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Michael Smerconish: Stephen Colbert Helped Normalize Donald Trump With Late Night Monologue
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Michael Smerconish chastised late-night host Stephen Colbert’s Monday monologue for having said on CBS what Smerconish insists belongs on HBO. Colbert has sharpened his attacks on Trump, and been rewarded with a ratings spike, the CNN show host told viewers Saturday. “But Monday [Colbert] went too far with his Trump-Putin oral sex reference, which crossed the line.” “That line might be suitable for, say, Real Time with Bill Maher, but not network television, the so-called… »
‘Real Time’: Bill Maher Praises Jimmy Kimmel – But Not His Politics
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Update With Video Bill Maher tonight praised Jimmy Kimmel’s emotional monologue from earlier this week, saying it brought health care issues “into American living rooms.” But HBO’s Real Time host wasn’t so generous about Kimmel’s political savvy. On Monday’s Jimmy Kimmel Live, Kimmel tearfully shared news of his week-old son’s open-heart surgery, and decried Donald Trump’s proposed (and failed) $6 billion cut in funding to the National Institute of Health. Maher said he… »
Bubble Watch: Latest Status Report On ‘Elementary’, ‘Exorcist’, ‘Taken’, ‘Once’, ‘S.H.I.E.L.D.’ & Other Series In Limbo
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We are on the cusp of the annual flurry of renewals and cancellations when the fate of dozens of series will be decided within just a few days. Here is one more look at the broadcast scripted series whose fate beyond this season has not been determined yet, along with assessment of their chances. You can stay up to date with the status of the current TV series with Deadline's Series Renewal Status Scorecard. CBS already has renewed 19 series for next season, leaving… »
FCC Looking At Whether Stephen Colbert’s Monologue Merits Fine After Getting Complaints
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The FCC says it has received complaints about Stephen Colbert's Monday Late Show monologue on Donald Trump and is looking into those complaints, using "standard operations procedures, as we always do." Programs that air on broadcast TV stations before 10 Pm are subject to fine if the FCC determines they are "indecent." Colbert’s show, however, airs in late-night, when the threshold is “obscene,” which the FCC defines as content that "must appeal to an average person's… »
Pilots 2017: Latest Buzz On What’s Hot
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With a writers strike averted, the broadcast TV business’ attention — which had been divided for the past month between pilot production and WGA negotiations — is focusing squarely on the ongoing pilot season, now in its final stage heading into the May 15-18 upfronts. Pilots are being screened this week, followed by pickup and scheduling decisions that will be made over the next 10 days. Here is the latest edition of Deadline’s Pilot Buzz on where I hear the various… »
Ed Sherin Dies: ‘Law & Order’ Veteran, Broadway Director & Former DGA Officer Was 87
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Ed Sherin, an Emmy winner who executive produced more than 160 Law & Order episodes, directed three dozen and acted in and/or directed more than 20 Broadway shows during his six-decade career, has died. He was 87. Sherin was a DGA member for nearly half a century and was a former National VP. The guild announced his death today but offered no details. "Our hearts are heavy today as we remember our dear friend and colleague Ed, whose legacy as a director, commitment to our… »
‘Sharp Objects’: David Sullivan, Reagan Pasternak, More Set To Recur In Amy Adams’ HBO Series
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David Sullivan (Flaked), Reagan Pasternak (Being Erica), Sydney Sweeney (Under the Silver Lake) and Hilary Ward (All the Way) are set for recurring roles opposite Amy Adams in HBO’s eight-episode drama series Sharp Objects, from Entertainment One and Blumhouse Television. Written by Marti Noxon based on the book by Gillian Flynn and directed by Jean Marc Vallée, Sharp Objects centers on crime reporter Camille Preaker (Adams), who, fresh from a brief stay at a psychiatric… »
Trump Campaign Undie Bunched Because Nets Won’t Air Ad With “Fake News” Graphic
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Donald Trump’s re-election campaign continues to get gobs of free publicity by refusing to remove from its 30-second ad a graphic in which headshots of journalists from CBS, ABC, NBC, MSNBC, and CNN are plastered with the words “Fake News” in big red letters, then getting undie bunched when those networks say the graphic needs to go before they’ll run the spot. The Trump campaign’s weeklong chest-thumpery now is being spearheaded by Eric Trump’s wife, Lara, who is billed… »
Rebranded ShortsTV Channel In Licensing Deal With Lionsgate For Movie Programming Series
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The newly rebranded short film channel ShortsTV – formerly ShortsHD – this weekend will launch Shorts to Features, a new programming series that pairs films from the Lionsgate library with actor-related short films. Shorts to Features couples the Lionsgate library movies with shorts starring actors before they landed the feature roles. The new series premieres Saturday with Clive Barker's The Midnight Meat Train starring Bradley Cooper and Son's Of Anarchy's Tony Curan… »
WGA’s New Contract Provides Major Boost To Keep Health Plan Solvent; Other Key Elements Of Pact Revealed
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The WGA's ailing health plan will get a $65.85 million infusion of employer contributions over the next three years to keep it solvent once the guild's new contract is ratified by the members. Combined with $21 million in cost savings, the additional revenue and savings will provide $86.85 million to keep the health plan solvent, which was one of the WGA's key goals going into the recent contract negotiations. A WGA summary offers other new details of the contract, which… »
‘American Horror Story’ Season 7 Tease: A Creepy-Looking Elephant For Post-Election Theme
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We know little about American Horror Story Season 7, other than it’s set in the aftermath of the recent presidential election, with the first episode taking place on Election Night. Now creator Ryan Murphy has posted a tease on Instagram which you can see below: (cue caption contest here?) We do know Ahs veterans Sarah Paulson and Evan Peters are returning to star in Season 7 of the horror drama franchise, along with new additions Billie Lourd and Billy Eichner. Stay… »
‘The Passage’ Fox Vampire Drama Pilot Gets Backup Script Order
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Fox has ordered a second script for The Passage, its high-profile drama pilot from Liz Heldens, Matt Reeves, Scott Free and 20th Century Fox TV. Because of the scope of the project, an adaptation of Justin Cronin's fantasy book trilogy, which requires longer lead time, the pilot’s production was shifted to summer. It is one of two Fox drama pilots picked up this pilot season that will be shot off-cycle, along with The Beast. The Passage, which will be helmed by top drama… »
TNT Buys Gambling Addiction Drama From Mark Cullen & Gary Sanchez Prods.
