Peacock Restructures Marketing Operation, Resulting In Layoffs

It’s been over ten years since “Ted” hit theaters in 2012. Ushering in a big R-rated comedy hit for creator Seth MacFarlane and star Mark Wahlberg, it’s still the 12th highest-grossing R-rated film of all time.

The advantage of an anthology series is the freedom to explore variations on a theme. In Peacock’s “Dr. Death” anthology series, the show is about investigating ideas of systemic failures within the medical industry.

Spun Gold, the producer of the BAFTA Film and TV Awards, has restructured under a newly-formed umbrella company.

There is no better indicator that the Christmas season is underway than the opening of Christmas markets across Scotland.

Deadline has confirmed that Peacock is working on a documentary series that will follow the family of accused Gilgo Beach Serial Killer Rex Heuermann as they cope with his upcoming trial and their shattered lives.

With Strictly Come Dancing heading to the Blackpool Tower Ballroom this weekend, it appears that dancing fever has well and truly taken over the seaside town.

Manchester Christmas Markets may have only just opened, but they've already been welcoming thousands of punters over the weekend. And that includes the first sighting of celebrity visitors.

EXCLUSIVE: As part of Starz‘s ongoing companywide staff reductions, the network is restructuring its original programming operation under Kathryn Busby, Starz’s President of Original Programming.

This year's Manchester Christmas Markets have got off to a rousing start - with plenty of festive cheer already filling the city centre.

Sizzling sausages, piping hot mulled wine and hot chocolates with mighty whipped cream peaks can only mean one thing - the Manchester Christmas Markets are back.

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas at the Arndale - with the centre unveiling its decorations for this year’s festivities. The shopping centre has a new display this year, called ‘The Flight Before Christmas’.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer NBCUniversal has laid off less than 50 employees across three divisions: Peacock marketing, NBCUniversal Entertainment and ad sales. The majority of these cuts, approximately 30 to 40, were made at Peacock as part of a restructuring under CMO Shannon Willett, a source within the company told Variety.

Ellise Shafer RTL Group, the European broadcasting company that owns Fremantle, reported a 6.9% drop in revenue from January to September, due in part to the “persistent weakness” of TV advertising markets. In Q3 alone, group revenue was down 10.3% to €1.6 billion, with the company saying 9.2% of this happened organically due to “timing effects at Fremantle and lower TV advertising revenue.” Due to the current advertising landscape, particularly in Germany, RTL expects that TV ad revenue will decline by a “mid-single-digit percentage” in the second half of the year, with Fremantle’s yearly revenue also tracking lower than expected because of a decrease in buyer activity.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film Writer After weeks of an ominous teaser containing no new footage, Bravo has at last unleashed a glorious full trailer for “The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip: RHONY Legacy.” The limited Peacock anthology series reunites iconic cast members from the original run of “The Real Housewives of New York City,” including Kelly Killoren Bensimon, Luann de Lesseps, Dorinda Medley, Sonja Morgan, Ramona Singer and Kristen Taekman. While the keys to “RHONY” have been handed to a new cast of women, the original group jet off to St. Barths in a move that directly invokes their iconic trip to St.

BravoCon attendees got a sneak peek of the new season of The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip: RHONY Legacy and Peacock has set Thursday, Dec. 14 as the premiere date.

BravoCon has officially started and Andy Cohen dropped the news during the “Ask Andy” panel that all future Bravo reunions will stream on Peacock uncensored.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent MK2 Films has boarded Bernhard Wenger’s feature debut, “Peacock,” a tragicomedy headlined by Albrecht Schuch, the German actor who starred in “All Quiet on the Western Front” and “System Crasher.” An up-and-coming Austrian director, Wenger developed the script at the Cannes Film Festival’s Cinefondation residency and was part of Berlinale Talents in 2020. His shorts, including “Keeping Balance,” “Guy Proposes to His Girlfriend on a Mountain” and “Excuse Me, I’m Looking for the Ping-Pong Room and My Girlfriend,” have played at festivals in Chicago, Palm Springs and Nashville, among others.

Halloween is officially over, so you know what time it is—Christmas! Well, at least that’s what the studios hope you are excited for, as they begin to roll out their holiday fare. And over at Peacock, the streamer is giving our first look at a new Christmas comedy film with some pretty big names attached, “Genie.” READ MORE: ‘Family Switch’ Trailer: Ed Helms & Jennifer Garner Swap Bodies With Their Kids In Netflix’s New Comedy As seen in the trailer for “Genie,” the film comes from writer Richard Curtis (“Love, Actually”) and tells the story of a down-on-his-luck man who finds himself in possession of a magical box containing a genie.

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Peacock has unveiled a trailer, premiere date and first look photos for Genie, its previously untitled holiday fairytale comedy, starring Melissa McCarthy and Paapa Essiedu, which Love Life creator Sam Boyd directed from a script by Richard Curtis, the Oscar nom best known for Love Actually.