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Audible’s BREAKTHROUGH Co-Creator/Executive Producer: Will Malnati Executive Producer: Ethan RussellPanelists: Sara Bareilles (judge); Daveed Diggs (host)Logline: In a genre-redefining first, Breakthrough bursts onto the singing competition scene with an electrifying, audio-only series that strips away the superficial to reaffirm what matters most: pure talent. The captivating new Audible Original invites listeners on an intimate musical journey where it doesn’t matter what
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There’s been yet another change at the helm of Dick Wolf’s Law & Order: Organized Crime. Sean Jablonski is stepping down as showrunner of NBC’s police procedural, Deadline has confirmed. Jablonski is the fourth showrunner to depart the Law & Order spinoff in the past year. Law & Order: SVU’s David Graziano will oversee the
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The Fabelmans, The Banshees of Inisherin, Marcel the Shell with Shoes On and Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical were among the big film winners Thursday at the Casting Society’s 38th annual Artios Awards. The casting pros behind Abbott Elementary, Succession, Hacks and Yellowjackets took home some of the prime TV hardware at the triad of
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Lashan Browning and her Antoinette Media banner is going further into business with Paramount. Browning, who produces seven series for MTV Entertainment Studios including three of the Love & Hip Hop franchise, has secured investment from Paramount in Antoinette Media. The company has provided a “substantial equity investment” but Browning retains a majority stake. Antoinette Media,
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It’s transfer time for Phil Dunster, who has played AFC Richmond’s star striker Jamie Tartt on the Emmy-winning comedy drama Ted Lasso for three seasons. The actor is joining Gugu Mbatha-Raw on Season 2 of her psychological thriller Surface, Breaking Baz can reveal. Both Ted Lasso and Surface are part of the Apple TV+ universe. Surface launched on the streamer last summer and
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Paramount Global CEO Bob Bakish decided to, in his words, “cross the line” and address a recent bid the company received for Showtime. In an appearance at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media and Telecom Conference, the exec said the company doesn’t typically comment on M&A. But he acknowledged the unsolicited bid, which was in the
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For a textbook sitcom, Night Court Season 1 Episode 9 is practically Shakespearean in its savagely dramatic irony and role reversals. Guest star Stephnie Weir chews up the scenery as the surgically precise podcast journalist, Remecca, whose plan to expose the dirty secrets of our good-hearted — if curmudgeonly narcissistic — public defender nearly succeeds.
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The 2023 Kids’ Choice Awards made quite a splash for Nickelodeon. Saturday’s simulcast drew 3.1M viewers across linear and digital platforms, which is up 40% over last year, according to Nickelodeon. On cable alone, the telecast gathered an audience of 637,000, which ranked as the top cable telecast among kids 2-11, kids 6-11, and tweens 9-14. The
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Following tonight’s episode of The Good Doctor, ABC released a trailer for the next episode, airing March 13, which is an embedded pilot episode for potential spinoff The Good Lawyer. Nancy Drew star Kennedy McMann and Emmy-winning Desperate Housewives alumna Felicity Huffman guest star in the episode, introducing their characters who would lead The Good
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The “Nepo baby” effect has been laid bare in the UK by Netflix/National Youth Theatre research that showed the vast majority of respondents believe connections rather than talent are required to make it big. Unveiled alongside the research, the streamer and theater have launched the IGNITE Your Creativity program to “crack the class ceiling,” which
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