Jazz Legend Dies
A musician who has been called “the William Faulkner of Jazz” has died. The New York Times reports that singer, piano player and songwriter Mose Allison died today at his home in Hilton Head, S.C. He was 89. Allison “straddled…
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CBS Orders Comedy From ‘The Good Wife’ Creators
CBS has ordered a single-camera comedy from the creators of the drama series “The Good Wife.” The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports that Robert and Michelle King are behind the project. “Written by Marc Lawrence (‘Miss Congeniality’), the untitled half-hour…
Viceland Renews Two Shows, Announces Three New Series
The Viceland network from Vice Media and A+E Networks unveiled a new programming slate today, along with season renewals for “Kings of the Road” and “Weediquette.” The channel just premiered the new series “Payday,” which will be followed in December…
The Most-Watched NFL Game of 2016 Aired Over the Weekend
A game that was played over the weekend now ranks as the most-watched NFL game of the year. Fox announced that its telecast Sunday of “America’s Game of the Week,” pitting the Dallas Cowboys against the Pittsburgh Steelers, delivered an…
Amazon Names the No. 1 Book of 2016 — Here’s the Top 10
Amazon today unveiled its list of the Best Books of 2016, including awarding Best Book of the Year to the Colson Whitehead novel “The Underground Railroad.” Here’s the top five: The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead The Wolf Road by…
Election Results May Bring One Industry Back to L.A.
An industry that has been fleeing Southern California may be poised to reverse that trend after the state’s voters rejected Proposition 60. The Los Angeles Times reports that the defeat of the measure, which would have mandated the use of…
New Marvel Series Set for ABC — First Two Episodes Will Debut in IMAX Theaters
Disney-ABC, Marvel and IMAX formed an innovative partnership to create a new TV series that will roll out first in IMAX theaters. The project, “Marvel’s The Inhumans,” is set to premiere exclusively in IMAX theaters worldwide in early September 2017….
People Names Its Sexiest Man Alive
People magazine’s new “Sexiest Man Alive” is an actor who has become one of the biggest stars in the movies: Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. The 44-year-old, who arrived in the public eye as one of the superstars of WWE, continues…
How Many Pay TV Subscriptions Have Been Lost This Year? SNL Kagan Has the Breakdown on the Latest Numbers — and They’re Large
The television industry has lost a record number of cable, satellite and telecom-based video subscribers this year, with the latest figures from SNL Kagan indicating year-to-date losses of 1.3 million subscribers. And that’s just through three quarters. FierceCable cites new…
‘SNL’ Breaks With Tradition to Pay Tribute to Leonard Cohen
The venerable NBC sketch show “Saturday Night Live” aired an unusual cold open last Saturday, with Kate McKinnon, as her Hillary Clinton character, playing Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” in place of the usual opening sketch. Cohen died earlier in the week…