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“The Flight Attendant” is not getting another season at Max, Variety has confirmed.

The series, which starred Kaley Cuoco, aired two seasons at the streamer. It originally debuted on Max in 2020, with the second season airing in 2022.

“What started out as an attention-grabbing book cover quickly evolved into an extraordinary flight of a lifetime,” Cuoco said in a statement. “I always envisioned Tfa as a limited series and thanks to an incredible creative team, we were able to deliver two thrilling seasons. Personally, playing Cassie has been a dream come true and I am so grateful for everyone who played a part in bringing this extremely original series to life.”

The show was based on the Chris Bohjalian novel of the same name. It debuted to critical acclaim, with Cuoco and the series earning Golden Globe and Emmy nominations for the first season, while Cuoco was nominated for an Emmy...

The Flight Attendant will not be returning for a third season. The show, which was originally set as a limited series, aired two seasons on Max, with the second season ending in May 2022.

The move follows comments from star and executive producer Kaley Cuoco after the second season that the “plane had landed.” “I just kind of feel like we just ended,” she told People at the time.

The first season, which premiered in November 2020, followed Cuoco’s alcoholic, globe-trotting flight attendant Cassie Bowden who became embroiled in an espionage plot following her affair with a first class passenger, who winds up murdered after their night together.

The second season saw Bowden return with a fresh start in Los Angeles, sober and moonlighting as a CIA asset in her spare time. But when an overseas assignment leads her to inadvertently witness a murder, she becomes entangled in another international intrigue.

Year 2023 will be remembered in Hollywood for various phenomena — the strikes, Barbenheimer — but for Latinos, 2023 was the year that saw a relatively significant number of movies and TV releases from and about their community, in a variety of genres. With actors and writers spending about half of last year unable to promote their projects, the atmosphere at Neuehouse in Hollywood was all the more electric last Friday evening as a who’s who of Latin entertainment, media, sports and politics came together to toast the excellence they saw on the big and small screens.

The event, La Cena Los Angeles, was an expansion of the intimate multi-city La Cena dinner series started last year by culture and impact consultant Ruben Garcia, formerly co-head of cultural business strategy at CAA, to cultivate community among impactful Latino figures across disciplines.

Sponsored by the Latino-focused organization Equis, La Cena LA saluted a range of work,...

Exclusive: As the WGA, studios and streamers prepare to restart negotiations later this week, hundreds of united showrunners are on the verge of making a major donation to help those hit hard by the ongoing strikes.

Launching off an initial $200,000 culled from a group of veteran showrunners, around 250 showrunners have contributed more than $260,000 more as of Monday afternoon, bringing the total up to near $500,000 to date.

The money, from mainly anonymous donors, will go to the Entertainment Community Fund. (Click for the showrunner donation link).

Of the 250 who have contributed online the past week and made their names public are The Walking Dead’s Angela Kang, I’m A Virgo’s Boots Riley, Rutherford Falls co-creator Sierra Teller Ornelas, Hunters’ Natalie Chaidez, Arrow’s Marc Guggenheim and Matrix co-creator Lilly Wachowski. Cutting to the heart of the sentiment out on the picket lines, Wachowski added, “Let’s beat these f-ing mf-ers!

Chris O’Shea has joined the HBO Max drama pilot “More” in a series regular role, Variety has learned exclusively.

O’Shea will star in the pilot along with previously announced lead Christian Serratos and cast members Ana Ortiz, Yvette Monreal, Georgie Flores, Ceci Fernandez, and Gore Abrams.

The show is inspired by the reporting of journalist Amy Chozick. Per the official description, “‘More’ follows the Lorenz family, a tight-knit clan of seemingly flawless Latinas led by mom/mastermind Leona (Ortiz). The Lorenzes are the Vanderbilts or the Astors of the Instagram era. They pulled their way up from debt and obscurity to reality TV stardom and forged a billion-dollar mega-conglomerate not from oil or steel but from something more elusive and modern: Influence.”

O’Shea will star as Timothy Wilde, described as a lesser British aristocrat engaged to Londyn (Serratos), making him one half of ‘Lonothy,’ social media‘s most buzzed-about and closely-watched celebrity couples.

Exclusive: Gore Abrams has been cast as a series regular opposite Christian Serratos and Ana Ortiz in the HBO Max drama pilot More, from Amy Chozick, Berlanti Productions and Warner Bros. Television.

Written by journalist Chozick inspired by her reporting, More follows the Lorenz family, a tight-knit clan of seemingly flawless Latinas led by mom/mastermind Leona (Ortiz). The Lorenzes are the Vanderbilts or the Astors of the Instagram era. Drawing some parallels to the Kardashians and their “momager” Kris Jenner, the Lorenzes pulled their way up from debt and obscurity to reality TV stardom and forged a billion-dollar mega-conglomerate not from oil or steel but from something more elusive and modern: influence.

Abrams plays Steve Wilson, the sound tech with a heart of gold, who works on the camera crew that follows Londyn (Serratos) and her family everywhere for their hit reality TV show.

Chozick and Natalie Chaidez serve as executive producers and co-showrunners.

