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UPDATED, 11:26 AM: New courtroom show We the People with Judge Lauren Lake in 95% of U.S. broadcast syndication markets for a fall launch, Byron Allen's Entertainment Studios said today. The outlets include multiple CBS and Fox O&Os, along with Nexstar, Tegna, Weigel and Sinclair and other station groups. The daily…

EXCLUSIVE: Byron Allen's Allen Media Group feature film division, Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures, has picked up the worldwide media rights to the critically-acclaimed historic biography From Selma to Sorrow: The Life and Death of Viola Liuzzo. Written by author/historian Mary Stanton (Journey Toward Justice, Fr…

Byron Allen acquired The Weather Channel three year ago, gathered scientists at its Atlanta campus and asked "Are we in trouble?" After an unequivocal yes, "I decided not to be Switzerland," the founder Allen Media Group/Entertainment Studios told TCA Tuesday. Environmental journalists face pressure to avoid offending…

UPDATED, 7:10 PM: Byron Allen’s Entertainment Studios and Charter Communications have agreed to settle Allen’s $10 billion racial-discrimination  lawsuit against the telecommunications giant. The parties put out a brief joint statement tonight announcing the deal. "Byron Allen's Entertainment Studios Networks has…

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, says that it’s up to local authorities to ensure all members of vulnerable groups, including the African American community, receive the Covid-19 vaccination. “I recommend that the African-American community, particularly in…

Byron Allen’s Entertainment Studios has renewed its popular courtroom series Justice For All with Judge Cristina Perez for seven more seasons through fall 2027. It comes on the heels of last week’s seven-season renewal for America’s Court with Judge Ross. Justice For All with Judge Cristina Perez began airing its…

EXCLUSIVE: Just days after its Season 11 premiere, Byron Allen's Entertainment Studios has picked up America’s Court With Judge Ross for seven more seasons, through fall 2027. Featuring former Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Kevin A. Ross, America’s Court With Judge Ross is a daily half-hour syndicated…

Byron Allen’s Entertainment Studios announced that Brooke Kahn will continue to lead digital sales and distribution as the company’s new VP of digital sales, partnerships. "I'm delighted to continue building our Entertainment Studios content distribution business across our fantastic partner network and with a growing…

Byron Allen’s Entertainment Studios Networks and Comcast have reached a settlement and carriage agreement for a series of channels. Allen’s racial bias case against Comcast went all the way to the Supreme Court, but in March, the justices ruled unanimously that he had to meet a higher threshold for his case to proceed…

Allen Media Broadcasting, a division of Byron Allen’s Entertainment Studios, said Tuesday that it has closed on the acquisition of 11 broadcast television stations from USA Television Holdings LLC and USA Television MidAmerica Holdings LLC (collectively, USA TV) for $305 million. "These stations are dedicated to their…

Byron Allen’s Entertainment Studios said at NATPE today that is has handed a two-season renewal to Funny You Should Ask, its syndicated comedy game show hosted by Jon Kelley. It’s the second consecutive twin-season renewal for the daily half-hour strip, with the previous one coming in January 2018. Today’s move will…

Byron Allen’s Entertainment Studios has renewed five of the studio’s syndicated court series for the 2020-21 season. The renewals, announced at NATPE, consist of 650 new half-hour episodes for the 2020-21 season, effective immediately. The renewed series are America’s Court With Judge Ross, which is heading into its…