Comedy writer Michelle Wolf (The Daily Show, Late Night With Seth Meyers) landed a weekly talker on Netflix, set to debut in 2018. “You can expect the types of jokes my former bosses would tell me we couldn’t do on TV,” said Wolf.
Lifetime launches Her America
Lifetime just launched Her America: 50 Women, 50 States, a digital series filmed by an all-female team documenting real women across the country. Available online, the series is also being featured in on-air spots on Lifetime, as well as shared socially.
Jennifer Salke named head of Amazon Studios
NBC Entertainment President Jennifer Salke was named head of Amazon Studios on Friday. “What stood out about Jen was the deep relationships she has nurtured with creators and talent over her career, spanning NBCU, Twentieth Century Fox, and Aaron Spelling Productions,” said Jeff Blackburn, SVP Business Development & Entertainment at Amazon. “She’s built an impeccable […]
Annalise, meet Olivia
Details on ABC’s Scandal/How to Get Away With Murder crossover episodes, airing Thursday, March 1: In “Allow Me to Introduce Myself” at 9p, Scandal’s Olivia Pope gets a visit from Annalise Keating, who seeks her help with a judicial reform class action. The case continues in HTGAWT’s “Lahey v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania” at 10p. Grey’s […]
Jennifer Salke has been named head of Amazon Studios
NBC Entertainment President Jennifer Salke has been named head of Amazon Studios. “What stood out about Jen was the deep relationships she has nurtured with creators and talent over her career, spanning NBCU, Twentieth Century Fox, and Aaron Spelling Productions,” said Jeff Blackburn, SVP Business Development & Entertainment at Amazon. “She’s built an impeccable reputation […]
Mini-Tonight Show to air during the Olympics Jimmy Fallon
A five-minute mini version of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon will air during the second week of the Winter Olympics on NBC. Featuring monologues, comedy segments and/or interviews, The Fallon Five debuts on Monday, February 19, following the network’s primetime programs.
Felicity Huffman joins Get Shorty
Felicity Huffman (Transamerica, Desperate Housewives) is joining the sophomore season of EPIX dark comedy Get Shorty as a recurring guest star…. Cody Fern (The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story) is boarding the cast of Netflix’s House of Cards as a series regular… Melissa O’Neil (Dark Matter) nabbed a female lead in ABC’s straight-to-series […]
Cynopsis TV Awards
The Cynopsis TV Awards took place Wednesday, February 7 at NYC’s Espace, celebrating excellence in TV programming, with a big shout-out to the industry’s outstanding Media Buyers & Planners, and the presentation of the Champion Award to Rand Harbert, EVP and Chief Agency, Sales & Marketing Officer of State Farm, by DDB CEO Wendy Clark. […]
Discovery reboots its BattleBots
Robot-fighting series BattleBots will return with new eps set to premiere this spring on Discovery Channel and Science Channel. BattleBots features next-generation robots from around the world as they duke it out for supremacy in the rapidly exploding world of Robot Combat Sports.
SVOD service Brown Sugar adds original content
SVOD service Brown Sugar, which is operated by TV net Bounce and houses movies aimed at African-American audiences, is adding exclusive original content beginning this month. The service’s first exclusive original will be documentary Am I Black Enough?, available for streaming Monday, February 12, timed to coincide with Black History Month.
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