[embedded content] So you’re all amped to hunker down for your weekly Wednesday helping of The Masked Singer, but you turn on the TV and find baseball instead. What in the fresh hell? Yeah, your favorite singing competition series was bumped (again) this week, and here’s why. In order to air Game 7 of the
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EXCLUSIVE: NBC is developing Adam & Eva, a modern-day Adam and Eve drama based on the praised Dutch series, from The Village creator Mike Daniels, producers Rob Golenberg, Alon Aranya and David Janollari and Universal TV, where Daniels and Janollari are under deals. Golenberg and Aranya originally set up an Adam & Eva US adaptation
Bruce Wayne’s butler is not going anywhere. Premium cabler, EPIX, has confirmed that Pennyworth will be back for a second season in 2020. Season 2 of the drama series is slated to get underway in January 2020. The series follows Bruce Wayne’s butler, Alfred Pennyworth (Jack Bannon), a onetime British SAS soldier who works with
CBS and Viacom on Wednesday revealed the senior leadership appointments team that will sit atop the soon-to-combine company’s ad sales, distribution, licensing and consumer products divisions. The moves, which feature promotions from both companies in key revenue positions, include appointing longtime CBS ad chief Jo Ann Ross as President and Chief Advertising Revenue Officer, ViacomCBS
RELATED STORIES After months of hype and big-money deals, Apple is finally rolling out its new streaming service, Apple TV+, this Friday. But who wants to fork over money for yet another streamer without knowing if the shows are any good? That’s where we come in: Apple’s new service debuts with four original series, and
Comedy lost one of its greats Tuesday when John Witherspoon died suddenly at the age of 77. When the news of his passing broke Tuesday night, colleagues and friends mourned the beloved actor-comedian and shared their memories of him on social media “I’m devastated over the passing of John Witherspoon,” wrote Ice Cube above a
Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com “The Oval” star Ed Quinn has a creepy feeling about his home away from home at Tyler Perry Studios, and it ain’t about Halloween … it’s about Confederate Army ghosts!!! Ed says Tyler Perry was nice enough to hook him up with a place to live while they’re shooting ‘Oval,’
UPDATED with pricing details: WarnerMedia confirmed a $14.99 retail price for HBO Max when it launches in the U.S. in May 2020, the two most anticipated details revealed during its investor day Tuesday on the Warner Bros. lot. Exusting HBO subscribers and a range of 10 million AT&T customers will get the new service for
Endeavor Global Marketing has rebranded as 160over90, adopting the name of the Philadelphia-based agency it acquired in 2018. The marketing unit’s client roster includes AB InBev, Audi, Dick’s Sporting Goods, HSBC, Lightlife, Marriott International and Visa, served from offices in several cities around the world. About 800 employees work at 160over90, spanning the areas of
It’s spooky szn! And you better believe your favorite dance show isn’t missing out on the fun. From an undead dance set to Billie Eilish’s “Bad Guy” to kick off the show to a truly terrifying routine by Sean Spicer, Dancing with the Stars went for it this Halloween Night. (Even though Halloween is, you
Warning: The following contains spoilers to tonight’s series finale of HBO’s The Deuce. In the end of the go-go 1970s-80s boogie of New York’s Times Square underbelly, and the whole rush of sex, cocaine and switchblades, George Pelecanos and David Simon’s HBO series about the rise and fall of the big screen X-rated film industry,
ABC has decided on the future of some of its series. The network has confirmed that new fall series Stumptown and mixed-ish have snagged full-season pickups. The Rookie has also landed an order for more episodes, but the network has not confirmed exact episodes at this time of writing. Emergence, which has not had the
UPDATED with closing price. Shares in AT&T, which have woken up in recent weeks amid pressure from activist hedge fund Elliott Management, reached their highest level in nearly two years after the company issued a new financial outlook. After reaching $38.86, its highest point since December 2017, the stock closed Monday at $38.49 on twice
Apple certainly brought out the big guns for its first major TV offering, with Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon and Steve Carell all starring in the daytime TV-set drama The Morning Show, debuting this Friday, Nov. 1 along with the Apple TV+ streaming service. (I’ve seen the first three episodes.) How could any show starring those
Activist hedge fund Elliott Management, which has agitated for major changes at AT&T, has responded favorably to the telecom and media giant’s three-year financial and strategic plan. The plan, unveiled Monday along with AT&T’s third-quarter earnings, includes several provisions called for by Elliott, which has accumulated a roughly 1% stake in the company. Elliott Partner
