The PGA TOUR revised its regulations toward sponsorships with gambling brands, which can now be considered for Official Marketing Partners for all six tours overseen by the PGA TOUR. In addition, tournaments and players also can seek sponsored deals with such entities. “As the situation with legalized sports betting in the U.S. has evolved since […]
Sex and the City alum Kim Cattrall will headline and serve as a producer on Filthy Rich, a FOX pilot from The Help writer-director Tate Taylor, Imagine Television and 20th Century Fox TV. Taylor will write and direct the project, which is based on New Zealand series, Filthy Rich; a larger than life Southern gothic-dramedy […]
CBS has finally set a spring premiere date for Season 4 of Life in Pieces. The series, which last aired in May 2018, returns with two new episodes on Thursday, April 18 at 8:30 and 9:30p.
The Professional Fighters League is changing channels, inking a multi-year deal with ESPN and ESPN+, which will become the home of the PFL in the US, and with TSN, making it the exclusive home of PFL in Canada. All ten PFL events will air live across ESPN2, ESPN Deportes and ESPN+, with up to three […]
NBC Sports Group is adding the All-American Bowl to its portfolio. The famed high school football game now sees NBC Sports become the exclusive owner, operator and multi-platform media rights holder of the annual high school football showcase, which features the country’s Top 100 players, overseeing all day-to-day operations of the All-American Bowl, including the […]
Who needs a host? Seconds into ABC’s telecast of the Oscars, the crowd was on its feet for Adam Lambert-led Queen’s performance of “We Will Rock You” and “We Are the Champions.” Other highlights, in addition to a set of presenters and winners that delivered on promises of diversity, included Melissa McCarthy presenting the costume […]
Tweets from Emily Andras, the showrunner for Syfy cult hit Wynonna Earp, got hashtag #FightforWynonna trending – and a response from the company that has the show in limbo. Syfy ordered a fourth season of the series last July, but production hasn’t started yet, reportedly due to financial troubles at IDW Entertainment. IDW jumped on […]
As The Big Bang Theory heads for the end of its hit 12-year run on CBS, the net gave a two-year renewal to Big Bang spin-off Young Sheldon, for seasons three and four. “Thanks to Chuck Lorre’s and Steve Molaro’s outstanding creative leadership, ‘Young Sheldon’ has been a powerful performer for the Network with an […]
Last week saw GumGum Sports reveal details from its NHL Scoreboard — a new, near real-time artificial intelligence/computer-vision platform used by teams, leagues and brands to measure the ROI of its deals, tracking 506 sponsors across 10 in-arena/on-ice NHL sponsorship placements. Among the findings: Instagram was by far the best social media platform in generating […]
This week sees MLS kick off season 24, complete with new teams, new messaging and a new playoff format. Play begins on Saturday and Sunday with games on ESPN, FOX, Univision, TSN and TVA. New this year will be the addition of a 24th club in FC Cincinnati, along with a new stadium in Minnesota […]