Michael Schneider

1 week ago | variety.com | Michael Schneider

There’s a moment in Apple TV+’s “Government Cheese” where David Oyelowo‘s character is swallowed by a catfish. “That’s something I didn’t have on my dance card, and something I’m sure not a lot of actors can say that they’ve done,” Oyelowo tells Variety‘s Awards Circuit Podcast. Tthe phrase that keeps coming up from people is it’s unlike anything they’ve seen. That, in and of itself, is a huge source of pride for me.” But in the surrealist comedy, anything is possible.

1 week ago | variety.com | Michael Schneider

Brett Goldstein has had a busy month on the Warner Bros. lot. As “Shrinking” Season 3 finishes filming there, he’s also busy in the writers’ room for the highly anticipated return of “Ted Lasso.” Not that he can tell us much about the shows just yet. In the last season of “Shrinking,” Goldstein recurred as Louis, the man responsible for the drunk driving death of Tia, the wife of Jimmy (Jason Segel) and mother of Alice (Lukita Maxwell).

1 week ago | variety.com | Michael Schneider

Comedian Desi Banks is ready to step in front of the camera. The Atlanta-based standup is developing a half-hour sitcom project with BET Studios, loosely based on his own comedy routines. Per the logline, the multi-camera comedy will revolve around “a lovable yet stubborn comedian on the rise as he attempts to balance fatherhood, relationships, and the pursuit of his ever-present dream.” Banks and Malcolm “Champ” Heaggans are writing the comedy, and will also serve as executive producers.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Michael Schneider

Comedian Desi Banks is ready to step in front of the camera. The Atlanta-based standup is developing a half-hour sitcom project with BET Studios, loosely based on his own comedy routines. Per the logline, the multi-camera comedy will revolve around “a lovable yet stubborn comedian on the rise as he attempts to balance fatherhood, relationships, and the pursuit of his ever-present dream.”Banks and Malcolm “Champ” Heaggans are writing the comedy, and will also serve as executive producers.

1 week ago | variety.com | Michael Schneider

As classic 1950s episodes of “Gunsmoke” make it into the Nielsen streaming rankers, Weigel Broadcasting is capitalizing on the recent western revival by launching WEST, a new over-the-air broadcast diginet devoted to series like “Gunsmoke,” “Bonanza,” “Maverick,” “Rawhide,” “The Virginian” and more. WEST — which stands for “Western Entertainment Series Television” — will launch in fall, initially on Weigel-owned broadcast stations. More carriage deals will be announced at a later date.