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Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorMac Davis, whose music career included recording 20 albums, writing the Elvis Presley hit “In The Ghetto” and starring in films like North Dallas Forty with Nick Nolte and on his own TV show, died Thursday in Nashville.

Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorUPDATE, SEPTEMBER 29: The Just for Laughs Festival has announced new additions to its lineup, including Chelsea Handler, Judd Apatow, Kevin Hart, Jimmy Carr, Wanda Sykes, Tig Notaro, Gina Yashere and Bobby Lee.PREVIOUS, JULY 21: The Montreal-set Just for Laughs Festival is going virtual for its 2020 edition this fall, setting a two-day online event for the annual A-list comedy showcase for October 9-10.

Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorA trio of shows on a trio of networks shared top honors in Friday’s broadcast primetime ratings, with Fox airing the fall premiere of WWE SmackDown, NBC showing Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Finals and ABC a fresh 20/20.Fox, NBC and ABC tied for the nightly win in the demo, while ABC was the night’s most-watched network behind a repeat of America’s Funniest Home Videos leading into 20/20, which drew a 0.5 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic and 3.82 million

Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorPresident Donald Trump pretty much secured the main talking point for this week’s Real Time With Bill Maher after a Wednesday press conference in which Trump refused to commit to a peaceful transfer of power if he lost the November election to Joe Biden.The topic of the concern over whether Trump would refuse to vacate the White House peacefully has been front and center for Maher for almost two years.

Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorThe Trial of the Chicago 7 writer-director Aaron Sorkin, Stephen Colbert, Sienna Miller, Kingsley Ben-Adir and Lee Isaac Chung have been set for Montclair Film Festival‘s first Storyteller Series during the virtual fest, set to run October 16-25 in Montclair, NJ.

Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorFreestyle Digital Media has acquired North America rights and set a October 16 theatrical release for Twiceborn, the Hiroshi Akabane-directed inspirational drama. The film, produced by IRH Press, is having its U.S.

Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorLongtime Cincinnati Reds TV broadcaster Thom Brennaman resigned Friday from the team and from Fox Sports Ohio, exiting the role as the MLB franchise’s play-by-play announcer he has held since 2007 a little more than a month after he was suspended for uttering an anti-gay slur on an open mic during a broadcast.The incident occurred during the broadcast of a Reds-Kansas City Royals doubleheader August 19.

Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorCBS’ Thursday edition of Big Brother finished as primetime’s top-rated show with a 1.1 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic and 4.00 million viewers (Live+Same Day), while facing stiff competition with the season premieres of ABC’s game show block. As a result, the two networks tied for the top spot in the demo.

Patrick Hipes, Amanda N'Duka Giant Pictures has acquired North American rights to The Sounding, the feature writing and directing debut of Catherine Eaton. She also stars in the pic, which is shifting release gears from theatrical owing to the pandemic lockdown and now will premiere on-demand nationwide October 20.

Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorThe Sarah Paulson Hulu thriller Run will have its world premiere as the opening-night film at Nightstream, the virtual film festival that has come out of the partnership of genre fests Boston Underground, Brooklyn Horror, North Bend, Overlook and Popcorn Frights.

Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorDisney honored Chadwick Boseman on Thursday by unveiling a new mural of the Black Panther star at Anaheim’s Downtown Disney. The installation was created by concept artist and former Disney Imagineer Nikkolas Smith.The inscription on the mural reads:“As a former Disney Imagineer, I had the honor of working on a major children’s hospital initiative and Avengers Campus as my final two assignments.

Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorPeter McGuigan, who co-created the New York literary agency Foundry Literary + Media with Yfat Reiss Gendell, has launched a new agency dubbed Ultra Literary.The move comes after the news last week that Gendell exited Foundry to form YRG Partners, taking Foundry agents Tanusri Prasanna, Peter Steinberg and Adriann Ranta Zurhellen and their clients with her.

