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EXCLUSIVE: Peyton Manning’s Omaha Productions, whose “Manningcasts” of Monday Night Football were a breakthrough hit when they debuted in 2021, is expanding its alternate telecasts to Formula 1.

Everwood has died at the age of 79. Beasley, who appeared in dozens of films dating back to the 1980s, died Tuesday (30 June) after a “brief and unexpected illness” at a hospital in his hometown of Omaha, his manager, Don Spradlin, said. The actor played an assistant coach in the 1993 football film Rudy and a retired preacher in 1997’s The Apostle, co-starring and directed by Robert Duvall.

The North Road Company, the content studio founded by Peter Chernin, has  acquired an unspecified minority stake in Peyton Manning’s Omaha Productions. The deal includes a multi-year agreement for development, production, and sale of unscripted and scripted content. 

Cynthia Littleton Business Editor Peter Chernin’s North Road Co. has taken a minority stake in Omaha Prods., the busy production banner headed by NFL Hall of Fame quarterback Peyton Manning. The deal brings an influx of capital to Omaha and it allows the company to tap into the production and distribution infrastructure that Chernin is building through North Road, which launched last year with backing from private equity giants Providence Equity and Apollo Global Management. North Road is in assembling a roster of content banners with the goal of creating a strong independent source of TV and film titles for buyers, particularly those outside the U.S. Omaha is already co-producing projects with North Road-affiliated Words + Pictures, which is headed by former ESPN programming executive Connor Schell. Omaha made a splash starting with the 2021 football season with the launch of its “ManningCast” alternative telecast of “Monday Night Football” featuring Manning and his brother Eli Manning, a fellow retired NFL quarterback, commenting on the game in real time with guests for ESPN 2.

EXCLUSIVE: As the horses near the starting gate for Saturday’s running of the Kentucky Derby, Peyton Manning’s Omaha Productions has lined up twin projects about Rich Strike, the upset winner of last year’s race.

EXCLUSIVE: NBC is developing What Are the Odds? a Las Vegas sports book workplace comedy, from Prodigal Son co-creator Sam Sklaver, former Last Man Standing executive producer Kevin Hench, Peyton Manning and his Omaha Productions banner and Universal Television. This marks Omaha’s first scripted TV comedy sale.

Alice Cooper doesn’t.The 75-year-old rocker is embarking on not one, not two but three tours (!) this spring, summer and fall all over North America.First up, Cooper will take off on his solo ‘Too Close For Comfort Tour’ which will take audiences on “a wild ride” full of “killer tunes and devilish fun,” according to his Instagram.After that, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee will join forces with Mötley Crüe & Def Leppard on a handful of shows as part of their co-headlining 2023 ‘World Tour.’Finally, Cooper is teaming up with Rob Zombie for their August and September ‘Freaks On Parade Tour.’Now that’s a busy summer.Over the course of his 41-concert trek, Cooper has two New York concerts on his tour calendar.On Aug. 5, Mötley Crüe, Def Leppard and Cooper drop into Syracuse’s JMA Wireless Dome.A little over a month later, Cooper and Zombie will play Wantagh’s Northwell Health at Jones Beach on Sept.

Jackson Browne isn’t “Running On Empty.”The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer just announced he’s taking off on a 24-concert tour that will send him to venues all over North America from June through August this year.At all shows, he’ll be performing songs spanning the length of his legendary career meaning you’ll likely hear the hits like “Doctor My Eyes,” “Here Come Those Tears Again” and “The Pretender” live.Plus, you may even get to see Browne bust out hits from his recent Grammy-nominated album “Downhill From Everywhere.”Want to see Rolling Stone’s 37th greatest singer-songwriter live this year?Here’s everything you need to know.Browne’s U.S. tour gets underway on June 3 at Columbus, OH’s Palace Theatre.From there, the venerated vocalist will hit major cities like Pittsburgh (June 4), Omaha (June 13), Nashville (June 18), New Orleans (July 22) and Orlando (July 29).The run wraps up in Clearwater, FL at the Ruth Eckerd Hall on Aug.

Counting Crows are returning to the road from June through September to play amphitheaters, casinos, stadiums, parks and pavilions all over the U.S. with special guest Dashboard Confessional on their 54-concert ‘Banshee Season Tour.’Along the way, the “Accidentally In Love” rockers will slide into New York and New Jersey for seven huge shows.First, they’ll play Syracuse’s St.

said in a TikTok video. “I hope you and your family have a wonderful time in Omaha, and I hope you see us again.”In the video, Schaffer gushes to the “Whatcha Say” singer that his “heart’s beating really fast” after seeing the eye-popping amount at the bottom of the bill.

Patrick Mahomes may have gone to Disneyland after his Super Bowl win but his next stop on his tour is Netflix.

EXCLUSIVE: With demand continuing to surge for sports podcasts, Peyton Manning’s Omaha Productions is backing a new entry hosted by Golden State Warriors President of Basketball Operations and General Manager Bob Myers.

Famed investor Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway knocked Paramount Global shares higher after disclosing that it has raised his stake in the media company.

A woman has given birth to her first child just 48 hours after finding out she was pregnant, having initially put her symptoms down to being tired out by her new teaching job.

With a smorgasbord of greatest hits past and perhaps present, Saturday Night Live went successfully mega-meta tonight in the sometime bubbling over cold open of its Season 48 debut.

“The Preamble to the Commitment to America,” which lays out their “Commitment to America” agenda for 2023, focusing on what they believe it truly means to be American. The thing is, some of the beautiful archival footage used in their video meant to highlight America, isn’t of America at all, but rather Russia and Ukraine.“America is exceptional,” the video posted on YouTube by Kevin McCarthy begins.

