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Running from June 17-21, the Monte-Carlo Television Festival will mark both its 61st edition this year and its 10th under the watch of Laurent Puons. When the onetime boxer took over in 2012, he looked to reposition the august showcase created in 1961 by Prince Rainier III of Monaco, reorganizing the competition and streamlining the juries. He also made the event a lot more public friendly.

“Appealing to the public is one of the best ways to promote a festival,” Puons says. “From my point of view, the public is the key. The public is the consumer, and the consumer decides whether

The View Conference will host a virtual talk with the filmmakers behind Pixar’s “Lightyear” on Tuesday, June 28, and has announced the first speakers for its largely in-person event in Turin, Italy, from Oct. 16-21.

The free PreVIEW online event features director Angus MacLane, producer Galyn Susman, animation supervisor David DeVan and simulation and tailoring supervisor Fran Kalal. They’ll share a behind-the-scenes look at the animated adventure that follows the Space Ranger character that inspired the Buzz Lightyear action figure from Pixar’s “Toy Story” franchise.

“We are over the moon to join forces with our friends at Pixar for this special PreVIEW panel,

Sony Pictures’ Crunchyroll anime streaming service has ordered a remake of the anime series “Trigun,” based on a popular manga series by Yasuhiro Nightow.

“Trigun Stampede” will be produced in Japan by animation studio Orange and Toho. Details about the series are set to be unveiled July 2 during Anime Expo 2022 in downtown Los Angeles.

The series is based on the popular action manga series by Yasuhiro Nightow that “follows the story of Vash the Stampede, a legendary gunman and a pacifist with a bounty on his head,” according to Crunchyroll. It was produced as an anime series “Trigun” in 1998. In

Jeff Bridges plays an aging ex-CIA asset in the new FX thriller The Old Man… but Thursday’s premiere proved we shouldn’t count the old guy out just yet.

When we meet Bridges’ character Dan Chase, he’s living a quiet, idyllic life with his two dogs — though he does have to get up in the night to pee several times. (Plus, he’s having unsettling dreams about a woman crouched in his bathroom.) In a phone call, his daughter Emily remembers how “indestructible” she once thought he was, but now she’s worried about him. He’s a little worried,

A “Game of Thrones” spinoff series based around Jon Snow is in early development at HBO, Variety has confirmed.

Kit Harington is attached to reprise his role as the fan-favorite hero in the live-action show, which would take place after the events of “Game of Thrones” — potentially opening up what many thought was an iron-clad ending to the wildly popular series.

In the final season of “Game of Thrones,” Snow realized his true identity and that he could be an heir to the Iron Throne. The series concluded with his exile from Westeros as he rides into the Haunted Forest

The forecast calls for more Jon Snow.

HBO is in early development on a Game of Thrones series that would follow the ongoing adventures of Jon Snow, our sister site THR is hearing. In success, Kit Harington would reprise his role as the onetime would-be Iron Throne heir.

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[Warning: The below contains Major spoilers for the Legacies series finale “Just Don’t Be a Stranger, Okay?”] The Legacies finale was written before the series was canceled but after the producers had been given a heads up that it could be the end. Thankfully, it still gave Hope (Danielle Rose Russell), whom we first met on The Originals, a pretty good ending. In the series ender, she gets a final message from her father, Klaus (Joseph Morgan) as she’s trying to decide where to scatter his ashes, and while she and Landon (Aria Shahghasemi) might be separated — with him in limbo — the door isn’t closed on them. And she’s the one to open the door to the school and step outside to welcome the new students as the finale ends. Here, Russell looks back on playing Hope, takes us inside the finale, and shares her ideas for her character’s future. Now that you’ve had ...

Well, look who finally decided to show up!

Thursday’s series finale of Legacies welcomed two of the most beloved characters (according to our ranking, anyway!) in the Vampire Diaries Universe: Klaus Mikaelson and Caroline Forbes, albeit under very different circumstances.

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Let’s start with Klaus, who delivered a tearful message to Hope from Peace through the magic of a projector screen.

Larry Laque, Kristin Brown, Jessica Driscoll and Doug Seybert are exiting their roles at Warner Bros. Discovery, Variety has learned.

They join Corie Henson and Todd Weiser, who were also learned to be leaving the company on Thursday. These firings are the latest additions to a long list since the company’s merger was made official on April 8, after which CEO David Zaslav committed to cutting 3 billion in costs over the next three years. Most recent was the departure of Brett Weitz as general manager of TBS, TNT and TruTV, which was announced on May 11.

However, Laque, Brown, Driscoll and

TBS dating show “The Big D,” hosted by “Bachelorette” newlyweds JoJo Fletcher and Jordan Rodgers, will no longer air on the Warner Bros. Discovery-owned network, Variety has confirmed.

The 10-episode reality show, which follows recent divorcees on their search to find love in paradise, was set to premiere on July 7.

“We’re assessing our schedule to ensure we have the right content mix to support our network strategies,” a TBS spokesperson tells Variety. “We are grateful to JoJo Fletcher, Jordan Rodgers, and the executive producers of ‘Big D’ for their partnership through the process.”

According to the show’s logline,

The Big D now stands for dunzo.

TBS‘ new dating competition hosted by Bachelorette alumni JoJo Fletcher and Jordan Rodgers has been cancelled, just weeks ahead of its Thursday, July 7 debut — and after promos for it (watch a trailer above) had already begun to air.

