With streamers already supplanting broadcasters as the top destination for such fare, a 2020 WGA walkout might be the final nail in the coffin of scripted series’ dominance.
ABC on Sunday saw the return of The Rookie, which hit its highest rating in a year with a 0.8 in the adults 18-49 demographic and 4.89 million viewers, its second-largest viewership total ever. The Nathan Fillion-starring series benefited from American Idol (1.4, 7.46M) as its lead-in, with the reality singing…
EXCLUSIVE: Keeping in the spirit of their wildly popular To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before and their recent follow-up To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You, ACE Entertainment has optioned the rights to Abigail Hing Wen's YA novel Loveboat, Taipei. The film was released on January 7 and has since topped the New York Ti…
As thousands gather in the Staples Center right now for Kobe Bryant's official memorial and an opening song by Beyoncé, the basketball legend and Oscar winner's widow is suing the company that owned the chopper that fatally crashed on January 26.
"Defendant Island Express Helicopters authorized, directed and/or…
The TV series inspired by the praised 2018 movie Love, Simon is moving from Disney+ to the Disney-controlled Hulu streaming service. The half-hour comedy, which will be titled Love, Victor after its protagonist, will debut in June, LGBTQ Pride month.
The series, from This Is Us executive producers/co-showrunners Isaac…
UPDATED with new details, check back for more: Beyoncé opened the Celebration of Life for Kobe and Gianna Bryant memorial service Monday at Staples Center by singing “XO,” complete with a chorus and multi-piece orchestra.
She was followed by longtime Lakers fan Jimmy Kimmel, who is serving as an emcee of sorts of the…
As Harvey Weinstein was led off in handcuffs to the Riker’s Island , the New York County District Attorney's office declared a "new day" for sexual assault survivors in America.
"This is the new landscape for survivors of sexual assault in America I believe, and this is a new day," said D.A. Cyrus Vance Jr to the…
Deadline has confirmed that Warner Bros. EVP of Worldwide Corporate Communications and Public Affairs Dee Dee Myers is leaving the studio after five years in the job. She will depart the Burbank, CA lot on April 1. A successor to the post hasn’t been named yet. I hear there will be a search. The news was a bit of a…
Megan Rapinoe is set to host Quibi’s upcoming series Prodigy, a new docuseries that profiles eight athletes who age 21 or younger who are set to become the next superstars in their respective sports.
As host, the soccer star will provide on-camera commentary and perspective on each of the amazing stories featured. She…
EXCLUSIVE: There's going to be more fun ahead at Camp Kikiwaka. Disney Channel has renewed its hit summer camp comedy series Bunk'd for a fifth season. Additionally, executive producer Erin Dunlap, who teamed with EP Phil Baker on season 4, will return as sole showrunner for the new season. Baker will focus on…
EXCLUSIVE: U.S. sales outfit Yellow Veil Pictures has scored a raft of territory deals across its slate, including a five-picture deal with Australia/New Zealand releaser Umbrella Entertainment.
Umbrella has picked up territory rights for Rob Grant's lost-at-sea crowd-pleaser Harpoon, Josh Lobo's mystery-horror I Trapp…
The public memorial service Monday for Los Angeles Lakers basketball legend Kobe Bryant and his daughter, Gianna, is sold out, and those not holding a ticket are being told to stay away from the Staples Center arena where the “Celebration of Life” will be held.
But those who didn’t get one of the coveted tickets can…
Hulu has landed exclusive U.S. streaming rights to Parasite, the South Korean film that made Oscar history as the first foreign language film to win the best picture Oscar. In a deal with studio Neon, the film will be available for streaming on Hulu beginning Wednesday, April 8.
Parasite took home four Oscars…
