Mayans M.C. off to a strong start

FX outlaw biker drama Mayans M.C. premiered to the best ratings of any new cable series this year in every major demo, including A25-54 (2.8 million), A18-49 (2.5 million) and A18-34 (1 million).

More accusations ahead of Moonves exit

Les Moonves

CBS Corp. CEO Les Moonves is stepping down, effective immediately, and the CBS board is getting six new directors. Facing backlash about Moonves’ potential severance, CBS said it will donate $20 million to organizations supporting workplace equality for women, out of money that would have gone to Moonves. CBS said the amount of Moonves’ payout […]

Rita Ferro’s star continues to rise at Disney/ABC

Rita Ferro - Disney

Rita Ferro’s star continues to rise at Disney/ABC. Ferro, who last year was promoted to oversee sales for the company’s entertainment, news and kids programming including ABC, Freeform, all Disney channels and the Disney Digital Network, has been upped to president of Disney advertising sales and will add ESPN to her portfolio after Ed Erhardt, […]

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Les Moonves in exit talks with CBS

Les Moonves

Meanwhile, CNBC reports the CBS board is in exit talks with CEO Les Moonves, a month after The New Yorker ran allegations of sexual harassment and misconduct against him. According to CNBC, CBS COO Joe Ianniello, Moonves’s choice for his number two if a Viacom merger went through, could replace Moonves as intermin CEO. Fox […]

Designated Survivor lives on on Netflix

Designated Survivor, canceled by ABC after two seasons, was picked up for a 10-episode season three by Netflix. Neal Baer (Law & Order: SVU), who would have stepped in as showrunner had the political drama continued on ABC, will serve in that role for the streamer. An international audience for the show was the driver […]

Monica Lewinsky to headline A&E doc

Monica Lewinsky

Monica Lewinsky is set to star in six-part A&E documentary The Impeachment of Bill Clinton (wt), beginning Sunday, November 18. The cable net ordered the series from Alex Gibney’s Jigsaw Productions, Jemina Khan’s Instinct Productions and director Blair Foster (Rolling Stone: Stories From The Edge). The limited series features never-before-seen archival footage.

Paramount Network cancels American Woman after one season

It’s one and done for American Woman, starring Alicia Silverstone. Paramount Network opted not to renew the comedy series that was originally developed and picked up byTV Land, before migrating to its sibling net. While the show got off to a respectable start in the ratings, debuting to 1 million viewers in Live+3, 0.63 with […]

Amazon passes $1 trillion in market value

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Yesterday Amazon became the second company, after Apple, to see its market value pass $1 trillion. In early 2018, the company was worth $580 billion, but in the second quarter net income jumped from $197 million in 2Q17 to $2.5 billion, helped by its cloud business, advertising on its sites and Prime subscriptions.

Freeform expands Halloween stunt

Freeform has expanded its annual spooky programming stunt from 13 nights to 31, with “31 Nights of Halloween.” The event will also be the exclusive TV home to the film Hocus Pocus, celebrating its 25th anniversary.

Wright reveals House of Cards’ near early cancellation

House of Cards

As the November 2 premiere of the sixth and final season of Netflix’s House of Cards approaches, star Robin Wright told Net-A-Porter the series almost didn’t make it to the end zone. The series came “very, very close” to abrupt cancellation in the wake of multiple allegations of sexual misconduct against her former co-star Kevin […]

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