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Oscar winner Helen Mirren will star in four-part HBO/Sky miniseries Catherine the Great, which begins filming later this year. Project explores the tumultuous and sexually charged court of history’s most powerful female monarch. Mirren is also set as EP on the miniseries, written by Nigel Williams (Elizabeth I, Wodehouse in Exile) and directed by Philip […]
Freeform released its lineup of TV and movies for February. Season 2 of Beyond bows Thursday, February 1 at 8p; Grownish returns on Wednesday, February 7 at 8p, followed by Alone Together at 8:30p; and The Fosters is back with Season 5B on Tuesday, February 6 at 8p. The network celebrates the 80th anniversary of […]
The XFL is back, with WWE Chairman and CEO Vince McMahon announcing plans to bring back the defunct football league with plans to launch in 2020 with eight teams and 40-man active rosters playing across a 10-week regular season schedule. In its second go-around, the league will feature “a fan-centric, innovative experience, including shorter, fast-paced […]
Lexus detailed its Super Bowl plans, releasing a 60-second extended digital version of its ad, which was created in partnership with Marvel Studios’ film Black Panther, which open on Feb. 16. The spot is titled “Long Live the King” and pairs the luxury sedan 2018 Lexus LS 500 F SPORT with the Black Panther, played […]
Meryl Streep has joined the season 2 cast of HBO’s Big Little Lies, as the mother of Perry Wright (Emmy winner Alexander Skarsgard). She joins fellow Oscar winners Reese Witherspoon and Nicole Kidman, who star and exec produce.
CBS is reviving Murphy Brown, with Candice Bergen returning to star as the testy TV anchor, and creator Diane English onboard as writer/exec producer. CBS gave the comedy from Warner Bros. Television a 13-episode series production commitment. It’s a season of revivals – the move follows NBC’s Will & Grace reboot, and ABC’s upcoming Roseanne […]
SHOWTIME Sports named Stephen Espinoza as President, Sports and Event Programming, where he will continue to develop and execute the overall strategy of the group. In addition, the org unveiled its television lineup for Showtime Championship Boxing w/ Premier Boxing Champions for the first half of the year at the 2018 boxing upfront for advertisers. […]
Super Bowl LII will see NBCUniversal present “Super Stream Sunday” on Feb. 4, with 11 continuous hours of unauthenticated NBC streaming content available to fans that include NBC’s presentation of Super Bowl LII, Justin Timberlake headlining the Pepsi Super Bowl LII halftime show, the Super Bowl LII pre- and post-game shows, and NBC’s post-game presentation […]
As ELEAGUE prepares to crown a champion at The ELEAGUE Major: Boston, the org unveiled multiple partnerships on the sponsor and platforms fronts. First, the Turner/IMG league announced that Twitch will serve as ELEAGUE’s official streaming platform for its live event coverage in a multi-year deal that formalized Twitch as the exclusive third-party digital destination […]