Television

The boss of one of the world’s biggest TV distributors has predicted streamers will return to commissioning originals in bulk once they “break even.” Cathy Payne, who runs Big Brother and Black Mirror seller Banijay Rights, said there is “no doubt” the deep-pocketed U.S. giants are currently ordering less originals, preferring to strike alternative deals
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Surprise! The first six episodes of Ark: The Animated Series, based on the hit adventure video game Ark: Survival Evolved, are available to stream now exclusively on Paramount+ in the U.S. and Canada. The series will debut in all other Paramount+ international markets starting April 19. The seven-episode Part 2 of the season will be
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Prime Video has unveiled first-look images of its The Narrow Road to The Deep North adaptation starring Jacob Elordi, which has wrapped production in Australia. Set against the shadows of World War II, Sony Pictures Television‘s series tells the epic story of Lieutenant-Colonel Dorrigo Evans (Elordi) and how his all-too-brief love affair with Amy Mulvaney (Odessa Young)
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EXCLUSIVE: Isaach De Bankolé (Godfather of Harlem), Phoebe Fox (The Great), Silvia Dionicio (Wu-Tang: An American Saga), and Coral Peña (For All Mankind) are the newest recurring cast members set for HBO‘s Untitled Brad Ingelsby Task Force Project (working title). De Bankolé will play Father Daniel Georges, the oldest and best friend of lead Mark
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EXCLUSIVE: Leonard Cohen had a huge impact on generations of fans, and So Long, Marianne star Alex Wolff is no different. Speaking exclusively to Deadline ahead of So Long‘s worldwide premiere at Series Mania this week, Oppenheimer and Hereditary actor Wolff paid tribute to the late singer-songwriter. “His contribution to my life has been so
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EXCLUSIVE: HBO is betting on another fresh female comedy voice, giving a pilot order to a half-hour starring, written and executive produced by Rachel Sennott (Bottoms, Bodies Bodies Bodies). In the untitled project, a codependent friend group reunites, navigating how the time apart, ambition, and new relationships have changed them. Sennott, who is executive producing
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Editor’s note: This is the latest installment in the Deadline series Hollywood Contraction, which examines the toll the job losses caused by the ongoing industrywide cost-cutting has had on different sections of the entertainment community. LinkedIn is usually used by professionals for networking with people in their field, posting updates when they get a new
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EXCLUSIVE: More citizens will head to the polls this year for elections than any other in history, and the political fever has reached Series Mania. This year’s event in Lille, France contains four political dramas in competition — not surprising given almost 50% of the world will vote for new leaders in more than 64
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Queen Latifah got a message from Vice President Kamala Harris at the start of the 2024 NAACP Image Awards, reminding the show’s host to ask people to vote this year. As part of her opening comments, the rapper talked about the struggles that Americans are facing, like inflation, which prompted Taraji P. Henson to say
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Black excellence will be celebrated tonight at the 55th NAACP Image Awards, with Queen Latifah returning as host. The awards have been rolled out during this week, and tonight’s broadcast wraps up the show’s major categories. Winners so far include Ava DuVernay as the victor in Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture for Origin, Cord
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UPDATE: Another day, another Taylor Swift song reveal. The singer and Disney+ disclosed this morning that one of the four mystery acoustic songs that will be included in the streamer’s expanded Eras Tour concert film will be “You Are in Love.” The song, widely expected to make the cut, was revealed on Good Morning America
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BBC News is entering the growing free ad-supported TV (FAST) game in the U.S. AMC Networks and BBC Studios unveiled the launch today of a 24-hour live news channel and have landed distribution with a number of partners including Pluto, Samsung TV Plus and Sling Freestream. The FAST channel will operate in a similar way
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UPDATED with Night 2 winners: HBO’s A Black Lady Sketch Show was named Outstanding Variety Show, DC Young Fly of Celebrity Squares was named Outstanding Host and Issa Rae of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse won for Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance on night 2 of the NAACP Image Awards. The winners in the mostly TV categories
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Michael Douglas-starrer Franklin and Disney+’s Becoming Karl Lagerfeld featuring Daniel Brühl will have their world premieres at this year’s Canneseries. The April event will be closed by Apple TV+’s Franklin, the TV series that stars Douglas as the U.S. founding father. Also featuring in the starry lineup are Prime Video’s Fallout based on the video game
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