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The Young and the Restless cast Jai Rodriguez in an upcoming guest role. The Queer Eye for the Straight Guy alum is no stranger to daytime TV.

Party Time

US Weekly reported the news that Rodriguez will be on Y&r in the near future as Pietro in four episodes. Rodriguez’s character will be “a successful and sought-out party planner to the movers and shakers in Genoa City.”

It seems like his appearance will be part of something exciting — Nikki’s (Melody Thomas Scott) birthday party. The exciting news is Rodriguez’s first airdate is May 28, which will be here before we know it.

All My Children fans may recognize Rodriguez as Faith’s father. That role was his television debut. In addition to AMC, he appeared on One Life to Live as Andrew, Days of our Lives as Matteo, and The Bold and the Beautiful as photographer Sax.

In addition to those daytime credits,...

The Food Network will be celebrating the new year with some famous chefs and questionable dishes. TheWrap has your exclusive first look at the lineup for “Worst Cooks in America: Celebrity Edition: Heroes vs. Villains.”

The upcoming season, which will be the 28th installment of the reality cooking competition show, will premiere on Jan. 5, 2025, at 8 p.m. Et/Pt with a two-hour premiere. It also marks the 8th celebrity iteration, and the first ever to not feature Chef Anne Burrell.

Now onto the main course: This upcoming season will feature 10 contestants across the worlds of reality TV, sports, music and more. Team Hero will include Skid Row singer Sebastian Bach; “Dancing With the Stars” pro Cheryl Burke; actor, dancer and “Big Brother” Season 16 contestant Frankie Grande; Olympic figure skater and “Stars on Mars” winner Adam Rippon; and “RuPaul’s Drag Race” winner Trinity the Tuck. As for Team Villain, that will...

For many years, Sean "Diddy" Combs was known solely for his music career. However, Diddy has also been an actor and a reality show star in the past. As a result of his reality show past, there has long been an interest in what it was like to work for Diddy, who his children are, and who his friends and enemies were.

As of 2024, most of the reports about Diddy have focused on the horrible crimes he has been accused of. With those allegations in mind, it is fascinating to look at how Diddy was celebrated during the reality show phase of his career. After all, Diddy was once nominated for one of the most progressive awards in the entertainment industry.

Diddy's Forgotten Reality Show Won A GLAAD Media Award

Founded in 1985, GLAAD stands for the organization's original name, the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. Since those early days, GLAAD...

ABC’s Shark Tank had been on a roll, winning the Emmy Award for Outstanding Structured Reality Program four times in a row from 2014-2017 before it was dethroned by Queer Eye in 2018. Netflix’s reboot of the popular 2000s Bravo series had dominated the category since, winning every year since its February 2018 launch. (The original Queer Eye For The Straight Guy won in 2004.)

That changed tonight when veteran Shark Tank took back the category, winning it for the fifth time overall and first since 2017. The structured reality program field has been consistent for the past couple of years, with the same five shows getting nominated in 2023 and 2024, Shark Tank, Queen Eye, the category’s mainstay, PBS’s Antiques Roadshow, which is yet to win after a record 22 nominations, Food Network’s Diners, Drive-Ins and Netflix’s Love Is Blind.

Season 16 of Shark Tank debuts Oct. 18 on ABC.

Exclusive: Hyphenate Media Group has appointed Rachelle Mendez as the new Head of Unscripted.

In her new role, Mendez, an 8-time Emmy award-winner, will oversee the development and production of new unscripted television shows for the company, leveraging her extensive background to innovate and expand the company’s portfolio of unscripted content. She will report directly to co-founders, CEO Cris Abrego and Cco Eva Longoria.

Hyphenate Media Group touts Mendez’s career devoted to “storytelling and an ability to connect with diverse audiences on a global scale” as one of the qualities that prepared her for the new role, as well as her “wealth of experience as a showrunner, producer and developer.”

As co-executive and then executive producer on Bravo’s Queer Eye for the Straight Guy across five seasons, Mendez was part of the original team behind the relaunch of the series’ reboot for Netflix, which earned her back-to-back...

TV Personality Cason Kressley revealed his favorite RuPaul’s Drag Race moment in his new uInterview.

“We just crowned our season 16 winner, Nymphia Wind,” Kressley dished. “So many of the contestants are a little overwhelmed by being there amidst those competitors and being judged by [RuPaul], and I think Nymphia had such a great trajectory of starting out a little slow, but I loved her fashion references, her workmanship, the looks she created were mind-blowing.”

He concluded, “By finale time, she was ready to be the winner. She’s very talented.”

