The broadcast business has been at a crossroads for the past couple of years, putting emphasis on live programming, sports and unscripted fare as scripted series increasingly are consumed digitally on-demand. A potential WGA strike would accelerate the process, according to a number of industry sources I spoke with…

SPOILER ALERT: This article contains details about tonight’s two-part series finale of Fresh Off the Boat. After six seasons, we say goodbye to the Huang family of Fresh Off the Boat. The two-part series finale of the groundbreaking ABC sitcom didn’t necessarily end with a bang. There was no huge champagne toast…

EXCLUSIVE: Gersh has signed Sidney Flanigan, the star of Eliza Hittman’s Sundance Film Festival breakout Never Rarely Sometimes Always. The pic made its world premiere in the U.S. Dramatic Competition section and received a special jury Neorealism prize. The film will next screen in competition at the Berlin Film…

Steve Stark, MGM’s President of Scripted Television Production & Development, has been named President of MGM/UA Television, a newly created label. The appointment is part of a new contract Stark has signed with Metro Goldwyn Mayer’s Worldwide Television Group, run by Chairman Mark Burnett. Over the past eight years…

EXCLUSIVE:  Cleopatra Coleman, who co-starred in Fox’s The Last Man on Earth comedy series, has secured the lead role opposite Y'lan Noel (Insecure) in Mo McRae’s directorial debut film A Lot Of Nothing, which has David Oyelowo attached as an executive producer. It’s about a married couple living in a Los Angeles…

BET Networks will be joined by MTV, VH1, Comedy Central, CMT, Logo, TV Land, POP and Smithsonian in a simulcast of the 51st NAACP Image Awards live this Saturday, February 22 at 8pm in Pasadena. The NAACP Image Awards celebrates the accomplishments of people of color in the fields of television, music, literature and…

The UCLA administration has scrapped a plan to use facial recognition technology on campus after students and outside groups protested. A report by VICE News said UCLA was planning on implementing the system before complaints surfaced. Student groups said earlier this month that a  "National Day of Action" would be…

EXCLUSIVE: The X-Files alum Mitch Pileggi is set as a series regular in Walker, a reimagining of CBS' long-running 1990s action/crime series Walker, Texas Ranger, headlined by Jared Padalecki. Additionally, Pretty Little Liars‘ alum Keegan Allen recently joined the cast, joining Padalecki and previously announced…

As the WGA prepares for its upcoming negotiations for a new film and TV contract, guild leaders are telling their members to beware of "misleading and provocative information" that "may appear in the press or social media." "What kinds of tactics might we expect from the companies?" the guild asks in a series of…

EXCLUSIVE: Jon Prasida (Hiding), Shannon Dang (The L Word) and Eddie Liu (Silicon Valley) have been cast as series regulars in the CW pilot Kung Fu, a reimagining with a female lead of the 1970s David Carradine-starring TV series. It hails from Christina M. Kim, Martin Gero, Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter and Warner…