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Daily Archives : Aug 8, 2016

Big Rights Deal Brings All ‘Harry Potter’ Movies to TV — Deal Extends to Theme Parks

All eight of the previously released “Harry Potter” movies, along with the upcoming “Fantastic Beasts” films, are headed to television in a blockbuster licensing deal between NBCUniversal and Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution. TVNewsCheck reports that the multinetwork partnership gives…

Woody Allen TV Series Has Release Date — Watch a Fun Clip Now. Plus Amazon Announces Dates for ‘Transparent,’ Other Series

Woody Allen will be starring in a new TV series, set to premiere next month on Amazon. The AP reports that “Crisis in Six Scenes” will premiere Sept. 30. “The comedy, set during the upheaval of the 1960s, focuses on…

‘The Simpsons’ Books Its First One-Hour Episode, With Strong Guest Lineup

Fox’s “The Simpsons,” which launches its 28th season on Sept. 25, will do something this season it has never done in the past 27: a one-hour episode. The episode, “The Great Phatsby,” will air in January and will feature guest…

NBCU Goes Into Business With Social Media Site

NBCUniversal today announced a new partnership with a major social media site. The content and advertising deal with Snapchat will include NBCU producing original shows for Snapchat. The NBC series “The Voice” will add the digital show “The Voice on Snapchat,”…

Big Night for FX at TCA Awards

There were handshakes, high fives, kisses and hugs all around as FX had a big night at the 32nd annual TCA Awards with wins in four of the 10 categories in a ceremony hosted by Jaime Camil at the Beverly…

NBCUniversal to Produce Original Shows for Snapchat in All-New Content and Advertising Partnership

Press release from NBCUniversal, Aug. 8, 2016: NBCUniversal and Snapchat today announced a multi-year content and advertising partnership through which NBCUniversal will produce original episodic shows for Snapchat. The NBCUniversal partnership will significantly expand Snapchat’s existing partner portfolio, which currently…

Bombshell: Report Says Roger Ailes Used Fox News Budget to Finance ‘Black-Room’ Campaigns Against His Enemies, Primarily Journalists He Didn’t Like

“According to one highly placed source,” former Fox News CEO and chairman Roger Ailes organized a “‘Black Room,’ an operation Ailes established around 2011 to conduct PR and surveillance campaigns against people he targeted, both inside and outside the company,”…

New Orleans Clarinetist Pete Fountain, a Frequent Guest on TV Shows From the Late 1950s Through the 1980s, Dies at 86

Pete Fountain, 86, a clarinetist who became a staple on various TV shows in the late 1950s and 1960s, has died of heart failure, according to “Benny Harrell, Mr. Fountain’s son-in-law and manager,” reports The New York Times. The Times…