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Full List of Winners at the 2016 ESPY Awards

Here’s the complete list of honorees at the ESPY Awards, held July 13, 2016: Male Athlete: LeBron James, Cleveland Cavaliers Female Athlete: Breanna Stewart, UConn Record-Breaking Performance: Stephen Curry, Golden State Warriors Breakthrough Athlete: Jake Arrieta, Chicago Cubs Play: Aaron…

Entrepreneurs With Start-Up Companies on the Verge of Huge Growth Get Down to Business With World-Class Mentors in New NBC Series ‘Funded’

Press release from NBC, July 13, 2016: Entrepreneurs with revolutionary and disruptive business ideas that are primed to explode into the next game-changing innovation will have the opportunity to team up with three of the brightest business minds of today…

Gena McCarthy Elevated to Executive Vice President of Programming and Development, FYI

Press release from A+E Networks, July 13, 2016: Creative exec Gena McCarthy has been promoted to Executive Vice President of Programming and Development for FYI, it was announced today by Paul Greenberg, General Manager of FYI and 45th and Dean,…

ABC Transforms Its Streaming App With Digital Originals, Full Seasons of Classic TV Shows, an All-New Look and Feel, and Additional Livestream Markets

Press release from ABC, July 13, 2016: ABC today announced a major evolution of its streaming service, re-launching with seven original digital short-form series, full seasons of 38 “throwback” shows, and a redesigned user interface exclusively for iPhone, iPad, iPod…

WGN America’s Acclaimed Series ‘Underground’ Featured at the NAACP’s 107th Annual Convention in Cincinnati

Press release from WGN America, July 12, 2016: WGN America’s acclaimed series “Underground,” which follows a courageous group of American heroes who attempt a daring flight to freedom from slavery, has teamed with the 107th NAACP Annual Convention, July 17-18…

‘Meet the Donors: Does Money Talk?,’ Alexandra Pelosi’s Look at Presidential Campaign Funders, Debuts Aug. 1, Exclusively on HBO

Press release from HBO, July 12, 2016: With the election of 2016 shaping up to be the most expensive in U.S. history, candidates from both major parties are relying on the generosity of big donors to get their message out….

CMT Unveils Updated Unscripted Slate Including Premiere Dates for ‘I Love Kellie Pickler’ and ‘Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making the Team,’ a New Season of ‘Steve Austin’s Broken Skull Challenge’

Press release from CMT, July 13, 2016: CMT today unveiled its updated unscripted slate of original programming including premiere dates for new seasons of “I Love Kellie Pickler” and “Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making The Team” on August 25. In addition,…

Facebook Post by Sarah Silverman, July 6, 2016

Hi. This is me telling everyone in my life at once why I haven’t been around. This will not interest everyone so feel free to disregard. I was in the ICU all of last week and I am insanely lucky…

Spanish Broadcasting System’s LaMusica and Bunim/Murray Productions Announce Content Development Agreement

Press release from Spanish Broadcasting System and Bunim/Murray Productions, July 6, 2016: Spanish Broadcasting System (NASDAQ: SBS), the largest publicly traded Hispanic-controlled media and entertainment company in the United States, announced today that it has entered into a strategic content…

Record 170 Commentators Join NBC Olympics’ Coverage of the Games of the XXXI Olympiad from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Press release from NBC, July 5, 2016: Bob Costas leads a record 170 NBC Olympics commentators (which includes those to be announced in the coming weeks) – the most ever for an Olympics – as NBCUniversal presents coverage of the…