Kressley also reflected on his favorite moment on the show. “When they did the Carson Kressley roast,” he said. “They were so funny. It’s like going to your own memorial, but you’re still alive because there’s a lot of great memories.”

Kressley’s career took off in 2003 when he became a prominent figure on the Bravo series...

TV personality Carson Kressley offered his best travel tips in his new uInterview.

Kressley appeared in the Bravo series Queer Eye for the Straight Guy and is currently a judge on RuPaul’s Drag Race.

“The wisdom I have, I hope, applies to everybody traveling, especially as we gear up for the summer vacation season,” Kressley told uInterview exclusively at an event marking National Travel Advisor Day.

Kressley shared the first big tip: “Book early if you can. You know, most resorts, most all-inclusive, even some theme parks or cruise lines, want to make sure they have a business for the entire year, so if you start now and you’re booking something for September or October, they’re willing to do a better deal for you because they want to fill up those months. So the earlier you book, the better off you are.”

The second tip was to try...

Scout Productions has signed with CAA for representation in all areas, Variety has learned exclusively.

The unscripted production company was originally founded over 25 years ago by David Collins and Michael Williams, who lead the company along with chief creative officer Rob Eric. Between them, the three have over three decades of experience in television, film, publishing, music, and new media.

Scout Productions’ work has been seen across a wide variety of platforms, including Netflix, Max, Disney+, Peacock, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, Facebook, FX, and more. The company’s current slate includes the upcoming ninth season of the Emmy-winning Netflix series “Queer Eye,” a Roku original comedy series starring Charlie Puth, and the E! series “Omg Fashun” starring Julia Fox.

“Omg Fashun” will premiere on May 6 with two back-to-back episodes. In the series, three contestants are challenged to create “create a boundary-breaking look born of Fox’s beautifully bold brain using...

After Showtime canceled Uncoupled after saving it from cancellation at Netflix, cast members are mourning the Neil Patrick Harris comedy series on social media. “Welp, I guess I’m not going to NYC in May to shoot,” Jai Rodriguez, the former Queer Eye for the Straight Guy star who played pal Jonathan #2 in Uncoupled, wrote in his Instagram Stories, according to Deadline. Dan Amboyer, who played love interest Luke in the series, also reacted to the surprise cancellation on Instagram. “Sad that there won’t be a season 2 of #Uncoupled after all,” he wrote on Friday. “Thankful for my experience, would have loved to see this story go on. Had my eyes set on it as soon as I heard about it, originally. One of my favorite projects (to be a small part of) — and a meaningful moment for me to finally play a gay role on screen. Magic people,...

In early January, the hosts of Netflix’s feel-good series Queer Eye reunited for what might be the last time at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards. Through tears and smiles, Bobby Berk, Karamo Brown, Tan France, Antoni Porowski, and Jonathan Van Ness proudly raised their long-awaited golden statues.

After six years, five cities, a stint in Japan, and connections with dozens of hometown “heroes” that the food, design, grooming, style, and culture experts helped make over, the quintet — known as the Fab Five — took home awards as producers in the Outstanding Structured Reality Program category.

Designer Jeremiah Brent has joined Netflix’s Queer Eye for Season 9, following Bobby Berk’s exit in November following 8 seasons. Production on Season 9 is set to begin in Las Vegas later this spring.

The multiple Emmy Award-winning series Queer Eye follows 5 fabulous gay professionals—Antoni Porowski, Food and Wine Expert; Jonathan Van Ness, Grooming Expert; Tan France, Fashion Expert; Karamo Brown, Culture; and now Brent, Design—who travel the U.S. helping everyday people by giving them makeovers in their respective specialties. The Netflix series is a reboot of Bravo’s Queer Eye For The Straight Guy.

Brent is an interior designer and founder of Jeremiah Brent Design and lifestyle brand Atrio. A release from Netflix touts Brent’s “fine-honed intuition and sophisticated sensibilities” transforming homes and commercial properties around the world that landed him a coveted spot on Architectural Digest’s AD100.

The designer recently released his first book The Space That Keeps You,...

Former NBC Universal Television Entertainment chairman Jeff Gaspin is taking a job as VP of unscripted series at Netflix — reporting to Netflix VP of nonfiction series Brandon Riegg. It’s a bit of a reversal for the two execs: In 2010, Riegg joined NBC as vice president of alternative series & development, reporting to the heads of alternative programming there, who in turn reported to Gaspin.

It’s a return to the executive ranks for Gaspin, who most recently ran Gaspin Media as president. It was there that his output included Netflix’s “The Tinder Swindler,” as well as its “Rhythm & Flow.” His other credits included “The First Lady.”

