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Kenan Thompson has talked about his time working with Dan Schneider at Nickelodeon for the first time since the release of the documentary Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV. The veteran Saturday Night Live cast member worked on Schneider-produced shows All That and its spinoff series, Kenan & Kel, in the 1990s.

Veteran ESPN SportsCenter anchor John Anderson said today that he will retire from the show at the end of June. Anderson announced his decision on his podcast, Inside Wisconsin, which he co-hosts with Trevor Thomas. “My contract runs out at ESPN at the end of June and I have decided that will be the end.

The writers and actors strikes crippled scripted television and the movie industry last summer. However, reality shows, variety series and game shows were able to continue filming thanks to operating under a different contract – the Network Television Code Contract. SAG-AFTRA is now setting the stage for renewal talks over its 2024 contract. The union

ABC brought two reality TV show universes together as American Idol saw a former star of The Bachelor during the last episode of the auditions round. On Sunday night’s episode of the reality show competition, Camila Galavis got the opportunity to audition in front of judges Katy Perry, Luke Bryan, and Lionel Richie. Camila Galavis

Judd Apatow is commenting on the trend of streamers licensing content from rival studios. It was recently announced that Warner Bros. Discovery struck a deal to license Sex and the City to Netflix. Apatow is now looking ahead at the implications that these types of deals might have in the industry in the years ahead.

Following Showtime‘s decision not to proceed with a new season of Uncoupled after Netflix‘s cancellation, the series’ cast is breaking their silence. Jai Rodriguez, who played Jonathan #2, took to social media to share his thoughts about the show getting canceled for good. “Welp, guess I’m not going to NYC in May to shoot,” Rodriguez

Having spent three years making buzzy Spanish series La Mesías, Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo have admitted to a crisis of confidence before the show was released. The pair are huge stars in Spain and recognized at home and increasingly abroad. People are politely waiting for selfies when Deadline spoke to them at Series Mania,

It was a scatter-shot Real Time from Bill Maher on Friday night. During the course of his conversations, the blame game fell on just about everyone, from politicians to tech titans to those staging St. Patrick’s Day parades. The night started with tech reporter Kara Swisher, host of the podcast On with Kara Swisher, co-host

Close to a year after a teaser was dropped for Matt Reeves’ The Batman spinoff series The Penguin for Max, we finally get the trailer and with a fall premiere date. Far from being portrayed as a comical oddball a la Danny DeVito’s take on the DC villain in the Tim Burton movies, here we

There’s no enthusiasm by Larry David for March Madness, as he revealed today on Roku‘s The Rich Eisen Show. “Can I make an admission here This tournament – how much can I follow in sports? I’m supposed to know who’s on Drake? I mean, it’s crazy. Crazy! Is that Valparaiso? I know names on Valparaiso?

The boss of one of the world’s biggest TV distributors has predicted streamers will return to commissioning originals in bulk once they “break even.” Cathy Payne, who runs Big Brother and Black Mirror seller Banijay Rights, said there is “no doubt” the deep-pocketed U.S. giants are currently ordering less originals, preferring to strike alternative deals

A federal court on Wednesday granted Nexstar’s motion to dismiss DirecTV’s antitrust claims. Cablefax reported the court ruled there was a lack of antitrust standing. DirecTV claimed Nexstar violated federal antitrust law by engaging in an illegal conspiracy with partners Mission and White Knight to manipulate, raise, and fix prices of retransmission consent fees. DirecTV

Just days after Richard Simmons alarmed fans with a misguided “I’m dying” Facebook post – he isn’t – the former fitness guru now says he has recently been treated for skin cancer, specifically the burning off of a basal cell carcinoma on his face. Basal cell carcinoma is the most common form of skin cancer

Ewan McGregor and Mary Elizabeth Winstead are husband and wife, and despite being married since 2022, the couple still used an intimacy coordinator on the set of the series A Gentleman in Moscow. McGregor revealed in a recent interview why having an intimacy coordinator on the set was important while filming sex scenes for the

EXCLUSIVE: Isaach De Bankolé (Godfather of Harlem), Phoebe Fox (The Great), Silvia Dionicio (Wu-Tang: An American Saga), and Coral Peña (For All Mankind) are the newest recurring cast members set for HBO‘s Untitled Brad Ingelsby Task Force Project (working title). De Bankolé will play Father Daniel Georges, the oldest and best friend of lead Mark

SPOILER ALERT! This post contains details from The Bachelor: Women Tell All. A Q&A with Joey is below. A potential engagement is just around the corner for Season 28 Bachelor Joey Graziadei — and there’s still so many questions to be answered. What is Kelsey’s note all about? Who gets sent home after fantasy suites?

