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Daily Archives : Aug 30, 2018

Football-Themed Late-Night Show in the Works at Fox — With an Unusual Ad Arrangement

Fox will be adding a program that extends its coverage of the upcoming season of the National Football League. Variety reports that the broadcaster will offer “NFL GameDay Prime” Sundays at 11:30 p.m. to its affiliates. The report cites two…

NBC Sets Sneak Preview for New Comedy Series

NBC announced plans to air a sneak preview of the first two episodes of the new fall comedy series “I Feel Bad.” The first two episodes will air Wednesday, Sept. 19, at 10 and 10:30 p.m. ET/PT before the show…

Justice Department Warns It Will Keep an Eye on Comcast

The U.S. Department of Justice intends to continue to scrutinize Comcast Corp. even after the antitrust restrictions placed on the company with its takeover of NBCUniversal expire Sept. 1, Bloomberg reports. “The department’s antitrust division wrote a letter to Comcast…

Snapchat and Weather Channel Maps Hit With Anti-Semitic Hack

“A location data company powering maps on services such as Snapchat and The Weather Channel said someone vandalized the label on New York City with anti-Semitic language,” USA Today reports. “On Thursday, several Snapchat users on Twitter pointed to an…

Star of Long-Running Series Says She’s Leaving the Show

An actress who stars on a long-running TV series made a surprise announcement today, saying she is leaving the show. Emmy Rossum, who has played Fiona Gallagher for nine seasons on Showtime’s “Shameless” — season nine premieres next month —…

Why Are So Many of Abby Huntsman’s Fans Upset That She’s Joining ‘The View’?

The decision by “Fox & Friends Weekend” host Abby Huntsman to join ABC’s “The View” has drawn what Decider.com calls “massive backlash” — and apparently viewers on both ends of the political spectrum are upset. “Since announcing her decision, the…

Oscar-Nominated Actor Is Focus of Rape Investigation

An investigation into rape and sexual assault allegations is in the preliminary stages after authorities in Paris received complaints involving actor Gerard Depardieu, the AP reports. Depardieu, who was nominated for an Oscar in 1991 for “Cyrano de Bergerac” and…

Woody Allen’s Next Movie Has Reportedly Been Shelved

The latest Woody Allen movie, which finished filming last fall, may never see the light of day after being shelved by Amazon, The New York Post’s Page Six reports. The report suggests the project could become a casualty of the…

High-Ranking WarnerMedia Exec Leaves the Company

A top executive at WarnerMedia is leaving the company to take a job with the social networking company Snap Inc. According to The Hollywood Reporter, WarnerMedia CMO Kristen O’Hara is leaving the company she has been with for 16 years….

Kurt Sutter Takes Out ‘Mayans M.C.’ for a Test Ride

“Sons of Anarchy” creator Kurt Sutter was more than revved up for the premiere screening of his new FX outlaw crime drama, “Mayans M.C.,” a spinoff from “Sons.” Sutter was introduced to a packed house Tuesday night at the TCL…