While the season 18 premiere of “Ellen,” which saw the host publicly address reports of mistreatment and misconduct behind the scenes for the first time, was even on last year, the rest of her premiere week took a tumble. For the week of Sept. 21, “Ellen” averaged a 1.2 Live+Same Day household ratings according to
Month: October 2020
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After years of buying and selling, the nation’s largest TV station groups have become local leviathans that own dozens of outlets across the country. At an unsettled time for broadcast TV, the biggest independent groups — including Nexstar Media, Sinclair Broadcast Group and E.W. Scripps — are increasingly trying to generate new profit sources by
Get ready for more books from the anchors at Fox News Channel and its related businesses. Fox News Media said it struck a three-book deal with Harper Collins Publishers that will feature titles from the media unit’s various on-air personalities. Both Fox News and HarperCollins are controlled by the Murdoch family, the former as part
One would think that “Westworld” star Thandie Newton and writer-director Ol Parker would be quick to offer acting advice to their daughter Nico Parker. “They do give me advice like, ‘Learn everybody’s name and always be nice’ and things like that, but when it comes to acting, they kind of steer clear of it because
Before Kehlani and I can even begin our conversation, a baby coos into the phone and the line goes dead altogether. Adeya, the singer’s one-year-old daughter, accidentally slapped the end button on the call. Kehlani dials me back and apologize. “My baby just woke up from a nap,” she tells me. “I’m reading a book.”
Rooftop Films, a Brooklyn-based nonprofit that champions independent cinema, has announced recipients of its 2020 filmmaker fund grants. The awards, consisting of 20 cash and service grants to independent filmmakers, were supported by the James Levine Foundation. Among the honorees, Lucy Walker (“Bring Your Own Brigade”) and Ben Mullinkosson (“The Last Year of Darkness”) were
In a new cover story with Variety, director Spike Lee talked about working with Chadwick Boseman on “Da 5 Bloods.” The Vietnam war drama, which came out on Netflix over the summer, would be one of the last roles for the 43-year-old actor, who died in August from colon cancer. “I didn’t know Chad was
Matthew West pulled off a sweep of the top two honors at the ASCAP Christian Music Awards, picking up both songwriter of the year and song of the year in kudos that were announced online Wednesday. Earning song of the year stripes was “Nobody,” a song West wrote and then had recorded by Casting Crowns,
YouTube announced a global slate of new and returning projects dedicated to amplifying Black voices and highlighting racial justice issues, including five new projects from its recently announced $100 million fund for Black creators. The lineup includes documentary series “Resist” from executive producer Patrisse Cullors (pictured above), cofounder of Black Lives Matter; an HBCU homecoming
Like so many people, Cynthia Nixon had big plans for 2020. Her new series, Netflix’s “Ratched,” was to premiere (this plan, at least, remained unchanged, as the show launched in September). And her next series, Julian Fellowes’ HBO drama “The Gilded Age,” was meant to start shooting on March 17 in New York City. Instead,
James Corden poked fun at President Trump’s coronavirus diagnosis with a parody song called “Maybe I’m Immune,” a riff on Paul McCartney’s “Maybe I’m Amazed.” The late-night talk show host performed the song on Tuesday night’s episode of the “Late Late Show With James Corden.” After returning to the studio last month, he took to
Variety’s New York Impact Report embraces the persistence and perseverance of the folks in the biz. This year, we’ve all dealt with a global pandemic, racial reckoning, protests, contentious election campaigns, a Supreme Court upheaval and an economic meltdown, but, like a lot of us, showbiz has responded not with despair but with fundraisers, organizing
Depending on who is doing the talking, TV’s 2020 “upfront” market was absolutely horrendous or merely awful. Advance advertising commitments for the next year of TV could be down as much as 15% to 20%, according to six media executives and ad buyers familiar with parts of the industry’s annual negotiations for commercial support for
Kalie Shorr, a country-pop singer-songwriter whose self-released debut album was one of the critical breakouts of 2019, has signed to Tmwrk Records, which will issue an expanded edition of that album, to be called “Open Book: Unabridged,” this fall. “Tmwrk fell in love with my album as-is. That meant so much to me,” Shorr tells
Kevin Hart is counterprogramming against a flood of grim headlines with his first original series for Snapchat: “Coach Kev,” in which the multihyphenate acts as your mentor to dole out bursts of inspirational of positivity and wisdom. Hart is extending his Laugh Out Loud comedy brand to Snapchat with the 10-episode unscripted series, which premieres
