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EXCLUSIVE: PAW Patrol and Bob the Builder creator Keith Chapman has partnered with London indie Snipple Originals to co-create and develop ground-breaking animated kids TV shows. Under his Keith Chapman Productions banner, Chapman and Snipple will create character-driven animated IP for the upper pre-school market. The veteran UK kids TV exec is already developing Paco & the

Negotiations are coming down to the wire this week on two major contracts: SAG-AFTRA’s $1 billion-a-year commercials contract expires on Thursday, and on-again-off-again talks resume today for the Animation Guild’s new film and TV contract. SAG-AFTRA, meeting in New York with the advertising industry’s Joint Policy Committee, has been bargaining steadily since Feb. 16, when

EXCLUSIVE: Stath Lets Flats and People Just Do Nothing producer Roughcut TV has deepened its push into the premium drama space by snapping up the rights to Nina Milns’ darkly comic satirical debut novel Goddesses, in what it described as a stiffly competitive situation. The comedy producer launched a high-end drama slate two years ago and Sarah Vaughan’s

Kim Kardashian has apologized about her recent “women need to work harder” comments, remarks that made her the butt of a joke in Sunday night’s Oscar show, saying her words were “taken out of context.” Oscars hosts Regina Hall and Wanda Sykes mocked Kardashian’s comments that she made in a recent interview with Variety, as

Call My Agent! creator Fanny Herrero has been unveiled as President of this year’s Canneseries Jury. Herrero will be joined by Anne Marivin – star of the French Netflix sensation – on the six-person Jury, alongside Dallas Buyers Club’s Denis O’Hare, Sex Education’s Sami Outalbali, True Detective’s Ólafur Darri Ólafsson and composer Daniel Pemberton. The six will

President Joe Biden, casting the support for Ukraine as the “task of our time,” also issued a message to Russian President Vladimir Putin, that his widely condemned attack on neighboring Ukraine also should spell the end of his grip on power. “Ukraine will never be a victory for Russia, for free people refuse to live

Actor Ryan Gosling was set to guest star on season three of Donald Glover’s FX show Atlanta, but plans fell through.  The show has always been guest star heavy with folks like Migos, KattWilliams, and Michael Vick appearing on the show but Gosling is an unexpected choice I’m sure not even fans didn’t see coming. 

EXCLUSIVE: Meg DeLoatch has left CBS’ The Neighborhood after serving as executive producer and showrunner on the current fourth season, which has wrapped production. Search is under way for a new showrunner of the popular multi-camera comedy, which already has been renewed for a fifth season. DeLoatch will focus on development under her overall deal

EXCLUSIVE: The Goldbergs star Wendi McLendon-Covey has closed a new deal to return to the popular ABC family comedy, from Sony Pictures TV. The network is yet to make a renewal decision but, with McLendon-Covey on board, a pickup appears likely. Securing key onscreen talent is a crucial step for long-running series as they seek

Tom Swift has an early-summer date with the CW. The Nancy Drew spinoff series starring Tian Richards will premiere at 9 p.m. Tuesday, May 31, following a new episode Superman & Lois. The series follows the serialized adventures of its titular character (Richards), an exceptionally brilliant inventor with unlimited resources and unimaginable wealth who is thrust into

Los Angeles County Public Health officials announced today that the county of 10 million people had finally begun to experience a trend that has already hit many parts of the United States: a rapid rise in the number of Covid cases attributed to the more transmissible Omicron BA.2 variant. Per L.A. County: Although the current

Broadcast and cable networks carried Joe Biden’s press conference in Brussels, where he is meeting with NATO allies, and reporters keyed in on one possibility: That Russia would use chemical weapons in the Ukraine war. “We will respond,” Biden told reporters. “The nature of the respond will depend on the nature of the use.” The

Best Picture Oscar nominees CODA, West Side Story and Don’t Look Up were among the winners at the Casting Society’s 37th annual Artios Awards, which were handed out today during a virtual ceremony that streamed live on YouTube. Check out the full list below. Other films scoring the trophies that honor casting directors include Encanto, The

Fox’s coverage of the 2022 iHeartRadio Music Awards bounced back from 2021, marking the latest awards show to see some recovery in ratings. Per fast affiliates, the annual awards show celebrating music’s top talent earned a 0.5 demo rating and 1.9 million viewers. While not a significant rise, last night’s Fox broadcast was a bump

A 46-year-old woman who collapsed at the finish line of the Los Angeles Marathon has died, according to the event’s organizers. It’s the race’s first death since 2007. This year’s marathon ran from Century City through West Hollywood to Downtown L.A. It was broadcast on KTLA. Trisha Paddock of Rancho Palos Verdes was running in

NBCUniversal is expanding its relationship with ad tracking firm iSpot, telling a room full of media buyers today that it will offer the company’s data as official currency starting at its May upfront. “Now is the time to embrace change,” Kelly Abcarian, EVP of Measurement & Impact for NBCU, declared during the company’s “One22” event.

Tonight on Jimmy Kimmel Live! President Joe Biden’s supreme court justice nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson was the topic of discussion. The candidate attended a confirmation hearing today but Kimmel highlights how racist some members of congress can be. “These hearings they give a number of our Republican senators a chance to compete in one of

Saturday Night Live is back with three shows in April with hosts Jerrod Carmichael, Jake Gyllenhaal and Lizzo. Carmichael, whose new comedy special Jerrod Carmichael: Rothaniel launches on HBO on April 1, will make his hosting debut on April 2. He will be joined by Gunna, whose DS4Ever album, topped the charts joins as musical