Late last year, a potential heir to “30 Rock” debuted on a largely unheralded streaming service. “Saved by the Bell,” Peacock’s reboot of the 1989-93 teen staple, traded its forerunner’s clunkiness for a fleet and jazzy willingness to push past absurdity. From its breezy relationship with reality to its rich and deep bench of characters,
Month: January 2021
News coverage of the riot that engulfed the U.S. Capitol building in Washington D.C. dominated broadcast network ratings on Wednesday night. Both NBC and ABC shifted from their regularly scheduled programming to air primetime coverage of the violence in the nation’s capital city on Wednesday afternoon. In the overnight ratings, NBC topped all of its
U.K. broadcaster ITV has decided to postpone filming on the next season of popular talent competition “Britain’s Got Talent” while the U.K. is under coronavirus lockdown. “The filming for the 15th series of ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ has been postponed from its proposed record dates in late January,” an ITV spokesperson said. “With the announcement of
The music-publishing catalog of songwriter-producer Dan Wilson, known for his hits with Adele, the (Dixie) Chicks and his own band Semisonic, has been acquired by Primary Wave. Terms of the deal include some of Wilson’s biggest hits: three from Adele, including the smash “Someone Like You”; six from the (Dixie) Chicks, including their Grammy-winning hit
Facebook extended its block on Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts “indefinitely,” with the ban lasting at least until Trump leaves office, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Thursday. The move comes after Facebook yesterday initially said it would freeze Trump’s access to its services for a 24-hour period, following the deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol
The announcement Tuesday that the Grammy Awards will be moved from January 31 to March 14 took many people by surprise but did not come as a shock: The show is scheduled to take place in Los Angeles, which has seen a dramatic spike in Covid-19 patients and is currently ranked by FEMA as the
After a year in which COVID-19 upended Hollywood, 2021 looms with big question marks for home entertainment executives. The pandemic accelerated the growth of streaming and made premium video-on-demand (PVOD) an economic and logistical necessity due to the closure of movie theaters. And despite the dearth of fresh theatrical product, the transactional end of the
LionTree CEO Aryeh Bourkoff is a master dealmaker. But the prominent investment banker isn’t content to simply facilitate M&A transactions. His loftier goal is to help rewrite the narrative for Big Media at a time of massive transition in the industry. As Bourkoff explains on the latest episode of the Variety podcast “Strictly Business,” the
Samuel Goldwyn has acquired U.S. rights to Christina Rosendahl’s World War II-set drama “The Good Traitor” and Ole Christian Madsen’s Danish terrorist drama “The Day We Died” (“Powder Keg”) from REinvent. Based on true events, “The Day We Died” is headlined by “Game Of Thrones” star Nikolaj Coster-Waldau. The film follows the journey of four
Official Chinese state media had a field day Thursday with the invasion of the U.S. capitol by armed supporters of Donald Trump. It called the incident “a beautiful sight” and used it as a chance to advance Beijing’s narrative on Hong Kong and promote China’s system of governance. State outlets and even the country’s foreign
“Morning Joe” served up something other than coffee chatter Thursday A.M. Joe Scarborough in the opening 15 minutes of the MSNBC program accused Capitol Police of opening “the f—ing doors” for insurrectionists during Wednesday’s invasion of Congress’ home base, a sign of how shocking the development has been to even the people charged with delivering
NBC is developing “Ties That Bind,” a drama based on Seven Studios’ Australian miniseries “Secret Bridesmaids’ Business,” from writer Deirdre Shaw (“Jane The Virgin”), Keshet Studios and Universal Television. Starring Abbie Cornish (“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri”), Katie McGrath (“Supergirl”) and Georgina Haig (“Once Upon A Time”) alongside Alexander England (“Covenant”), “Secret Bridesmaids’ Business” (pictured)
As anticipated, the Japanese government on Thursday declared a state of emergency for Tokyo due to th resurgent coronavirus outbreak. Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide made the announcement at an evening press conference., explaining that the decree applies in the Japanese capital and the three neighboring prefectures of Saitama, Chiba and Kanagawa for a period of
The U.S. Congress confirmed Joe Biden as the winner of the 2020 presidential election in the small hours of Thursday morning, after pro-Trump rioters were expelled from the Capitol following hours of chaos and violence on Wednesday night. The electoral college vote total passed the winning total of 270 around 3.30 a.m., confirming Biden as
After an extraordinary day of violence and political discord in the nation’s capital, at least two governors and a growing list of civic leaders are calling for Donald Trump’s immediate removal from office even though the President only has two weeks left to serve after he failed to win reelection. Gov. J.B. Pritzker, Democrat of
