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Bombshell lives up to its title, and then some, and the explosive story of the scandal in which a group of women brought down Fox News founder and ruler Roger Ailes entered the Oscar race in a big way Sunday. Stars Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman and Margot Robbie, director Jay Roach and screenwriter Charles Randolph…

NBC News President Noah Oppenheim says the network is busy readying its upcoming streaming service, which will soon launch with eight hours of programming. "It will be something you can access on Apple TV or Roku or any of those other boxes. We are going to launch with eight hours of programming, including live…

Megyn Kelly thinks Sarah Silverman’s adult-oriented comedy – or at least one blisteringly “blue” (Silverman’s perfectly understated description) tweet aimed at Donald Trump – doesn’t square with the comic’s kids movie career. Needless to say, Silverman doesn’t agree, and has let loose on Twitter to set things right. A…

Nearly three months after NBC News cancelled Megyn Kelly Today in the wake of the host’s on-air Halloween blackface defense  the Andy Lack-run network division has finally reached an agreement with the former Fox News superstar for her to officially walk out the door. "The parties have resolved their differences, and…

2018 was a wild ride in the TV news business. Shocking reports in the wake of #MeToo forced the industry to vomit out more sexual harassers. Some high-profile programs suffered ratings consequences. Meanwhile, TV news executives licked self-inflicted wounds, and, once again, viewers said so long, for now at least, to…

Almost a month after Megyn Kelly’s show was dropped by NBC News and coming up on the one-year anniversary of Matt Lauer's pink-slipping from the same organization over sexual harassment claims, talks over an exit agreement for Kelly still have a ways to go. Despite a flurry of speculation in the last few hours from…

Megyn Kelly has been gone as host of Today show’s 9 AM hour for two full weeks. Viewers are expressing approval with ratings. Kathie Lee and Hoda could not be happier. Megyn Kelly Today was canceled on October 26, though NBC News had pulled the former Fox News star off its air two days earlier when she seemed to say…

John Oliver on HBO’s Last Week Tonight gleefully pummeled HBO’s parent company AT&T over its prior support of controversial Iowa Rep. Steve King, and mocked NBC’s handling of former Today show hour-3 host Megyn Kelly, King, running for a ninth term has a history of flirting with white nationalists. He recently got…

Updated with Megyn Kelly tweets: Playing out in the press and social media as much as the conference room, it looks like negotiations over Megyn Kelly's departure from NBC News have taken a bad turn yet again – and the ex-morning show host’s attorney wants the big boys to step in if news boss Andy Lack can’t or won’t…

EXCLUSIVE: Megyn Kelly is off the air and heading toward the door at NBC, but it looks like any exit won't be as smooth as the former Fox News Channel host may have anticipated. Over the weekend and today, increasingly intractable NBC News boss Andy Lack has made it clear in talks with Kelly’s reps that a hefty payout…

Today hosts Hoda Kotb, Craig Melvin, Al Roker, and Savannah Guthrie moved seamlessly into the third hour of the show this morning, after NBC announced Friday it had cancelled Megyn Kelly Today in the wake of Kelly’s defense of blackface Halloween costumes. “Today, as you know, we are starting a new chapter in the…

"Megyn Kelly Today is not returning,” NBC News announced Friday morning, one day after she was yanked off the air, following a defense of blackface Halloween costumes. “Next week, the 9 a.m. hour will be hosted by other TODAY co-anchors," the news division said in a statement. Kelly’s LA-based lawyer Bryan Freedman…