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In the annals of full-tilt ad pitches that have left buyers razzled and dazzled, Amazon’s NewFront presentation tonight may not merit an especially lengthy or detailed chapter. Most of the announcements during the 90-minute event had been posted to Deadline and other outlets before the crowd of several hundred filed into David H. Koch Theater

The Monte-Carlo Television Festival has outlined its plans for the 61st edition which takes place in the principality from June 17-21 this year. Vying for the Golden Nymph awards which honor the best in international television production are 21 programs from 12 countries across three categories. They include Paramount+’s The Offer, Amy Poehler’s doc Lucy And

On Last Week Tonight With John Oliver the host explains why restricting Disney World’s self-governing abilities will hurt the state of Florida in the long run.  Last week, Florida’s state senate voted to strip The Walt Disney Co. of a 55-year-old special district that has allowed Walt Disney World to largely self-govern its theme park

EXCLUSIVE: Even Netflix’s in-house members of the Royal Family are not immune to a wave of cutbacks going on as the streamer recalibrates after a precipitous stock drop incurred after a drop in subscribers. Netflix has quietly dropped Pearl, the working title of an animated series that was created by Meghan Markle through Archewell Productions,

The White House Correspondents Dinner has finally returned to the art of the presidential schtick after being off for several years. The red carpet featured the red carpet debut of Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson. The shapewear mogul donned a silver Balenciaga gown while the SNL star sported a black suit and sunglasses with Vans

It’s official: all of the original young cast of That ’70s Show except for Danny Masterson are set to return for the upcoming Netflix spinoff series That ’90s Show. In what has been labeled as “legacy cast making special guest appearances”, Topher Grace is set to reprise his role as Eric Forman, Mila Kunis as

Former Partridge Family actor Danny Bonaduce, 62, announced on Twitter today that he is taking a medical leave from his Seattle radio program “The Danny Bonaduce & Sarah Morning Show” on KZOK. “Some news to share,” the actor wrote above a photo of himself with a red cane in hand. “I’m taking a temporary medical

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has taken in for development Confessions (working title), a drama series starring and executive produced by The Vampire Diaries alum Paul Wesley, I have learned. Written and executive produced by TVD co-developer, executive  and showrunner Julie Plec and Bradley Paul (Better Call Saul), the project, which is in early stages, is based on

SPOILER ALERT: This post contains details about the season one finale of Pachinko, titled “Chapter Eight.” The Pachinko season ender offers optimism and growth from heartbreaking losses for nearly all generations of the Baek family. The episode begins in 1938, years after Noa’s birth. Now seven years old, Noa prepares for baby brother Mozasu’s doljabi

EXCLUSIVE: Gaius Charles is set as a lead opposite Lauren Cohan and Jeffrey Dean Morgan in Isle of the Dead, AMC’s upcoming New York City-set The Walking Dead spinoff series. Isle of the Dead sees Maggie (Cohan) and Negan (Morgan) traveling into a post-apocalyptic Manhattan long ago cut off from the mainland. The crumbling city is filled

EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) and Nordic streamer Viaplay has agreed a multi-year extension to their content partnership, bringing the likes of Kraven The Hunter, Madame Web and Morbius to the Nordics once they debut. The extension of the deal, which has already run for several years, will see some of SPE’s biggest film and TV shows hitting

The Producers Guild of America said today that its 2022 Produced By Conference will be held Saturday an Sunday, June 11-12, at the Fox in Century City. Watch the announcement video above. The 13th edition of the networking event and educational forum spans film, TV and new media, with the goal of sparking conversation and action

SPOILER ALERT: The story includes details about Episode 614 of This Is Is, “The Night Before the Wedding” The conclusion of a two-parter, tonight’s episode of This Is Us was supposed to reveal who Kevin spent the night before Kate’s wedding after the end of last week’s episode, “The Day of the Wedding,” teased him

The Reagan family will be back at the dinner table after CBS renewed Blue Bloods for its 13th season. The network handed the long-running cop drama the renewal after star and exec producer Tom Selleck closed his deal to return. The series has been a rock-solid performer at 10pm on Friday nights, where it has

Tonight on Jimmy Kimmel Live! Kimmel recalls his recent trip to D.C. and expresses his feelings about U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene. He took the trip to the nation’s capital this past weekend to present the Mark Twain prize to former Daily Show host Jon Stewart. “A lot of people there were worried I might

