News

In today’s TV news roundup, ABC unveiled the premiere dates for its early 2021 scripted series, and NBC announced details for its annual “Christmas in the Rockefeller Center” special.

Casting

Starz cast Luis Guzmán as a guest star in the second season of crime drama “Hightown.” Guzmán will portray Jorge Cuevas, Frankie’s (Amaury Nolasco) charmingly hilarious but deadly cousin. Also joining the cast this season are guest stars Jona Xiao, Charline St. Charles and Dominic L. Santana. Production is currently underway for Season 2, with creator Rebecca Cutter making her TV directorial debut. Academy Award-nominated cinematographer Rachel Morrison will direct two episodes and lead actor Monica Raymund, as well as Dawn Wilkinson, Radium Cheung and Eagle Egilsson are also tapped to direct.

Dates

Food Network’s “Kid’s Baking Championship” will return with a ninth season premiere Dec. 28. The show, hosted by Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman, will feature a new twist,...

CNN Films has picked up the North American linear TV rights to President in Waiting, a feature documentary from Jeffrey Roth where now President-elect Joe Biden discusses his years as vice president under President Barack Obama.

The film, which interviews five other living American Vice Presidents — Mike Pence, Dick Cheney, Al Gore, Dan Quayle, and Walter Mondale — about their White House years, is set for a Dec. 5 premiere on CNN.

“Jeffrey Roth’s storytelling and his ability to bring this incredible cast of subjects together on film, make President in Waiting essential viewing,” Courtney Sexton, senior ...

CNN Films has picked up the North American linear TV rights to President in Waiting, a feature documentary from Jeffrey Roth where now President-elect Joe Biden discusses his years as vice president under President Barack Obama.

The film, which interviews five other living American Vice Presidents — Mike Pence, Dick Cheney, Al Gore, Dan Quayle, and Walter Mondale — about their White House years, is set for a Dec. 5 premiere on CNN.

“Jeffrey Roth’s storytelling and his ability to bring this incredible cast of subjects together on film, make President in Waiting essential viewing,” Courtney Sexton, senior ...

No matter where one falls on the political spectrum, there is no denying that George H.W. Bush dedicated his life to his country.

The life and career of the 41st U.S. president are recalled in "41," a documentary premiering on HBO Thursday, June 14, two days after his 88th birthday. The film, directed by Jeffrey Roth ("The Wonder of It All") and executive produced by longtime Bush family friend Jerry Weintraub, follows the former chief executive around his summer home in Maine and presidential library in Texas as he reflects on the events of his life in his own words.

"He was in a life of service," Weintraub tells Zap2it. "He never felt it was an imperial presidency; it was never something that was ordained or supposed to be. He went from job to job to job, and that job was the next job."

At different times, Bush, a decorated...

Yesterday, HBO announced it would be premiering "41," a documentary about the life of 41st President George H. W. Bush "in his own words" from his summer home in Kennebunkport, Me, on June 14th to commemorate the man's 88th birthday, two days before. Indiewire spoke to executive producer Jerry Weintraub (of "Nashville," "The Karate Kid," the "Ocean's Eleven" remake and many more films) for a few minutes about where the film came from. Weintraub was the subject of his own HBO doc last year -- the Emmy-nominated "His Way," from director Douglas McGrath. Was this a project that you initiated yourself? No, this is a project from a young filmmaker by the name of Jeffrey Roth. He made a film about some astronauts [2007's "The Wonder of It All"] and sent it to President [George H. W. Bush]. And the President invited him to come say hello, so he went to Kennebunkport, met...

Unlike most presidents, George H.W. Bush has not published a memoir since leaving office. That's about to change, sort of: On June 14 -- just two days after Bush celebrates his 88th birthday -- the HBO documentary "41" will debut.

Written and directed by Jeffrey Roth and produced by Jerry Weintraub, "41" -- named as such because Bush was the 41st president -- will detail the former president's Zelig-like personal life. Bush served in World War II, was U.S. envoy to China, the director of the CIA and Vice President of the United States. Still, don't think "41" is strictly political.

"This is not a political documentary," Weintraub told HuffPost Entertainment. "This is a documentary about the man and his family and where he came from. He's 88 years old on June 12. It's a great time in his life to do something like this and it's in his words."

Weintraub -- a legendary Hollywood...

Unlike most presidents, George H.W. Bush has not published a memoir since leaving office. That's about to change, sort of: On June 14 -- just two days after Bush celebrates his 88th birthday -- the HBO documentary "41" will debut.

Written and directed by Jeffrey Roth and produced by Jerry Weintraub, "41" -- named as such because Bush was the 41st president -- will detail the former president's Zelig-like personal life. Bush served in World War II, was U.S. envoy to China, the director of the CIA and Vice President of the United States. Still, don't think "41" is strictly political.

"This is not a political documentary," Weintraub told HuffPost Entertainment. "This is a documentary about the man and his family and where he came from. He's 88 years old on June 12. It's a great time in his life to do something like this and it's in his words."

Weintraub -- a legendary Hollywood...

As politicians go, George H.W. Bush is a fairly private person. Unlike Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, or even his son George W. Bush, the United States’ 41st president has never written an autobiography or memoir — though Bush did publish a volume filled with personal letters, diary entries, and memos in 2000.

But come June, we’ll get an inside look at Bush’s story. Reuters writes that the former president is the subject of an upcoming HBO documentary, aptly named 41. In the doc, Bush reflects on his life thus far, including his experiences as an aviator in World War II, his...

HBO today announced 41, a documentary about the 41st U.S. president George H.W. Bush executive produced by his long-time friend Jerry Weintraub. The doc, featuring unprecedented access to Bush as he reflects on the highs and lows of his life from his summer home in Kennebunkport, Maine, and presidential library in Texas, will premiere June 14 — in conjunction with the former president’s 88th birthday June 12. “The documentary is not a political piece,” Weintraub said. “It is all about the man, his service to the country and his family.” Co-written and directed by Jeffrey Roth, 41 was filmed over a 17-month period from September 2009 to February 2011.

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