“Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular” didn’t go off with a ratings bang Saturday, hitting new lows in both the key adults 18-49 demographic and total viewers, according to preliminary Nielsen data. Airing from 8-10 p.m., the annual NBC event — which was only able to be semi-live this year to maintain social distancing — […]
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Israel’s leading pay TV operators YES (“Fauda”) and HOT (“Euphoria”) are getting ready to restart filming thanks to an agreement signed with local broadcasting regulators that will cover potential damages caused by COVID-19. The agreement will cover damages totalling up to 10% of production costs. That effectively means that if a $10 million show has to stop because one […]
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Days Of Our Lives is joining the other three daytime dramas in setting return-to-production plans. Corday Productions, the company behind the venerable NBC soap, on Thursday sent emails to the cast notifying them that taping new episodes would resume on September 1, I have learned. Reps for NBC, Corday and Sony Pictures TV declined comment. When the show […]
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On Friday, the network will honor Reiner — who died Monday at age 98 — by airing a colorized hour-long special of The Dick Van Dyke Show, multiple outlets reported. The special, titled The Dick Van Dyke Show – Now In Living Color! A Special Tribute To Carl Reiner, will feature two colorized back-to-back classic episodes of the beloved 1960s series. […]
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Willie Nelson’s annual Fourth of July Picnic is going ahead this year, but to reduce concerns about the coronavirus the event will be virtual. Fans can tune in to the nearly 50-year-old music bash Saturday via luck.stream and williepicnic.com. Tickets for the picnic are on sale at williepicnic.com. Other performers expected to play include Sheryl Crow, Ziggy Marley, Steve […]
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Hugh Downs, the genial, versatile broadcaster who became one of television’s most familiar and welcome faces with more than 15,000 hours on news, game and talk shows, has died at age 99. Downs died of natural causes at his home in Scottsdale, Arizona, on Wednesday, said his great-niece, Molly Shaheen. “The Guinness Book of World […]
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He was the quintessential guest when he appeared on my show in Washington, DC. Interviewing a comedy legend was scary enough, but somehow Carl Reiner put a young talk host at ease. RIP @carlreiner, you entered laughing and made the world happier and smarter. Read more about the legendary Carl Reiner in: The Hollywood Reporter, […]
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Johnny Mandel, the Oscar and Grammy winning composer whose noted work included composing the MASH theme, has died at the age of 94. Details of his death have not been disclosed but his friend and fellow musician Michael Feinstein confirmed the news on Facebook, as did numerous others close to Mandel. “A dear friend and extraordinary composer […]
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Carl Reiner, the quintessential straight man for Sid Caesar and Mel Brooks who based beloved sitcom The Dick Van Dyke Show on his own life and jump-started Steve Martin’s big-screen career, has died, his assistant Judy Nagy confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter. He was 98. The influential writer, director, actor, author and multiple Emmy Award-winner died Monday night at […]
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Katy Perry says her mental health was in a very bad place in 2017. The “Daisies” singer said during an interview on CBCListen’s Q With Tom Power that her breakup with Orlando Bloom that year, as well as disappointing album sales for Witness, had a “seismic” effect that “literally broke me in half.” During that period, she experienced suicidal thoughts. “I lost my […]
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MTV is moving forward with its plans to stage the 2020 VMAs at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center. The show will have “limited capacity or no audience” due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “We’re elated to bring the 2020 “VMAs” back to NYC, the cultural mecca of the world where music and entertainment are woven into the DNA,” […]
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CBS’ first-ever simulcast of the BET Awards didn’t bring in a huge audience, but it’s likely to help the telecast match or beat last year’s audience. ABC’s game shows, meanwhile, snagged the top spot among adults 18-49 on Sunday. The three-hour BET awards telecast, which also aired on BET and BET Her, averaged just under […]
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Broadway will remain dark through the rest of the year, and it’s unclear when shows will be able to return to the stage. This marks the fourth extension for Broadway, prolonging the shutdowns that began in March due to the coronavirus pandemic. It’s the longest period of time that theaters have been closed. The Broadway League announced Monday […]
