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A real-world drug kingpin says Netflix owes him $1 billion, along with what sounds like final cut on the Netflix series “Narcos.” The series, which has been a hit for the streaming service, is due to roll out its second season…
A suspect was killed after a standoff with police in Dallas following a deadly ambush of police officers. Meanwhile, the death count rose as a fifth Dallas officer died from gunshot wounds. CNN reports that the suspect was killed by…
The “Star Trek” universe has its first LGBTQ character, but the reaction of George Takei, the franchise’s most high-profile openly gay actor, hasn’t been what most fans probably expected. Takei, who played Sulu on the original “Star Trek” TV series,…
One of the most buzzed-about shows on TV these days is getting some love from its network. The show is USA’s “Mr. Robot,” which just had its season two order expanded and will have a live aftershow. Deadline.com reports that…
One of the country’s largest cable operators has been hit with a lawsuit accusing it of refusing to negotiate a renewal agreement. TVNewsCheck reports that the suit was filed by Univision against Charter Communications. Charter recently acquired Time Warner Cable…
According to the second-largest shareholder in Viacom, after Sumner Redstone, media titan John Malone is making a move to get control of Viacom as the company is caught in a power struggle between Redstone’s daughter, Shari Redstone, and Vicacom CEO…
Chipotle Mexican Grill has had its share of PR issues lately, not the least being a series of food contamination incidents. Now the restaurant chain has released a new 4-minute promotional video that MediaPost reports marks a return to the…
The sexual harassment lawsuit filed by former Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson against network boss Roger Ailes signals what commentator Jim Rutenberg, writing in The New York Times, calls “a big shift for Mr. Ailes and a network that has…
NBC announced today that it will air a special live program following the Republican National Convention on Thursday, July 21, the final night of the GOP gathering. Variety reports that the program will be a live version of “Late Night…
A former news producer at CNN has been named as the first news director for BitTorrent, the tech company behind the peer-to-peer file-sharing software. MediaPost reports that Harrison Bohrman will run BitTorrent News, a live-streaming TV news network. “Bohrman will…