Former NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams is getting his own, half-hour show on MSNBC to recap the day’s presidential election news. Though Williams has been a frequent anchor on MSNBC since his return from a six-month suspension in 2015 for misstatements about war reporting in 2003, the 11p cable show, set to run through […]
Soledad O’Brien has partnered with Hearst Television to host political magazine program Matter of Fact. Hosted for season one by Fernando Espuelas, the show has received commitments for a second season on Hearst TV stations as well as stations owned by CBS, Meredith, Nexstar, E.W. Scripps, Tegna and Tribune. The re-launched program with O’Brien as […]
Comedy Central canceled The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore, a victim of stagnant ratings. The late nighter created and exec produced by Jon Stewart replaced The Colbert Report in January 2015; it will air its final episode on Thursday. @midnight slips into the slot temporarily. “I’m really grateful to Comedy Central, Jon Stewart, and our […]
Geoffrey Rush (The King’s Speech) will star as Albert Einstein in Nat Geo’s upcoming global anthology series, Genius, from Fox 21 Television Studios, Imagine Television, OddLot Entertainment and EUE/Sokolow. Johnny Flynn (Lovesick) will play Einstein in younger years.
Actor Thomas Gibson, suspended last week following an alleged on-set altercation two weeks earlier on Criminal Minds, was let go on Friday. “Creative details for how the character’s exit will be addressed in the show will be announced at a later date,” said a statement from ABC Studios and CBS Television Studios. Gibson, who has […]
Sarah Schneider and Chris Kelly have been promoted to co-head writers for season 42 of NBC’s Saturday Night Live, reports TheWrap. The duo have been responsible for sketches including “Bern Your Enthusiasm,” starring Larry David as Bernie Sanders, and “(Do It On My) Twin Bed.”
Will Late Show’s Stephen Colbert host a live election special on Showtime? Net president and CEO David Nevins hopes so. Calling his news a “half-announcement” since a deal hasn’t been finalized, Nevins said, “Stephen wants to do it, I want to do it, the studio wants to do it…mIt’ll be Colbert unfettered, he’s promised to […]
FYI greenlit Downtown Shabby from 3 Ball Entertainment. Series focuses on older homes that look perfect on the outside, but are practically unlivable on the inside. Production has begun on eight one-hour episodes to bow fall 2016.
CBS renewed Big Brother for seasons 19 and 20, to air in 2017 and 2018. The summer reality show is aging well – summer-to-date, all three weekly broadcasts rank among the top five programs among A18-34 and the top 10 among A18-49 and A25-54, and total streams across digital platforms are up 33 percent versus […]
Britney Spears will go for a Carpool Karaoke ride with James Corden on CBS’s The Late Late Show with James Corden on Thursday, August 25 at 12:37p. The release of Spears’ new album, Glory, is August 26.
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