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The NPR show “Fresh Air” severed ties with a veteran film critic in the wake of blowback over a joke he made on Facebook. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the show fired longtime contributor David Edelstein, who is a staff…
The amount of money being spent on media per household has been rising, and now adds up to about $285 a month, MediaPost reports, citing a Research Intelligencer analysis of new data from media industry economists PQ Media. “The analysis…
Press release from CBS, Nov. 28, 2018: CBS today announced the comedy portion of its winter 2019 scheduling moves, including the series premiere of FAM and the return of MAN WITH A PLAN. CBS will premiere the new comedy FAM…
Walt Disney Co. and Fox Entertainment Group were hit with a lawsuit seeking at least $1 billion in damages. The AP reports that resort developer Genting Malaysia sued the companies for alleged breach of contract related to a theme park….
NBCUniversal has a plan in the works that aims to get viewers to look at reruns — and more specifically the commercials that run in them — in a new way, Variety reports. “NBCU plans in early 2019 to unveil…
Donald Trump proposed creating a “Worldwide Network” to counter CNN and “show the World the way we really are, GREAT!” Trump raised the possibility in a series of tweets Monday. “Throughout the world, CNN has a powerful voice portraying the…
NBC has a drama project in development that’s inspired by the classic Akira Kurosawa film “Rashomon” and is being shepherded by “CSI” showrunner and executive producer Carol Mendelsohn. The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports that Mendelsohn is partnering with Daniel…
Fox News Channel is disciplining some of its employees, with the AP reporting that the action involves staffers “who worked with the Trump administration to craft a ‘Fox & Friends’ interview last year with former EPA administrator Scott Pruitt.” “An…
Comic book legend Stan Lee, who had a hand in creating Marvel’s Spider-Man, Thor, the X-Men, the Fantastic Four, Black Panther and the Avengers, died from heart failure and respiratory failure, TMZ reports, citing Lee’s death certificate. Lee died Nov….
Netflix has a police procedural in the works that tweaks the genre’s tried-and-true formula. The new series, “Criminal,” consists of 12 unique stories set in four different countries — and it takes place entirely in the confines of a police…