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TV Pilot Buzz & Development Updates In Another Atypical Broadcast Cycle
If you read the headline and ask, “Pilots? What pilots?” — you’re not wrong. The pilot season no longer is the industry obsession it once was this time of year, after back-to-back disruptions from Covid and the Hollywood strikes providing the proverbial final nail in the coffin of the decades-old pilot cycle. But for tradition’s sake, here are some insights into the networks’ current development plans.
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Media CEO Pay Mostly Up For 2023 Amid Strikes, Industry Contraction
It was a year of pain for the entertainment industry and shareholders of (many) media companies with brutal months-long Hollywood strikes, and layoffs. Linear television continued to decline and a nascent theatrical recovery went sideways. Most CEOs saw pay packages rise in 2023, some by big…
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CBS Poised To End 16th Consecutive TV Season As Most-Watched Broadcast Network, Setting Record Winning Streak
CBS is once again looking to finish out the broadcast season on top.
The broadcaster is currently averaging 5.59M viewers per night in primetime, according to live + 7-day Nielsen data.
That sets it up to be the most-watched broadcast network for the 16th consecutive season, setting a winning…
Nate Silver Launches ‘Risky Business’ Podcast With Maria Konnikova From Pushkin & iHeartPodcasts
EXCLUSIVE: Nate Silver, the founder of FiveThirtyEight, and Maria Konnikova, the author of The Biggest Bluff, are launching a new weekly podcast about making good decisions — in poker, in politics, and in everyday life.
The pair, who are both journalists who moonlight as high-stakes poker players…
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Venezuelan Filmmaker Jonathan Jakubowicz To Direct ‘Cottonwood’ For Eric Paquette’s Meridian Pictures
EXCLUSIVE: Venezuelan Filmmaker Jonathan Jakubowicz, best known for Resistance and Hands of Stone, has signed on to direct the feature Cottonwood for Eric Paquette's Meridian Pictures.
The film will be produced by Paquette, Aaron Barnett, and The Exchange’s Brian O'Shea, with Claudine Jakubowicz…
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Kristen Stewart & Oscar Isaac To Star As Married Couple Led Astray In ’80s L.A. Thriller ‘Flesh Of The Gods’; Adam McKay Produces – Cannes Market Hot Project
Kristen Stewart and Oscar Isaac are set to star in thriller Flesh of the Gods from director Panos Cosmatos (Mandy).
Set in “glittering 80’s LA”, Isaac and Stewart will portray married couple, Raoul and Alex, who “descend each evening from their luxury skyscraper condo and head into an electric…
Daniel Zirilli Dies: Prolific Director Of Action Films And Music Videos Was 58
Daniel Zirilli, a prolific director, producer and writer of action films and more than 200 music videos including the Rolling Stones’ “Voodoo Lounge,” died April 28. He was 58.
His death was announced by his family. No cause was disclosed, but an Instagram message posted by his daughter Talise…
Joe Biden Responds To Campus Unrest: “There’s The Right To Protest, But Not The Right To Cause Chaos”
President Joe Biden weighed in on the unrest on college campuses as a wave of pro-Palestinian demonstrations has led to mass arrests, vandalism and some violent incidents, saying in brief remarks that “order must prevail.”
“There’s the right to protest, but not the right to cause chaos,” Biden said…
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View All What We're WatchingMel Brooks, Quinta Brunson To Be Honored At Peabody Awards
Mel Brooks will receive this year’s Career Achievement Award at the 84th Peabody Awards, and Quinta will be honored with the Peabody Trailblazer Award. Both received a unanimous vote of the Peabody Board of Jurors and will be recognized at the June 9 awards ceremony in Los Angeles.
"Mel Brooks is…
‘Bridgerton’ Creator Chris Van Dusen Developing Series Adaptation Of ‘Girl Abroad’ With A24 & Pacesetter
EXCLUSIVE: Chris Van Dusen, creator of Netflix's Bridgerton, has found his next project.
Van Dusen is developing a TV adaptation of Elle Kennedy's book Girl Abroad with A24 and Pacesetter Productions.
It comes after the team landed the rights after a four-way bidding war.
The book, which…
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Fiction Podcast Meet Cute To Adapt Manta Comic ‘I’ve Become A True Villainess’
EXCLUSIVE: Korean digital comics platform Manta is combining with fiction podcast Meet Cute on an adaptation of I've Become A True Villainess.
Marking Manta’s debut venture into audio storytelling, the collaboration will produce a scripted audio drama series, scheduled to debut on June 11 across all…
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View All Film Festivals & Photo GalleriesProsecutors Urge Judge To Impose Additional Fines On Donald Trump For Gag Order Violations
Donald Trump was the subject of another contempt hearing this morning in his Manhattan hush-money trial.
In a repeat of an earlier courtroom debate that led to a contempt ruling and a $9,000 fine for Trump, prosecutors argued that the defendant had committed still more violations of the judge's gag…
Mia Farrow & Patti LuPone Are Broadway-Bound In New Comedy ‘The Roommate’
Mia Farrow and Patti LuPone will return to Broadway starring in new comedy The Roommate by Jen Silverman this August, producer Chris Harper announced today.
Directed by Jack O'Brien, The Roommate will begin performances on Thursday, August 29, with an official opening night of Thursday, September…
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