Nicki Minaj is filing a lawsuit.
26.08.2022 - 23:39 / deadline.com
Bring back the old timecode. Or better yet, give the slot to Jay Leno.
As usual, social media has a very cynical reaction to the news that NBC may give back the third hour of primetime to its affiliates. Besides the oft-repeated slam, “wait, there’s still broadcast TV,” many viewers turned to social media to (jokingly?) suggest that NBC bring back Leno.
After leaving The Tonight Show in 2009, Leno was given a consolation prize nightly talk show at 10 p.m. It was canceled four months after it launched.
Other people on Twitter cracked how it’s the beginning of “Must Cede TV.” There were also lots of yuks about NBC being forced to televise those old color bars to save money.
“Network television will only be news and football,” one Twitter user lamented.
If NBC is giving up on original programming, I say good for them.
Goodness knows they stopped trying years ago.
— J.G. Petruna (@jgpetruna) August 26, 2022
BREAKING NEWS: Major television network gives up saying, ‘We have no more good ideas to fill an entire week.’
— GrilledTomatoes (@TomatoesGrilled) August 26, 2022
Apparently, the suits at the Comcast-owned network have been talking for some time about giving up the third hour. The soonest a move could be made would be a year from now, given the agreements with affiliates and advertisers.
“It would be terrible,” complained one top TV agent told Deadline, in reference to the lost of business for writers, actors, producers and other creative talent, which would also impact agencies as they rely on a volume of sales. While there has been a strong shift to streaming where scripted business has been booming over the last several years, broadcast has remained a viable destination and an attractive business model for talent.
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Nicki Minaj is filing a lawsuit.
Gisele Bündchen found a way to support her man on social media as he kicked off yet another NFL football season — even if she may not be quite so happy with his decision to play again.
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2019 dinner that Zuckerberg and fellow tech billionaire Peter Thiel attended at the White House. The October gathering, NBC News reports, happened during a trip to Washington, D.C. when the Meta executive testified before Congress about Facebook’s cryptocurrency Libra.“‘Sir, I’d love to have dinner, sir.
Pregnant Love Island star Amy Hart has been supported after speaking out about vile trolls. The former Islander, from Love Island 2019, last week shared her exciting pregnancy news on Loose Women.
Timothée Chalamet is putting into words some of what we are all feeling after the last few unsettling years.
Timothee Chalamet finds it "tough to be alive" during the age of social media. The 26-year-old actor hates feeling "intensely judged" by the online platforms and even suggested that the sites could lead to a "societal collapse". Speaking at the Venice Film Festival, Timothee said: "To be young now, and to be young whenever - I can only speak for my generation - is to be intensely judged.
Scots singer Lewis Capaldi teased fans with a reaction to his "new single" on social media on Wednesday.
The past 24 hours has been like a flashback to 2020, as former President Donald Trump took to his Truth Social platform to amplify false claims that the presidential election was stolen, an array of conspiracy theories and a fake quote from his daughter.
Dixie D’Amelio is sharing an update on her relationship status.
JK Rowling says social media is a “gift” for her online trolls. The ‘Harry Potter’ writer landed herself in hot water with the LGBTQ community after making comments about trans women. A few weeks ago, the author was hit with death threats for showing her support to stabbed novelist Sir Salman Rushdie.
President Joe Biden trekked to Beltsville, MD, this afternoon to tape an appearance with Jay Leno and his show Jay Leno’s Garage.