Morley Safer, 60 Minutes’ longest-serving correspondent, is retiring this week after 46 seasons. Following the Sunday, May 15 broadcast of the news show, CBS will air tribute Morley Safer: A Reporter’s Life. “It’s been a wonderful run, but the time has come to say goodbye to all of my friends at CBS and the dozens […]
CBS renewed freshman comedy Life in Pieces. The series, produced by 20th Century Fox Television in association with Kapital Entertainment, is averaging 10.53 million viewers and a 2.7 rating among A18-49.
NBCUniversal’s Telemundo and Buzzfeed are collaborating on a 10-part millennial soap opera called Much Ado About Nada. Storylines for the English-language show will be dictated by Buzzfeed data from its young, mobile-oriented and multicultural audience, with producers leaving a door ajar to tweak the narrative based on viewer reaction. Much Ado About Nada will touch […]
It’s official. Former Top Gear hosts, Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May’s new show for Amazon Prime has a title: The Grand Tour. The hosts will be traveling the globe, shooting prerecorded films from different locations. But there’s a twist: The studio audiences will also be recorded in front of a live audience at […]
Are they or aren’t they? The potential for UFC to hit the open market has bubbled for years, heating up in recent weeks and capped by ESPN’s report that the company was officially for sale with four companies believed to have submitted bids for the organization, including WME/IMG, China Media Capital, The Blackstone Group and […]
The 37th Annual Sports Emmy Awards saw wins for the likes of NBC’s Bob Costas and Doc Emrick, TBS’ Bill Raftery, CBS’ Verne Lundquist and Fox Sports’ Ken Rosenthal and Katie Nolan in their categories with Costas taking home “Outstanding Sports Personality-Studio Host” while Emrick won for play by play and Raftery took one for […]
There is an end to Infinity, after all. After leveraging brands that include Stars Wars, Marvel, Pixar and Disney characters into the Disney Infinity gaming line, Disney Interactive announced this week that it was pulling out of the console business and will now shift to a licensing model, shutting down developer Avalanche Software. The company […]
Turner and WME/IMG unveiled its first lineup of brands that will be sponsoring the upcoming ELeague as official marketing partners. Arby’s is on board as the Official Quick Service Restaurant partner, with Credit Karma inking a deal as the Official Personal Finance partner and Buffalo Wild Wings as the Official Casual Dining partner. All three […]
ESPN settled its breach of contract lawsuit against Verizon, filed last April when the Verizon’s FiOS service began to offer a skinny bundle of pay TV nets that didn’t include ESPN. The companies aren’t disclosing settlement terms of the case, filed at New York State’s Supreme Court.
After a 12-year tenure at the network, Comedy Central president Michele Ganeless is stepping down. Ganeless, who had a 25-year run at Viacom, is being replaced by Kent Alterman, currently president of original programming. “Michele has decided to step away from her role as President of Comedy Central. During her long and successful tenure the […]
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