Television

If last week’s midseason premiere of The Blacklist demonstrated how the show, like its main characters, can frustratingly avoid previous seismic events, this week’s suggested a way to alleviate that frustration: remove most of the cast altogether. Outside of a brief kicker at Agnes’ ballet performance, “Cornelius Ruck” jettisoned everyone in the main cast except
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TLC’s reality series My 600lb Life has shutdown production – albeit days after most other non-scripted productions. The Discovery-owned network said that production on the series, which follows people who are obese, will not continue until the Coronavirus pandemic is over. The show, which is produced by Texas-based producer Megalomedia, has aired over 100 episodes
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BBC Studios has struck a content deal with the controversial Chinese technology giant Huawei. The BBC’s commercial arm will supply Huawei Video with 300 hours of programming, which will be available on mobile devices in 26 countries, including in China, the Middle East, Hong Kong, Russia and Latin America. Shows that form part of the
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The long-rumored multi-network crossover between Dick Wolf series is a reality. On Wolf Entertainment’s Web site and social media channels Wednesday night, the company posted a photo featuring Chicago P.D. star Tracy Spiridakos as Hailey Upton alongside FBI star Zeeko Zaki as Agent Zidan on the set of the CBS drama series. The crossover was
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UPDATE: The text of the massive, $2 trillion coronavirus relief package has just been released, in advance of expected Senate passage on Wednesday. It contains a number of provisions designed to help the entertainment workforce, including workers with no traditional employer but who work as contractors and freelancers. The legislation expands the reach of unemployment
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Peter Bart and Mike Fleming Jr. worked together for two decades at Daily Variety. In this weekly column, two old friends get together and grind their axes, mostly on the movie business. FLEMING: I’m trying to recall a time while I have covered Hollywood where anything caused the level of disruption we are witnessing in this
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Let the games begin. Quibi has released the official trailer for Most Dangerous Game, its upcoming dystopian action-thriller starring Liam Hemsworth and Christoph Waltz. Desperate to take care of his pregnant wife before a terminal illness can take his life, Dodge Tynes (Liam Hemsworth) accepts an offer to participate in a deadly game where he’s
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Orange County actor Noah Munck was only 11 years old when he landed the recurring role of the funny friend, Gibby — and was later joined by his brother Ethan Munck as his on-screen brother, Guppy — on the early 2000s kids comedy “iCarly.” Noah (and Ethan) Munck were joined on the silly show by
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Editors’ Note: With full acknowledgment of the big-picture implications of a pandemic that has already claimed thousands of lives, cratered global economies and closed international borders, Deadline’s Coping With COVID-19 Crisis series is a forum for those in the entertainment space grappling with myriad consequences of seeing a great industry screech to a halt. The hope is for
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