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Before premiering the first two episodes of his Yellowstone origin story 1883 last Saturday at Wynn Las Vegas, Taylor Sheridan described the pace of Westward expansion and Manifest Destiny, at least when ViacomCBS’ just-launched streaming service Paramount+ dictates the timing. “I was going off to do Mayor of Kingstown, but I had written the pilot

Los Angeles recorded 2,275 new cases of Covid-19 on Thursday, the highest daily mark since 2,370 on September 1, according to the county’s dashboard. Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said that today was the first time “in a while” that cases topped 2,000 in a single day. In fact, it’s been a little over two

Chris Noth is under investigation by the Los Angele Police Department over allegations that he raped a women in 2004, law enforcement sources told Deadline on Thursday. The investigation is in the very early stages and may have some crossover with the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department, we hear. “We are still looking into the nature

SPOILERS AHEAD: The Covid-shortened Survivor Season 41 finale was packed with two tribal councils, two immunity challenges one and a fire-making tie-breaker. Oh, and the final five contestants were forced to relocate to a new island with minimal comfort just days before the finale. After an initial tribal council and two immunity challenges, the final

Disney Channel has renewed the comedy series Bunk’d for a sixth season, set to premiere in 2022. The new installment, titled Bunk’d: Learning the Ropes, is set at a dude ranch in the Wild West. Returning series regulars include Miranda May (Lou), Trevor Tordjman (Parker), Mallory James Mahoney (Destiny), and Israel Johnson (Noah). Newly added

SPOILER ALERT: The story include details about the Season 21 finale of NBC’s The Voice. There was no major surprise during the Season 21 finale of NBC’s reality hit The Voice, with frontrunners, sibling trio Girl Named Tom from Team Kelly, crowned as the winners to deliver Coach Kelly Clarkson’s fourth victory on the show.

EXCLUSIVE: Charlie Andrews has stepped down as EVP, Drama Programming and Development at Fox Entertainment after fours years as head of the broadcast network’s drama department. He is succeeded by Brooke Bowman, most recently SVP, Drama Programming and Development, who has been promoted to EVP, Drama Programming and Development. Based in Los Angeles and reporting

Bigger is not moving forward at BET+ as the streaming service has opted not to renew the comedy series after two seasons. The series hails from executive producer Will Packer and his Will Packer Media. Creator, executive producer and showrunner Felischa Marye confirmed the news on Twitter on Monday. “We’re sad to announce that #BiggerOnBet

EXCLUSIVE: Heather Kadin is going out on her own. After 12 years of running a TV production company, Alex Kurtzman’s Secret Hideout and its predecessor, Kurtzman and Bob Orci’s K/O Paper Products, as President of Television, Kadin is leaving to pursue other opportunities. Her exit is still being finalized, and it is unclear yet whether

Almost £1BN ($1.3BN) of spend on UK TV and film studios was pledged or delivered between 2017 and 2020, according to BFI data that demonstrated high-end TV (HETV) overtook film as the British cultural sector’s dominant force. The Institute’s mammoth 324-page Screen Business report found that £785.4M ($1BN) was announced for studio projects that had

The who’s who of Asian and Asian American talent and artists gathered for an evening of celebration at the 19th annual Unforgettable Gala, nearly two years after the Covid-19 pandemic brought live and in-person events to a screeching halt. The Character Media awards show, held at the Beverly Hilton and hosted by Good Trouble actress

Miley Cyrus made a special appearance on NBC’s Saturday Night Live as part of Punkie Johnson’s holiday card in a sketch that brought the colorful cardstock to life. Johnson played the role of Ruth, who sent the card depicting a chance meeting with Cyrus to friends and family including a couple whose greetings magically come

Good Morning America co-host Michael Strahan was the latest celebrity figure to be given a ticket to ride on a Blue Origin space mission on Saturday, in what is undoubtedly a promotional opportunity for Jeff Bezos’ venture. ABC News covered the mission live, along with cable news networks, and the network plans a special later

President Joe Biden’s first late-night appearance since becoming president was on very friendly terrain: The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, in which the host was effusive throughout and largely stayed on the White House topic points. “You are bringing class back to the office,” Fallon told the president, making pretty clear where his affinity lies,

Today at CBS’ Winter TCA press conference, The Amazing Race set 11 new teams for its 33rd season, kicking off with a two-hour premiere on January 5 at 8 p.m. ET/PT, which will air on CBS and be available for live and on-demand streaming on Paramount+. The teams will include Akbar Cook Sr. (45) and