“Jeff is such a huge talent, with so much experience across unscripted and television in general, and I couldn’t be more excited that he’s joining us,” said Riegg. “From ‘Rhythm & Flow’ to ‘Tinder Swindler,’ he’s already been part of the...

Netflix has added former NBC Universal Television Entertainment chief Jeff Gaspin to its executive team.

Gaspin will be vp unscripted series at the streamer, charged with curating and growing Netflix’s slate of reality programming. He joins Netflix a month after Jenn Levy, who previously oversaw unscripted series at the company, departed. Gaspin will report to Brandon Riegg, vp nonfiction series.

“I feel a bit like Al Pacino in The Godfather Part III: Just when I thought I was out, they pulled me back in,” Gaspin said in a statement. “I’m so thrilled to join Brandon and the unscripted team at Netflix. I was always most successful and happiest when I built or ran unscripted at VH1, Bravo and NBCU. I can’t wait to do the same at Netflix.”

Gaspin has worked with Netflix several times as a producer: His company, Gaspin Media, produced Rhythm & Flow and...

Exclusive: Netflix has found its new unscripted chief.

The streamer has hired Jeff Gaspin as VP Unscripted Series after a search for a high-profile figure to lead its burgeoning reality business.

It comes after Deadline revealed that Jenn Levy left the company last month and Brandon Riegg, who is VP Nonfiction Series, to whom Gaspin will report, started a search for top unscripted chief.

There were plenty of big unscripted names in the running for the position and Riegg is understood to have enquired about a number of execs overseeing unscripted for the broadcast networks and major studios.

Gaspin is a big get for Netflix given that he was previously Chairman of NBC Universal Television Entertainment from 2009-11.

However, his hire is less surprising considering he has been in business with Netflix and Riegg on a number of shows. He exec produced The Tinder Swindler, a true-crime series that was...

After the much anticipated eighth season of Queer Eye starring Fab Five members Jonathan Van Ness, Bobby Berk, Tan France, Antoni Porowski, and Karamo Brown, it was announced in November that the season would be Bobby's last. As a monumental remake of the 2003-Bravo-Hit Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, the 2018-established Netflix show has blown its predecessor out of the water. Similar to the Bravo reality show, each cast member takes on a unique role: Jonathan Van Ness with grooming, Bobby Berk with design, Tan France with fashion, Antoni Porowski with food and wine, and Karamo Brown with culture and lifestyle. The success is undeniable, with the Fab Five members having well-established careers and business ventures six years out and Queer Eye having several Emmy nominations and wins. The Netflix audience has witnessed the creative and careful ways the Fab Five have helped transform the "heroes'" lives.

Featuring over 70 episodes and two specials, Netflix‘s Queer Eye has been captivating viewers since it first premiered in 2018.

The show follows five LGBTQ advisors as they attempt to improve someone’s life over the span of a week by using their respective areas of expertise. Food and wine expert Antoni Porowski handles culinary education. Designer Bobby Berk does home renovations. Fashion guru Tan France tackles the wardrobe. Grooming genius Jonathan Van Ness gives the makeover. Culture and lifestyle chief Karamo Brown guides them through the whole journey.

A reboot of the 2003 Bravo reality series Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, this more modern Queer Eye doesn’t (always) rely on the novelty of put-together gay men “fixing” slovenly straight guys. Instead it often digs deeper into its subjects’ lives and uses its stars natural empathy to help unpack everyday folks’ issues and ultimately instill confidence. As you might expect,...

Netflix officially confirmed Queer Eye Season 8, unsurprising given its popularity and cultural impact. Scheduling conflicts with the busy cast members may delay the release of Queer Eye Season 8, but the Fab Five remain committed to the show. Queer Eye Season 8 will premiere on Netflix on January 24, 2024, following the show's typical fall/spring release pattern.

Queer Eye, a reboot of the Bravo original Queer Eye For The Straight Guy, has been a staple on Netflix since its 2018 premiere, leaving curiosity about when the next season will hit the streaming platform. Starring five experts in various fields, Queer Eye offers something more than just a makeover. As Antoni Porowski, Bobby Berk, Jonathan Van Ness, Karamo Brown, and Tan France work with some of the most interesting people in each city they visit, they invigorate their lives with new flavors, fashions, and fundamentals. Always trying to spread a message of hope and happiness,...

Veteran television executive Jamila Hunter has departed Freeform to take on the role of president of Macro Television Studios.

Macro founder and CEO Charles D. King on Thursday announced Hunter’s new role at the company, where she will oversee the television team and the slate of projects in development and production.

