Endeavor Q3 Results Hit By Hollywood Strikes, But Sports Rights Gains Help Total Revenue Beat Wall Street Expectations

Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series spotlighting the year’s most talked-about scripts continues with Dumb Money, directed by Craig Gillespie and penned by financial journalists-turned-screenwriters Lauren Schuker Blum and Rebecca Angelo based on Ben Mezrich’s bestseller The Antisocial Network.

recently filed a lawsuit and was granted a temporary restraining order against band co-member John Oates — played a concert that was chock-full of the duo’s hit singles on Nov. 23.Hall, 77, performed at the Tokyo Garden Theater in Japan, per Variety. According to the outlet, he sang classics such as “Out of Touch,” “I Can’t Go for That (No Can Do)” and “Private Eyes.”Earlier this month, Hall and his organization, the Daryl Hall Revocable Trust, filed a lawsuit against Oates, 75, and Oates’ trust, the John W.

Never say never. Former Dukes of Hazzard stars John Schneider, Catherine Bach and Tom Wopat reunited with fellow castmates Byron Cherry, Jeff Altman and Rick Hurst at Gallatin Comic Con 2023 in Tennessee recently where talk of a possible reboot of the hit ’80s TV comedy series surfaced.

Disney is poised to be the top entertainment industry beneficiary of a potential improvement in U.S.-China relations, according to a veteran Wall Street analyst.

EXCLUSIVE: Tony winner Adrienne Warren is set to star in and executive produce Dreamland, a period drama series in development at Peacock from Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment and Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group.

Jaden Thompson As part of New York City Mayor Eric Adams‘ “Working People’s Tour,” Adams was joined Wednesday in Sunnyside, Queens by labor leaders and film and TV partners to break ground on a new production studio that will create almost 1,000 construction jobs and around 750 permanent, full-time jobs. The construction on East End Studios Sunnyside commences following the end of both the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes, which shut down the film and TV industry for months, and just after construction began on Sunset Pier 94 Studios in Manhattan.

Valerie Wu Intern Gun use is dramatically down on TV this fall — but that may be mostly attributed to the recent Hollywood strikes, which led to the shutdown of virtually all film and TV productions this year, according to a new study. The report, “Gun Smoke: An Analysis of How Labor Strikes May Have Impacted Network TV Gun Portrayals in Fall 2023,” comes from the 14 members of the Project Unloaded Youth Council and Project Unloaded staff.

Timothée Chalamet took us to a world of Pure Imagination in the latest episode of Saturday Night Live.

Robert Butler, a television director for the pilot shows for Star Trek, Batman, Hill Street Blues, and Moonlighting, has died. He was 95.

Michaela Zee Robert Butler, the co-creator of “Remington Steele” and a veteran television director who worked on such series as “Hill Street Blues,” “Star Trek” and “Batman,” died Nov. 3 in Los Angeles. He was 95.

Media stocks popped Thursday, well outperforming the broader market, after news that the months longs SAG-AFTRA strike has been settled, with the actors’ guild and the AMPTP announcing a agreement last night. Halted productions can soon look to restart, the theatrical release calendar can stop shifting and the industry begin to get back to normal after a tough summer and fall.

After six months, Hollywood’s long, hot, and contentious summer of guild strikes may finally be over. The Writer’s Guild of America reached a historic agreement with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, which represents the Hollywood studios and television networks, on Sept.

Disney opened a new corporate era with a mixed-to-positive batch of quarterly results, reporting better-than-expected revenue and earnings but also more than $1 billion in charges.

Cynthia Littleton Business Editor In the quarter that included the marriage of UFC and WWE under the TKO Group umbrella, Endeavor saw its Q3 revenue rise despite headwinds from Hollywood strikes and other market conditions, but operating expenses climbed even more. Endeavor’s conference call with analysts today is expected to give Wall Streeters a chance to grill company executives, including CEO Ari Emanuel and Mark Shapiro, president and chief operating officer, on the news earlier this month that Endeavor is considering “strategic alternatives” for some of its businesses.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer Esports company GameSquare, which recently acquired FaZe Clan, will report its third-quarter earnings Nov. 15 after the bell. In a move to connect its target Gen Z demographic with Wall Stret, in lieu of hosting the traditional conference call with investors after the results have been released, GameSquare will be livestreaming the Q&A with CEO Justin Kenna and chief innovation officer Tyler “Ninja” Blevins on Twitch.

Naman Ramachandran Vijay-starring “Leo: Bloody Sweet” is the fifth highest grossing Indian film of the year with $72 million. Its director Lokesh Kanagaraj is now in high demand. The film got off to a winning start when it released in October, debuting in third position at the global box office with a $31.2 million weekend.

Paramount Global shares fell nearly 9% midway through the trading day after veteran media analyst Jessica Reif Ehrlich delivered a harsh verdict on the stock.

AMC Networks reported double-digit declines in advertising and affiliate revenue in the third quarter, which dragged down its overall results.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Apple‘s services segment continues to record healthy gains, increasing 16.3% for the September quarter to reach a record $22.3 billion, while it also reported a 2.8% lift in iPhone sales. Overall, Apple posted revenue of $89.50 billion (down 1%) and net income of $22.96 billion (up 11%), translating to earnings per share of $1.46, for the quarter ended Sept. 30.

UPDATED with Lachlan Murdoch comments. Fox Corp. CEO Lachlan Murdoch said his father, Rupert, “is very much involved and will be for years to come” despite stepping down from his chairman role in September.