Showtime’s weekly half-hour political docuseries The Circus: Inside the Greatest Political Show on Earth returns for its third season tonight. Co-hosts John Heilemann and Mark McKinnon will be joined by new host Alex Wagner, who has replaced Mark Halperin. The show hit a decidedly uncertain period in October when…

“I became aware with a phone call from Mark, a day or so before the story broke,” Showtime CEO David Nevins told TV critics at TCA when asked how he became aware of sexual harassment/assault allegations against Showtime’s The Circus EP/co-star Mark Halperin. “I have known Mark for many years; he is an old friend. That…

The Circus has survived. Showtime made it official Wednesday morning,  announcing it had ordered a third season of the docu series, which will be divvied up, so a run of new episodes will air in the spring and another in the fall. More to the point, John Heilemann is back as host, ditto Mark McKinnon. But Mark Halperin…

Morning Joe co-host Mika Brzezinski has apologized following statements she made on Friday morning’s show that were critical of some of the women who had accused ousted MSNBC journalist Mark Halperin of sexual harassment. In a discussion on sexual harassment on Friday’s show, Brzezinski said that Halperin, a friend of…

Veteran journalist Mark Halperin and CAA have parted ways, Deadline has confirmed. The move marks the latest company to end its relationship with the  newsman in the wake of sexual harassment accusations. Prior to CAA, Halperin already had lost deals with MSNBC, HBO, Showtime and Penguin Press stemming from a CNN…

One of the journalists who has accused Mark Halperin of sexual harassment spoke to NBC News’ Megyn Kelly shortly after news broke that the news division had terminated his contract. "I was angry because I was silent, and because I was silent, this happened to other people," Eleanor McManus told Kelly, in her first TV…

MSNBC this morning confirmed to Deadline it has terminated Mark Halperin’s contract. News comes days after CNN first reported claims of five women, who spoke on condition of anonymity, that veteran journalist Halperin had sexually harassed them when he was working for ABC News. He had been suspended from NBC News…

Mark Halperin won’t be part of Showtime’s The Circus if the political documentary series returns, Deadline has confirmed. "Should 'The Circus' move forward with another season, Mark Halperin will not be a part of it," said a Showtime spokesperson in a statement. The network had previously said it was “reevaluating&#8221…

Suspended NBC News political pundit Mark Halperin has issued an apology do-over after being ditched by his publisher and HBO, in which he acknowledged at greater length his “aggressive and crude” behavior towards women while at ABC News. But, insisted Halperin, who joined MSNBC as senior political analyst in 2010…

Morning Joe’s Mika Brzezinski paused the program a second consecutive day to address viewers directly about the absence of show regular Mark Halperin. The powerful figure in political punditry was noticeably absent Friday, as on Thursday, after CNN on Wednesday night reported several women claimed he sexually harassed…

Mark Halperin’s publisher has pulled the plug on his book about the 2016 presidential race. Halperin was to have written the book with John Heilemann. Just a couple hours earlier, HBO announced it had canceled plans to adapt the book for the screen. “In light of the recent news regarding Mark Halperin, Penguin Press…

HBO has scrapped plans to develop a movie based on Mark Halperin’s book about the 2016 presidential election. The news follows a CNN report Wednesday night that five women have come forward claiming to have been sexually harassed by the political pundit when he was an exec at ABC News. NBC News, where Halperin is a…