Patrick Hipes, Nellie Andreeva The Masked Singer returned for its fourth season Wednesday night, combining with the premiere of the Ken Jeong-hosted I Can See Your Voice to give Fox the victory in the adults 18-49 demographic (Live+Same Day)on a busy night that featured the finale of NBC’s America’s Got Talent and CBS’ Big Brother.The COVID-impacted fall schedule is still struggling to bring back viewers to broadcast TV during premiere week, with overall TV usage last night down -21% from last

Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorNetflix’s Lucifer retained its top spot in Nielsen’s streaming rankings, with the show revived by the streaming service No. 1 for the week of August 24-30 with more than 2 billion minutes viewed.Another Netflix series that has migrated from elsewhere, the former YouTube drama Cobra Kai, debuts in the weekly rankings at No.

Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorRLJE Films has acquired North American rights to director Adam Egypt Mortimer’s Archenemy, the action thriller that is having its world premiere next month at Beyond Fest in Los Angeles. It marks the third tie-up between genre producer SpectreVision and RJLE Films following the releases of Mandy and Color Out of Space.

Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: Fathom Events and Brainstorm Media are teaming on the theatrical release of Recon, the Robert Port military thriller starring Alexander Ludwig, Sam Keeley, Chris Brochu and Franco Nero.

Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorThe hybrid in-person/virtual New York LGBTQ Film Festival will kick off October 16 with the Kate Winslet-Saoirse Ronan movie Ammonite as its opening-night film.

Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorDancing With the Stars returned to the top of the leaderboard Tuesday in primetime, with its two-hour episode that featured the first exit of the season scoring a 1.0 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic and 5.85 million viewers in Live+Same Day data.

Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorScreen Media said Wednesday that is has acquired U.S. rights to Girl, the thriller written and directed by Chad Foust that stars Bella Thorne and Mickey Rourke.

Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorLionsgate’s Debmar-Mercury said Tuesday that Schitt’s Creek, which pulled off an unprecedented sweep of the comedy categories at Sunday’s Primetime Emmy Awards, will launch in U.S. broadcast syndication beginning September 28.

Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorABC’s simulcast of Monday Night Football topped primetime last night, when the Las Vegas Raiders christened their new home with a victory over the New Orleans Saints.

Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: IFC Films’ genre label IFC Midnight has acquired North American rights to Hunter Hunter, the thriller written and directed by Shawn Linden that stars Devon Sawa and Nick Stahl. IFC, which saw success during the lockdown with Dave Franco’s The Rental, Relic and The Wretched, will release it December 18 in theaters and on demand.The film centers on a family living in the remote wilderness as fur trappers.

Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorStuart McBratney’s Don’t Read This On a Plane, which had its world premiere and won the Audience Award at the just-wrapped Dances With Films, has been acquired by Gravitas Ventures. The dramatic comedy is getting a digital release in the U.S.

Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorAmazon Studios said it will stream its original feature documentary All In: The Fight for Democracy featuring Stacey Abrams for free on Tuesday, which is National Voter Registration Day in the U.S.The documentary will be available for 24 hours in front of the Amazon Prime Video paywall, as well as be available on Twitch, YouTube and Twitter. Watch parties will be hosted by Abrams and Lin-Manuel Miranda on Twitter (at 4 p.m.

Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorSuccession capped its four-win Sunday night by winning the marquee Best Drama Series at the 72nd annual Primetime Emmy Awards, duplicating the feat from the Golden Globes and helping HBO win the overall crown as the network with the most wins this Emmy season.Like the rest of the night’s winners, Succession creator Jesse Armstrong accepted the honor from afar — in his case a hotel room in London.

Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorThe 72nd annual Primetime Emmy Awards caps a weeklong procession of honoring the best of 2020 in television Sunday with a hybrid virtual ceremony beginning at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m.

Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorBetsy West and Julie Cohen, who directed RBG, the feature-length documentary about Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, reacted Friday to Ginsburg’s death Friday at age 87.“Like so many Americans, we are crushed by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg,” West and Cohen said in a joint statement. “Even had she not become a Supreme Court Justice, Ginsburg earned a place in history for what she did to win equality for American women.

Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorCBS’ Big Brother was the top-rated show in primetime Thursday, scoring a 1.0 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic to go along with 4.14 million viewers. It teamed with fellow reality mate Love Island (0.5, 2.03M) to help the network finish No.

Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorBeyond Fest has set the slate for its 2020 edition that will run October 2-8, opening with a double bill of the world premiere of Jim Cummings’ The Wolf of Snow Hollow and Joe Dante’s 1989 pic The Burbs.