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Florence Henderson Dies: ‘The Brady Bunch’ Mom Was 82
3 hours ago
Florence Henderson, known to generations of television viewers as Carol Brady, matriarch ofthe 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
14 hours ago
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’
15 hours ago
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
16 hours ago
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… »
Art Directors Guild Honors Four With Lifetime Achievement Award
23 November 2016 7:57 AM, PST
The Art Directors Guild is honoring four members with its Lifetime Achievement Award during their 21st annual Art Directors Guild Excellence in Production Design Awards, set for February 11 at Hollywood and Highland. Scenic artist Albert Obie Obregon, Emmy-nominated set designer Cate Bangs, senior illustrator Joseph Musso and Emmy-winning production designer René Lagler will receive the awards, Adg Council Chairperson Marcia Hinds and awards producer Thomas Wilkins… »
Rocket Science Boasts Solid Afm Launch; Int’l Television Academy, Jcs Partner On New Young Creatives Award — Global Briefs
23 November 2016 7:45 AM, PST
Thorsten Schumacher's newly launched international sales outfit Rocket Science concluded a raft of sales on titles Juliet, Naked, The Old Man and the Gun and On Chesil Beach. Nick Hornby's romantic comedy Juliet, Naked, starring Ethan Hawke, Rose Byrne and Chris O'Dowd, sold to a number of territories including Australia (Village Roadshow), Germany (Prokino), Latin America (Sun) and South Korea (Activers). Robert Redford and Casey Affleck starrer The Old Man and the Gun… »
‘Call The Midwife’ Renewed For Three Seasons By BBC One
23 November 2016 7:01 AM, PST
Three more seasons of Call The Midwife and three Christmas specials have been ordered by BBC One. The award-winning drama will deliver eight episodes each for Seasons 7, 8 and 9, with the holiday specials tacked on as the nuns and midwives of Nonnatus House move into the 1960s. Made by Neal Street Productions for BBC One, Call The Midwife airs on PBS Stateside. In Britain, it’s been one of the UK's most popular dramas since launching in 2012 and remains the most-watched… »
‘Gilmore Girls: A Year In The Life’ Review: Netflix Revival Exactly What Fans Want
22 November 2016 3:16 PM, PST
Offering a post-Thanksgiving feast of its own, the November 25-launching Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life is all about giving the people what they want. With each of the four 90-minute episodes covering a season, the Netflix revival of the WB/CW series starring Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel is, as I say in my video review above, all about seeking new meaning for the characters of the whimsical and fictional Stars Hollow by dusting off old solutions – no more, no… »
WGA Protests Prime Minister’s Threat To Dismantle Israel’s New Public Broadcasting Corp
22 November 2016 2:50 PM, PST
The WGA West is reaching halfway across the world to lend its support to the Scriptwriters Guild of Israel in its ongoing battle against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the fate of Israel's new Public Broadcasting Corporation. "The new Israel Public Broadcasting Corporation is the result of a law passed by your government only last year, which you are now attempting to dismantle," WGA West president Howard Rodman wrote in a letter to the conservative prime… »
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