In a major executive restructuring, NBCUniversal’s Lifestyle Group in undergoing further consolidation with the combining of key operations for E! with those for Bravo, Oxygen and Universal Kids. That includes integrating E! and Bravo’s development teams under Rachel Smith, currently SVP, Bravo Development. Her…

Kodi Lee took the big prize last night as the winner of America's Got Talent's 14th season, but there wasn't much of a victory dance for the Simon Cowell show or NBC. With a 1.5/8 rating among adults 18-49, AGT fell 29% from the Season 13 ender of September 19, 2018 to an all-time finale low. While the 10.08 million…

EXCLUSIVE: Jesse Plemons (The Post) and The Deuce actress Dominique Fishback are joining Warner Bros’ and MACRO’s anticipated Black Panthers pic Jesus Was My Homeboy, starring Daniel Kaluuya (Get Out) and Lakeith Stanfield (Atlanta). The Ryan Coogler-produced film will follow the rise and untimely demise of iconic…

EXCLUSIVE: Tuc Watkins (Desperate Housewives) is set for a season-long guest-star arc on Season 2 of Black Monday, Showtime’s 1980s Wall Street comedy starring and executive produced by Don Cheadle. Written by David Caspe and Jordan Cahan, the series takes viewers back to October 19, 1987, aka Black Monday. No one…

And then there were three. Tom Welling is set to reprise his Smallville role as Clark Kent in the CW’s upcoming DC Arrowverse crossover, joining two other actors who have played the Man of Steel, Tyler Hoechlin and Brandon Routh that are already set to portray the character in the crossover. Talk started over the…

Daniel Levy, showrunner, co-creator and star of the Emmy-nominated comedy series Schitt's Creek, has signed a three-year overall deal with ABC Studios, a part of Disney Television Studios. Under the pact, Levy will develop and produce scripted projects for the studio. "Dan Levy has proven himself as one of the most…

Paramount Animation is teaming with WWE Studios on the upcoming summer 2020 release Rumble, which is set in a world where monster wrestling is a global sport and monsters are superstar athletes. The pic will headline the voice cast of Will Arnett, Terry Crews, Geraldine Viswanathan plus WWE Superstars Becky Lynch (The…

The SAG-AFTRA Foundation said Thursday that Ava DuVernay and Mark Ruffalo will be two of the honorees at this year’s Patron of the Artists Awards. The fourth annual event, a fundraiser to benefit SAG-AFTRA’s emergency assistance and free educational programs and its children's literacy program Storyline Online, is set…

HBO Sports has picked up SXSW doc Any One Of Us, produced by Red Bull Films, which chronicles pro mountain biker Paul Basagoitia's journey to recovery after a devastating spinal cord injury. The feature marks the first partnership between HBO Sports and Red Bull Films. Directed by Fernando Villena, it also features a…

Kent Jones, now in his seventh year as director of the New York Film Festival, will step down from that position following this year’s 57th edition, the Film at Lincoln Center organization announced today. Jones, whose career as a film director surged last year with the release of his first narrative feature Diane…