Exclusive: Ana Ortiz is finalizing a deal to lead the cast of the HBO Max drama pilot More, from Amy Chozick, Berlanti Productions, and Warner Bros. Television. Ortiz, who will star alongside Christian Serratos, replaces Veronica Falcón who was originally tapped for the role. The recasting decision was made after the table read, I hear.

Written by journalist Chozick inspired by her reporting, More follows the Lorenz family, a tight-knit clan of seemingly flawless Latinas led by mom/mastermind Leona (Ortiz). The Lorenzes are the Vanderbilts or the Astors of the Instagram era. Drawing some parallels to the Kardashians and their “momager” Kris Jenner, the Lorenzes pulled their way up from debt and obscurity to reality TV stardom and forged a billion-dollar mega-conglomerate not from oil or steel but from something more elusive and modern: Influence.

Ortiz’ Leona Lorenz is the matriarch of the Lorenz family media dynasty.

Warner Bros Television is cutting more than a quarter of its workforce as part of its parent company’s drive to cut costs.

The studio is cutting 26 of personnel, a total of 125 positions, across scripted, unscripted and animation.

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Deadline revealed Monday that cuts would likely come today and we revealed earlier that Warner Bros. TV was shutting down digital production arm Stage 13 and its Warner Bros Television Workshop – a key plank in finding and mentoring new and diverse talent.

These cuts come with a number of structural changes put in place by chairman Channing Dungey, particularly in unscripted and animation. She...

Christian Serratos has been cast in the lead role of the HBO Max drama pilot “More,” Variety has learned exclusively.

The project was originally ordered to pilot at HBO Max in September 2020. Serratos joins previously announced cast members Veronica Falcón, Yvette Monreal, Georgie Flores, and Ceci Fernandez. The show is inspired by the reporting of journalist Amy Chozick.

Per the official description, “‘More’ follows the Lorenz family, a tight-knit clan of seemingly flawless Latinas led by mom/mastermind Leona (Falcón). The Lorenzes are the Vanderbilts or the Astors of the Instagram era. They pulled their way up from debt and obscurity to reality TV stardom and forged a billion-dollar mega-conglomerate not from oil or steel but from something more elusive and modern: Influence.”

Serratos will star as Londyn Lorenz, described as “an international sex symbol who rose to fame after a political sex scandal put her in global headlines. But...

Exclusive: Veronica Falcón, Yvette Monreal (DC’s Stargirl), Georgie Flores (Famous in Love), and Ceci Fernandez (WeCrashed) have been cast in series regular roles in the HBO Max Original drama pilot More, from executive producer/writer/co-showrunner Amy Chozick (The Girls On The Bus), Berlanti Productions, and Warner Bros. Television.

Additionally, Natalie Chaidez (The Flight Attendant) will serve as an executive producer and co-showrunner alongside Chozick.

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Inspired by the reporting of journalist Amy Chozick, More follows the Lorenz family, a tight-knit clan of seemingly flawless Latinas led by mom/mastermind Leona. The Lorenzes are the Vanderbilts or the Astors of the Instagram era. They pulled their way up from debt and obscurity to reality TV stardom and forged a billion-dollar mega-conglomerate not from oil or steel but from something more elusive and modern: Influence.

Falcón portrays Leona Lorenz, the matriarch of the Lorenz family media dynasty.

The White Lotus is just wrapping up production of its second season and The Flight Attendant finished its sophomore season in May.

Both shows could potentially come back for third seasons, according to HBO and HBO Max chief Casey Bloys as long as their creative teams are so inclined.

This comes as the HBO series, which was initially designed as a Covid-friendly limited series, and the Kaley Cuoco-fronted HBO Max series both picked up multiple Emmy nominations as part of the network/streamer’s 140 total haul.

The White Lotus received 20 nominations including for Outstanding Limited Series as well as eight supporting actor noms for Murray Bartlett, Jake Lacy, Steve Zahn, Connie Britton, Jennifer Coolidge, Alexandra Daddario, Natasha Rothwell and Sydney Sweeney.

Meanwhile, Cuoco was once again nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress In A Comedy Series. The series missed out this year in the main comedy, but did pick up...

The core cast has been locked in for Freeform‘s upcoming drama pilot Aznbbgirl, a coming-of-age story set in Southern California’s Little Saigon community. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the pilot will star Cathy Bui (All I Ever Wanted), Lynn Kim Do (FBI: Most Wanted), and Jazelle Villanueva (Valets) as three Asian-American teenagers hoping to break free from generational expectations and make their own mark in the world. The three girls find that escape and form a deep bond when they become caught up with a street gang that offers them a way out. The project comes from Natalie Chaidez (The Flight Attendant), Dinh Thai (Wu-Tang: An American Saga), and Kai Yu Wu (American Born Chinese) and is also set to star Quentin Nguyen-Duy (Law & Order: Svu), Alejandro Akara (Mayans M.C.), Audrey Huynh (The Boss Baby: Back in Business), and Cat Ly (21 and Wake Up). Bui will play Anh,...

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Freeform has locked in the core cast for its drama pilot Aznbbgrl, set in Southern California’s Little Saigon community.

