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Netflix and Amazon Prime Video prefer to keep a tight lid on ratings data, doling out information in ways they see fit. Even Nielsen, which has been measuring Netflix and Amazon viewership for some time, has limited the amount of streaming data it shares with the public.

But Variety has obtained a recent Nielsen streaming report, for the week of March 2 to 8, which sheds more insight into viewer streaming habits — including stats for original programs, acquired fare and movies/specials at Netflix and original programs and movie/specials at Amazon.

Insiders have said that Nielsen numbers are pretty close to internal data — and Nielsen has been working on its streaming ratings methodology for some time for its Svod Content Ratings. Critics argue its numbers are still underrepresented because it only covers the U.S. and doesn’t include viewing on mobile devices or PCs.

For years, Netflix has dismissed the Nielsen reports,

The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences will postpone the 47th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards, which had been scheduled for June.

“Given our concerns over the Covid-19 pandemic, we have decided that we will not be staging the 47th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards in Pasadena this coming June,” NATAS chairman Terry O’Reilly said in a statement. “As there are so many unknowns right now with the flow of information changing on a daily, almost hourly, basis, it would simply be irresponsible to move forward with our annual celebration of excellence in daytime television at this time.”

This decision comes just days after the org decided to postpone both its annual Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards (at the Nab Convention in Las Vegas) and its Sports Emmy Awards (at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City) due to coronavirus concerns.

Given recent reports that the pandemic is more widespread and

“The Lovebirds,” the comedy starring Issa Rae and Kumail Nanjiani, is heading from Paramount Pictures to now be released by Netflix, an individual with knowledge of the acquisition told TheWrap.

Media Rights Capital made the deal to sell the film to Netflix, the individual said. “The Lovebirds” was meant to premiere at SXSW and then open theatrically on April 3. Last week, the film was pulled from its theatrical release by Paramount due to the coronavirus outbreak. The new release date for the film is to be decided.

Michael Showalter directed “The Lovebirds,” which follows Rae and Nanjiani as a new couple on the run from the law after they get wrapped up in a murder mystery.

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Paramount also delayed the release of “A Quiet Place Part II,” which was meant to open in theaters Friday,

AMC has pushed the premiere date for the third “Walking Dead” spinoff, the network announced Friday.

“‘The Walking Dead: World Beyond’ is moving its premiere date from Sunday April 12th to later this year,” read a tweet from the franchise’s Twitter account on Friday, accompanied by a new date-less poster for the show.

The series is one of many being affected by the coronavirus pandemic that has brought film and TV production to a standstill in recent weeks. Though the season had completed filming prior to the production shutdowns, a few of the season’s episodes have post-production work that remain unfinished, according to an individual familiar with the situation.

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The decision to hold until later in the year came in response to the way other TV projects and ad

Disney+ will launch later than intended in one of the biggest markets in the world as coronavirus continues to wreak havoc on the entertainment industry.

The streamer will no longer go live in India on March 29 as originally intended, and Disney is yet to specify a new launch date for the service, which is stocked with original series such as The Mandalorian.

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Disney had planned to time the launch with the start of the Indian Premier League season, but given the spread of Covid-19, the sporting event has been rescheduled. Disney+ will be part of Disney’s local streamer, Hotstar, which has 300M monthly active users.

Uday Shankar, president of The Walt Disney Company Apac and chairman of Star & Disney India,

Seth Meyers is jumping back in the pool with the other late-night hosts working to get content out to fans while the coronavirus epidemic makes traditional late-night shows difficult to produce.

NBC said Meyers will be recording new “Closer Look” segments from his home, and will release them via his program’s YouTube channel. The commentary segments are the signature piece of the comedian’s “Late Night.”

It’s the latest example of the nation’s various late-night programs trying to move forward at a time when doing so is more difficult. The shows often rely on live audiences to fuel the atmosphere and energy of their broadcasts.

“Late Night” producers often make the “Closer Look” segments available via Twitter and other social-media channels.

Los Angeles landmark Magic Castle has laid off almost all of its staff, as the spread of coronavirus affects businesses nationwide, Variety has learned.

The members-only club pink slipped 189 employees on Saturday, insiders said, and will operate on a skeletal staff of nine to maintain the historic Hollywood clubhouse, which sits just behind the Dolby Theater on Franklin Avenue.

The club offers dinner and a rotating roster of headlining magic acts for guests. Showman Neil Patrick Harris is a former president the board of directors, and the venue has been featured in scripted content like Judd Apatow’s Netflix original “Love.

Oprah Winfrey is back on TV to help tackle the coronavirus crisis: The beloved talk show host just dropped a surprise special about the pandemic on Apple TV+, interviewing actor Idris Elba about testing positive for the virus.

The special, part of a series titled Oprah Talks Covid-19, is available to stream now, and is free to non-subscribers as well, Winfrey announced via Twitter on Saturday night. In it, she video-chats with Elba and his wife Sabrina Dhwore, who are quarantined together after Elba was diagnosed with coronavirus. Elba talks about living with the disease, which has swept the globe

SAG-aftra President Gabrielle Carteris has issued a video detailing the union’s response to the coronavirus pandemic.

“Make no mistake: We are in this together,” she said. “I want you to know that we, SAG-aftra, are responding to this and taking action in real time, and I mean that’s morning and night and into the wee hours.”

