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Striking film and television writers got a signal boost on Thursday from U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (d-NY), who spoke at a rally outside the East Coast offices of Paramount Global in the busy heart of Manhattan's Times Square.  Related Story Dispatches From The Picket Lines, Day 22: 30…

Kelly Clarkson has issued a response to a bombshell report in Rolling Stone accusing her daytime show’s executives of creating a toxic work environment. Workers complained in the report of being "bullied and intimidated," "overworked" and "traumatized" by the show's "monster" producers. Clarkson…

The BBC and NBCUniversal (NBCU) have co-ordered an adventure reality competition series — a model they followed to bag international entertainment hit The Traitors. The pair has teamed to take domestic format rights to Destination X for their respective countries, having previously co-commissioned The…

EXCLUSIVE: German public broadcaster’s latest drama is to be a remake of the 2019 Australian thriller mini-series Safe Harbour after a deal with distributor NBCUniversal Formats. Titled Liberame – Nach dem Sturm (Liberame – After the Storm), the drama is set around a sailing trip on the Mediterranean, an overcrowded…

NBCU is airing coverage across a number of its constituent channels, with every single event available on its Peacock streaming service and select events also on NBC, CNBC and USA. Find out more about how to watch the Games online and on TV as well as who the the anchors and commentators are for specific sports <a href="https://deadline.com/2022/02/beijing-olympics-livestream-tv-coverage-how-to-watch-1234921478/"…

Universal Parks & Resorts announced today that Vice Chairman Mark Woodbury, who is also currently President of Universal Creative, will become the division’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer upon the retirement of current Chairman and CEO Tom Williams. Thirty-three year Universal Parks veteran Williams will retire…

Disney earlier this month exercised its right to buy the NHL's 10% stake in streaming technology services group BAMTech for $350 million in a deal expected to close by the end of September. In its quarterly report filed with the SEC – which is more detailed than the earnings press release from earlier this afternoon…

Giuliana Rancic is stepping down as host of E!’s red carpet coverage after almost two decades. The E! veteran made the announcement in an Instagram post Friday. “After 20 fabulous years hosting E!’s red carpet, I have decided to step out of my red carpet heels into a new pair of shoes,” she wrote. Rancic’s…

Comcast CEO Brian Roberts and NBCUniversal chief Jeff Shell are upbeat the Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo will go forward as planned and said advertisers are optimistic as well, based on what they’re seeing. “Sitting here today, I believe there will be an 0lympics. I hope there will bee an Olympics. I think that is our…

As Deadline reported last month, NBCUniversal in mid-June began an incremental reopening for employees at its headquarters in Universal City. In a company memo today, Mark Lazarus, Chairman, NBCUniversal Television and Streaming, who oversees all NBC broadcast and cable networks, along with the Peacock streaming…

Rachel Maddow said that she and her staff have “independently confirmed” that NBC News executives told Ronan Farrow to put a “pause in any new reporting” on Harvey Weinstein, backing up a claim he makes in his new book Catch and Kill. Maddow devoted her monologue on her MSNBC show on Friday to Farrow’s book, before he…

A federal lawsuit alleges that NBCUniversal, the National Football League, and recording artist Carrie Underwood are among those who plagiarized a YouTube song to create the Sunday Night Football opening theme song "Game On" that precedes the athletic action. SNF is typically one of the primetime ratings leaders…