“I couldn’t be more excited to welcome Jamila to the company,” King said in a statement. “She is one of the most stellar and accomplished executives in television and I look forward to adding her wealth of knowledge, leadership skills and extensive experience to the company to propel Macro Television Studios to the next level.”

Hunter joins Macro from Freeform, where she served as executive VP of original programming and development. Under her leadership, Freeform launched “Cruel Summer,” which is executive produced by Jessica Biel and ranks among the network’s most-watched programs ever. Additionally, Hunter’s team developed “Single Drunk Female,...

Visitors to the bathrooms at the Caesars Forum in Las Vegas this weekend will be greeted with mirrors decorated with classic “Real Housewives” quotes, and stalls featuring trivia questions inspired by the intricate universe of Bravo’s reality TV programming — along with product samples and coupons presented by Clorox, one of almost two dozen sponsors of the network’s annual BravoCon fan extravaganza.

“We have every square inch of this thing sponsored,” Sari Feinberg, NBCUniversal’s SVP of marketing, content partnerships and advertising told TheWrap ahead of the three-day event, which is expected to host 25,000+ people beginning Friday.

BravoCon’s debut in Las Vegas this year, after two years in New York City, follows in the footsteps of Star Wars Celebration and Comic-Con, fan conventions that have monetized male-skewing shows for years. Bravo, the cable network, has found a massive live event revenue stream for a heavily female demographic that...

Queer Eye Season 8 has not been officially confirmed by Netflix yet, but it is highly likely to return given its popularity and cultural impact. Scheduling conflicts with the busy cast members may delay the release of Queer Eye Season 8, but the Fab Five remain committed to the show. Based on past seasons, it is predicted that Queer Eye Season 8 will premiere in late 2023 or early to mid 2024, following the show's typical fall/spring release pattern.

Queer Eye, a reboot of the Bravo original Queer Eye For The Straight Guy, has been a staple on Netflix since its 2018 premiere, leaving curiosity about when the next season will hit the streaming platform. Starring five experts in various fields, Queer Eye offers something more than just a makeover. As Antoni Porowski, Bobby Berk, Jonathan Van Ness, Karamo Brown, and Tan France work with some of the most interesting people in each city they visit,...

Slasher films are known for their one-liners, both the badass and the embarrassing. Dr. Loomis in the "Halloween" series, Freddy Krueger in the "A Nightmare on Elm Street" series, Ghostface in the numerous "Scream" flicks, Pinhead in the "Hellraiser" films, and just about everything Chucky has ever said throughout his franchise have all birthed quotes as memorable as the characters who say them. In the delightfully silly "Freddy vs Jason," one of the most infamous lines is not spoken by either slasher icon or even the film's final girl, but by the secondary character Kia, played by Kelly Rowland of Destiny's Child.

When Kia comes face to face with Freddy Krueger, she doesn't cower in fear -- she mocks him. Freddy Krueger thrives on fear, and by choosing to humiliate him instead, she defangs him quite a bit. She spends much of the movie being mouthy to everyone anyway, so...

Ever since its inaugural season was honored with the 2018 Emmy for Best Structured Reality Program, “Queer Eye” has dominated the category and shows no signs of stopping. In its quest for its sixth consecutive victory, the lifestyle series faces four shows that have each lost to it at least once before and have existed for an average of 15 years. Included among them is “Shark Tank,” which won here four years in a row before “Queer Eye” came along and ended its streak.

Indeed, only “Shark Tank” and “Queer Eye” have triumphed in this category since it splintered off from the catch-all Best Reality Program one in 2014. The three 2023 nominees attempting to become the third series to take this specific prize are “Antiques Roadshow,” “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives,” and “Love Is Blind.”

In order to determine whether any show has a realistic shot at blocking another “Queer Eye” win, let’s...

You would think that Jennifer Lane, showrunner for the long-running and beloved Netflix reality hit reboot “Queer Eye,” would be a little bit blase’ by now about this Emmy stuff. Both she and her show have, after all, won in the Best Structured Reality Program category a record five consecutive years going back to 2018, receiving 35 Emmy bids and 10 triumphs all told for its seven seasons. It earned six more noms this time, including once again in the reality program category as well as for its hosts known collectively as the Fab Five and a first-time honor for director Ali Moghadas. But it turns out that Lane isn’t indifferent to any of this at all. “It doesn’t ever get old, and I’m proud because it’s hard to get good (stuff) in reality,” she says. “People don’t realize it’s like we’re dancing backwards in high-heel shoes.