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The news comes on the heels of parent company Warner Discovery reassessing its slate at large, and making some harsh cuts. Most notably, the J.J. Abrams-shephered sci-fi drama Demimonde,

Chances are you’re either deeply familiar with the wide world of gamers and streamers, or you’re so completely unaware of how far it reaches that the very idea of “esports” is enough to make your head spin. As part of the latter camp, but with a sister very much entrenched in the former, I approached “Players” — the new Paramount+ comedy about a professional gaming team wrestling for relevance — with equal parts caution and curiosity. Could this scripted show delving into what makes gaming so huge make me finally understand why? Or would it rely on niche enough jargon

In the latest TV ratings, ABC’s coverage of the Stanley Cup Final Game 1 between the Avalanche and Lightning averaged 4.2 million total viewers and a 1.3 demo rating(per Nielsen finals), topping Wednesday in both measures.

Over on The CW, The Flash (500K/0.1) drew its second-smallest audience of the season (aka ever) while steady in the demo; TVLine readers gave the apparent conclusion of that Arrow storyline an average grade of “D-.” Kung Fu (420K/0.1) hit an audience low with its sophomore finale (which TVLine readers gave an average grade of “A”), but was steady in the demo.

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Jurors in the civil trial of Bill Cosby asked a series of questions on Thursday afternoon, but had yet to reach a verdict by the end of the day, and will return on Friday morning.

Cosby is facing a lawsuit from Judy Huth, a 64-year-old woman who alleges that he molested her after luring her to the Playboy Mansion in 1975, when she was 16.

Huth is suing under a California law that extends the statute of limitations for claims of childhood sex abuse, allowing accusers to pursue their lawsuits well into adulthood. One aspect of that law, allowing a three-year window

Tim Sale, the acclaimed comic book artist behind classic DC Comics such as “Batman: The Long Halloween” and “Superman for All Seasons,” died on Thursday, DC Comics confirmed in a press release. He was 66.

DC Comics publisher and chief creative officer Jim Lee announced that Sale had been admitted to the hospital due to health issues on Monday. The cause of death has not been announced.

In a statement for DC Comics, Lee said: “The entire DC family is heartbroken at the news of Tim’s passing. Tim was an extraordinary artist, who was masterful at storytelling and panel layouts

A pair of TV veterans are teaming up with Jon Cryer on his new NBC pilot: Abigail Spencer (Timeless) and Donald Faison (Scrubs) have signed on to costar in the untitled multi-cam sitcom, our sister site Deadline reports.

Cryer stars as Jim, who gets divorced but agrees with his ex-wife Julia to keep living in the same home and raise their two kids together, taking turns staying with them. The arrangement gets complicated, though, when Julia starts dating the owner of Jim’s favorite sports team.

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With the debut of “Rutherford Falls” on Peacock in 2021, Sierra Teller Ornelas became the first-ever Native American to serve as a comedy showrunner. It’s a title she doesn’t take lightly — though it did create a certain degree of pressure for the show to succeed. With Season 2, however, Ornelas was able to have a bit more fun.

“In Season 1, we felt this real responsibility to make something that was the first of its kind. But with such love that we got from viewers, [by Season 2] we felt the confidence to tell stories we really want to tell,” Ornelas tells Variety. “Like,

Some fall shows may have just recently wrapped their most recent seasons, but networks are already looking ahead to next year. In fact, Fox, which was the only one not to release a fall schedule during Upfronts, was the first to release its premiere dates to kick off the 2022-2023 season (by doing so at the same time as the lineup). So far, the premiere dates are exactly what we expect, the last two weeks of September and first of October. Monarch, which was originally part of the network’s midseason 2022 schedule, is still getting a two-night premiere event. Following a special Sunday premiere on September 11 after the Fox NFL doubleheader, it will move to its regular time slot on Tuesdays beginning September 20. Check out all the fall 2022 premiere dates below. (Note: We will update this list as more are announced, and all times are in Et, unless ...

Critically acclaimed Disney Channel show “Gravity Falls” concluded in 2016 and has been declared one of the best animated series of all time. Yet let’s just say that Disney execs didn’t always see the kid appeal — rather, more of a Nsfw tint.

“Gravity Falls” creator Alex Hirsch shared “real emails from the Disney TV Standards and Practices Department” in a Twitter video on June 16, over six years since the series wrapped.

“Ever curious about the fights I had with the censors on ‘Gravity Falls’? I probably shouldn’t share this buttttt here are some Real Notes from Disney S&P and my Real Replies,” Hirsch captioned. “You are not prepared #10YearsOfGravityFalls.”

Hirsch, who currently is writing and producing an as-yet-untitled Netflix series, added, “I have literally *thousands* of these. Each one still haunts me.”

The series centered on twins Dipper (Jason Ritter) and Mabel (Kristen Schaal) who spend the

Makeup department head Carleigh Herbert has always been obsessed with period pieces, and the ’70s have always been a favorite.“There was so much self-expression,” she says. So, when the chance to work on HBO Max’s “Minx” came along, she snapped it up.

One particular scene, halfway through the show’s first episode, posed a unique challenge for Herbert. Ophelia Lovibond’s Joyce is tasked with casting models for Minx, the first porn magazine designed for women. What follows is a parade of male models baring and strutting their stuff for the casting call.

Herbert, whose credits include “The Sex Life of College Girls,