Tonight’s vice presidential debate will feature several firsts. Sen. Kamala Harris will be the first Black and South Asian American woman in a national debate – and it will also be the first debate in which the participants are shielded by Plexiglass. But that aside, the debate should feel somewhat like a return to “normal”
David Bowie origin story “Stardust,” starring Johnny Flynn as the musician, has secured distribution in Italy with a deal inked with I Wonder Pictures ahead of the film’s world premiere at the Rome Film Festival this month. Flynn and director Gabriel Range will be in Rome for the red carpet event on Oct. 16 to
S.S. Rajamouli, director of the enormously successful “Baahubali” franchise, has restarted his next magnum opus “RRR” (Roudram Ranam Rudhiram) in Hyderabad with stars N.T. Rama Rao Jr. (“Temper”) and Ram Charan (“Rangasthalam”). The film is a period action drama about Indian freedom fighters Komaram Bheem and Alluri Sitarama Raju. The cast also includes Bollywood stars
Leading Canadian broadcasters Bell Media, Corus Entertainment and Rogers Sports & Media have enforced the use of a new HireBIPOC (Black, Indigenous and People of Color) roster in securing a greenlight for original productions. HireBIPOC is the definitive industry-wide roster of Canadian BIPOC creatives and crew working in screen-based industries. Launched this week, the initiative
While the pandemic may have brought a temporary halt to programming pipelines, children’s broadcasters are using the opportunity to scope out the acquisitions market as well as applying strategies to entice tweens and teens back to their streaming platforms. During Tuesday morning’s Mipcom Warm Up briefing on kids programming, BBC Children’s head of independent animation
This year’s Mipcom is hosting a slate of online, streamed presentations via its Mipcom Online Plus platform, available to accredited badge holders from anywhere in the world. In one such panel, Tony Gunnarsson of independent analysis firm Omdia delivered a 10-minute presentation, followed by a 10-minute chat with Jacob Ahlin, director of digital propositions, EMEA,
The Karlovy Vary Film Festival, the Czech Republic’s premiere industry event, announced Wednesday it will launch in abridged form Nov. 18 in the spa town where it had to be canceled in July due to COVID-19 restrictions. With a non-competitive program and screening top titles from other major fests, Karlovy Vary will run for four
For three decades Spanish filmmaker Juanma Bajo Ulloa has consistently delivered his own unique brand of cinema, playing with genres while exploring family dynamics like a kid with toys. Now, the award-winning filmmaker is back with fairytale thriller “Baby,” world premiering in competition at this year’s Sitges Film Festival. Latido Films, the film’s sales agent,
Middle East broadcaster MBC Group has announced an exclusive content partnership with Facebook across the Middle East and North Africa involving more than 20,000 videos from the shows aired by the Dubai-based linear and digital services. Under the one-year deal, MBC Group’s digital arm will share content in the MENA region across various Facebook pages including
ViacomCBS International Studios (VIS) has revealed a unified distribution outfit called ViacomCBS International Studios Distribution that encompasses all studio sales business including co-productions, pre-sale, formats, tape sales and co-developments. The company’s former International Program Sales division that focused on tape and format sales for network-branded content outside Latin America including the Nickelodeon library and MTV
Music agents Jeffrey Hasson (pictured at right) and Matt Meyer have joined UTA. Both arrive from Paradigm with Hasson based in Nashville and Meyer in Los Angeles. Hasson got his start at Monterey Peninsula Artists in 2005 and has worked with such artists as Young The Giant, Tori Kelly, Surfaces, Jamey Johnson, Dashboard Confessional, and
It’s weird when someone you love passes away. Yes, it’s also sad, traumatic, devastating, grief-laden, painful, agonizing, mind-numbing, and just all-around horrible. But when someone who has taken up a particular space in your life — your entire life — just POOF, disappears virtually overnight… Well, the world suddenly feels incredibly strange. It’s a little
Just three months after the release of “Greyhound,” a first look trailer for Tom Hanks’ next project, “News of the World,” is here. The minute-long clip was released today by Universal Pictures, in addition to first look images provided to Vanity Fair. The official trailer is said to be coming soon, and the film is
Despite looming uncertainty about the testing system for British Columbia-based productions, the Warner Bros. Television shows “Batwoman,” “Riverdale” and “Maid” will resume shooting on Wednesday, having been cleared to restart. The shows — along with CBS TV’s “Nancy Drew” and “Charmed,” and several Disney shows — were forced to stop filming last week due to
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