• Former ‘Young and the Restless’ star Victoria Rowell is a streaming superstar

    Former ‘Young and the Restless’ star Victoria Rowell is a streaming superstar

    It’s safe to say that Victoria Rowell is the franchise player for UMC, the streaming platform featuring urban-themed TV series and movies. Rowell, 61, has a handful of projects on UMC, the network formed in 2015 by BET founder Robert Johnson and owned by AMC. Her do-it-yourself series, “Trash vs. Treasure,” is going strong while …
  • Giancarlo Esposito hosts investigative show about ‘real-life Breaking Badders’

    Giancarlo Esposito hosts investigative show about ‘real-life Breaking Badders’

    “The Broken and the Bad” explores the real-life drug worlds dramatized in “Breaking Bad” and “Better Call Saul.” The new web series is hosted by Giancarlo Esposito — aka Gus Fring, the evil, meticulous drug lord on “Breaking Bad” and its prequel series, “Better Call Saul,” both created by Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould (the …
  • Andy Richter’s playing a different ‘toon on web series

    Andy Richter’s playing a different ‘toon on web series

    Andy Richter, one of TV’s most familiar faces, has taken his act online — hosting the “Anidom Beyond Show,” which dives deeply into Fox’s Sunday-night animation lineup. The hourlong series, a co-production between Fox and online platform Caffeine, borrows part of its title from Fox’s “Animation Domination” lineup — “The Simpsons,” “Family Guy,” “Bob’s Burgers,” …