20th Television Production Chief Nissa Diederich To Exit

Selome Hailu Sony Pictures Television Studios has named Dylan Massin as executive vice president of production, while senior vice president of production Adam Moos has been promoted to add head of production operations to his title. Both began their new roles on Wednesday.

Westlife's Shane Filan and his wife Gillian celebrated their 20th wedding anniversary in style, returning to the place where they tied the knot. The couple got married on December 28, 2003, at Ballintubber Abbey in Ireland, followed by a beautiful reception at Ashford Castle in County Mayo.To mark their two decades of marriage, they returned to Ashford Castle for a grand celebration. Shane shared some lovely photos from the evening on social media.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large There are several popular social media accounts that graph weekly cable network schedules, and it’s always stunning to see how many schedulers have just given up. Nearly every cable network, large and small, now mostly program marathons of their most popular shows. You know about “Ridiculousness” on MTV, of course.

Jaden Thompson Herman Rush, a prominent television pioneer and former president of Columbia Pictures Television, died of natural causes in Los Angeles on Dec. 12. He was 94.

Warner Bros. International Television Production (WBITVP) has appointed Stefano Torrisi as its MD in Spain and Portugal.

Herman Rush, a veteran television producer best known for licensing Till Death Us Do Part, the UK sitcom that Norman Lear turned into All in the Family, died Dec. 12 at 94 of natural causes in Los Angeles, according to several news reports.

most complained about television programmes of 2023.Included on the list are a number of current affairs programmes, the Coronation of King Charles III, and one particular episode of Love Island. Not included in the 69,236 complaints from the last year are programmes on the BBC.

Daniel Johnston catalogue project have been shared and will feature a remastered version of his first 14 seminal releases.The project – titled ‘Daniel Johnston In The 20th Century’ – will restore the late indie-rock icon’s 20th-century discography, starting with his 1981 lo-fi homemade debut cassette ‘Songs Of Pain’.Johnston’s early work will be available for the very first time in 24-bit lossless audio. The first phase is comprised of his first 14 seminal releases from 1980 to 1998, with each recording remastered from their original source tapes by Shimmy-Disc founder and longtime collaborator, Kramer.All 14 LPs are now available via danieljohnston.bandcamp.com as pay-what-you-want downloads until the end of today (December 20).

It’s time to review our top 10 films and television shows of 2023. But first, the biggest takeaway of the past year: The business has flipped back.

EXCLUSIVE: iGeneration Studios, producers of Netflix’s My Life with the Walter Boys, based on Ali Novak’s popular YA book, is reteaming with the author to develop a new drama series based on Novak’s Heartbreakers books. Titled The Heartbreakers Chronicles, iGen will be shopping the project.

EXCLUSIVE: As they should, the Black List will be celebrating its 20th anniversary with some of Hollywood’s most acclaimed artists and a cinema institution next year.

EXCLUSIVE: Disney Entertainment Television has promoted three of its top finance executives to new roles. Karen Sack has been elevated to EVP, Finance, Disney Entertainment Television; Peggy Ting to SVP Finance and Business Planning, Disney Television Studios; and Amit Ziv to SVP Finance and Business Planning for ABC Entertainment, ABC News, ABC Owned Television Stations and Freeform

Stuart Miller When Byron Allenwas just 14, he started doing stand-up comedy. Four years later, in 1979, he became the youngest comedian to appear on “The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.” It was a launching pad for an entertainment career that included a stint on “Real People,” a lead role in “Case Closed,” a TV movie he co-wrote and a syndicated late-night show bearing his name. But all along, Allen had his eyes on a much bigger prize.

Gary Jules has shared a “very intimate” 20th anniversary version of ‘Mad World’ – listen to it below.The cover was first released in 2003 and now Jules has shared an anniversary version of the track which, according to a press release, “sets the perfect tone for the current state of the world and is as poignant this Christmas as ever.”In 2003, Jules recorded a cover of the song for the film Donnie Darko, with the original version of the song written by Tears for Fears.The song went on to become Christmas Number One in 2003 and remained at the top spot for three weeks.You can listen to the new version here:In a statement marking both the release and the announcement of new music from the musician that’s arriving in early 2024, Jules said: “There’s been such widespread loss these last years, so much illness and isolation, such violent and dramatic upheaval in the world and in people’s personal lives, including both my family and me.“I feel like stories and music, and specifically live music — people gathering together to hear stories and reflect — is key to healing humanity, allowing us to remember ourselves. It feels important for me as a performer and storyteller, to get back to my part of that remembering, healing.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer Nissa Diederich, 20th Television‘s head of production, will step down from her position after nearly 25 years as an executive with 20th TV, Fox 21 Television Studios and its successors. Most recently, she spent the past three years as an executive VP.

We often wax effusive about movies, their meaning, their craft, their intention, how they are sculpted and shaped, but sometimes we forget about the director’s mantra: that casting is everything and we arguably sometimes take for granted how some movies that seem so perfect, may not work at all without the actors and performers at their center. READ MORE: The 21 Best Films Of 2023 2023 was a great year for movies, see our Best Films Of 2023 list, but let’s be real, so many of these movies were make or break based on their performances.

British actor David Oyelowo is drawn to portraying impactful characters, especially Black historical figures throughout the diaspora. He first gained recognition for playing Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in the 2014 film Selma. King Seretse Khama of Botswana in 2016 film, A United Kingdom, and now, with his recent Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor in a Limited Series Made For Television in Paramount Plus’ Lawmen: Bass Reeves, Oyelowo takes on the role of the legendary figure believed to be the inspiration for the Lone Ranger. 

Tributes continue to pour in after the death this week of 101-year-old television pioneer Norman Lear.

EXCLUSIVE: Following a competitive auction, Legendary Television has snapped up rights to the hugely popular ‘romantasy’ novel Assistant to the Villain for development as a series.

Brandon Flowers of The Killers has teased the idea of intimate shows for the 20th anniversary of ‘Hot Fuss‘.The band’s debut LP ‘Hot Fuss’ was released on June 7, 2004 and featured iconic tracks such as ‘Smile Like You Mean It’, ‘Somebody Told Me’, ‘All These Things That I Have Done’ and fan favourite ‘Mr. Brightside’.Speaking to Zane Lowe on his Apple Music Radio show, Lowe mentions “20 years, isn’t it crazy?” to which Flowers responded with “It is crazy.