Category: Television
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George Cheeks to lead all three merged TV studios
George Cheeks is expected to run CBS Studios, Warner Bros. Television and Paramount Television Studios after the Oct. 6 Paramount-WBD close.
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Starz Originals Exec Karen Bailey Exits Amid IP Pivot
Karen Bailey, the Starz exec who brought Outlander to the network, is exiting as the programmer re-aligns around owned IP after splitting from Lionsgate.
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CBS Renews Big Brother For Seasons 29 And 30
CBS has ordered two more seasons of Big Brother after Season 28 crossed 1,000 episodes and drew 14.8 billion minutes of viewing.
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Starz Goes Dark on Verizon Fios as Carriage Talks Collapse
Starz channels and app are off Verizon Fios after renewal talks failed, spotlighting how DTC streaming has changed pay-TV carriage fights.
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Disney’s Walden on Kimmel’s Future and Moana’s Box Office Stumble
Disney’s Dana Walden says Kimmel’s ratings are up but late-night economics are tough; live-action Moana made $323M against a $250M budget.
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UK Panel Tells BBC to Stop Overpaying for U.S. Shows
A UK parliamentary panel says the BBC should stop using licence-fee cash to outbid commercial rivals for foreign shows such as Scooby-Doo.
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Shaka iLembe final season gets global MIPCOM launch
Studiocanal has unveiled first-look images from the final season of Zulu king drama Shaka iLembe ahead of its MIPCOM sales launch.
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NBC Turns 100th Anniversary Into an Ad Sales Template
NBCU turns its century special into a test bed for bespoke TV sponsorships, with an eye on the 2028 Olympics and The Tonight Show’s…
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Last of Us Season 3 Casts John Goodman and Game Vets
HBO adds John Goodman, Ian Alexander and Laura Bailey to The Last of Us Season 3, pairing game voice actors with the series ahead…
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SNL Reshapes Talent Team Ahead of Season 52
Saturday Night Live promotes Keri Powers to head of talent and Rebecca Schwartz to producer as Season 52 opens. Why the booking desk matters.