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EXCLUSIVE: The Warner Bros. Writers' Workshop has selected nine up-and-coming writers from more than 2,500 applicants for the 2021–22 edition of the annual training program. The new writers, announced today by Warner Bros. Television Group, will participate in the program running now through March 2022. In its more…

Kristy Chan, who officially joined WarnerMedia’s TNT, TBS and truTV as VP Publicity last summer, is moving over to sibling Warner Bros Television. The studio has hired her as SVP Marketing and Publicity, Unscripted Television. The role will see her lead initiatives for Warner Bros Unscripted Television programs, and…

Warner Bros Television Group on Tuesday revealed the 12 directors selected for the 2020 Warner Bros Television Directors' Workshop, which will be held virtually this year because of the coronavirus pandemic. The redesigned program has been condensed into two weeks (from the usual nine) of online learning, with…

EXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros. Television has launched a casting initiative to connect with students whose final year of training and customary year-end activities such as showcases have been halted by the global COVID-19 pandemic. Through the WBTV Casting Initiative, flyers are being sent to approximately 400 undergraduate…

Ever the juggernaut at San Diego Comic-Con, Warner Bros. Television Group is bringing the goods next month with world premieres and panels for its new series Batwoman and Pennyworth, and its Hulu Veronica Mars comeback, but also saying farewell to departing shows Arrow and Supernatural. The shows are part of, count…

Melinda Hage, a 25-year veteran of Warner Bros Television who has been the studio’s EVP Current Programming since 2010, is retiring this week, the studio said Friday. In her role she runs the creative aspects of all ongoing primetime series produced by WBTV and supervises a team of executives responsible for nearly 45…

Fox has given a pilot order to one-hour police drama Prodigal Son, from Deception creator Chris Fedak and Sam Sklaver, Berlanti Productions and Warner Bros TV. This marks the first pilot from an outside studio for Fox this season, with at least one more, Deputy, from eOne, pending. Prodigal Son joins three other Fox…

Two months and one series cancellation after being accused of severe abuse and copyright theft by Amber Dixon Brenner, Black Lightning showrunner Salim Akil yesterday sought to have the whole matter tossed into the legal dustbin. “Defendant denies, generally and specifically, each and every allegation contained in…

EXCLUSIVE: "I got to a point where I could no longer live with myself and be the mother I wanted to be, be the Amber I always dreamed of being if I tolerated the history of the abuse," says Amber Dixon Brenner of why she recently filed domestic abuse and copyright infringement lawsuits against Love Is _ and Black Light…

After just one season, Love Is_ has been canceled by OWN as executive producer Salim Akil faces allegations of domestic violence and lifting the idea for the series from an ex-lover. "OWN has decided not to move forward with the second season of Love Is _ ," the Oprah Winfrey founded outlet said Wednesday, almost five…

Four days after accusations of domestic violence and copyright infringement emerged against Black Lightning showrunner Salim Akil, attorneys for the EP today categorically deny the allegations. Said attorney Stephen D. Barnes of law firm Barnes, Morris, Klein, & Yorn in a statement given to Deadline: “These…

EXCLUSIVE: Less than a day after a very specific and deeply detailed domestic violence lawsuit against Black Lightning showrunner Salim Akil emerged, Warner Bros TV has started an investigation on the CW series. While not saying anything publicly and taking a stance of innocent until proven guilty when it comes to the…