Sean Murray and Gary Cole are opening up about the casting shakeup that happened in the current season of NCIS.
30.03.2022 - 22:31 / deadline.com
Sinclair Broadcast Group’s Rob Weisbord said he is “cautiously optimistic” about landing more Major League Baseball streaming rights despite public friction between the parties in recent months.
“There are ongoing conversations. I’m cautiously optimistic, now that they got past the lockout,” he said, alluding to MLB’s recent achievement of labor peace with players. “I believe that there is a path for a deal to get additional teams. But it takes a lot of conversations to get there and we’re having ongoing dialogue.”
The exec, who earned COO stripes last month in addition to his role as president of broadcast, spoke during an online event hosted by the Digital Entertainment Group.
Regional sports networks, like the 19 former Fox ones now run by a Sinclair-led consortium and rebranded as Bally Sports, are grappling with cord-cutting’s impact on their legacy business. While many RSNs still generate a lot of cash flow and routinely put up double-digit ratings in local markets, the secular trends are worrying. Bally, which has rights to 42 pro teams in MLB, the NBA and the NHL, has taken on significant debt due to the pandemic and has also been continuing to try to push forward with its streaming effort. The push comes as the company has faced carriage impasses with Dish Network and has gone dark on internet-delivered pay-TV outlets like YouTube TV, Hulu + Live TV and fuboTV.
Weisbord reaffirmed the company’s guidance that a “soft launch” will happen during the second quarter of a novel direct-to-consumer service. The initial MLB teams to be featured in geo-targeted services include the Detroit Tigers, Miami Marlins, Milwaukee Brewers, Tampa Bay Rays and the Kansas City Royals. Nine additional teams within the Bally footprint
Sean Murray and Gary Cole are opening up about the casting shakeup that happened in the current season of NCIS.
return to the directing chair for a Netflix rom-com came as balm to her many fans, who have been waiting more than seven years for another comforting kitchen-set romp like “It’s Complicated.”David Lynch fans were thrilled when it was rumored that the “Mulholland Drive” auteur might have a new feature going to Cannes. But since there’s still a chance we might see a “Wisteria” TV series or feature on Netflix — or elsewhere — sometime soon, we’re going to leave Lynch off the list for now.Meanwhile, Kathryn Bigelow recently announced that she would make “Aurora,” her first film since 2017’s “Detroit,” while Francis Ford Coppola is still swearing he will get “Megalopolis” off the ground sometime soon.Then there’s George Lucas, who basically hung up his eyepiece after “Revenge of the Sith,” and said at the time that he would pivot to smaller independent films.
Jordan Moreau After announcing that production had started on Season 3 of “The Witcher” earlier this month, Netflix has revealed four new cast members who are joining Geralt (Henry Cavill), Ciri (Freya Allan) and Yennefer (Anya Chalotra) on their next adventure.Robbie Amell (“Upload,” “Code 8,” “Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City”), Meng’er Zhang (“Shang-Chi and The Legend of The Ten Rings”), Hugh Skinner (“Mamma Mia Here We Go Again!,” “Falling for Figaro,” “Fleabag”) and Christelle Elwin (“Half Bad,” “Bloods”) are the latest cast members for the upcoming season.Amell plays an elven fighter named Gallatin, who leads an army of guerrilla Scoia’tael fighting on behalf of Nilfgaard. Unafraid to speak his truth, Gallatin’s loyalty to his people ultimately leads him on a collision course with the elven sorceress Francesca (Mecia Simson) over power.
Wilson Chapman editorThis year, DC Comics is celebrating Pride Month with a bang.On May 31, the company will launch “DC Pride 2022,” a 104-page anthology comic featuring stories from LGBTQ creators and focusing on queer characters from the DC universe. The comic will open with an introduction from Nicole Maines, the transgender rights activist and actor who portrayed Nia Nal on “Supergirl” in 2018, becoming the first trans actor to play a superhero on television.
Fox News reports.The Oscar winner was arrested and released in June 2019 after a woman told police Gooding squeezed her breast without her consent.
EXCLUSIVE: Jeff Dye (Better Late Than Never), Carlos “HaHa” Davis (The Come Up), Dustin Ybarra (Home Economics) and Ryu Go Eun (WeCrashed) have signed on to star in Stealing Jokes, an action-comedy from writer-director Mike Young (A Stand Up Guy), which is heading into production this week in Detroit.
Justin Long, 43, is gushing over his private relationship and even calling the lucky lady “the one,” in a new interview. The actor, who is rumored to be romantically involved with Kate Bosworth, 39, opened up about the time in his life when he let love in and admitted that although he wants to let the world know all about the exciting romance, he also wants to remain “protective” of it.
Mark Wahlberg gets in the middle of a group photo at the photo call for Father Stu held at The London West Hollywood at Beverly Hills on Friday (April 1) in West Hollywood, Calif.
Shirley Halperin Executive Editor, MusicAudio content production studio Audio Up has signed a publishing agreement with Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG) that will identify and sign songwriters to create original music for the company’s stable of podcasts. In addition, Audio Up CEO Jared Gutstadt will be represented by UMPG as a songwriter and producer.Original music for podcasting, particularly in scripted programs, has been in greater demand as listening hours for the format continue to rise.
Andi Dorfman is engaged! Eight years after she starred on The Bachelorette, Andi has finally found her happily ever after with Blaine Hart. The two went public with their relationship at the end of 2021 and announced their engagement on March 30, 2022. Andi posted a photo of herself jumping in Blaine’s arms on the beach after his proposal. “WORTH THE WAIT!!” she captioned the image, which you can see here.
The In Memoriam portion of the Oscars ceremony has been a time-honored tradition to remember those folks we have recently lost that have contributed to the world of cinema. It can be a more somber and sad part of the show, but this year producers attempted to inject a little more energy.
The 94th Oscars celebration has officially kicked off with the official red carpet at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.
Angelina Jolie is stepping out for the day.
After directing multiple episodes of his Netflix series “Master Of None,” including all of season three, comedian Aziz Ansari (“Parks & Rec“) is making his feature film directorial debut for Searchlight Pictures. The film is yet to be titled, but is being referred to for now as “Being Mortal.” Ansari will also take a role in the film alongside Bill Murray, who was previously announced, and now another strong comedic actor has joined the project.
EXCLUSIVE: In what is turning into a cast of comedic hall-of-famers, sources tell Deadline Seth Rogen is set to join Bill Murray in Aziz Ansari’s feature directorial debut Being Mortal. Ansari is also on board to co-star from a script he wrote. He is also producing with Youree Henley. Taylor Friedman and Cameron Chidsey are overseeing for Searchlight Pictures.