CBS Sports is adding a home for the Missouri Valley Conference, announcing a sublicense agreement with ESPN to showcase the conference’s college basketball games on the CBS Television Network and CBS Sports Network. CBS Sports will continue to offer the Missouri Valley Conference Men’s Basketball Championship game, which it has carried for ten consecutive years […]
The PGA TOUR is lining up the sport’s return to the Olympics with 47 FedExCup tournaments during the 2015-16 season, announcing a lineup of events yesterday that includes two new title sponsors as well as several date and golf course changes. New sponsors for the new season will include Dell as the new title sponsor […]
John Legend, along with Get Lifted partners Mike Jackson and Ty Stiklorius, are onboard to exec produce WGN America thriller Underground, as well as (of course) oversee the score and soundtrack. The show centers on plantation slaves who band together to fight for their families and their freedom. “This series has a unique opportunity to […]
Ellen Barkin and Scott Speedman (Felicity) have been tapped to star in Animal Kingdom, a TNT crime family drama pilot from John Wells inspired by the feature film. Barkin will play matriarch Janine “Smurf ” Cody; Speedman portrays Barry “Baz” Brown, adopted by the Cody family when he was 12.
Facebook reported $4.04 billion in revenue during its Q2 revenue call yesterday, beating Wall Street expectations of $3.99 billion. The social network counted 968 million daily active users, a 17 percent year-over-year increase but slightly off from the 970.5 million estimated. Mobile DAUs were 844 million, with 76 percent of advertising revenue from mobile, up […]
Next for comedian and star of a new Netflix doc and HBO special, Tig Notaro: an Amazon pilot order. Notaro penned the unscripted comedy with Oscar winning screenwriter Diablo Cody. The two will exec produce with Louis C.K., Blair Breard (Louie) and 3 Arts’ Dave Becky. The show started life as a script deal at […]
The World Series of Fighting is getting a familiar face, announcing that longtime media executive Carlos Silva is joining the company as its CEO. Silva most recently served at Back9Network, and was president and COO of the Universal Sports Network. Silva will work with President Ray Sefo to continue growing the organization. “I am excited […]
The National Hockey League locked in a new five-year deal with Bridgestone to continue as the Official Tire of the NHL and return as title sponsor of the NHL Winter Classic. The 2016 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic will mark Bridgestone’s seventh consecutive year as title sponsor of the event. “We are proud of our longstanding […]
Diane Keaton will star opposite Jude Law in The Young Pope, a joint production of HBO, Sky and Canal+ about the fictional Pontificate of Pius XIII (aka Lenny Belardo). Keaton plays a nun in the eight-episode series directed by Paolo Sorrentino.
Ahead of a month-long celebration of the 25th anniversary of Law & Order, WE tv started a two-night marathon last night that continues tonight at 8p, with bonus footage and behind the scenes extras. On Monday, stars Dann Florek, Carolyn McCormick, S. Epatha Merkerson and Jill Hennessy got the party started in NYC. In August, […]
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