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Like its big-media peers, ViacomCBS is coping with myriad questions about the road to recovery through COVID-19, but its message to advertisers this week included a particularly bullish statement from CBS Sports. “The absence of sports is something we certainly miss dearly,” James Brown, host of studio show The NFL Tod…

CBS on Tuesday unveiled its fall 2020 primetime schedule, which features a pair of new shows and a third in the works for midseason. The network also unveiled videos showcasing the trio, including a full trailer for its lone new comedy on the schedule B Positive. The two dramas include the Queen Latifah-toplined The Eq…

Nickelodeon and BET got choice spots as ViacomCBS held its first remote upfronts event today with the usual array of inside mocking from Stephen Colbert, Trevor Noah and James Corden. The kids network and African American-focused network got standalone presentations at the event, which was streamed to advertisers and…

Peter Olsen, president of Ad Sales at A+E Networks, is optimistic about the company’s prospects and progress in the advertising market given its programming mix and a continued belief in the potency of television. “We’re seeing that a lot of our partners still are very much believers in the power of television as a…

A+E Networks is to remain in the high-end scripted market and is looking for its next Hatfields & McCoys. This comes after it emerged that two of History's big-ticket dramas, Project Blue Book, and Knightfall, which marked Mark Hamill's entry into live-action series television, would not return, coming as its flagship…

Project Blue Book fans will be left with a few questions after History cancelled the Aidan Gillen-fronted drama. The second season of the UFO drama ended on March 24 with Gillen's Dr. Allen Hynek searching for his colleague Capt. Michael Quinn, played by Michael Malarkey, who was evidently blown to bits by an…

History is doubling down on Presidential programming with two new miniseries centered on Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt. Lincoln (working title) and Theodore Roosevelt (working title) are both exec produced by Presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin, while Leonardo DiCaprio and his Appian Way Productions…

On the heels of strong ratings for season one, History has renewed its popular nonfiction series The Food That Built America that centers on the food titans who shaped America. The network has ordered 18 one-hour episodes for season 2. The series drew 18.8 million total viewers in the first season. History will team…

A&E is doubling down on its hit police series Live PD and has ordered a live treasure format fronted by Jeff Foxworthy and series searching for WWE memorabilia. The cable network is taking the total number of episodes of Live PD to over 450 with the bumper renewal. The three-hour live show hosted by Dan Abrams, which…

Bill Clinton is to exec produce a documentary series about the American Presidency for History. The 42nd President of the United States becomes the latest former Commander-in-Chief to turn to television, following in the footsteps of Barack Obama. The untitled project will look at the history of the position as well…

The Emmy and Peabody Award-winning Artificial is coming back for a third season on Twitch. The new season of the sci-fi series will be dubbed Artificial: Remote Intelligence which, like the title suggests, is a remote production, fitting in with the current global landscape. The new season will include 12 two-hour…

Jamie Lee Curtis will star in, direct and executive produce a movie for Lifetime that will tell the true story of a devout Christian mother who came to terms with her son being gay. How We Sleep at Night: The Sara Cunningham Story is one of a number of original television movies for the A+E Networks brand, which also…