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After 21st Century Fox sued Netflix, the streaming service countersued, with the legal battle focused on Netflix’s alleged poaching of executives from Fox. The Hollywood Reporter’s THR, Esq., reports that Netflix is alleging Fox has created “a form of involuntary…
CBS gave a straight-to-series order to a suspense thriller that the network has slotted for broadcast in summer 2017. The project is “Salvation,” about an asteroid on a collision course with planet Earth. The network ordered 13 one-hour episodes of…
A record label founder who profoundly influenced the evolution of American music has died. The New York Times reports that Phil Chess, who founded Chicago’s Chess Records with his brother Leonard and helped usher obscure blues artists to mainstream recognition,…
The head of the Association of National Advertisers painted a grim picture of the state of the marketing industry as the organization unveiled a new initiative aimed at transforming the industry. ANA President and CEO Bob Liodice introduced the ANA…
Tom Cruise had a memorable appearance this week on CBS’s “The Late Late Show with James Corden,” joining with the show’s host to act out scenes from Cruise’s movie career — including “Top Gun,” the “Mission: Impossible” films, “Minority Report”…
Get ready for Barbie the TV show. The iconic doll will embark on a new initiative in 2017 featuring Barbie and her sisters in a streaming series. Juliana Chugg, Mattel executive VP and chief brand officer, dropped the news in…
Press release from SundanceTV, Oct. 20, 2016: SundanceTV today announced that it will feature some of the most iconic series in the history of television with a new daytime programming block, airing weekdays from 6a to 1p ET starting Monday,…
Press release from the Association of National Advertisers, Oct. 20, 2016: The ANA (Association of National Advertisers) today unveiled a new initiative designed to empower chief marketing officers to meet the serious challenges they face by joining forces to create…
CBS is developing a drama project from Ridley Scott, the filmmaker behind a varied string of acclaimed features including “Blade Runner,” “Alien,” “Thelma & Louise,” “Gladiator” and “The Martian.” In an exclusive, Variety reports that the new project is a legal…
A series airing on Netflix is costing the streaming service a staggering $16 million per episode, Deadline.com reports. The series is “The Get Down,” a musical drama series set in the South Bronx in the late 1970s. The project comes…