Cathy Bui, Kim Lynn Do and Jazelle Villanueva will play the lead roles of three Asian American teenagers in the coming-of-age story from writers Natalie Chaidez (The Flight Attendant) and Dinh Thai (Wu-Tang: An American Saga). Quentin Nguyen-Duy, Alejandro Akara, Audrey Huynh and Cat Ly also star.

Aznbbgrl, from 20th Television, follows the three leads, who are driven by a desire to break free from generational expectations and carve out their own places in the world. They find escape and form a bond deeper than family when they become entangled with a street gang that offers them a way out.

Bui will play Anh, who’s focused on getting into a top college — a dream that’s derailed when she and her best...

Freeform and 20th Television’s “Aznbbgrl” has unveiled its main cast. The coming-of-age drama — about three Asian American teenagers in the vibrant Vietnamese community of Little Saigon in Orange County, Calif. — will star Cathy Bui, Lynn Kim Do and Jazelle Villanueva.

The one-hour-long episodes will follow the three teens’ “desire to break free from generational expectations and carve out their own place in the world. Together, these three very different women find escape and form a bond deeper than family when they become entangled with a street gang that offers them a way out.”

Bui will portray Anh, a driven girl focused on getting into an elite college. However, her dream is derailed when she and her best friend Jenny (Do) are forced into a scheme that gets them caught in the crosshairs of a street gang. Villanueva plays Dang-Dang, a fearless young woman who can’t seem to escape...

“Aznbbgrl,” the upcoming coming-of-age series from Freeform and 20th Television, revealed its series regular cast on Tuesday. The show will be led by Cathy Bui, Lynn Kim Do and Jazelle Villanueva.

Set in the Vietnamese community of Little Saigon in Orange County, “Aznbbgrl” follows three Asian American teenagers as they carve out their own place in the world. Driven by a desire to break free from generational expectations, the three women form an intense bond when they become entangled with a street gang that offers them a way out.

Bui, previously seen in Erin Tau’s short film “All I Ever Wanted,” will play Anh, a hard working woman focused on getting into a top college. Her dream is derailed when she and her best friend Jenny, played by Kim Do of “FBI: Most Wanted,” are forced into a scheme that leads them to a street gang. Jenny, born to...

Cathy Bui (All I Ever Wanted), Lynn Kim Do (FBI: Most Wanted), and Jazelle Villanueva are set to lead the Freeform and 20th Television pilot Aznbbgrl from Natalie Chaidez and Dinh Thai.

Deadline announced the project exclusively in February.

Bui will play Anh, a hard-working girl focused on getting into a top college. However, her dream is derailed when she and her best friend Jenny are forced into a scheme that leads them to a street gang.

Do stars as outspoken Jenny, born to a well-off family, but constricted by her parent’s expectations. When a traumatic event leaves her emotionally scarred, Jenny enlists her best friend Anh in a dangerous plan.

Villanueva portrays Dang-Dang, a ferocious young woman who can’t seem to escape her troubled past. Dang-Dang is initially at odds with Jenny but forms a surprising and deep friendship with Jenny and Ahn.

Set in the vibrant...

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There is a Planned Parenthood in South L.A. five minutes from USC, where Storm Reid goes to college.

“I have friends who have been in situations where they’ve had to go to Planned Parenthood,” the Euphoria star said in a conversation with Ava DuVernay and Nina Shaw on Thursday afternoon in Ojai. “That right could possibly be taken away from the people I care about and people who don’t have the resources to be able to be a normal young human and make a mistake or whatever the case may be.

“The [possibility] they don’t have the ability to have a choice of what they do to their body is devastating,” Reid continued, beginning to cry onstage. “I hate calling myself an activist because I’m not on the ground doing the work activists do, but I try through my...

Kaley Cuoco seems satisfied with two seasons of The Flight Attendant.

“It’s going to take a lot of thought to make sure if we go back that it’s better than the last two, which is very hard to do,” she told People.com, noting there are no current plans for a third season of the HBO Max dramedy. “There’s definitely interest in doing a third season. I think for me, at this moment, the plane has landed.”

Cuoco said the best thing about the Season 2 finale, which aired Thursday, is that the series “could definitely be done or it’s definitely open to continuing.”

“I think the writers and the team did a really beautiful job in tying it up in a pretty bow,” she said. “But if you had to open the bow, it would be okay.”

Cuoco also says she “could possibly get back in it,...

Sure, the HBO Max series “The Flight Attendant,” about an alcoholic airline employee who ends up becoming a C.I.A. asset, is best known for its impressively out-there story beats, but for its cast, Season 2 hits a lot closer to home than one would think.

“I was going through so much this year, and so a lot of it was real,” said star Kaley Cuoco of her Season 2 performance as the titular flight attendant Cassie Bowden. Speaking to the audience of the comedy’s FYC event on Thursday night at the Television Academy’s Saban Media Center in Los Angeles, she joked that it’s even “almost a little silly” when she receives compliments on her ability to access those darker emotions for the show’s more dramatic scenes.

Although she did not mention it explicitly during the panel, Cuoco was alluding to going through her divorce from equestrian...

