“The Walking Dead: Dead City” may be a dark show, but it’s also a fitting festival opener, argues Cécile Menoni, executive director of Monte-Carlo Television Festival. “It felt like a natural choice for this anniversary edition,” she tells Variety.  “Beyond its success, it is a franchise that has genuinely shaped contemporary television culture. Beneath the post-apocalyptic […]

The Bold And The Beautiful’s Bradley Bell is prepping Season 2 of microdrama Hollywood Starlet before the freshman Season has launched. Hollywood Starlet will launch on aTwist, the microdrama studio and platform founded by Jana Winograde, Susan Rovner and Lloyd Braun. The series is being produced by Bell and his son Oliver, through their Red […]

EXCLUSIVE: Longtime communications executive Eva Basler has departed The Bold and the Beautiful, her home for more than 20 years. Basler served as VP Communications and Talent Relations for Bell-Phillip TV Productions, where she managed publicity, marketing social media and talent relations for CBS’ top-rated daytime drama. She was a beloved member of the team […]

“The Bold and the Beautiful” creative chief Bradley Bell is getting into the microseries biz. Bell has partnered with microseries studio/platform aTwist to launch “Hollywood Starlet” this summer. The series will star microdrama vets Bella Mraz (“Faceless”), Molly Anderson (“We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together”) and Eric Guilmette (“You Belong With Me,” “Tails of […]