Television Academy chair Cris Abrego announced this year’s list of winners, explaining they aimed to celebrate programs that raise awareness about complex issues facing society.

“This year’s honorees have leveraged the medium’s power to drive meaningful conversation and create social impact. We honor their commitment to authentic, evocative storytelling that tackles important social issues that affect the global audience,” said in a statement.

Netflix’s eight-time Emmy-winning limited series Beef is one of the shows being honored for its honest portrayal of loneliness and depression in the modern world. The streamer’s teen drama Heartstopper will also be honored for celebrating the spectrum of queer love.

A Small Light, a war drama about a Dutch woman who risked her life to shelter Anne Frank’s family during World War II, is also one of the recipients. Four non-scripted series – 1000% Me: Growing Up Mixed, The 1619 Project, Deadlocked: How America Shaped the Supreme Court, and Lakota Nation vs. United States – will also be celebrated at the ceremony on May 23 at Citizen News in Hollywood.

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According to FX’s official logline, Clipped will take us behind the scenes of a notorious scandal that saw the racially insensitive remarks made by the then-Clippers owner Donald Sterling caught on tape.

“The limited series charts the collision between a dysfunctional basketball organization and even less functional marriage, and the precipitating tape’s impact on an ensemble of characters striving to win against the backdrop of the most cursed team in the league,” reads the official logline.

Laurence Fishburne leads the series as famed coach Doc Rivers, along with Ed O’Neill as the erratic former Clippers owner Donald Sterling. The supporting cast also includes Cleopatra Coleman, Jacki Weaver, Kelly AuCoin, J. Alphonse Nicholson, Rich Sommers, Corbin Bernsen, Clifton Davis, and Harriet Sansom Harris.

Clipped will premiere on Hulu on June 4 with two back-to-back episodes, while the remaining four will stream weekly until July 2.

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We’ve seen several stars launch their own travel shows in recent years, and Ross is the next one in line! She’s getting ready to hit the road in Tracee Travels, an exclusive docu-series set to debut on the Roku Channel in 2025.

This series will see Ross getting ready to travel solo to spectacular locations and exploring the intersection of beauty, fashion, design, food, and culture at each stop.

Ross has been traveling solo since she was 22 years old because she didn’t want to wait for her life to come to her, and she’s hoping that Tracee Travels will inspire other people to do the same.

“I hope this show reminds people that they too can courageously live their lives on their own terms, find their happiness, and be their whole selves and their best selves – by themselves. Everyone deserves to be joyous and audaciously free,” she said in a statement to Variety.

Ross is best known as the five-time Emmy-nominated star of Girlfriends and Black-ish, whose recent credits include the award-winning satire American Fiction and holiday comedy Candy Cane Lane.

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According to the streamer’s official logline, this series will follow a “damaged, top-rung super-hacker named Case who is thrust into a web of digital espionage and high stakes crime with his partner Molly, a razor-girl assassin with mirrored eyes, aiming to pull a heist on a corporate dynasty with untold secrets.”

William Gibson published Neuromancer in 1984, and this cult novel is often credited for birthing the cyberpunk genre. It made history as the only novel to ever win all three major sci-fi awards – Nebula Award, Philip K. Dick Award, and Hugo Award – and marked the start of the author’s Sprawl trilogy.

Apple’s adaptation of Neuromancer was co-created by its showrunner Graham Roland and JD Dillard, who’ll direct the pilot. It will feature a total of ten episodes.

Turner most recently starred in the war drama mini-series Masters of the Air. His notable credits also include the Fantastic Beasts franchise, the films Emma and The Boys on the Boat, and the TV series War & Peace and The Capture.

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DINKS stands short for “Dual Income No Kids”, and it will center on the couple Josh (Scheer) and Charlie (Raphael). They decided to build a life together despite not being married or having kids and pour their energy into renovating their nightmare of a dream house.

Marta Kauffman serves as writer and showrunner of the project, which she’s also executive producing through her Okay Goodnight banner, alongside Amazon MGM Studios and Lionsgate Television. She co-wrote the pilot with Hannah K.S. Canter, while Alex Fernie is on board as a director.

DINKS will reunite Kauffman with Raphael, who’ll also serve as one of the EPs. She was one of the series regulars on Grace & Frankie, which ran on Netflix for seven seasons. We’ve recently seen her play guest roles in Based on a True Story, Abbott Elementary, and The Morning Show.

Paul Scheer is Raphael’s husband and long-time collaborator, best known as the star of comedy shows The League, Veep, and Fresh Off the Boat. He’ll also be credited as an executive producer.

