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UPDATED with latest: The cascade continued Tuesday afternoon as Los Angles Public Health officials announced that they would update the county’s Covid-19 guidance to follow the new, looser CDC strictures released Tuesday morning. California officials also signaled the state would comply. From the Public Health…

EXCLUSIVE: Lee Rosenthal, who joined Paramount Pictures in 1994 and went on to head physical production for more than a decade, has set his exit from the studio. A person familiar with the situation told Deadline that Rosenthal has just notified his colleagues that he will depart this month, capping a 27-year run…

UPDATED with latest: Sources have confirmed to Deadline that the explosion at a Santa Clarita commercial park late Tuesday afternoon involved commercial pyrotechnics. There were 3 people reported rushed to the hospital yesterday. Deadline has confirmed that a fourth person was also injured. All are expected to make a…

An unprecedented surge in coronavirus infections and deaths in Los Angeles County has prompted numerous TV shows to delay their return to production following the holiday hiatus. The studios are responding to an appeal by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, which urged the film and TV industry to…

In light of an unprecedented rapid rise in COVID-19 cases across California, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday announced a limited stay-at-home order. The order requires "generally that non-essential work, movement and gatherings stop between 10 PM and 5 AM in counties in the purple tier." That means basically every…

As New York City television and film production is assessing the implication of new restrictions around recent clusters of COVID-19 hotspots, the Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment (MOME) issued guidance related to what Gov. Andrew Cuomo calls the state’s New Cluster Action Initiative. “Our city is at a crucial…

Fox Corp.’s non-production employees will continue to work remotely at least through year end as COVID-19 cases spike and the company explores more flexible longer-term arrangments, said CEO Lachlan Murdoch. “The rising rates of positive cases in areas where we have a significant presence coupled with evolving…

ViacomCBS CEO Bob Bakish said most employees won’t be returning to offices this year as the company rethinks its plans amid a COVID-19 resurgence and focuses on restarting production, which he called “critical.” Production, he said in a memo to staff on Wednesday, “generally has to be done in person and is the…

A federal judge Monday permanently struck down as unconstitutional an anti-abortion bill in Georgia — legislation that prompted protests from Hollwyood last year and had some threatening to move production out of the state if it was ever enforced. U.S. District Judge Steve Jones ruled against  Georgia in a lawsuit…

The commercial industry never stopped once the coronavirus pandemic hit and TV and film production shut down. As people hunkered down under stay-at-home orders amid skyrocketing numbers of infections and death, commercial endorsement agents were flooded with requests from major brands which had to pivot quickly and…

Governor Gavin Newsom brought his Economic Recovery & Reinvention Listening Tour to Hollywood on Wednesday, virtually that is. Newsom hosted a Zoom roundtable with Californians who work in the film and television industry. It started late but, once it got going, streamed live on the governor’s YouTube page. “We’re in…

Discovery CEO David Zaslav says the challenges posed by COVID-19 have brought about an epiphany in terms of production logistics and costs, with viewers embracing lower-priced versions of staple shows. Many of the company’s shows, especially on networks like Food Network and Cooking Channel, have taken on a decidedly…