Jodie Whittaker (Broadchurch) will replace Peter Capaldi as the lead in the BBC and BBC America’s Doctor Who. Whittaker is the series’ 13th Time Lord and the first female to take on the role. “I always knew I wanted the Thirteenth Doctor to be a woman and we’re thrilled to have secured our number one […]
Viacom signed a long-term deal with prolific producer Tyler Perry for TV, film and short-form video that includes 90 episodes annually of drama and comedy for BET. The TV/video side of the pact goes into effect in May 2019, when Perry’s deal with OWN expires. At the end of its exclusive relationship with Perry, said […]
The nominations are in for the 69th Primetime Emmy Awards, and NBC’s Saturday Night Live and freshman HBO series Westworld grabbed the most noms with 22 each. FX limited series Feud: Bette And Joan and Netflix best drama series nominee Stranger Things tied for the second most noms with 18 apiece. HBO’s Veep rounded out […]
The nominations are in for the 69th Primetime Emmy Awards, and NBC’s Saturday Night Live and freshman HBO series Westworld grabbed the most noms with 22 each. FX limited series Feud: Bette And Joan and Netflix best drama series nominee Stranger Things tied for the second most noms with 18 apiece. HBO’s Veep rounded out […]
Six months after leaving NBC’s Today and MSNBC, Tamron Hall is partnering with Weinstein Television for a new daytime talker she will host and exec produce. Former NBC Domestic Television Distribution president Barry Wallach is consulting on the project. “I’ve been working towards developing a talk show for a long time, but needed to make […]
Toni Collette (United States of Tara) and her new production company, Vocab Films, have partnered with RadicalMedia to develop Julia Dahl’s “Invisible City,” a psychological thriller set in Brooklyn’s ultra orthodox Hasidic Jewish community. Colette, who wrote the pilot, will serve as executive producer.
Michael Jackson’s Halloween, a new one-hour animated special with the King of Pop’s music as its soundtrack, will air this fall on CBS. Created and produced by Optimum Productions, the Michael Jackson company owned by his estate, the show will feature the voices of actors Christine Baranski, Kiersey Clemons, Alan Cumming, George Eads, Brad Garrett, […]
Megyn Kelly’s NBC morning show has finally got a launch date: Monday, September 25 at 9a. Unlike the Today lineup before and after it, Kelly’s slot will be taped in front of a live studio audience.
Showtime nabbed the rights to red-hot film Baby Driver, currently in theaters. Showtime subscribers will have access to the movie during its premium television window in 2018 across platforms.
Richard Dreyfuss will guest star on AT&T Audience Network’s upcoming comedy Hit the Road, about a family of would-be rock stars traveling the country in search of fame. Dreyfuss will play the father of series co-creator Jason Alexander. Series is slated for a fall premiere.
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