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The woman tasked with investigating how much the BBC knew about sexual misconduct allegations against former radio DJ Tim Westwood has said she has combed through 50,000 documents in her search for evidence. Gemma White KC, who was appointed last year by the BBC to carry out an independent inquiry into Westwood, said she expects

EXCLUSIVE: HBO Max has unveiled trailer for Spy/Master starring Happy Valley and God’s Own Country‘s Alec Secăreanu. The Cold War thriller, which was nominated for the first Berlinale TV Series Award, spotlights a week in the life of Victor Godeanu. Victor is the right-hand man and closest advisor to Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu but he

CNN’s Jake Tapper stridently referred to Fox News paying $787.5 million Tuesday to settle a looming legal case about Fox News’ false characterizations of Dominion Voting Systems’ equipment in regard to the 2020 election as “one of the ugliest and most embarrassing moments in the history of journalism.” Tapper had a harder time reading Fox’s

Jeopardy! is officially heading Down Under. The iconic NBC gameshow’s international revival continues apace and Stephen Fry, the host of ITV’s upcoming British version, has been confirmed to helm for Channel 9. Badged Jeopardy! Australia, the Australian version will be filmed in Manchester around the same time as the British version, but feature Australian contestants,

Alexia Nepola and Marysol Patton have a chemistry that is unmatched and has fascinated viewers since The Real Housewives of Miami made its debut in 2011. The reality TV personalities have landed a new podcast called Ay Por Favor (“Oh, please”) that is set to drop starting April 18. “Get ready because we are bringing

The last time the parent company of Warner Bros and HBO promoted the launch of a streaming service, it faced the once-a-century challenge of the coronavirus pandemic. HBO Max debuted in May 2020 — the last of five new multi-billion-dollar streaming entrants hitting the market in a seven-month span — but grand plans for a

Elle Fanning teased the upcoming third season of The Great during her appearance at Deadline’s Contenders Television awards-season event. In the Hulu series, Fanning plays Catherine the Great while Nicholas Hoult plays Peter III of Russia. The third season, which is set to premiere May 12, will revolve around Catherine and Peter working on their

The Sands International Film Festival, Scotland’s burgeoning film event, opened its second edition this weekend with the world premiere screening of Citadel, the much-talked-about Prime Video series from Marvel auteurs Anthony and Joe Russo. Two episodes of varying length, but both well under the hour mark, played as a surprise screening for the packed opening

Ghost co-showrunners Joe Wiseman and Joe Port and stars Rose McIver and Utkarsh Ambudkar joined Deadline’s Contenders TV event to talk about conspiracy theories, Samantha and Jay’s relationship, and what’s next for Season 3. The series follows a struggling young couple, Samantha, played by McIver, and Jay, played by Ambudkar, whose dreams come true when

The top four finalists of “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” Anetra, Luxx Noir London, Mistress Isabelle Brooks, and Sasha Colby, battled tonight with a series of show-stopping song hits in the Season 15 finale. The goal was to win the coveted title of “America’s Next Drag Superstar” and $200,000. Tonight’s program also offered a first look at the

Count actor Elijah Wood among those who are rooting for the new Lord of the Rings movies that are planned. Warner Bros. Pictures and Swedish media company Embracer Group said earlier this year they will produce more films based on The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit. Wood, who played Frodo Baggins in the massively successful LOTR Peter

NBCU and Sky owner Comcast has invested in James Murdoch’s Bodhi Tree Systems, which in turn is becoming a key player in a new-look Viacom18. Comcast-owned company NBCUniversal Media has paid an undisclosed amount for a shareholding in Bodhi Tree, which former Fox CEO Murdoch launched with ex-Star and Disney India Chairman Uday Shankar launched

EXCLUSIVE: NBC earlier this week picked up all six Dick Wolf series, Chicago Fire, Chicago P.D., Chicago Med, Law & Order, Law & Order: SVU and Law & Order: Organized Crime, for next season. The renewals came with an asterisk as casts were told that they will appear in fewer episodes next year, I hear.

At its Max streaming event, Warner Bros. Discovery confirmed a new era is coming for Harry Potter fans. The company announced a TV series based on all seven books about the boy wizard written by J.K. Rowling. See below for the most current answers to the most important questions about the project. What is the

Shares of Warner Bros. Discovery dipped nearly 6% today as the company took the wraps off its rebranded streaming service amid a flood of new programming announcements. The venue was the Warner Bros. lot and this was a pure press conference, not an investor day, although Wall Street is heavily invested in the streaming landscape.

