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More than 28 million people tuned into The 97th Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, a best-ever viewership level for the annual event in NYC. That figure includes all platforms, which includes the NBC live viewing (8:30 a.m-12 p.m.; half-hour longer than last year’s telecast and still up on an average audience basis), the encore telecast (2-5

The BBC has dropped the trailer for Vigil Season 2, as Suranne Jones’ Amy Silva swaps a submarine for the skies. As revealed by Deadline earlier this year, the protagonist in the hit show from Line of Duty maker World Productions will enter the closed and hostile environment of the Royal Air Force in the

Stefon Zelesky — movie star? Seth Meyers said this week that a movie based on Bill Hader‘s popular Saturday Night Live character was discussed but scrubbed, leaving the club kid who appeared on the late-night staple often from 2008-13, and a couple of times after, to linger only in fans’ memory. And YouTube (see below).

The cast of Asacha Media’s Spanish-Serbian thriller series Scar (Cicatriz) has taken shape. Cameras are rolling today in Spain on the European co-production. Milena Radulovic, Juanlu González, Luis Fernández will lead the scripted series, with Stefan Kapicic, Mladen Sovilj, Goran Susljik and Julen Serrano also attached. Radulovic is known for Serbian-British drama series Besa and Russian

UPDATE: New York City Mayor Eric Adams says law enforcement officials have determined no “nexus” between New York City and the incident at the Niagara Falls Rainbow Bridge border crossing, and that the city will make “no additional enhancements” to security measures for tomorrow’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade beyond what was already planned. Adams made

EXCLUSIVE: Banijay UK’s Chief Financial Officer is to exit the Big Brother juggernaut at the end of the year. Derek O’Gara has been in post since Banijay’s takeover of Endemol Shine Group, having been that company’s CFO for four years prior. He previously served in various financial roles for the BBC and BBC Studios (then

Disney crossed a key threshold in fiscal 2023, taking in more revenue from streaming than from linear TV. The media giant is continuing to trim spending on film and TV content, including sports, with total spending declining to $27.2 billion from $29.9 billion in fiscal 2022. That tally encompasses original titles for the film studio,

On the sixth anniversary of the tragic death of British camera operator Mark Milsome and two years after Halyna Hutchins died, a survey has found nearly three-quarters of UK below-the-line crew feel their safety has been compromised at work. The survey, which was conducted by Bectu and the Mark Milsome Foundation, queried film and TV

Michael Sheen and Ruth Wilson are leading the cast of A Very Royal Scandal, Prime Video‘s upcoming limited series about Prince Andrew’s disastrous interview with Newsnight’s Emily Maitlis, in which he explained his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein.  The series is currently in production in the UK. According to the description, the three-part limited series, written

John Oliver took a jab at Apple TV+ during the latest episode of his HBO show Last Week Tonight. During a segment about the way Dollar Tree and Dollar General stores are run, Oliver brought up TikTok videos of retail employees complaining about the work conditions, including a staffer who was asked to reopen her

British actor Joss Ackland has died at the age of 95, his family said in a statement. No cause or location were given. The stage and screen actor had been in more than 100 movies and TV series, among them the films White Mischief and 1989’s Lethal Weapon 2. The family statement said: “With his

Before Billie Jean King defeated Bobby Riggs, there was another Battle of the Sexes. At least, that’s what happened in Saturday Night Live‘s revisionist history. In the vein of Netflix’s Untold series, the November 18 sketch tells the story of another tennis matchup between female player Charna Lee Diamond and male opponent Ronnie Dunster (played

Deadline has confirmed that Peacock is working on a documentary series that will follow the family of accused Gilgo Beach Serial Killer Rex Heuermann as they cope with his upcoming trial and their shattered lives. Some reports have indicated that the family will receive upwards of $1 million for participating. Peacock had no comment on

It was the Thanksgiving show for Bill Maher‘s Real Time, typically his last show of the fall season before a hiatus. But because of the Writers Guild strikes, the show will go on into December. That’s reason enough to be thankful. But Maher had an added reason for grace on Friday’s show – he had

After burning through countless stories involving his family and personal (mis)adventures with his Netflix specials Secret Time and Hey Big Boy, comedian Bert Kreischer squeezed “the last bit of juice out of the orange” with his latest, the Golden Globes contender Razzle Dazzle. The Florida native feels, looking back, that this special is most certainly

EXCLUSIVE: Joe Dempsie (Game of Thrones) and BAFTA winner Francesca Annis (Fresh & Blood) are among a host of stars boarding season 2 of Ben Richards’ BBC legal drama Showtrial. The pair are joining the previously announced Adeel Akhtar, Nathalie Armin and Michael Socha in the five-part season from Line of Duty maker World Productions.

