Erik has been a full-time journalist in Los Angeles for more than 30 years, the past 23 covering Hollywood. Before joining Deadline in 2013, he spent nearly 17 years at The Hollywood Reporter, rising to managing editor. He also wrote about music for THR; did hundreds of concert and TV reviews; covered such events as the Cannes Film Festival, NATPE and MIFED; and worked closely with the web team. Before that he was a cities editor at The Orange County Register after serving as managing editor of the Los Angeles Daily Commerce.
Showtime has acquired The One and Only Dick Gregory, a feature-length documentary about the comedian and activist who specialized in cultural disruption. The pic about the late icon will air, appropriately, on the Fourth of July — following its June 19 world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival.
Watch a clip above…
“Back in the G game, baby.”
Netflix has set a July 30 premiere for Season 2 of Outer Banks, its coming-of-age story about the Pogues, a tightknit group of local teens in the titular North Carolina beach vacation spot. Have a look at the first teaser for the 10-episode sophomore run above.
After their near-death escape…
TNT edged ESPN for the most trophies at the 42nd annual Sports Emmy Awards, which were handed out tonight in a livestreamed virtual ceremony. The Worldwide Leader turned the tables on Turner Sports for the most wins by network group, however.
See the list of wins by network and network group here and wins by program…
Eddie Gamarra has been set as VP Literary Affairs at Nickelodeon and Awesomeness. In the newly created position, Nick’s former VP Studio Business Development will globally source, track and evaluate literary material at all publishing stages to option and develop into animated and live-action content for the two…
KCET topped Spanish-language outlet KVEA to lead the nominations for the 73rd Los Angeles Area Emmys, which the Television Academy announced this morning. The pubcaster scooped 23 noms to the Telemundo station’s 21, with Spectrum News 1 running third with 19.
Univision’s KMEX (16) and network O&O ABC7 (12) are the…
There’s a new queen of mean on Easy Street. Taraji P. Henson is set to play the villainous Miss Hannigan in Annie Live!, NBC’s adaptation of the Tony-winning musical that airs in December.
The former Empire star, a three-time Emmy nominee and Oscar nominee, will take on the role of the most unpleasant orphanage…
Rob Zombie is pulling up to 1313 Mockingbird Lane. The rocker-turned-filmmaker said on social media today that he will tackle The Munstersas his next film project. The adaptation of the 1960s creepshow comedy will be for Universal 1440 Entertainment, NBCU confirmed, which likely means it will stream on…
Trust is a setup.
That rather ominous thought serves the tagline for No Sudden Move, Steven Soderbergh’s heist thriller for HBO Max starring Don Cheadle and Benicio del Toro. Check out the new trailer interspersed with 2WEI’s “Boom Boom” above and the key art below.
The ’50s-set pic, which has the centerpiece slot at t…
Season 6 of Bravo’s spinoff series Below Deck Mediterranean will be shovin’ right off on Peacock a week ahead of its cable launch, NBCUniversal said today.
The new episodes will start streaming Monday, June 21, with the series returning to Bravo on June 28. And every episode can be watched on Peacock one week before…
Onyx Collective, Disney General Entertainment Content’s slate of premium entertainment programming by creators of color and underrepresented voices, has named its nonfiction programming execs. Jacqueline Glover is set as Head of Documentary Programming, and Jihan Robinson is VP Documentary Programming.
The pair will…
Have you heard the one about the big comedy festival? Netflix Is a Joke, which was to feature many top stand-up comics performing in Los Angeles in spring 2020 but was postponed then canceled amid the pandemic, has been rescheduled for April 29-May 8.
Partnered with Live Nation, the streaming service announced the new…
FX has made its summer plans. The cable net is out with premiere dates for a slew of its new and returning series including the latest installment of American Horror Story, new spinoff American Horror Stories, Y: The Last Man, Impeachment: American Crime Story, new seasons of Archer andWhat We Do in the Shadowsand…
