NBC celebrated the 15th anniversary of America’s Got Talent with a retrospective Wednesday that topped all of broadcast primetime, delivering a 0.8 in the adults 18-49 demographic and netting 6.08 million viewers. It was a strong lead-in to a fresh episode of World of Dance (0.7, 3.90M), which held steady in the demo…

ICM Partners is finalizing an agreement with the WGA, sources tell Deadline. The pact, which would join a similar deal the guild reached with UTA last month, paves the way to eliminating the practice of packaging by June 30, 2022, which had been contingent on two of the so called “Big 4” agencies, CAA, WME, UTA and…

Organizers of the Sarajevo Film Fesitval, which was set to be one of the first international film festival's to take place in a meaningful physical form this summer, have made a late decision to shift the event entirely to online after a spike of infections in Bosnia. The fest had been due to take place August 14 – 21…

All eight Harry Potter movies, which had a brief run on HBO Max when the WarnerMedia streaming service launched in May, are moving to Peacock this fall. The availability on NBCUniversal’s streaming outlet, which went live in April before a national expansion in July, was specified as a six-month run starting in…

Disney Channel has renewed T.O.T.S. for a third season ahead of the toon series Season 2 bow.  The second season begins at 9 a.m. Friday, August 7, on the preschooler-targeted cable net. T.O.T.S. follows the adventures of best friends Pip and Freddy, a tenacious penguin and a kindhearted flamingo, who are the only…

Disney shares posted a dramatic gain Wednesday, climbing nearly 11% after two upgrades from Wall Street analysts and general kudos for its moves on the streaming front. By mid-day, shares were flirting with $130, their best showing since February. Trading volume was at twice its usual level. While Disney’s financial…

Plans for Joe Biden to accept the Democratic nomination in Milwaukee have been scrapped, as the coronavirus has forced further changes to the plans for the convention. No other speakers will travel to the city. Biden instead will deliver a speech from Delaware, his home state, with exact details to be announced. The De…

The New York Times said digital revenue exceeded print for the first time ever for the second quarter ended in June when it added 669,000 net new digital subscriptions. That included 493,000 net new subscriptions to its core news product and 176,000 to other digital products, like Cooking, Crossword and audio. It…

A Portland, Oregon, cinema center’s summer drive-in movie series has pulled a screening of the 1990 Arnold Schwarzenegger comedy Kindergarten Cop after some community and staff members complained that the film is out of step with local and national concerns about overpolicing. Kindergarten Cop will be replaced at the…

Insecure star Issae Rae is to exec produce a two-part documentary for HBO exploring the history of black television. Seen & Heard, which is currently in production, will look at the issue through the eyes of those who wrote, produced, created and starred in groundbreaking series of the past and present. It will be…