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Shannon will play a woman who gets so obsessed with celebrity gossip that her friends and family decide to intervene. She agrees to get help at a fancy celebrity rehab in Malibu, where she develops a strong connection with her favorite young starlet, and must make a choice between joining her in Hollywood or going back home and confronting her demons.

This series hails from Steve Koren, who met Molly Shannon during her time on Saturday Night Live. They worked on many sketches by each other’s side, including the ones involving her iconic character Mary Katherine Gallagher, which inspired a spin-off film Superstar, written by Koren.

They’ll both executive produce this upcoming HBO series, alongside Shannon’s longtime manager Steven Levy. Koren previously wrote films starring several other SNL alums, including Adam Sandler’s Click and Eddie Murphy’s A Thousand Words.

Shannon is fresh off starring in the Showtime comedy I Love That For You, and she recently landed a supporting role on the next season of Only Murders in the Building.

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Based on Andrzej Sapkowski’s book series of the same name, The Witcher is set in the medieval world known as the Continent. It centers on Geralt of Rivia, a monster hunter with superhuman abilities, who must join forces with elf sorceress Yennefer of Vengerberg and Princess Ciri, who’s linked to him by destiny.

The streaming giant revealed what the show’s future has in store in a recent press release:

“It’s official, The Witcher season 4 is in production. But that’s not all, we’re already planning season 5, which will be the final season and bring this epic show to a fitting conclusion. See you on The Continent.”

Despite being a huge hit for Netflix, it’s not a shocker to see the streamer deciding to conclude this story. The Witcher went through many changes in recent years, after Henry Cavill stepped down as Geralt of Rivia and was replaced by Liam Hemsworth. He’ll make his debut in the upcoming Season 4, which is currently in production.

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One Hundred Years of Solitude centers on José Arcadio Buendía and Úrsula Iguarán, who left home after being married against their parents’ wishes, and started a new life in the utopian town of Macondo.

“Several generations of the Buendía lineage will mark the future of this mythical town, tormented by madness, impossible loves, a bloody and absurd war, and the fear of a terrible curse that condemns them, without hope, to one hundred years of solitude,” reads Netflix’s official synopsis.

One Hundred Years of Solitude was written by José Rivera, Natalia Santa, Camila Brugés, María Camila Arias, and Albatrós González, and it’s one of Netflix’s most ambitious Spanish-language series to date. They’ve been plotting it since 2019, when they reached a deal with Gabriel García Márquez’s family to adapt the novel.

One Hundred Years of Solitude will feature a total of 16 episodes, directed by Alex García López and Laura Mora, set to premiere on Netflix later this year.

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Zendaya is currently busy promoting one of the buzziest new films coming out this spring, Luca Guadagnino’s tennis dramedy Challengers. Its world premiere took place in Los Angeles on Tuesday night, but this wasn’t the only project she discussed with the reporters on the red carpet.

Questions about the third season of Euphoria also emerged, and Zendaya told Variety that she’s “not in charge” of what happens next. When asked if she’d like to play Rue again, she said, “If it’s right for the characters and everything turns out the way it should, of course”, while also adding that the show’s future is “beyond” her.

The third season of Euphoria was in development for quite some time, but HBO announced they’re postponing it indefinitely just last month. The network said that its creator is “committed to making an exceptional third season”, while also adding they’re allowing the show’s cast to seek other roles in the interim, without specifying a potential start of production.

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This game show received a 20-episode order at Amazon Prime Video, and it will feature adult contestants relying on the help of a classroom full of celebrities when answering 11 questions from the elementary curriculum for a chance to win a $100,000 prize.

Kelce has been a huge fan of game shows growing up, and he can’t wait to host his own and follow in the footsteps of many TV icons who stood there before him.

“The original show is a great success, so to be bringing a new format with everyone’s favorite celebrities to the screen, will definitely be entertaining. I’m just happy to be on the hosting side of the equation here and excited to see how these famous faces keep up,” he said in a statement.

Kelce is best known as the Kansas City Chiefs tight end and the three-time Super Bowl champion, but he’s been trying to break into the entertainment industry in recent years. He hosted Saturday Night Live last year and currently runs a podcast New Heights with his brother Jason Kelce.

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Television Academy chair Cris Abrego announced this year’s list of winners, explaining they aimed to celebrate programs that raise awareness about complex issues facing society.

“This year’s honorees have leveraged the medium’s power to drive meaningful conversation and create social impact. We honor their commitment to authentic, evocative storytelling that tackles important social issues that affect the global audience,” said in a statement.

