Sky has hired Jason Armstrong, Comcast’s senior vice president of investor relations and finance, as its new CFO. Armstrong will take up his role in February, reporting to Sky CEO Jeremy Darroch. He replaces Andrew Griffith, who left the British pay-TV broadcaster last year to become prime minister Boris Johnson’s chief business advisor. Comcast has
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ABC just opted to go without a traditional host at the Oscars for a second straight year but it would consider employing a host for the 2020 Primetime Emmys as the Disney-owned network is targeting double-digit ratings growth for the TV awards show. ABC, whose turn it is to host the Emmys, announced earlier today
Alex Trebek is still not ready to retire from Jeopardy!, but he already knows what he hopes his cultural impact will be. At the Television Critics Association winter press tour on Wednesday, Trebek and Greatest of All Time Tournament champions Ken Jennings, Brad Rutter, and James Holzhauer spoke about the longtime host’s status as a
AT&T’s Audience Network will soon cease to exist. AT&T said today it will transition Audience Network’s linear and streaming broadcasts in the spring to become an HBO Max Preview Channel. “We will begin to transition AUDIENCE Network from its current approach to support AT&T’s broader original content and marketing focus on the upcoming HBO Max
Locke & Key’s long-gestating TV adaptation will finally see the light of day in February. Netflix is finally unveiling the TV series, thanks to the official trailer and it certainly looks like it will be worth the wait. “After their father is murdered under mysterious circumstances, the three Locke siblings and their mother move into
Going from mermaid to monster, ABC this fall will debut Young Frankenstein Live! as its next live musical event, produced by the show’s creator Mel Brooks. ABC announced the musical event at the TCA Winter Press Tour in Pasadena today. Based on the 2007 Broadway stage version of the Brooks-Gene Wilder classic 1974 film comedy
“California here we come, right back where we started from’… unfortunately for Fox the opening lines of The O.C. theme tune will not come true this year. Fox entertainment boss Michael Thorn told Deadline that the youth-skewing, sun-soaked soap “will not happen”. “The O.C. will not happen despite my deep passion for it to come
Play video content Comedian Ramy Youssef‘s got issues with TSA — which you’d expect, of course … because he now has to get his Golden Globe Award through “random” screenings. Fresh of his victory, the star of Hulu’s “Ramy” was at LAX Tuesday morning trying to make his way through TSA. Everyone around him was
Silvio Horta, who created the ABC comedy Ugly Betty and shared its 2007 Emmy nom for Outstanding Comedy Series, was found dead today in Miami. He was 45. His agent confirmed the news but did not provide a cause of death. Horta created the U.S. version of Ugly Betty, which starred America Ferrera and ran aired more than 80
EXCLUSIVE: Game of Thrones alum Robert Aramayo has been tapped for the lead in Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings TV series, I have learned. He replaces Will Poulter, who had been in negotiations for the young hero role, referred to as Beldor, until he recently exited the project due to scheduling conflicts. Reps for Amazon
(Warning: This post contains spoilers from Manifest‘s Season 2 premiere. Read at your own risk.) Manifest came out swinging in Season 2 with a jaw-dropping premiere that not only raised more questions about those elusive Callings but also saw a familiar face return from the dead. The episode, aptly titled “Fasten Your Seatbelt,” kicked off
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert returns from its holiday hiatus tonight, and the host is wasting no time catching up. “We’re happy to be back — really excited to be here,” Colbert said in opening his first monologue of the 2020s. “Now there have recently been momentous, world-shaking events, and let’s get right to
We are still months away from the debut of Roswell, New Mexico Season 2, but the showrunner of the series took to social media over the weekend with some teases for fans. Carina Adly MacKenzie dished five pieces of information across five tweets on Sunday, and it’s a lot to process. The first of which
EXCLUSIVE: Actress/producer Christina Ochoa (Animal Kingdom, A Million Little Things) has signed with Buchwald. Ochoa can be seen in the key recurring role of Ren Randall on TNT’s Animal Kingdom. She most recently starred in ABC drama series A Million Little Things and was previously the lead of Valor for The CW. She also has
Is Riverdale getting too dark and gory for you? Well, The CW might have just what you need with Katy Keene — debuting Thursday, Feb. 6 at 8/7c — a light and breezy Riverdale spinoff starring Lucy Hale as the titular fashion designer chasing her dreams in New York City. A glammed-up combo of Sex
EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures Television producer Electric Ray has turned a profit for the first time since launching in 2014. The company, which made BBC Two’s My Million Pound Menu and soccer series Class of ’92: Out of Their League, posted a pre-tax profit of £74,000 ($97,000) in the 12 months to March 2019. According to
The Golden Globes are minutes away and it looks like Hollywood’s gone with a washing machine approach to their getups, which has most everyone in either darks or lights. Tons of stars stopped and posed for pictures on the way into the Beverly Hilton Hotel, and it’s pretty clear a lot of them were either
The 77th Golden Globes may have come and gone, but its social media presence remains strong. As of press time, tonight’s telecast is still trending in the No. 1 position, according to social media juggernauts Facebook and Twitter. Let’s take a look at the most talked about social media moments of the night, according to
The Golden Globe Awards are being handed out tonight at the Beverly Hilton, and Deadline will be updating the winners list live starting at 5 p.m. PT/ 8 p.m. ET. Meanwhile, here are the nominees for the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s 77th annual film and TV trophy show: BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA1917The IrishmanJokerMarriage StoryThe
I’ll say this about Netflix’s Dracula: It was certainly unpredictable. Or maybe its quick descent from greatness to a steaming pile of doggy doodoo was entirely predictable because Steven Moffat — who, according to my Doctor Who and Sherlock-watching friends, is great at starting stories but terrible at finishing them — created this version of
The 77th annual Golden Globes are Sunday beginning at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT live on NBC from the Beverly Hilton. Ricky Gervais returns to host the ceremony for a fifth year. The show will also be live-streamed at NBC.com accessible via authentication. This year’s honorees are Tom Hanks, who will receive the Cecil B.
We’re still trying to recover from the shocking events of The Resident Season 3 Episode 10. Conrad got fired, and Red Rock seems to have the upper hand, for now. Fortunately, the wait until the series returns is short. But until then, join Carissa Pavlica, Rachel Foertsch, and Meaghan Frey as they discuss the insane winter
Bong Joon Ho’s Parasite won the top prize Saturday from the National Society of Film Critics as the group announced winners of its 54th annual voting meeting in New York. The South Korean drama was named Best Picture and also picked up the Best Screenplay award. Mary Kay Place won Best Actress for Diane, and
Lee Daniels will host an event for Pete Buttigieg on Jan. 10, a little less than three weeks before the first voting begins in the Democratic presidential primaries. Daniels, co-creator of Empire, will host the evening reception at his Beverly Hills home. A limited number of tickets are being offered at $1,500 per person, with
Exclusive Getty Composite William Shatner pulled a Christmas surprise out of his stocking for some hungry cops stuck working on Xmas … filling their bellies with a tasty holiday spread. Law enforcement sources tell TMZ … the ‘Star Trek’ legend paid a visit to his local police station on Christmas day, pulling up with trays
Amazon has set Friday, February 21 for the premiere of Hunters (fka The Hunt), its highly-anticipated conspiracy thriller series starring Al Pacino and executive produced by Jordan Peele. The streaming service also released the official trailer (see above) and key art (below). Created by David Weil (Moonfall), Hunters follows a diverse band of Nazi hunters
Orange Is the New Black and Weeds creator Jenji Kohan posted a raw, heartbreaking tribute to her late son Charlie Noxon today, calling the 20-year-old, who died in a New Year’s Eve skiing accident, her “golden child” and her “best work.” Read the entire Instagram post below. Kohan, who also executive produces GLOW, and ex-husband
Real Bachelor fans know that the show is only a small percentage of the Bachelor experience. The real show is on Instagram, where the characters we meet on ABC become real people. And now, with Peter Weber‘s season of upon us, we’re being introduced to a whole new crop of aspiring influencers to follow. Here
Jon Snow headed north. Selina Meyer got her presidential library. Sheldon and Amy got their global recognition. Litchfield Correctional became an ICE detention center. And the Pfefferman clan danced into the sunset. TV fans bid farewell to a brace of popular series in 2019. The final credits rolled on HBO’s Emmy-laden Game of Thrones and Veep,
There are just a handful of Arrow episodes left before the series signs off for good. Thankfully, a spinoff set in the year 2040 is in the works, and fans will get their first taste of it during Arrow Season 8 Episode 9, airing as a backdoor pilot on January 21. But what will actually