Fox News Channel’s Shepard Smith has stepped down from his role as Chief News Anchor and Managing Editor of the network’s breaking news unit, and anchor of Shepard Smith Reporting. Friday afternoon’s edition was Smith’s final show, during which he addressed his surprise decision. “Recently, I asked the company to allow me to leave Fox […]
Kerry Washington has accepted an invite to Netflix’s The Prom. The Scandal star joins Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman, James Corden and Andrew Rannels (The Book of Mormon) in the Ryan Murphy movie musical.
Amid new laws targeting student athletes, upcoming media rights bidding, and changing media consumption patterns, college athletics once again faces new questions about the direction of its future and the relationship between universities and their athletes. Cynopsis Sports asked Larry Scott, Commissioner of the Pac-12 Conference, about the conference’s approach and positioning on some of […]
FOX Sports reeled in 6.4 million viewers across its platforms for the Yankees’ win over the Astros in Saturday’s ALCS matchup, with nearly 6.1 viewers on FOX alone. Season-to-date, the company’s coverage of the 2019 MLS Postseason is averaging 3,155,000 viewers, for an uptick of 14% over last year’s postseason numbers.
Drew Barrymore will star in her own syndicated daytime talk show for CBS Television Distribution, anchored by the CBS Television Stations group. “We are very excited to be in business with Drew Barrymore and have our stations serve as the launch group for a show that is the brightest prospect I have seen in many […]
Democratic presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard is considering boycotting the October 15 debate airing on CNN. In a video to her supporters, Gabbard slammed the Democratic National Committee and the media for “holding ‘so-called’ debates which really are not debates at all, but rather commercialized reality television meant to entertain rather than inform or enlighten.” Gabbard […]
ESPN is lining up its first live native 4K sports telecasts, beginning this weekend when it offers select regular season college football games live in native 4K resolution as part of the “Samsung QLED 4K Game of the Week.” The deal with Samsung, who serves as production collaborator and presenting sponsor. The action kicks off […]
PepsiCo and Hollywood Park unlocked an expansive agreement that makes Pepsi and Frito-Lay the exclusive soft drink and salty snacks partners across SoFi Stadium and Hollywood Park. The partnership extends across the Los Angeles Chargers and Los Angeles Rams, with the venue opening in July 2020. As a founding partner of Hollywood Park, PepsiCo will […]
Former Today show host Matt Lauer is denying allegations that he raped NBC coworker Brooke Nevils in 2014, calling the accusation “categorically false.” The accusation is detailed in Ronan Farrow’s new book Catch and Kill. In an open letter, Lauer said the book is “filled with false details,” but admitted that he’d had an extramarital […]
Jenna Dewan is set to host Fox’s new dating series Flirty Dancing, a U.S. adaptation of the hit British reality format. Part performance and part blind date, the show is all about romantic chemistry as complete strangers are each taught half of a dance routine, then meet to dance together without saying a word. The […]
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