Viewers looking to stream the Super Bowl took a blindside hit Sunday. As the Tampa Bay Buccaneers kicked off against the Kansas City Chiefs Sunday in Tampa, ViacomCBS’ streaming app, CBS A…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:56AM“Saturday Night Live” aired last October a sketch about a pumpkin patch where the employees, much to the consternation of the proprietor, engage in sexual intercourse with the product. �…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:00PMThe Tony Awards saw ratings tick upward with a Sunday night show highlighted by a Bruce Springsteen performance and big wins for “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.” The 2018 Ton…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:44PMNext season will be the last for three CW dramas: “Jane the Virgin,” “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend,” and “iZombie.” The network confirmed Thursday that all three s…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:00AMHarry Connick Junior’s daytime talk show is drawing to a close. “‘Harry’ is ending it’s run after two seasons,” a spokesperson for NBCUniversal Domestic Telev…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:42PMMichael Thorn was named entertainment president of Fox Broadcasting in August. Four months later, The Walt Disney Co. agreed to acquire the bulk of 21st Century Fox’s entertainment ass…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:03PMFox’s Gary Newman kicked off the network’s executive session Thursday with a nod to the mouse in the room. As Newman welcomed reporters, the screens behind him displayed (heavily…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:32PMSony Pictures Entertainment CEO Tony Vinciquerra sent a note to staff Thursday in the wake of the Disney-Fox deal confirming that the company had kicked the tires on Fox and that it will con…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:22PMThe Walt Disney Co. will lease the Fox lot in Century City for seven years as part of the former’s pending acquisition of 21st Century Fox. Insider told Variety that Fox executive Pete…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:29PMThe pending acquisition of the bulk of 21st Century Fox’s assets by the Walt Disney Co. turns the latter into a content giant the likes of which has never been seen. But it also turns …
SOURCE: Variety at 10:22AMProgramming veteran Michelle Lee has joined Apple’s venture into scripted television content. Lee has been named a creative executive at Apple Worldwide Video, the unit tasked with lea…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:00PMNetflix and is promising to “evaluate our path forward” on drama series “House of Cards” amid reports of more allegations of sexual misconduct against star and execut…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:46PMNetflix drama “House of Cards” will end with its upcoming sixth season, Variety has learned. Production has begun on what will be the final season of the drama series, which is s…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:11PMDisney-ABC Television Group president Ben Sherwood on Saturday commended the victims of alleged sexual harassment at the hands of Harvey Weinstein and other entertainment-industry power play…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:21PMDisney/ABC Television Group has begun laying off employees, part of a long-anticipated restructuring and reallocation of resources at the Walt Disney Company’s non-sports broadcast and…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:17PMFox has cast the main character of Ralphie for its upcoming musical “A Christmas Story Live!” Andy Walken, and 11-year-old actor from Seattle, Wash., has landed the gig. Walken w…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:00PME! has ordered a pilot for “#Fashionvictim,” a new drama from “Heathers” writer Daniel Waters and his brother, “Mean Girls” director Mark Waters. Hailing …
SOURCE: Variety at 03:15PMJohn Lithgow was the first winner of the evening Sunday at the 69th Primetime Emmy Awards. Winning for his role as Winston Churchill in Netflix’s “The Crown,” Lithgow beat …
SOURCE: Variety at 08:34PMDisney-ABC Television Group is looking to reduce annual costs at the unit by 10% by the close of fiscal year and is eyeing a possible restructuring and reduction of staff levels, Variety has…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:01PMABC’s “Black-ish” has built a reputation as one of broadcast’s most critically loved comedies in part by being unafraid to tackle social issues, particularly when it …
SOURCE: Variety at 09:07PMTime Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes defended his company’s financial support for New York’s embattled Public Theater on Thursday at the company’s annual shareholders’ meeting in Burbank, Cal…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:59AMRobert Langer has been named executive vice president and chief financial officer of Disney-ABC Television Group. He succeeds Peter Seymour, who announced in November that he would retire fo…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:00AMABC has ordered a new series “Marvel’s The Inhumans,” based on the classic comic-book characters, in partnership with IMAX. Under a production, marketing and distribution a…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:31PMDisney Junior is rebooting the 1980s children’s cartoon series “Muppet Babies.” Production on the new show, slated to premiere on the cable channel in 2018, has already beg…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:00AMJohn Legend will guest star as Frederick Douglass on the upcoming season of WGN America’s “Underground.” The singer-songwriter, who also serves as executive producer on the…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:30PMJohn Rood is returning to the Walt Disney Co. as head of marketing for Disney Channels Worldwide, the company announced Tuesday. Rood succeeds Richard Loomis, a nine-year Disney Channels vet…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:57PMSean Hayes and Rosie O’Donnell have joined the cast of NBC’s “Hairspray Live,” The cast additions were announced by executive producer Craig Zadan Tuesday at the Tele…
SOURCE: Variety at 09:56PMMasterpiece will co-produce an adaptation of “King Charles III,” the play by Mike Bartlett that imagines the death of Queen Elizabeth II and the ascension of her oldest son to th…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:45PMAriana Grande has joined the cast of NBC’s upcoming musical “Hairspray Live.” The pop star will play Penny Pringleton, protagonist Tracy Turnblad’s incorrigible best frie…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:08PMPBS has set its fall primetime schedule, including premieres for a special on the Tony Award-winning musical “Hamilton,” coverage of the 2016 presidential election and the premie…
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