viewers turned “Pose” into a sensation, Rodriguez became a familiar face and a breakout star in the role of Blanca Rodriguez, a house mother who gets diagnosed with HIV.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVNeither Elizabeth Olsen nor Jurnee Smollett are strangers to having to really stretch their imaginations to dive into complex characters and even more complicated worlds.Both have superhero films on their résumés: Smollett portrayed Black Canary in DC’s “Birds of Prey,” while Olsen stepped into Wanda Maximoff aka the Scarlet Witch’s shoes for Marvel’s “Avengers” franchise and then some — including Disney Plus’ first Marvel series, “WandaVision.” They