Netflix’s eight-time Emmy-winning limited series Beef is one of the shows being honored for its honest portrayal of loneliness and depression in the modern world. The streamer’s teen drama Heartstopper will also be honored for celebrating the spectrum of queer love.

A Small Light, a war drama about a Dutch woman who risked her life to shelter Anne Frank’s family during World War II, is also one of the recipients. Four non-scripted series – 1000% Me: Growing Up Mixed, The 1619 Project, Deadlocked: How America Shaped the Supreme Court, and Lakota Nation vs. United States – will also be celebrated at the ceremony on May 23 at Citizen News in Hollywood.

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According to FX’s official logline, Clipped will take us behind the scenes of a notorious scandal that saw the racially insensitive remarks made by the then-Clippers owner Donald Sterling caught on tape.

“The limited series charts the collision between a dysfunctional basketball organization and even less functional marriage, and the precipitating tape’s impact on an ensemble of characters striving to win against the backdrop of the most cursed team in the league,” reads the official logline.

Laurence Fishburne leads the series as famed coach Doc Rivers, along with Ed O’Neill as the erratic former Clippers owner Donald Sterling. The supporting cast also includes Cleopatra Coleman, Jacki Weaver, Kelly AuCoin, J. Alphonse Nicholson, Rich Sommers, Corbin Bernsen, Clifton Davis, and Harriet Sansom Harris.

Clipped will premiere on Hulu on June 4 with two back-to-back episodes, while the remaining four will stream weekly until July 2.

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We’ve seen several stars launch their own travel shows in recent years, and Ross is the next one in line! She’s getting ready to hit the road in Tracee Travels, an exclusive docu-series set to debut on the Roku Channel in 2025.

This series will see Ross getting ready to travel solo to spectacular locations and exploring the intersection of beauty, fashion, design, food, and culture at each stop.

Ross has been traveling solo since she was 22 years old because she didn’t want to wait for her life to come to her, and she’s hoping that Tracee Travels will inspire other people to do the same.

“I hope this show reminds people that they too can courageously live their lives on their own terms, find their happiness, and be their whole selves and their best selves – by themselves. Everyone deserves to be joyous and audaciously free,” she said in a statement to Variety.

Ross is best known as the five-time Emmy-nominated star of Girlfriends and Black-ish, whose recent credits include the award-winning satire American Fiction and holiday comedy Candy Cane Lane.

The post Tracee Ellis Ross Joining Forces With Roku for “Tracee Travels” appeared first on watchingtvnow.com.

According to the streamer’s official logline, this series will follow a “damaged, top-rung super-hacker named Case who is thrust into a web of digital espionage and high stakes crime with his partner Molly, a razor-girl assassin with mirrored eyes, aiming to pull a heist on a corporate dynasty with untold secrets.”

William Gibson published Neuromancer in 1984, and this cult novel is often credited for birthing the cyberpunk genre. It made history as the only novel to ever win all three major sci-fi awards – Nebula Award, Philip K. Dick Award, and Hugo Award – and marked the start of the author’s Sprawl trilogy.

Apple’s adaptation of Neuromancer was co-created by its showrunner Graham Roland and JD Dillard, who’ll direct the pilot. It will feature a total of ten episodes.

Turner most recently starred in the war drama mini-series Masters of the Air. His notable credits also include the Fantastic Beasts franchise, the films Emma and The Boys on the Boat, and the TV series War & Peace and The Capture.

The post Callum Turner Lands Lead Role in Apple TV+ Series “Neuromancer” appeared first on watchingtvnow.com.

DINKS stands short for “Dual Income No Kids”, and it will center on the couple Josh (Scheer) and Charlie (Raphael). They decided to build a life together despite not being married or having kids and pour their energy into renovating their nightmare of a dream house.

Marta Kauffman serves as writer and showrunner of the project, which she’s also executive producing through her Okay Goodnight banner, alongside Amazon MGM Studios and Lionsgate Television. She co-wrote the pilot with Hannah K.S. Canter, while Alex Fernie is on board as a director.

DINKS will reunite Kauffman with Raphael, who’ll also serve as one of the EPs. She was one of the series regulars on Grace & Frankie, which ran on Netflix for seven seasons. We’ve recently seen her play guest roles in Based on a True Story, Abbott Elementary, and The Morning Show.

Paul Scheer is Raphael’s husband and long-time collaborator, best known as the star of comedy shows The League, Veep, and Fresh Off the Boat. He’ll also be credited as an executive producer.

The post June Diane Raphael & Paul Scheer Board Improv Comedy Pilot “DINKS” appeared first on watchingtvnow.com.

