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Purgatory has been mentioned before in TV shows and movies, but this may be the first time it provides the setting for a comedy series. “Writers Noelle Valdivia & Corinne Kingsbury and Brillstein Entertainment Partners have sold a half-hour comedy…
Some top U.S. corporations appear to be uneasy about the upcoming GOP convention. Companies including Walmart and Coca-Cola, both of which contributed to the 2012 Republican convention, are either thinking twice about participating or cutting back on the size of…
The president and CEO of cable networks company Discovery Communications saw a huge decline in his pay package last year. Citing a regulatory filing submitted Wednesday, The Hollywood Reporter notes that David Zaslav’s 2015 compensation was $32.4 million — well…
Actor and comedian Martin Mull has signed on to an upcoming project coming together at Netflix. Deadline.com reports that Mull will play a key role in the film “A Futile and Stupid Gesture.” The project, based on the 2006 nonfiction…
Spotify appears close to doubling the amount of financing it has drawn since it was founded a decade ago. The New York Times, citing people who have been briefed on the matter, reports that the music-streaming company is about to…
Press release from Comedy Central, March 31, 2016: On the heels of a series of renewals and extensions and the announcement of an unprecedented development slate exclusive to Snapchat, Comedy Central today reveals the balance of its 2016-2017 content development…
Stephen Colbert on Wednesday night’s “The Late Show” decided he’d rather interview a cartoon Donald Trump rather than the real thing. It’s must-see fun TV:
Taking a play from the cable playbook, Fox has launched an after-show to follow its hit “Empire,” reports Elizabeth Wagmeister in Variety. The after-show “will run on the official ‘Empire’ YouTube channel and then will be pushed out to local…
NBC has revealed plans for a live production from Emmy and Academy Award winner Aaron Sorkin, the mastermind behind the network’s acclaimed “The West Wing.” The network announced that it will air a live production of Sorkin’s stage play “A…
The Disney-ABC Television Group today announced the appointment of two senior vice presidents. The company named current ABC Research executive Elizabeth Sloan and Jane Gould, an accomplished leader in generational, lifestyle and media research, to the newly created positions of…