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Tim Roth-starring Australian drama Last King of the Cross has been picked up by Sky in Europe, marking the first major sale of the Paramount+ series as it heads to Mipcom Cannes. Sky has picked up the show for its UK, Ireland, Italy and Germany service, striking the deal with distributor Cineflix Rights. Inspired by

BravoCon returned to New York City and the Javits Center was lit with all the celebrities that make up the cable network. Stars of The Real Housewives, Southern Charm, Below Deck, Vanderpump Rules, Summer House, and more were seen throughout the day at panels and meet and greets with fans. Scroll through the photo gallery

Netflix faces a number of courtly challenges in the next couple of months, as it prepares to debut both the fifth season of The Crown, and a documentary starring the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.  Season 5 of The Crown is set to launch on November 5, and already there are rumblings by commentators in

The Film That Lit My Fuse is a Deadline video series that aims to provide an antidote to headlines about industry uncertainty by swinging the conversation back to the creative ambitions, formative influences and inspirations of some of today’s great screen artists. Every installment asks the same five questions. Today’s subject is Park Chan-wook, the Seoul-born

Tennis star Boris Becker’s journey from world champion to ending up in jail is to be told in a documentary series for ITV’s new streamer ITVX. The Rise and Fall of Boris Becker [working title] will feature exclusive interviews with some of those who knew the Wimbledon champion best and other tennis greats, as well

In the latest fantasy streaming battle, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power retained a slim lead over House of the Dragon on Nielsen’s weekly streaming chart for September 12 to 18. Prime Video’s Rings pulled in 988 million minutes of streaming, while Dragon got 960 million, down from 1.203 billion and 1.016

EXCLUSIVE: German doc maker Gebrueder Beetz Filmproduktion is lining up feature-length projects on former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and another from the UK’s Lucy, the Human Chimp director Alex Parkinson. Deadline can reveal the Reeperbahn Special Unit 65 producer, which we last week reported had sold to Leonine Studios, is working on The Netanyahu Paradox and Lost at Sea – The Longest

Trevor Noah has set his exit date. The Daily Show host will end his time in the hot-seat on Thursday December 8. It comes after the comedian surprised everyone, including his ViacomCBS boss Chris McCarthy and his colleagues, after announcing his departure during an afternoon taping on September 29. Noah shocked late-night fans by announcing

Maya Jama has been named the next host of the UK’s Love Island. Jama replaces Laura Whitmore, who left earlier this year citing “certain elements of the show I’ve found very difficult that cannot be changed.” Jama is the third host of ITV Studios-produced Love Island since its reboot several years ago and will take

More than three years after Reed Hastings said Netflix wants to be on BARB, the UK ratings agency has its wish. BARB will begin reporting Netflix ratings data in the same way it reports local UK broadcasters, digital channels and pay-TV platforms from November 1. BARB subscribers will be able to see overall viewing to

EXCLUSIVE: ITV Studios is taking celeb drag contests international through British reality format Queens For the Night. Ahead of Mipcom next week, the Love Island firm has taken production rights in each territory where it has a non-scripted production base and distribution rights for the format and finished versions (excluding the UK) worldwide. In the

Another wave of Warner Bros Discovery post-merger layoffs is coming. We hear multiple divisions of the merged company will be impacted, with Warner Bros. Television Group considered a main target. The staff reductions are expected this week, as soon as Tuesday. Speculation about the pending downsizing started spreading like wildfire Monday morning. Reps for WBD and

Comedy star John Cleese is returning to British TV by making a show for right-leaning channel GB News. The Monty Python and Fawlty Towers star, who campaigns against ‘wokeism’ and ‘cancel culture,’ will become a presenter on the network, which launched in the UK last year with an ethos to present an alternative to rivals

The Titans will be returning to HBO Max starting Thursday, November 3 for their fourth season, the streaming platform confirmed. After the two-episode premiere, one episode will be dropped weekly through December 1. More episodes from Season 4 will be released in 2023. Watch a teaser trailer for the brand-new season in the video posted

Britain’s favourite cookery show has been accused of cultural appropriation by some of the country’s top Mexican chefs. The Great British Bake Off aired a Mexican-themed episode this week in the UK, with the contestants’ dishes including tacos and tequila. In addition, hosts Matt Lucas and Noel Fielding wore sombreros, shaking maracas. Adriana Cavita, a

The Walking Dead is airing its final episodes on AMC and the show made a final appearance at New York Comic Con. The network unveiled the Dead City spinoff and also dropped the opening minutes of Episode 1118, which you can preview in the video above. Additionally, the cable network shared preview photos of Episode

Chris Wallace, the CNN Anchor and host of Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace? on HBO Max, had a startling confession during his segment on Friday’s Real Time with Bill Maher. During a conversation between Maher and Wallace lamenting today’s conservative/liberal polarization of the news, Wallace traced the problem back to the golden days of three major

UPDATED with more testimony. Actor Anthony Rapp detailed what he called an “alarming” episode of sexual coercion involving Kevin Spacey when Rapp was 14 years old to close the second day of testimony in a $40 million lawsuit in U.S. Supreme Court in Lower Manhattan. During about an hour on the witness stand after a