A number of prominent musicians spoke up on social media about the rioting by supporters of Donald J. Trump on Capitol Hill Wednesday, most either condemning the president for being responsible for the violence or comparing the tame law enforcement response to what went down during last year’s Black Lives Matter protests. Some were not
Bill Nye the Science Guy has been a recreational dancer for years, a hobby he took to “Dancing with the Stars” in 2013. On Wednesday, he was back hoofin’ it on TV — this time, on Fox’s “The Masked Dancer,” where he was revealed as the celebrity under the Ice Cube costume. “If I have
As corrosive and unsettling as the images of lawlessness from the U.S. Capitol have been today, there’s a twist of fate at their core so brutally ironic it can make your head spin. When the MAGA protesters, turning off their incendiary right-wing TV and Internet channels and getting off their couches, set out for Washington
UPDATED: Twitter on Wednesday said President Trump’s account would remain locked for 12 hours, following the removal of three tweets that represented “repeated and severe violations of our Civic Integrity policy.” Facebook subsequently said it was freezing Trump’s page on the social network for 24 hours. “We’ve assessed two policy violations against President Trump’s Page
In today’s TV news roundup, Hulu set a premiere date for “Solar Opposites” Season 2, and Animal Planet announced “Puppy Bowl XVII.” DATES Hulu’s adult animated comedy series “Solar Opposites” will return for a second season on March 26. The series follows four aliens, Korvo (Justin Roiland), Yumyulack (Sean Giambrone), Terry (Thomas Middleditch) and Jesse
In an address to the American people, President-elect Joe Biden urged the incumbent President, Donald Trump, to get on television to quell the ongoing insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. It was either a sign of Biden’s congenital optimism or of his being locked into by-now-toppled manners of doing business in Washington: Getting on TV, even
UPDATED: Facebook, in an unusual action, removed President Trump’s video post to D.C. rioters telling them to “go home” — while he also fanned the conspiracy flames that the U.S. election was fraudulent. A Facebook executive said the company deleted Trump’s video over the risk that it would increase the risk of violence. YouTube also
After President Donald Trump took to social media to address a violent mob of supporters who overtook the Capitol on Wednesday — telling them “go home, we love you, you’re very special” — Hollywood power players immediately responded to his statements. Bette Midler, for one, called Trump a “lying sack of shit.” “Trump puts out
Police cleared the Capitol on Wednesday after rioters stormed the building, smashing windows and breaching barricades in protest of the certification of Joe Biden’s victory. The House sergeant at arms reported that the building had been cleared shortly before 6 p.m., when a curfew was set to take effect across the nation’s capital. Speaker Nancy
Catherine Zeta-Jones will star as Claremont’s newest psychiatric resident doctor, Dr. Vivian Capshaw, on the forthcoming second season of Fox’s police procedural “Prodigal Son.” The Academy Award, Tony Award and three-time Screen Actors Guild Award winner will appear regularly in the latter half of the series opposite fellow Welsh native Michael Sheen. When the show’s
UPDATED: Broadcast late-night shows will continue as planned amid ongoing rioting in Washington D.C. Individuals with knowledge of the situation have told Variety that “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” “Late Night with Seth Meyers,” “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” and “The Late Late Show with James Corden” will air original
Stephanie O’Keefe was elected the first woman president in the 123-year history of American Federation of Musicians Local 47, which represents 6,000 musicians in the Los Angeles area. O’Keefe, a professional French horn player, has performed and recorded with such artists as Lady Gaga, Frank Sinatra, Dolly Parton, Diana Krall, Barry Manilow, Herbie Hancock and
Hollywood and much of the rest of the U.S. watched in disgust and shock as supporters of President Donald Trump breached the Capitol building in protest over Congress meeting to certify the results of the 2020 presidential election. The members of the pro-Trump mob, some wearing full riot gear, broke into offices in the Capitol
After U.S. financial markets hit record highs earlier Wednesday, stocks pared their gains in the afternoon after violence instigated by pro-Trump rioters erupted in Washington, D.C. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended the day up 1.4%, up 437.80 points to a record 30,829.40. That was off its intraday highs, when the index reached as high
President Donald Trump released a chilling, pre-taped video telling his mob of supporters overtaking the U.S. Capitol, “Go home. We love you, you’re very special.” “I know your pain, I know you’re hurt. We had an election that was stolen from us. It was a landslide election and everyone knows it, especially the other side.
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