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EXCLUSIVE: The Big D, a dating competition hosted by The Bachelorette alums JoJo Fletcher and Jordan Rogers, has been axed at TBS weeks ahead of its premiere. The show is the latest TBS series to be canceled following the Warner Bros-Discovery merger, which also saw the Damon Wayans-fronted comedy series Kill the Orange Bear get

EXCLUSIVE: Alex Gibney is adapting Michael Pollan’s mind-altering substance book How To Change Your Mind for Netflix. Gibney is exec producing the four-part docuseries, which is based on the New York Times best-selling author’s book, which looks at what the science of psychedelics teaches people about consciousness, dying, addiction, depression and transcendence. How To Change

All major British broadcasters have backed and pledged immediate financial support for an Independent Standards Authority (ISA) to tackle bullying and harassment in film and TV. The move represents the next stage in the proposal led by UK Time’s Up Chair Heather Rabbatts and Creative UK CEO Caroline Norbury and has been rubberstamped by the

Netflix has set September 30 for the premiere of Entergalactic, the adult-animated music series based on the upcoming album of the same name by rapper, singer and actor Kid Cudi. The series hails from Kenya Barris and Scott Mescudi, better known by his stage name Kid Cudi, who also stars. The date was announced Wednesday

Bill Cosby has dismissed W. Kamau Bell, director of the Showtime documentary series We Need to Talk About Cosby, as a “PR hack.” But The Cosby Show star and accused serial rapist appears to be in a small minority. No less an institution than the New York Times has declared Bell’s series “a model of

Roku has commissioned a second season of animated comedy Doomlands and ordered a duo of non-scripted projects. Josh O’Keefe’s Doomlands was picked up by Roku from failed short-form streamer Quibi two years ago. Comprised of 10 15-minute episodes, season two of Look Mom! Productions show will pick up from where season one left off, following the

HBO Max’s pandemic-delayed Friends: The Reunion and Channel 4/Peacock hit We Are Lady Parts were the big winners Monday as prizes were handed out at the Banff Media Festival’s Rockie Awards International Program Competition. Back to an in-person festival, the awards were very much looking at something old and something new at this afternoon’s ceremony. The

EXCLUSIVE: Saddle up, Hallmark fans: the channel has greenlit Ride, an original primetime series about a rodeo dynasty. Set to premiere in 2023, Ride is described as a multigenerational family drama that follows the lives of the Murrays as they struggle to keep their beloved ranch afloat. Here’s the logline: “After a tragic loss, each character

Refresh for awards updates Darren Criss and Julianne Hough officially launched tonight’s Tony Award celebration with the one-hour The Tony Awards: Act One pre-show streaming on Paramount+, opening the show with a song and dance number written by Criss himself. See the updated winners list below. Angela Lansbury, as previously announced, was presented with the

The BBC’s brand new six-part drama Sherwood, starring David Morrissey and Lesley Manville, premieres this week on Monday June 13. Dramatist James Graham, who wrote the award-winning Quiz and Brexit: The Uncivil War turns his pen to his hometown of Sutton-in-Ashfield near Nottingham’s former coal mines, a place scarred and divided by events of the

As part of its current push into gaming, Netflix unveiled several new title during the final day of its 2022 Geeked Week. They included games based on popular Netflix series The Queen’s Gambit, La Casa De Papel, Shadow And Bone and Too Hot To Handle. They follow in the footsteps of Stranger Things as the

Matt James, who made history last year as the first Black (male) lead on one of TV’s biggest shows, The Bachelor, has had over a year to reflect on the experience and now says he sees the full scope of the opportunity lost. Given the landmark nature of his role, James says he expected the

Dismal monthly inflation data hit stocks Friday with tech, internet and media taking a beating and Goldman Sachs slapping rare ‘sell’ rating on Netflix and a few others. The bank downgraded the streamer from ‘neutral’ on economic and competitive jitters and cut its price target to $186 from $265 – the lowest on the Street.

Ted Sarandos To Be Named Entertainment Person Of The Year At Cannes Lions Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos is to be named the 2022 Entertainment Person of the Year at French advertising festival Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. The award, presented in recognition of the role entertainment plays in the marketing and communications landscape, will

UPDATE: The chairman of the January 6th Committee opened its primetime hearing by laying the blame for the attack on former President Donald Trump and suggesting that it was a pre-planned attempt to subvert democracy. “Donald Trump was at the center of this conspiracy,” Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS), the chairman of the committee, said in

Rocks writer Theresa Ikoko is creating a Channel 4 coming-of-age drama with A Discovery of Witches scribe Lisa Holdsworth about an eclectic group of dance students. Dance School (working title) will provide 10 industry training placements to individuals with no previous TV experience. Produce by Channel 4 Growth Fund-backed indie Duck Soup Films and inspired by true

We’re getting the first look at Netflix’s anticipated anime series Cyberpunk: Edgerunners based on the Cyberpunk 2077 video game. The streamer unveiled the teaser trailer on Day 3 of its Geeked Week. Netflix also announced the series will premiere in September. Cyberpunk: Edgerunners tells a standalone, 10-episode story about a street kid trying to survive

Warner Bros. Discovery has officially laid out its senior EMEA leadership team under President and Managing for the region (excl Poland) Priya Dogra. She unveiled the new-look structure today, revealing how local territory chiefs will feed into her centralized EMEA operation. Five senior execs — including former Country Managers Sylvia Rothblum, Susanne Aigner and Thomas

EXCLUSIVE: Marque Richardson has been cast as a series regular opposite Kerry Washington and Delroy Lindo in the Onyx Collective comedy series Unprisoned, which will be streamed exclusively on Hulu in the U.S., Star+ in Latin America and Disney+ in all other territories. Created and executive produced by Tracy McMillan, the series, inspired by her life,