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Earlier this month, CBS released the first trailer for Chuck Lorre’s upcoming comedy United States of Al, which is set to debut on April 1. What should have been a delightful, fun look at the new sitcom turned into a backlash against the show. Created by David Goetsch and Maria Ferrari, the series follows a friendship…

EXCLUSIVE: CBS, Chuck Lorre’s broadcast home for the past 16 years, has landed the next multi-camera sitcom from the comedy king. The network has given a pilot production commitment to United States of Al, from The Big Bang Theory co-creator/executive producer Lorre, fellow Big Bang executive producers David Goetsch…

Reza Aslan's series Rough Draft with Reza Aslan has landed at Topic, which will make the interview show the first original series for its upcoming streaming service. The eight-episode series will begin shooting next month and is set to debut later this fall. The show will be a refreshed, new version of Rough Draft…

The Emmy-nominated Secret Life Of Muslims will return for a second season thanks to funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Pillars Fund, and Hartley Film Foundation. The digital series, available online at Vox and the USA Today Network, employs humor and empathy to depict the challenges faced by Muslims in…

In the making of HBO's The Leftovers—which recently wrapped its third and final season—there wasn't a detail that wasn't scrutinized by creators Damon Lindelof and Tom Perrotta. Wrestling with and exploring every facet of issues including mystery, faith and loss, along with every possible permutation of how their…

Reza Aslan was in the midst of packing to shoot Season 2 of his hit show Believer, when suddenly, CNN pulled the plug on the whole thing. The show was over and Aslan was fired. The reason? Aslan had tweeted that President Trump was "a piece of s**t". The tweet came after Trump had reiterated his desire for a Muslim…

UPDATED with Aslan statement: Cable news network CNN says it will not move forward on another season of the Believer docu-series, days after host Reza Aslan’s incendiary tweet about President Donald Trump. “CNN has decided to not move forward with production on the acquired series Believer with Reza Aslan. We wish…

Peter Bart and Mike Fleming Jr. worked together for two decades at Daily Variety. In this occasional column, two old friends get together and grind their axes, mostly on the movie business. FLEMING: At a time when Warner Bros successfully bleached out the red, white and blue from Wonder Woman’s original superhero…

Reza Aslan has joined the pantheon of TV talent apologizing over the past week for various incendiary remarks they’ve made over same period about this and that. Aslan, who hosts CNN’s religiosity series Believer, on Sunday apologized for calling President Donald Trump a “piece of shit” in a tweet, after Trump tweeted…

ABC continues its quest to tell the stories of the diverse families that make up America. The latest effort is a single-camera comedy from former Friends executive producer/co-showrunner Andrew Reich and author, scholar and TV host/producer Reza Aslan. The project, from ABC Studios, is part of a new overall deal Reich…

Author Reza Aslan will host a new spiritual adventure series for CNN, titled Believer, and comedian W. Kamau Bell will travel across the country exploring various communities in United Shades of America, the cable news network announced this morning. These series will join the previously announced mini docu-series Race…