[Warning: The below contains Major spoilers for The Flight Attendant Season 2 finale, “Backwards and Forwards.”] The Flight Attendant Season 2 didn’t just leave Cassie (Kaley Cuoco) in a good place when it comes to her sobriety — 30 days, but seemingly in a better place to reach the one year she’d claimed she’d had but really didn’t — and her work (she unraveled the double mystery) and friends. It also gave hope for what’s ahead for her relationship with her mother, Lisa (Sharon Stone). But first, we had to actually meet Lisa, something that executive producer Natalie Chaidez pushed for. “I was initially resistant to it because I thought we dealt with the dad in Season 1. It feels like now to hand over to the mom, I don’t know what that’s gonna feel like, but Natalie was persuasive and we went in that direction and I think it was the right call,” executive producer...

When “Fresh Off the Boat” premiered in 2015, only a handful of shows with a predominantly Asian American cast had ever aired in primetime — and none of them lasted long. But the success of that ABC sitcom, which spanned six seasons, 116 episodes and made it to syndication, finally inspired a long-overdue boom in series and films featuring Asian American leads — including “Doogie Kamealoha, M.D.,” from “Fresh Off the Boat” producing partners Jake Kasdan and Melvin Mar.

“Fresh Off the Boat” may have ended, but Kasdan and Mar — who have been based at 20th TV for more than a dozen years — are continuing to lead TV’s expansion in Asian American and Pacific Islander representation. As Aapi Heritage Month coincidentally gets underway this May, Kasdan and Mar currently have eight active TV and film projects, all showcasing different elements of the vast Aapi experience.

“It’s all part of the fabric of being American,...

HBO Max's The Flight Attendant Season 2 has been firing from all cylinders, taking the characters across the globe and delivering some shocking twists along the way.

The Flight Attendant Season 2 Episode 4 brought Michelle Gomez back into the mix as Miranda, despite no mention of a comeback before the premiere.

"There's no world in which we weren't going to have Miranda back in some way, shape, or form. And I think this was the perfect opportunity," series creator Steve Yockey shared with TV Fanatic. 

"She was a huge fan favorite in season one," co-showrunner Natalie Chaidez added.

"I think the fun of bringing her back in the unexpected way of stabbing a man in the back in a full-on, beautiful leather puffer and then getting shot in the leg again really leans into the fun of that character."

Chaidez adds that Miranda's bond with Cassie as her mentor was important, so...

[Warning: The below contains Major spoilers for The Flight Attendant Season 2 Episodes 3 “The Reykjavik Ice Sculpture Festival Is Lovely This Time of Year” and 4 “Blue Sincerely Reunion.”] With the latest two episodes, The Flight Attendant takes Cassie (Kaley Cuoco) to Iceland to track down her missing friend, Megan (Rosie Perez), after she misinterprets a message and reunites her with an old frenemy and then back home, where she makes a decision that brings down her life. First of all, in Iceland, Miranda (Michelle Gomez) comes to Cassie and Megan’s rescue — Megan has a bounty on her head from the North Koreans — and helps them get out of the country. “Miranda was, of course, a fan-favorite in Season 1, and we wanted to bring her back with a real splash in Season 2,” executive producer Natalie Chaidez tells TV Insider. “It was pure joy on the set to have [Kaley and Michelle]. Those two are so funny off-screen, behind the cameras. You...

"The Flight Attendant" was a hit both critically and commercially, cementing HBO Max as a force to be reckoned with when it comes to creating original content. The series stars Kaley Cuoco as titular flight attendant Cassie Bowden, a woman who wakes up to find herself at the center of a murder mystery. "The Flight Attendant" aired its eight-episode first season back in November 2020 and its sophomore outing is finally about to land. The show was created by Steve Yockey, who has stepped up as showrunner for season 2 alongside Natalie Chaidez. Prior to developing "The Flight Attendant," Yockey worked on shows such...

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The Flight Attendant Season 2 premieres Thursday, April 21, on HBO Max.

TV Fanatic got the chance to speak with the cast and showrunners ahead of the highly-anticipated premiere.

As previously reported in our Flight Attendant Season 2 review, Cassie (Kaley Cuoco) is in a much different place when we pick back up.

"When we meet Cassie at the top of season two, she appears to be an entirely new Cassie. She's a year into her sobriety," teases co-showrunner Natalie Chaidez.

"In fact, she has matching appliances. She does yoga. She has a super hot perfect boyfriend, so we were definitely making a choice to set where she is at the beginning of the season so that we could sort of unravel it and see what was beneath the veneer and peel away."

Chaidez says that this makes for a very different show because it highlights that Cassie is making better choices.

Chaidez...

Kaley Cuoco has had enough of working with herself.

In Season 2 of “The Flight Attendant,” she returns to the HBO Max series as Cassie Bowden. Newly sober, she’s still a flight attendant, but has a side job working for the CIA. Throughout the season, Cassie encounters numerous clones of herself.

