In today’s TV news roundup, Netflix released a trailer for “Song Exploder Volume 2,” and Starz debuted a first look at its upcoming original series, “Run the World.”
Dates
HBO Sports and Major League Baseball are teaming up to produce “Under the Grapefruit Tree: The Cc Sabathia Story,” set to debut Dec. 22 on HBO. The documentary film follows the personal story of New York Yankees pitcher Carsten Charles Sabathia, featuring behind-the-scenes footage of his final season with the team in 2019 and narration from Sabathia. The movie chronicles the athlete’s humble beginnings in Vallejo, Calif., where he honed his skills by throwing grapefruits in his grandmother’s yard, to the ups and downs of his career, including his longtime battle with addiction. It will also be available to stream on HBO Max.
As part of its 50th anniversary crowdsourced storytelling project PBS American Portrait, PBS announced a four-part documentary series...
Dates
HBO Sports and Major League Baseball are teaming up to produce “Under the Grapefruit Tree: The Cc Sabathia Story,” set to debut Dec. 22 on HBO. The documentary film follows the personal story of New York Yankees pitcher Carsten Charles Sabathia, featuring behind-the-scenes footage of his final season with the team in 2019 and narration from Sabathia. The movie chronicles the athlete’s humble beginnings in Vallejo, Calif., where he honed his skills by throwing grapefruits in his grandmother’s yard, to the ups and downs of his career, including his longtime battle with addiction. It will also be available to stream on HBO Max.
As part of its 50th anniversary crowdsourced storytelling project PBS American Portrait, PBS announced a four-part documentary series...
- 12/1/2020
- by Natalie Oganesyan
- Variety Film + TV
Comedy sells. With that adage in mind, Endemol Shine Boomdog, a division of Endemol Shine North America, has teamed up with Ecuador-based Touché Films, the driving force behind the hugely popular Latin American YouTube channel, enchufe.tv.
Enchufe.tv has amassed close to 24 million subscribers across the Americas since it launched its first video in 2011.
Renowned for its youth-targeted parodies of films and TV series, its most successful sketch, a parody of the Japanese manga series “Captain Tsubasa” titled “Super Campeones” (Super Champions), has snagged more than 100 million views. Given the region’s predominantly young population, these sketch comedies have skyrocketed in popularity.
Endemol Shine Boomdog and Touché Films are developing a number of projects that they plan to jointly launch in the TV/streaming marketplace later this year, including high school sketch comedy, “Prepa 1-2-3.”
“We are thrilled to be joining forces with the team at Touché Films,...
Enchufe.tv has amassed close to 24 million subscribers across the Americas since it launched its first video in 2011.
Renowned for its youth-targeted parodies of films and TV series, its most successful sketch, a parody of the Japanese manga series “Captain Tsubasa” titled “Super Campeones” (Super Champions), has snagged more than 100 million views. Given the region’s predominantly young population, these sketch comedies have skyrocketed in popularity.
Endemol Shine Boomdog and Touché Films are developing a number of projects that they plan to jointly launch in the TV/streaming marketplace later this year, including high school sketch comedy, “Prepa 1-2-3.”
“We are thrilled to be joining forces with the team at Touché Films,...
- 10/12/2020
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
Get ready to laugh, Los Angeles: Netflix’s comedy brand, Netflix Is a Joke, will host a week-long comedy festival starting in April.
Entitled “Netflix Is a Joke Fest,” the festival will take place across over 20 venues in Los Angeles, including the Hollywood Bowl, Greek Theatre, Hollywood Palladium and The Largo, between April 27 and May 3. Produced by Netflix in association with Live Nation, it will feature some of the best in today’s standup performing, as well as paying homage to comedy legends.
Some of the performers taking part are Dave Chapelle, Martin Lawrence, David Letterman, Ali Wong, Wanda Sykes, Amy Schumer, Pete Davidson, Kevin Hart and more.
But more importantly for the festival, Netflix is also partnering with Comedy Gives Back, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to create a safety net for comedians in need with mental health, medical and financial crisis support. During the festival, Comedy Gives...
