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Yellowstone is the crown jewel in the newly-rebranded Paramount Global but the Kevin Costner-led series lives on streaming in the U.S. with rival Peacock. President and CEO Bob Bakish, closing out the company’s two and a half hour investor presentation, called that deal “unfortunate”. Bakish said that the agreement with NBCUniversal’s streamer happened before the

EXCLUSIVE: Channel 4’s Craig Charles-hosted daytime format Moneybags has become the network’s first show from its £30M ($40.6M) Global Format Fund to be recommissioned for a second season. The fund is intended for international-facing formats that will appeal to both UK and global audiences and can be sold around the world. Four have been commissioned so

Gemma Arterton has joined the cast of J Blakeson’s upcoming Disney+ heist series Culprits alongside Eddie Izzard and a string of other big names, with principal photography kicking off this week. Cruella’s Kirby Howell-Baptiste also has boarded along with Deceit’s Niamh Algar, The Insult’s Kamel El Basha, newcomer Tara Abboud, Ned Dennehy (Good Omens) and Kevin Vidal (Strays).  The King’s Man

The European heads of Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max and Paramount+ have talked up their autonomy from the U.S., with Amazon Studios Europe boss Georgia Brown stating: “In my head we’re a European streamer.” Speaking during a Berlinale Series panel, Brown said the local teams she has assembled after a “challenging” hiring period are completely

Marvel debuted the latest trailer for its upcoming Disney+ series, Moon Knight, during the Super Bowl today. The series follows Steven Grant (Oscar Isaac), a mild-mannered gift-shop employee, as he is plagued with blackouts and memories of another life. Steven discovers he has dissociative identity disorder and shares a body with mercenary Marc Spector. As

Super Bow LVI pitting the Los Angeles Rams against the Cincinnati Bengals kicks off at 6:30 p.m. ET/3:30 p.m. PT from SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, the Rams’ home field. The game will air live on NBC as well as for the first time on the Peacock streaming service and Spanish-language network Telemundo. Peacock’s Super Bowl

The 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics officially kicks off February 4 with the Opening Ceremonies and ends February 20 with the Closing Ceremonies, but competition actually gets underway Wednesday, February 2. That’s when some events — such as curling, freestyle skiing and ice hockey — get going. NBCU will again be airing coverage across a number

In their final TCA appearance, the creator and stars of NBC’s This Is Us today reflected on their six years together on the show and the series’ upcoming end. Creator/executive Dan Fogelman also addressed a couple of subjects about Season 6 that have come up often in the past few months, the storyline about the

Bill Lawrence, the top comedy showrunner at the moment amid the massive critical and commercial success of Ted Lasso, is staying put at Warner Bros. TV Group through 2028. After lengthy negotiations, Emmy winner Lawrence, who had a little time left on his current overall pact at the studio, has closed a blockbuster new five-year

BritBox Tells Story Of Modern British Cinema BritBox has commissioned a documentary telling the story of modern British cinema through exclusive interviews with some of the UK’s biggest filmmakers, produced by Jon Spira and Hank Starss’ Canal Cat Films – the duo’s fifth collaboration. Narrated by comedian Nick Helm, Reel Britannia will feature the likes of

EXCLUSIVE: Payman Benz (Black Monday) has been tapped to direct and serve as co-executive producer on four episodes, including the pilot, of Blockbuster, Netflix’s upcoming single-camera workplace comedy starring Randall Park. Blockbuster, from Universal Television, is a 10-episode ensemble comedy that takes place in the last Blockbuster Video in America. It explores what it takes

Amazon Prime, Banijay & Others Boarded For UK Apprentice Scheme UK training body ScreenSkills is partnering with Amazon Prime Video, Banijay UK and a host of other big players to manage 40 apprentices, funded by an injection of government investment. Lime Pictures, Sky and APX Content Ventures are also part of the scheme, which is

Showtime has padded its communications leadership team, adding oversight of Paramount Television Studios to SVP Dominic Pagone and upping Amanda Cary to SVP. Pagone’s new title is SVP Entertainment PR and Awards for Showtime Networks and Paramount Television Studios. A four-year Showtime veteran based in Los Angeles, he continues to report to Erin Calhoun, EVP

EXCLUSIVE: Anthony Horowitz believes his upcoming Magpie Murders adaptation is “the first time I’ve really got it right,” and has stated he will no longer write on classic TV murder mysteries. The renowned UK author has adapted many of his novels for TV including Stormbreaker, The Diamond Brothers and South By South East, but Horowitz thinks PBS Masterpiece/BritBox’s Magpie

EXCLUSIVE: 20th Television has optioned Steve Almond’s forthcoming novel All The Secrets of the World to adapt as a television series. The Gotham Group, which is under a first-look deal at 20th, would produce, and Jon Harmon Feldman (Monarch, Designated Survivor) is attached as showrunner. 20th Television is the studio. A search is underway for