EXCLUSIVE: Foundation Media Partners has secured exclusive book, film and documentary rights to the life story of Terry Watanabe, the notorious gambling addict who made history as Las Vegas’ biggest ever whale, losing over $200 million in a single year after gambling an unprecedented $825 million.

Sunny Day Real Estate played a warm-up show on Saturday (September 10) ahead of their reunion tour, which kicks off this week.The show at Spokane Club in Washington was their first time performing in 12 years, with the line-up including Jeremy Enigk, Dan Hoerner, William Goldsmith, and new bassist Chris Jordan.The band kicked off the gig with ‘Seven’, and also played ‘Pillars’, ‘In Circles’ and 2014 single ‘Lipton Witch’, before finishing with ‘Days Were Golden’.Sunny Day Real Estate are set to begin their reunion tour tomorrow (September 13) at Liberty Hall in Lawrence, Kansas, with dates throughout September, October and December. View ticket details here.A post shared by Sunny Day Real Estate (@sunnydayrealestate)Just a tiny little Sunny Day Real Estate warmup show in Spokane for a couple hundred emo folks.

When Peyton Manning appeared on Saturday Night Live he declared his love for Netflix’s Emily in Paris.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorPeyton Manning wants to go to the mat in his ongoing bid to create a sports-content empire.The football legend, who gained notice last year when he and his brother Eli launched an accompanying “ManningCast” for ESPN’s “Monday Night Football,” is backing a similar concept for ESPN’s UFC pay-per-view streams. Fans who opt to watch Saturday night’s welterweight bout between Kamaru Usman and Leon Edwards via ESPN+ will also have access to a second stream featuring Rob Gronkowski and his brothers Chris, Dan, Glenn and Gordie Jr. along with father Gordon, who will host what is being called “ UFC 278 with The Gronks.

Thania Garcia Metal band Five Finger Death Punch and country rock singer Brantley Gilbert are joining forces for a 22-date tour. The unlikely pairing will also be joined by Canadian country singer Cory Marks.Although the genre-mashup might seem odd at first glance, the metal band fronted by Ivan Moody and Gilbert released a cover of Kenny Wayne Shepherd’s “Blue on Black” in 2019 that also featured Shepherd and Queen guitarist Brian May.Produced by Live Nation, the co-headlining arena tour will begin on Nov. 9 in Grand Rapids, Mich., and close on Dec.

EXCLUSIVE: Deadline has an exclusive track from composer Dave Porter’s third volume of music for AMC’s hit series, Better Call Saul, which tonight reaches its finale, after six seasons on the air. Porter’s Better Call Saul, Vol. 3, featuring music penned for the final season of the Breaking Bad prequel-spinoff, will be available everywhere via Milan Records tomorrow.

Machine Gun Kelly isn’t here for any disgusting homophobia!

Ethan Shanfeld SPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not watched the 11th episode of “Better Call Saul” Season 6, titled “Breaking Bad.”“Better Call Saul” fans have waited over seven years for the Bob Odenkirk-led series to intersect with the world of Walter White (Bryan Cranston) and Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul). This week’s episode of the spinoff, aptly titled “Breaking Bad,” provided viewers with all that and more.The episode goes back and forth between the black-and-white timeline, which features Saul’s post-“Breaking Bad” persona Gene Takovic in Omaha, and the world of Saul Goodman within “Breaking Bad” Season 2.

Jim O’Heir is a Cinnabon fan — since his “Better Call Saul” guest-starring role required him to scarf down scads of the mega-sugary cinnamon rolls.“They brought in 100 fresh [Cinnabons] each day,” O’Heir told The Post. “One day, after one of the takes, I went to my little break area and a medic comes up and says, ‘Hi, Jim, I’m going to check to make sure your blood-sugar levels aren’t getting out of hand.’ I did end up eating a lot of them … it was so important to the storyline that the director [Michelle MacLaren] got on the phone with me before I flew to Albuquerque [to shoot the episode] to talk about it.

Post Malone has performed an acoustic cover of Pearl Jam’s ‘Better Man’ on The Howard Stern Show – check it out below.Malone performed the track to open his set for The Howard Stern Show, which was uploaded on YouTube on June 15. When asked why he chose to cover the 1994 Pearl Jam classic, he explained: “I remember my brother Jordan, he was a Marine, and he was stationed in Hawaii.

Post Malone has announced a slew of North American tour dates in support of his new album, ‘Twelve Carat Toothache’.Post’s tour will kick off in Omaha in September and run through to mid-October, with stops in Chicago, Toronto, Boston, Cleveland, Detroit, Philadelphia, New York, Atlanta, Texas, Seattle, Vancouver, Las Vegas, Los Angeles and more.On many of the dates, Post will be joined by Roddy Ricch, who features on ‘Twelve Carat Toothache’ single ‘Cooped Up’ and performed the track alongside Malone during a Saturday Night Live performance in May. See dates and venues below.

Towards the end of summer 2022, Post Malone will kick off the Twelve Carat Tour in support of his new project Twelve Carat Toothache. Roddy Ricch, who features on the album single "Cooped Up," has been announced as the opener for most of the 33-date stadium shows.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music CriticOn the heels of the release of his “Twelve Carat Toothache” album, Post Malone is announcing a 33-city fall arena tour, with one of the featured artists on the album, Roddy Ricch, as the opening act on all but a few dates.The “Twelve Carat Tour” kicks off Sept. 10 in Omaha at the Chi Health Center and wraps up Nov. 15 at L.A.’s Crypto.com Arena.Actually, two of the final dates are in L.A., albeit at different venues — there’s a Nov.

Janelle James, one of the stars of ABC’s breakout comedy hit Abbott Elementary, is doubling down with the Disney-owned network.