Long before modern audiences saw queer representation on TV, Ted Allen, Kyan Douglas, Thom Filicia, Carson Kressley, and Jai Rodriguez "zhoozhed" their way to everyone's television screens back in 2003 when Queer Eye for the Straight Guy debuted on the Bravo network. What began as a reality show where five professional gay men assisted various heterosexual males in revamping their lifestyle—from their wardrobe choices and grooming to designing their pads and helping them gain a different outlook in life—Queer Eye eventually became an instant success and received significant accolades from major award-giving bodies. Now, to celebrate the show's 20th anniversary and its contribution to pop culture, Bravo will rebroadcast an all-day marathon of the original show's 10-year reunion, with fan-favorite episodes airing later on.

Not long after Bravo canceled Queer Eye for the Straight Guy in 2007, the show’s creators thought their showbiz careers were over. Despite masterminding one of the 21st century’s seminal reality TV hits, David Collins, Rob Eric and Michael Williams — the team behind Scout Productions, founded in 1994 as a scrappy indie film outfit based out of Boston — were struggling to find another hit now that they’d been rebranded as unscripted lifestyle guys. “In 2004, we won an Oscar for The Fog of War and an Emmy for Queer Eye,” Collins says. “Two years after that, we could not get arrested. There was a moment where I was like, ‘All right, am I going to become a barista?’ “

Today, Scout is one of the most prolific nonfiction development companies in Hollywood — all thanks to a call Collins received in 2016 from WME agent Nir Caspi looking to shop titles that would...

Queer Eye has always been a bit of a lightning rod. Its notions of what is “normal” has been divisive since its original inception in 2003.

Now, its new iteration is in its seventh season on Netflix, and it could not have come at a better time, with its cultural relevancy off the charts.

Where It's Been

In 2003, there was an idea for a show. The idea was to apply “gay sensibilities” to straight men. The show was called “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy,” and to say it split opinions would be an understatement.

Some people did not like that gay men were being normalized on television. Others felt that producers had cast men who were caricatures of what straight America saw as the typical gay man. The fact that these men were also tasked with bettering straight men was another piece that was both lauded and frowned upon.

There...

Over two decades, Bravo’s Top Chef has introduced viewers to nearly 300 food luminaries — making and breaking careers with what the culinary community has come to regard as the most prestigious (or at least the most taxing) cooking competition.

THR spent months speaking with dozens of the executives, producers, talent and chefs who’ve worked on the show over its 20-season run, and the result is a definitive oral history of the landmark reality competition. Previously untold anecdotes about that frantic first season and early days of “too much” reality drama and testimonials of its reshaping of food media — “Food Network should be paying Bravo residuals!” — and incalculable impact on American dining tell the story of how Top Chef elevated itself from mere genre TV to become an institution.

“But You Can’T Taste The Food …”

Amid a flurry of mergers and acquisitions, Barry Diller’s Universal Television portfolio is...

Over seven seasons, Netflix's Queer Eye has taken the world by storm, providing feel-good "comfort television," hilarious humor, and cultural commentary, and it's time to catch up with season 1's "heroes." The reboot of the long-running early 2000s series Queer Eye for the Straight Guy follows the new Fab Five. They are stylist Tan France; grooming expert Jonathan Van Ness; culinary expert Antoni Porowski; culture expert Karamo Brown; and designer Bobby Berk, as they work to give people who need some help complete life makeovers.

The series caught on like crazy, and became a total worldwide sensation during the release of its second season in the summer of 2018. Queer Eye season 7 premiered in May 2023 to great acclaim, but its first season, released in February 2018, features some of the series' most touching makeovers. That season's eight heroes are still on important journeys.

Tom Jackson ("You Can't Fix Ugly")

In the series' first episode,...

The Queer Eye season 7 premiere on Netflix is reigniting interest in the Fab Five, and it's time to discuss the current ages of cast members Tan France, Antoni Porowski, Jonathan Van Ness, Bobby Berk, and Karamo Brown. Queer Eye for the Straight Guy premiered in July 2003. On the Emmy-winning show, five gay men helped straight men by giving them makeovers, along with advice about everything from home décor to diet. Back then, Ted Allen, Carson Kressley, Kyan Douglas, Thom Filicia, and Jai Rodriguez were members of the Fab Five. The show retired in 2007, but made a comeback with a new and diverse cast in 2018.

Similar to the original Fab Five from Queer Eye, the new cast also revamped wardrobes, redecorated homes, and offered advice on grooming, lifestyle, food, and wine. The show was set in Atlanta, and the Fab Five met everyday heroes who were nominated by their friends and family.

