For Life, the ABC legal drama series debuting today from Hank Steinberg, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, Doug Robinson and Alison Greenspan, will bow with a companion podcast series. Produced by Treefort Media with Sony Pictures Television and ABC, the six-part For Life: The Podcast shares first-person accounts of people who were wrongfully convicted and eventually exonerated.
Plus: ABC announces its midseason premiere lineup, which won’t include the new “Grey’s Anatomy” spinoff. And in larger Disney-owned television news, employees at the Mouse House are starting to feel the pressure from an impending restructuring.
“The Pitt” heads to the courtroom: A three-judge panel unanimously declined to dismiss charges brought against the show by Michael Crichton’s widow, Sherri, who says that failed negotiations to resurrect the juggernaut “ER” led to the show’s inception.
Democrats have secured control over both the House and Senate. Here’s what that flip means for the media and entertainment industry. Meanwhile, President Trump is blaming Fox News coverage for the “Blue tsunami,” referring to the Democrats’ sweeping victory.
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Versant Media, which spun off from Comcast in January, announced a 4% decline in third-quarter revenue on Tuesday. The company largely chalks the loss up to industry-wide declines in the pay TV business.
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