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In a competitive situation, TNT has put in development drama The Collector, from Lucky co-creator Mark Cullen and Will Ferrell and Adam McKay’s Gary Sanchez Productions. Written by Cullen, The Collector is the redemptive journey of a man who has to work as an indentured collections expert for an agency specializing in gambling debts in order to pay off his own debts. It will look at addiction, corporate greed, flawed social interactions and the existential drive for human… »
Stephen Colbert: Donald Trump Celebrates First Legislative Win With Nation’s “Strategic White Guy Reserve”
5 May 2017 9:34 AM, PDT
CBS late-night star Stephen Colbert chewed on President Donald Trump’s first legislative victory, hours after Trump and “the nation’s Strategic White Guy Reserve” took a Rose Garden Victory Lap over House passage of its Trumpcare bill. Under Obamacare, insurers were forced to cover certain essential services, including maternity, emergency and preventative services. Trumpcare allows states to waive these benefits and set up their own standards “Because people get sick… »
NBA Playoffs Ratings Strong For Espn, ‘Big Bang Theory’ Steady, ‘MasterChef Jr.’ Up, ‘Superstore’ Finale Even With Low
5 May 2017 9:33 AM, PDT
Thursday was a night of romance, fatal revelations and some intense basketball on the small screen as Espn scored with the NBA playoffs. Giving California a good name again, the Golden State Warriors' 115-104 win over the Utah Jazz in Game 2 of their series snagged a 3.5 metered market rating for the Disney-owned sports giant in the second game of a doubleheader. That's the best any playoff game this year has done for Espn. Earlier, the Washington Wizards’ dominating… »
History President Jana Bennett To Depart
5 May 2017 9:31 AM, PDT
History president and general manager Jana Bennett is leaving after 20 months in the job and almost four years at A+E Networks. The British-born veteran UK and U.S. network executive will be launching a production venture based in London and New York which will focus on creating content for both the British and American markets. A replacement is expected to be named soon. In the interim, Evp and Head of Programming Paul Cabana and the rest of History’s senior executive… »
‘That’s So Raven’ Spinoff Gets Premiere Date At Disney Channel – Update
5 May 2017 9:15 AM, PDT
Update, 9:15 Am: Disney Channel has set 10 Pm Friday, July 21 for the premiere of Raven’s Home. Previous, April 4, 12 Pm: Disney Channel has ordered That’s So Raven spinoff Raven’s Home, a multi-cam series that continues the story of the award-winning family comedy. Production is scheduled to begin this month in Los Angeles for a scheduled premiere later this year. The planned sequel originally was announced last year, with series stars Raven-Symoné and Anneliese Van Der… »
‘Bloodline’ Trailer: A Bloody & Violent End For The Rayburns In Third & Final Season
5 May 2017 9:11 AM, PDT
“How did we get here?”, asks Sissy Spacek’s character Sally. “We had some good times, didn't we? But you all lied to me." And so begins the trailer for the third and final season of Netflix’s Bloodline, which sees the bloody and violent unraveling of the Rayburns. Season 3 picks up where Season 2 wrapped with Kevin (Norbert Leo Butz) grappling with his murder of Detective Diaz (Enrique Murciano) as John (Kyle Chandler) speeds out of town past a sign that reads, "Now… »
Seth Meyers Skewers Donald Trump Claims On Obamacare Repeal And Replace
5 May 2017 8:39 AM, PDT
Hours after President Donald Trump and House Republicans celebrated passage of the Trumpcare bill, NBC’s Late Night star Seth Meyer savaged the plan to “strip health insurance away from millions people before most Americans, and even many members of Congress, knew what was in the bill.” In the run up to the vote, Trump had been honing his skills at making absurd promises about his deal making skills that had no basis in reality. Among Trump’s recent “naive, over-confident… »
‘Will & Grace’: NBC Revival Teases Fall Premiere With Key Art
5 May 2017 8:11 AM, PDT
The question of whether NBC’s anticipated Will & Grace revival would premiere in the fall or midseason appears to have been answered in the just-released teaser art below: The new, 12-episode ninth season of Will & Grace — reuniting original stars Eric McCormack, Debra Messing, Megan Mullally and Sean Hayes – is expected to pick up the characters' stories a decade after the 2006 finale. Will & Grace creators/executive producers Max Mutchnick and David Kohan will shepherd… »
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