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One of the top stars on YouTube has been doing damage control since eliciting backlash over his use of the “n-word.” The AP reports that Swedish-born comedian and video producer PewDiePie — whose real name is Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg…
Kid Rock performed a much-anticipated concert Tuesday night in Detroit, where much of that anticipation surrounded the rumor that he would announce a run for the U.S. Senate. But the AP reports that even in a politically tinged concert, Rock…
Tickets go on sale today for a hurricane relief benefit gathering together big-name performers including Willie Nelson, Paul Simon, James Taylor, Bonnie Raitt and Lyle Lovett. “Organizers said the ‘Harvey Can’t Mess With Texas’ concert will be held in Austin…
Press release from TBS, Sept. 13, 2017: Turner’s TBS has renewed three of the network’s most recent hit original series: The Guest Book, People of Earth and Wrecked. All three shows rank among the top 10 cable comedies with adults…
“With Paramount Network’s launch a few months away, Viacom continues to merge its central operations under Kevin Kay and Keith Cox,” reports the estimable Lesley Goldberg for the Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed. Goldberg adds, “As part of the effort, about…
An Amazon series will follow a “legendary coach” and a team that’s won the national championship 11 times “throughout the 2017 season,” reports Variety. The team is the University of Michigan Wolverines. Notes Variety, during the last two years under…
A TV simulcast that began life as an effort to raise funds to help victims of Hurricane Harvey in Texas has been expanded to also raise funds for victims of Irma — and will now air across more than a…
Lucasfilm opted for a sure thing, giving the boot to “Star Wars: Episode IX” director Colin Trevorrow and bringing in J.J. Abrams, who helmed “Episode VII” (“The Force Awakens”). Vanity Fair reports that Abrams will now helm “Episode IX.” Abrams…
USA Network has taken the wraps off its fall schedule, including premiere dates for the third season of “Mr. Robot,” which rolls out Wednesday, Oct. 11, and the new series “Damnation,” which bows Tuesday, Nov. 7. On the alternative side,…
A sports producer who rose to become an influential network television executive, Don Ohlmeyer, the former president of NBC’s West Coast division and the first producer hired by ABC’s “Monday Night Football,” has died. The New York Times reports that…