ABC News Will Cede ‘Nightline’ Time to ‘Turning Point’ Project on Race (EXCLUSIVE)

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorWhat will it take to get movie studios to start running TV ads again? Maybe the 2020 election.Big movie backers have in recent months largely stopped running their glitzy trailers on TV.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorChris Rock will host the first show of the 46th season of “Saturday Night Live” on October 3,  helping the venerable late-night mainstay get back to studio production as all TV programs grapple with the conditions of the coronavirus pandemic.This will mark Rock’s third appearance as host.Megan Thee Stallion will make her debut as an “SNL” musical guest.“SNL” will produce a live broadcast.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorRupert and Lachlan Murdoch, the overseers of the Fox Corp.

Artem Chigvintsev spoke candidly about being away from Nikki Bella and their son, Matteo, while filming Dancing With the Stars.“Right now, the little one is actually in Phoenix and not in Los Angeles because Nicole will have to shoot a few things for Total Bellas,” the Russian dancer, 38, exclusively told Us Weekly on Tuesday, September 22, after the latest episode of the ABC show. “The [last] couple of days, I have pretty much [been], like, just by myself, which I find very, very lonely.

Ted Johnson ABC News’ World News Tonight with David Muir topped all the networks in evening news viewership for the season that ended last week, and also won the key 25-54 and 18-49 demographic.The network said that it was the first time in 24 years that it had won in total viewers and the key demo categories.All of the networks saw ratings gains in their evening newscasts, with a particular uptick at the start of the coronavirus pandemic.According to Nielsen data supplied by ABC News, World

Artem Chigvintsev and Nikki Bella welcomed their son in July, they weren’t quite ready.“We were supposed to take classes and stuff, but because of [the coronavirus pandemic], we couldn’t,” the Dancing With the Stars pro, 38, told Extra on Tuesday, September 22.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorUK prime minister Boris Johnson has told the people of England that they must work from home where possible as the country reaches a “perilous turning point” in its battle against Covid-19.In a statement in Parliament on Tuesday afternoon local time, Johnson outlined new restrictions after the number of daily coronavirus cases has quadrupled to 3,929 in a month across the UK.The prime minister stopped short of introducing a new nation-wide lockdown in England,

Jax Taylor, 40, and Brittany Cartwright, 30, are expecting their first child! The Vanderpump Rules stars took to Instagram on Sept. 21, making the announcement to their fans and followers. “Mom & Dad. The love of our lives is coming soon,” Brittany wrote in an Instagram post, which included a photo of the Bravo star debuting her baby bump, which Jax cradled from behind! The expecting parents were also holding sonogram photos of the baby.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorViewers who tune in tonight to see the TV industry’s Emmy Awards no doubt expect to encounter celebrities like Jimmy Kimmel, Mindy Kaling, Anthony Anderson and Sterling K. Brown.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeThere’s no red carpet at this year’s Emmy Awards, but the show must go on. E!, ABC News, KABC and KTLA are among the outlets still producing red carpet pre-shows on Sunday — and all of them have found unique ways to do it.“When we knew the Emmys were moving forward with their show, we knew that we would be there to cover it,” said Jen Neal, the general manager of E! News’ live events and digital, lifestyle networks.E! starts its coverage at 4:30 p.m.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorThe third hour of ABC’s “Good Morning America,” initially created as a showcase for softer stuff, is formally taking on a harder edge.T.J. Holmes will join Amy Robach as a co-anchor on the early-afternoon program, which since March has been giving viewers news about the coronavirus pandemic, the looming election, breaking stories of national import and human-interest features, along with medical information and analysis from Dr.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorFox News Media expects to cut less than 3% of its overall staff as the unit, the financial engine of parent Fox Corporation, works to make its operations more efficient after a period of expansion.“As Fox News Media has evolved into a streamlined multi-platform organization, we are realigning several functions and restructuring various divisions in order to position all of our businesses for ongoing success,” the company said in a statement Wednesday.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorWarnerMedia is joining the growing parade of media companies eager to court consumer interest in sports betting.During coverage of the NBA’s Western Conference Finals, TNT will present an alternate live-streamed feed of the games that includes commentary on betting analysis and odds.

Dominic Patten, Ted Johnson “Yeah, well, I didn’t downplay it,” Donald Trump told an ABC News’ town hall tonight of his response to the deadly coronavirus. “I actually, in many ways, I up-played it, in terms of action,” the incumbent added, citing his bans on some travel to and from China and Europe this spring.

Dade Hayes Finance EditorEXCLUSIVE: The Paley Center for Media and Verizon have set a partnership that will see the organization’s events, including PaleyFest, streamed on Verizon-owned platforms like Yahoo.The exclusive streaming arrangement covers the 2020-21 lineup.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorFox Sports host Skip Bayless tried Friday to tamp down pushback to comments he made the day before criticizing Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott for remarks he made about grappling with depression – just hours after his employer appeared to reprimand him for the comments.“I have great compassion for anyone suffering clinical depression, which is very real.

Ginger Zee shared a powerful message with her Instagram followers in honor of National Suicide Prevention Week — and revealed a personal connection with the cause.“This photo always breaks my heart. This was during my first real job on tv at WEYI,” the meteorologist, 39, captioned a throwback snapshot of herself behind a news desk on Friday, September 11.

Manchester Evening News asked shoppers at The Rock in Bury town centre if they think a lockdown for the borough is on its way. Many of them all came out with one word: inevitable.

Ted Johnson Donald Trump lashed out at ABC News’s chief White House correspondent Jon Karl at a press conference, after Karl asked him about the revelations in Bob Woodward’s upcoming book.“Why did you lie to the American people, and why should we trust what you have to say now?” Karl asked.The question was in respond to Trump’s admission to Woodward, recorded in a March 19 interview, that he downplayed the threat of the coronavirus so as to not cause panic. On Feb.