After six thrilling seasons of the massively successful Queer Eye For The Straight Guy reboot, Queer Eye season 7 is officially back. Cultural icons Jonathan Van Ness, Bobby Berk, Antoni Porowski, Tan France, and Karamo Brown will reprise their roles as experts on grooming, home, food and wine, fashion, and culture, respectively, on Netflix. Soon, the Fab Five will head down to New Orleans to make over deserving participants.

In each episode, the Fab Five make over an individual or group called the week’s “hero,” and improve that hero’s lifestyle and self-confidence. Queer Eye jumpstarted the popularity of reality television on Netflix, and increased the representation of members of the Lbgtq+ community and people of color on mainstream television. The newest season of the award-winning series is sure to be another hit.

Queer Eye Season 7 Release Date

According to the official Netflix trailer released on April 23, Queer Eye season...

We’ve seen “Queer Eye” make over all types of heroes over the years — from ranchers to gay pastors. But we’ve never seen anything like what Season 7 is promising. In Netflix’s first trailer for the new season, which premieres on May 12, the Fab Five are going to be helping the brothers of Lambda Chi Alpha.

“That’s right, we’re doing a frat house,” Bobby Berk says in the trailer.

It isn’t long before those cheery quips become screams of horror as the five enter this mold and fly-covered party house. It’s all part of Berk, Antoni Porowski, Jonathan Van Ness, Karamo Brown and Tan France’s new season in New Orleans. But it’s not going to be all sequins and Mardi Gras masks. In the tear-filled trailer, the team asks their heroes to confront everything from toxic masculinity to their own internalized homophobia.

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For the first time in Drag Race herstory, RuPaul is giving viewers the power to crown their own queen.

Paramount+ on Thursday announced a game-changing new rule for All Stars 8: During Untucked and online, the season’s eliminated queens will Ru-veal their runway looks in the hopes of earning fans’ votes. In addition to the $200,000 winner of All Stars, chosen by Ru, the show will also crown a “Queen of the Fame Games,” who will earn a not-too-shabby $50,000 based on how viewers vote throughout the season.

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Industry-leading podcast platform for top content creators and hit shows, Glassbox Media, has announced its most recent acquisition of the educational podcast called Who Smarted?. The podcast is co-created by Emmy Nominated producers Adam “Tex” Davis and Jerry Kolber, who also hosts the show as ‘The Trusty Narrator’. Davis, the show’s head writer is best known for screenwriting the cult classic film ‘Just Friends’ starring Ryan Reynolds, while Kolber was a producer on the original Queer Eye For the Straight Guy. Together, Kolber and Davis launched the Emmy Nominated show Brain Games for National Geographic and Netflix’s hit kids science show, Brainchild. Using their experience making quality edutainment, they’ve helped Who Smarted? climb the charts to become one of the top ranked, most downloaded and highest rated Kids & Family and Education for Kids’ shows in the world!

Airing three times a week, the podcast is the funniest audio-only and comedy-driven kids’ show,...

US podcast platform, Glassbox Media has acquired the educational podcast Who Smarted?. The podcast is co-created by Emmy Nominated producers Adam “Tex” Davis and Jerry Kolber, who also hosts the show as ‘The Trusty Narrator’. Davis, the show’s head writer is best known for screenwriting the cult classic film ‘Just Friends’ starring Ryan Reynolds, while Kolber was a producer on the original Queer Eye For the Straight Guy.

The biggest season of RuPaul’s Drag Race is coming to a close April 14 on MTV. After beginning with a record-setting 16 drag queens, only four remain. Sasha Colby, Anetra, Luxx Noir London, and Mistress Isabelle Brooks will go head-to-head in the RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 15 finale on April 14. Before the winner is crowned, the 12 eliminated queens will return to the runway for the Season 15 reunion episode on Friday, April 7. It’s been a fierce season of competition that featured a star-studded list of guest judges like Ariana Grande, Janelle Monáe, Ali Wong, Hayley Kiyoko, Harvey Guillén, Maren Morris, Julia Garner, Amandla Stenberg, Megan Stalter, and Orville Peck. With them on the judges panel were the fabulous series mainstays, queen of drag RuPaul, Seduction and S.O.U.L. S.Y.S.T.E.M. alum Michelle Visage, Queer Eye for the Straight Guy star Carson Kressley, and popular TV and media personalities Ross Mathews and Ts Madison.

A coming-of-age comedy inspired by Andy Cohen’s bestselling book Most Talkative is in the works at NBC. Titled Most Talkative, the project hails from Universal Television, with Blumhouse Television attached.

