With Mike Tirico off to NBC, ESPN filled the void on Monday Night Football by naming Sean McDonough as the new play-by-play voice for the franchise where he will join Jon Gruden and reporter Lisa Salters for the new NFL season. McDonough has worked with the likes of college football, college basketball and Major League […]
It’s the end of the road for Michel Platini at UEFA, where he will resign as UEFA president after failing to overturn his ban at the Court of Arbitration for Sport, according to the AP. The court cut his ban from the sport from six to four years, prompting Platini to dub the verdict a […]
Tim Matheson (The West Wing) will star in Killing Reagan, National Geographic Channel’s upcoming two-hour scripted movie and the fourth in the partnership among Nat Geo, Scott Free Productions and Bill O’Reilly. Matheson will portray the actor turned California governor turned President. Cynthia Nixon (Sex and the City) will play first lady Nancy Reagan. Rod […]
SundanceTV’s new genre drama Cleverman will premiere Wednesday, June 1 at 10p. The six-ep series, starring Iain Glen (Game of Thrones) and Frances O’Connor (The Missing), is set in the very near future and centers on a group of extraordinary beings from ancient mythology who battle for survival in a world where humans feel threatened […]
YouTube’s NewFront, held at NYC’s Javits Center North, was a massive gala attended by thousands of YouTube celebs, advertisers, fans, and yes, a handful of media types. (Put it this way – unlike other NewFronts this year, the entryway to the event was decked out with a red carpet.) Aside from the obligatory YouTube execs, […]
At its NewFront event, the gaming-centric digital media company Machinima announced the upcoming launch of Mach 1, a new agency designed to help brands connect with gaming and eSports audiences. And, like other NewFront presenters this year, Machinima announced a data-driven advertising initiative: Machinima Preferred, a new programmatic network, will use the company’s Fan Segmentation […]
Saturday’s upset of California over BYU at the Penn Mutual Varsity Cup marked the latest activation from the insurance brand, with the Penn Mutual Collegiate Rugby Championship now on deck on June 4-5 in Philadelphia. The company has gone all-in on the growing sport, with the results seeing the brand become synonymous with rugby stateside […]
Nyquist’s Kentucky Derby win on NBC notched a 9.3/21 for the network, followed by a Penguins/Capitals battle the scored the best-ever overnight for NBC early round NHL playoff game. Top markets for NBC’s Kentucky Derby telecast: Louisville 33.7/62; Cincy 16.6/33; Ft. Myers 16.5/30; West Palm 14.6/27; Tampa 14.2/29. Meanwhile, the Stanley Cup Playoff content generated […]
Ryan Murphy got a straight-to-series order from FX for anthology series Feud, starring Jessica Lange as Joan Crawford and Susan Sarandon as nemesis Bette Davis. Not enough starpower? Brad Pitt will serve as an exec producer with Murphy and Dede Gardner; Sarandon and Lange are producing. Each season of the show will center on a […]
Shirley MacLaine and Matthew Broderick are attached to star in Paramount Television dramedy Bettyville. The story, about a man who relocates to care for his aging mother, is based on the memoir by George Hodgman. “Paramount TV could not be in better hands than those of Shirley MacLaine and Matthew Broderick,” said company president Amy […]
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