“Our team had many meetings with the team behind ‘Orphan Black’ because we did the same sort of thing,” Cuoco told me on Tuesday night at “The Flight Attendant” premiere at the Pacific Design Center. “I’ve never seen or done anything like this. I had many body doubles. Many girls that worked against me and acted against me.”

“Literally walk on Warner Bros. and you’d see so many of me walking around,” she continued. “They’re like, ‘I just saw you at the coffee.’ And I’m like, ‘No, I’m over in my trailer.’ There were...

Exclusive: Natalie Chaidez has signed an exclusive multi-year deal with Warner Bros. Television. As part of the deal, she will develop and create original programming via Wbtv for all platforms.

The news arrives ahead of HBO Max’s Season 2 premiere of The Flight Attendant on April 21, which marks Chaidez’s debut as series executive producer and co-showrunner alongside Steve Yockey.

Chaidez is a veteran creator, executive producer, and showrunner who works in both television and features. Prior to joining The Flight Attendant, she served as executive producer and writer on USA Network’s critically acclaimed crime drama Queen of the South.

She previously created and executive produced the Syfy drama series Hunters. Her additional TV writing and producing credits include 12 Monkeys, In Plain Sight, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Heroes, Judging Amy, and New York Undercover, among many others.

She was nominated...

HBO Max has released the trailer and key art for Season 2 of dark comedy series “The Flight Attendant.” The new season will premiere on Thursday, April 21.

The dark comedy series focuses once again on lead character Cassie Bowden, played by Kaley Cuoco. Bowden is living a sober life in Los Angeles while moonlighting as a CIA asset in her free time when she is assigned overseas, leading her to accidentally witness a murder. Once again, Bowden is entangled in another sprawling network of international intrigue.

The series stars Cuoco, and Season 2 will bring back series regulars Zosia Mamet, Griffin Matthews, Denis Akdeniz and Rosie Perez, as well as returning recurring guest stars T.R. Knight, Yasha Jackson and Audrey Graace Marshall. The new season will also introduce Mo McRae, Callie Hernandez and JJ Soria as well as new guest stars Alanna Ubach, Cheryl Hines, Jessie Ennis, Mae Martin, Margaret Cho, Santiago Cabrera,...

Cassie (Kaley Cuoco) might not be able to fly away from this all-encompassing mystery.

Emmy-winning HBO Max Original series “The Flight Attendant” returns for Season 2 on Thursday, April 21, and this time, Cassie has more than a few voices of reason in her head. After becoming sober and moving in with her new boyfriend in Los Angeles, Cassie promises that her “life is pretty great” despite the tense events of the first season. Check out the Season 2 trailer below.

Plus, now Cassie is an official asset for the CIA. But while her best friend Annie (Zosia Mamet) warns Cassie that it seems like she’s “living in a spy novel,” fact becomes stranger than fiction. Cassie is convinced that someone is trying to frame her for a major crime — even going out of their way to become her.

The “Vertigo” doppelgänger effect proves that the more Cassie’s, the more concerns,...

Kaley Cuoco is juggling the demands of her double life in Season 2 of “The Flight Attendant.”

A trailer released Monday, which you can watch above, shows Cuoco’s Cassie on cloud nine as she’s living her best life in Los Angeles while settling into her secret life as a CIA operative. But, when an overseas assignment leads her to inadvertently witness a murder, she becomes entangled in more international intrigue.

The pressure forces Cassie to confide in her closest friends about her new gig. As she investigates the slaying, she also realizes the killer might be more familiar than she had initially thought when she’s confronted by a room full of her doppelgängers.

Eventually, the revelations send her into a spiral. “I’m one tiny accident away from a complete collapse,” she admits.

Cuoco returns to the series alongside Zosia Mamet, Griffin Matthews, Deniz Akdeniz and Rosie Perez.

Kaley Cuoco’s Cassie Bowden may be sober, but she’s still getting into all kinds of trouble in the first trailer for “The Flight Attendant” Season 2.

HBO Max debuted an action-packed teaser for the upcoming second season on Thursday along with release date and episode schedule details. The eight-episode Season 2 premieres with two new episodes on April 28, followed by a new episode every week until the finale on May 26, all of which will be available exclusively on HBO Max.

After the wild events of Season 1, which followed Cuoco’s alcoholic flight attendant on a mission to find a murderer after she woke up next to a dead body with no memory of how she got there, Season 2 picks up a year later, when Cassie is sober and moonlighting as a CIA asset, which sets her up for her next adventure: when she witnesses a murder while on an overseas assignment,...

“Cheers to making better choices, baby!”

Oh Cassie, when will you learn?

Kaley Cuoco returns as flight attendant Cassie Bowden, who has moved to Los Angeles, started a new relationship, and entered Alcoholics Anonymous since solving an international murder case in the critically acclaimed last season. HBO Max’s “The Flight Attendant” was nominated for nine Emmys, including Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for Cuoco.

Now for Season 2, which premieres April 21, the “Big Bang Theory” alum returns as well-meaning Cassie, who once again witnesses a murder while abroad — but this time, she’s moonlighting as a CIA operative.

Season 2 was filmed in Los Angeles, Berlin, and Reykjavik, and will air with two new episodes on April 28, followed by weekly installments concluding May 26.

