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CNN Did Not Go Blue In Boston: Porn Claim Was A Hoax
15 hours ago
Bostonians did not get a helping of Thanksgiving porn after all. Numerous media outlets and a big segment of the internet were fooled by a clumsy Twitter hoaxer today, with news reports claiming that Boston-area cable service provider Rcn aired a half hour’s worth of hardcore pornography in place of CNN’s Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown last night. No such thing happened, says CNN parent company Turner broadcasting. “Despite media reports to the contrary, Rcn assures us… »
Steelers Blowout Win Sees NFL Thanksgiving Game Ratings Fall From 2015; Macy’s Parade Steady For NBC – Update
17 hours ago
Update, 12:50 Pm: Last night’s Pittsburgh Steelers’ 28-7 victory over the Indianapolis Colts averaged 21.0 million viewers on NBC and NBC Sports Digital, down from last year’s 27.8 million for the Bears-Packers Thanksgiving nailbiter, according to updated stats from NBC and Nielsen. Viewership peaked for last night’s game at 23.0 million from 9:15-9:30 Pm Et. Previous, 10:13 Am: As most Americans relaxed after their Thanksgiving feast last night, the Pittsburgh Steelers… »
Fox News Analyst K.T. McFarland Joins Donald Trump’s National Security Team
17 hours ago
Fox News analyst Kathleen Troia "K.T." McFarland has been named deputy national security adviser, Donald Trump’s transition team has announced. McFarland will be a familiar face to Fox viewers: As the network’s national security analyst, she has appeared frequently on Fox News and Fox Business News. In the wake of the appointment, Fox News Channel terminated McFarland’s contract with the network, a Fox spokesperson confirmed to Deadline. McFarland is President-elect Trump… »
Florence Henderson: Hollywood Remembers Beloved ‘The Brady Bunch’ Matriarch
23 hours ago
Hollywood is mourning the loss of Florence Henderson who died Thursday at age 82. Her friends, colleagues and admirers have taken to Twitter and other social media to remember the actress known to generations of fans as The Brady Bunch mom. Maureen McCormick, who played eldest daughter Marcia Brady on the beloved 1970s sitcom, is among those expressing their condolences. Here is a sampling of Twitter reactions below: You are in my heart forever Florenceð.'. pic.twitter.co »
David Walliams Named First Host Of ITV Late Show; Serpentine, Mubi Partner For Cinema Season — Global Briefs
25 November 2016 5:52 AM, PST
ITV is set to air a new weeknight entertainment series in the UK in 2017, with comedian and writer David Walliams hosting the first week. The 30-minute daily entertainment show, dubbed The Nightly Show, will go out in the 10 Pm slot. It's being produced by Second Act Productions and will air five nights a week for an eight-week run, featuring a different big name host each week. The show, which will be recorded live at 6 Pm at a central London location, will feature a… »
Florence Henderson Dies: ‘The Brady Bunch’ Mom Was 82
24 November 2016 10:58 PM, PST
Florence Henderson, known to generations of television viewers as Carol Brady, matriarch of the ABC sitcom The Brady Bunch from 1969 to 1974 and subsequently an enduring pop culture icon for nearly 50 years, has died. She was 82. According to statements released by her manager and her publicist, she had been hospitalized Thursday night in Los Angeles for heart failure. Though best known for her famous sitcom role, Henderson, born in Dale, Indiana in 1934, had a varied… »
Thanksgiving TV Binge Feast: Superheroes, Alt-History & Other Tasty Tips For Your Holiday Viewing
24 November 2016 11:29 AM, PST
First of all, Happy Thanksgiving to everyone! Hope you are having a great day. Secondly, as a TV critic, one thing I am certainly thankful for this year is the plethora of strong series that have populated our small screens in this era of Peak TV. To that end, we here at Deadline want to do our part and offer some tasty treats this holiday for your post-feast entertainment. – check out the video below with my binge suggestions. Now, of course, there's some top notch NFL… »
Katy Tur On Trump Trail: Stockholm Syndrome & Curling Irons – ‘Late Night’
24 November 2016 10:37 AM, PST
NBC News reporter Katy Tur took a pre-Thanksgiving trip to Late Night With Seth Meyers on Wednesday, telling the host she was not surprised “at all” by the outcome of the recent U.S. presidential election — one during which she became a frequent target of now President-elect Donald Trump. In the video above, Meyers asks Tur why she wasn’t surprised by the results. “When you saw the excitement that was there, and the enthusiasm that was (at the rallies), you just knew… »
Charlie Brown, ‘SNL Thanksgiving’ & ‘Survivor’ Top Wednesday Ratings
24 November 2016 10:11 AM, PST
Perennial family favorite A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving once again delivered for ABC, ranking as the top-rated program on Thanksgiving eve among adults 18-49 with a 1.9 Live+same day rating. It was followed by NBC’s two-hour SNL Thanksgiving special (1.6), which rode Saturday Night Live‘s ratings swell this fall by jumping over the previous SNL Thanksgiving special by +45%. CBS’ two-hour Survivor (1.5 in 18-49) was the most watched program of the night with 7.7 million… »
‘Heroes And Aliens’ Crossover Trailer: See The CW Superheroes Fight The Dominators
23 November 2016 6:11 PM, PST
With just a few days to go before the CW’s biggest superhero crossover event yet, the network has dropped a full-length trailer for “Heroes and Aliens.” And it’s good. In fact, stop reading this and watch the trailer above now. Based on the somewhat-obscure DC Comics characters the Dominators, “Heroes and Aliens” brings together the expanding casts from all four of its superhero series to fight off an invasion by aliens bent on destroying the people of Earth. That means… »
