Kevin Bacon (The Following) and Aldis Hodge (Underground) will lead the cast of Showtime pilot City on a Hill, set in early 90s, crime-ridden Boston. The project will be exec produced by beantowners Ben Affleck and Matt Damon and Jennifer Todd for Pearl Street Films, written and executive produced by Chuck MacLean (Boston Strangler), and […]
Cannes Lions owner Ascnetial has responded to ad industry pressure with a streamlining of the festival that significantly cuts costs – including shortening it from 8 to 5 days (Monday-Friday, June 18-22), and the removal of 120 award subcategories. The moves got a thumbs up from Publicis Groupe, which is sitting out the 2018 festival […]
TLC responded to transphobic comments from Derick Dillard by cutting ties with the Counting On star. Last week Dillard posted a tweet saying transgender I Am Jazz star Jazz Jennings was being taken advantage of to promote an agenda, adding it’s “just unfortunate what’s on tv these days.” One person who won’t be on TV […]
truTV ordered an additional 10 episodes of live late night series The Chris Gethard Show, which will premiere in spring 2018. The series, which launched on a public access channel in 2011, then spent 2 seasons on Fusion, made its truTV debut in August.
(Scroll down for many more photos!) In the media industry, digital is a dazzling disruptor that demands new technology, fresh formats, and a pioneering spirit. The winners and finalists in this year’s Cynopsis Digital Model D Awards exemplify just that, displaying excellence in online video content and advertising. Same goes for this year’s […]
UPDATED: FX Networks and FX Productions announced they have ended their association with Louis C.K., cancelling the overall deal between FX Productions and his production company, Pig Newton. “He will no longer serve as executive producer or receive compensation on any of the four shows we were producing with him – Better Things, Baskets, One […]
Bravo Media inked a three-year, multi-tiered deal with Andy Cohen that extends through 2020. The pact includes three more years of Cohen as host and EP of Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen; a renewed look development deal with Cohen’s production company, Most Talkative; and his continuing as EP of the Real Housewives franchise.
ABC finished a dominant #1 on Wednesday night, fueled by The 51st Annual CMA Awards, winning all six half hours of the night in Total Viewers and A18-49. During primetime the net more than doubled its closest competition, leading CBS by 7.8 million viewers (+120% – 14.3 million vs. 6.5 million) and FOX by 113% […]
AT&T CFO John Stephens said the timing of its $108.7 billion merger with Time Warner Inc., which was expected to happen before the end of 2017, is “now uncertain.” The company is enduring a lengthy antitrust review from the Justice Department. At the Wells Fargo Media & Telecom Conference in New York, Stephens noted that […]
Josh Grobin nabbed the co-lead in Netflix’s father-son dramedy crime procedural The Good Cop opposite Tony Danza. It’s the first major TV role for the singer/songwriter/actor.
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