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The Broadway-bound comedy Fat Ham and Shakespeare in the Park’s Merry Wives are among this year’s recipients of the 66th Obie Awards honoring Off and Off-Off Broadway productions. Presented by the American Theatre Wing, the Obies will be handed out Monday evening in a ceremony at Manhattan’s Terminal 5 venue. Sustained and Lifetime Achievement winners will accept their awards during the ceremony, while remarks of all other winners will premiere on the the American Theatre Wing’s YouTube channel. The most recent Obies ceremony was virtual and premiered on the Wing’s YouTube channel on July 14, 2020. “For this OBIES, the judges reviewed over 400 productions over the last three seasons including digital and audio works made during the pandemic,” said Heather Hitchens, President & CEO, in a statement. “We look forward to finally gathering in person to celebrate the artistic excellence and resilience of the amazing artists and theatre companies that make up the … [Read more...] about Broadway-Bound ‘Fat Ham’ Among Obie Award Recipients – Complete Winners List

EXCLUSIVE: Hallmark ’s The Way Home — the network’s first new original series in almost seven years — has been renewed for a second season. The drama that stars Andie MacDowell and Chyler Leigh has been a ratings winner since premiering Jan. 15, regularly topping Bravo’s Real Housewives of Potomac , TLC’s 90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way , and HGTV’s Home Town on Sunday nights. It ranks as the No. 1 most-watched program on Sundays among households, P2+, W18+ and P18+ on a L+SD basis. The audience has also increased throughout the season among women and younger viewers (+54% with W25-54, +42% with P25-54, +59% with W18-49 and +34% with P18-49).  On a L+3 basis through Feb. 19, The Way Home is the No. 2 most-watched program overall with HHs, P2+, W18+ and P18+, second only to Hallmark’s own original movie. “The press and our audience have enthusiastically embraced The Way Home from the first episode making the decision to renew the series an easy one,” said … [Read more...] about ‘The Way Home’ Picked Up For Second Season By Hallmark Channel

Former Empire star Jussie Smollett has filed an appeal of his 2021 conviction for faking a hate-crime attack in Chicago in early 2019. “The renewed prosecution of Mr. Smollett violated his due process rights,” attorney Heather Widell wrote in the court document filed Thursday (read it here ), “because (1) Mr. Smollett fully performed his part of a non-prosecution agreement with the state by performing community service and forfeiting his $10,000 bail bond; and (2) the state benefited from taking and keeping Mr. Smollett’s bail bond without performing its end of the bargain. Thus, the violation of due process was prejudicial and requires reversal of Mr. Smollett’s convictions and a dismissal of the charges against him.” The filing also cites double-jeopardy protection tied to the actor being “punished for the same offenses by his performance of community service and forfeiture of his bond.” In a case that stunned Hollywood at first , Smollett was convicted … [Read more...] about Jussie Smollett Appeals Conviction On 2019 Hate Crime Hoax

EXCLUSIVE: Following a competitive situation, Bad Robot has acquired rights to adapt Mona Awad ’s bestselling novel Bunny into a feature film. The novel gained a loyal fan base after blowing up on BookTok and is currently in its 14 th printing, spurred by TikTok videos totaling more than 4.1 billion views after a Bunny movie fan-casting hashtag went viral. The story follows Samantha Heather Mackey, who couldn’t be more of an outsider in her small, highly selective MFA program at New England’s Warren University. A scholarship student who prefers the company of her dark imagination to that of most people, she is utterly repelled by the rest of her fiction writing cohort — a clique of unbearably twee rich girls who call each other “Bunny” and seem to move and speak as one. But everything changes when she receives an invitation to the Bunnies’ fabled “Smut Salon,” and finds herself inexplicably drawn to their front door — ditching her only friend, Ava, in the … [Read more...] about Bad Robot Lands Film Rights To Mona Awad’s Bestselling Novel ‘Bunny’

Star Trek: Discovery will debut Sunday, September 24, with a special broadcast premiere on the CBS TV network airing 8:30-9:30 PM. The first as well as the second episode of the sci-fi series will be available on-demand on CBS All Access immediately following the broadcast premiere, with subsequent new episodes released on All Access each Sunday. Originally slated for a January 2017 premiere , Star Trek: Discovery ‘s debut was first pushed to May and then to fall 2017. At CBS’ upfront presentation, the company announced that Star Trek: Discovery’s first-season order had been increased from 13 to 15 episodes . The expanded season now will be split into two. The first eight episodes will run Sundays from September 24 through November 5. The season then will resume with the second chapter in January 2018. The break also will allow the show more time for postproduction on latter episodes. Star Trek: Discovery ‘s premiere explains CBS’ recent fall premiere … [Read more...] about ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Gets September Premiere Date On CBS & CBS All Access, Season 1 Split In Two

