Even with the television business in the digital era seemingly focused more than ever on the “Everything Old Is New Again” credo, the recent upfront presentations had their share of highlights. Today TVWeek recaps them in a report by Open…
As the treatment of reporters under the Trump administration continues to gain attention in Washington, two members of the Senate Commerce Committee have asked the panel to hold a hearing on the state of the media. Multichannel News reports that…
Monica Lewinsky offered her own take on longtime Fox News boss Roger Ailes, who died May 18 at age 77. Lewinsky wrote in an op-ed in The New York Times that Ailes was a key player when her relationship with…
Sir Roger Moore, who played James Bond in the film franchise from 1973-1985 and starred on television as Simon Templar on “The Saint” from 1962-1969, has died. Moore’s family posted a message on the actor’s Twitter account confirming his death….
Press release from History, May 23, 2017: HISTORY has commissioned the definitive original documentary series about one of the biggest criminal conspiracies in modern politics, “Watergate,” produced and directed by Academy Award-winning director Charles Ferguson (“Inside Job”). “The Watergate investigation…
Press release from Nickelodeon, May 23, 2017: Nickelodeon today announced that SpongeBob SquarePants, the number-one animated show for kids 2-11 and kids 6-11, has been greenlit for season 12. The 26-episode pick up will further the nautical adventures of SpongeBob…
Press release from ITV Studios, May 23, 2017: NFL Hall of Famer, TV and media personality, and producer Michael Strahan, and his producing and business partner Constance Schwartz-Morini, have inked an exclusive overall production partnership with their company SMAC Entertainment…
Despite the intense focus on new ways of doing business in the digital era, the broadcast networks clearly have a case of Everything Old Is New Again. From reboots of “Roseanne” to “Dynasty,” “Will & Grace” to “S.W.A.T.,” and of…
Here’s the latest, from BBC News in a story filed at 4:36 a.m. ET: “Twenty-two people, including children, have been killed and 59 injured in a suicide attack at Manchester Arena. “The blast happened in the foyer at 22:35 BST…