Zosia Mamet, Griffin Matthews, Deniz Akdeniz, and Rosie Perez return as main cast members, along with recurring guest stars T.R. Knight, Yasha Jackson, and Audrey Grace Marshall.

The Girls on the Bus‘ long journey to the small screen has come to a successful conclusion with a straight-to-series order at HBO Max.

The drama series adaptation of Amy Chozick’s best-selling book Chasing Hillary, from Julie Plec, Chozick, Berlanti Productions and Warner Bros. TV, originally landed at Netflix with a series order two and a half years ago and moved to the CW for development earlier in this broadcast cycle.

The project did not go to pilot at the broadcast network co-owned by Warner Bros. and ViacomCBS, though CW brass were interested in pursuing the project as a collaboration with Wbtv corporate sibling streamer HBO Max, I hear. That is not in consideration at the moment for the series, which has started casting its leads, sources said.

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Written by Plec and Chozick, the series is inspired by “The Girls on the Bus” chapter...

Steve Yockey, the creator and co-showrunner of HBO Max’s “The Flight Attendant,” has developed a new dark comedy series that has gotten a script to series order at Fox.

The single-camera project is titled “Cindy Snow.” The series follows the title character, who is the most popular local meteorologist in Savannah, Ga. But behind the cameras, she’s — not nice. When a freak head injury at work triggers surreal glimpses of the future, Cindy’s life quickly unspools. Cindy is then cosmically dragged towards being a better person, kicking and screaming the entire way.

Yockey will write the series in addition to serving as executive producer and showrunner. The show will be co-produced by Fox Entertainment and Warner Bros. Television.

Yockey developed “The Flight Attendant” for television, based on the book of the same name by Chris Bohjalian. Yockey was an executive producer on Season 1 of the show and...

Exclusive: Freeform has picked up to pilot Aznbbgrl, an hourlong drama from Natalie Chaidez (The Flight Attendant), Dinh Thai (Wu-Tang: An American Saga), producer Melvin Mar (Fresh Off the Boat) and 20th Television.

Set in the vibrant Vietnamese community of Little Saigon in Southern California’s Orange County, Aznbbgrl is a coming-of-age story about three Asian American teenagers driven by a desire to break free from generational expectations and carve out their own place in the world. Together, these three very different women find escape and form a bond deeper than family when they become entangled with a street gang that offers them a way out.

The project is written by Chaidez and Thai, who executive produce along with Kai Yu Wu (The Ghost Bride) and The Detective Agency’s Mar and Jake Kasdan. 20th Television, where The Detective Agency is based, is the studio.

Chaidez recently wrapped work on...

Sharon Stone has joined HBO Max’s “The Flight Attendant” for Season 2, playing the mother of star Kaley Cuoco’s Cassie Bowden, Variety has learned.

“The Flight Attendant” Season 2 will see Academy Award-nominee Stone join in the recurring role of Lisa Bowden , Cassie’s estranged mother who would prefer to stay estranged. After a lifetime of dealing with Cassie’s alcoholism, she no longer has any patience or goodwill to spare.

Along with Cuoco and Stone, the cast for “The Flight Attendant” Season 2 includes returning series regulars Zosia Mamet, Griffin Matthews, Deniz Akdeniz and Rosie Perez, as well as new series regulars Mo McRae, Callie Hernandez and JJ Soria, along with returning recurring guest stars Knight and Audrey Grace Marshall, and new recurring cast members Alanna Ubach, Cheryl Hines, Jessie Ennis, Mae Martin, Margaret Cho, Santiago Cabrera and Shohreh Aghdashloo.

In the first season of “The Flight Attendant,” Cassie, a...

Exclusive: After Season 1 of The Flight Attendant delved into Cassie Bowden’s tragic relationship with her late father, the upcoming second season of the hit HBO Max series will explore Cassie’s relationship — or lack thereof — with her mother.

In a major cast addition to the Emmy-nominated show, Sharon Stone has been tapped for a recurring role opposite Kaley Cuoco in Season 2.

Stone will play Lisa Bowden, Cassie’s (Cuoco) estranged mother who would prefer to stay estranged. After a lifetime of dealing with Cassie’s alcoholism, she no longer has any patience or goodwill to spare.

Cassie’s mom only very briefly appears in one flashback scene in Season 1; the character is now being fleshed out in a Season 2 storyline.

Season two finds Cassie Bowden (Cuoco) living her best sober life in Los Angeles while moonlighting as a CIA asset in her spare time. But when an overseas assignment...

Progress continues to be incremental in front of and behind television cameras in Hollywood. An October 2021 UCLA Television Diversity study examined 461 scripted television shows airing or streaming during the 2019-20 season. It revealed that only 32.1 percent of scripted broadcast network shows, 28.1 percent on cable TV, and 26.8 percent on streaming platforms, featured majority non-white casts. Each category saw an increase of roughly 2-3 percent over the previous season. In summary, despite popular claims of a “renaissance” for Bipoc creatives in Hollywood (especially for African Americans), there’s still much work to be done on the matter of inclusion in all job areas.

