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Daily Archives : Oct 6, 2017

Popular Comedian, Former ‘Last Comic Standing’ Contestant, Dead at 45

A comedian who broke out on the NBC competition series “Last Comic Standing” and went on to a successful comedy career has died. TMZ reports that Ralphie May died Friday morning at a residence in Las Vegas. May, 45, had…

Fox Lands High-Profile Legal Drama, Now Has at Least Four of Them in the Works

Fox is doubling down on legal dramas for next season, giving a script commitment with significant penalty to “Being Judged,” from writer Nkechi Carroll, Deadline reports. The project comes from Chernin Entertainment and 20th Century Fox TV, where Carroll has…

Sean Penn, Kate del Castillo in Dispute Over ‘El Chapo’ Series

An “El Chapo” project that is due to be released in two weeks may have run into a glitch, with two of the key players in the story at odds. Variety reports that Netflix’s three-part docuseries “The Day I Met…

Big Viewership Surge for ‘Thursday Night Football’

Thursday night’s NFL clash between the New England Patriots and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers drew an audience of 16.0 million total viewers across all platforms, CBS announced today, including a 28% increase on CBS and NFL Network over last year’s…

Dr. Seuss Mural to Be Taken Down Following Accusations of Racism

The Amazing World of Dr. Seuss Museum in Springfield, Mass., responded to complaints about a mural depicting the first Dr. Seuss children’s book, “And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street,” saying the museum will take down the…

Is Harvey Weinstein Finished in Hollywood?

Media mogul Harvey Weinstein said he’s taking a leave from his company in the wake of a bombshell New York Times story detailing decades of alleged sexual abuses by the co-founder of Miramax and The Weinstein Co. A piece published…

Huge Airliner Has a Scary Landing — Caught on Video (Watch It Now)

A pilot attempting to land the world’s largest airliner had his hands full as he approached the runway — and it didn’t get any better after the Emirates Airbus A380 touched down. The giant plane was buffeted by strong crosswinds…

Report: Sprint and T-Mobile Putting Finishing Touches on Merger

“Sprint Corp. and T-Mobile US Inc. are putting the finishing touches on a merger that’s likely to be announced when the wireless carriers report quarterly earnings at the end of October, according to people familiar with the matter,” Bloomberg reports….

Monty Hall to Be Remembered With All-Day Programming Marathon

Monty Hall will be the focus of a marathon that will include rare episodes of “Tattletales” featuring the iconic TV game show host appearing as a contestant along with his wife, Marilyn. The two “Tattletales” episodes will be shown along…

Disney Channel Fills Key Programming Post

Disney Channel has made a key executive appointment in programming. The channel announced today that Dina Hillier was named vice president, Original Series, Disney Channel. Making the announcement was Adam Bonnett, executive vice president, Original Programming, Disney Channels Worldwide, to…