Written by Gordon Greenberg and Michael Weiner and directed by Emmy winner Todd Holland, Most Talkative follows a fictionalized 13-year-old Andy Cohen coming of age in 1980s St Louis. He’s gay, loves the Cardinals, his bar mitzvah tutor is a stoner, and his soap opera-fueled imagination makes him both the life of the party and the source of endless drama. Most Talkative is a series about not fitting into any one box and figuring out how to build your own.

Greenberg and Weiner will executive produce with Cohen. Holland will direct and executive produce. Jason Blum, Chris McCumber, Jeremy Gold and Chris Dickie will executive produce for Blumhouse Television. Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group, is the studio.

An Andy Cohen-based coming-of-age comedy is in development at NBC. “Most Talkative” is in the works by Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group, with Blumhouse Television attached.

“Most Talkative” is inspired by the New York Times best-selling book penned by the Emmy-winning host, producer and author. The story follows a fictionalized 13-year-old Cohen growing up in 1980s St. Louis, Mo. The tagline is as follows: “He’s gay, loves the Cardinals, his bar mitzvah tutor is a stoner, and his soap opera-fueled imagination makes him both the life of the party and the source of endless drama. ‘Most Talkative’ is a series about not fitting into any one box and figuring out how to build your own.”

Writers Gordon Greenberg and Michael Weiner will executive produce along with Cohen. Emmy winner Todd Holland will direct and serve as EP, along with Jason Blum, Chris McCumber, Jeremy Gold and Chris Dickie,...

The two qualms I have had with season two of Ru Paul’s Secret Celebrity Drag Race have been the lack of cohesive themes that run through the episodes and the connection to the rest of the drag race ru-niverse! It seemed like last week the creative team working on this show focused on the former factor, as every performance was heavily influenced by the idea of money – leading to the first-ever joint winners being Chic-Li-Fay and Chakra Seven. In all honesty, I personally preferred the latter’s intensely fierce performance of “ M.I.L.F. ” by Fergie and so, if it was up to me, she would have been the sole winner of the episode! My biggest issue with this joint winner announcement however, would have to be the fact that when Chic was originally announced as the winner of the episode she did not protest as she promised earlier in the episode.

HBO’s “Euphoria” and “The White Lotus,” as well as Netflix’s “Stranger Things,” lead the early Emmy tally heading toward TV’s big night: All three series landed five trophies during the Creative Arts Emmys, dispensed on two consecutive nights over Labor Day weekend, and are in the hunt for more high-profile prizes Sept. 12 when the 74th annual Primetime Emmy ceremony gets underway on NBC.

Variety special “Adele: One Night Only” and docuseries “The Beatles: Get Back” also scored five trophies, though they won’t figure in the Primetime Emmy ceremony. Those wins, along with the Super Bowl Lvi Halftime Show’s victory for variety special (live), led some to quip that the Creative Arts Emmys felt more like the Grammys.

Also notable: Former president Barack Obama landed his first Emmy win, as narrator (for “Our Great National Parks”), while Netflix became the first streamer to take the animated program Emmy,...

In the last episode of Ru Paul’s Secret Celebrity Drag Race, we saw Poppy Love continue her domination of the competition as she claimed her second win in two episodes! I personally, thoroughly enjoyed her performance of “Show Me How to Burlesque” from the iconic movie Burlesque where they showcase their incredible dance-based skills! On the other end of the completion was surprising Thirsty Von Trap and Electra Owl with the latter revealing herself to be the singer-songwriter, Taylor Dayne! In the first episode of this season, I was a bit disappointed in the fact that there was little to no theme that tied together each of the separate performances. There was some improvement last week when the idea of “dance” was used with the queens showing their own dance skills (specifically the aforementioned Poppy Love and Chic-Fi-Lay) but I did think that this theme was extremely...

A version of this story about “Queer Eye” creator David Collins first appeared in the Down to the Wire: Comedy issue of TheWrap’s awards magazine.

Since debuting on Netflix in 2018, “Queer Eye” has won the Emmy for Outstanding Structured Reality Series four times in a row. Now the show — in which the Fab Five travel the country helping people with grooming, fashion, cooking, home decor and life coaching — could make Emmy history. If “Queer Eye” wins this year for Season 6, it will set a new record for the most consecutive triumphs in that category, breaking its current tie with ABC’s “Shark Tank.”

For David Collins, who created the “make better” reality series with his company, Scout Productions, the milestone is “nothing short of mind-blowing.”

“This little gay boy from Cincinnati, Ohio, in a million years, never thought that this was possible,” he said, gesturing to himself. “I grew...

