Television

ITV has made an investment valued at £2 million ($2.7M) in British mapping startup What3words through its AdVentures Invest initiative, which sees the UK broadcaster take stakes in tech companies in exchange for advertising exposure. What3words represents ITV’s first AdVentures deal and is part of a funding round for the location services app, which has
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The Producers Guild of America on Saturday unveiled winners in four categories for the 32nd annual PGA Awards, the news coming during the guild’s A Day With the PGA Awards Nominees virtual event. The remainder of the awards recognizing the year’s best in producing across film, TV and documentaries will be bestowed during a March
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George Segal, famous for starring roles in “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?,” “Look Who’s Talking” and most recently, “The Goldbergs,” has died … TMZ has confirmed. The veteran actor died Tuesday morning following complications from bypass surgery … according to his wife, Sonia Segal. George’s breakout role was playing Nick in the 1966 classic, ‘Virginia
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EXCLUSIVE: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Game of Thrones alum Alexander Siddig has been tapped to star opposite Charlie Hunnam in Apple’s sweeping international drama series Shantaram, based on Gregory David Roberts’ bestselling novel. It hails from Anonymous Content and Paramount Television Studios. Shot across two continents, Shantaram tells the story of Lin (Hunnam), a man on the run from
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Sister, the Elisabeth Murdoch-backed producer behind Chernobyl, is launching an office in the north of England and has recruited The Split executive producer Lucy Dyke to lead the outpost. Northern Sister will be based in Manchester and will aim to establish relations with writers, producers, and creative talent across the north of England, including in
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EXCLUSIVE: Discovery+ has struck a deal with British distributor that will see more than 250 hours of content airing on the platform. Titles included in the agreement include controversial factual entertainment series Naked Attraction, travelogue Gordon Ramsey on Cocaine and doc series Generation Porn. It is part of the same arrangement that saw Studio Lambert’s
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Batwoman will continue to chart Kate Kane’s journey. Batwoman Season 2 Episode 8 revealed that Kane survived the plane crash, but series showrunner Caroline Dries later revealed that Krypton’s Wallis Day has landed the role, taking over from Ruby Rose. “I’m sorry I didn’t congratulate @wallisday yesterday,” Rose said on Instagram. “I knew about the
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For fans of the DC Extended Universe, Thursday of last week marked a special occasion. After more than three years of waiting, Zack Snyder’s cut of Justice League finally arrived on HBO Max. “Snyder stepped away before the completion of the original 2017 production for personal reasons, and a lot of people think that’s the
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A dream show for Bill Maher Friday dwelled for a big chunk of the hour on his favorite topic, cancel culture, with two likeminded panelists egging each other on in defense of would-be Teen Vogue editor Alexi McCammond and irritation at Turner Classic’s “reframed” movies. “I don’t want to talk about cancel culture every week but
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