Miss America Pageant, Once a TV Staple, Now Will Stream Only

EXCLUSIVE: Universal Pictures has acquired the John Fusco spec script Phantom, a package that includes producers Harvey Mason Jr of Harvey Mason Media, and John Legend and his Get Lifted Film Co producing partner Mike Jackson. Pic will be an adaptation of the 1910 Gaston Leroux novel Phantom of the Opera, set in contemporary New Orleans.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorOn Thursday evening, Fox News hopes to bring new light to the holiday season after a large Christmas tree placed outside the company’s New York headquarters was set ablaze Wednesday morning.“Fox & Friends” weekday hosts Steve Doocy and Ainsley Earhardt will be joined by meteorologist Janice Dean, weekend “Fox & Friends” hosts Pete Hegseth and Rachel Campos-Duffy and early morning hosts Todd Piro and Carley Shimkus as Fox News lights a new tree during the first

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorAd-tech firm OpenAP has for the past few years worked to define TV viewers in ways that apply no matter which media company’s programming they watch.

Roselyn Sanchez is ringing in 2022 by making history! The 48-year-old Puerto Rican actress will co-host  from Puerto Rico, along with musical headliner Daddy Yankee. While in her homeland, Sanchez will be part of the annual show's first-ever Spanish language countdown into the new year. Sanchez is the latest in a list of co-hosts joining Seacrest during this year's show. Other stars co-hosting the televised event are Liza Koshy, Ciara, and Billy Porter.

With his Netflix satire Don’t Look Up, writer-director Adam McKay looked to address “the largest issue in the history of mankind”—that being the climate crisis, and the way people tend to either deny it is happening or refuse to acknowledge its “urgent and terrifying” weight.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorCNN said it suspended Chris Cuomo “indefinitely, pending further evaluation,” following new disclosures about how he helped his brother, former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, in the midst of a scandal over allegations sexual harassment, a move that leaves the WarnerMedia network without the services of its most-watched anchor.“The New York Attorney General’s office released transcripts and exhibits Monday that shed new light on Chris Cuomo’s involvement in his

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorChris Cuomo is, once again, making headlines instead of delivering them.CNN said Monday that is was placing new scrutiny on the actions its most popular anchor took when his brother Andrew, the former governor of New York, was facing accusations of sexual harassment that eventually led him in August to give up his role as New York’s top politician.The WarnerMedia-owned outlet said in a statement that new revelations about how Chris Cuomo aided his brother,

Boris Johnson has dismissed calls by Nicola Sturgeon to hold a four-nations Cobra meeting to discuss precautions against the new Omicron covid variant.

Neville Staple – best known as a legacy member of The Staples, playing on-and-off with the ska troupe from 1978 to 2012 – has announced his latest solo album, ‘From The Specials & Beyond’.As its title implies, the 12-track record will dive deep into Staple’s tenure with The Specials, breathing new life into some of his most treasured efforts with the Two-Tone pioneers (including smash-hits ‘Ghost Town’ and ‘Monkey Man’).The album will feature a suite of collaborators, including – alongside

Famed anime director Hayao Miyazaki revealed he is coming out of retirement once again to make a feature length animated film.

Mickey Guyton’s nine-month-old son Grayson is doing much better after being hospitalized with “dehydration because of a severe stomach bug.”

Studio Ghibli legend Hayao Miyazaki is coming out of retirement to make one more film.The animator and filmmaker confirmed to the New York Times that he will direct a new feature-length project called How Do You Live? based on a 1937 novel by Genzaburo Yoshino.Miyazaki had initially announced his retirement in 2013 but then returned to make a short film for the Ghibli museum and for his grandson Goro Miyazaki, who most recently directed Earwig And The Witch.Goro had said that he believed his

NEW YORK -- Good Morning America co-host Michael Strahan is going to space next month.Strahan, who turned 50 on Sunday, will join Laura Shepard Churchley, the eldest daughter of astronaut Alan Shepard, on the Dec.

In a move reflecting the diminished viability of beauty pageants in 2021; the free-fall of broadcast TV; the obsession with streaming — or maybe all of the above — the 100th annual Miss America competition will be seen only on Peacock.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorLaura Molen is using November to pitch Madison Avenue as if May were just around the corner.The NBCUniversal ad-sales president (above, pictured) is ready to unveil two new advertising formats for Peacock, the company’s streaming-video hub, as well as tout a host of new efforts to incorporate advertiser data; new quality standards; and partners like DV360, OneView, The Trade Desk, and Yahoo that will help so-called “programmatic” marketers using algorithms to get

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorGeoff Bennett, a Washington journalism veteran, was named chief Washington correspondent for PBS NewsHour, and he will also take over weekend anchoring duties for the program, which is moving its weekend broadcast from New York to the nation’s capital in April.Bennett, who had been a White House correspondent for NBC News and a substitute anchor on MSNBC, will start his new role January 3.

A new Covid strain which scientists say is more infectious than the common Delta variant is 'under investigation'.