Brian Williams ended his MSNBC show The 11th Hour — and his long career at NBC — with a warning of what is happening to democracy, telling viewers in his sendoff, “My biggest worry is for my country.” “The truth is I am not a liberal or a conservative. I’m an institutionalist,” he said. “I

EXCLUSIVE: Actor and musician Eliot Sumner (No Time to Die) has been tapped for a recurring role opposite Andrew Scott and Johnny Flynn in Ripley, Showtime’s drama series based on Patricia Highsmith’s bestselling quintet of Tom Ripley novels, from The Night Of’s Steven Zaillian. The series follows Tom Ripley (Scott), a grifter scraping by in

HBO Max treated Potterheads with a glimpse at the upcoming Harry Potter 20th anniversary retrospective, Return to Hogwarts.  Stars of the Harry Potter franchise Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint reunite for a conversation about their time on the fantasy film series in the first-look image, dropped on Wednesday. The retrospective special—premiering Jan. 1—

EXCLUSIVE: Hallmark Channel veterans Jessica Lowndes and Jesse Metcalfe have been tapped to star in Harmony From The Heart, a GAC Family film set for premiere on February 12. Lowndes also wrote the film and will executive produce, and performs several of the film’s original songs, which she also wrote and produced. Production is underway.

Amazon Music and Prime Video will exclusively live stream Kanye’s first headlining show in five years, with special guest Drake. The ‘Free Larry Hoover’ benefit, which takes place at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, will stream globally on Prime Video Dec. 9 at 8 p.m. PT, as well as on the Amazon Music app, and

Henry Golding is set to star in a series adaptation of Dean Koontz’s thriller books Nameless. The Crazy Rich Asians star is teaming up with SK Global, co-financers and producers of the blockbuster feature film, to develop the series. It comes after he struck a first-look film and TV deal earlier this year. Koontz’s series of

SPOILER ALERT: This story contains details about the Season 1 finale of Fox’s The Big Leap. The Season 1 finale of Fox’s The Big Leap offered its share of drama and happy endings for many of its characters on Monday night while leaving plenty of wiggle room to continue should the network choose to renew

Veteran  publicists Maria Herrera and Rachael Reiss have exited Narrative to form their own shingle, Herrera-Reiss Strategies. They will be partners in their new firm, and they will continue to represent a strong list of filmmakers, showrunners, production companies, authors and other creatives. That includes James Gunn, Phil Lord & Chris Miller, Hiro Murai, Olivia

Fear the Walking Dead has been picked up for an eighth season, the network announced Sunday night on Talking Dead following the Season 7 fall finale of The Walking Dead spinoff. Popular former cast member Kim Dickens, who played Madison Clark in Seasons 1 through 4 of Fear the Walking Dead, is set to return.

CNN announced today anchor Chris Cuomo has been terminated, “effective immediately.” “Chris Cuomo was suspended earlier this week pending further evaluation of new information that came to light about his involvement with his brother’s defense,” CNN said in a statement. “We retained a respected law firm to conduct the review, and have terminated him, effective

Awards revenue took a sharp hit in the last fiscal year at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, but rebounding investment income boosted finances even as viewers turned away from the Oscar show, according to the Academy’s annual report. Awards-related revenue declined 10.8 percent, to about $117.7 million from $131.9 million, in the

The Animation Guild’s contract negotiations with the AMPTP have broken off without a deal but will resume later next year. “An agreement was not reached today,” Alexandra Drosu, the guild’s director of communications and content, told Deadline tonight. “We will have to continue negotiations in the New Year though no date has been set.” The

EXCLUSIVE: Veteran film and television exec Gary Glushon has joined Bach Enterprises, the production company of actor, comedian and digital creator Andrew Bachelor—otherwise known as King Bach—as Executive Vice President of Development. In his new role, Glushon will be responsible for cultivating the company’s overall relationships in the entertainment space and building its film, television,

Annie Live! is NBC’s 10th annual telecast of a Broadway musical (following The Wiz!, Jesus Christ Superstar, and Rent Live!). The show has gone through a variety of adaptations. First, the 2014 Annie film starring Quvenzhané Wallis, and now Annie Live! starring Celina Smith in the titular role. So how does it stack up among the rest? Well, it’s somewhere

Canal Plus has reached a new agreement with French film industry organizations which sees the pay-TV group commit to invest more than 600M euros ($679M) in local and European film across the next three years. The deal, which was signed today with the BLIC, BLOC and ARP guilds — repping distributors, exhibitors, producers, directors and