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CNN’s town hall with Donald Trump beat the cable news competition, as expected, with an average of 3.12 million viewers, according to early Nielsen numbers. Fox News averaged 1.41 million viewers in the 8 p.m. to 9:15 p.m. ET time frame, while MSNBC posted 1.37 million. In the 25-54 demo, CNN averaged 703,028, while MSNBC posted 154,991 and Fox News averaged 125,266. […]

Fox News was hit on Wednesday with another defamation lawsuit, this one from a woman who said the network promoted lies about her that generated serious threats to her safety and harmed her career prospects. The suit was filed on behalf of Nina Jankowicz, the former executive director of a short-lived Department of Homeland Security […]

CNN hosted former President Donald Trump for the first time in years on Wednesday night for a town hall ahead of the 2024 presidential election. The network had already received flak for the move, which came after Trump tried to remain in power after losing the 2020 election. He infamously claimed the election was rigged against him […]

Netflix’s first upfront presentation to advertisers will be a virtual event. The streamer sent notes to attendees this evening to inform them of the last-minute shift. It is the first 2023 upfront event to pivot to a remote format. Netflix in January announced its plan to crash the broadcast upfront week with an in-person presentation […]

Long rumored but never confirmed, a new app that combines Disney+ and Hulu content is finally on the horizon. Disney CEO Bob Iger made the announcement during the company’s second-quarter earnings call and suggested the new app would be on the market by the end of 2023. “I’m pleased to announce that we will soon […]

Kaitlan Collins spent Wednesday night going toe to toe on live TV with a former U.S. President who refused to acknowledge her fact-checking of his many conspiracy theories and untruths, then berated her and talked over her. An attending crowd hooted and cheered. And that just may be a warm up. Collins, the CNN up-and-comer who has gone […]

Donald Trump opened his town hall on CNN Wednesday night by reiterating his false claim that the 2020 presidential election was “rigged.” The former president sat down Wednesday evening for a conversation moderated by Kaitlan Collins broadcast live from New Hampshire, fielding questions from Republicans and undeclared voters in the state. At the start of the evening, Collins and Trump […]

In a leadership shakeup, Sister Global CEO Stacey Snider is stepping down from her role at the media company. It’s a surprise move given Snider’s high profile, her extensive relationships throughout the entertainment industry and the fact that she was prolific in getting projects off the ground during her nearly four years (many of them overlapping with the pandemic). […]

Ousted Fox News host Tucker Carlson posted a video to Twitter on Tuesday, saying, “We’re back.” The clip, which accuses the media of telling lies, announced he will be bringing his show to Twitter, which he called the only “free speech” platform left in the world. “Amazingly, as of tonight, there aren’t many platforms left that allow […]

The CNBC anchor whose complaint against former NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell ultimately led to his ouster is leaving the network. CNBC announced Tuesday that it’s parting ways with Hadley Gamble, who has been with the financial news network since 2010 and anchors the Capital Connection show that airs in Europe and Asia. Based in Abu Dhabi, Gamble was also a senior […]

Layoffs will be hitting 25% of employees across the Showtime, MTV Entertainment Studios and Paramount Media Networks groups in the U.S. Tuesday, following months of internal deliberations about integration amid Showtime’s rebranding into Paramount+ With Showtime. Additionally, MTV News — which was significantly affected by layoffs more than five years ago — will be shutting down. Other units, most of which […]

Donald Trump was found liable Tuesday in the civil case filed by author E. Jean Carroll, who had sued the former president for battery and defamation over his public denials that he raped her at a department store in 1996. The federal jury ordered the former president to pay Carroll $5 million. The nine-person jury, […]

Fox News host Jesse Watters wanted Fox News colleague Neil Cavuto canned, according to a newly released text message obtained by Confider. Watters also wanted the network to move on from Chris Wallace, who left Fox News in 2021 to join CNN. Cavuto remains with Fox, where he hosts Your World. He also anchors Cavuto: Coast to Coast on Fox Business Network. Texts between Watters […]

“S.W.A.T” has been renewed for Season 7 at CBS, which will also be the show’s last. The move marks a stunning reversal of the network’s decision to cancel the show just three days ago. According to sources, talks continued between CBS and series co-producer Sony Pictures Television over the weekend following the cancellation announcement. The show has been […]

John Roland, who served as a reporter and anchor for Channel 5 in New York for more than three decades, died Sunday, a rep for Fox Television Stations announced. He was 81. In December 1969, Roland left KTTV in Los Angeles to join sister Metromedia station WNEW in New York as a general assignment reporter. […]

Dr. Phil McGraw and Bill Maher had a back and forth over whether former President Donald Trump or President Joe Biden have been more damaging to the country. The exchange took place on the Sunday edition of Maher’s podcast, Club Random, when he asked McGraw about his outlook on the country. McGraw noted that the country was “heading for a cliff” with various factors […]

For the past two seasons, Kelly Clarkson has filmed her talk show’s premiere weeks in New York City, but now, she is taking her show to the Big Apple for good. “The Kelly Clarkson Show” will move production from the Universal lot in Los Angeles to NBC Studios in 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York next season, Variety has […]

Lionel Richie and Katy Perry weren’t able to perform their normal tasks as judges on Sunday night’s “American Idol,” as they were across the pond performing for the coronation of King Charles III. So they brought back a souvenir for the show: The actual just-crowned King and Queen. King Charles III and Queen Camilla were surprise guests on “American […]

Tucker Carlson is “preparing for war” amid his ongoing Fox News contract dispute that prevents him from taking a job at another media outlet following his abrupt ouster at the cable news network, according to Axios. Carlson, who is currently under contract with Fox News until early 2025, has reportedly been contacted for gigs across conservative […]

The writers strike has taken a bite out of Blade. Marvel Studios is shutting down preproduction on its vampire thriller starring Mahershala Ali, which was set to begin filming next month in Atlanta. The feature project, which has been paused once before, becomes the first tentpole movie impacted by the strike. Cast and crewmembers are being notified this afternoon. […]

The WGA on Friday afternoon announced that they will be picketing the MTV Movie & TV Awards on Sunday, which are being produced under WGA contract. That means that talent planning to attend would likely have to cross a picket line. The MTV Movie & TV Awards are still slated to take place this Sunday […]

Eight CBS-owned TV stations will be dropping their affiliation with The CW and becoming independent stations as of September. The stations are: WPSG Philadelphia (DMA #4), WUPA Atlanta (DMA #6), KBCW San Francisco (DMA #10), KSTW Seattle (DMA #12), WTOG Tampa-St. Petersburg (DMA #13), WKBD Detroit (DMA #14), KMAX Sacramento (DMA #20), and WPCW Pittsburgh (DMA #26). […]