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Dominic Patten

Senior Editor, Legal & TV Critic

Dominic covers litigious Hollywood’s major lawsuits and weighs in on the current Golden Age of television with his video reviews and more. Before joining Deadline in 2012, he wrote for the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Washington Times, and the Toronto Globe and Mail. A frequent guest on NPR, Fox News Channel, CNN, MSNBC and CBS, he also has been a documentary director, TV producer, national news correspondent and a newspaper editor.

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“Stay At Home” Or “You Could Kill Someone,” Return of ‘Real Time With Bill Maher’ Told By LA Mayor

Two weeks after the host said Real Time with Bill Maher was going dark indefinitely due to the coronavirus crisis, the long running HBO talk show was back tonight with some big and small changes. "Please sit, and welcome to Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom," a partially shaded Maher opened in his LA backyard to canned…
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‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Hits Viewership Season High, CBS Cashes In With ‘Broke’ Debut

As confirmed cases of the coronavirus pandemic broke 1 million worldwide for the first time, America took to the small screen in some record numbers last night. Once again topping Thursday in the adults 18-49 demographic and up a tenth from last week, Grey's Anatomy (1.4) had its best audience this season with 7.13…
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Ratings: 'Grey's Anatomy Hits Viewership Season

Paradigm Hit With Blistering $2M Breach Of Contract Suit By Debbee Klein; Sam Gores’ Agency Says “False, Frivolous & Scurrilous” – Update

EXCLUSIVE: UPDATE, 11:48 AM: It took almost half a day, but Paradigm Talent Agency has finally responded to the more than $2 million lawsuit that Debbee Klein launched like a cruise missile late last night at the Sam Gores-run company for being unceremoniously axed last month after over two decades in the trenches…
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Dr. Anthony Fauci Says Coronavirus Cure Claims By Netflix’s ‘Pandemic’ Doctor Is “Old Concept”

The man who has become the voice of reason and science from the daily White House coronavirus briefings was positively circumspect today about a declaration from one of the physicians featured in Netflix’s Pandemic about a possible COVID-19 vaccine. "I don't know this specific individual, what they're doing, but I can…
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Quibi Threatened With Injunction By Eko Days Before Launch Of Jeffrey Katzenberg’s Mobile Service

The multi-front legal battle between Quibi and Eko over motion flipping technology has just gone to DEFCON 2, kind of. “Plaintiff JBF Interlude 2009 Ltd. – Israel seeks a preliminary injunction enjoining Defendant Quibi Holdings LLC from misappropriating Eko's proprietary technology for mobile device optimized ‘Real…
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Quibi Threatened With Shutdown By Eko

‘Empire’s Final Season Cut Short By Coronavirus Pandemic; Early Series Finale Set On Fox

Empire‘s sixth and final season will end sooner than originally planned due to the coronavirus pandemic. As revealed at the very end of Tuesday’s betrayal and crashed wedding filled “Love Me Still” broadcast, the 18th episode of Taraji P. Henson and Terrance Howard-led hip hop drama’s final season will now serve as…
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Coping With COVID-19 Crisis: A Connected Friend Of Bill W’s On Staying Sober And Recovery In The Age Of Isolation

Editors' Note: With full acknowledgment of the big-picture implications of a pandemic that has already claimed thousands of lives, cratered global economies and closed international borders, Deadline's Coping With COVID-19 Crisis series is a forum for those in the entertainment space grappling with myriad consequences…
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Coronavirus Relief Concert Review: Elton John Hosted Special Successfully Flies Big iHearted Flag In Lo-Fi Tones

John Lennon once warned us that we can so easily be "benefited to death" if we're not discerning. However, just 18 days after the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus a pandemic, the first major star-studded benefit to help those hurt by the health crisis landed tonight with the lo-fi but big hearted Fox…
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Coronavirus Relief Concert Review: Elton John

Hollywood Helps L.A. Healthcare Workers, Seniors & “Worst Off” In Coronavirus Fight; Bob Iger, Steven Spielberg & Jeffrey Katzenberg Donate $500K Each To City Fund

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti announced today that some of Hollywood's biggest names have put some big bucks on the City of Angels' frontlines fighting the coronavirus pandemic. "I've seen it in the can-do spirit of some of the pillars of our community who are making personal contributions that we're redistributing…
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Spike Lee Gifts Unmade ‘Jackie Robinson’ Script To Stay-At-Homers For Sunday Reading

Hello everyone, hope you are safe at home," said Spike Lee today with an out of the park surprise for an America mainly behind closed door due to the coronavirus pandemic. Hunkered down in his own Republic of Brooklyn pad, the Oscar winner Sunday went online to gift film and baseball fans with the treat of the script…
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Dare To Stream: Quibi, Peacock & HBO Max Ready Launches As Economy Staggers But TV Viewership Skyrockets

As Americans shelter in place with many spending most or all of each day at home, three new streaming services are prepping for launch: Quibi, Peacock and HBO Max. They are hitting the market at a stomach-churningly weird time for the world and for the companies – and investors – that own them. As it turns out…
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