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Dominic Patten Senior Editor, Legal & TV CriticOver three weeks after he was declared the winner of the 2020 election, Joe Biden’s transition to the White House has finally officially started.

Dominic Patten Senior Editor, Legal & TV CriticAs coronavirus cases surge across America again, United Talent Agency is going after Vigilant and Federal insurance in court for millions for leaving them unprotected during the pandemic.“Instead of honoring its promises to UTA, Vigilant has wrongfully withheld the policy benefits that UTA is entitled to receive – and that it needs to weather the circumstances associated with the spread of SARS-CoV-2 and actions to ‘flatten the curve,’ rebound from

Dominic Patten Senior Editor, Legal & TV CriticEXCLUSIVE: It probably won’t show up on Judge Judy’s newly announced court series for IMDbTV, but the multi-million dollar legal battle between Judith Sheindlin and Rebel Entertainment Partners is turning into even more of a bareknuckle brawl.With a history of indirect litigation over the past few years, both sides are now directly flinging terms like “vicious” and “baseless character assassination” at each other – and that’s just the polite

Dominic Patten Senior Editor, Legal & TV CriticIt was a good night for the Indianapolis Colts on Thursday Night Football, but it was a really big night for Grey’s Anatomy fans as Patrick Dempsey’s McDreamy returned after a five-year absence.Last night the Shonda Rhimes medical drama dedicated its two-hour Season 17 season premiere to frontline healthcare workers fighting the coronavirus pandemic.

Dominic Patten Senior Editor, Legal & TV CriticAfter several weeks of partially losing the political plot, Saturday Night Live came out blazing tonight as Donald Trump’s reign of error begins to end, at least officially.In a throwback to the first SNL after the election of 2016, the skit saw Alec Baldwin’s Donald Trump give a concession serenade, kind of.

Dominic Patten Senior Editor, Legal & TV CriticAmerica broke another record for new coronavirus cases yesterday and one of the new infections is the White House Chief of Staff. Mark Meadows has tested positive for COVID-19, a source close to the administration confirmed to Deadline.

Dominic Patten Senior Editor, Legal & TV CriticCalifornia Governor Gavin Newsom said today that new guidelines on theme parks and team sports events are coming tomorrow“We are going to break up the theme parks,” the Governor announced in his COVID19 and wildfires update just now.

Dominic Patten Senior Editor, Legal & TV CriticDanny Masterson will face charges of rape, a Los Angeles Superior Court Judge ruled this morning.In a masked and socially distanced hearing in DTLA, Judge Eleanor Hunter rejected the defense stance that the case against the former That 70s Show star should be tossed out under the statute of limitations.

Dominic Patten Senior Editor, Legal & TV CriticSPOILER ALERT: This post contains details of tonight’s Lovecraft Country Season 1 finale“As an artist, I make art to start conversations, and one always hopes their art is a reflection of the times,” says Lovecraft Country showrunner Misha Green in a definite understatement of the discourse and timeliness of the HBO series that wrapped up its first season tonightBased on Matt Ruff’s 2016 novel of the same name, the Green, Jordan Peele and J.J.

Dominic Patten Senior Editor, Legal & TV CriticAfter all the concerns about threats to democracy in the pursuit of ratings, Thursday’s dueling town halls between Donald Trump on NBC and Joe Biden on ABC ended up being a very good night for Savannah Guthrie, a very very good night for the Atlanta Braves and an excellent night for the former Vice-President.Sitting down with ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos and voters at Philadelphia’s Constitution Hall on what should have been the night of the

Dominic Patten Senior Editor, Legal & TV Critic“See the whole board,” a chess-instructing Martin Sheen’s President Josiah Bartlet tells Rob Lowe’s Sam Seaborn in HBO Max’s A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote.Originally uttered in 2002’s “Hartsfield’s Landing” episode of the multiple Emmy winning political drama, the Aaron Sorkin penned words hang heavy in the digital air during these final weeks before this year’s election.

Dominic Patten Senior Editor, Legal & TV CriticWith just over three weeks to go before Election Day and polling near zero, increasingly desperate contender Kanye West has put out his first campaign ad today with prayers of convincing voters to write him in on their ballots – more than once.“America,” the notoriously baffling and seemingly baffled rapper and fashion designer declares at the top of the spot.

Dominic Patten Senior Editor, Legal & TV CriticIt’s not quite business as usual in these unusual times, but everything is pretty much on schedule at CBS Studio Center in Studio City on Monday despite an ongoing protest over the armed clash between Armenia and Azerbaijan.Angered by a KCAL-TV report on a pro-Armenian “March for Peace” rally held Sunday in Los Angeles and Beverly Hills, about 100 protestors blocked traffic at ViacomCBS’ San Fernando Valley facility this morning.

Dominic Patten Senior Editor, Legal & TV CriticThe mystery of the fly that landed on Mike Pence’s head at the vice-presidential debate with Senator Kamala Harris was revealed tonight on Saturday Night Live – and it was  a high-tech bedeviled Joe Biden.Maya Rudolph told the New Yorker Festival earlier this week that while she was anxious about how to translate the first and only VP debate of the 2020 campaign into a SNL opener tonight, the material “kind of wrote itself” once the languid fly

Dominic Patten Senior Editor, Legal & TV CriticSagging in the polls, COVID-19 infected Donald Trump has been rage tweeting all day, but his doctor claims the ex-Celebrity Apprentice host is ready to return to the campaign trail this weekend.On Thursday evening, the White House dropped a “Health Update” from Trump’s physician that “based on the trajectory of advanced diagnostics the team has been conducting, I fully anticipate the President’s safe return to public engagements” on Saturday – as

Dominic Patten Senior Editor, Legal & TV CriticFrom the day it was announced, we all knew that a vice-presidential debate between Kamala Harris and Mike Pence was going to be something different, and not just because of the plexiglass and other coronavirus safety measures.Having said that, anemically moderated by USA Today’s Susan Page, the 9-10 PM ET sit-down between the first woman of color on a national ticket and the incumbent VP was a rather traditional event in this decidedly untraditional