“Office space?” Rainn Wilson has boarded CBS All Access ’ Star Trek: Discovery as a character known to fans of the original series. The Office alum, who earned three Emmy noms for his role as Dwight Schrute, will play conman and intergalactic criminal Harry Mudd, Roger C. Carmel originated the character, aka Harcourt Fenton Mudd, in the 1960s Star Trek series, appearing in one episode of each of the first two seasons. He would reprise the role in a 1973 episode of Star Trek: The Animated Series. After The Office wrapped its nine-season run on NBC in 2013, Wilson starred as the irascible title detective in Backstrom , which aired one 13-episode season in 2015. His recent credits also include Army of One, The Boy, Uncanny and voice roles in Smurfs: The Lost Village and Adventure Time. Star T rek: Discovery will feature a new ship, new characters and new missions, while embracing the same ideology and hope for the future that inspired a generation … [Read more...] about ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Beams Up Rainn Wilson As Conman Harry Mudd

CBS has dropped the official trailer for its anticipated Star Trek: Discovery reboot. It was unveiled during the network’s upfront presentation, where it was announced that the order for the CBS All Access series was being increased to 15 episodes up from the original 13, and the series will be getting a companion show Talking Trek . The trailer sets the table for what is a prequel to the voyages of the USS Enterprise, when Commander Burnham ( Sonequa Martin-Green ) gets her own command of the Discovery. Some Vulcans, Klingons, and whatever Doug Jones is, get in their time, as does Michelle Yeoh’s Captain Georgiou as Burnham’s mentor. The series will premiere on the CBS network, with all subsequent episodes available on CBS All Access. It is produced by CBS Television Studios in association with Alex Kurtzman’s Secret Hideout, Bryan Fuller’s Living Dead Guy Productions and Roddenberry Entertainment. EPs are Alex Kurtzman, Bryan Fuller, Heather Kadin, Gretchen … [Read more...] about ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Trailer: First Look At CBS All Access Series Reboot

Streaming… the final frontier. Ever since Alex Kurtzman and Bob Orci, key players on the Star Trek feature franchise, moved to CBS TV Studios, there had been talk about them resurrecting the studio’s marquee title. Now the long-rumored new Star Trek TV series has become a reality as the first original series on CBS’ recently launched streaming service CBS All Access . Shepherded by Kurtzman, who will serve as executive producer, the series will premiere in January 2017 with a preview broadcast on CBS followed by an exclusive run in the U.S. on CBS All Access. Unlike the ongoing feature franchise, which features the classic Star Trek characters, the new series installment will introduce new characters “seeking imaginative new worlds and new civilizations, while exploring the dramatic contemporary themes that have been a signature of the franchise since its inception in 1966″, according to CBS. (I hear because the films are employing the original Star Trek … [Read more...] about New ‘Star Trek’ TV Series Set For 2017 Run On CBS All Access

David Semel is set to direct and executive produce the opening episode of the upcoming Star Trek reboot series. The episode will air on CBS for a broadcast debut of the series in January 2017, before it moves to its permanent home, CBS All Access . Created by Bryan Fuller and Alex Kurtzman, the new Star Trek hails from CBS TV Studios where Semel is under an overall deal. Semel has a strong track record at CBS, helming three consecutive pilots that have gone to series which will be on the network’s fall schedule: returning Madam Secretary and Code Black and new medical drama Pure Genius. Other pilots he has directed that have gone to series include CBS’ Person Of Interest and Intelligence as well as Heroes, Legends, No Ordinary Family and American Dreams . Semel also recently helmed the opening episodes of two high-profile straight-to-series Amazon drama series: breakout The Man In The High Castle , which has been renewed for a second season, and David … [Read more...] about New ‘Star Trek’ Series: David Semel Set To Direct

CMT and CBS have set the date for the 2023 CMT Music Awards , airing Sunday, April 2, 2023 live from Austin, Texas’ Moody Center for the first time. The fan-voted show and Paramount Global’s signature country music tentpole will again be on CBS and be available to stream live and on demand on Paramount+. Kelsea Ballerini will return as co-host for a third consecutive year. Her plans were revealed tonight during an onstage moment with Carrie Underwood as part of Underwood’s sold-out The Denim & Rhinestones Tour stop in at Moody Center. Underwood, who holds the title as the winningest artist in CMT history with a total of 25 trophies, was revealed as first performer for the 2023 show. Underwood, whose newest single and music video “Hate My Heart” are out now, is currently on her 43-city U.S. arena tour, which kicked off October 15 and continues through spring 2023, with upcoming stops including New York’s Madison Square Garden, Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena, … [Read more...] about Kelsea Ballerini Returning As Co-Host For 2023 CMT Music Awards; Date And First Performer Set