CBS Strikes Pact to Bring Sponsors Focused on Black Consumers to Syndicated Shows

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorFilmmaker Woody Allen, whose career has been marred by sexual abuse allegations made in 1992 by his daughter, Dylan Farrow, has granted a rare interview that will be streamed on Paramount Plus as part of a broader “CBS Sunday Morning” package.CBS News says the interview, recorded in July of last year, represents Allen’s first in-depth television interview in nearly three decades.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorPaula Reid, a CBS News White House correspondent who gained broader traction covering the Trump administration, is moving to CNN, where she will work as senior legal affairs correspondent.She is expected to work on all major legal stories and work closely with other members of CNN’s justice team, according to a spokesperson for the WarnerMedia-owned cable-news outlet.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorJim Nantz will extend his time with CBS Sports as part of a contract renewal that will keep one of the network’s key sportscasters on board for several more years.A CBS Sports spokesperson confirmed that Nantz, known for calling CBS’ Sunday-football package alongside Tony Romo, and for narrating both its Masters and NCAA March Madness coverage, would remain at the network following a recent negotiation.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorTV news is latching on to an old standby to help it gain attention in a new — and often less flashy — news cycle.Coverage of the court trial of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer charged with causing the death of George Floyd, will surface Monday across many mainstream TV outlets. Some of it will be gavel-to-gavel, the sort of thing that echoes the news media’s fascination with the O.J.

On March 26 1969, on a quiet country road outside Biloxi, Mississippi, John Kennedy Toole took his own life. Aged just 31, the literary professor and author left behind two unpublished novels.

Daniel Radcliffe and Sandra Bullock are about to be co-stars!

Angelique Jackson Daniel Radcliffe is the latest to join the cast of Paramount’s “The Lost City of D,” taking on a villainous role in the romantic adventure.Radcliffe joins Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum in the film, which follows a reclusive romance novelist (Bullock), who was was sure nothing could be worse than getting stuck on a book tour with her cover model (Tatum), until a kidnapping attempt sweeps them both into a cutthroat jungle adventure, proving life can be so much stranger, and

EXCLUSIVE: Daniel Radcliffe is set to play the villain Paramount’s romantic action adventure comedy The Lost City Of D starring Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum. Patti Harrison and Da’Vine Joy Randolph are also on board. Bullock is producing through her Fortis Films banner with Liza Chasin and her company 3dot Productions. Seth Gordon is also attached to produce via Exhibit A.

EXCLUSIVE: HBO Max’s garden of unscripted talent continues to blossom after the streamer struck an overall deal with director Joseph Guidry.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorThe NFL season ended weeks ago, but some of the media’s biggest players have been scrambling to keep professional football in the spotlight.Under a series of critically important rights deals unveiled Thursday between the National Football League and some of the nation’s biggest media companies, “Thursday Night Football” will no longer be shown on broadcast TV and Walt Disney’s ABC will air the Super Bowl for the first time in more than 15 years.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorFox Corp. has partnered with Operative Media that will help Fox supervise all of the advertising inventory across its portfolio, a new sign of how media companies are evolving to track commercial buys across a wider array of different media types.Fox will weave Operative’s cloud native sales technology platform across its portfolio of entertainment, sports and news properties.

As we begin to slowly transition back to a slightly more normal version of the cinematic world, it’s not too crazy to start thinking about late 2021 releases. After all, by then, most of us should be comfortable being back in movie theaters, so of course one might wonder what films will be waiting for us then.

Focus Features has set a Nov. 12 release date for Kenneth Branagh's Belfast, which will open in U.S.

EXCLUSIVE: Da’Vine Joy Randolph has joined the cast of Paramount Pictures romantic action adventure comedy The Lost City Of D starring Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum. Patti Harrison is also on board. Bullock is producing through her Fortis Films banner, with Liza Chasin and her company, 3dot Productions. Seth Gordon is also attached to produce via Exhibit A.

Focus Features will be releasing Kenneth Branagh’s Belfast on Nov. 12.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterKenneth Brangh’s upcoming drama “Belfast” will be released theatrically on Nov. 12.Written and directed by Branagh, the film stars Caitriona Balfe, Judi Dench, Jamie Dornan, Ciaran Hinds and newcomer Jude Hill.

“Euphoria,” there’s a new edgy show about teen sexuality. Called “Generation” (styled as “Genera+ion”) and premiering on HBO Max on Thursday, March 11, the drama follows a cast of teen characters through their friendships, high school lives and romances.

EXCLUSIVE: Craig Plestis, the man who brought Korean format The Masked Singer to the U.S., has struck a deal with Japan’s Tokyo Broadcasting System Television to create unscripted formats for the U.S. and global markets.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor“CBS This Morning,” a perennial third-place finisher in the broadcast A.M.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorHockey will return in a big way to Walt Disney’s ESPN in a new seven-year deal that breaks NBCUniversal’s dominance of the sport’s TV rights and makes some National Hockey League games available for streaming in broader fashion,ESPN’s new deal with the NHL will last from the 2021-2022 season through the 2027-2028 season, the network announced Wednesday.