Mip TV is just around the corner and, as ever, the content will be king. Here, Deadline walks you through 12 of the biggest formats and docs set to light up the Croisette featuring Hot Wheels, pianos, King Charles, Jimi Hendrix and more. Read on for the best-in-class projects heading to Cannes for the April

EXCLUSIVE: In a competitive situation, Amazon Studios has landed for development Sharps, a half-hour comedy from writer Flint Wainess (In the Dark), John Hamburg (Me Time), Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment and Wendi Trilling’s TrillTV. Written and executive produced by Wainess, Sharps revolves around 30-year-old Tyler Flynn, a nice guy with a normal job, a great

The Last of Us star Bella Ramsey has been cast in the second season of BBC prison drama Time alongside Jodie Whittaker, Tamara Lawrance and Siobhan Finneran. Jimmy McGovern’s show, which featured Stephen Graham and Sean Bean as leads in its heart-wrenching first season, will move on to a women’s prison where Ramsey will play

EXCLUSIVE: Selling Sunset star Chelsea Lazkani has signed with A3 Artists Agency for representation. Lazkani joined the hit Netflix reality series in Season 5, which is currently available for streaming. Shooting on season six of Selling Sunset is underway with a release date yet to be announced. Lazkani is a luxury real estate agent at The Oppenheim

John Oliver’s main topic on Sunday night’s episode of Last Week Tonight focused on home ownership. However, he joked that people under the age of 35 would never own a home and created a whole alternate episode for that group segment talking about Chuck E. Cheese. “Our main story tonight concerns home ownership, so if

It was close, but five-time Masters champion Tiger Woods made the Masters cut Saturday for the 23rd consecutive time. That ties him with Fred Couples and Gary Player for the tournament’s longest streak. Woods needed Justin Thomas or South Korea’s Sungjae Im to post a bogey (one stroke over par) to make the cut. Thomas

SNL saved the best for last. Host Molly Shannon brought back one more of her beloved characters before the show wrapped Saturday — the inimitable Sally O’Malley. The skit began with two young choreographers (played by Chloe Fineman and Bowen Yang) being told they were getting some help from a more mature hoofer who can

In Disney+’s latest series, The Crossover, the teenage intricacies of first love, drama, and aspiring stardom reign supreme on and off the court. Based on the critically acclaimed best-selling verse novel by Kwame Alexander, who also serves as the TV adaptation’s creator, EP, co-writer and co-showrunner, the series follows the lives of two teen brothers,

The World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) apologized today for using an image of concentration camp Auschwitz in a video hyping a match. The WWE video used the camp image with audio of wrestler Dominik Mysterio pretending to be a criminal incarcerated in the facility. “We had no knowledge of what was depicted,” said a WWE statement

Lopez vs. Lopez has a new home as it nears the end of its freshman season. NBC is moving the series to Tuesday nights at 8:30pm for its final three episodes, taking over the American Auto slot as that show has wrapped its second season. The new scheduling begins on April 25. The move gives

It’s a fevered dream among superhero fans. And while a DC-Marvel movie crossover is not happening soon, it certainly is on the table, at least according to writer/director/executive James Gunn, who has worked in both camps. The comic books have already seen the characters in dual adventures, dating as far back as the 1970s. Spider-Man

Ryan Martinez, formerly a staff writer on Netflix’s Manifest and a graduate of the Warner Bros Television Writers’ Workshop, is a Harvard grad, a lieutenant in the U.S. naval reserves, and a combat vet who served in the war in Afghanistan. But now he says he’s returning to active duty in the Navy this summer

Media mogul and former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was admitted to intensive care at a hospital in Milan on Wednesday and is in serious but stable condition according to local media.  Corriere Della Sera reported the 86-year-old Forza Italia founder is being treated at the San Raffaele Hospital for pneumonia stemming from a form

Onyx Collective has rounded out the series regular cast for Hulu comedy pilot 1266 starring Gabourey Sidibe. Karim Diané (One Of Us Is Lying), Kristin Dodson (Flatbush Misdemeanors) and Kassandra Lee Diaz (You Married Dat) are set as leads alongside Sidibe in the pilot from 20th Television. 1266 follows Gabby Brixton (Sidibe), who’s living with her

The Masked Singer UK maker Argonon has signed a Chief Operating Officer for its U.S. operation. As part of the group’s West Coast focus, former Jupiter EVP Steve McGovern will join Argonon later this month, based out of LA. McGovern becomes Argonon U.S.’s first COO. Argonon-owned Leopard USA COO Shirley Escott is leaving the outfit