Seacrest, in. New “Wheel of Fortune” host Ryan Seacrest kicked off his tenure as the new host of the syndicated “Wheel of Fortune” with a healthy boost in the nation’s major TV markets. According to early data, Monday’s Season 42 premiere averaged a 4.62 household rating in the overnight markets, vs. a 2.94 rating for […]

Amazon MGM Studios global head of awards Debra Birnbaum is departing to take over as editor-in-chief of Penske Media Corporation’s Gold Derby awards prediction platform, the company announced Tuesday. As part of the news, Gold Derby founder and president Tom O’Neil will retire from day-to-day oversight of the site and serve as president emeritus. In […]

Netflix is bringing back a new season of its cooking series “Dinner Time Live With David Chang,” and just in time for the holidays. The series’ Season 2 is set to launch on Tuesday, Oct. 8, with nine 50-minute episodes, which will roll out weekly. On “Dinner Time Live,” the famed restauranteur (founder of the […]

Dick Van Dyke is a living legend, and there aren’t enough awards in the world to properly honor the icon of screens big and small. But unfortunately, despite reports to the contrary over the weekend, a Primetime Emmy in 2024 won’t be one of them. Van Dyke did not personally win an Emmy at the […]

It was opening night for Ryan Seacrest on Monday’s episode of “Wheel of Fortune” — and so perhaps it was appropriate that the first puzzle out of the gate was “OPENING NIGHT,” based off the clue, “show biz.” “It feels that way over here!” Seacrest remarked after one of the show’s contestants solved the game. […]

The “Kevin & Sluggo Show” was noticeably missing Friday afternoon on Los Angeles’ KLOS-FM, as hosts Kevin Ryder and Doug “Sluggo” Roberts were given their walking papers. The decision to eliminate the afternoon drivetime slot at KLOS comes as owner Meruelo Media has made drastic cuts at several of its local radio stations, which also […]

Warner Bros. Television has partnered with the Boston Film Festival to launch a “WBTV College Day” at the 40th annual fest to screen a handful of new and returning series for area college students. The event, held on Thursday, Sept. 19, will feature advance episode screenings of new series “Brilliant Minds” (NBC) and “Rescue: HI-Surf” […]

“The Masked Singer” is back later this month, and Variety has the first look at one of the opening performances — as well as a reveal of two more costumes. First up, here’s “Ship,” who performs a slowed down, moody version of Bastille’s “Pompeii” in the season premiere episode airing Wednesday, Sept 25th on Fox. […]

Fox Entertainment has sealed a deal with TV scribe Hank Steinberg, the exec producer behind the network’s upcoming miseason drama “Doc.” Under the agreement, the latest in what Fox calls its “broadcast direct deals,” Steinberg will develop new scripted dramas to be produced and owned by Fox for the network. The deal was announced Thursday […]

Media talent discovery app Husslup has launched a new “Greenlight Studio,” which uses “ethical gen-AI” to help freelancers create and sell content. The first tool in that studio, “Full Script Assessment,” launches this week. The platform is also utlizing AI to launch a smart content marketplace that it says will “make it easier for producers, financiers, execs […]

The Network — the free ad-supported on-demand streamer behind John Leguizamo’s drama series “The Green Veil,” has secured its next program acquisition” “Kingdom of Dreams,” a docuseries that first aired in the U.K. on Sky in 2022, and will now be available in the U.S. for the first time. The four-part “Kingdom of Dreams,” which […]

ABC has shared its first promo for this year’s 76th Emmys, hosted by Dan Levy and Eugene Levy — and for the spot they’re going high-brow — er, eyebrow. Yep, it’s probably appropriate that the first father-son Emmy hosting duo kick things off with a dad joke. In the spot, Dan warns his dad not […]

Warner Bros. TV has responded to a lawsuit filed Tuesday by Michael Crichton‘s widow, calling the legal move “baseless” and arguing that the studio’s upcoming medical procedural “The Pitt” is very different from “ER.” “The lawsuit filed by the Crichton Estate is baseless, as ‘The Pitt’ is a new and original show,” the studio said […]

As one of the lead stars on FX’s “Pose,” actress and singer Michaela Jaé Rodriguez won the Golden Globe for best actress in a TV drama; she also became the first transgender woman to land an Emmy nomination in a major acting category. The star, currently seen on Apple TV+’s “Loot,” submitted this column to […]

By Thursday morning, it’s adrenaline (and perhaps lots of caffeine) that’s fueling “The Daily Show” team in Chicago. And yet, tonight is perhaps their biggest episode of their entire week in town for the Democratic National Convention: A live episode, with host Jon Stewart, set to air at 11:30 p.m. ET. Hopefully that means the […]

Megaproducer Greg Berlanti has been tapped to receive this year’s Governors Award at the Emmys, the Television Academy announced Thursday. Greg Berlanti, the first individual to receive the honor since 2021 (when Debbie Allen was honored) will be recognized for “his significant impact on television and culture by depicting the underrepresented in film and in […]

Longtime broadcast journalist and author Jane Pauley and documentarian/director Alex Gibney have been tapped to receive lifetime achievement awards at the 45th annual News & Documentary Emmys. The honors were revealed Wednesday by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Pauley, currently the host of “CBS News Sunday Morning,” will receive her award during […]

CHICAGO — Things were pretty quiet around the Auditorium Theatre in downtown Chicago on Tuesday morning — probably no surprise, given how late things went the night before. “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” kicked off a four-night run of live shows from the venue — part of the Roosevelt University campus — with an […]

Christine Baranski’s mother was a Polish immigrant who survived the Great Depression and spent years working at an air conditioner factory in Buffalo, New York. She was a far cry from Baranski’s character on Julian Fellowes’ HBO drama “The Gilded Age,” the haughty, imperious, old-money Agnes van Rhijn. But in an interview with Variety’s Awards […]