EXCLUSIVE: MindRiot Entertainment, the transatlantic indie behind Danielle Deadwyler’s Parallel, and the upcoming OceanGate pic Salvaged is moving into production on Trash Talk, a docuseries about NBA Hall-Of-Famer Gary Payton. Filmmaker Scott Waugh (Expendables 4, Hidden Strike) will direct the series. Cameras are set to officially begin rolling Thursday in Nashville, Tennessee, where Payton will
Television
John Oliver took a left turn on Last Week Tonight and imagined a scenario where Stanley Tucci would be the host of the HBO late-night show. While discussing Medicaid and everything wrong with the system, Oliver said the purpose of the show was not to make viewers feel good, otherwise it would be hosted by
Kenya Moore confirmed she would be returning to The Real Housewives of Atlanta Season 16 amid a cast shakeup. The Kenya Moore Hair Care founder is conserving her peach and will now be the longest-standing housewife of RHOA. “I may be Gone With the Wind Fabulous, but I’m not Going anywhere!” Moore shared on Instagram
UPDATE: Major news organizations released their joint statement this morning urging Joe Biden and Donald Trump to “publicly commit” to participating in general election debates. “If there is one thing Americans can agree on during this polarized time, it is that the stakes of this election are exceptionally high. Amidst that backdrop, there is simply
One of the sketches where most of the Saturday Night Live cast completely broke character was in the Beavis & Butt-Head parody. Heidi Gardner played a News Nation journalist holding a town hall about A.I., with Kenan Thompson playing an MIT professor. As the pair discussed A.I., Thompson’s character was distracted by an audience member
UPDATE: ESPN’s live coverage of the first and second rounds of the Masters Tournament on Thursday and Friday, April 11-12, attracted the largest two-day average viewership for the 3 p.m. ET telecasts since 2018, according to Nielsen Fast National data. A two-day average of 3.4 million viewers watched the live coverage from Augusta National Golf
The creator of Bluey has revealed he was inspired by a handful of other shows when drawing up plans for his TV canine phenomenon. Joe Brumm recently spoke to Deadline about the future of the show, which was Disney+’s most-streamed title of 2023 with almost 44 billion minutes of the 145 available eps watched, according
When you have William Shatner, aka Captain James T. Kirk, on your show, you get to ask the Star Trek questions you’ve always wanted answered. That’s what Bill Maher managed to do on Friday’s Real Time, as he probed one of pop culture’s most interesting moments — the interracial kiss between Captain Kirk and Lt.
EXCLUSIVE: It’s been a strong few weeks for Telemundo. The Spanish-language network has been dominating primetime, placing No. 1 both in total viewers and in the 18-49 demographic, beating out rival Univision for the ratings crown. That’s thanks largely in part by two high-performing series, reality show La Casa de Los Famosos and scripted drama
Simon Murray, a popular and respected figure in the international TV business, has died. He was 64. Murray’s career spanned more than three decades in the advertising, publishing, and TV industries. A plethora of friends and industry colleagues have paid their respects since Murray died, April 6. A career in media started at Zenith/Saatchi &
O.J. Simpson was on everyone’s mind today after his death, and Conan O’Brien took the opportunity to salute his late friend, comic Norm Macdonald, who continued doing Simpson jokes even after being warned by NBC higher-ups to knock it off. Sitting Thursday with CNN’s Jake Tapper to promote his new show, Conan O’Brien Must Go,
Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour (Taylor’s Version) had some tough competition in its debut week on Disney+. The film landed on the streamer March 14 and racked up 677M minutes in its first few days on the platform, according to Nielsen. That placed it at No. 8 overall on Nielsen’s streaming list for the week
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy saluted the company’s progress in video advertising in his annual letter to shareholders. Overall ad revenue rose 24% in 2023 compared with 2022, he noted, reaching $47 billion and the growth was “primarily driven by our sponsored ads.” Amazon has added Sponsored TV to the mix, giving advertisers a self-service option
EXCLUSIVE: The 2025 Critics Choice Awards will not be airing exclusively on the CW. The broadcast network has opted not to renew the awards show’s current option for next year, sources tell Deadline. However, it is still possible to see the ceremony on the CW in 2025 as the network is looking for a path
Andrew Scott won high critical praise last year for Searchlight’s All of Us Strangers. Andat virtually at the same time, he slayed London audiences with his stage performance in Vanya, a wildly original take on Uncle Vanya in which he played all eight roles. For his efforts, he became the first actor in a single
