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EXCLUSIVE: Paramount Global is cutting back the Smithsonian Channel’s New York Hub as more details about the U.S. layoffs emerge. Staff at the channel’s New York office were told mid-last week, we understand, and third-party producers were subsequently informed that most of their shows will now be…

UPDATED with more detail and names: In the latest wave of industry layoffs, the recently combined Showtime/MTV Entertainment Studios as well as Paramount Media Networks, overseen by the division’s President and CEO Chris McCarthy, is reducing its domestic team by 25% today. McCarthy addressed the cuts…

EXCLUSIVE: A year ago, Yellowjackets got an early Season 2 renewal five episodes into its freshman run. The Showtime series delivered on the vote of confidence with seven Emmy nominations and more than 5 million weekly viewers. Now it’s getting an even earlier Season 3 renewal: More than three months…

Despite what you may read in the New York Times today, I nor anyone at Deadline ever wrote a review declaring that Showtime's George & Tammy had an "intense storyline." However, in a production mix-up, that is what you will see on page 24 of the today's Arts & Leisure section in the Grey Lady. In…

MTV Entertainment Studios and Paramount want to stay in business with the Emmy-winning Antoine Fuqua and his Hill District Media banner. The executive producer of the Paramount+ drama Mayor of Kingstown has signed an overall deal with the studios that will focus on original scripted and unscripted content for TV. 101…

Yellowstone continues to defy gravity, posting linear ratings not seen on ad-supported cable in years and rarely seen on broadcast television these days. In Week 2 of Season 4, the Taylor Sheridan drama starring Kevin Costner drew massive 7.5 million viewers in Live+Same Day, just -7% off its record-breaking two-hour…

ViacomCBS has restructured its international reporting structure, bringing its global business under the control of a trio of U.S. execs. George Cheeks, Chris McCarthy and Brian Robbins have all been promoted as part of the move. Cheeks, who is President and CEO, CBS Entertainment Group, will expand his role to…

UPDATED 1:30 PM: ViacomCBS has unveiled a powerful 8-minute, 46-second video tribute to George Floyd, which marks the time in which Floyd was pinned to the ground with a police officer’s knee on his neck, resulting in his death. You can watch above. In an internal memo, ViacomCBS President of Entertainment and Youth…

The ripple effect from the Viacom-CBS merger — and the network realignment and executive shakeup that accompanied it — continues. The company’s Entertainment & Youth division, run by Chris McCarthy, has promoted two senior scripted executives, Comedy Central Co-head of Original Content Sarah Babineau, as well as…

EXCLUSIVE: Peabody has appointed six new members to its bicoastal board of directors, with the aim of advancing the organization’s commitment to storytelling. Chris McCarthy, ViacomCBS's newly appointed president of entertainment and youth brands, and ESPN’s executive vice president of content, Connor Schell, have…

2ND UPDATE with confirmation and Bob Bakish statement: Viacom and CBS has officially confirmed the wide-ranging content shake-up across its ranks that will see Comedy Central veteran Kent Alterman leaving the fold and MTV Networks boss Chris McCarthy and CBS Chief Creative Officer David Nevins  adding to their…

With CMT being integrated into the Music Group (MTV, VH1, CMT, Logo), the Viacom network is eliminating several positions in the Nashville operations of CMT. Deadline has learned that the effort to streamline departments such as scheduling, communications and marketing is resulting in a number of positions being…