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SPOILER ALERT: This story contains details about the season 1 finale of FX On Hulu’s The Old Man. FX on Hulu’s spy drama The Old Man starring Jeff Bridges and John Lithgow wrapped its first season July 21 by answering several burning questions — namely, why Faraz Hamzad was so hellbent at getting to Dan Chase…

Jeff Bridges is returning to series television for the first time in over 50 years with FX drama The Old Man. The Big Lebowski and Bad Times at the El Royale star will play a retired CIA officer in the series, which is written by Black Sails co-creators Jon Steinberg and Robert Levine. The series, which is based on…

Black Sails co-creator Jon Steinberg and his producing partner Dan Shotz have signed a three-year overall deal with Fox 21 Television Studios to develop and run series for the studio. Steinberg and Shotz were most recently executive producers on the Apple streaming series, See. Prior to that, Steinberg executive…

In the latest land grab in ad-supported streaming, cable and broadband provider Altice USA is paying $200 million to acquire news network Cheddar. Cheddar’s twin business and news networks are available in 40 million pay-TV homes through a range of MVPD and internet bundles, including on Altice, Charter and Comcast…

Cheddar, which bills itself as a “post-cable” media network covering the business world, said it has raised a $22 million Series D round of financing, which includes new investors such as Liberty Global and Goldman Sachs. Existing investors, including major media players AT&T, Amazon, Comcast Ventures and Altice USA…

SPOILER ALERT: This story contains details about tonight's Black Sails series finale. After four seasons on the high seas, Black Sails tonight washed up on shore literally and figuratively on the edge of Treasure Island, the Robert Louis Stevenson classic that the Starz series served as a prequel to. However, there…