As always, Ryan Seacrest is handling awkward situations like a pro. The Live With Kelly and Ryan host had to think fast when he walked onto the stage with his zipper down Aug. 2. His solution? Make sure the audience is laughing with him, not at him. "By the way," Ryan said as he zipped up his pants and hid his boxers, "my fly is down." Indeed, it was. Guest co-host Carson Kressley, who's filling in for Kelly Ripa while she's on vacation, was more than happy to go along with the joke, adding, "What? I guess you're just happy to see me!" Despite the mishap, the former Queer Eye for the Straight Guy fashion expert commended Ryan...

Who doesn't love the Fab 5?! The iconic members of Queer Eye for the Straight Guy reunited on E!'s Reunion Road Trip to celebrate Jai Rodriguez's 40th birthday—and give him a stunning makeover of his own! Co-stars Carson Kressley, Ted Allen, Thom Filicia and Kyan Douglas reminisced on the lasting impact of their hit Bravo series that ran from 2003 to 2007. After five seasons and 100 episodes, the Fab Five became reality TV icons, leading to the Netflix reboot of Queer Eye in 2018. "It was instantly kind of water-cooler television," Carson proudly remembered. "Part of it was because out-of-the-closet queer men had never really been...

Netflix released its reboot of Queer Eye in February of 2018 and fans were instantly drawn to the authenticity of the show and this new Fab 5. Antoni, Tan, Jonathan, Karamo, and Bobby work with one new "hero" in every episode to transform their lives so they can be living up to their full potential and step into their self-worth.

Related: Which Fab 5 Member Are You Based On Your Zodiac Sign?

This show is different from the original in that it focuses on making over the entire person, inside and out. This new Fab 5 dives deeper and gets more real and they aren't afraid to address the tough stuff, which makes for incredible, jaw-dropping "glow-ups". The series has been renewed by Netflix for a sixth season, but until that airs, check out these films.

On the new season of Queer Eye, the Fab 5 once again convene to make all sorts of different peoples’ lives better. This time, they’re in Philadelphia, making over everyone from a priest struggling with his coming out story to a young woman with a broken down Rv and a dog grooming dream. They’re touching the lives of…...

It’s a swampy day in the sleepy town of Winder, Georgia, as Queer Eye’s new Fab Five tears through the modest home of Cory, a police officer with an affinity for Nascar, pickle juice and American flag-printed shorts. His basement is cluttered with beer guzzler helmets and deer antlers, his bedroom closet with his late father’s suits, with which he can’t bear to part.

As the guys giddily rummage through Cory’s belongings, the scene could be straight out of the makeover show’s original run 15 years ago. Until Karamo Brown, the culture expert, discovers Cory...

Queer Eye producer David Collins didn’t get déja vu when he brought the show back on Netflix. Instead, he couldn’t stop thinking about how much has changed since the Bravo version of the show launched in 2003 and became a sensation. On a streaming platform, “We have no commercial breaks!” Collins marveled in an interview with Deadline. “We don’t have recaps and tag-ins and tag-outs. We get to tell a whole story.” Netflix has positioned the return of Queer Eye, which…...

Do you need something new to watch? Recently, The Wrap announced all the new TV shows coming to (and leaving) Netflix in February.New TV series include the '90s comedy Everything Sucks! (February 16th), the sci-fi drama Altered Carbon (February 2nd), the Queer Eye reboot (February 7th), and the talk show The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale (February 18th).Read More…...

If you’re itching for winter to end, don’t worry. February should go by in a snap thanks to all of the Netflix you’ll be watching. We get it, we love rewatching “The Office” too, but expand your horizons with the tidal swell of new original programming hitting the streaming service next month, from docu-series to reality TV. The reboot of “Queer Eye” premieres Feb. 7, featuring a brand new Fab 5: Antoni Porowski (Food & Wine), Bobby Berk (Interior Design), Karamo Brown (Culture), Jonathan Van Ness (Grooming) and Tan France (Fashion). Chef David Chang’s food docu-series “Ugly Delicious” will be available to...

Netflix is making several Oscar- and Razzi-nominated movies ready for streaming in February 2018. On Tuesday, the company announced which film and TV titles will soon become available. It will also premiere original programming, such as Altered Carbon, Coach Snoop and Queer Eye. Just in time for Valentine's Day, subscribers now have the opportunity to create a separate "date night" profile, provide users with suggestions that "miraculously" suit everyone's tastes. Here is the complete list of film and TV titles coming to Netflix in February 2018: Available 2/1 3000 Miles to Graceland 42 Grams Aeon Flux American Pie American Pie 2...