99 stories by "Brian Steinberg"
Some of the most interesting moments from AMC Global Media in months to come won’t be available on traditional screens The company that owns AMC, IFC, HiDive and other properties is accele…
Any viewer watching a few hours of TV or streaming video every day is likely to come across a dizzying array of commercials, loaded up with different characters, special effects, crazy antic…
Kate Hudson has worked with actors including Hugh Jackman, Billy Crudup and Matthew McConaughey, but says the cast of her scripted Netflix series "Running Point" really took to the appearanc…
And the Oscar goes to….Madison Avenue. Disney has sold out all its available commercial inventory tied to its March 15 Oscars telecast, according to John Campbell, senior vice president of…
Roy Wood Jr. doesn't sound like Jake Tapper, Anderson Cooper or Erin Burnett. And yet, his importance to CNN could start approaching that of those popular anchors. Wood isn't at CNN to deliv…
Ben Affleck's latest Super Bowl commercial for Dunkin' serves up a lot more than coffee and doughnuts. Jennifer Aniston, Matt LeBlanc, Jason Alexander. Ted Danson, Alfonso Ribeiro, Jaleel Wh…
Marcello Hernandez is taking some of the energy he displays regularly on "Saturday Night Live" and lending it to Wells Fargo. In a new campaign from the financial-services company that will …
New York Public Radio has named Christy Tanner president and CEO, giving her oversight of WNYC, WQXR, WNYC Studios, Gothamist, The Jerome L. Greene Performance Space, and New Jersey Public R…
Hellmann's is hoping a healthy does of silliness will help its Super Bowl recipe. The Unilever-backed mayo is a Super Bowl regular, and in the past has tapped themes such as sustainability a…
The Oscars haven't sold out yet, but Disney is moving closer to that milestone. "We are definitely pacing ahead of where we were last year," says Rita Ferro, president of global advertising …
Cirque du Soleil is known for its shows featuring acrobats, athletes and clowns " all doing spectacular feats. Now the company is attempting to execute an even more complex maneuver. Â Aft…
Walton Goggins has played complex characters in series including "The Shield" and "Justified." Now he's hoping his latest nuanced performance will help an unexpected beneficiary: Walmart. Go…
Paramount didn't want to keep Stephen Colbert at CBS, but the company has signed Jon Stewart for another year of hosting "The Daily Show" once per week on Comedy Central. Stewart will contin…
Joe Torre, the longstanding Major League Baseball player, manager and executive, gets center spotlight in a new documentary directed by John Turturro and produced by Motto Pictures. "Joe Tor…
Ken Aymong, one of a handful of key lieutenants to executive producer Lorne Michaels at NBC's "Saturday Night Live," made surprise cameos on the program's latest two episodes " in the credit…
NBC has the past several weeks detailed many changes at "Saturday Night Live," particularly among the show's cast. But one of the most important shifts at the program has gone undisclosed " …
One of the most important guests in the history of NBC's "Tonight Show" isn't a movie or TV star and probably won't play any games on set with the host. Ford Motor Co. will have a hard-to-mi…
Jimmy Fallon will take NBC's "Tonight Show" to Detroit for a special episode, one of a handful of non-traditional broadcasts of the program he is undertaking in the fall. The late-night host…
At "Saturday Night Live," there's drama before you get to the comedy. Every year at about this time, credulous observers of the venerable late-night NBC showcase get flustered by a series of…
Emil Wakim, who held a featured player role at NBC's "Saturday Night Live" for a single season, is leaving the late-night showcase, he disclosed in a statement on social media Wednesday. "I …
 SAG-AFTRA, the union that represents actors, hosts, broadcasters and more, said it had renewed its deal with measurement giant Nielsen that will have the company stand as its primary arb…
Peter Rice, a media-industry veteran who held senior operating roles at both the former 21st Century Fox and Walt Disney Co., is walking on to a new field " sports. Rice has been named head …
"SNL" fans know Mikey Day as the guy who turns up in a bunch of sketches every week, maybe as the father who gets into traffic arguments that require lots of hand gestures and signs or in a …
One of the most coveted jobs in television is quickly becoming one of the hardest to keep filled. Taylor Tomlinson is the latest participant in a lengthening parade of comics and talk-show h…
The Oscars is not just a TV event for the company working to sell the commercials that support it. With the annual awards show slated to stream live on Hulu for the first time, alongside its…