New York Post: CNN’s Chris Licht says left-leaning network not interested in ‘partisan hackery’

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CNN boss Chris Licht said his third-place cable news network will no longer be home to “partisan hackery” or “idealogical talking points” as continues to revamp the lineup.

Deadline: Disney Sets Date For Annual Shareholder Meeting Amid Proxy Fight

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Disney has finally unveiled the date for its annual meeting of shareholders, a virtual event to be held at 10 a.m. PT on Monday, April 3.

Media Guardian: Tom Brady says he will delay Fox Sports broadcasting career until 2024

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Tom Brady will not go immediately from the playing field to the broadcast booth.

Deadline: BBC Apologizes For Captioning Viola Davis Grammys Image With “Beyoncé’s Big Night”

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The BBC has been forced to apologize after an image of Viola Davis from January’s Golden Globes was shown on its news channel with a headline identifying the Oscar winner as history-maker Beyoncé.

Deadline: ‘Billions’ Spinoffs In Works At Showtime; ’Dexter’ Prequel Confirmed

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Chris McCarthy has been speaking about a franchise strategy for Showtime since he took over the network a couple of months ago.

New York Post; Bill Maher jokes about ‘Overtime’ debut on CNN: ‘Did they go nuts?’

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Longtime HBO host Bill Maher feigned shock as his post-show segment “Overtime” made its debut as a standalone program on CNN.

Deadline: The CW’s New Owner, Nexstar Media, Updates Investors On “Offensive And Defensive” Reasons For Its Acquisition Of The Broadcast Network

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Nexstar Media Group, which last year acquired 75% of The CW, updated investors on the “offensive and defensive” rationale for the acquisition.

Deadline: Bill Maher Condemns Woke Revolution, Twitter’s ‘Red Guard’, And Its US Parallels

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China was much on Bill Maher’s mind in this week’s edition of HBO’s Real Time.

Deadline: Warner Bros Takes Stephen King Bestseller ‘Billy Summers’, Bad Robot & Appian Way To Produce

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Warner Bros. has acquired the Stephen King bestseller Billy Summers.

New York Post; Megyn Kelly blasts Don Lemon over tantrum at CNN co-host: ‘I would have had him fired’

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Megyn Kelly says she would have made sure Don Lemon would be out of a job if he had reamed her out in front of colleagues as he did to his “CNN This Morning” co-anchor Kaitlan Collins.

New York Post; Don Lemon ‘screamed’ at ‘CNN This Morning’ co-host, left crew ‘rattled’: sources

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Tensions on the set of “CNN This Morning” have recently boiled over, with Don Lemon allegedly “screaming” at co-host Kaitlan Collins off-camera during an ugly December incident that has left the cast and crew rattled ever since, The Post has learned.

Deadline: Trevor Noah Produces Space Doc For Science Channel, But Cable Network “Not Priority” For Warner Bros. Discovery

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Warner Bros. Discovery’s Kathleen Finch broke a lot of science producers’ hearts in Austin, Texas last week when she said that Science Channel was “not very high on our priority list”.

Deadline: Disney Says Nelson Peltz On Board Would “Threaten Strategic Management” At Crucial Time As Proxy Battle Boils

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With Nelson Peltz angling for a seat on Disney’s board, the company on Thursday blasted the activist investor, his firm Trian Group, and his son, Matthew Peltz, whom Trian is proposing as a possible alternate candidate.

Deadline: BBC Studios Boss Talks “Excellent” ‘Doctor Who’ Deal, M&A & International Growth

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Doctor Who’s latest regeneration represents “excellent commercial value,” according to BBC Studios boss Tom Fussell.

Deadline: BBC Receives Hundreds Of Complaints After Calling Paul Mescal A “British Actor” In Oscars Coverage

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The BBC has revealed that it received more than 600 complaints from viewers after describing Paul Mescal as a “British actor” in its coverage of his Oscar nomination.

Hollywood Reporter: ‘CNN This Morning’ Finds New Exec Producer

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CNN has found the next executive producer for its morning program CNN This Morning.

Variety: Warner Bros. Discovery Promotes Rebecca Rørmark to Head of Streaming Marketing for EMEA

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Rebecca Rørmark has been promoted to the newly created role of senior VP, head of streaming marketing, for Europe, Middle East and Africa at Warner Bros. Discovery, reporting into Patrizio Spagnoletto, global chief marketing officer for direct-to-consumer.

Hollywood Reporter: DC Drama ‘Pennyworth’ Canceled at HBO Max

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HBO Max is clearing out all of its live-action DC Comics scripted original series.

Deadline: The CW To Develop “Innovative” Non-Scripted Series That “Catalyze Conversations” As Network Confirms Heather Olander As Unscripted Chief

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The CW has confirmed Deadline’s scoop that Heather Olander is joining the network as its new unscripted chief. 

Deadline: Peacock Continues Strategic Shift, Dropping Access To Free Tier For New Subscribers

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Continuing a strategic shift that dates back to 2021, NBCUniversal streaming service Peacock is no longer letting new subscribers sign up for its free, basic tier.