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Paramount Global’s Channel 5 is well known for its love of luxury cruise liners and its next drama series will be set aboard one sailing the Mediterranean Seas. The British network has ordered HMS Murder (working title), an eight-part murder mystery series from by UK indie Clapperboard, in association with Endeavor Content, that’s been billed as “Murder She Wrote

EXCLUSIVE: Showtime will not be picking up a second season of one-hour drama anthology series The First Lady. The star-studded Season 1 of the anthology, set in the East Wing of the White House and focused on telling the stories of America’s charismatic, complex and dynamic first ladies, centered on Eleanor Roosevelt (Gillian Anderson), Betty

EXCLUSIVE: HLN has lined up a trio of topical true-crime specials that will examine the cases of Jeffrey Epstein & Ghislaine Maxwell, Sherri Papini and Gabby Petito. “She weaponized sexuality,” he hear of Maxwell in a promo for the first one, Sex Ring Secrets: Exposing Jeffrey Epstein (watch it below). Set to air August 15, the two-hour show exposes her as the mastermind

Caterina Scorsone is sharing her excitement for Season 19 of ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy—with the script for the premiere episode in hand. The series is set to return on Thursday, Oct. 6 at 9 p.m. ET. Scorsone, who portrays Amelia Shepherd in the long-running medical drama, also got fans riled up while describing what they can

The race is on to bring the already notorious ‘Wagatha Christie’ defamation trial to our screens, following this week’s conclusion at London’s High Court. The battle between footballers’ wives Coleen Rooney and Rebekah Vardy (married to Wayne Rooney and Jamie Vardy respectively) concluded after two and a half long years, with the judge ruling in

Stranger Things actor Joseph Quinn now has a Lollapalooza of a memory. The young star, who caused a sensation by having his Eddie Munson character breaking out a rendition of Metallica’s “Master of Puppets” in the show’s Season 4 finale, got to meet band backstage at the Chicago music festival. Even better, he had the

Stranger Things star Jamie Campbell Bower has received praise and support for his decision to speak publicly about struggles with addiction. The British actor, who plays evil Vecna in the mega-hit, posted on social media that he was celebrating seven and a half years of sobriety, and sharing his experience of addiction and receiving hospital

Claudia Forestieri, the creator of Gordita Chronicles, has posted her disappointment about the cancellation of her HBO Max show. HBO Max decided today not to renew the 1980s coming-of-age comedy series Gordita Chronicles for a second season. The decision comes a little over a month after the show launched on the platform. “Live-action kids and family programming

Comcast-owned Sky has become the first major British network to greenlight commissions of scale written and directed by a person with Down Syndrome, the pay-TV giant has said. The network has ordered two shows from Otto Baxter, short film The Puppet Asylum and companion doc Otto Baxter: Not a Fucking Horror Story. Both will be

EXCLUSIVE: Prime Video’s The Wilds will not return for a third season. I hear the cast and crew of the YA survival drama were just told about the decision, which comes almost three months after Season 2 was released May 6. The Wilds, one of the last shows developed and produced by the late Jamie

Comcast beat Wall Street analysts’ estimates for the second quarter, delivering total revenue of $30 billion and earnings per share of $1.01. The targets were $29.75 billion and 92 cents, respectively. NBCUniversal revenue rose 19% to $9.4 billion, while adjusted EBIDTA increased almost 20% to $1.86 billion. Peacock Premium subscriber levels stalled at 13 million,

EXCLUSIVE: Michael Rainey Jr., star of Starz’s Power Book II: Ghost, has signed with APA for representation. Rainey moves to APA from ICM Partners to join his former agent Andrew Rogers, who recently joined APA as a new Partner and Head of Global Talent. Rainey stars as Tariq St. Patrick in Starz’s Power spinoff Power

The great Norman Lear turns 100 today. He’s been creating tv and films for more than 70 years and is till going strong. It’s a career that, any decade of which, would make most artists proud. Among his producing credits are all-time TV classics like All in the Family and The Jeffersons. Lear wrote for

Rumors have swirled of late that the latest big name who may decamp to the Saudi-backed LIV golf tour is TNT NBA analyst and onetime owner of the worst swing in golf, Charles Barkley. PGA legend Greg Norman is the league’s CEO, and big name U.S. players like Phil Mickelson and Dustin Johnson have already

EXCLUSIVE: Channel 4-backed Two Rivers Media, a major player in the Scottish TV production game, has bought back its stake from initial backer Noble Grossart, the merchant bank. CEO Alan Clements has taken a majority share. Noble supported Two Rivers with an undisclosed investment when the indie was launched in 2019 by former STV Studios

EXCLUSIVE: Chris Smith, a 21-year ICM veteran, including the last 10 as a partner, has joined APA as SVP, Global Concerts & Talent. Smith will work alongside Max Burgos who heads APA’s comedy touring department. While he has strong background in comedy touring, at ICM Smith worked across departments on deals for his clients in

YMU has snapped up Simon Cowell. The British X Factor and Got Talent creator and Syco Entertainment founder will join the transatlantic talent agency’s entertainment division and be managed by Group Executive Director Chris Hughes. YMU said it will work with Cowell across “all facets of business” including TV, formats, partnership and books. “YMU has invested

FX’s Mayans M.C. will return for Season 5, it was revealed during the show’s panel at Comic-Con on Sunday. The gritty motorcycle drama wrapped its fourth season on June 14. Additionally, 20th Television, a part of Disney Television Studios, has signed co-creator Elgin James to a new multiyear overall deal. Comic-Con 2022: Deadline’s Full Coverage

SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher stood her ground during a contentious national board meeting on Saturday which saw a heated, two-hour debate over Covid-19 vaccination mandates. She took heat mostly, but not exclusively, from members of the Unite for Strength faction that supported her election last year. “The board blew up at her for two hours.