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NBC, NBA Join Forces To Laud ‘Hairspray Live!’ Director Kenny Leon
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It’s a good bet that Robert Greenblatt had never shared a dais with Julius “Dr. J” Erving. Yet there they were in New York this week, the NBC Entertainment chairman and the NBA Hall of Famer, the duke of dunk, raising a glass to director Kenny Leon at the Mr. Abbott Awards. Leon may seem a little young, at 61, to be receiving a lifetime achievement honor from the Stage Directors & Choreographers Foundation. But the Tony-winning director of A Raisin In The Sun and the… »
NBC Orders Neil Patrick Harris Game Show ‘Genius Junior’
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NBC has greenlighted Genius Junior, a game show that celebrates the brightest children in America, hosted and executive produced by Neil Patrick Harris. In the show, 12 teams of very smart kids will compete to be crowned Genius Junior. Over five grueling rounds, teams of three children will have to work together to beat the competition. The winning team will take home the Genius Junior Grant that will set the stage for a big and bright future ahead. "I'm thrilled to be… »
Sean Spicer Is Donald Trump’s Twitter Translator At White House Press Briefing
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Sean Spicer took on the role of President Donald Trump’s official Twitter Translator at today’s White House Press Briefing, hours after Trump’s 4 Am tweet applauding his sacked national security adviser for seeking immunity in exchange for testimony. Mike Flynn should ask for immunity in that this is a witch hunt (excuse for big election loss), by media & Dems, of historic proportion! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 31, 2017 Thursday night, Michael Flyn… »
Critical Content Inks Overall Unscripted Deal With John Legend’s Get Lifted
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Independent studio Critical Content (Catfish: The TV Show) has signed a multi-year overall production deal with Get Lifted Film Co., the production company founded by John Legend, Mike Jackson and Ty Stiklorius, to create unscripted television and digital media content. Under the pact, Critical Content's studio will produce all unscripted programming across television and digital developed by Get Lifted. In turn, Get Lifted will have access to Critical Content's global… »
‘The Looming Tower’: Wrenn Schmidt To Co-Star In Hulu’s 9/11 Drama Series; Ella Rae Peck Also Cast
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Wrenn Schmidt (Outcast) is set as a female lead opposite Peter Sarsgaard, Jeff Daniels and Tahar Rahim in Hulu's straight-to-series drama The Looming Tower. Based on Lawrence Wright's Pulitzer Prize-winning 9/11 exposé, the series hails from Oscar-nominated Dan Futterman (Foxcatcher), Oscar- and Emmy-winning documentary filmmaker Alex Gibney (Going Clear) and Legendary Television. Also cast in the project is Ella Rae Peck (Gossip Girl). The Looming Tower traces the rising… »
Acting School Accused Of Targeting Kids With False Claims
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Exclusive: You may have seen their talent scouts roaming malls and shopping centers in cities across the country, handing out flyers for acting classes and telling kids as young as 6 that they could be the next big breakout movie star. Headquartered in Chicago, the International Performing Arts Academy bills itself as "the most prestigious facility of its kind," and claims it's "built and maintained a strong reputation among the top agents, managers, casting directors… »
Lesli Linka Glatter To Direct Dick Wolf’s Menendez Brothers Series For NBC
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Homeland director Lesli Linka Glatter is set to helm the first two episodes of Dick Wolf’s limited series Law & Order: True Crime — The Menendez Murders for NBC, which is scheduled to begin production this spring in Los Angeles. The series will center on Lyle and Erik Menendez, who were convicted of murdering their parents and sentenced in 1996 to life in prison without parole. Edie Falco stars as defense attorney Leslie Abramson in the Universal Television/Wolf… »
The CW Summer Premiere Dates: ‘Hooten & The Lady’ Debut & 3 Returning Series
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The CW has made its summer plans. The network said today that its new action-adventure series Hooten & the Lady will premiere at 9 Pm Thursday, July 13, and set the return of Whose Line Is It Anyway?, Masters of Illusion and Penn & Teller: Fool Us for May, June and July, respectively. Spanning eight hourlong episodes, Hooten & the Lady follows two globetrotting treasure hunters who set out to recover priceless legendary artifacts. Hooten (Michael Landes) is a… »
Bet Programming Shakeup Gets A Twist With Exec’s Claims
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The news yesterday that Bet Head of Original Programming Zola Mashariki are departing the Viacom network is being disputed by Mashariki, who says she is on medical leave and her job is protected. In a note to Bet staff obtained by Deadline on Thursday evening, Mashariki wrote she was “concerned” to read she was part of the network’s announcement that included the exit of Hill, whose last day is today. She said she had been on medical leave since surgery last month after… »
CBS Orders ‘Ambulance’ Docu Reality Series From Endemol Shine North America
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Exclusive: CBS has given a series order to Ambulance, a one-hour alternative series that follows emergency medical workers and the 911 dispatchers as they tackle life-threatening emergencies. The series is based on the format of the BBC One documentary series of the same name, which launched in September to solid ratings and yesterday was renewed for a second season. The original British series was created by Endemol Shine UK production company Dragonfly. The CBS version… »
‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Beams Up Rainn Wilson As Conman Harry Mudd
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“Office space?” Rainn Wilson has boarded CBS All Access’ Star Trek: Discovery as a character known to fans of the original series. The Office alum, who earned three Emmy noms for his role as Dwight Schrute, will play conman and intergalactic criminal Harry Mudd, Roger C. Carmel originated the character, aka Harcourt Fenton Mudd, in the 1960s Star Trek series, appearing in one episode of each of the first two seasons. He would reprise the role in a 1973 episode of Star Trek… »
Jenny Wall To Exit As Hulu’s Marketing Chief
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Jenny Wall, who has served as Hulu’s Svp and head of marketing for the past three years, is stepping down. The decision was made recently, Hulu says, and a search has begun for a Chief Marketing Officer. The move comes amid other changes at the company as it expands its service into Live TV and is adding higher level executives, including the recently announced Chief Content Officer. That yet-to-be-named Cco will report to Hulu CEO Mike Hopkins and oversee all aspects of… »
‘Amazing Race’ Takes Hit In Season Opener Thursday
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ABC edged out CBS for the Thursday night ratings win in the 18-49 demographic, with its Tgit dramas hitting multi-week highs. The Amazing Race season debut (0.9, 4.4 million viewers) brought modest improvement to CBS’ 10 Pm Thursday time slot most recently held by struggling drama Training Day, which scored a 0.7 demo rating and 4 million viewers when it last aired March 9 before two weeks of Ncaa basketball pre-emptions. But these are record lows for an Amazing Race… »
Senate Committee Rejects Flynn Immunity Request For Now; Adam Schiff Calls Request “Grave Step” – Update
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Update with Adam Schiff tweet House intelligence committee ranking member Adam Schiff has just called Flynn’s immunity request a “grave step,” and that his committee has a “lot of work” to do “before even considering” Flynn’s offer. Earlier today, Schiff tweeted a response to President Donald Trump description of the Russia investigations a “witch hunt.” Tweeted Schiff: “The question for you, Mr. President, is why you waited so long to act after you learned Flynn (through… »
Donald Trump Applauds Mike Flynn Seeking Immunity From “Witch Hunt” Via Twitter
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President Donald Trump, ignoring former Veep Joe Biden’s advice to “grow up” and “stop tweeting,” this morning tweeted, of the man he fired three weeks into his gig as national security adviser: Mike Flynn should ask for immunity in that this is a witch hunt (excuse for big election loss), by media & Dems, of historic proportion! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 31, 2017 The tweet came the day after the White House decided not to comment on the Flynn… »
Im Global Television Boards International Sales For Funny Or Die’s Digital Content Slate
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Im Global Television has inked an exclusive agreement with digital comedy production company Funny or Die to handle international sales on its original digital content slate. Under the deal, Im Global Television will oversee 800 videos and 40 hours of original content from Funny or Die and will launch sales on the material at Miptv next week. Funny or Die was founded in 2007 by Gary Sanchez Productions' Will Ferrell, Adam McKay and Chris Henchy with Judd Apatow as a… »
Stephen Colbert: Veep Mike Pence Is Very Naughty
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Updated with video: For the past week everybody everywhere has been wondering about Devin Nunes' secret intelligence source at the White House, Stephen Colbert said at the top of Thursday night’s Late Show. “Nunes has refused to reveal who it was, out of concern that if his source was exposed, he'll haves to come up with a new reason to cancel all the Russia hearings.” Earlier in the day, The New York Times revealed that two people met with Nunes, the California… »
Is Verizon Preparing To Join The Live Streamed TV Stampede?
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Verizon, the No. 1 wireless provider, apparently thinks there’s room for another live streaming service for traditional TV: It’s negotiating with network owners for rights to offer their programming online as early as this summer, Bloomberg reports. Verizon declined to comment. The telco may have tipped its hand two weeks ago when it announced that its FiOS service agreed to a new retransmission deal with CBS. The companies said that the terms enabled them to "expand the… »
John Dickerson Upped To Chief Washington Correspondent At CBS News
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CBS’s Face the Nation host John Dickerson has been named Chief Washington Correspondent, CBS News President David Rhodes announced today. Dickerson, in addition to his hosting gig, also had held the title of CBS News' Political Director. CBS This Morning co-host Gayle King explained this morning it’s Bob Schieffer’s old title, clearing that up. "John has demonstrated leadership in his reporting in D.C. since 1995, and with CBS News for the past eight years,” said CBS News… »
‘All Or Nothing’ Renewed For Season 2 On Amazon; La Rams Featured
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Get ready for more of All or Nothing. Amazon said today that it has ordered a second season of the NFL Films-produced docuseries that will follow the Los Angeles Rams during their inaugural return-to-SoCal season in 2016. All or Nothing: A Season with the Los Angeles Rams, which promises “access to an NFL season unlike any that's been captured on screen,” will run exclusively on Amazon Prime. No premiere date was announced. "All or Nothing brings Amazon Prime members a… »
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