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Daily Archives : Aug 7, 2017

One Channel Now Has Seven of the Top Eight Original Movies Ever on Cable

One cable channel appears to have found the formula for success in original TV movies. Disney Channel announced that “Descendants 2” set a number of viewership marks, including delivering 10.9 million total viewers in L+7 and joining the original airing…

‘Grand Tour’ Mainstay Has Pneumonia

A former “Top Gear” host and current mainstay of “The Grand Tour” says he will be “out of action for quite some time” after coming down with pneumonia. The U.K. publication The Daily Mail reports that Jeremy Clarkson was rushed…

Cable Drama Gets Third Season

A drama series airing on OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network picked up a renewal for a third season. The network announced the renewal for “Greenleaf,” from Lionsgate, award-winning writer/producer Craig Wright (“Lost,” “Six Feet Under”) and executive producers Clement Virgo (“The…

MTV Unveils Lineup of Performers for VMAs

MTV took the wraps off a star-studded performer lineup for the 2017 Video Music Awards, which will be televised on Sunday, Aug. 27. The lineup includes Miley Cyrus, Ed Sheeran, Fifth Harmony, Lorde, Katy Perry, The Weeknd, Thirty Seconds to…

Suspended Fox News Host Vows to Clear His Name in Latest Sexual Harassment Scandal

The Fox News Channel, hit with another sexual harassment scandal, suspended one of its rising stars over the weekend. Eric Bolling was suspended “pending the results of an investigation,” the network said in a statement Saturday. Bolling responded with a…

One of the Rolling Stones Has Been Secretly Fighting Cancer

A mainstay of the Rolling Stones revealed in a new interview that he has recently had a secret fight with cancer. The U.K. publication The Daily Mail reports that guitarist Ronnie Wood said he had “a touch of lung cancer”…

ABC Renews Two Series

ABC picked up additional seasons of two shows that have become fixtures in the prime-time lineup: “The $100,000 Pyramid” and “Celebrity Family Feud.” “Pyramid” was renewed for season three, with “Feud” picked up for a fourth season. The season three…

CBS Inks Carriage Deal With Streaming Service

CBS Corp. signed a carriage deal bringing the CBS broadcast network along with Showtime, The CW, CBS Sports Network and Pop to AT&T’s DirecTV Now live TV streaming service. All of the networks involved in the deal will be available…

‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ Hits the Road

ABC has booked a road trip for its flagship late-night talk show “Jimmy Kimmel Live.” The program, which is based in Hollywood, will head to Brooklyn for a week of shows, Oct. 16-20. The show will tape before a live…

Israel Moves to Shut Down News Service

Israel came under fire after it announced Sunday that it will shut down the news service Al Jazeera in the country. The Times of Israel reports that the country planned to close the service’s local offices and revoke the accreditation…