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EXCLUSIVE: Apple is continuing its drive for original podcast series. The tech giant is launching Under Cover of Knight, a series about a mysterious woman living in Athens, Texas. Under Cover of Knight tells the story of Sue Knight, who was found dead in 1996 in her home. Her will named a loose acquaintance –

Editor’s note: These interview was done outside of the FYC event as there was no cast or creatives panel as a part of the event. “It was a really lovely collective feeling of really being pushed and pushing ourselves,” says director Mark Mylod of the magic behind the scenes on the now concluded Succession. “For

Britain’s Got Talent is no longer the ratings banker it once was. Simon Cowell’s star format is losing its shine after the latest season bowed out with 5.3M viewers, the lowest-rated finale in the ITV show’s 16-year history. The figure does not include catch-up or online viewing and is perhaps unsurprising in an era when

The WGA has detailed its plans to target Apple to coincide with its Worldwide Developers Conference. As Deadline revealed earlier today, the writers guild is planning action against the tech giant on Monday June 5. It has now sent members a list of targets where its members will be leafleting (see below). It has also

The Directors Guild and the studios have reached a tentative agreement on a new three-year contract. The deal comes on the 33rd day of the Writers Guild strike, and just four days before SAG-AFTRA sits down at the bargaining table with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers – and two days before Monday’s

Neil Patrick Harris is reprising his role of Michael Lawson for the second season of Uncoupled, the Darren Star and Jeffrey Richman series that was picked up by Showtime after Netflix canceled it after one season. While visiting The View to promote his Hulu show Drag Me to Dinner, Harris revealed that filming for the

A string of race horse deaths has prompted fabled Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky to suspend its racing operations beginning June 7. The suspension will ontinue throughout the Spring Meet schedule, according to a release from the racetrack. In the last month, 12 horses died at the home of the Kentucky Derby. “What has happened at

Joe Biden may have stumbled yesterday at the US Air Force Academy graduation, but the President had some swagger tonight. “There were extreme voices threatening to take America for the first time in our 247-year history and a default on our national debt,” said Biden with a swing at Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans in

Nick Mohammed still can’t believe how lucky he was to have scored the role of Nate Shelley in Apple’s multi-Emmy Award-winning series Ted Lasso—but it almost didn’t happen. Mohammed had set his sights on a different role which he didn’t land but at the time he didn’t realize it didn’t work out for a reason.

The question on the mind of all Ted Lasso fans, and some of its stars, is will there be a Season 4 or any spin-offs of the Apple TV+ series. Brendan Hunt, who plays Coach Beard in the Warner Bros. Television-produced series, is the latest to respond. “My pat answer, that is also 100% true:

EXCLUSIVE: ITV Studios has struck its 17th I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! territory sale and is heading out on a renewed U.S. pitching drive. The Greek version of the 20-year-old format will launch on free-to-air network Skai TV in the autumn and be filmed in the Dominican Republic. Produced by Acun Medya,

EXCLUSIVE: The Season 2 finale of Yellowjackets was a buzzy one for Showtime. The season came to an end over the weekend, alongside the series finales for HBO’s Succession and Barry. The finale episode drew 1.5M total viewers over its premiere weekend based on Nielsen, comScore, and internal streaming data. Episodes of Yellowjackets were available

Prime Video Australia is remaking The Office as a female-led comedy starring stand-up Felicity Ward in the role Ricky Gervais first made famous. Gervais’ David Brent will become Hannah Howard in the series, with Ward putting her own spin on bad team management at packaging company Flinley Craddick. When she gets news from Head Office

In a split ruling today, a state appeals court panel reinstated a grant of parole for former Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten, overturning an earlier decision by Gov. Gavin Newsom to block her release. Tuesday’s decision does not automatically mean Van Houten will be released. The state could still appeal the ruling to the

Lisa Rinna announced back in January that she was exiting The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills after eight seasons. The Days of our Lives alum is now revealing that getting “death threats” from some viewers also weighed on her to make the decision to leave the Bravo reality series. “I think the world itself has

While Succession patriarch Brian Cox has called co-star Mark Strong’s method acting “f***ing annoying” and last week complained Logan Roy was killed off “ultimately too early,” it seems those irritants did not define Cox’s experience on the show. Quite the opposite. In an Instagram story posted after the series finale last night, Cox had nothing