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Sacha Baron Cohen is at it again. On Saturday, the comedian crashed a meeting of the Washington State Three Percenters in Olympia, Washington, leading a sing-along and generally disrupting things. It is unclear if the appearance was yet another installment of his Who Is America? program, the first installment of which aired on Showtime. Reps for Cohen and […]
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The 2020 BET Awards were handed out Sunday night, with Beyoncé, Lizzo, Megan Thee Stallion and Roddy Ricch among the winners. Comedian and Insecure actress Amanda Seales hosted the annual show, which organizers this year said “expanded its footprint to go beyond the confines of a traditional stage show in response to safety precautions in light of the […]
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The Rolling Stones are taking “further steps” to prevent Donald Trump from using their music at his rallies after the president’s campaign ignored the previous cease-and-desist letters. “This could be the last time Trump uses any Jagger/ Richards songs on his campaigns,” the band’s rep said in a statement. In a statement Saturday, the band announced that their […]
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Mike Henry is exiting his role as Cleveland Brown on “Family Guy.” Henry made the announcement Friday on Twitter. “It’s been an honor to play Cleveland on Family Guy for 20 years,” he wrote. “I love this character, but persons of color should play characters of color. Therefore, I will be stepping down from the role.” […]
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Sean Hannity’s Fox News town hall with President Donald Trump was the most-watched show on television Thursday night, beating all cable and broadcast competitors by with 5.1 million viewers. Of those who tuned into the 9 p.m. ET interview, according to early Nielsen Media Research ratings, about 968,000 were in the advertiser-coveted age news demographic […]
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ABC Studios has signed a two-year overall deal with LA Lakes superstar LeBron James and his SpringHill Entertainment focused on scripted content. SpringHill previously had a production deal with Warner Bros. that covered both movies and TV which ended in 2019. “SpringHill Entertainment makes the shows LeBron and I want to watch. We look at […]
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“The Boys” Season 2 has received a premiere date from Amazon Prime Video, the streaming service announced Friday. The first three episodes of the season will launch on Friday, Sept. 4, with the rest of the season rolling out weekly on the streaming service until the season finale on Oct. 9. “We cannot WAIT to […]
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Justin Bieber on Thursday filed a $20 million defamation lawsuit over anonymous tweets that accuse him of sexual assault. He argues the stories are fabricated attention grabs and he has proof the claims are impossible. Last week, two Twitter accounts posted about alleged incidents involving the singer. A user identified as Danielle said Bieber sexually […]
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Michael Shannon, Kate Hudson, Don Johnson and Da’Vine Joy Randolph are set to star in director Michael Maren’s comedy “Shriver.” Fortitude International is selling international rights and CAA Media Finance is representing domestic rights at the Cannes Virtual Market. Jimmi Simpson, Zach Braff, Mark Boone, Jr. and Aja Naomi King are also in the cast. Marren is directing […]
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A New York City judge has dismissed a claim by Donald Trump’s brother that sought to halt the publication of a tell-all book by the president’s niece. In a ruling handed down on Thursday, Judge Peter Kelly said the Surrogates Court lacked jurisdiction in the case. Mary Trump is the daughter of Fred Trump Jr., […]
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Over two weeks after HBO Max initially removed the 1939 Southern war epic Gone With the Wind from its service, the film has returned, with additional context and a disclaimer attached. Now, before the film plays on the service, it is preceded by a video from TCM host and University of Chicago cinema and media studies professor Jacqueline Stewart, […]
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If anyone can reawaken Broadway from an unprecedented shutdown that has left many insiders fearful for the theater industry’s future, it’s Hugh Jackman. Producers Scott Rudin, Barry Diller and David Geffen on Wednesday confirmed that their large-scale revival of Meredith Willson’s The Music Man, which will star Jackman alongside another returning Broadway treasure, Sutton Foster, is now […]
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