Comcast hosted about 300 at its Philadelphia headquarters Tuesday to highlight the technology side of its business, one that’s less covered than entertainment but sets it apart from media rivals, and gives its content an attractive home.
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Dr. Phil McGraw’s new cable broadcasting network Merit Street Media will launch two live news shows next month.
Morning on Merit Street, airing weekdays from 8 p.m. ET to 10 a.m. ET, will be hosted by Dominique Sachse and Fanchon Stinger, and will feature a mix of news, entertainment and advice. Sachse was a longtime anchor at KPRC-TV in Houston and has a popular YouTube channel and podcast, Over 50 and Flourishing. Stinger was evening news anchor at Fox59 in Indianapolis. She is co-founder of the charity Grit & Grace Nation, which empowers young people with leadership skills. Andrew Scher is executive producer.
The News on Merit Street, scheduled for 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. ET, will feature senior anchor Kris Gutierrez and co-hosts Lyndsey Keith and Loni Coombs. According to an announcement, the show will be in the “spirit of legendary radio broadcaster Paul Harvey” and “will provide viewers with fact-based research to dispel misinformation each weeknight.” Gutierrez is from the NBC affiliate in Dallas-Fort Worth, Fox News and KPRC-TV in Houston. Keith hosts Trinity Broadcasting‘s Centerpoint was was previously co-host of Newsmax’s Spicer & Co. Coombs is a former Los Angeles County criminal prosecutor. Leslie Marcus is executive producer.
The network will be anchored by Dr. Phil Primetime, airing at 8 p.m. ET each weeknight.
McGraw has partnered with Trinity Broadcasting to launch the new network, which will be based at studios in Dallas-Fort Worth. Distribution is on cable, satellite and broadcast.
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Comcast hosted about 300 at its Philadelphia headquarters Tuesday to highlight the technology side of its business, one that’s less covered than entertainment but sets it apart from media rivals, and gives its content an attractive home.
There is more Bargain Block coming your way. HGTV has renewed its hit Detroit-based home renovation series Bargain Block for a 10-episode fourth season and has ordered a five-episode spinoff series, Bargain Block: New Orleans.
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EXCLUSIVE: Two-time Emmy and Golden Globe winner Claire Foy (The Crown, All of Us Strangers) and Oscar nominee Brendan Gleeson (The Banshees of Inisherin, In Bruges) are set to star in H Is For Hawk for Plan B (12 Years a Slave, Moonlight) and Film4 (Poor Things, The Zone Of Interest).
Broadway show this year.And, as luck may have it, many of the biggest shows are running all Valentine’s Day week including Wednesday, Feb. 14.A few of our favorites include old Tony-winning standbys like “Wicked” and “Chicago” as well as an exciting new musical production of “The Notebook.”So, if you want to surprise the special person in your life with a show, here are 11 of our favorite options — plus a surprise comedy show thrown in for good measure — that just might do the trick.In the Roaring 20s, two women stand trial for murder and compete for a shady lawyer’s services.Starring Ariana Madix (Vanderpump Rules)Ambassador TheatreTwo intertwined mythic tales take audiences on a hell-raising journey to the underworld and back.Starring Jordan Fisher (To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before), Ani DiFranco (Grammy-winning singer)Walter Kerr TheatreA Bohemian poet in 1890s Paris falls for a nightclub star coveted by a jealous duke.Starring Derek Klena (Pretty Little Liars), Boy George (Grammy-winning singer)Al Hirschfeld TheatreWhat if Juliet didn’t die at the end of Romeo and Juliet?Starring Lorna Courtney (The Equalizer), Austin Scott (Mr. Monk’s Last Case)Stephen Sondheim TheatreA musical about a couple falling in love in 1950’s New York and struggling to rebuild a family.Starring Kelli O’Hara (The Gilded Age), Brian d’Arcy James (Evil)Studio 54Green-skinned, ostracized Elphaba and blonde, popular Galinda go from enemies to friends.Starring Alyssa Fox, McKenzie KurtzGershwin TheatreAllie and Noah share a lifetime of love despite the forces that threaten to pull them apart.Starring Ryan Vasquez (Curb Your Enthusiasm), Joy Woods (SIX The Musical)Gerald Schoenfeld TheatreHarry, Ron, and Hermione are joined by Hogwarts’ new
Manchester United defender Aaron Wan-Bissaka has suffered a setback in his attempted recovery from injury. Wan-Bissaka has missed the last three games with an unspecified injury as a precaution and he attempted to train on Thursday but had to withdraw from the session.
Dancing On Ice returned on Sunday night as Holly Willoughby and Stephen Mulhern introduced all the couples for Movie Week as we saw everything from Barbie, to Twilight and Pulp Fiction.
