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WBTV meteorologist Jason Myers and pilot Chip Tayag died in a helicopter crash Tuesday while reporting for the CBS affiliate station in Charlotte, NC, the station confirmed. “The WBTV family is grieving a terrible loss. Our news helicopter Sky3 crashed mid-day Tuesday with two of our colleagues on…

EXCLUSIVE: NBC has put in development K-Town, a primetime sudser from Denise Hahn and Michael Notarile through WBTV. The script was sold in a competitive situation with penalty.  Related Story 'Magnum, P.I.' Return & 'Night Court' Revival Lead NBC's Midseason Schedule K-Town…

Warner Bros. Television will donate 150,000 meals to Feeding America as part of a weeklong “Think Outside The (Lunch) Box" social media campaign that coincides with the April 12 season one finale of ABC comedy Abbott Elementary. The "Think Outside the (Lunch) Box” campaign will run from April 11–15. WBTV will partner…

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…