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Full Frontal With Samantha Bee will go dark next week over concerns about the spreading coronavirus, TBS said Friday. "Following the news that the CBS production offices and studios where Full Frontal with Samantha Bee tapes had been compromised, the show has gone on hiatus and will be dark the week of March 16,” the…

The broadcast business has been at a crossroads for the past couple of years, putting emphasis on live programming, sports and unscripted fare as scripted series increasingly are consumed digitally on-demand. A potential WGA strike would accelerate the process, according to a number of industry sources I spoke with…

Turner Sports said its coverage of Sunday’s NBA All-Star Game, simulcast live on TNT and TBS from Chicago’s United Center, drew an average of 7.3 million viewers, an 8% increase over last year’s game. That made it the night’s most-watched program on all of cable TV. The annual midseason showcase, capping a full…

TBS has slotted Tuesday, April 7 for the season three premiere of its hit sitcom The Last O.G., starring Tracy Morgan and Tiffany Haddish. Co-created and executive produced by Oscar winner Jordan Peele, The Last O.G. has ranked as cable’s #1 sitcom since its 2018 launch. In season 3, after serving his time at the…

Full Frontal with Samantha Bee has promoted Mike Drucker and Kristen Bartlett to co-head writers for the late-night talker’s fifth season, which kicked off last week. They replace former head writer Melina Taub. The show’s writing team is coming off winning the 2020 Comedy/Variety Special WGA Award for last year’s Not…

“I’ve always been interested in the dark ages because it’s such an extremely terrible time in human history. It’s a time of widespread misinformation, rampant inequality and pervading sense of doom and fear and desperation. I thought it might be fun to see if we could use it as a metaphor to grapple with some of the…

The streaming wars are on, let the wireless wars begin. Investment in HBO Max, pay TV headwinds and growing competition in the wireless world led one Wall Street analyst to downgrade shares of the streamer’s parent AT&T shares today following earnings released Wednesday. John Hodulik of UBS is worried that competition…

EXCLUSIVE: HBO, TNT and TBS are heading to the Sundance Film Festival with “Our Stories to Tell”, a 3-day pop-up experience that will celebrate their commitment to multicultural storytelling, creators and audiences. This event will take place January 24-26 on Main Street in Park City, Utah. Similar to the event held…

Nasim Pedrad wanted to create a comedy with a Middle Eastern character that wasn't "acting against Jack Bauer" in TBS' Chad. Saturday Night Live alumna Pedrad, who is starring as a 14-year-old pubescent Persian boy in the single-camera comedy, opened up the Chad panel at the Winter TCA press tour with a passionate…

TBS has greenlighted Lost Resort, an upstairs/downstairs look at the booming subculture of exotic wellness retreats. The announcement was made today during its panel at the TCA winter press tour. Produced by ITV America's Sirens Media, the 10-episode unscripted series follows a group of strangers who are immersed in a…

American Dad! is going to be around awhile longer. TBS has ordered two more seasons of Seth MacFarlane’s top-rated adult animated comedy, which will mark its milestone 300th episode this year. The renewal was announced Wednesday during Turner’s presentation at the TCA Winter Press Tour. A consistent, solid ratings…

Former SVP Communications for ABC & ABC Studios Jori Arancio has been named EVP, Communications, HBO Max, TNT, TBS & truTV. In a widely anticipated move, she joins her former long-time boss, Kevin Brockman, EVP, Global Communications, WarnerMedia Entertainment and Direct-To-Consumer, to whom she will report. Arancio…