Television

The WGA’s historic victory in its epic legal battle to reshape the talent agency business is expected to pay “unprecedented” dividends in its upcoming film and TV contract negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers. Limitations on packaging fees and agency ownership of production entities got most of the press coverage during
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EXCLUSIVE: Black British culture is reaching a “sweet spot” and creatives no longer have to move to the U.S. to achieve stardom, according to the creators of BBC comedy-thriller Black Ops. Speaking exclusively to Deadline as BBC Studios shops the show at the London TV Screenings, creator and producer Akemnji Ndifornyen said cultural touchstones such
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SPOILER ALERT! This story contains plot points from the finale of 1923 on Paramount+. The first season of 1923 ended Sunday with not one but three rather dismal developments: Spencer Dutton (Brendan Sklenar) and his wife Alex (Julia Schlaepfer) were torn apart at sea, Donald Whitfield (Timothy Dalton) told Jacob Dutton (Harrison Ford) that he
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Succession creator Jesse Armstrong has hinted he is musing on the prospect of a spin-off from his worldwide hit show.  The British writer and show-runner has already confirmed that his comedy-drama exploring the toxic personal dynamics within a dynastic media corporation will come to an end with the upcoming fourth season.  But the Guardian newspaper
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The 34th annual Producers Guild Awards are underway Saturday night at the Beverly Hilton, capping a week of nominees celebrations and early award handouts honoring the PGA’s best in motion pictures and TV. The night’s first award, for Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures, has already gone to Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio from Netflix.
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Nominees Quinta Brunson (Abbott Elementary), Janelle James (Abbott Elementary), and Jenny Slate (Everything Everywhere All At Once), along with Orlando Bloom (Carnival Row), James Marsden (Dead To Me), and Mark Wahlberg (Me Time) are set as presents for the 29th annual SAG Awards. The awards will be broadcast live on Netflix’s YouTube channel, YouTube.com/Netflix, Sunday, February 26 at 8 PM ET / 5 PM PT from the Fairmont
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EXCLUSIVE: Covert Affairs alumna Kari Matchett is set for a heavily recurring role in Netflix’s political conspiracy thriller series The Night Agent, based on Matthew McQuirk’s bestseller. Created by Shawn Ryan, based on the novel, The Night Agent is a sophisticated, character-based, action-thriller centering on a low-level FBI agent who works in the basement of the
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Wagner Moura (Narcos) is set to star opposite Brian Tyree Henry in Apple TV+’s crime drama series Sinking Spring, from Top Gun: Maverick writer Peter Craig, in a recasting. Better Call Saul alum Michael Mando was originally tapped for the role but has been let go after an on-set incident involving a cast member. The recasting is being done during filming on the
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“Screw you guys, we’re going to sue,” a Cartman paraphrasing Warner Bros Discovery essentially said to Paramount Global and the series creators today in a scathing lawsuit over South Park streaming rights. “This is a case about Defendants’ opportunistic repudiation of Warner/HBO’s exclusive streaming rights in the popular animated comedy series South Park, for which
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SPOILER ALERT: The story includes details about the Feb. 23 midseason premiere of Grey’s Anatomy. On March 27, 2005 Grey’s Anatomy launched on ABC with its pilot episode, which chronicled Meredith Grey’s (Ellen Pompeo) first day at Seattle Grace as a new surgical intern. Almost 18 years later, tonight’s episode of the ABC medical drama
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EXCLUSIVE: Chandus Jackson has been selected as the inaugural recipient of the Writers Program fellowship from CBS Studios/NAACP Production Venture and The Black List. As part of the fellowship, Jackson will receive a WGA script deal from the CBS/NAACP Production Venture to develop a new pilot script for the Sheila Ducksworth-led partnership. “This is an
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Actor Ray Buffer is officially going up against prosecutors for his comic book theft debacle … which includes surveillance video of him allegedly swiping merch. A rep for the San Diego City Attorney tells TMZ … Ray’s been charged with one count of misdemeanor petty theft over the October 2022 incident. We’re told the actor
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EXCLUSIVE: Wade Allain-Marcus (Insecure, Snowfall) has been cast in the Netflix limited series Eric, starring Benedict Cumberbatch, in a recurring role. He will portray club owner Ali Gator. The six-parter follows Vincent Anderson (Cumberbatch), a grief-stricken puppeteer on a leading TV show whose young boy goes missing and who finds solace through his friendship with
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