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The 2020 Miss USA competition is heading to A+E Networks’ cable channel FYI, the Miss Universe organization said today. Both the 2020 Miss USA competition and 2020 Miss Teen USA will take place at Elvis Presley’s Graceland mansion in Memphis, TN, in November, under COVID-19 guidelines in the coronavirus era. The 2020 M…

On the day before the network's 2017 Upfronts start, Sunday was a night of finales and a pageant and one hell of a basketball game in the afternoon. And by that, I don't just mean for the Golden State Warriors as they came back from a 25-point deficit to beat the San Antonio Spurs 113-111 in Game 1 of the NBA’s…

UPDATE, 11:15 AM: The Golden State Warriors are up 2-0 over LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2016 NBA Finals, and ABC is holding pretty steady to near-record-breaking numbers — even with last night's blowout at Oakland's Oracle Arena. Game 2 of this year's basketball showdown Sunday brought in 17.4…

The Miss USA competition is looking for Contestant No. 52. The Miss Universe organization today announced #FindingMiss52, a nationwide search for a 52nd contestant to join the 2016 Miss USA competition which will air live Sunday June 5 (7:00-10:00 PM ET live/PT tape-delayed) on Fox. Applications are being accepted now…

The Miss Universe Pageant has found a new TV home. Fox Broadcasting has picked up The 64th Annual Miss Universe Pageant, its new owner IMG and the Miss Universe Organization said today. The three-hour annual event will air live from Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas on December 20 at 7 PM ET live, and tape…

To the surprise of no one, the Miss USA Pageant clocked its lowest-ever audience of under a million viewers Sunday in a cobbled-together, last-minute distribution deal on Reelz. On the bright side, the pageant got network play, which had been in question. For comparison’s sake, last year’s properly promoted pageant…

“I agree with everything NBC, Univision, Macy’s are saying – I think those comments are ridiculous, We couldn’t disagree with them more,” Reelz CEO Stan Hubbard said this afternoon of Donald Trump’s “rapists” immigration position, hours after announcing his network will televise Trump’s Miss USA Pageant on July 12…

Dumped by NBC and Univision over Donald Trump's remarks about "rapists" immigrants, the Miss USA beauty pageant will still be televised out of Baton Rouge on July 12 after all thanks to some new friends in cable. In a deal with the Trump co-owned Miss Universe Organization, Reelz has picked up exclusive rights. "The…

Updated throughout: Hours after suing Univision for $500 million for bailing on its broadcast of Miss USA and Miss Universe Pageants, GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump indicated he will do same to NBC, telling Bill O’Reilly the reason NBC also cut ties to both pageants “will come out in ligitation.”  Trump…

UPDATED from 2:23 PM with Univision statement: He said last week that he would go after them in the courts and today the GOP Presidential candidate did just that. Donald Trump slammed Univision Tuesday with an over $500 million lawsuit over the Spanish-language network ending their plans on June 25 to show the July 12…

Donald Trump’s campaign comments about Mexican immigrants continues to cause beauty-pageant chaos. NBC just announced it will air its “USA Vs. The World” episode of American Ninja Warrior on July 12 in the timeslot where it was to have aired the Miss USA Pageant. Fitting, somehow. NBC announced yesterday it would not…

EXCLUSIVE: "I couldn't care less," said the Presidential candidate to Deadline today about criticism that he posted Univision anchor Jorge Ramos’ cell number online. "That's fair game, if he treats me fairly, I'll treat him fairly. If he doesn't treat me fairly, then I play by his rules." The same day Univision pulled…