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Apple TV+ released a first look at forthcoming seres, Schmigadoon!, as cast and creatives behind the musical comedy were present at today’s winter TCA virtual Q&A session to talk about the new series, a parody of iconic musicals, which will debut in the summer. “It is a love letter to golden age musicals from start to…

When director Ryan Murphy saw the musical The Prom on Broadway a couple of years ago right after it opened, he quickly scooped up the rights, took it to Netflix where he has a deal, and got a film version in motion in record time with an all-star cast including Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman and Kerry Washington. It is…

EXCLUSIVE: In a competitive situation, ABC has landed August Snow, a drama starring and executive produced by Keegan-Michael Key. It hails from Godfather of Harlem co-creator/executive producer Paul Eckstein, Imagine Television Studios and CBS Studios where Imagine has a deal. Written by Eckstein based on Stephen Mack…

In what might be a land speed record for bringing a Broadway musical to the screen, Netflix’s holiday treat for lovers of the genre, The Prom, probably has set that mark. It took just two short years, including being shut down toward the end of filming due to the coronavirus pandemic, to bring this delightful old…

‘Tis the season for Christmas movies. Just turn on Hallmark Channel or Lifetime any day of the week. Netflix also is in the holiday mood, and that is no more apparent than in their prime offering this year with the bright delights of Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey. What sets this apart from a thousand other…

CBS has tapped Friends From College actor Keegan-Michael Key to the host the remake of James Corden’s BAFTA-winning Sky game show A League Of Their Own. In Game On!, Key will sit in the seat Corden occupies on the UK version of the format, presiding over two teams navigating rounds of sporting questions and physical…

Keegan-Michael Key (Dolemite Is My Name) and Dylan McDermott (American Horror Story, The Practice) are set to recur on the upcoming third season of CBS All Access’ Funny or Die comedy series No Activity, which premieres later this fall. Additionally, Beth Behrs (The Neighborhood, 2 Broke Girls), Joe Keery (Stranger Thi…

EXCLUSIVE: Not yet a year into his expensive five-year deal with Netflix, Ryan Murphy is about to deliver his biggest get for the streamer. Deadline hears he will direct and produce the feature adaptation of the Tony-nominated stage musical The Prom and has secured a cast that puts Netflix in new starpower territory. M…

National Geographic has tapped Keegan-Michael Key (Friends From College, Toy Story 4, Lion King) as host of its Brain Games reboot. The eight-episode season, produced by Dan Cutforth and Jane Lipsitz's Alfred Street Industries and Magical Elves, adds a Hollywood twist to its classic mind-bending format by challenging…

Netflix’s first live-action original musical is casting up. Emmy winner Keegan-Michael Key (Key and Peele), Phylicia Rashad (First Black actress to win a Tony for A Raisin in the Sun), Tony winner Anika Noni Rose (Caroline, or Change), and newcomer Madalen Mills have joined Forest Whitaker in Jingle Jangle, written…

Friends From College won’t be back for another semester. Show co-creator Nicholas Stoller took to Twitter to announce that the Netflix comedy won’t be returning for your bingeing pleasure. “Friends from College will not be returning for a third season,” Stoller wrote. “Thanks to everyone who watched it. Happy…

Audible’s two-night live reading of Billy Crystal’s new play Have a Nice Day has rounded out its Off Broadway cast, with Keegan-Michael Key, Darrell Hammond and Dick Cavett among those set to take the Minetta Lane Theatre stage with Crystal, Annette Bening and Kevin Kline next month. The Have a Nice Day reading, set…