Television

After negotiations failed to reach fruition, Disney networks including ESPN have gone dark on YouTube TV. Disney had indicated earlier this week it was “optimistic” about the prospect of resolving the carriage dispute. But the parties said the discussions had not resulted in an agreement. YouTube TV surpassed 3 million subscribers as of fall 2020,
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Discovery has blasted the Polish parliament’s decision to pass a bill that could ban foreign ownership of media companies in the European nation, which could mean it loses control of more than half of TVN Group. If ratified by the President, the controversial Lex-TVN legislation could have severe consequences for Discovery’s standing in Poland. Discovery
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Los Angeles recorded 2,275 new cases of Covid-19 on Thursday, the highest daily mark since 2,370 on September 1, according to the county’s dashboard. Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said that today was the first time “in a while” that cases topped 2,000 in a single day. In fact, it’s been a little over two
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Police today confirmed that three men have been arrested in connection with the deaths of a model Christy Giles and her architect friend Hilda Marcela Cabrales-Arzola last month. One of the men, 42-year-old Brandt Osborn was arrested on the set of CBS’s NCIS LA at 12:30 p.m. yesterday afternoon. Osborn was an extra on the
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SPOILERS AHEAD: The Covid-shortened Survivor Season 41 finale was packed with two tribal councils, two immunity challenges one and a fire-making tie-breaker. Oh, and the final five contestants were forced to relocate to a new island with minimal comfort just days before the finale. After an initial tribal council and two immunity challenges, the final
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UPDATED throughout: During an interview with Tucker Carlson streaming today, former General Hospital star Ingo Rademacher likened Covid-19 to “a serious flu bug,” asserted without evidence that vaccines don’t “do a good job at stopping the spread” of the coronavirus, and speculated that Disney/ABC would have canceled the long-running soap if conservative cast members refused,
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SPOILER ALERT: The story include details about the Season 21 finale of NBC’s The Voice. There was no major surprise during the Season 21 finale of NBC’s reality hit The Voice, with frontrunners, sibling trio Girl Named Tom from Team Kelly, crowned as the winners to deliver Coach Kelly Clarkson’s fourth victory on the show.
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No change at the top of Netflix’s latest most-watched series list. Money Heist and Lost in Space continue in the top spots of non-English-language and English-language series respectively. The Spanish drama racked up an impressive 148M hours viewed between December 6 and 12, coming after last week, where it scored 190M hours. Similarly, the third
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UPDATED, 7 AM: Sherri Shepherd returns today as guest host of The Wendy Williams Show following emergency surgery for appendicitis, a spokesperson for the show told Deadline. Michael Rapaport filled in for Shepherd on Monday as Shepherd recovered from the surgery. Shepherd has been among a rotating list of guest hosts for the show while
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Bigger is not moving forward at BET+ as the streaming service has opted not to renew the comedy series after two seasons. The series hails from executive producer Will Packer and his Will Packer Media. Creator, executive producer and showrunner Felischa Marye confirmed the news on Twitter on Monday. “We’re sad to announce that #BiggerOnBet
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The Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which over the past eight months has been reforming its organization in the wake of criticism over a lack of diverse membership, questionable standards and conduct, announced nominations for its 2022 Golden Globes on Monday. Kenneth Branagh’s Belfast from Focus Features and Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog from
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The who’s who of Asian and Asian American talent and artists gathered for an evening of celebration at the 19th annual Unforgettable Gala, nearly two years after the Covid-19 pandemic brought live and in-person events to a screeching halt. The Character Media awards show, held at the Beverly Hilton and hosted by Good Trouble actress
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“A jury declared Jussie Smollett really bad at acting,” opened Weekend Update co-anchor Colin Jost tonight, making light of the recent headlines over the guilty verdict for the Empire actor earlier this week from his 2019 assault. “Smollett was found guilty of charges of staging a hate crime; it was the worst staged hate crime since my all-Christian
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Australian comedian Celeste Barber is returning to her acting roots, making her debut as the lead in Wellmania, a new comedic drama series which has received an eight-episode order by Netflix. Barber also will serve as executive producer on the series inspired by Brigid Delaney’s novel Wellmania: Misadventures in the Search for Wellness. The half-hour
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President Joe Biden’s first late-night appearance since becoming president was on very friendly terrain: The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, in which the host was effusive throughout and largely stayed on the White House topic points. “You are bringing class back to the office,” Fallon told the president, making pretty clear where his affinity lies,
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SPOILER ALERT: Storylines from the first two episodes of HBO Max’s And Just Like That… are revealed below. The cast of Sex and the City was mostly in the dark about Willie Garson‘s pancreatic cancer diagnosis except for longtime friend Sarah Jessica Parker. Garson succumbed to the disease on Sept. 21 at the age of 57. “The
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The trailer for BBC1/Amazon Prime’s A Very British Scandal has dropped, with the highly anticipated mini-series from Sarah Phelps starring Claire Foy and Paul Bettany set to launch on Boxing Day and air for three consecutive nights. Written by Phelps, directed by Black Mirror’s Anne Sewitsky and produced by Blueprint Pictures, A Very British Scandal focuses
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The WGA has lifted its ban on members working for Constantin Film Development, the powerhouse German production company behind such films as the Resident Evil franchise, Downfall and The Baader Meinhof Complex. The guild issued the do-not-work order in October because of the company’s “refusal to pay residuals for most foreign reuse,” and for not
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HBO Max treated Potterheads with a glimpse at the upcoming Harry Potter 20th anniversary retrospective, Return to Hogwarts.  Stars of the Harry Potter franchise Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint reunite for a conversation about their time on the fantasy film series in the first-look image, dropped on Wednesday. The retrospective special—premiering Jan. 1—
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EXCLUSIVE: As production gets underway today on the John Hillcoat-directed George & Tammy with Michael Shannon playing George Jones and Jessica Chastain Tammy Wynette in a drama about their tempestuous marriage, Steve Zahn has joined the six-episode limited series. He will play George Richey, a songwriter, producer and mainstay of the Nashville country music community
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