EXCLUSIVE: Ella Hunt, Emily Fairn and Kim Matula have joined Sony Pictures’ SNL 1975, which will be directed by Jason Reitman and is based on the real-life behind-the-scenes accounts of Saturday Night Live‘s opening night. Hunt will play Gilda Radner, Fairn will play Laraine Newman, and Matula will play Jane Curtin. The original screenplay is by Reitman and Gil Kenan.
Scotland captain Andy Robertson is in line to end his three-and-a-half month injury hell against Norwich this weekend. The Liverpool left-back is in contention to start Sunday’s FA Cup clash at Anfield - 15 weeks after after he was crocked against Spain.
Oliver Stone has suggested that Ryan Gosling is “wasting his time” making films like Barbie.Gosling played the role of Ken in last year’s hit Greta Gerwig film, earning huge acclaim including a recent BAFTA nomination for Supporting Actor.However, Stone – who has helmed films such as Platoon and JFK – criticised the film in a resurfaced interview with City A.M. from last year, hitting out at a “ridiculous” joke suggestion from Mattel’s boss that he could direct a Barbie sequel.“Ryan Gosling is wasting his time if he’s doing that shit for money,” Stone added. “He should be doing more serious films. He shouldn’t be a part of this infantilization of Hollywood.“Now it’s all fantasy, fantasy, fantasy, including all the war pictures: fantasy, fantasy.
Many other Republican candidates have suspending their campaigns this cycle, but Florida Governor Ron DeSantis‘ exit inspired some pretty biting and snarky reactions today, coming from other politicos and some celebrities.
Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Just when last week’s ratings resurgence for the Golden Globes had us all feeling good, along comes the Emmy Awards — rescheduled from its usual September slot because of Hollywood strikes — to deliver an all-time audience low to shake our confidence in awards show all over again. Fox’s Monday, Jan.
EXCLUSIVE: Fox is putting up some strong numbers with its new game show, The Floor.
Newport County have announced that they will be erecting a temporary stand for the FA Cup clash against Manchester United.
Turnout for the Iowa caucuses was down, and so was viewership. Early numbers show that interest was down considerably from 2020 and, before that, from 2016, with about 4.67 million watching primetime coverage across Fox News, CNN and MSNBC.
Daisy Jones & The Six band were set to perform live shows before the writer’s strike.Keough took to her official Instagram account to share a clip of her and her fellow castmate Sam Claflin – who portrayed the role of Billy Dune in the series – at band practice singing a live version of ‘Look At Us Now (Honeycomb)’ from the show.“In honor of the Emmys, here’s a video of the last time Sammy, the band and I rehearsed together. We were rehearsing to perform live for our lovely Daisy fans and it sadly never happened because of the strike,” began the caption on the post.A post shared by Riley Keough (@rileykeough)She continued: “I have so much love for everyone in this band and on this show.
Sum 41 just announced that their forthcoming double album “Heaven :x: Hell” and global ‘Tour of the Setting Sum’ will be their last.“Once I heard the music, I was confident enough to say, ‘This is the record I’d like to go out on,’” frontman Deryck Whibley explained in a statement. “We’ve made a double album of pop punk and metal, and it makes sense.
Elon Musk as having a “thin skin” in response to comments he made about the comedian on social media.Earlier this month, the Tesla CEO criticised Oliver in a post on X, where he accused him of “pandering to wokeness”.“It is rather tragic to see an otherwise capable comedian like @iamjohnoliver become weak sauce,” he wrote. “The reason he is not very funny these days is because he is too keen to pander to wokeness, which is fundamentally a lie, whereas great humour requires revealed truth.”His comments were in response to a segment mocking Musk on Last Week Tonight With John Oliver last month, where the comedian gave an overview of his career.It is rather tragic to see an otherwise capable comedian like @iamjohnoliver become weak sauce.The reason he is not very funny these days is because he is too keen to pander to wokeness, which is fundamentally a lie, whereas great humor requires revealed truth.— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 2, 2024After Musk’s comments on X, Oliver has now shared his verdict on their ongoing feud.
Before he found fame and became one of our most beloved actors in shows such as Only Fools And Horses and A Touch Of Frost, Sir David Jason was an electrician.Then during the Covid lockdowns he started spending more and more time in his toolshed and rediscovered his passion for making model rockets, restoring vintage motorcycles and running an electric train set. So when he met The Repair Shop's Jay Blades the pair became firm friends and decided to film a new TV show together called David and Jay's Touring Toolshed for BBC2. Jay has been particularly impressed with the rockets the actor builds and launches.
It’s perfect timing for Martin Luther King Jr. Day.