Dave Eggers’ book The Every – a dystopian story about an Amazon-esque company – is set for a TV adaptation with HBO. The book, which is a follow up to the A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius author’s 2013 book The Circle, which was turned into a Tom Hanks and Emma Watson-fronted film, is being

The Price is Right host Drew Carey, accepting an award at the NAB Show, believes the syndicated game show “could be around for 100 years on American television, because it’s just that strong.” Carey appeared on the first day of NAB, which is being held in Las Vegas in person for the first time since

Epix has renewed the contemporary sci-fi horror series From, headlined by Harold Perrineau, for a 10-episode second season. Created/executive produced by John Griffin and exec produced by Lost alums Jack Bender and Jeff Pinkner, the series unravels the mystery of a nightmarish town that traps all those who enter. Production will commence this summer in

The Masked Singer has found itself in the middle of political controversy during its current seventh season after Deadline revealed that Rudy Giuliani was one of the contestants. Donald Trump’s lawyer was unmasked this week on the Fox reality competition series. But for executive producer Craig Plestis, who brought the Korean format to the U.S.,

Shark Tank had to make some significant adjustments to shoot during the pandemic, which included moving production to Las Vegas where they created their own bubble in the Venetian hotel. But then the producers had to wonder: Would entrepreneurs want to make the trek to Sin City to secure funding for their fledging businesses? You

Covid test positivity in California is up 47.6% in the past week, according to the California State data dashboard. One week ago, the 7-day daily test positivity rate was 2.1%. Today, it sits at 3.1%. That’s quite a jump for a metric that is averaged over seven days to account for daily fluctuations in data

Total compensation last year for Comcast chief executive Brian Roberts was $33.9 million, up 3.8% from $32.7 million the year before. Roberts pay package includes a salary of $3.2 million; stock awards of $13.5 million; option awards of $8.5 million; non-equity incentive plan compensation (cash bonus) of $8.6 million and other items worth close to

Employees from the film and TV divisions of the Walt Disney Co. will be getting additional holidays in 2022. I hear that leaders across the company sent memos to their staffers, informing them that May 27, the Friday heading into the Memorial Day weekend, will be designated as non-working days this year. Employees will get

UPDATED: CNN+, the news network’s expensive venture into subscription streaming, will shut down at the end of the month. The heavily promoted service launched on March 29, but almost immediately there were reports of lower-than-expected subscription numbers and plans for cutbacks under new CNN parent Warner Bros. Discovery. Chris Licht, the new chairman and CEO

Hollis Resnik, a Chicago theater legend who made her mark in productions of Follies, Les Miserables, Caberet and Sunset Boulevard, died Sunday night from heart failure. She was 66. Her death was announced by Rev. Jim Heneghan, a family friend and spokesperson. “She was, for decades, a reigning diva of the Chicago theater,” wrote Tribune

EXCLUSIVE: Apple TV+ has greenlit Sago Mini Friends, a preschool animated series based on the popular and award-winning children’s app “Sago Mini World,” developed by Sago Mini. The series is produced by Spin Master Entertainment and animated by 9 Story Media’s Brown Bag Films. Here’s the logline from Apple: “Sago Mini Friends is an adorable

On Jimmy Kimmel Live! He goes in on the canceling of the Airline mask mandate–thanks to Florida. Mask mandate for planes and public transit was struck down by a federal judge. The ruling comes from a Florida judge. Thinking about the airline industry, Kimmel believes at least someone will benefit from the no mask policy.

EXCLUSIVE: Dan Goldsack, previously head of factual entertainment at British producer Burning Bright, is relocating to the U.S. to head up development for Nailed It! producer Magical Elves. Goldsack, whose credits at Burning Bright include ITV’s Joanna Lumley’s Home Sweet Home and BBC’s When Ruby Wax Met…, becomes EVP Development at the Tinopolis-owned production company.

ICM Partners’ New York office officially reopened today more than two years after closing for the coronavirus pandemic. It follows the recent office reopening for the agency’s London-based operations, ICM Stellar Sports and Primary Talent International. No official return to the office date has been announced yet for ICM Partners’ headquarters in Century City but

EXCLUSIVE: Spiral International, the company behind Amazon Latin America original Falco, has teamed up with Jared Gutstadt’s podcast studio Audio Up. The two companies have launched a joint venture to co-develop a slate of podcast and TV projects to be released around the world. They have set their first project; a Spanish language podcast to