Scripps News To Cut More Than 200 Jobs, Scale Back National News Programming Amid “Difficult” Linear TV Advertising Market

A core reporting team will continue to be based in Washington, D.C. to serve local stations. Scripps is just the latest media outlet to be hit with cutbacks and layoffs. Scripps won a national news Emmy, its second, earlier this week. Scripps bought the news channel Newsy in 2014, and rebranded it as Scripps News in 2023. After Nov. 15, we will be winding down Scripps News 24/7 national news programming....

September 27, 2024 · 1 min · 122 words · Heidi Meza

Teamsters Reach Tentative Deal With AMPTP On New Casting Agreement

TheTeamstershave a tentative deal with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers on a new casting agreement. Locals 399 and 817 made the announcement Friday, just ahead of the current contracts expiration on September 30. As of two days ago,the deal was still in limbo. Teamsters Negotiations continued throughout the week. Teamsters want to commend our Local 399 & 817 Casting Negotiating Committee. Compensation, as well as artificial intelligence, arethe biggest sticking pointson that front....

September 27, 2024 · 1 min · 76 words · Bradley Wilson

UK, Hollywood Pay Tribute To Iconic Actress Maggie Smith: “She Could Eat Anyone Alive, And Often Did”

Tributes have flooded in for iconic UK actressMaggie Smithfollowing her deathon Friday in London at age of 89-years-old. She could eat anyone alive, and often did. But funny, and great company. Maggie Smith and Whoopi Golberberg in ‘Sister Act’ and with Rob Lowe in ‘Great Performances’Everett Collection And suffered no fools. We will never see another. God speed, Ms. Smith! Watch on Deadline Saddened to hear Dame Maggie Smith has passed....

September 27, 2024 · 1 min · 139 words · Anna Howard

Warner Bros Discovery Slams Comcast-Owned Sky For Trying To Gain Contract “Leverage” With ‘Harry Potter’ TV Series Suit; WBD Ignored Deal, Euro Pay-TV Service Claims – Update

Read Skys lawsuit against Warner Bros. Pretty straightforward, right? For WBD, the reaction today was to cast aspersions on the very premise of the Sky suit itself. Daniel Radcliffe in the Harry Potter FranchiceEverett Sky shall select a minimum of two (2) new Series per year. Pretty straightforward, especially for a lawyer like Zas. Worth noting that WBD and Comcast are still very much in the same house when it comes toHarry Potterdomestically....

September 27, 2024 · 1 min · 79 words · Nicholas Webb

Warner Bros Discovery, Prime Video & Major Asian Players Talk Need For Streaming Collaboration, Anime & Why Global Models Won’t Work – APOS

He said that in Japan, it was super important to think about partnership and collaboration. Warner Bros Discovery President of APAC James Gibbons was equally keen to talk collaborative efforts. We want to see to it we either have the content or have an adjacency with the content. Prime Video exec Gaurav GandhiRYAN LIM/AFP via Getty Images In the U-Next case, the Max service sits alongside a very broad U-Next service....

September 27, 2024 · 1 min · 199 words · Richard Nguyen

Whitney Cummings To Host ‘Friends’ Game Show On Max – Update

The special is scheduled to start production next month at TheFriendsExperience: The One in New York City. PREVIOUS, Sept. 23:Its not quite Bamboozled, butFriendsis getting its own game show. Related Stories Friends 30 Years Later: What Is The Cast Up To Now? Whitney CummingsRobyn Van Swank Fans will re-live their favorite moments while being put to the test with trivia, puzzles, and games. The quickest team will win the title of Ultimate Friends Fan....

September 27, 2024 · 1 min · 123 words · Angela Gordon

Will Ferrell Denounces “Hatred” Against Trans Community: “It’s Very Real”

Will Ferrellis declaring himself a friend to thetransgendercommunity with his heartfelt documentary. Sundance Studio There is hatred out there. Its very real and its very unsafe for trans people in certain situations, he added. Will Ferrell attends the Film Independent Spirit Awards on Feb. 25, 2024 in Santa Monica, California.Araya Doheny/Getty Images But I dont know why trans people are meant to be threatening to me as a cis male....