Netflix has dropped the trailer for upcoming Indian series Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar, showcasing the private exchanges of courtesans amid sweeping scenes of revolution in British-ruled India. Marked as a tentpole for the streamer on its India content slate and set to premiere on May 1, Heeramandi tells the story of Mallikajaan (played by Manisha
Conan O’Brien returned to The Tonight Show for the first time as a guest since he left the NBC show. However, the comedian largely dodged talking about his stint on the 11:30pm show. O’Brien hosted the between June 2009 and January 2010 but was replaced by Jay Leno’s return to the show. He briefly mentioned
EXCLUSIVE: Kelly Devine has been elevated to an agent on Verve‘s TV Literary team. She is the second new agent in the department following the hire of TV Lit Agent Jillian Holch last week. Devine, a USC graduate who started her career in the feature talent department at WME, joined Verve in 2020 as an
MIPTV is coming to an end – but the hard truth is that people did not travel here to Cannes in the numbers of yesteryear to say goodbye. Market organizers RX France said Tuesday that the final MIPTV has attracted 3,500 people including 1,100 buyers. For context, there were over 5,000 in town last year
Jon Stewart called out Fox News on The Daily Show for their eclipse coverage with an immigration angle. As North America prepared to witness the solar eclipse, Fox News warned viewers of the threat to the southern border that this represented. “We are told that officials are bracing for higher traffic than usual and that
EXCLUSIVE: Jana McKinnon (Bad Behaviour) is among new cast joining Travis Fimmel on the second season of Australian mystery-drama series Black Snow. Production in underway tin Queensland, Australia, on the Stan and Sundance Now original series, with first-look images of Fimmel (Vikings) and McKinnon above. Joining them are Megan Smart (Class of ’07), Alana Mansour
The boss of Mediawan has praised the “very smart” buying community who in recent years have moved on from a domineering TV rights position. The industry has changed in the past three or four years due to various “constraints,” Elisabeth d’Arvieu explained at MIPTV, as she also delved into detail about how her Count of
John Oliver spotlighted Simu Liu and John Boyega on Last Week Tonight for their beginnings as stock photo models. In the last segment of the HBO show, Oliver talked about stock photos, noting that that’s how the Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings and Star Wars: The Force Awakens stars got their start.
Tonight, live from the Moody Center in Austin, Texas, singer Kelsea Ballerini hosts the CMT Music Awards for the fourth consecutive year. “I couldn’t be more excited to be back for my fourth year with my CMT family to host this year’s CMT Music Awards in Austin, Texas,” Ballerini said in a statement. “Hosting an
Daniel Brühl has recalled the time he swerved a Karl Lagerfeld photo shoot two decades before playing him in the eponymous Disney+ series that airs out of competition at tonight’s Canneseries. The BAFTA-nominated Rush star met the fashion icon in the early noughties but it has had a long lasting effect on him, and he
Drake Bell revealed on Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV that Brian Peck, a former Nickelodeon dialogue coach, abused him. In the trial, Peck presented numerous letters of support from people who had worked with him in the past, including Rider Strong. Bell shared an update after conversing with the Boy Meets
SPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not viewed Friday’s episode. Original S.W.A.T. cast member Kenny Johnson bid farewell to the team on Friday. The promos for the CBS show seemed to indicate that his character, Officer Dominique Luca, was killed in the line of duty. That tease had fans buzzing about the death
EXCLUSIVE: The Traitors continued on its path of global domination with 11 territory launches in 2023, unseating The Masked Singer as analysis firm K7‘s Format of the Year after four years of domination. The number of Traitors premieres around the world rose by 57%, with the likes of Spain on HBO Max, Germany and Finland
SPOILER ALERT! This story contains plot points from Friday’s episode of Fire Country on CBS. In Friday’s episode dubbed “This Storm Will Pass,” the Edgewater firefighters encounter their first firenado that ends up taking the life of someone very close to the team. Here, showrunner Tia Napolitano and executive producers Joan Rater and Tony Phelan
Detailing an environment of “racial slurs,” “sexual harassment and physical violence,” and retaliation, Vanderpump Rules’ Faith Stowers wants “her day in court” against NBCUniversal, Bravo and the reality TV series’ producers. Seeking unspecified damages, Stowers’ legal action is being helmed by attorneys Bryan Freedman and Mark Geragos. The litigating heavyweights have made spotlighting the underbelly