NBCUniversal named its upcoming streaming service Peacock, a reference to NBC’s iconic logo. The service is scheduled to launch in April and will be anchored by over 15,000 hours of content from the conglomerate’s TV and movie catalogue. NBCU is taking The Office from Netflix in 2021 and also plans to make Peacock the sole […]
Keifer Sutherland is going on the run for Quibi. The 24 and Designated Survivor actor was tapped to star in the streamer’s new take on the 1993 Harrison Ford film, The Fugitive, which was based on the 1960s TV series. Sutherland will play detective Clay Bryce, who’s trying to apprehend Mike Ferro (Boyd Holbrook). Project […]
Major League Soccer entered a multi-year partnership with BODYARMOR that makes the brand the league’s official sports drink partner in the US. As part of the agreement, BODYARMOR sports drinks will hydrate MLS players and the company’s logo and branding will be featured on coolers, cups, squirt bottles and towels on MLS sidelines within the […]
Pepsi is celebrating the return of NBC Sunday Night Football to Cleveland with a limited edition “Believeland” Pepsi, a custom orange-colored cola on Sept. 22. Pepsi will only be producing 1,100 bottles of “Believeland” Pepsi (100 for every year Cleveland has had to wait for Sunday Night Football to return), and it will be available […]
Netflix may soon have no more Friends and get kicked out of The Office, but the streamer landed global exclusive SVOD rights to Seinfeld. “Seinfeld is a one-of-a-kind, iconic, culture-defining show,” said Mike Hopkins, Chairman, Sony Pictures Television. “Now, 30 years after its premiere, Seinfeld remains center stage.” The comedy classic will become available in […]
After suffering an injury during rehearsals that required surgery, Christie Brinkley has been replaced on ABC’s Dancing With the Stars by her daughter, 21-year-old Sports Illustrated model Sailor. “Showbiz is all about getting a break, and Sailor and I both got one on Dancing with the Stars this season,” said Brinkley. “Sailor joined the cast […]
The NHL Players’ Association opted to not exercise its right to reopen the NHL/NHLPA Collective Bargaining Agreement, guaranteeing labor peace for the league through 2022. The NHL previously announced on Aug. 30 it would not reopen the agreement. “While players have concerns with the current CBA, we agree with the League that working together to […]
The NFL brought joy to FOX over the weekend, as the channel reports back-to-back wins as the top-rated NFL telecast of the period as the Rams win over the Saints in America’s Game of the Week drew a 15.8/32 metered market Nielsen sore, and up 13% over last year’s comparable window. The regional game, meanwhile, […]
Ugly Betty’s Michael Urie and Becki Newton reteam to star as brother and sister in Fun, which landed a pilot production commitment from CBS. Funeral home comedy comes from Michael Patrick King (2 Broke Girls), former Ugly Betty EPs Tracy Poust and Jon Kinnally and Warner Bros. TV.
Nickelodeon’s Are You Afraid of the Dark? premieres Friday, October 11 at 7p. Three-parter based on the ‘90s kids cult classic has been reimagined for a new generation.