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A recent movement toward unionization by workers at media brands and cultural institutions continued today as staffers at Film at Lincoln Center voted 29 to 4 in favor of forming a guild. The National Labor Relations Board election included workers in film programming, development, communications and public-facing…

TNT is developing drama series Fire Season. Written by Joy Blake (First Kill), in Fire Season a group of strangers are forced together in a real-time escape from a deadly wildfire. Blake is executive producing with the Nacelle Company’s Brian Volk-Weiss, Matt Ochacher, and Michael Pelmont. Blake most recently served…

Director of the Los Angeles Department of Public Health Dr. Barbara Ferrer said that she and members of the Los Angeles Board of Supervisors will gather on Wednesday to discuss further possible COVID-19 restrictions. Pressed on what a new stay-at-home mandate from the county could contain, Dr. Ferrer on Monday tried…

Cindy Holland, whose departure from Netflix after an 18-year run this year highlighted the changes rippling through the streaming giant, has joined the board of a newly formed entity called Horizon Acquisition Corp II. The November 17 appointment was disclosed Monday in an SEC filing. Holland left Netflix in September…

Megan Suri, who appeared in Fresh Off the Boat, has joined Netflix comedy Never Have I Ever. She is set to play Aneesa, a new Indian student at Sherman Oaks High, whose confidence and radiance will pose an immediate threat to Maitreyi Ramakrishnan's Devi. Suri previously appeared in ABC's Fresh Off the Boat, playing…

The seriousness of the Covid-19 pandemic came home to California Gov. Gavin Newsom this weekend when he and his family had to quarantine after his children were exposed to the virus. The governor said his entire family had tested negative. “I feel perfectly healthy,” he said but indicated that he would continue…

Tokyo Vice, the upcoming HBO Max drama series executive produced by Michael Mann, has found a Japanese partner. Premium pay-TV broadcaster Wowow has come on board the project as a co-producer, taking all rights for Japan. This comes as the show, for which Mann is directing the pilot, returns to production after the…

Former champion Ken Jennings will be the first of several guest hosts on Jeopardy! when it resumes production at the end of the month. It will be the first episodes shot on the game show since longtime host Alex Trebek died earlier this month at age 80 after a long fight against pancreatic cancer. Jennings earlier…

UPDATED with Michigan governor reaction: Donald Trump has proven a loser yet again today as Joe Biden's massive victory in Michigan received official certification from state officials. After introductory discussion and then hours of comments from the public and passionate county clerks, Michagan’s four-member Board…

Craig Miller will receive the WGA West's 2020 Animation Writers Caucus Animation Writing Award in recognition of his distinguished career and contributions to the animation field. The award will be presented by his longtime collaborator, comic book writer Marv Wolman, at the Caucus' virtual awards ceremony on…

Young Rock, the upcoming NBC series inspired by the life of Dwayne Johnson, has started in on production in Queensland, Australia, Universal Television said Monday. The division of Universal Studio Group is producing the series, which will chronicle Johnson's formative years. NBC gave it a straight-to-series order in…

Former ESPN star Jemele Hill is moving into scripted television and has teamed with Gabrielle Union to develop a half-hour comedy series about Black women with financial independence. New Money, which is based on a story from Hill and The Undefeated journalist Kelley Carter, who run Lodge Freeway Media, is in…