21st Century Fox execs Peter Rice, Dana Walden, John Landgraf and Gary E. Knell are making the move to Disney. Rice has been named chairman, Walt Disney Television and co-chair, Disney Media Networks, while Walden will serve as chairman, Disney Television Studios and ABC Entertainment. Landgraf is chairman of FX Networks and FX Productions, and […]
Comic-Con: Star Trek: Discovery fans got a first look at Spock (Ethan Peck), and learned season two will take off Thursday, January 17 on CBS All Access….Syfy announced the launch date for school for assassins drama Deadly Class: Wednesday, January 16 at 10p. Series set in world of late 80s counter culture is based on […]
Naomi Watts will play former Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson opposite Russell Crowe as Roger Ailes in Showtime’s upcoming limited series about Fox News founder Ailes….Justin Long (Dodgeball) will recur on ABC’s Roseanne spin-off The Conners, set to debut Tuesday, October 16 at 8p, as a love interest for Darlene (Sara Gilbert)…. ….Comedy Central Roaster […]
Meg Ryan is set to executive produce and possibly star in The Obsolescents, in development at NBC. Mystery comedy, from writer Andrew Gottlieb (The Dangerous Book for Boys), Lorne Michaels’ Broadway Video and Universal TV, is set a New Jersey suburb where the façade of peace and civility is disrupted by the stunning death of […]
TLC secured the rights to the latest royal wedding. The network will be the exclusive U.S. broadcast partner for the upcoming nuptials of Princess Eugenie of York and her partner of eight years, Jack Brooksbank, on Friday, October 12. The three-hour, commercial-free feed starts at 4.25a and will be immediately followed by an encore broadcast […]
CBS News correspondent Bianna Golodryga has joined CBS This Morning as a co-host with Gayle King, Norah O’Donnell and John Dickerson. Golodryga, who has been a reporter and fill-in co-host since 2017, took her seat at the table yesterday.
Damon Wayans said he’s leaving Fox drama Lethal Weapon in December, 13 episodes into season three. “I’m a 58-year-old diabetic and I’m working 16-hour days,” the actor said in an interview with Electronic Urban Report. “I’m from a big family, a loving family, and I haven’t seen them…There’s a better way to life.” If it […]
Lachlan Murdoch lands on top as chairman and CEO of the company that announced it will be called just “Fox” after 21st Century Fox sells the majority of its assets to Disney in a $71.3 billion deal. Murdoch’s portfolio will include Fox Sports, Fox Broadcasting Network, Fox News and the Fox Business Network. Fox continues […]
Several new series are in the works at Amazon. In development is an untitled comedy from Whitney Cummings, co-creator of 2 Broke Girls, and Empire co-creator Lee Daniels that centers on the staff of the Ombudsman’s office at a college that navigates PC culture and the #metoo climate. Cummings will play the lead. Project is […]