The video was posted on the SAG-aftra website Saturday and sent via email to the 160,000 members of the performers union. SAG-aftra had announced Thursday night that it closed the national headquarters in Los Angeles to minimize the risk of exposure to the coronavirus.

Don’t look at social distancing as forced imprisonment in your own home — think of it as an extended opportunity to figure out who the remaining Masked Singers are!

The Group C section of the competition continued this week, with Astronaut, Swan, T-Rex, Rhino and Night Angel belting their hearts out (or trying to) in order to get at least one more episode of the reality show under their belts.

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Just as the March 18 edition of “CBS This Morning” ended at 9 a.m. Et, executive producer Diana Miller was informed that the show’s studio was about to be shut down for the second time in a week because of the threat of exposure to the coronavirus.

As Miller’s team scrambled to find other studio options for the rest of the week, they quickly eyed the Ed Sullivan Theater down the road from the CBS Broadcast Center on West 57th Street.

The space’s usual occupant, “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert,” was shut down, like dozens of other

With hospitals and medical centers dealing with so many cases of Covid-19 around the country, supplies like N95 respirator masks may soon run low. However, several shows like “Pose,” “Station 19” and “The Resident” are donating their resources to aid healthcare workers.

“Pose” creator Ryan Murphy announced that his FX show would donate their on-set masks.

“One of our regular sets and locations is a hospital where in Season 3 Blanca works as an AIDS/HIV counselor. Today, we donated all our prop supplies to Mount Sinai hospital to help nurses and doctors battling the Covid outbreak. Let’s all keep

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With more than 530 scripted shows now airing across broadcast, cable and streaming, it’s easy to forget that a favorite comedy is returning, or that the new “prestige drama” you anticipated is about to debut. So consider this our reminder to set your DVR, order a Season Pass, pop a fresh Memorex into the Vcr… however it is you roll.

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Disney has joined other streamers in cooperating with the European Union to temporarily curtail bandwidth usage of Disney Plus — and reduce video quality — for its scheduled launch next week in several countries during the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic.

In addition, the Mouse House said it is pushing back the launch of Disney Plus in France for two weeks, with it now slated to go live in the country April 7, at the behest of the French government. Disney Plus is still set to debut next Tuesday (March 24) in the U.K., Ireland, Germany, Italy, Spain, Austria and Switzerland.

But out of the gate,

Fox News Media on Saturday revealed that three employees – one from Fox Business Network and two others – tested positive for coronavirus, according to memos sent Saturday to employees by the Fox Corp. unit’s two top executives.

Suzanne Scott, CEO of Fox News Media, and Jay Wallace president of Fox News Media, said in the messages that employees who had been in direct contact with the staffers in question were directed to self-quarantine for two weeks, and that “key areas” of the company’s headquarters were being sanitized and disinfected several tikmes a day.

On Friday, the Fox Corporation-owned unit

It’s been 20 years since Survivor debuted, and since then, 590 castaways have attempted to outwit, outplay and outlast each other in hope of securing the $1 million cash prize. But not everyone can be a Sole Survivor. Hundreds have been sent home empty-handed, having fallen victim to unpredictable, jaw-dropping and glorious blindsides.

We’ll speak on behalf of Survivor fans everywhere: Everyone loves a good blindside! Not only do they make for amazing TV moments, but they’re the pinnacle of a well-planned strategy that’s expertly executed. Blindsides are a Survivor staple — the cherry on top of a satisfying season

In the latest TV ratings, ABC’s Shark Tank (with CBS in rerun mode) reeled in 6 million total viewers and a 1.1 demo rating, surging 28 and 38 percent week-to-week to mark its largest audience in three years and its best rating in 14 months.

Leading out of that, 20/20 (4.6 mil/0.8) was up a tick.

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Over on NBC, The Blacklist resuuuuumed Season 7 with 5.4 million total viewers and a 0.8 demo rating,

In the words of “Sweeney Todd” pie baker Mrs. Lovett, “Times is hard.” As everyone adjusts to the new reality of working remotely, comedians and filmmakers who rely on freelance work are being hit hard. Film and TV productions are shutting down faster than we can update our exhaustive running list. Comedians are losing out on precious weekly gigs. Theater practitioners are worried the nonprofit theater world may not bounce back. An already tenuous lifestyle just became a whole lot harder.

And yet, creatives gotta create. Lock a comedian or filmmaker in their apartment for seven days straight and they are bound to come up with some pretty entertaining — if more than a little bizarre — content. With everyone else stuck at home craving human connection and distractions, they have a more willing audience than ever before. In an effort to find a silver lining, IndieWire is keeping tabs on the

Kenny Rogers, the country music singer and actor, died Friday in Sandy Springs, Georgia at age 81. A statement from his family posted on Twitter read that Rogers "passed away peacefully at home from natural causes under the care of hospice and surrounded by his family."

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The Show | This Is Us

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The Performance | When This Is Us‘ Randall is good, Brown is very, very good. But when Randall is less-than-exemplary? Brown is superb.

For evidence, you need look no farther than this week’s episode, which envisioned alternate paths Randall’s life might have taken if his adoptive father, Jack, hadn’t died in a house fire. In one of these outcomes,