Grant Gustin will cross over to CBS’s Supergirl as CW’s The Flash in an episode airing Monday, March 28 at 8p. “We want to thank Grant Gustin for making the time to come visit (on top of his already immense workload) and all of the folks at CBS, The CW, Warner Bros. and DC for […]
Between Being John Malkovich and Her, writer-director Spike Jonze hasn’t exactly established a reputation for realism. That may change. The Oscar-winner has been named co-President of Viceland, the new cable network from the digital news and documentary giant Vice Media, launched in partnership with A+E Networks. Eddy Moretti, Vice’s Chief Creative Officer, will be the […]
Netflix doesn’t lose all that often, but apparently it can happen. The company’s efforts to void its contract with Relativity Media – just as Relativity is attempting to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy – have fallen short. U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Michael Wiles disagreed with Netflix attorney Scott McNutt, who argued that Relativity would be […]
FOX Sports nabbed English-language rights to the Mexican National Team in the US via a deal that runs through the 2018 FIFA World Cup. The deal comes between Fox Sports and Univision Deportes, and will see FS1 now carry all El Tricolor home matches, including the qualifier between Mexico and the US from the Azteca […]
Facebook revealed that – in a move to “better understand the connection between TV tune-in and activity” on the platform – it tapped the services of Nielsen to examine the relationship between social activity on Facebook during NFL games and live TV ratings. Looking into nine, nationally-broadcast, regular season games in Oct. and Nov., the […]
James Corden has been named host of The 70th Annual Tony Awards, airing live from the Beacon Theatre in New York City on Sunday, June 12at 8p on CBS. It will be Corden’s first time hosting the ceremony, but not his first time onstage – he won Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a […]
Has she or hasn’t she? In a TV Line interview on Monday, Amy Sherman-Palladino, creator of Gilmore Girls and the Netflix sequel, said that she had put in a request with Melissa McCarthy’s camp for the actress to return as Sookie. “[What] I have said [to her team] is, ‘Look, if Melissa is available and […]
The Hulu model as you know it may be coming to an end. The word is that Time Warner Inc. (not to be confused with Time Warner Cable) is considering purchasing a stake in Hulu (a joint venture between Comcast (NBC), Disney (ABC), and 21st Century Fox. But Time Warner would want the streaming service […]
GoPro has another heavyweight in the bag, announcing a deal with the PGA TOUR and SkratchTV to offer “never-before-seen perspectives and episodic video content to golf fans around the world.” The alliance debuts this week at the Waste Management Phoenix Open with broadcast integrations using GoPro cameras as the PGA TOUR streams the pro-am from […]