Amazon is in talks with Sony Pictures TV to bring Bryan Cranston’s Sneaky Pete to Amazon Prime subscribers. The new deal comes after a failed pilot launch from its original home on CBS. Sneaky Pete follows a con man who takes his former cell mate’s identity when he gets out of prison. Giovanni Ribisi (Ted) […]
Get ready to scream: MTV and media tech company Interlude launched an interactive video experience for fans to get their thrill on before the Scream series premieres on June 30. Choose Your Own Murder gives viewers the opportunity to make a sequence of decisions in order to get away from the killer chasing them at […]
With the numbers in for FOX Sports’ inaugural telecast of the US Open, the company wrapped up coverage on Sunday with a 4.2/10 and 6.7 million viewers for over eight and a half hours of coverage on FOX. With the championship coming down to a late putt, the primetime portion of coverage averaged a 5.3/10 […]
Time for Wimbledon. ESPN’s coverage of the famed tournament launches on June 29 and 140 hours of TV coverage in the cards heading into the Ladies’ and Doubles Championships on ESPN on Saturday, July 11, and the Gentlemen’s Championship on Sunday, July 12. ESPN3, meanwhile, has slated 1,500 hours overall from 15 courts. The first […]
The White House is moving to LA. Handed $6.5 million in tax credits by California, Veep is relocating production after four years in Maryland, announced HBO. “Maryland has been home to many vital HBO projects, from The Corner to The Wire to Game Change, and the support has always been extraordinary,” said a net spokesperson. […]
“When it really matters, you can depend on him,” says the new promo for NBC Nightly News With Lester Holt, which launches tonight. Holt, who has filled in for suspended Brian Williams since February, was named permanent anchor on Thursday.
Netflix ordered a new comedy series from Arrested Development’s Mitch Hurwitz: Lady Dynamite, which Hurwitz will executive produce and in which Maria Bamford will star. South Park’s Pam Brady, Hurwitz and Bamford wrote and produced the pilot; the streaming service ordered 13 episodes of the half-hour comedy. Hurwitz signed a multi-year deal with Netflix in […]
Snapchat snagged a deal with Live Nation Entertainment for a new Live Stories feature, beginning with last weekend’s Las Vegas’ Electric Daisy Carnival. Live Stories showcases content at festivals and concerts owned by Live Nation in a partnership that will last through 2016. Each edition of Live stories has attracted an average of 20 million […]
NBC Sports is racing toward its first NASCAR bow under the 2013 agreement that brought the sport to its networks. With the deal handing the company rights to the final 20 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races (including the Chase), final 19 NASCAR XFINITY Series events and more, Daytona will once again serve as the centerpiece […]
FOX Sports reports that Saturday’s third-round action of the US Open saw local FOX stations score a 2.8 rating and an average audience of 4.2 million viewers. The broadcast saw its primetime portion of the coverage reel in 4.8 million viewers, according to Nielsen, peaking with 5 million viewers from 10-10:30p. Numbers are up over […]