TV industry veteran Julia Franz is nearing a deal to become SVP and head of comedy for Fox Entertainment, while Daniel Weidenfeld is expected to be named SVP and head of animation at the broadcast network, I have learned. I hear both will report to Fox Entertainment president Michael Thorn. Fox has been without senior…

Four U.S. presidents paid their respects to ABC News’ longtime correspondent Cokie Roberts today, but only one also whined about the late reporter’s treatment of him. Any guesses? "I never met her,” President Donald Trump told pool reporters aboard Air Force One today. “She never treated me nicely. But I would like to…

EXCLUSIVE: In the midst of Hispanic Heritage Month, The National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts has teamed with the ArcFord Foundation for the inaugural Latinx Story Arc Writer’s Room Program, which will help create a strong television and film Latinx writer pipeline. In a time when representation in front of and…

Fox has given a script commitment with penalty to Everyday Insanity, a one-hour drama from writer Laura Bensick; This Is Us star Sterling K. Brown and his Indian Meadows Productions; executive producer Ken Olin; and 20th Century Fox TV, where Brown and Indian Meadows and Olin are under deals. Written by Bensick, Everyd…

Having a woman in the late-night talk show space is rare. Having a woman of color in the late-night talk show space is even rarer. That’s why Lilly Singh is changing the game and shaking up the status quo with NBC’s A Little Late With Lilly Singh — and she stopped by the New Hollywood Podcast to talk to us all about…

Showtime has given a pilot greenlight to Yellowjackets, a drama from writers Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson (Narcos), Entertainment One and studio-based producer Drew Comins. Karyn Kusama (Destroyer) will direct and executive produce the pilot, a co-production of Showtime and Entertainment One. Production begins this…

EXCLUSIVE: After bringing the story of World War II conscientious objector Desmond T. Doss to the big screen with Hacksaw Ridge, the Oscar-nominated producer of that film, David Permut, is in development on another feature project about a Congressional Medal of Honor recipient — that of Civil War Union Army surgeon Dr…

Jasmine Guy (A Different World, Harlem Nights), who guest-starred near the end of last season on Grey’s Anatomy, is returning to the ABC medical drama in a key recurring role opposite James Pickens Jr. on the upcoming 16th season. Guy plays Gemma, a woman who showed up at the Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital emergency…

Joe Biden is planning another visit to Los Angeles for fundraising next month, when he will headline an event hosted by Michael Lombardo, producer and former president of programming at HBO, and his husband, architect Sonny Ward. The lunchtime event is scheduled for October 10, according to an invite. Their home has…

Emmy-winning makeup artist Thomas Burman and Oscar-winning hairstylist Martin Samuel are set for lifetime achievement awards from the Make-up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild at its awards ceremony in January. Burman has racked up more than 30 Emmy nominations during his 50-year career and won seven for such series as T…