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Shareholders of The Walt Disney Co. and 21st Century Fox voted today to approve the two companies’ $71.3 billion merger, Fortune reports, calling it “a historic move that will change the landscape of entertainment and mass media should the deal…
Emmy-winning actress Susan Lucci, best-known for her run of more than four decades in the role of Erica Kane on the ABC daytime drama “all My Children,” has inked a development deal with Hallmark Movies & Mysteries. Lucci will executive…
A drama series described as dystopian cyberpunk science fiction has been given an order for an additional eight episodes. Netflix announced the pickup today for “Altered Carbon,” based on the classic novels by Richard K. Morgan. The show, from Skydance…
“With his company’s acquisition of Scripps Networks complete, Discovery Communications CEO David Zaslav is eyeing a streaming future,” Variety reports following Zaslav’s appearance Thursday at the Television Critics Association’s summer press tour. Zaslav is quoted saying: “We believe that there’s…
AT&T Audience Network took the wraps off its upcoming expanded programming lineup at the summer Television Critics Association tour Friday in Los Angeles. Among the highlights, the conspiracy thriller “Condor” will return for a second season, poly-romcom “You Me Her”…
Leslie Moonves, chairman and CEO of CBS and one of the most powerful men in Hollywood, is accused of sexual misconduct in a New Yorker piece that is set to be published today, according to The Hollywood Reporter. THR reports…
Press release from AT&T, July 27, 2018: AT&T AUDIENCE Network is unveiling its upcoming programming lineup today at the summer Television Critics Association tour in Los Angeles. “Loudermilk” AT&T AUDIENCE Network will kick off its fall slate with the premiere…
Press release from Netflix, July 27, 2018: Netflix has ordered eight additional episodes of Altered Carbon from Skydance Television. The series is based on the classic science fiction novels by Richard K. Morgan. Anthony Mackie (Captain America series, Detroit) will…
Press release from Disney-ABC, July 27, 2018: Hearst and The Walt Disney Company today announced that Paul Buccieri has been named president of A+E Networks Group after having served as president, A+E Studios and A+E Networks Portfolio Group, since 2016….
“If Britbox’s new comedy, ‘Hold the Sunset,’ is half as funny as star John Cleese, the British streaming-service series should do just fine,” reports Bill Keveney in a piece posted on the USA Today website. The story continues, “Cleese, known…