Editor’s note: This is the latest installment in the Deadline series Hollywood Contraction, which examines the toll the job losses caused by the ongoing industrywide cost-cutting has had on different sections of the entertainment community. LinkedIn is usually used by professionals for networking with people in their field, posting updates when they get a new

The Step by Step cast reunited at 90s Con on Sunday and remembered the late Suzanna Somers. Patrick Duffy, Staci Keanan, Angela Watson, Christine Lakin, Christopher Castile, Jason Marsden and Sasha Mitchell honored their late co-star, who died in October following a breast cancer diagnosis. “Suzanne gave the most beautiful, thoughtful gifts and she was

EXCLUSIVE: More citizens will head to the polls this year for elections than any other in history, and the political fever has reached Series Mania. This year’s event in Lille, France contains four political dramas in competition — not surprising given almost 50% of the world will vote for new leaders in more than 64

UPDATED with Night 2 winners: HBO’s A Black Lady Sketch Show was named Outstanding Variety Show, DC Young Fly of Celebrity Squares was named Outstanding Host and Issa Rae of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse won for Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance on night 2 of the NAACP Image Awards. The winners in the mostly TV categories

The prestigious 80-year-old Al-Ahram Studio in Cairo‘s Giza district has been destroyed in a fire early on Saturday morning that took six hours to extinguish. Countless Egyptian films and television series were produced there. The fire burned everything inside and spread to nearby buildings. The fire broke out hours after the filming for Al-Moalem, a

The 2024 Oscars ceremony is days away, and details about the show, the nominees and who may win are coming into focus. Read on below for answers to all your questions about the 2024 Academy Awards. When Is The 2024 Oscars? The ceremony takes place on March 10 this year at 4 p.m. PT/7 p.m.

The upcoming sports streaming service from ESPN, Fox & Warner Bros. Discovery has found its boss. The service, which doesn’t have a name yet, has appointed Pete Distad, a former Apple and Hulu exec as CEO. The streamer was revealed last month and is set to launch later this fall. Distad, who most recently served

In her Season 20 preview for Deadline, new Grey’s Anatomy showrunner Meg Marinis called it “back to basics,” and the season premiere, which she wrote, offered just that. In a return to Grey’s early years, the episode ended with Bailey retaking charge of the interns. The opener started with the surgical interns facing the music

We’re getting the first look at André Holland as Black Panther leader Huey P. Newton in Apple’s upcoming limited series The Big Cigar (See photo above). The six-episode limited drama series is set to premiere globally May 17 with the first two episodes, followed by new episodes every Friday through June 14, on Apple TV+.

Sen. Katie Britt may have been the butt of the joke on Saturday Night Live over the weekend but the freshman politician from Alabama found it “awesome” that Scarlett Johansson played her in the Cold Open. While talking with with Sen. Ted Cruz on his podcast Wednesday, Britt said she was “pretty pumped” at the

EXCLUSIVE: Tovah Feldshuh, the multiple Emmy and Tony Award nominee who recently co-starred on Broadway with Lea Michele in the hit musical revival Funny Girl, has signed with Stewart Talent for representation. Feldshuh earned the first of four Tony nominations in 1976 for her performance in Yentl, with subsequent nominations coming in 1979 (Saravá), 1989

Filmmakers and festival attendees are in Austin for the 2024 SXSW Film & TV Festival to celebrate the convergence of the tech, film and music industries across various programming formats and special events. The fest runs March 8-16. Now in its 31st year, fest-goers can expect red-carpet premieres from Film, TV, Documentary and Spotlight events

EXCLUSIVE: Rob McElhenney has launched More Better Industries, a multi-faceted company which encompasses three dynamic entities: More Better Productions, More Better Advisory and More Better Ventures. He has appointed Jackie Cohn as the head of More Better Productions. She previously ran television at Red Hour where she developed and executive produced Severance for Apple TV+,

SPOILER ALERT! This story contains details from Monday night’s episode of The Bachelor. In the opening teaser for tonight’s episode of The Bachelor, we’re met yet again with the clip we’ve been wondering about all season. As he returns to his room post-date during Fantasy Suites week, Joey finds a note tucked into his hotel