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Disney EMEA bosses gave MIPCOM attendees a ‘window’ into their thinking over a new era of flexibility in the international TV market this morning. Far from holding back all original content for its own platform, EMEA content chief Diego Londono said “we are open to different models” and are “more flexible in terms of the

Apple TV+’s Shrinking starring Jason Segel, Harrison Ford and Jessica Williams returns mid-October for all feelings, big and small. The Bill-Lawrence-created show was renewed for another installment before Season 1 aired all of its episodes in 2023. Some changes, including the addition of a guest star, will spice up Season 2 after Season 1 ended

EXCLUSIVE: Sky and the executive producer of Britannia have been slapped with a £6.5M ($8.5M) lawsuit in the UK by a writer who claims the fantasy Roman Empire series was stolen. Britannia ran for three seasons on Sky before Deadline revealed its cancelation in 2023. Starring The Walking Dead actor David Morrissey as a military

A cut-for-time Halloween-themed “Weekend Update” sketch on Saturday Night Live was crawling with pop culture references, spoofing everything from the Menendez brothers (the subject of Ryan Murphy’s much-discussed Monsters anthology on Netflix) to The Golden Bachelorette. In the sketch, co-host Colin Jost introduces Michael Longfellow and Marcello Hernández dressed as two doctors. But instead of

With 16 days left until the 2024 Presidential election, tonight’s Saturday Night Live host Michael Keaton and musical guest Billie Eilish used their appearances on the NBC sketch show to get out the vote. First, Keaton donned a TV-shirt emblazoned with the word Vote while introducing Eilish’s first musical performance of the flagship song, Birds

New York Comic Con’s panel for CBS‘ Ghosts revealed several surprises. Series star Rose McIver is set to make her TV directorial debut in an episode that will soon be shot and aired in 2025. Additionally, Sakina Jaffrey (Billions, The Mindy Project) and Bernard White (The Matrix, Silicon Valley) will guest star as Jay’s (Utkarsh Ambudkar)

Whether its Donald Trump or Joker, Bill Maher doesn’t need to see the sequel. On Friday’s episode of Real Time with Bill Maher, the comedian discussed the looming threat of an “October surprise” ahead of the 2024 presidential election, arguing that it won’t “save us from a second Trump term.” “He’s banged a pornstar and

Prime Video‘s October programming holds plenty of spooky, scary and surprising movies and TV shows in store ahead of Halloween like the Haunted House movies, Monster House (2006), Goosebumps (2015) and more. House of Spoils (2024) is an original that will be sure to frighten. For the full list of Prime Video programming in October 2024, see below. Oct.

“I couldn’t possibly comment,” laughs Dame Pippa Harris when Deadline asks the British producer if she recognizes any colleagues among the hideous and hilarious characters in her latest series, The Franchise. Armando Iannucci’s HBO satire, going behind the scenes of a stodgy superhero franchise known as Tecto, has something for everyone who feels even slightly

Adult Swim is locking down two more seasons of its No. 1 rated series, Rick and Morty, it was revealed at New York Comic Con today. With the renewals, fans can expect new episodes through 2029. The adult animated series, created by Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon, follows a sociopathic genius scientist who drags his

EXCLUSIVE: Creatives behind upcoming BBC comedy Smoggie Queens have credited RuPaul’s Drag Race UK with clearing the path for more shows about queer communities across the nation. Phil Dunning, who created and stars in the Hat Trick-produced show alongside the likes of Peaky Blinders star Charlotte Riley and Mark Benton, said a decade ago the

Nexstar CEO Perry Sook saluted Dennis Miller, who will soon exit as President of The CW, for “broadening the appeal” of the network during his two years at the helm. Multiple sources have told Deadline that Miller will be succeeded by programming chief Bradley Schwartz, with Nexstar expected to make that move official in the

Mediawan Rights and Studiocanal have struck their first ever distribution deal. The pair are teaming on Canal+‘s sports competition series Hit the Mic! A New Voice For Sports. Mediawan will distribute the series, which rated well in France, has been recommissioned and has been optioned in the U.S., UK and a number of other territories.