Entitled “Netflix Is a Joke Fest,” the festival will take place across over 20 venues in Los Angeles, including the Hollywood Bowl, Greek Theatre, Hollywood Palladium and The Largo, between April 27 and May 3. Produced by Netflix in association with Live Nation, it will feature some of the best in today’s standup performing, as well as paying homage to comedy legends.
Some of the performers taking part are Dave Chapelle, Martin Lawrence, David Letterman, Ali Wong, Wanda Sykes, Amy Schumer, Pete Davidson, Kevin Hart and more.
But more importantly for the festival, Netflix is also partnering with Comedy Gives Back, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to create a safety net for comedians in need with mental health, medical and financial crisis support. During the festival, Comedy Gives...
- 3/2/2020
- by Danielle Turchiano
- Variety Film + TV
In today’s TV news roundup, CBS announced Reba McEntire will guest star in “Young Sheldon,” and TNT announced a premiere date for “Snowpiercer.”
Casting
CBS has announced Reba McEntire will guest star in an upcoming episode of “Young Sheldon,“ airing in February. McEntire will be playing June, a character described as “the fun, fiery ex-wife” of Coach Ballard (Craig T. Nelson), who strikes up an unlikely friendship with Meemaw (Annie Potts), who is currently dating Ballard.
Dates
Season 8 of “Shahs of Sunset” will premiere Feb. 9 at 9 p.m., Bravo announced. Friendships will be tested this season as Reza Farahan and his husband, Adam Neely, might not be on the same page about a major life decision. Meanwhile Mercedes Javid is left feeling abandoned by her friends who she claims did not visit her in the hospital after almost losing her life trying to deliver her baby.
HBO‘s “Last...
Casting
CBS has announced Reba McEntire will guest star in an upcoming episode of “Young Sheldon,“ airing in February. McEntire will be playing June, a character described as “the fun, fiery ex-wife” of Coach Ballard (Craig T. Nelson), who strikes up an unlikely friendship with Meemaw (Annie Potts), who is currently dating Ballard.
Dates
Season 8 of “Shahs of Sunset” will premiere Feb. 9 at 9 p.m., Bravo announced. Friendships will be tested this season as Reza Farahan and his husband, Adam Neely, might not be on the same page about a major life decision. Meanwhile Mercedes Javid is left feeling abandoned by her friends who she claims did not visit her in the hospital after almost losing her life trying to deliver her baby.
HBO‘s “Last...
- 1/16/2020
- by Klaritza Rico
- Variety Film + TV
Endemol Shine Boomdog is amping up its comedy fare with new development pacts inked with some of Mexico’s top comedic talent. The Mexico City-based studio, a division of Endemol Shine North America, has tapped a new generation of comedy talent in Mexico, many of whom have built their following on social media and the digital realm, said Alvaro Godoy, head of development, Endemol Shine Boomdog.
The new shows include “Mañanas Magicas,” a sketch comedy show headlined by Fran Hevia, Alex Fernandez and Michelle Rodriguez. Ricardo O’Farrill, the first Mexican comic to have a comedy special on Netflix, is developing music-comedy show “Janguea y Rapea” while El Diablito will host “Me Lleva el Diablo,” a comedy transformation reality series. Fernandez, whose podcast is the number one in Spanish on Spotify, said: “I just want to get started on ‘Mañanas Mágicas’ tomorrow.”
“I mean, working with Michelle and Fran not only is extreme fun,...
The new shows include “Mañanas Magicas,” a sketch comedy show headlined by Fran Hevia, Alex Fernandez and Michelle Rodriguez. Ricardo O’Farrill, the first Mexican comic to have a comedy special on Netflix, is developing music-comedy show “Janguea y Rapea” while El Diablito will host “Me Lleva el Diablo,” a comedy transformation reality series. Fernandez, whose podcast is the number one in Spanish on Spotify, said: “I just want to get started on ‘Mañanas Mágicas’ tomorrow.”
“I mean, working with Michelle and Fran not only is extreme fun,...
- 1/15/2020
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
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