John Wells News

In advance of the sixth season premiere of SHAMELESS on Sunday, January 10th at 9 p.m. ET/PT, SHOWTIME has released the full-length trailer for its highest rated comedy series.SHAMELESS stars Oscar® nominee and Emmy® winner William H. Macy as patriarch Frank Gallagher, who moves back home, much to the chagrin of his daughter, Fiona (Golden Globe® nominee Emmy Rossum).

Bradley Cooper, Emma Thompson and Sienna Miller star in the new comedy-drama, BURNT.

American actress and three-time Academy Award winner Meryl Streep will be Jury President of the 66th Berlin International Film Festival.

Dick Cheney has been giving America some inspirational messages from his new Twitter account.

THE EMMY AWARDS for Creative Arts have wrapped up, and BroadwayWorld has all the winners listed below!

TV Land has given second season orders to its popular new comedy series 'The Jim Gaffigan Show' and 'Impastor,' it was announced today by Keith Cox, Executive Vice President, Development and Original Programming, TV Land.

Bradley Cooper stars in the upcoming film BURNT, directed by John Wells from a script by Steven Knight and Michael Kalesniko.

SHOWTIME announced that season six of their hit series SHAMELESS will premiere on Sunday, January 17th at 9 p.m. ET/PT, followed by the premiere of the highly-anticipated new drama series BILLIONS at 10 p.m. ET/PT.

Bradley Cooper stars in the upcoming film BURNT, directed by John Wells from a script by Steven Knight and Michael Kalesniko.

Accoridng to Variety, Ellen Barkin and Scott Speedman have signed on for TNT's drama pilot ANIMAL KINGDOM, a family crime drama set in a gritty surf community, hailing from executive producers John Wells and Jonathan Lisco.

This morning, SHOWTIME was recognized with the most lead performer series nominations of any network or streaming service, and as the only network or streaming service to have lead actor and actress nominations in both comedy and drama

TV Land has greenlit 'I Shudder,' a dark comedy pilot starring Hamish Linklater ('The New Adventures of Old Christine,' 'The Newsroom') and written by Paul Rudnick ('In & Out,' 'Addams Family Values'), about a meticulous but generous man who sees the world in very black and white terms: what is acceptable, and what is unacceptable. Dan Jinks ('American Beauty,' 'Pushing Daisies') and Rudnick will executive produce.

TV Land's critically acclaimed 'Younger' from TV icon Darren Star was a runaway hit with audiences in its freshman season.

TV Land announced today that it has signed a script development deal with Warner Horizon Television, John Wells Productions (“Shameless,” “ER,” “The West Wing”) and executive producer/writer/director John Riggi (“30 Rock,” “The Comeback”) for a half-hour single-camera period comedy project inspired by the life of Kyle Richards

There's a revolution coming to TBS and an evolution coming to TNT, announced Kevin Reilly, president of TBS and TNT and chief content officer for Turner Entertainment, during this morning's Turner Upfront 2015

SHOWTIME will air a special sneak preview of the pilot episode of the new half-hour comedy series HAPPYish on Sunday, April 5 at 10 p.m. ET/PT.

FX has closed a first-look production deal with award-winning producer Stacey Sher and her production company Shiny Penny

Olivier Award-winning playwright Katori Hall returns to Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater with the world premiere of her most personal project to date-the fierce comedy-drama The Blood Quilt. Hall is an inaugural resident playwright of Arena Stage's American Voices New Play Institute, and The Blood Quilt is one of three plays from Hall receiving world premieres around the country this season. Hall reunites with director and Howard University alumna Kamilah Forbes (artistic director of the Hip-Hop Theater Festival) following their Broadway collaboration on The Mountaintop. The Blood Quilt runs April 24-June 7, 2015 in the Kreeger Theater.

The I HAVE A DREAM Foundation - Los Angeles is pleased to host the Annual Dreamer Dinner, honoring champions of education in the Los Angeles area. The event will take place on Sunday, March 8 at 5pm at the Skirball Cultural Center's Ahmanson Ballroom, 2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd. in Los Angeles. Honorees include Chris Selak, Bradley Bredeweg & Peter Paige, Jerry Fink & David Kim, and Jason Collins. Presenters for the evening include Lionsgate TV Chairman Kevin Beggs and Rosie O'Donnell.

Hallmark Channel announces Dermot Mulroney has been added to the cast in a highly anticipated role in 'Northpole: Open For Christmas,' a Hallmark Channel Original Movie World Premiere Holiday 2015.