Lex Scott Davis and Shamier Anderson have been added to the cast of A Lot of Nothing, joining Y'lan Noel, who Davis co-starred alongside in The First Purge, as well as Cleopatra Coleman (The Last Man on Earth). Mo McRae is at the helm as a first-time feature director with Emmy and Golden Globe nominee David Oyelowo on…

Hard to imagine, but it's 25 years ago today that Paramount released Tommy Boy, the road-trip comedy that featured the best representation of the movie star potential of Chris Farley. Paired with Saturday Night Live castmate and close friend David Spade, Farley's athleticism and physical comic ability was used to…

Production assistants working for showrunners and producers under term deals at CBS TV Studios got some bad news this morning in the form of an email informing them that their weekly hours are being cut retroactively from 52 to 40 a week. That email spurred a flurry of activity, with assistants sharing their plight on…

Fox Corp. said it is selling $1.2 billion worth of notes and will use net proceeds for general corporate purposes. Companies are raising cash at a rapid pace as a nest egg against the harsh economic impact and unknown duration of the coronvirus. Earlier Tuesday Fox said the the COVID-19 spread could have an adverse…

Awkwafina Is Nora From Queens has ended its first season on a high note. The March 25 season 1 finale scored season highs among M18-34 (.52, +27%) and P18-34 (.46, +22%) in Live+3, according to Comedy Central and Nielsen. Viewers staying home amid the coronavirus crisis are being credited with contributing to the…

HBO continues to see a coronavirus ratings bump with the latest episode of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver drawing a season high and solid aggregated numbers for the Season 3 opener of Westworld. Last Week Tonight, produced by Avalon Television, returned from a week off to reach a season high of 973,000 viewers at…

The CW is looking ahead to sunnier days, setting season premiere dates for a quartet of its summer series: the unscripted Masters of Illusion and Penn & Teller: Fool Us and dramas Burden of Truth and Bulletproof. Season 7 of the magic-themed Masters of Illusion will appear at 8 p.m. Friday, May 15, while the…

EXCLUSIVE: Emmy winner Dan Bucatinsky has signed with Gersh for acting. The move comes as Bucatinsky, who won a guest actor Emmy for his portrayal of James Novak on ABC’s Scandal, returns to the network as a series regular on comedy series The Baker and the Beauty. Actor, writer, producer and author Bucatinsky…

UPDATED with latest: The U.S. Centers for Disease Control said Tuesday that the total number of coronavirus cases in the country has grown to 163,539, a jump of more than 22,500 in the past 24 hours and the most of any country in the world. The death toll nationally is now 2,860. The World Health Organization reported…

Working Title Films, Focus Features, and Compete Fiction Pictures have teamed on the film rights to develop Simon Stephenson’s debut novel Set My Heart to Five, with Baby Driver helmer Edgar Wright attached to direct. The book is slated for release later this year via HarperCollins imprints Hanover Square Press (U.S.)…

Los Angeles County has seen its number of residents testing positive for coronavirus triple in less than a week, local health officials said today. They also reported 10 deaths and 548 new cases in the past 24 hours. That brings the county’s death toll to 54, with 3,011 new cases. “These aren’t just numbers,” said Dr…

ABC’s daytime drama General Hospital will begin airing repeat episodes on Fridays beginning this week, April 3 through May 22, amid the continuing coronavirus-related production halt. New original episodes will continue to air Monday through Thursday as originally planned, the network said today. Each “Flashback…