Sean Hannity To Donald Trump: Deny Access To News Outlets Not Called Fox
23 November 2016 5:27 PM, PST
It’s no secret that Fox News anchor Sean Hannity has been one of the media’s biggest Donald Trump cheerleaders. So maybe we should have expected something like this — but not exactly like this. The primetime Hannity host today used the only platform media types have of reaching Trump — Twitter — to call on the president-elect to ban access to Fox News’ rivals: @politico @CNN @NBCNews @CNBC @msnbc @nytimes @ABC @CBSNews Are all biased and Corrupt. "Fake News". If I… »
First Look At Uncle Sherlock? Season 4 Photos Emerge
23 November 2016 5:07 PM, PST
PBS and Masterpiece hinted as much when they announced production on Season 4 of Sherlock this spring that Martin Freeman’s John Watson’s new baby would have a role in the new adventures. That’s confirmed as of today, when PBS dropped first-look photos from the BBC One/Masterpiece series. Season 4 will have its day-and-date debut in the U.S. and UK on January 1 with an episode entitled “The Six Thatchers,” reuniting Benedict Cumberbatch as eponymous high-functioning… »
‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Casts Michelle Yeoh In Captain Role
23 November 2016 4:45 PM, PST
Exclusive: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon‘s Michelle Yeoh is heading into the final frontier with Star Trek: Discovery. Sources confirm to Deadline that the upcoming CBS All Access iteration of the fabled franchise will see Yeoh playing a Starfleet Captain. However, before you start mapping out the deck of the Discovery, sources close to the production tell us exclusively that Yeoh actually will be the leader of another ship. We hear that Yeoh has been cast as Han Bo and… »
NBC & Sony Want ‘Timeless’ Ripoff Lawsuit Made History
23 November 2016 3:35 PM, PST
"Time travel is a well-established genre in all forms of media," Sony Pictures Entertainment, Sony Pictures Television and NBCUniversal said in a motion today to dismiss the Timeless copyright infringement and breach of implied contract lawsuit slapped on them back in September. "Moreover, in many examples of the genre, the generic story line involves characters whose time travel alters the course of history, often preventing bad things from happening," the filing in… »
Espn’s Domestic Subs Fell 2.2% In 2016 To 90M, Disney Says In Year-End Report
23 November 2016 3:19 PM, PST
In what’s become an annual tradition, Disney released its annual report on Thanksgiving eve — and it has mixed news about Espn, the biggest profit driver, for the fiscal year that ended in September. The sports network had 90 million subscribers in September, Disney reports, citing Nielsen data. That’s a drop of 2 million, or 2.2%, from 2015. The company notes that Nielsen’s numbers “only capture traditional Mvpd subscriber counts and do not include digital Mvpd… »
‘Emerald City’ Trailer: NBC’s New Drama Starring Vincent D’Onofrio Is ‘Oz’ Via Westeros
23 November 2016 2:41 PM, PST
Since HBO’s juggernaut hit series debuted in 2011, numerous “[X], but like Game of Thrones” concepts have been tossed around by TV creators on the regular. Few of them have been made so far, but NBC’s upcoming Tarsem Singh-directed drama Emerald City is gunning for the label. A dark new take on the Land of Oz fantasy setting created by L. Frank Baum that began with his The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz, the show stars Vincent D’Onofrio as the Wizard and Adria Arjona as an older… »
Will DirecTV Now Help To Save Traditional Pay TV – Or Speed Its Fall?
23 November 2016 1:20 PM, PST
At&T might follow this Thanksgiving weekend by cooking the pay TV industry’s golden goose. On Monday the telco formally unveils DirecTV Now, a streaming service that CEO Randall Stephenson has said will offer more than 100 networks for an astonishingly low price of $35 a month. And although the topic is much debated, several analysts say that could hasten the demise of pay TV’s expanded basic bundle — the most potent driver of Big Media profits. “Ma Bell is about to set… »
‘Falling Water’ Landing Amazon Deal, Eyes Season 2 Renewal At USA
23 November 2016 9:43 AM, PST
I’ve learned that Amazon is finalizing a deal for exclusive subscription VOD rights to Falling Water, USA Network’s new supernatural thriller from the late Henry Bromell (Homeland), Brotherhood creator Blake Masters and The Walking Dead executive producer Gale Anne Hurd. The pact is a shot in the arm for the fledgling series and boosts its renewal chances. Falling Water had an inauspicious ratings start on USA. Possibly a better fit for sibling Syfy than general… »
‘Dancing With The Stars’ Finale Ratings Fall From 2015, ‘This Is Us’ Wins Night
23 November 2016 9:39 AM, PST
After a season that saw stage-crashers go after Olympian and competitor Ryan Lochte, Dancing With The Stars (1.8/6) declared its own gold medalists last night. However, the ABC competition show had to settle for a bronze medal on the night. Down a hard 25% among adults 18-49 from its Season 21 finale last November, last night's 9-11 Pm DWTS was beaten on the ratings dance floor by NBC's new heavyweight This Is Us (2.4/8), which topped Wednesday for a sixth airing in a row… »
Michael Milligan On Clock For ‘24: Legacy’; Robbie Kay Heads To ‘Sleepy Hollow’
23 November 2016 9:00 AM, PST
Michael Milligan (SiREN) has booked a recurring role on Fox’s 24: Legacy. The real-time limited series that chronicles a race against the clock to stop a terrorist attack on U.S. soil. Milligan will play Theo Sterling, a new programmer at CTU headquarters described as a strange combination of computer geek and Fifth Avenue chic. From a modest background, he’s the creator of an augmented reality app that has made him filthy rich. He’s a bit cheeky and certainly… »
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