SPOILER ALERT: The following story contains details from the series finale of HBO‘s Barry. “Wow.” Not only is this the title of the Barry series finale, written and directed by co-creator and star, Bill Hader. It’s also, naturally, the sentiment with which we, as an audience, are left. By the end of the episode, Hader’s

Billie Eilish is tired of her style critics. Morphing from baggy clothed teen to Met Gala fashion sensation has brought out the social media haters. The 21-year-old Eilish fired back on an Instagram Story this weekend. “I spent the first 5 years of my career getting absolutely OBLITERATED by you fools for being boy ish

Kelly Clarkson is opening up about the reason she is relocating her eponymous daytime talk show to New York City after four seasons in Los Angeles. The American Idol winner was interviewed by Nancy O’Dell for TalkShopLive where the singer said she told the staff about her decision in January. “I talked to them because

The long-running saga of a potential move by Major League Baseball’s Oakland Athletics to Las Vegas has another milestone. A bill introduced late Friday in the Nevada legislature would provide up to $380 million in public funding for a potential 30,000-seat, $1.5 billion retractable-roof stadium on the Las Vegas Strip. The breakdown would see the

John Stamos was a big Disney fan. But he felt there was something wrong with that – until he met Ryan Gosling at a dinner party. Stamos talked about the moment on Keke Palmer’s Baby, This Is Keke Palmer podcast. The host is herself a big Disney fan, so she felt his vibe. The actor

EXCLUSIVE: Half of the 46 projects currently in the California film incentives program have submitted “force majeure” requests seeking waivers to extend their mandated start-date requirements due to the ongoing Writers Guild strike, according to the California Film Commission, which administers the tax credits program. The number of approved film and TV projects seeking force

EXCLUSIVE: Channel 4 is facing fresh questions over how it dealt with bullying allegations against the stars of its hit series, Escape to the Chateau, after the emergence of a leaked recording featuring Angel Strawbridge hurling offensive language at a producer. Deadline revealed last week that Channel 4 had cut ties with Dick and Angel

Lionsgate’s release of John Wick: Chapter 4 and the continued strength of the company’s 18,000-title film and TV library helped the company post fiscal fourth-quarter results ahead of Wall Street expectations. Adjusted earnings per share in the period ending March 31 came in at 21 cents, far better than analysts’ consensus outlook for a loss

EXCLUSIVE: Berlinale Series Head Julia Fidel is exiting after four years in post. Fidel has been working with the Berlinale for almost two decades. Under her watch, the Berlinale Series – the Berlin Film Festival’s TV sibling – has grown rapidly. The Series issued its first Award last year in collaboration with Deadline, has launched

The cast of Vanderpump Rules is coming back together for a three-part reunion that will see Ariana Madix coming face-to-face with her ex-boyfriend Tom Sandoval and ex-best friend Raquel Leviss. Bravo is airing the first part of the reunion on Wednesday, May 24 starting at 9 p.m. ET with Peacock making the episode available online

Disney+ Hotstar has announced School of Lies, a Hindi missing child drama from BBC Studios India. The streaming service released a trailer for the series, which will premiere on June 2 and stars Nimrat Kaur, who has featured in shows including Homeland. Inspired by true events, here’s the logline: “When a 12-year-old Shakti goes missing,

Editors note: Deadline’s It Starts On The Page features 10 standout drama series scripts in 2023 Emmy contention. It showcases the critical role writer’s work plays in a show’s success. All materials (the script and writers intro) were submitted before the WGA strike began on May 2. Craig Mazin followed his Emmy-winning limited series Chernobyl

ESPN, Fox and a pair of quadrennial global athletic events were among the big winners as the 44th annual Sports Emmy Awards were handed out tonight during a ceremony at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Rose Hall in Manhattan.  Among programs, Fox and FS1’s coverage of the 2022 FIFA World Cup and NBC/USA’s XXIV Winter Olympics

The last time WGA picket lines formed in 2007, writers didn’t have an efficient way to communicate with fellow strikers about group meet-ups, illegal productions, and all those clever placards. The only place they could turn to for regular information was this very space, in which the late Nikki Finke would post regular missives about