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Paramount Cuts Nearly All Content on Comedy Central, TV Land, CMT and MTV Websites
Following the unexpected shuttering of the MTV News website earlier this week, Paramount has now largely cleaned house on the sites for several more of its cable channels, in a potential cost-cutting move. As of Wednesday afternoon, the sites for Comedy Central, CMT, Yellowstone airer Paramount Network and TV Land were instead directing users to […]
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Jeffrey Wright Recruited for ‘The Agency’ at Paramount+ With Showtime
Paramount+ has signed a new operative for its CIA thriller The Agency. Jeffrey Wright has joined the series, which has begun production in London. He’ll star opposite Michael Fassbender, who plays an agency operative called in from an undercover assignment. The series (formerly titled The Department) is based on the acclaimed French drama Le Bureau […]
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‘SNL’ Regular Colin Jost to Cover Olympic Surfing From Tahiti for NBC
Colin Jost is stepping out from behind the “Weekend Update” anchor desk to join NBCUniversal’s Olympics coverage — but he won’t be going to Paris. Instead, the Saturday Night Live regular will be traveling to Tahiti to cover the surfing competition. The Pacific island is part of French Polynesia and will play host to the […]
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Harry Potter Series at HBO Finds Its Showrunner and Director
HBO’s long-developing Harry Potter series has locked in two key members of its creative team. The series has named Francesca Gardiner as its writer and showrunner and tapped Mark Mylod to direct multiple episodes. Both are Emmy winners for HBO’s Succession — Gardiner as part of the show’s producing team and Mylod as both director and […]
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‘One Piece’ Adds Trio of Actors to Season 2 (Exclusive)
Netflix’s One Piece is expanding its cast as it heads into a second season. The live-action adaptation of the expansive manga and anime series has added Werner Coetser, Brendan Murray and Clive Russell to its ensemble of actors. They’ll each play allies of Monkey D. Luffy (Iñaki Godoy) and his Straw Hat Pirates. Coetser and […]
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TV Ratings: Stanley Cup Hits Five-Year High With Game 7 Thriller
The last game of the NHL’s Stanley Cup Finals delivered both on the ice and in the ratings. The Florida Panthers’ 2-1 victory over the Edmonton Oilers in Monday night’s seventh game averaged 7.66 million viewers on ABC in the United States — the largest audience for an NHL game since 2019 (which was also […]
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‘Welcome to Derry,’ ‘Harry Potter’ Series Move to HBO From Max in Tentpole Strategy Change
Warner Bros. Discovery is putting some of the “premium” back into its premium cable outlet, HBO. In a branding strategy shift, several tentpole series that had been announced as original shows for streamer Max — including the in-development Harry Potter series and It prequel Welcome to Derry — will become HBO originals instead. The just-ordered Lanterns, based […]
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Green Lantern Series Finally a Go at HBO
HBO is at long last signing up with the Lantern Corps. The premium cable outlet has given a straight-to-series order for Lanterns, based on the long-running Green Lantern characters — specifically John Stewart and Hal Jordan — from DC Comics. Chris Mundy (Ozark) will serve as showrunner on the eight-episode drama and co-write the series with Damon […]
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Hallmark, NFL Team for Kansas City Chiefs-Themed Christmas Movie
The NFL is expanding its media horizons yet again, teaming up with Hallmark to produce a holiday movie that has football as a backdrop. The film, which also counts Skydance Sports among its producers, is called Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story (and no, it’s not not about that Chiefs love story). The movie stars […]
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Disney Holds Steady as Top TV Programming Distributor in May
Disney kept a lock on the top spot as the media company responsible for the biggest share of TV viewing in May. That’s according to Nielsen’s second Media Distributor Gauge, which looks at how TV use stacks up by company. Disney’s 11.4 percent of all TV use in May includes viewing on ABC, ESPN, FX, […]
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Michael Fassbender to Topline Paramount+ Spy Thriller ‘The Agency’
Paramount+’s spy thriller The Agency has found its lead agent. Michael Fassbender will star in the espionage drama (formerly titled The Department), which is based on the French series Le Bureau des Legendes and has started production. The two-time Oscar nominee will also serve as an executive producer of the show, which will stream on […]
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‘The Bear’ Season 3 to Premiere (Slightly) Sooner on Hulu
The Bear will be accepting reservations for season three a little earlier than previously announced. Hulu will premiere the Emmy-winning, FX-produced show’s new season at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT on June 26, three hours ahead of the show’s original June 27 date. The streamer is staying with the binge release pattern of the first […]
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