Woody Allen filed a $68 million lawsuit against Amazon Studios on Thursday, claiming the streamer backed out of a deal because of “a 25-year-old baseless allegation.” According to Allen, Amazon has refused to release his film, A Rainy Day in New York, which has been complete for over six months. His suit alleges that Amazon […]
L.A.’s Finest, the series marking the launch of Charter Communications’ premium content initiative Spectrum Originals and produced by Sony Pictures Television, is set to debut on Spectrum’s On Demand platform on Monday, May 13. Series stars and executive producers Gabrielle Union and Jessica Alba were on hand at the TCA winter press tour, along with […]
The Simpsons’ long game just got longer. The series, which holds the record for longest-running scripted show in primetime, got renewed for an unprecedented 31st and 32nd season on Fox. The renewal will bring the antics of Homer, Marge and company to a whopping 713 episodes.
The masked exec: Fox Entertainment chairman Charlie Collier hammed up his first Television Critics Assn. entrance in his new role, donning the hippo mask from the network’s new competition series The Masked Singer. Collier then applauded the company’s “open canvas” startup-like modus operandi, noting, “There will be expansion. There will be acquisitions. I assure you […]
Cynopsis held a double celebration today – winners of the TV Awards and Rising Star Awards were announced in New York City, during a lunchtime ceremony at the Yale Club. Presiding over the packed house were Cynopsis publisher Roberta Caploe and Chris Jones, host of Facebook Watch series Double Take, with special guest presenter, Orange […]
ABC’s top comedy, Modern Family, is headed for the exit – slowly. The Emmy-winning series has been picked up for an eleventh and final season. “For 10 years, our characters have bravely faced turning points in life and moved through them to great personal enrichment; we have chosen a different path by doing one more […]
Epic Yellowstone, a Smithsonian Channel series three years in the making, debuts Sunday, March 10 at 9p. Hosted by Bill Pullman, it gives audiences a front row seat to the spectacle of wildlife and seasonal extremes in the American national park.
FX ordered Y, a TV adaptation of post-apocalyptic comic book series Y: The Last Man, co-created and written by Michael Green and Aida Mashaka Croal. Diane Lane leads an ensemble cast featuring Barry Keoghan, Imogen Poots, Lashana Lynch, Juliana Canfield with Marin Ireland and Amber Tamblyn.
Actor Kristoff St. John was found dead at his home on February 3. He was 52. St. John, winner of two Daytime Emmys and ten NAACP Image Awards, had starred on The Young and the Restless since1991. “The news of Kristoff St. John’s passing is heartbreaking,” said a statement from CBS Television Network and Sony […]
Chris Albrecht is stepping down as Starz CEO next month. The move is part of the process to integrate Starz and Lionsgate, which acquired the premium pay TV brand in 2016. “As we reach the two-year anniversary of the integration of [Lionsgate and Starz] and complete the first exciting chapter of our growth together, I’ve […]