As their study states, the Bipoc group is not proportionately represented to their share of the U.S. population, even though audience interest in programming with talent that represents the nation’s diversity, continues to increase.

When Bipoc narratives are controlled by non-bipoc creatives, character story lines may lack authenticity,...

Exclusive: Alanna Ubach has joined the Season 2 cast of HBO Max’s critically acclaimed series The Flight Attendant as a recurring guest star.

She’ll appear in the new season—which is currently in production—alongside returning series regulars Kaley Cuoco, Zosia Mamet, Griffin Matthews, Deniz Akdeniz and Rosie Perez; new series regulars Mo McRae, Callie Hernandez and JJ Soria; returning recurring guest stars T.R. Knight, Yasha Jackson and Audrey Grace Marshall; and new recurring guest stars Cheryl Hines, Jessie Ennis, Mae Martin, Margaret Cho, Santiago Cabrera and Shohreh Aghdashloo.

The Max Original based on Chris Bohjalian’s 2018 novel of the same name centers on Cassie Bowden (Cuoco), a reckless flight attendant with an alcoholism problem who in Season 1, wakes up in the wrong hotel, in the wrong bed, with a dead man—and no idea what happened. Season 2 finds Cassie living her best sober life in Los...

Gloria Fan, former VP Current Programming at 20th Television, has joined Disney Branded Television as head of Current Series.

In the newly created role, Fan will oversee original series for both Disney Channel and Disney+, reporting to Reena Singh, SVP Development and Current Series.

At Disney Channel, Fan will oversee such series as Sulphur Springs, Emmy-nominated Raven’s Home, and upcoming Ultraviolet & Black Scorpion; and for Disney+, High School Musical: The Musical: The Series and the upcoming Sneakerella, National Treasure and the Beauty & The Beast prequel.

Most recently, Fan’s work has included National Geographic’s scripted series Genius and The Hot Zone, FX’s Mayans M.C., NBC’s Ordinary Joe and Showtime’s Homeland.

She also worked to develop Amazon Studios’ The Promised Neverland, based on the popular Japanese manga/anime; Freeform’s Aznbbygrl with Natalie Chaidez and Dinh Thai; and the series adaptation of ESPN’s 30 for 30 documentary Blackfeet Boxing: Not Invisible.

Kaley Cuoco will be joined by Mo McRae, Callie Hernandez and JJ Soria on “The Flight Attendant” for its second season. The three actors will be series regulars on the HBO Max show, along with Season 1’s regulars Zosia Mamet, Griffin Matthews and Deniz Akdeniz, as well as new recurring guest stars Cheryl Hines, Jessie Ennis, Mae Martin, Margaret Cho, Santiago Cabrera and Shohreh Aghdashloo. In addition, T.R. Knight, Yasha Jackson, Audrey Grace Marshall and Rosie Perez are set to return for Season 2.

Per the logline, the second season of the dramedy finds Cassie Bowden (Cuoco) living a sober life in Los Angeles while moonlighting as a CIA asset in her spare time. But when an overseas assignment leads her to inadvertently witness a murder, she becomes entangled in another international intrigue. The show has begun production and will be shooting in Los Angeles, Berlin and Reykjavik.

McRae will play Benjamin Berry,...

The Flight Attendant will expand its cast for Season 2 as Cheryl Hines (Curb Your Enthusiasm), Mae Martin (Feel Good) Margaret Cho (Good on Paper) and others join as recurring, and Mo McRae (Rebel), Callie Hernandez (One of These Days)and JJ Soria (Gentefied) board the Emmy-nominated comedy as series regulars.

Jessie Ennis (Mythic Quest), Santiago Cabrera (Star Trek: Picard) and Shohreh Aghdashloo (The Expanse) will also recur opposite stars Kaley Cuoco, Zosia Mamet, Griffin Matthews, Deniz Akdeniz and Rosie Perez.

Season two of The Flight Attendant finds Cassie Bowden (Kaley Cuoco) living her best sober life in Los Angeles while moonlighting as a CIA asset in her spare time. But when an overseas assignment leads her to inadvertently witness a murder, she becomes entangled in another international intrigue. Season two has begun production and will be shooting in Los Angeles, Berlin and Reykjavik.

The Flight Attendant is developed by showrunner Steve Yockey,...

Exclusive: Natalie Chaidez has acquired the film and TV rights to Chicano writer Oscar “Zeta” Acosta’s novels Autobiography of a Brown Buffalo and The Revolt of the Cockroach People and will executive produce and supervise writing for an upcoming TV series.

Chaidez is developing the project with Joe Loya and Phillip Rodriguez.

Acosta was a Mexican American attorney, politician, novelist, and activist in the Chicano Civil Rights Movement who disappeared in Mexico in 1974, a year after his second novel The Revolt of the Cockroach People was released and is presumed dead. He is also famously known for his friendship with Hunter S. Thomson, who characterized Acosta as Samoan attorney Dr. Gonzo in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

“Oscar Zeta Acosta has...

The Flight Attendant took off for HBO Max when it launched in November. So much so that the streamer and the team, led by star and exec producer Kaley Cuoco, decided to make a second season.

