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Téa Leoni and Tim Daly, a real-life couple, star as the leads in NBC's multi-camera comedy Newlyweds, reuniting onscreen after Madam Secretary; Jamie Lee Curtis not only stars but also serves as the boss and co-creator, with Curtis joking about her 'HBIC' titles. The series, created by Gail Lerner and Curtis, debuts this fall and aims for lighter fare.
Jamie Lee Curtis revealed she hated filming Fox's New Girl because it was shot as a single-camera, movie-like comedy with no audience laughter, calling the process 'awful' even though she says the show is very funny. She prefers multi-camera sitcoms like Anything But Love and has continued to pursue sitcom work, including co-creating and appearing in NBC's Newlyweds.
Jamie Lee Curtis says she spent years begging her agents to land her a sitcom and helped drive NBC’s return to multi‑camera comedy with Newlyweds, a Gail Lerner–created late‑life romance on which she is an executive producer and star. The show, pairing Téa Leoni and Tim Daly, aims to anchor NBC’s Friday comedy block alongside Happy’s Place, as Curtis argues that multi‑cam provides the laughter, rehearsal, and feel‑good energy she loves—and hopes it signals a broader comeback for the genre beyond single‑camera formats.
FX's The Bear is ending with Season 5. The trailer shows the morning after Carmy quits as Sydney Adamu, Richie Jerimovich and Sugar Berzatto scramble to keep the restaurant afloat and pull off one last service in the hope of earning a Michelin star. The final season premieres June 25, 2026 on FX and Hulu, with returning and recurring stars including Jeremy Allen White, Ayo Edebiri, Ebon Moss-Bachrach and guests Will Poulter, Jamie Lee Curtis and Oliver Platt. Created by Christopher Storer and produced by FX Productions, The Bear continues to stream on Hulu (Disney+ internationally).
Kelly Lee Curtis, the older sister of Jamie Lee Curtis, died at 69 from natural causes after a week in hospice; Idaho’s Blaine County Coroner’s Office confirmed the cause and said she would be cremated with her husband John Marsh present. Jamie posted a heartfelt Instagram tribute, celebrating Kelly’s generosity and warmth. Kelly had co-founded Liberty Films in Idaho and was known for philanthropic work, leaving behind her husband, sisters, brother, and extended family.
Kelly Curtis, the eldest daughter of Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh and sister to Jamie Lee Curtis, died May 30 at age 69 after a week in hospice; Blaine County, Idaho, coroner confirms the cause as natural. Jamie honored her sister as her “first friend and lifelong confidant,” highlighting Kelly’s kindness, love of family, nature, and her Hungarian roots in a heartfelt tribute. The obituary also notes Kelly’s acting work and lifelong connection to her Danish-Hungarian heritage.
Jamie Lee Curtis posted a heartfelt tribute to her late sister Kelly Lee Curtis, recalling how Kelly—her maid of honor—stayed over the night before Curtis’s 1984 wedding and helped strengthen their bond; she notes Kelly died at 69 and says she misses her but is glad Kelly is at peace.
Variety and CNN are launching the 24th season of Actors on Actors, a star-studded interview series featuring pairings like Jennifer Aniston with Lisa Kudrow, Kit Harington with Peter Dinklage, Keke Palmer with Sharon Stone, and Jamie Lee Curtis with Mariska Hargitay, among others. The conversations will premiere one per day starting June 3 on CNN’s streaming platform and Variety’s YouTube, with the full lineup announced in Variety’s TV issue photographed by Mary Ellen Matthews.
Jamie Lee Curtis announced the death of her sister Kelly Curtis, 69, describing her as talented and jaw-droppingly beautiful, saying she died at home in nature, at peace, with no cause disclosed. Kelly was the elder child of Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh, appeared in films such as Trading Places and The Vikings, and later worked in television and directing; Jamie shared memories of their close sister bond and Kelly’s warmth and interests.
Kelly Lee Curtis, an actress and documentarian and elder sister of Jamie Lee Curtis, died May 30, 2026 at age 69 in her home. Jamie Lee Curtis paid tribute on Instagram, praising her sister’s beauty, warmth, curiosity, and Danish-Hungarian heritage, and noting her love of family, nature, and travel, ending with a Hungarian blessing. Kelly acted in projects including Trading Places and The Vikings, directed the 2018 documentary Marby Jets Are Go, and later supported Jamie Lee on several of her films.
Kelly Curtis, sister of Jamie Lee Curtis, died at 69. She appeared in a small role in Trading Places with her sister and had TV/film credits including Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and The Equalizer, and directed a 2018 documentary. Jamie Lee Curtis announced the death on Instagram; no cause of death was disclosed. She is survived by her husband John Marsh and other relatives.
Jamie Lee Curtis announced that her older sister, Kelly Lee Curtis, died at age 69 at her Idaho home, calling her her first friend and lifelong confidant and praising her beauty, talent, generosity, curiosity, and love of family, nature, and travel; Kelly—Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh’s eldest daughter—appeared as a child in The Vikings and later acted in Trading Places and The Sentinel, and she is survived by her husband Scott Morfee, with Curtis noting her Danish roots and Hungarian Jewish ancestry.
NBC has ordered two comedy pilots to series: Sunset P.I., a private-eye detective comedy led by Jake Johnson with a logline invoking the LA hard-boiled tradition, and Newlyweds, a later-in-life rom-com starring Jamie Lee Curtis (recurring) alongside Téa Leoni and Tim Daly. Jane Lynch and Katey Segal’s therapist comedy is not moving forward, and Universal Television is producing both pilots.
Nicole Kidman and Jamie Lee Curtis discuss Scarpetta’s dramatic season-one finale on Prime Video, detailing Kay Scarpetta’s brutal turn as she kills the copycat killer and spirals into violence, while explaining how the dual timelines and family dynamics set up Season 2, which will adapt Cruel and Unusual and The Body Farm.
Showrunner Liz Sarnoff confirms Scarpetta Season 2 will pick up soon after the Season 1 finale on Prime Video, weaving Cruel and Unusual with The Body Farm through a two‑timeline structure that follows Kay Scarpetta in the past and present. The season will explore Kay’s darker turn, strained marriages and family dynamics (Benton, Marino, Dorothy and Lucy), ongoing murder cases, and the unresolved AI Janet plot, with the reveal of who deleted Janet’s code saved for Season 2. Production has begun in Nashville for two eight‑episode seasons that will push the characters through personal and professional upheaval as they head into the next chapters.