Mark Pedowitz Remains A Pilot Believer As The CW Eyes Another Season With Only Straight-To-Series Orders Amid Pandemic

In the wake of his Golden Globe nomination announced Wednesday, Hugh Grant paid tribute to the “genius” of his fellow nominees from HBO’s limited series The Undoing (co-star and EP Nicole Kidman, director Susanne Bier and creator David E. Kelley), explained the challenges of playing an unhinged man, and hinted a little at his upcoming Guy Ritchie film.

Netflix has rounded out cast for The Chair, a new six-episode half-hour dramedy starring and executive produced by Killing Eve‘s Sandra Oh and co-starring Jay Duplass (Transparent, Outside In).

Sonic the Hedgehog is heading to Netflix. The streaming service has ordered Sonic Prime, a new animated series based on the beloved video game which celebrates its 30th anniversary this year. The series, from Sega of America and WildBrain, is slated to premiere worldwide on Netflix in 2022.

“Britain’s Got Talent” is skipping 2021.

Peyton Manning is ready for the Super Bowl, which is still on the calendar thanks to the NFL’s safety protocols amid the ongoing pandemic.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorComcast said fourth-quarter profit increased thanks to customer interest in broadband and wireless services, even as it grappled with a downturn in performance at its large NBCUniversal entertainment conglomerate spurred by the coronavirus pandemic.The Philadelphia cable giant said net income came to $3.38 billion, or 73 cents a share, up from $3.16 billion, or 68 cents a share, in the year-earlier period. Revenue fell 2.4% to $27.7 billion.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorNicole Kidman and Donald Sutherland make a good team.In “The Undoing,” Kidman stars as Grace, an Upper East Side therapist whose life unravels when her husband (Hugh Grant) is accused of a grisly murder. Sutherland plays Kidman’s wealthy, stoic father.In one of the HBO series’ most powerful scenes, Kidman and Sutherland discuss Grace’s mother while playing the piano together in the patriarch’s apartment.

AT&T Inc. CEO John Stankey has defended moves by the telco and media giant to shift its legacy theatrical business towards the streaming space with HBO Max amid the pandemic.

Get the stories that interest you straight to your inbox every day with our personalised newsletterSick days dropped at East Ayrshire Council during the pandemic.Between April 1 and October 11, 2020, the number of days taken off work per employee was three on average.

East Kilbride is expanding, creating 10 new jobs. Due to an increase in demand for care at home, Cera Care has announced the posts for support workers as it expands its business in South Lanarkshire.

Netflix faced more competition than ever before in 2020, but the streamer is showing little sign of flagging, ending the year with an unprecedented nearly 204 million global subscribers. It turns out, the pandemic is a more powerful force than the threat of new rivals.

Rapper Bow Wow has issued an apology after he attended a packed nightclub on Friday. On Sunday, Mayor Sylvester Turner took to Twitter to let the "Shortie Like Mine" artist, whose real name is Shad Gregory Moss, know that the city was monitoring a separate event -- a football watch party -- Bow Wow was expected to attend.

Christopher Nolan and Steve McQueen are among the big names to have signed a letter to U.K.Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak, appealing for more funding for cinemas amid the COVID-19 pandemic.The letter – a follow-up to the U.K. Cinema Association’s Keep the Magic Alive campaign in December (2020) – states that while the British government has tried to help the struggling sector, it’s not enough to keep them afloat.“There is no doubt that if supported to survive, the sector will recover

Rupert Grint and his partner Georgia Groome struggled with becoming first-time parents amid the Covid-19 pandemic. The Harry Potter star and fellow actor Georgia welcomed daughter Wednesday into the world last May - just two months after the first lockdown in the U.

student housing provider is demanding doctors’ notes before allowing students to quit accommodation costing almost £500 per month – despite Covid-19 legislation protecting them. Politicians have branded Unite Students, a purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) firm, “greedy landlords”, with experts warning it is acting unlawfully.It comes after learners were given legal protection during the pandemic that should allow them to terminate agreements with 28 days’ notice.

The CW secured top spot among broadcast networks for LGBTQ+ representation for the fourth year in a row as part of GLAAD’s annual Media Report.

Disneyland is ending its annual pass program, the company said Thursday. The news comes as Disneyland has been shuttered since last March due to the novel coronavirus pandemic.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterHBO Max has given out a series order to the drama based on the life of chef Julia Child.“Julia” is inspired by Child’s life and her long-running television series, “The French Chef,” which pioneered the now popular genre of cooking shows.

Opting for a pandemic-proof fall lineup of mostly scripted acquisitions and alternative fare, the CW will launch its 2020-21 season starting next week. That makes for a compact regular season, a late spring “midseason”, a summer featuring a record number of scripted originals and a likely stable 2021-22 schedule with virtually all established CW series returning, led by hits like The Flash and Riverdale, joined by 3-4 new series.