EXCLUSIVE: ViacomCBS has cut ties with Gobstopper TV following an investigation into bullying at the Just Tattoo Of Us producer, Deadline can reveal. Gobstopper was found to have broken ViacomCBS’ Supplier Code of Conduct, according to an email sent to those interviewed as part of the investigation late last week, seen by Deadline, which said

The Kitten Bowl may be heading to a new home. Following word that Hallmark Channel has canceled the annual Super Bowl alternative program, GAC Family, run by Bill Abbott, former Hallmark Channel president and CEO, is looking at bringing the event to GAC in 2023, we’ve confirmed. “While we are not currently developing original animal-centric programming,

Capstone Launches Toni Collette-Anna Faris Comedy EFM – Global Briefs – Deadline You will be redirected back to your article in seconds Skip to main content By Max Goldbart, Andreas Wiseman February 7, 2022 2:17am Capstone Launches Toni Collette–Anna Faris Comedy For EFM EXCLUSIVE: Capstone is launching sales at the virtual EFM on Toni Collette,

EXCLUSIVE: The remarkable story of a Dutch woman who risked her life to shelter Anne Frank’s family from the Nazis for more than two years and then preserved Anne’s diary, is the subject of A Small Light, a National Geographic limited series ordered by Disney+. The project comes from Grey’s Anatomy alums Joan Rater and

At a press conference in Zhangjiakou, Professional skate and snowboarder Shaun White, 35 has announced this will be his last Olympics. A litany of injuries over time contributed to this decision. “I was in Austria. The pipe wasn’t in the best conditions. I had this ankle issue which prevented me from competing further at the

UPDATE SATURDAY: Andrea Bordeaux has spoken out about her exit from the Starz/Lionsgate TV series Run the World. “Getting the opportunity to play Ella on #RunTheWorld was an absolute dream come true,” Bordeaux wrote on Instagram. “I would have loved to continue to grow with this delightful character and having to come to terms with

Less than a week after a photo surfaced of Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and Magic Johnson maskless at SoFi Stadium, County Supervisor Katheryn Barger has ratcheted up the pressure on health officials to modify L.A.’s strict mask mandate for outdoor mega-events before the Super Bowl kicks off there on February 13. After the mayor

Comedy series Children Ruin Everything, from Schitt’s Creek’s Kurt Smeaton, has been renewed for a second season at Canadian broadcaster CTV. The series, which stars Meaghan Rath and Aaron Abrams, will return for a second season with 16 half-hours, up from the eight episodes ordered for the first season. Production will begin later this spring

NBCU is going all-in on the Opening Ceremony for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. Not only is it broadcasting the event four times in 24 hours on the NBC flagship, it’s promising “full-day coverage” beginning with the first-ever live morning presentation of a Winter Games opening ceremony. Mike Tirico and Savannah Guthrie will anchor the

Kristina “Red” Tanner has been promoted to Partner at the full-service music and talent management firm Activist Artists Management, with Chris Ruff joining the company in the newly created role of Head of Global Marketing. Tanner joined the Activist team as a manager in 2010 and subsequently launched its Ticketing, Commerce and Sustainability Department to optimize

Onetime Real Housewives of Orange County cast member Elizabeth Lyn Vargas was identified as the person held captive for hours in her own home by a 33-year-old felon who, according to Newport Beach police, was “actively threatening the life of the victim.” Ryan Matthew Geraghty of Los Angeles was being held without bail on suspicion

Time’s Up UK Chair Heather Rabbatts has called for government legislation to tackle the scourge of bullying and harassment in the screen industries, along with focusing on inclusion at the highest levels. Speaking at the Creative Coalition 2022 Festival, Rabbatts focussed on the damaging impact of non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) on keeping victims silent, and said

Tonight on Live With Stephen Colbert, the host doesn’t hold back his opinions on Trump and the January 6 committee. According to Colbert, the White House records turned over to the committee “had to be tapped back together by National Archives staff because they had been ripped up.” They’re lucky to be receiving any of

EXCLUSIVE: Hostile Planet and Tiny World producer Plimsoll Productions is taking its Channel 4 carpentry format Handmade: Britain’s Best Woodworker to the U.S. as Channel 4 issues a rare double season order. Discovery+ holds streaming rights in North America for the finished tape version of the UK show and Plimsoll will pitch the format as Handmade: Good

Tonight on Jimmy Kimmel Live! The host talks about the teams headed to the upcoming Super Bowl which will have the L.A. Rams are going head to head against the Cincinnati Bengals, which according to him is the “lowest Super Bowl match in NFL History.” “The teams that oddsmakers least expected to make it this