“It just wasn’t the right thing for me,” said Kathy Griffin, at a comedy concert in Connecticut Friday night, of her exit from Fashion Police after just seven episodes. Griffin had announced her departure earlier via a lengthy tweet, explaining, “I’m no saint – I’m a feminist AND a Gurrrrl who loves an offensive joke […]
Sylvester Stallone will exec produce fitness competition S.T.R.O.N.G. (Start to Realize Our Natural Greatness) for NBC with Dave Broome (The Biggest Loser) and Kevin Templeton for Sony Television and 25/7 Productions.
Web streaming platform Pluto TV signed a content distribution agreement with AOL and Endemol Beyond USA. Pluto will support Endemol videos from musicians Pitbull and Courtney Love; Vine celeb Brittany Furlan, and YouTube creator JkissaMakeup. Endemol shows Fear Factor U.K., Trend Report and Wanderlust will also land on the TV platform. From AOL, Pluto will […]
Amazon and Hulu are duking it out over streaming rights to iconic 1990s TV series Seinfeld. Until now, only limited episodes of the Sony Pictures TV series have been available on Sony web video service Crackle. SPT is looking to sell the rights at a price of more than $500,000 for each of the 172 […]
Spike TV launched the latest piece the “Spike’s Friday Night Lights Out” moniker over the weekend, serving up two knockouts with the debut of Premier Boxing Champions on the network. The franchise joins Bellator MMA and Glory kickboxing under the branded umbrella, reeling in the likes of Dana Jacobson, Scott Hansen, Antonio Tarver and Jimmy […]
CBS Sports and Turner Sports finally have their lineup for the NCAA Tournament. With the brackets locked in, TruTV tips off the action once again with the First Four, slated to take place tomorrow and Wednesday with eight teams in the mix. The first game will pit Manhattan/Hampton at 6:40p on the network, followed by […]
Skip a newsletter last week? “In Case You Missed It” rounds up the top stories in each of our three daily editions, so you can be up on the latest news, Cynopsis-style, in the worlds of linear, digital, sports and kids television. Enjoy! FLAGSHIP AMC gave a two-season order for a companion series to monster hit The […]
CBS renewed Mom, Mike & Molly and 2 Broke Girls for 2015-2016. Mom, moved from Monday to Thursday, is up 42 percent in viewers (11.89 million) and 16 percent in A18-49 (2.9/9) in its sophomore year; Mike & Molly ranks number one in its time period among viewers (10.35 million) and A25-54 (3.7/9) during season […]
Disney/ABC struck an expanded deal with Yahoo, which consists of a Yahoo-branded segment to Good Morning America and clips of ABC programs on Yahoo. Yahoo Your Way will feature Yahoo experts – such as style editor Joe Zee, beauty editor Bobbi Brown and food editor Kerry Diamond – in a daily segment on GMA; Tumblr […]
MSNBC will produce two daily videos to appear on Facebook with NowThis, a distributor of digital video under NBCUniversal. The first series, called Sound Off, will focus on breaking news in the morning; while FacePalm will appear at the end of the news cycle with the most shocking events. The vids will appear on MSNBC […]