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CBS Television Distribution says it has cleared The Drew Barrymore Show in 85% of the U.S. Steve LoCascio, Chief Operating Officer of CTD, made the announcement on Day 1 of NATPE. The daytime talk show, whose exact format has not yet been set, will launch nationwide in fall 2020. It joins a new entry hosted by Nick…

The 57th annual NATPE conference — the 10th edition held in Miami — will unfold January 21 to 23 with the syndication business experiencing an upswing. While ratings are not what they used to be, renewals of major 2019 talk debuts for Kelly Clarkson and Tamron Hall have restored confidence in the sector’s core…

EXCLUSIVE: Entertainment One is expanding its presence in the young adult space, signing a first-look deal with The Mother Company, a family-focused media company that creates premium cross-platform content. The companies have set their first two projects under the pact, one based on Howard Wallace, PI, the first book…

CBS Television Distribution is moving ahead with a syndicated daytime talk show hosted by actress Drew Barrymore, which is on track for a fall 2020 launch. The CBS Television Stations, which  represent 38% of the U.S., have signed on as an anchor station group to launch the new show. That includes flagships WCBS-TV in…

Drew Barrymore is taking another stab at daytime television. The actress is shooting a pilot for a potential syndicated daytime talk show this week in New York, we hear. Barrymore also would be an executive producer on the show for CBS TV Distribution, which would be under consideration for the 2020-21 season if it…

There will be no fourth season for Netflix’s dark comedy Santa Clarita Diet as the streaming giant has opted to cancel the series starring Drew Barrymore and Timothy Olyphant. The news comes almost a month after the March 29 release of the show’s third season. Santa Clarita Diet is the latest Netflix series canceled…

For those who gripe that eating out can cost and arm and a leg, consider the Santa Clarita Diet — in which dining at home can cost an arm. Someone else’s arm. Netflix today announced a March 29 premiere date for Season 3 of its kinda-culinary dark comedy starring Drew Barrymore and Timothy Olyphant. Watch the tasty…

CBS’ high-profile upcoming reality series, The World’s Best, is getting the biggest launch platform possible. CBS has selected the global talent competition to premiere immediately after Super Bowl LIII on Sunday, February 3. Hosted by James Corden, with RuPaul Charles, Drew Barrymore and Faith Hill as judges, The Worl…

EXCLUSIVE: James Corden, Drew Barrymore, RuPaul Charles and Faith Hill are set to headline The World’s Best, CBS’ high-profile global talent competition reality series from reality TV heavyweights Mark Burnett and Mike Darnell, the forces behind two of the biggest talent competition reality series of the the last two…

No, Drew Barrymore has not “decided to temporary take an unlimited vacation to play her most crucial role as a mother,” whatever that means. And unless the author and editors of a deeply strange celebrity profile have proof they’re not sharing, they would have no basis to claim the actress is “unstable in her…

Years from now when we look back at the type of entertainment that was made during the inflammatory presidential era of Donald Trump, Netflix’s John Waters-like zombie comedy Santa Clarita Diet is bound to be a benchmark. Created by Victor Fresco, who has worked as an EP on such classic broadcast sitcoms as Mad About Y…

‘The body count is about to increase. Netflix said today that Season 2 of its undead comedy Santa Clarita Diet will dig in Friday, March 23, around the world. The series stars Timothy Olyphant and Drew Barrymore as Joel and Sheila Hammond, husband-and-wife realtors who lead vaguely discontented lives in the titular…