House Speaker John Boehner, who is relinquishing his House seat at the end of October, will give his first post-resignation interview on CBS’s Face the Nation on Sunday. Boehner’s shocking announcement this morning came as Congress moves to avoid a government shutdown.
Targeting millennials longing for the iconic Nickelodeon shows of their childhood, the network on October 5 will launch retro-programmed The Splat as a nightly 10p-6a block on TeenNick and across social media platforms, and a dedicated website. Featured ‘90s shows include Kenan & Kel, Rugrats, Ren & Stimpy and Hey Arnold! “We designed The Splat […]
More murder and mayhem, Beverly Hills style, are on the way from Lifetime. The network gave the go-ahead for a fourth season of Devious Maids, which will return next year. Last season, the show helped Lifetime rank as the No. 2 cable net with scripted programming in the Monday 9-10p time period.
Announced just yesterday at the Oculus Connect conference in Hollywood: The new Oculus-made Samsung Gear VR headset, created with the help of the Facebook-owned Oculus VR, will be available on Black Friday this November. The headset will cost $99 – half the price of Samsung’s last VR headset, which was made primarily for developers. The […]
After less than a year at the post, Dermot McCormack has stepped down as President of AOL Video and Studios. No word yet on the reason for the departure. McCormack’s exit comes at a sensitive time. AOL now oversees video production and distribution across its brands, including Tech Crunch and Huffington Post. The Internet company […]
Time Inc. continues to expand SI’s imprint by launching Sports Illustrated Films, described as “an original programming enterprise and interactive digital platform that will draw on a network of filmmakers, producers and journalists, both within Time Inc. and beyond, to create SI-branded video programming for digital, TV and OTT distribution.” The launch begins with a […]
FanDuel added leading fantasy eSports platform, AlphaDraft, under its umbrella in a move to gain entry into the fantasy eSports market and marking the first time FanDuel will have a stake in the eSports community. “With over 200 million people globally watching eSports, AlphaDraft gives those fans a way to engage with this burgeoning entertainment […]
Complaining that Fox News has been treating him unfairly, GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump declared via Twitter Wednesday, “I won’t be doing any more Fox shows for the foreseeable future.” What’s Trump’s beef? Fox News attributed the boycott to the net cancelling a scheduled Trump appearance on The O’Reilly Factor. “When coverage doesn’t go his […]
Count Susan Sarandon out of Epix’ first original comedy series Graves, where she was set to star as the wife of a former U.S. President played by Nick Nolte. Epix chalked up the exit to “creative differences”; a replacement will be named “shortly.” Graves got its series order in May.
If Amazon has its way, Transparent won’t be the only series winning them Emmys. Among the six pilots debuting this fall are comedies from the likes of Louis C.K. and Sacha Baron Cohen, and dramas from Dana Calvo and Steve Conrad. As is their precedent, Amazon will only greenlight well-received pilots for full series. Check […]
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