Shannon will play a woman who gets so obsessed with celebrity gossip that her friends and family decide to intervene. She agrees to get help at a fancy celebrity rehab in Malibu, where she develops a strong connection with her favorite young starlet, and must make a choice between joining her in Hollywood or going back home and confronting her demons.

This series hails from Steve Koren, who met Molly Shannon during her time on Saturday Night Live. They worked on many sketches by each other’s side, including the ones involving her iconic character Mary Katherine Gallagher, which inspired a spin-off film Superstar, written by Koren.

They’ll both executive produce this upcoming HBO series, alongside Shannon’s longtime manager Steven Levy. Koren previously wrote films starring several other SNL alums, including Adam Sandler’s Click and Eddie Murphy’s A Thousand Words.

Shannon is fresh off starring in the Showtime comedy I Love That For You, and she recently landed a supporting role on the next season of Only Murders in the Building.

The post Molly Shannon Will Lead Steve Koren’s HBO Comedy Series appeared first on watchingtvnow.com.

Based on Andrzej Sapkowski’s book series of the same name, The Witcher is set in the medieval world known as the Continent. It centers on Geralt of Rivia, a monster hunter with superhuman abilities, who must join forces with elf sorceress Yennefer of Vengerberg and Princess Ciri, who’s linked to him by destiny.

The streaming giant revealed what the show’s future has in store in a recent press release:

“It’s official, The Witcher season 4 is in production. But that’s not all, we’re already planning season 5, which will be the final season and bring this epic show to a fitting conclusion. See you on The Continent.”

Despite being a huge hit for Netflix, it’s not a shocker to see the streamer deciding to conclude this story. The Witcher went through many changes in recent years, after Henry Cavill stepped down as Geralt of Rivia and was replaced by Liam Hemsworth. He’ll make his debut in the upcoming Season 4, which is currently in production.

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One Hundred Years of Solitude centers on José Arcadio Buendía and Úrsula Iguarán, who left home after being married against their parents’ wishes, and started a new life in the utopian town of Macondo.

“Several generations of the Buendía lineage will mark the future of this mythical town, tormented by madness, impossible loves, a bloody and absurd war, and the fear of a terrible curse that condemns them, without hope, to one hundred years of solitude,” reads Netflix’s official synopsis.

One Hundred Years of Solitude was written by José Rivera, Natalia Santa, Camila Brugés, María Camila Arias, and Albatrós González, and it’s one of Netflix’s most ambitious Spanish-language series to date. They’ve been plotting it since 2019, when they reached a deal with Gabriel García Márquez’s family to adapt the novel.

One Hundred Years of Solitude will feature a total of 16 episodes, directed by Alex García López and Laura Mora, set to premiere on Netflix later this year.

The post Netflix Drops New Trailer for “One Hundred Years of Solitude” appeared first on watchingtvnow.com.

Zendaya is currently busy promoting one of the buzziest new films coming out this spring, Luca Guadagnino’s tennis dramedy Challengers. Its world premiere took place in Los Angeles on Tuesday night, but this wasn’t the only project she discussed with the reporters on the red carpet.

Questions about the third season of Euphoria also emerged, and Zendaya told Variety that she’s “not in charge” of what happens next. When asked if she’d like to play Rue again, she said, “If it’s right for the characters and everything turns out the way it should, of course”, while also adding that the show’s future is “beyond” her.

The third season of Euphoria was in development for quite some time, but HBO announced they’re postponing it indefinitely just last month. The network said that its creator is “committed to making an exceptional third season”, while also adding they’re allowing the show’s cast to seek other roles in the interim, without specifying a potential start of production.

The post Zendaya Says That Future of “Euphoria” Seasons 3 is Beyond Her appeared first on watchingtvnow.com.

This game show received a 20-episode order at Amazon Prime Video, and it will feature adult contestants relying on the help of a classroom full of celebrities when answering 11 questions from the elementary curriculum for a chance to win a $100,000 prize.

Kelce has been a huge fan of game shows growing up, and he can’t wait to host his own and follow in the footsteps of many TV icons who stood there before him.

“The original show is a great success, so to be bringing a new format with everyone’s favorite celebrities to the screen, will definitely be entertaining. I’m just happy to be on the hosting side of the equation here and excited to see how these famous faces keep up,” he said in a statement.

Kelce is best known as the Kansas City Chiefs tight end and the three-time Super Bowl champion, but he’s been trying to break into the entertainment industry in recent years. He hosted Saturday Night Live last year and currently runs a podcast New Heights with his brother Jason Kelce.

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