September 27, 2024 · 1 min · 127 words · Jeffrey Butler

Writers Strike One Year Later: WGA Leadership Reflects On Strength Of Contract, But Members Still Struggle

Soon, it became clear that the era of so-called peak TV was long gone. So its just really a matter of survival. Most writers are quick to point out that the writing was on the wall well before the strikes. Striking WGA (Writers Guild of America) members picketMario Tama/Getty Images As a result, many writers rooms became top heavy, as one writer put it. Unions exist to protect that jobs that exist in a sector....

September 27, 2024 · 2 min · 291 words · Jennifer Young

‘Accused’ Season 2 Adds Sonequa Martin-Green, Mike Colter, Jamie Chung, Sherri Saum & Kiara Barnes

Martin-Green and Colter will lead the finale, titled Megans Story, as Megan and John, respectively. Justins Story sees a wrestling coach is on trial after he pushes his star wrestler too far. Gordon and Pearle serve as co-showrunners. L-R: Sonequa Martin-Green, Mike Colter, Jamie Chung, Sherri Saum, and Kiara BarnesDavid Needleman/JSquared/Freddy Castro/Maryna Borschenko/Rowan Daly The series is a collection of intense, topical human stories of crime and punishment. AccusedSeason 2 debuts on Fox on October 8....

September 27, 2024 · 1 min · 76 words · Amanda Richardson

‘Big Brother’ Season 26 Week 10: Shocking Double Eviction Saw Two Houseguests Leave The House

It was a double eviction onBig BrotherSeason 26 as theCBSreality competition saw two houseguests leave on Week 19. At the Veto meeting, Makensy saved Kimp from the block and put Leah in his place. Who was nominated for eviction onBig BrotherSeason 26 Week 10? Angela Murray and Leah Peters of ‘Big Brother’ Season 26CBS Watch on Deadline Angela Murray and Leah Peters face eviction fromBig Brotherin Week 10. How did Big Brother Season 26 House vote in Week 10 in the first eviction of the night?...

September 27, 2024 · 1 min · 182 words · Christopher Rivera

‘Black Cake’ Canceled By Hulu After One Season

The news is not surprising as its been 10 months since Season 1 ended its run on the streamer. Just two weeks ago, Cerar won a Humanitas Prize for Drama Teleplay. Chipo Chung, Ashley Thomas, Glynn Turman, Lashay Anderson, Faith Alabi and Ahmed Elhaj also starred. Mia Isaac and Ahmed Elhaj in ‘Black Cake’James Van Evers/Hulu The series was executive produced by Cerar, Harpo Films Winfrey and Carla Gardini and Kapital Entertainments Kaplan....

September 27, 2024 · 1 min · 78 words · Lori Fox

‘Chucky’ Canceled By Syfy & USA After 3 Seasons, Leaving Creator Don Mancini “Heartbroken” But “Grateful” Amid NBCU Cable Scripted Shift

Chuckys murderous days are over at least for now. The news comes four months after Part 2 ofChuckys third season aired its finale on bothNBCUniversalcable networks. Series creator/executive producerDon Mancinihad been looking to carry on. ChuckySyfy His enthusiasm helped spring the #RenewChucky fan campaign, which has been rallying support for Season 4. Your incredible #RenewChucky campaign really warmed Chuckys cold heart. He ALWAYS comes back. The other one,Resident Alien,recently moved to USAwith a significant budget reduction....

September 27, 2024 · 1 min · 116 words · Erin Smith

‘Downton Abbey’ Cast & Creatives Pay Tribute To Maggie Smith; Julian Fellowes, Michelle Dockery, Hugh Bonneville

She was a joy to write for, subtle, many-layered, intelligent, funny and heart-breaking. Working with her has been the greatest privilege of my career, and I will never forget her. I feel tremendously lucky to have known such a maverick. Maggie Smith in ‘Downtown Abbey’Courtesy Everett Collection She will be deeply missed and my thoughts are with her family. She was a true legend of her generation and thankfully will live on in so many magnificent screen performances....

September 27, 2024 · 1 min · 145 words · Brittany Townsend