Exclusive Details Getty David Schwimmer‘s home became a landing pad for a guy who pivoted in the wrong direction — and, unfortunately, he got arrested for it … TMZ has learned. A spokesperson for the NYPD tells us that a 29-year-old man named Eric Rosa was arrested early Sunday morning around 12:30 AM ET for
On Last Week Tonight, John Oliver dove right into the “damning revelations” Donald Trump is facing in the continuing saga of “Stupid Watergate II”, Rudy Giuliani’s butt-dialing habits as well as Boris Johnson and the looming Brexit deadline. This week, former United States ambassador to Ukraine and career diplomat Bill Taylor connected Trump to the
With the launch of Apple TV+ just a couple of days away, one of the stars of its first series, See‘s Jason Momoa, made a surprise appearance on tonight’s Saturday Night Live hosted by Chance the Rapper, who also was a musical guest. Momoa played a defendant in a First Impressions Court skit, a court
The supporting character spotlight continues on The Blacklist. After Aram’s odyssey into the dark heart of one-percenter death parties in last week’s episode, “Kuwait” pushed Harold (Harry Lennix) to center stage with a quintessential story, told in a quintessential way. A colleague thought to be dead suddenly surfaced very much alive, and very much holding
Tonight’s edition of NBC’s Saturday Night Live included a second-half skit that took aim at Ad Astra, The Martian, The First Man, Gravity, and other astronaut screen epics that often follow a predictable flight path on their way to outer-space drama. The skit took the form of a faux trailer for a make-believe movie called Space Mistakes,
This coming week sees the start of November, which means it’s one of the most significant months ever in the history of streaming television. It begins on November 1 with the first rollout of Apple TV+ originals on their new platform. Check below to see what else is airing, and hit the comments to share
FX Chairman John Landgraf spoke at USC’s Institute on Entertainment Law and Business candid about refusing to advertise and competing with Netflix as its parent company prepares to launch its highly anticipated streaming service Disney+. During the event hosted by USC Gould School of Law and the Beverly Hills Bar Association, Landgraf said that FX
Jane Fonda was the talk of Friday night’s British Academy Britannia Awards – and she didn’t even have to show up to steal the spotlight. Receiving the prestigious Stanley Kubrick Britannia Award For Excellence In Film, Fonda pulled off what is easily the most unusual acceptance speech ever given in the annals of Hollywood awards
Exclusive TMZ.com Felicity Huffman is one of the most sought after actresses in Hollywood now that she’s out of prison … but the people seeking her out are major TV anchors angling for the first interview. Sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ … before Felicity went to FCI Dublin to serve her 11-day sentence, she
Banijay has agreed a €2BN ($2.2BN) takeover of Endemol Shine Group, marking the end of a protracted sales process for the giant production company behind shows including Black Mirror. It comes 18 months after Deadline broke the news that Endemol Shine was set to go on the block. France-based Banijay emerged as the favorite to
Netflix has agreed to negotiate a first companywide contract with IATSE, the union representing the industry’s below-the-line workers. Up until now, the giant streaming service has dealt only with the union through third-party companies that have signed IATSE’s basic film and TV agreement. The talks are expected to begin in the next week or two.
[embedded content] Let’s just establish that we’re on the same page: Giancarlo Esposito is an American treasure, and that cannot be disputed in any way shape or form. Though he’s been nominated for Best Supporting Actor for Breaking Bad and its spin-off Better Caul Saul, he’s never won the Emmy, a crime his always-impressed admirers
EXCLUSIVE: The Oath‘s Cory Hardrict has been cast in a recurring role opposite Alex Russell in Season 3 of CBS’ hit police drama series S.W.A.T., starring Shemar Moore. Hardrict will play Nate, foster brother to Jim Street (Russell). Nate is Jim’s estranged brother who reconnects with Street when a case brings them back together. His
Who was the father? On Will & Grace Season 11 Episode 1, tensions flared up when Grace returned from Europe heavily pregnant. However, she did not confirm who the father was and everyone questioned her. Meanwhile, Karen taught Will how to be better at phone sex, but what secret did it lead to Will dropping? Elsewhere,
Discovery is teaming up with Polish pay-TV company Cyfrowy Polsat to launch a new streaming service. The two companies have signed a joint venture agreement to create the yet-to-be-named platform, which they will roll out in Poland as well as other international markets. It will be stocked with content from Polsat and Discovery-owned TVN, while