When then-Grey’s Anatomy showrunner Krista Vernoff added Station 19 to her purview in 2019, she brought in a major change, strengthening the two series’ ties and building an integrated universe highlighted by frequent crossovers, much in the vein of Dick Wolf’s OneChicago. The new direction was underscored by a scheduling change the following season, swapping

SPOILER ALERT: This news story features details from Season 6 of The Crown EXCLUSIVE: Netflix series The Crown has been accused of fabricating Mohamed Al-Fayed’s role in playing matchmaker to Princess Diana and Dodi Fayed. Season 6 has dropped on Netflix and the opening episodes chronicle the burgeoning romance between Diana and Dodi in the

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix will not be going forward with more seasons of live-action series Shadow and Bone and Glamorous and adult animated comedies Agent Elvis, Farzar and Captain Fall. The decision was made a week after the end of the SAG-AFTRA strike and a month and a half after the end of the WGA work stoppage

A record number of international distributors will be at the London TV Screenings in 2024. Some 29 sales houses will be represented at the Screenings, which take place between Monday 26 February and Friday 1 March next year. This is up slightly on last year. The four founders — All3Media International, Banijay, Fremantle and ITV

All The Light We Cannot See notched another week atop Netflix‘s English-language TV charts, with viewership for the limited series continuing to climb. The World War II story based on Anthony Doerr’s novel managed 10.1M views from November 6 to 12, up from the 9.8M it racked up in the week it debuted. This is quite

Germany’s ProSiebenSat.1 has seen its financial picture stabilizing as the local TV advertising market began to show signs of recovery. The commercial TV giant, which has faced a tough 2023, posted third quarter revenue of €888M and adjusted EBITDA of €110M. This was very close to the €911M and €108M recorded in the same period

Marvel Studios’ season 2 finale of Loki went out with a blast attracting 11.2M global views over three-days, which is +3% from the season 2 first episode 3-day draw of 10.9M. Loki‘s season 2 kickoff was the second most-watched season premiere this year on Disney+, behind March’s season 3 premiere of The Mandalorian. The finale

Elizabeth Debicki, who portrays Princess Diana in Seasons 5 and 6 of Netflix’s The Crown, was a nine-year girl in Australia when Diana died tragically in 1997 in a Paris car crash. She carried that childhood memory with her as she recreated the Princess’ final days on the Netflix drama. “I remember my mother’s reaction

Matthew Perry‘s official death certificate was released Thursday, but the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health listed the cause of death as deferred pending toxicology reports. Perry was found dead at age 54 in his Pacific Palisades hot tub on Oct. 28. Officials indicated an autopsy has been performed, but the certificate contained no

Welcome back, Alec Baldwin! The longtime SNL presence returned for an oh-so-brief cameo at the end of a skit involving the taping of a sleep story. In a bit featuring Punkie Johnson and Andrew Dismukes, Timothée Chalamet is tasked with recording a tale that’s supposed to put folks into a deep slumber — except it devolves

It’s official. DC drama Dead Boy Detectives is set at Netflix. Originally ordered to series at HBO Max, Dead Boy Detectives, based on the DC Comics characters created by Neil Gaiman, will launch on the streamer. A premiere date is TBD. Netflix also released a teaser trailer, which will be available shortly. As part of The Sandman

Oil and water. Oscar and Felix. Entering tonight’s Real Time, you’d expect Sen. Ted Cruz and Bill Maher to fit into that “don’t mix” category. You’d be wrong, for the most part. Although they sparred at times, the two political opposites found that they were often on the same page. Cruz is out supporting his

Netflix has released the very first teaser for Masters of the Universe: Revolution. As part of the streamer’s Geeked Week, the teaser gives a glimpse at the latest battle for Castle Grayskull as He-Man and the heroic warriors go head-to-head with Skeletor — as well as some other evil forces. The animated series, which is

The International Federation of Actors (FIA) has praised SAG-AFTRA for taking on an “incredible fight for all performers around the world. Hollywood is in celebration mode after actors union SAG and the studios struck a tentative new three-year deal, which effectively began on Thursday, and the good vibes are spreading beyond U.S. borders. The Brussels-based