ESPN and Stephen A. Smith are close to hammering out a new contract that will give the popular Disney sports personality potential access to other parts of the Magic Kingdom. The two sides, who have been in negotiations for several months, are said to be hopeful they can reach a deal over the next several […]

To viewers at home, Kendis Gibson seemed to have it all. Off-camera, he felt like he didn’t. Gibson was in 2018 the regular co-anchor of ABC News’ overnight program, “ABC News Now,” and working hard to climb the ladder, appearing 212 times on “Good Morning America” in his first two years at the Disney-backed outlet. […]

Sean Hannity may be looking to go the route trod in the past by Larry King, and, more recently, his former colleague Chris Wallace. The longtime Fox News opinion host will debut a new monthly longform interview program on Fox Nation, the subscription-backed streaming outlet that is a sibling to the Fox Corp.-owned cable-news network. […]

The CEO of Spanish-language giant TelevisaUnivision said he would restructure his executive team and cut jobs in a move he said was “aimed at strengthening our position for 2025 and beyond.” In a memo to employees sent Monday, Daniel Alegre, who was named CEO in September, indicated he wanted to tear down some walls between […]

Can NBC make an NFL broadcast as dynamic and interactive as a videogame? The Comcast-backed media company will soon try. NBC Sports plans to live-stream a match-up between the Houston Texans and Kansas City Chiefs on Saturday, December 21 on its Peacock broadband hub that will blend live action and videogame elements from EA Sports’ […]

Derek Medina, a longtime ABC News business executive, will leave the Disney unit at the end of the year after a more than two-decade run. His exit may spur new questions about what plans ABC News has to assign an executive to directly oversee talent relations, something that people familiar with the unit say has […]

Walmart wants to jump-start Black Friday shopping with a couple of ads in NBC’s Thanksgiving football broadcast that will let viewers visit a virtual store. Viewers will be able to scan QR codes that appear during commercial breaks that will take them to Walmart.com shopping pages. Walmart will also run a two-minute segment from its […]

In an era when traditional media is shrinking, Kaitlan Collins, at least, will have more to do. CNN gave the anchor of its 9 p.m. hour the title of chief White House correspondent, a maneuver that will have her scrambling for the latest news on the Trump administration even as she tries to maintain a […]

NewsNation wants its viewers to know the cable-news outlet is keeping an eye on them, no matter how complex the headlines may get in the weeks ahead. The Nexstar-backed network is making a slight tweak to its slogan that it thinks carries outsize meaning. Starting Monday, NewsNation will tout itself as delivering “News For all […]

Bonnie Hammer, a legendary TV executive who has had a hand in popular programs ranging from “This Old House” and “Zoom” to “Monk” and “Mr. Robot,” plans to leave her role as vice chairman of NBCUniversal at the end of the year, according to two people familiar with the matter, exiting after the expiration of […]

Norah O’Donnell’s last day behind the anchor desk of “CBS Evening News” will be January 24, CBS News revealed Friday, setting up a timeline for a transition to a new format for a venerable news program that has been part of its schedule, under various names, since 1941. O’Donnell, who became anchor of “Evening News” […]

Jason Kelce is ready to blitz the ranks of TV’s late-night hosts in a limited-run wee-hours program on ESPN. “They Call It Late Night With Jason Kelce” will air on five consecutive overnights heading into late-season NFL football weekends. The series will run at 1 a.m. on Saturdays starting January 4 on ESPN, with the […]

Ratings continue to sunset at MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” after the hosts surprised audiences earlier this week by announcing they had gone to visit Donald Trump at Mar-A-Lago following years of feuding with him. On Wednesday, MSNBC’s morning mainstay lured an average of 647,000 viewers overall, and just 51,000 viewers between 25 and 54, the demographic […]

Warner Bros. Discovery is adding some new commercial concepts to ad-supported Max that could turn the streaming hub into a shopping mall or a microscope. Using artificial intelligence, the company can create an advertising unit that identifies items within television shows and films and pairs them with related products from an advertiser and then sets up a QR code […]

ESPN’s latest hire: Daisy Duck. The animated waterfowl has been a part of the sports giant’s parent company for more than 80 years, but on Christmas Day, she’ll take a shot at something completely different, working as a sideline reporter while the New York Knicks take on the San Antonio Spurs in an animated version […]

Comcast believes it has found a solution to the problem of what to do with a passel of big cable assets that are entering a period of ongoing decline. In doing so, however, the cable-and-entertainment giant also raises a significant number of questions. The owner of NBCUniversal said Wednesday that it planned to split the […]

MSNBC fans who are disappointed in the progressive-leaning network after Donald Trump’s victory in the 2024 election may no longer have it to kick around. The cable-news outlet could have to consider changing its name and familiar markings under a spin-off of the bulk of the cable assets of parent company Comcast, one of the […]

Matt Strauss and Donna Langley have been named to top roles at the new NBCUniversal, a move that pairs a business executive well-versed in the world of streaming with a creative chief who has helped build and develop critical cinema franchises to help chart a new course for the venerable entertainment brand. The two take […]

After spending billions to snare control of the massive media portfolio known as NBCUniversal, parent company Comcast now plans to break it up. The Philadelphia media giant will move forward with an effort to spin off the bulk of its cable assets, which include MSNBC, CNBC, Universal Kids, USA, E!, Oxygen and Syfy, according to […]