On the heels of one of the most dismal seasons in L.A. Lakers history, it’s probably a little painful to relieve the glory days of Hollywood’s home team. That is what Oscar winner Adam McKay (Vice) is doing with Showtime, a drama series project, which has received a pilot order at HBO.

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Hailed as a trailblazer, film and TV producer Steve Golin, who died late Sunday night after a battle with cancer, helped start the careers of a slew of writers and directors through the two companies he launched, Anonymous Content and Propaganda Films.

One of them was Nic Pizzolatto. He was a novelist who had just…

EXCLUSIVE: Meet Joss Whedon’s next leading lady. Laura Donnelly (Outlander) is set as the lead in The Nevers, HBO’s straight-to-series drama from the Buffy the Vampire Slayer creator and The Avengers writer/director.

Co-written by Whedon and Buffy alums Jane Espenson and Doug Petrie and directed by Whedon, The Nevers…

As Law & Order: SVU is heading into its historic 21st season, the series is bringing back one of its beloved showrunners. Warren Leight, credited with revitalizing the veteran crime drama during his five-year turn at the helm, is returning as executive producer/showrunner.

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A month ago, the CW drama All American ended its 16-episode freshman run with a big championship win for Beverly High and two major cliffhangers as Spencer (Daniel Ezra) is left pondering whether to stay at the posh school or return to South Crenshaw High while his little brother’s paternity is being questioned.

But th…

As Armando Iannucci’s Veep is airing its final season on HBO, the premium cable network has picked up a new series from the British creator. HBO has given a series order to Iannucci’s space comedy pilot Avenue 5, starring Hugh Laurie, Josh Gad, Zach Woods and Nikki Amuka-Bird.

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As expected, CBS has renewed NCIS: Los Angeles and NCIS: New Orleans for the 2019-20 season. NCIS: Los Angeles will be back for an eleventh season, NCIS: New Orleans for a sixth. The pickups follow the recent renewal of the mothership series NCIS as CBS is keeping the CBS TV Studios-produced crime procedural franchise…

Steve Golin, the founder and CEO of Anonymous Content and co-founder and former CEO of Propaganda Films, passed away peacefully late Sunday night in Los Angeles after a long battle with cancer. The revered film and TV producer, who won the 2016 Best Picture Oscar for Spotlight, was 64. His loss will be felt far and…

Chicago P.D. star Jon Seda on Saturday reacted to his exit from the Chicago NBC franchise with a tribute to the shows and thanks to its devoted fans. “It’s been an honor portraying Det. Antonio Dawson in the #OneChicagoWorld,” he wrote under a photo of Dawson looking at the Chicago skyline. (See the tweet and his…

Soon after Deadline broke the news yesterday that three actors on Chicago series, Chicago P.D. star Jon Seda and Chicago Med co-stars Colin Donnell and Norma Kuhling, are exiting as series regulars, Kuhling took to Instagram to reflect on her time on the NBC series and thank producer Dick Wolf as well as the show’s…

EXCLUSIVE: After seven years on Chicago Fire, Chicago P.D. and Chicago Justice, Chicago P.D. star Jon Seda is exiting the popular NBC drama franchise. Also departing are Chicago Med co-stars Colin Donnell and Norma Kuhling. All three are leaving as series regulars. As is always the case with the Dick Wolf TV universe…

With writers firing their agents en masse in the ongoing battle between the WGA and the Association of Talent Agents over packaging and agency-affiliated productions, the burden of keeping the wheels of the TV and film business turning has fallen on attorneys and managers.

The situation has created a legal dilemma for …