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Larry Wilmore is moving to Universal Television with a rich four-year overall deal. Under the pact, The Bernie Mac Show creator will develop new projects through his Wilmore Films production company. In addition to creating The Bernie Mac Show, which ran on Fox for five seasons, Wilmore co-created Fox/the WB’s The PJs…

There have been "tense moments" during negotiations for a new WGA/ATA franchise agreement, and some of those moments have been among the agencies themselves, according to writer-producer Travon Free, a member of the guild's negotiating committee. "There's been some tense moments," he said on Larry Wilmore's latest…

Becoming a household name as the privileged, popular and highly intelligent Zoey Johnson in ABC’s critically-acclaimed comedy Black-ish—a role she booked only a few short years ago—Yara Shahidi was challenged recently to step to center stage for Freeform spin-off Grown-ish, a series that sees the Johnson’s eldest…

UPDATE, with video Could there possibly be anything left unsaid or unreported about Michael Wolff’s Fire and Fury? Yes, says the author, and it’s “incendiary.” On that, Wolff and his critics are likely to agree. Wolff, a guest on tonight’s Real Time with Bill Maher, told the HBO host that one revelation remains…

The Bernie Mac Show creator Larry Wilmore is returning to the family comedy arena with a twist. Wilmore has partnered with comedian Bassem Youssef, known as Jon Stewart of Egypt, for a comedy about a Middle Eastern American family of superheroes, which has been set up at ABC. The untitled project (aka Super Challenged…

How To Get Away With Murder star Viola Davis has teamed with Insecure co-creator Larry Wilmore for Black Don’t Crack, a multi-camera comedy, which has sold to ABC. Written and executive produced by Insecure co-executive producer Regina Hicks, Black Don’t Crack is named after the popular urban phrase articulating the…

Larry Wilmore is launching a podcast on The Ringer Podcast Network, debuting Thursday, May 11. Larry Wilmore: Black on Air’s first guest is Norman Lear. Future episodes will feature Bernie Sanders and Neil deGrasse Tyson. Wilmore most recently co-created Issa Rae's HBO series Insecure. He also helped to launch ABC’s Bl…

UPDATED, 3:55 PM: Journalist Jeremy Scahill, a frequent guest of Real Time with Bill Maher, has canceled his appearance set for this Friday in protest of the show’s booking of Milo Yiannopoulos, the controversial Breitbart News editor who Scahill says will use the HBO platform to “legitimize his hateful agenda.” Real T…

“I thought it was very thoughtful of Chief Justice [John] Roberts to use a fireproof Bible – because once Trump touches it at any time it could have burst into flames,” says Larry Wilmore of Donald Trump’s fiery Inauguration last week. “Very thoughtful,” the former The Nightly Show host and Insecure co-creator added…

Winter isn’t coming, it’s already here and so is one of the leads of Game of Thrones as jury member in the U.S. Dramatic category for the 2017 Sundance Film Festival. Joining Larry Wilmore, Mozart In The Jungle’s Gael García Bernal, AFI Fest director Jacqueline Lyanga and others, GOT‘s Peter Dinklage was named as one…

Larry Wilmore has lined up a post-Nightly Show TV gig, signing a multi-year overall deal with ABC Studios. Wilmore was serving as executive producer/showrunner on ABC Studios’ then-newly picked-up ABC comedy series Black-ish when he landed the Comedy Central late-night show. Wilmore, who had joined Kenya Barris’ Black…

UPDATED with additional guest: Showtime has unveiled the planned guests for Stephen Colbert’s live Election Night show tonight, and it might give you an idea of the kind of night it could be: The list includes Hillary Clinton backers Katy Perry, Melania Trump impersonator/Tony winner Laura Benanti, Jeff Goldblum…