EXCLUSIVE: Emmy Award winner Ben Schwartz has joined the 20th Century feature Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice as part of the ensemble cast, which includes Vince Vaughn, James Marsden, Eiza Gonzalez, Keith David, Jimmy Tatro and Arturo Castro. The film is a buddy action comedy from writer and director BenDavid Grabinski set in

EXCLUSIVE: Banijay Rights has sold rags-to-riches series The Hardacres to a wealth of territories as the sales giant reveals one of its biggest pre-MIPCOM deal packages with the Cannes confab kicking off next week. The Channel 5 show from All Creatures Great and Small producer Playground chronicles the loves and fortunes of the working-class Hardacre

The Penguin is halfway over, and audience interest is still growing. The fourth episode drew 1.7M viewers cross-platform viewers in the U.S., which is a season high premiere night audience, according to Warner Bros. Discovery. It’s a small lift from the second episode, when 1.6M tuned in, which already marked a 17% increase over the

Don’t let BBC Director General Tim Davie hear you say the word “talent.” With the BBC’s review into dodgy workplace behavior kicking off following the Huw Edwards, Strictly Come Dancing and Jermaine Jenas scandals, the DG said he has banned a word that has been common parlance in the TV industry for decades. Speaking to

Today is gonna be the day Liam Gallagher is gonna throw it back to Saturday Night Live. In a succinct one-liner posted to X earlier this morning, one-half of the brothers in the rock band Oasis reacted to the SNL spoof on “Weekend Update,” featuring Sarah Sherman as him and James Austin Johnson as his

Big Brother Season 26 is coming to a close on Sunday, October 13, when a new winner will be crowned on CBS. The live two-hour finale will air on CBS starting at 9 p.m. ET and stream on Paramount+ for subscribers. After 90 days of competition, the winner of Big Brother will win a cash

Cory Michael Smith had some big shoes to fill with his latest role. The Saturday Night actor recently opened up about the “terror” of mastering his portrayal of Chevy Chase and his “very compulsive” process to prepare for the film, which premiered Friday on the 49th anniversary of Saturday Night Live‘s debut. “I have loved

As Bill Maher attempts to appeal to Gen Z, he’s recycling some particularly outdated talking points. On Friday’s episode of Real Time with Bill Maher, the comedian used Chappell Roan‘s recent political statements to try and school the ‘Pink Pony Club’ artist and her fans on the Israel-Hamas war. “To mark the Oct. 7 anniversary,

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix is not proceeding with a third season of Unstable, its comedy series starring and co-created/executive produced by Rob Lowe and his son John Owen Lowe. The news, which I hear has been relayed to the crew, is not surprising because Season 2, which debuted Aug. 1, failed to break into the Netflix Top

EXCLUSIVE: Disney+ has placed a big bet on daily drama with the launch of Return to Las Sabinas. The first five instalments dropped today in Spain, as well as on Disney+ around the world and Hulu in the U.S. The remaining 65 parts will be stripped throughout the week with new eps released weekday mornings.

Netflix’s The Diplomat will arrive ahead of the 2024 presidential election at the end of October. The political thriller series, starring Keri Russell, received a renewal order for another season in May 2023 after Season 1 premiered on Netflix on April 20, 2023. The ending left viewers wondering as to the fate of a certain

EXCLUSIVE: The BBC has sought inspiration from unlikely places including Oscar-winning movies and Netflix basketball docs for its next generation of natural history shows. In a saturated market hit by rising costs, natural history boss Sreya Biswas told Deadline she is focused on telling dramatic narratives and commissioning binge-able fare that takes advantage of top-level

The ten queens competing for the crown in Drag Race Down Under Season 4 have been revealed, and WOW Presents Plus has set the U.S. premiere date for the competition. Michelle Visage has been tapped to host and preside over the reality competition set to premiere on Friday, November 1, on WOW Presents Plus in the

Raven-Symoné has been acting since she was a little girl, and one of her first starring roles was in the sitcom Hangin’ with Mr. Cooper. The former The View co-host made an appearance on The Talk where she said she is still in close contact with her co-stars Holly Robinson Peete and Mark Curry. “I

Update: Netflix released the full trailer for Season 2 of The Diplomat early in October ahead of the second installment’s debut on the streamer on Halloween. U.S. Ambassador Kate Wyler (Keri Russell) has a new adversary in Season 2 of The Diplomat — but at least her husband is still around to continue helping her

EXCLUSIVE: The London Screen Academy, which was founded by industry titans Barbara Broccoli, Michael G. Wilson, David Heyman, Eric Fellner, Tim Bevan and Last King of Scotland Producer Lisa Bryer will set up a new campus at the Camden Film Quarter, the film and TV-focused neighborhood being developed by Yoo Capital in central London, Deadline

Nadia Caterina Munno, star and executive producer of The Pasta Queen which arrives on Prime Video Oct. 24 highlighted two main ingredients that make the show unlike anything that has come before it: five generations of her Italian family and their perspective of Italy versus an American one. Munno, who descends from an Italian pasta