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Former secretaries of state Madeleine Albright, Hillary Clinton and General Colin Powell will guest star in the fifth season premiere of Madam Secretary on Sunday, October 7 at 10p on CBS. In the episode, Tea Leoni’s Secretary of State Elizabeth McCord turns to the trio for advice on how to respond to a delicate situation. […]
Lena Waithe (The Chi) signed a first look deal with Showtime, expanding her relationship with the network that launched her first series as creator and EP. Waithe will work with the network on comedy and drama projects, which she’ll write and produce through her Hillman Grad Productions.
NBC Sports Group named Pete Bevacqua to the newly created position of President, NBC Sports Group where he oversee programming, marketing, digital, the NBC Sports Regional Networks, and all Golf businesses under the NBC Sports umbrella, reporting to Mark Lazarus, Chairman of NBC Broadcasting and Sports. He will begin his new role in September. Bevacqua […]
ESPN locked in the Big South Conference for a comprehensive extension to its existing media rights deal, resulting in ESPN becoming the exclusive rights holder of the conference and boosting the conference’s presence on its platforms. Starting in 2018-19, the Big South, its 11 member institutions and fans will enjoy more than 900 conference events […]
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association set a date for the 2019 Golden Globes Awards – before striking a deal with a network to air it. The HFPA and dick clark productions said they were “evaluating offers from other interested parties” after not coming to terms with NBC, home to the show since 1993; NBC is […]
Sunday’s Final Round of The Open on NBC hand the channel with a 5.0 overnight Nielsen score to tie for the highest-rated Final Round Overnight at The Open since Tiger Woods completed the Career Grand Slam with his win in 2000 on ABC. Coverage was up 38% vs. 2017 and ranked as the highest-rated Final […]
TNT picked up scripted dramas Constance and Beast Mode (wt) to pilot. Darkly humorous Constance, starring Elisabeth Shue (CSI) from Team Downey in association with Sonar Entertainment and Studio T, follows a former beauty queen turned small town bureaucrat. Beast Mode, produced by Anne Wolfe and MACRO in association with Studio T, tells the story […]
Swiss watchmaker Rolex is now officially a sponsor of the US Open and will serve as the tournament’s Official Timekeeper and Official Timepiece starting immediately. At this year’s tournament, Rolex timepieces and clocks will be visible throughout the grounds of the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, including the signature clock that is affixed […]
Chris Klein (Election) signed on as a super villain Cicada for season five of CW’s The Flash, launching Tuesday, October 9 at 8p, while Ramona Young (Blockers) and Tim Wilson (The Informant) have been added to the season four cast of the net’s Legends of Tomorrow. Joining Supergirl is transgender activist Nicole Maines (Royal Pains) […]