Connor Schell, ESPN’s Top Content Executive, to Depart by Year’s End

Jake Kanter, Tom Grater EXCLUSIVE: Here’s a hot one: Killing Eve star Jodie Comer and The Irishman actor Stephen Graham are on the brink of signing up for a Channel 4 drama that will be set in a UK care home during the coronavirus crisis, Deadline can reveal.The four-part series is housed at All3Media-backed production outfit The Forge, which has reunited the stellar team behind the BAFTA-winning National Treasure to make the topical drama, including writer Jack Thorne and director Marc

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorCBS News will launch a four-part investigative series this evening across two of its best-known programs and it has nothing to do with President Trump, the coronavirus pandemic, or the results of the 2020 election.Norah O’Donnell spent a year and a half looking into how the U.S.

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Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorLibby Geist, a veteran ESPN executive who has been with the sports-media giant since 2008, will leave the company early next year, the latest in a series of prominent content executives to announce their departure from the Disney-owned outlet.Geist is ESPN’s vice president and executive producer of ESPN Films and original content.

Jodie Comer has enjoyed a remarkably drama-free career since her breakout role as Villanelle in Killing Eve—to the point she doesn’t even have a “personal life” section on Wikipedia. So when a rumor about Comer went viral on Twitter over the summer, it marked a first.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorFox News veteran Geraldo Rivera said via Twitter Friday that President Trump will in the end leave the White House if states certify a victory for Joe Biden, but wants to continue to fight.Rivera said he had a conversation with Trump Friday, which he described as a “heartfelt phone call” with a “friend.”“He seemed like a heavyweight champion who is behind in points leading into the final round, but determined to fight on, knowing all the refs have scored the

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorThe Aaron Eckhart action thriller Ambush has added Vikings and The Tudors star Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Connor Paolo from ABC’s Revenge. The Mark Earl Burman directed and written feature follows a group of young elite commandos, led by Captain Drummond (Eckhart), who are tasked with collecting highly classified information that can change the fate of the war.

ESPN is restructuring its senior executive leadership team, following the news last week that it would be reducing its workforce by 500 positions. Among the most notable departures: Connor Schell, ESPN's executive vp of content, who will leave in January.

Peter White Television EditorConnor Schell, ESPN’s content boss, has confirmed that he is leaving the Disney-owned sports network to set up his own independent production company.Schell, one of the architects of the broadcaster’s 30 for 30 documentary strand and exec producer on Michael Jordan series The Last Dance and OJ: Made In America, will leave the business on January 8.Separately, Jodi Markley, Executive Vice President, Content Operations & Creative Services, is retiring and will step

500 cut jobs last week.)“When Jodi and Connor each approached me about starting their next chapters, those conversations were filled with mixed emotions,” Jimmy Pitaro said in a statement. “Jodi has been a trailblazer, not just at ESPN, but throughout our industry, and, because of her entrepreneurial approach, ESPN has always led the way.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorESPN is divvying up responsibilities for content in the wake of senior executive Connor Schell’s decision to leave the sports-media giant to start his own production company.Burke Magnus has long been the ESPN executive who makes sure the sports-media giant always has access to games from the big leagues.