Cuoco’s character Cassie Bowen, who is caught in the middle of a deadly murder plot in Season 1, cleans up and moves to Los Angeles for the second season, helped by the fact that the series scored a tax break from the state of California.

“I was very clear when we decided we wanted to do a second season, that I didn’t want Cassie to all of a sudden be like an amazing FBI agent,” Cuoco said during the series’ panel at Deadline’s Contenders Television awards-season event. “We are going to be adding in that slight CIA asset on the side. [Cassie] moves to L.A., first year sober, and she makes all...

She teams with creator Steve Yockey

Natalie Chaidez has joined HBO Max’s “The Flight Attendant” as co-showrunner for Season 2. She’ll team with series creator Steve Yockey in the role.

“The Flight Attendant” is described as a “dark comedic thriller” starring Kaley Cuoco as a flight attendant wakes up in the wrong hotel, in the wrong bed, with a dead man — and no idea what happened. Season 1 was based on the novel of the same name by Chris Bohjalian, with Season 2 set to follow Cuoco’s character on a “new adventure,” per HBO Max.

Chaidez most recently served as executive producer and writer on USA Network crime drama “Queen of the South,” which earlier this month returned for its fifth and final season at the cable network.

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“The Flight Attendant” Season 2 at HBO Max is bringing in a new co-showrunner.

Natalie Chaidez has joined the critically-acclamed series as co-showrunner alongside Steve Yockey, who developed the series. Season 1 co-showrunners Meredith Lavender and Marcie Ulin are exiting the series. Chaidez will executive produce along with Yockey, Greg Berlanti, series star Kaley Cuoco, and Sarah Schechter. Cuoco executive produces under her Yes, Norman production banner, while Berlanti and Shechter do so via Berlanti Productions. Yes, Norman’s Suzanne McCormack is co-executive producer. Warner Bros. Television is the studio.

Chaidez was previously the showrunner and executive producer on the USA Network drama “Queen of the South” and the Syfy shows “12 Monkeys” and “Hunters.” Her other TV credits include “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles,” “Heroes,” “Judging Amy,” and “New York Undercover.”

She is repped by CAA and Circle of Confusion.

Season 1 of “The Flight Attendant” was based on the novel of...

Exclusive: The Flight Attendant, the Kaley Cuoco-fronted HBO Max drama, is getting a new co-pilot.

Natalie Chaidez, who was previously exec producer of USA Network’s Queen of the South, is boarding the series as co-showrunner alongside Steve Yockey for its second season.

She will exec produce alongside showrunner Yockey, Cuoco, Greg Berlanti and Sarah Schechter. Meredith Lavender and Marcie Ulin, who were co-showrunners of season one, will depart.

The series, based on the book of the same name by author Chris Bohjalian, centers on alcoholic, globe-trotting flight attendant Cassie Bowen (Cuoco) who becomes embroiled in an espionage plot following her affair with a first class passenger, who winds up murdered after their night together.

The Flight Attendant, which was the nascent streamer’s strongest launch for an original series during its eight-episode run, was originally intended to be a limited series, but series creator and EP Steve Yockey...

The Flight Attendant is getting a new co-pilot for its second season.

Natalie Chaidez is boarding the HBO Max series as co-showrunner alongside creator Steve Yockey. The former Queen of the South showrunner will step in for Meredith Lavender and Marcie Ulin, who have departed after serving as co-showrunners on season one.

Based on a novel by Chris Bohjalian, The Flight Attendant stars Kaley Cuoco as the title character, who in the first season tries to unravel how she woke up in a Bangkok hotel next to a dead man.

The show was initially billed as a limited series, but after strong reviews and ...

The Flight Attendant is getting a new co-pilot for its second season.

Natalie Chaidez is boarding the HBO Max series as co-showrunner alongside creator Steve Yockey. The former Queen of the South showrunner will step in for Meredith Lavender and Marcie Ulin, who have departed after serving as co-showrunners on season one.

Based on a novel by Chris Bohjalian, The Flight Attendant stars Kaley Cuoco as the title character, who in the first season tries to unravel how she woke up in a Bangkok hotel next to a dead man.

The show was initially billed as a limited series, but after strong reviews and ...

Exclusive: Circle Of Confusion is almost doubling its number of partners with the promotion of Josh Adler, Charles Mastropietro and Susan Solomon-Shapiro. This is the first time in more than five years that the management/production company is expanding its partner ranks following the elevation of Brad Mendelsohn in 2015.

Adler, Mastropietro and Solomon-Shapiro’s client list span both the lit and talent side of the business. It includes such actors, writers/showrunners and filmmakers as Natalie Chaidez (Queen Of The South), Emma Corrin (The Crown), Willem Dafoe (The Lighthouse), Neil Goldman, Derek Kolstad (Creator of the John Wick franchise), Ben Lustig & Jake Thornton, Mike Makowsky (Bad Education), Ashley Miller, Rachel Morrison, Richard Naing, Molly Parker (Lost in Space), Noah Reid (Schitt’s Creek), David Schwimmer (Friends), Kit Steinkellner (Sorry for Your Loss...