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Press release from Showtime, Feb. 22, 2018: SHOWTIME Sports continues to expand its position at the intersection of combat sports and culture with a first-of-its-kind, sports talk show, BELOW THE BELT hosted by Brendan Schaub. The twice-monthly, 30-minute show debuts…
“Sinclair Broadcast Group has agreed to sell [WGN-TV] in Chicago and [WPIX-TV] in New York, both owned by Tribune Media Co. as part of its bid to win approval to acquire Tribune,” reports Reuters. Sinclair wrote about the plans in…
Walt Disney has spent “significant media dollars on national TV advertising for its Marvel action movie ‘Black Panther,’” reports our good friend Wayne Friedman at MediaPost’s Television News Daily, adding “Over $37 million in national TV advertising [has been] placed…
Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban was under fire Wednesday after Sports Illustrated reported that the Mavs workplace was hostile and corrosive. Writes SI, “Interviews with more than a dozen former and current Mavericks employees in different departments, conducted during a…
A comedy series that has become a fixture of NBC’s prime-time schedule will be back for a fourth season. Variety reports that the network gave an early renewal to “Superstore,” which is currently airing season three. The renewal is for…
NBC got some good news in its Olympics ratings Tuesday night, and it can thank photogenic U.S. skier Lindsey Vonn. “For the first time during the Olympics, NBC beat the ratings for the corresponding night in Sochi four years ago,”…
Popular daytime talk show host Wendy Williams is taking a hiatus from her show to deal with medical issues. People magazine reports that Williams needs the time off to focus on her hyperthyroidism and Graves’ disease. “The talk show host,…
Just days after a high-profile firing as the company attempts to clean house amid the Harvey Weinstein scandal, The Weinstein Co. is in the crosshairs of a lawsuit that will reportedly seek more than $85 million in damages. According to…
Most of NBC’s rival networks are keeping a low profile with their ratings announcements while the Peacock dominates the viewer totals with its Olympics coverage — even if NBC’s totals are down from the Sochi Games four years ago. But…
It’s hardly a surprise, but NBC just renewed a show that has become a mainstay of its summer lineup. The Futon Critic reports that the Peacock Network will bring back “America’s Got Talent” for a 13th season. The report notes…