Awesomeness TV is pretty confident in the direction it’s been heading in. At its NewFront presentation, the Gen Z-oriented digital media company announced renewals for five of its series: Freakish, which runs on Hulu, Foursome, which runs on YouTube Red, Guidance, which runs on Verizon’s Go90, t@gged (also Go90), and The Commute, which runs on […]
Derby Week will see NBC kick off the first leg of the Triple Crown with the Kentucky Derby and the most extensive Derby Day coverage ever on broadcast television on Saturday as the network serves up a live five hour telecast at 2:30p. Overall, NBC Sports Group kicks off its more than 15 hours of […]
ESPN and ESPN2 are giving a deeper dive into individual sports, announcing a new weekday afternoon programming lineup dedicated to the NFL, NBA, college football and MLB. Following the addition of MLB Network’s Intentional Talk this week, the schedule will eventually include a year-round edition of The Jump covering the NBA at 3p, NFL Live […]
ABC’s 1988-1997 hit Roseanne is being shopped as a limited series, with Roseanne Barr, John Goodman, Sara Gilbert and Laurie Metcalf among the returning stars. Original exec producers Tom Werner, Barr and Bruce Helford, along with Gilbert and Whitney Cummings, will exec produce. The 20th anniversary of the landmark series’ finale is May 20.
The Big Bang Theory’s Mayim Bialik and Melissa Rauch set deals for new 2-year contracts, for seasons 11 and 12. Jim Parsons, Johnny Galecki, Kaley Cuoco, Simon Helberg and Kunal Nayyar, who struck their own agreements in February, each took a $100,000-per-episode pay cut to help get their co-stars a hefty raise.
Credit to Netflix: They wouldn’t bend to blackmail. A hacker going by “thedarkoverlord” apparently leaked ten episodes from Orange Is the New Black’s fifth season, posting them to the notorious file-sharing site The Pirate Bay. (There are 13 episodes total.) In a post, the anonymous hacker alleged that the files were only released once Netflix […]
Musical.ly, an app that allows users to create their music videos, announced a new deal with Apple Music. Under the pact, Musical.ly users who are also Apple Music Subs will be able to play any full song that’s in Apple Music catalogue’s within Musical.ly app. And users will be able to save Apple Music songs […]
The company that transformed how fans engage with sports, DraftKings, is celebrating its five year anniversary since launching in 2012. With the rise of daily fantasy sports, DraftKings reports that nearly 80% of players have increased their sports content consumption and that two-thirds of its customers say that they play DFS because it makes watching […]
Opening night for the NFL Draft delivered gains for the event’s media partners. ESPN reports a total live audience of 6,924,000 viewers for its Thursday night telecast of Round 1, which ranks as the fourth most-viewed Round 1 telecast on ESPN since the new primetime format began in 2010, with a 7% uptick over last […]
The 1997 political satire Wag the Dog is getting a small-screen treatment for HBO, which is partnering with Barry Levinson and Robert De Niro. The series is “an ode to the classic film, but moving the weapons of mass distraction beyond politics and into business, entertainment, and yes, non-profits,” according to the network. Rajiv Joseph […]
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