Sandra Oh (Killing Eve) will make her Saturday Night Live host debut on March 30, the weekend before her BBC America series’ season 2 premiere. Coachella headliners Tame Impala will be the musical guest.
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Horrow talks Handbook
There are very few collections done for leadership best practices in sports business and media, maybe because those in the know like to keep their great ideas close to the vest. Veteran sports media executive Rick Horrow, along with two other sports media lifers, Rick Burton and Myles Schrag, spent several years trying to cajole […]
GGG is DAZN bound
Gennady Golovkin, aka GGG, finally found a new home, with the former unified middleweight world champion inking a three-year, six-fight contract with DAZN. The first fight of the agreement will take place on either June 8 or 15 with an opponent and site to be determined. The deal sees Golovkin set to fight twice per […]
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Disney/Fox deal to close “soon”
The Walt Disney Co.’s $71 billion deal for 21st Century Fox assets will close “soon,” Disney CEO Bob Iger told shareholders on Thursday – and he expects hit the ground running after Fox’s film and TV studio, FX and Nat Geo nets are in the Mouse House. “Our new corporate structure is designed to integrate […]
People headed to syndication
People who need People will soon be able to find it in on syndicated TV. A daily half-hour show based on the celebrity/entertainment magazine will launch in fall 2020 on the 17 local stations owned by parent company Meredith. In-house production company Four M Studios will produce. “People is a cultural force, and this is […]
ATP’s Kermode slates end run
ATP Executive Chairman & President Chris Kermode is ending his run at the organization, announcing that he will not extend beyond his current term which expires at the end 2019. Kermode became ATP Executive Chairman & President at the beginning of 2014 and, according to ATP, has a tenure that includes record prize money and […]
WTT serves up CBS deal
Speaking of tennis, World TeamTennis and CBS Sports signed a multi-year television partnership spanning both broadcast and cable that will bring World TeamTennis back to television. The deal will start this summer, highlighted by CBS Television Network broadcasting the Philadelphia Freedoms facing the Vegas Rollers on July 21. CBS Sports Network will televise 15 WTT […]
Arrow to wrap after its upcoming eighth season
Arrow’s upcoming eighth season will be its last. Series star Stephen Amell announced the news on social media. Executive producers Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim and Beth Schwartz addressed the show’s end in a joint statement: “This was a difficult decision to come to, but like every hard decision we’ve made for the past seven years, […]
Gayle King’s R. Kelly Interview goes primetime
After portions of Gayle King’s interview with R. Kelly, which aired on Tuesday’s CBS Evening News and Wednesday’s CBS This Morning, set Twitter ablaze, CBS News announced it will broadcast a one-hour primetime special showing more of King’s 80-minute sit-down with the embattled R&B singer. The Gayle King R. Kelly Interview is set to air […]
Indycar paves international track
Indycar will open the 2019 season flush with new deals that will bring racing action to around 100 countries. Driven by Indycar Media, nations reaching agreements to broadcast INDYCAR content in 2019 include Canada, the United Kingdom, Japan, Spain, Sweden, France, New Zealand and Brazil. Canada’s deal with Sportsnet will see fans now able to […]
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