It’s so long to Universal TV for Mindy Kaling, who signed an exclusive, long-term overall deal with Warner Bros. Television Group. Kaling had been at Universal TV for 15 years. Under her new pact, she’ll develop, write and produce TV projects at Warner Bros. TV, including comedy and drama series, longform/event series, unscripted programming and […]
Starz announced series development of Kin, a multi-generational family drama from writer Davita Scarlett (Queen Sugar, Constantine) and Hello Sunshine. Reese Witherspoon (Big Little Lies, Gone Girl) and Lauren Neustadter (Are You Sleeping) will serve as exec producers for Hello Sunshine alongside Scarlett, who developed the project with Chester Jones III (Hey Diddle Diddle).
NBC Sports Group President Pete Bevacqua is now being given the keys to oversee the entire NBC Sports Group portfolio, and is adding NBC Olympics, Production, and Operations, among others, to his areas of responsibility, effective immediately. Bevacqua had joined the company as President, NBC Sports Group last September and had been managing Programming, Marketing, […]
FOX Sports released plans for its “most expansive” Major League Baseball schedule to date with a lineup that includes the 2019 All-Star Game from Progressive Field in Cleveland as well as the American League Division Series and Championship Series airing across FOX, FS1, and FOX Deportes. The season culminates with exclusive coverage of the 115th […]
As for internet speculation that Whoopi Goldberg has been missing from The View lately because she’s been secretly prepping to host the host-less Oscars, View co-host Joy Behar set the record straight (we think). Four-time Oscars emcee Goldberg is recovering from pneumonia, said Behar, and is “not even well enough to host this show, much […]
ABC is airing promotional special American Idol: A New Journey Begins at 4p on Oscar Sunday, February 24. Host Ryan Seacrest joins judges Katy Perry, Luke Bryan and Lionel Ritchie to preview the season and answer fan questions.
Turner Sports named Howard Mittman to the role of Chief Executive Officer of Bleacher Report. Mittman, who has held a dual role as Chief Revenue Officer and Chief Marketing Officer of B/R since August 2017, will report to current B/R CEO and Founder Dave Finocchio until Finocchio’s departure from the company this June. Mittman will […]
The National Women’s Soccer League and A+E Networks are severing their equity partnership and rights deal that they agreed to in 2017. According to ESPN, A+E will remain a sponsor of the NWSL, through its cable channel Lifetime which has been the league’s main national TV home for the last two years. However, the network […]
Motorsport Network continues to gas up its lineup of esports titles, this time announcing a new partnership with Codemasters, whose games include the likes of DiRT, GRID, ONRUSH and F1. The partnership revs up with the launch of DiRT Rally 2.0 on Feb. 26, offering 50 of “the most powerful off-road cars ever built to […]
As crowds hit Poland for IEM Katowice, ESL announced talent for Fortnite Katowice, the first major event supported by Epic Games and will see all major regions compete for the first time. Taking on microphone duties for the event, which runs through Feb. 24, will be Adam Savage, Mark “Onset” Hatcher, David “Zaccubus” Treacy, Arten […]
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