Vanessa Williams (Ugly Betty, Desperate Housewives) has signed on for a major role on ABC comedic soap pilot, False Profits… Jeri Ryan (Body of Proof) nabbed a leading role in NBC drama pilot Suspicion…Madeleine Mantock was cast as a lead in The CW dramedy pilot Charmed.
Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway got a do-over, and The Shape of Water took the trophy for Best Picture during last night’s Oscars telecast. Gary Oldman won for Best Actor, and Frances McDormand was named Best Actress. McDormand took her moment in the spotlight to invite all female nominees in the room to stand. “We […]
Lionsgate and Facebook are teaming to bring nonfiction series You Kiddin’ Me, exec-produced by Kim Kardashian West, among others, to Facebook Watch. Ten-episode comedic prank series flips the dynamic and puts kids in charge of their celeb parents. Along with Kardashian West, Jennifer O’Connell, Brian Tannenbaum, Peter M. Cohen, and Melissa Stokes are onboard to […]
Kerry Washington (Scandal) will star in and executive produce a limited series based on Celeste Ng’s book Little Fires Everywhere. The project is from Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine, Washington’s Simpson Street and ABC Signature Studios, and is being shopped to premium and streaming networks. Witherspoon and Lauren Neustadter will exec produce for Hello Sunshine; Washington […]
Discovery Communications named the senior executive team that will lead the company after the close of its merger with Scripps Networks Interactive. “Upon closing, each division will have a best-in-class leader focused on quickly integrating the combined teams to create new ways for advertisers and distributors to reach highly targeted audiences at scale; capturing operating […]
Adult Swim ordered Ballmastrz 9009, premiering at midnight on April 8 with back-to-back episodes. Animated series is focused on a washed up superstar voiced by Natasha Lyonne.
The premiere of Paramount Network’s Heathers reboot, originally slated for March 7, is being delayed in the wake of the February 14 high school shooting. “Heathers is a satirical comedy that takes creative risks in dealing with many of society’s most challenging subjects ranging from personal identity to race and socio-economic status to gun violence,” […]
“Sometimes, a little bit less means a whole lot more,” said Linda Yaccarino, chairman, advertising and client partnerships at NBCUniversal, in announcing NBCU is decreasing the number of ads in commercial pods by 20% and decreasing advertising time by10% across networks during original primetime programming. A new 60 second contextually-programmed Prime Pod in the first […]
ABC has officially ordered Sundays with Alec Baldwin, a talker based on Baldwin’s radio show and podcast, Here’s the Thing with Alec Baldwin. The first episode of the show, featuring interviews with Jerry Seinfeld and Kate McKinnon, airs immediately after The Oscars on Sunday, March 4 at 11:35p. “I’m excited about this show and grateful […]
YouTube yanked a video from conspiracy theory monger Infowars that alleges the Parkland, Florida shooting was a “deep state false flag operation.” It was the second strike Infowars has received about the high school tragedy; the first suggested grieving activist students were paid “crisis actors.” The channel will be unable to post new content to […]
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