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Programming from the platform, including 'Jury Duty' and 'Judy Justice,' will be folded into Prime Video. 

Logo text Amazon is stepping into the ring with the estate of the late and great boxer Muhammad Ali. Following months of negotiations, the retail giant/streamer has handed out a formal series order for The Greatest, a scripted drama following the life of Ali. The estate of the former heavyweight champion boxer, who died in […]

‘TV’s Top 5’: Paramount Woes, USA Grows and…the Hot Dog Wars (Yes, Really)

Logo text The Recruit, The Diplomat and The Night Agent are about to be joined by The Envoy. Lionsgate Television has optioned the rights to a June Vanity Fair story about the work of the U.S. special envoy for hostage affairs and is teaming with The Rookie showrunner Alexi Hawley to develop a scripted series […]

Logo text USA Network is re-entering the scripted originals space. The NBCUniversal-owned basic cable network has handed out a straight-to-series order for a reboot of The Rainmaker, from producers Lionsgate TV and Blumhouse TV, marking its first non-shared scripted series since 2020. The cabler, which saw its former hits Suits and White Collar pop on […]

Mark Lafferty has joined John Lee Hancock as co-showrunner on the series, which becomes the third in the franchise for the cable network.

He will play the season’s central villain in the Paramount+ drama starring Holly Hunter.

‘Baby Reindeer,’ ‘Ripley,’ ‘Shogun’ Top TV Critics Awards Nominees

Logo text Tokyo Vice’s days on Max have come to a conclusion. During a panel at the Produced By conference Saturday in Los Angeles, producers confirmed that the recently concluded second season will be the show’s last on the Warner Bros. Discovery-backed platform. Originally pitched as a two-season show with the events of the series […]

Logo text Welcome to the 262nd episode of TV’s Top 5, The Hollywood Reporter’s TV podcast. Every week, hosts Lesley Goldberg (West Coast TV editor) and Daniel Fienberg (chief TV critic) break down the latest TV news with context from the business and critical sides, welcome showrunners, executives and other guests, and provide a critical guide of what to watch (or […]

Logo text Amazon continues to push into the world of tennis. With the debut of its Roger Federer doc, Twelve Final Days, coming this month, the retailer-streamer has ordered a new installment of the Top Class franchise that will explore the world of junior tennis. Uninterrupted’s Top Class Tennis will follow four junior tennis players […]

Logo text Owen Thiele’s life story is coming to Amazon. The retail giant/streamer is developing Off Color, a semi-autobiographical comedy created by and starring Theater Camp breakout Thiele. Off Color is based on Thiele’s unconventional adopted family. The logline reads, “He’s gay and Black, they’re all Jewish, his mom should be on Real Housewives and his […]

Logo text Dexter: Original Sin is rounding out the ranks of Miami Metro. James Martinez (Love Victor), Christina Milian (Falling Inn Love) and Alex Shimizu (The Blacklist) have been tapped to play younger versions of some of the key cops previously featured in the original Dexter, while Reno Wilson (Mike & Molly) will play a previously name-checked character […]

Logo text Hostel is coming to television. Paul Giamatti has closed a deal to star in a Hostel TV series with the franchise’s Eli Roth, Chris Briggs and Mike Fleiss all returning for the project from Fifth Season, the studio behind Apple’s Severance. The Hostel show, which is currently in development and does not yet […]

Logo text All American has survived another round with Nexstar — but there’s a catch. The CW, currently controlled by station group Nexstar, has renewed All American for an abbreviated 13-episode seventh season that won’t arrive until 2025. A decision on the future of its spinoff, All American: Homecoming, has not yet been determined as […]

Logo text Welcome to the 261st episode of TV’s Top 5, The Hollywood Reporter’s TV podcast. Every week, hosts Lesley Goldberg (West Coast TV editor) and Daniel Fienberg (chief TV critic) break down the latest TV news with context from the business and critical sides, welcome showrunners, executives and other guests, and provide a critical guide of what to watch (or […]

Logo text Amazon has found its criminal. Charlie Hunnam has been tapped to star in Amazon’s adaptation of Ed Brubaker’s comic series Criminal. Picked up to series in January after nearly a year in development, Criminal is described as an interlocking universe of crime stories based on the multiple Eisner Award-winning graphic novel series created […]

Logo text Sony Pictures Television is shuttering its TriStar TV banner. Sources tell The Hollywood Reporter that TriStar TV exec vp Jennifer Turner and senior vp development Nicole Norwood are leaving as the division is being folded into the larger Sony TV fold. No additional layoffs are expected to come as part of the move. […]

Logo text Minecraft is coming to Netflix. Netflix and Mojang Studios are teaming to develop a CG-animated TV series based on the Minecraft franchise. Details on the potential series, which was announced Thursday as part of the 15th anniversary of the game, are slim other than it will feature an original story with new characters […]

Logo text Amazon is making biscuits with Aubrey Plaza. The online retailer/streamer has handed out a series order for Kevin, an animated comedy from Aubrey Plaza and Joe Wengert (Big Mouth). The series revolves around a lifelong house cat who decides that he doesn’t want to live with people anymore. The comedy is loosely inspired […]