The number slipped in 2019, and the trend might continue this year as the networks get more patient in sticking with modestly rated existing series because launching a new series involves big marketing costs but often results in similar ratings.
Jack Abernethy, head of Fox Television Stations, addressed NFL rights, the presidential election’s effect on regulation, station consolidation and other topics during a NATPE keynote session Wednesday.
The executive was asked by moderator Cynthia Littleton of Deadline sister publication Variety about whether he could…
ABC News chief anchor George Stephanopoulos, World News Tonight‘s David Muir, ABC News correspondent Linsey Davis, and local New Hampshire affiliate WMUR-TV’s Adam Sexton and Monica Hernandez will moderate the next Democratic presidential debate. It is set for February 7 at 8 PM ET in Manchester, N.H., wedged between…
ABC has given a pilot order to Harlem’s Kitchen, a drama from writer Zahir McGhee (For the People), Mandeville Television and ABC Studios where both McGhee and Mandeville TV are under overall deals.
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Harlem’s Kitchen (fka Untitled Zahir McGee Project aka Rice), written by McGhee, is an ensemble…
EXCLUSIVE:Sam Richardson is about to feel the effects of a full moon. The Veep alum is set to star in the forthcoming horror-comedy Werewolves Within directed by Josh Ruben. The project will be based on the virtual reality video game by Ubisoft and adapted by screenwriter and bestselling author Mishna Wolff.
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Laura Molen, president of ad sales and partnerships for NBCUniversal, continued the company’s stumping for its forthcoming streaming service during an appearance at NATPE on Wednesday.
“Peacock can transcend the generations because we’re providing content for everyone,” she said, referring to the service launching in…
EXCLUSIVE: Issa López (Tigers Are Not Afraid) is set to write the script and is attached to direct an adaptation of the Matthew Baker short story Lost Souls, which Searchlight and Noah Hawley optioned last year.
The film is set in a world in which some babies are born without souls. A young expectant mother is sent…
Mr. Peanut, the world’s most famous legume, is dead, according to his longtime employer, Planters. He was 104.
The jaunty and jovial pitchman recognized around the globe for his rakish top hat, trusty cane, and eccentric monocle, died during a pre-Super Bowl ad. Fans around the world reacted with social media…
Amazon has put in development a series based on James Patterson’s Alex Cross novels for television.
The crime, mystery, and thriller New York Times bestselling novels focus on Metropolitan Police Department detective and father Alex Cross as he faces threats to his family and the city of Washington, D.C. The book…
Patrick Stewart – Picard himself – has invited The View moderator and former El-Aurian Whoopi Goldberg to return to the Star Trek universe.
Appearing on the ABC talk show today, Stewart appeared to surprise Goldberg, who played the El-Aurian bar hostess Guinan on Star Trek: The Next Generation from 1988 to 1993.
"I'm…
EXCLUSIVE: After Ford v Ferrari landed an Oscar nomination for Best Picture, Matt Damon and James Mangold are teaming again. Damon is attached to an adaptation of the 2017 Don Winslow bestseller The Force, which Mangold has been developing to direct for 20th Century Studios.
There is potential here for the kind of New…
Hulu has acquired Sky comedy drama Brassic, while Acorn TV has picked up BBC's Julia Ormond-fronted drama Gold Digger.
Both deals were unveiled by ITV Studios at NATPE.
Brassic stars This Is England's Joe Gilgun, Ripper Street's Damien Molony and Our Girl's Michelle Keegan as well as Dominic West. Gilgun plays Vinnie…
Johnny Flynn (Beast) is set to star opposite Andrew Scott in Steven Zaillian's drama seriesRipley, based on Patricia Highsmith's bestselling quintet of Tom Ripley novels at Showtime. Oscar and Golden Globe winner and Emmy nominee Zaillian (Schindler's List, The Night Of) will write and direct the entire first…
Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman, Margot Robbie and an all-star ensemble take a powerful deep-dive into the downfall of Roger Ailes, with director Jay Roach and screenwriter Charles Randolph.
